Category Archives: National Council for Hypnotherapy
The NCH Hypnosis Extravaganza – 19th June 2010
The NCH Extravaganza 2010 has now been announced for June 19th. Continue reading
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Follow the National Council for Hypnotherapy on Facebook and Twitter
Join a thousand other people following the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH) on Facebook and Twitter… Continue reading
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Follow the National Council for Hypnotherapy on Facebook
The National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH) now have nearly a thousand followers on their Facebook fan page. Continue reading
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Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma (HPD) Version 2: Proposals for Improvements
This brief article from The Hypnotherapy Journal outlines proposed improvements to the Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma (HPD) award. Comments are invited from all interested parties, especially NCH members and training schools. Continue reading
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The National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)
Information on the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH), the largest non-profit hypnotherapy organisation in the UK. Continue reading
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The Discovery of Hypnosis: The Collected Writings of James Braid
This magazine feature from Changes catalogue briefly discusses the relevance of James Braid’s original hypnotism for modern cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy. Continue reading
How to find research on hypnotherapy
Are you looking for research, evidence or information about a specific application of hypnotherapy or some other aspect of hypnosis? Here’s a quick guide and some links to help you find the research you’re looking for online. Continue reading
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New Book: The Complete Writings of James Braid
The NCH have just published the book The Discovery of Hypnosis: The Complete Writings of James Braid, the Father of Hypnotherapy, edited by Donald Robertson, which is now available from Amazon online.The NCH have just published the book The Discovery of Hypnosis: The Complete Writings of James Braid, the Father of Hypnotherapy, edited by Donald Robertson, which is now available from Amazon online. Continue reading
James Braid on Hypnotic Meditation
James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy, was unaware of oriental meditation techniques until a few years after introducing his technique of eye-fixation hypnotism. He subsequently embraced the notion that hypnotism and yogic meditation were distant cousins, and even that they were more closely-related than hypnotism and its immediate precursor, Mesmer’s animal magnetism. Continue reading
Hypnosis and Placebo Therapy
This short article examines the relationship between the placebo effect and suggestion in psychological therapies such as hypnotherapy. Continue reading
