Announcing the new book entitled The Practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Hypnosis by Donald Robertson, due for publication in 2012 by Karnac. This short article provides an outline of the contents and links to pre-order online. Continue reading
In 2006, Steven Jay Lynn collaborated with the Buddhist teacher Lama Surya Das, and two other researchers, in an attempt to explore the possibility of combining elements of Buddhist mindfulness meditation practice, cognitive therapy, and hypnosis, drawing on recent research in cognitive psychology. This post briefly summarises and comments upon their article. Continue reading
The UK College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Newsletter Welcome to our March 2012 Newsletter Are you considering a new career as a hypnotherapist? Our Diploma in Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy provides a complete accredited training in clinical hypnosis. It is open to … Continue reading
This short article outlines a variety of classical rhetorical figures of speech and how they relate to the use of language in psychological therapies and hypnotism. Continue reading
This short article discusses the wide variation in results from hypnosis for smoking cessation and the inadequacy of scripted direct suggestion and hypnotic age regression methods compared to multi-component approaches, i.e., cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy. Continue reading
An old article from 1998 describing the early Freudian psychoanalytic theory of hypnotism in some technical detail. Continue reading
Excerpts from The Discovery of Hypnosis, The Complete Writings of James Braid, dealing with childbirth and infants. Continue reading
Short article on freewill and determinism in relation to behavioural psychology, reproduced by kind permission of the author Alfred Barrios PhD. Continue reading
Recent articles on hypnosis and hypnotherapy from our LondonCognitive.com website. Continue reading
There is still time to book your place on this two-day specialist training in sports hypnosis for hypnotherapists. Special discount available. Continue reading