Something subtle yet significant is shifting within the therapy room. Many Clinical Hypnotherapists are finding that the emotional landscape clients arrive with feels different from before. Not just with new presenting issues, but with different nervous system responses, different expectations, and different ways of relating to distress. The pace of life feels faster. Attention is more fragmented. Emotional overwhelm appears sooner and lingers longer. For some clients, simp

Authors G.F. Wagstaff¹ , J. Cole , J. Wheatcroft² , M. Marshall¹ , I. Barsby¹ Affiliations School of Psychology, University of Liverpool School of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University PMID: N/A (Source ID) DOI: 10.1002/ch.334 Abstract Background Although hypnosis is now less popular as an interviewing technique in forensic investigations than it used to be, recent evidence suggests that some of the components of hypnotic interviewing might still be useful in the

clients sometimes seek therapy when their needs might be better met through coaching — for example, when they are emotionally stable but desire practical structure, motivation, or accountability.

depression can be a devastating illness, plaguing millions of people worldwide with feelings of sadness, hopelessness, apathy and fatigue. The pharmacy industry has made an absolute fortune out of creating drugs that are used to treat the condition. But despite numerous antidepressants being produced, different classes of antidepressants being created, different doses being tried out, as many as a third of patients with depression don’t respond to medication at all.