Tag Archives: Self-Hypnosis
New: Self-Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Taster Workshop
You can now book immediately online for our new self-hypnosis taster workshop, simply by paying a small (£20) deposit to reserve your place securely online. The College will then invoice you for the remainder. This can either be taken as a stand-alone workshop or used as the first day of our certificate or diploma training in hypnotherapy. Continue reading
Is There Free Will? Finally an Answer (Alfred Barrios)
Short article on freewill and determinism in relation to behavioural psychology, reproduced by kind permission of the author Alfred Barrios PhD. Continue reading
Self-Hypnosis Workshop & Articles
Self-hypnosis workshop in Croydon, Sunday 8th May 2011 taught by Donald Robertson. Self-hypnosis articles online. Continue reading
Socrates and Self-Hypnosis
This is an old article from 2003, recounting the story of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates’ habit of going into a spontaneous trance-like state of meditation. Continue reading
Excerpt: On Autosuggestion from The Philosophy of CBT
This is a brief excerpt from the new book, The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which describes the relationship between Émile Coué’s emthod of “conscious autosuggestion” and the maxims of ancient philosophical traditions. Continue reading
That Hypnosis Never Meant Sleep
It is a common misconception that hypnotism involves being asleep or unconscious. To some extent this is due to the fact that the word “hypnotism” comes from the Greek word for sleep. However, James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy, bemoaned this misconception himself and was emphatic that 90% of his patients were conscious during hypnosis. Continue reading


