This book contains various articles for hypnotherapists covering practical issues such as working with clients with dysmorphia, nicotine dependency, and motivating clients. There is technical information about: stress, the brain, and the body's defence systems; helping people with mental health issues; and what we can learn from the Japanese. There's a discussion about artificial intelligence (AI) and therapy, what to say before trance starts, and there's a look at why everyone is the way they are. Again, the articles assume a model of the brain in which core activities (such as telling the heart to beat) are handled by the brainstem; more protective functions (such as fighting, fleeing, feeding, and reproductive behaviour) are handled by the emotional brain; and higher functions (such as problem solving, maintaining attention, and controlling emotional impulses from the emotional brain) are handled by the rational brain. In terms of physical parts of the brain, the last two more or less match up to the limbic area and the cerebral cortex. And the importance of neural networks is recognized. It also assumes that the emotional brain is very fast, and the rational brain is much slower and tends to be used less. In addition, the book assumes that the mind and body make up a single functioning system that affect each other, and are affected by the environment they are in. And it assumes a solution-focused model for hypnotherapy - moving clients towards their desired outcomes rather than worrying about the problem itself and its origin.
Eddolls, Trevor: - Trevor Eddolls BA, Cert Ed, MOS MI, DHP, HPD, SFBT Sup (Hyp), CBT (Hyp), Dip Hyp (paediatrics), Dip Mindfulness, AfSFH (Fellow) is a retired clinical hypnotherapist and psychotherapist. He was also a Solution Focused Hypnotherapy Supervisor, and an NLP Master Practitioner. In addition, he is a qualified Life Coach, and has diplomas in Positive Psychology, Counselling, Nutrition, and Play Therapy. Trevor was Clinical Director at iTech-Ed Hypnotherapy and Director of Training for the hypnotherapy training company, SFHPlus. And he ran regular CPD (continuous professional development) courses for hypnotherapists. Trevor was a popular blogger, podcaster, and presenter. He saw clients and wrote about hypnotherapy, neuroscience, CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), mindfulness, and positive psychology techniques for over 15 years. Before training as a hypnotherapist, Trevor worked with mainframes. He also spent many years writing books and articles, and editing well-respected technical journals about mainframe technology. Solution-focused hypnotherapy, as its name suggests, focuses a client's attention on the solution to their problems rather than the causes. Evidence suggests that dwelling on what led to a problem can increase the client's issues, whereas focusing on solutions can dramatically reduce those issues.
