Hypnotherapy Journal Issue 1 Vol 9 Spring 2009
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THE HYPNOTHERAPY JOURNAL Issue 1 Vol 9 www.hypnotherapists.org.uk Spring 2009 Hypnotherapy Is there any evidence? Website Design 5 tips for success Paul White NCH Chairman talks about Life, the NCH Stereotypes and Everything Impact on performance moving therapy forward NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HYPNOTHERAPY Address: PO Box 14542, Studley, Warwickshire, B97 9HH Phone / Fax: 0844 736 5806 / 0844 736 5762 Website: www.hypnotherapists.org.uk Email: [email protected] CONTENTS Editorial ..........................................................................................................................................................1 Committee News and AGM ...........................................................................................................................2 Letters to the Editor ......................................................................................................................................6 The Power of Appreciation ............................................................................................................................8 Hypnosis, Stereotypes and Performance ....................................................................................................10 Paul White: View From Behind The Chair .................................................................................................12 Crossing the Void .........................................................................................................................................15 Supervision: Necessary Nuisance or Value-added Benefit? ......................................................................20 ‘Omen Nomen’: Naming and the Nature of Life .......................................................................................23 Hypnotherapy as an Empirically-Supported Treatment (EST) ................................................................28 Successful Website Design ..........................................................................................................................31 Metaphor Corner ..........................................................................................................................................32 CPD Diary, Noticeboard and Classified .......................................................................................................34 Book Reviews ................................................................................................................................................35 THE NCH COMMITTEE Chairman: Paul White Tel: 0208 669 6990 email: [email protected] Company Secretary: Martin Armstrong-Prior Tel: 0116 276 4911 email: [email protected] Marketing Director: Paul Howard Tel: 0208 669 6990 email: [email protected] Ethics Director: Trevor Silvester Tel: 01638 720020 email: [email protected] Technology Director: Rob Woodgate Tel: 0844 736 5806 email: [email protected] Research Director: Donald Robertson Tel: 01403 248266 email: [email protected] Development Director: Position Currently Vacant Tel: 0844 736 5806 Supervision Director: Nick Cooke Tel: 0121 444 1110 email: [email protected] Ex-Officio Roles Administrators: Brenda Bentley and Margaret Wiggall Tel: 0844 736 5806 email: [email protected] Training & Accreditation: John Harrington Tel: 0844 736 5806 email: [email protected] Professional Standards: Jo-Anne Kelleher Tel: 0844 736 5806 email: [email protected] Journal Editor: Rob Woodgate Tel: 01474 740724 email: [email protected] The National Council for Hypnotherapy, established in 1973 under its former title “The Hypnotherapy Register”, represents the practice of Clinical Hypnotherapy as a discrete profession in its own right. Membership is open to those practitioners able to demonstrate appropriate knowledge, evidence of training and clinical experience relevant to the field. The NCH is a member of the UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations. events are neither good nor bad; it Editorial is the personal meaning we attach to them which informs our perspective, and every cloud has a silver lining, if only we care to look for it. Closer to home, the news that the NCH cancelled the 2009 annual conference will have been seen as ‘bad news’ by some, and I must admit the sugges- tion raised my eyebrows when it was proposed at the committee meeting, until the facts were presented. h Spring. A time for new (read: sensational) as possible and growth, renewal and opti- their readers absorb that viewpoint of The silver lining comes in the form mism. A time of gambol- the world, creating more demand for of a one day ‘Hypnotherapy Extrava- ling lambs, flowers and that viewpoint. ganza’, to be held at the Royal Society Apositive thoughts of summer days to of Medicine in London on Saturday come... Yes, I am purposely leaving Science seems to back this up too. 20th June (the old conference date is all doom and gloom of credit crunch Studies on something known as the still free in your diary, right?) and economic turmoil out of this edi- ‘availability heuristic’ have shown torial in the interests of balance. You that our minds pay more attention The line-up is very impressive - can get plenty of that elsewhere if to the emotional impact of some- including Professor Susan Black- you want it. thing than the probability of it occur- more, who is a leading psychologist ring. So when we are bombarded by and contributor to The Guardian; Dr. So here is your advanced warning - a constant stream of selective (and John Butler, who is one of the lead- if you don’t want a dose of rampant usually negative) news reports and ing lights in the practice of hypnosur- optimism, turn the page now. images, all with highly emotional gery; Dr. David Kato, who is an inter- content, our minds fixate on the nationally recognised expert in CBT; Still with me? Thanks, I knew I could emotional aspect and our cognition Gary May, who is a leading marketing rely on you... is skewed as a result. guru; and Maggy Wallace, who is the co-chair of the Complementary and I made a choice a number of years This is one of the reasons why stories Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), ago to stop following the news, with of high profile plane crashes played the body responsible for co-ordinat- its steady diet of murder, despair, endlessly in ‘breaking news’ cause ing the Government’s Voluntary Self injustice and disaster. I still keep tabs flying phobics to freak out - even Regulation (VSR) process. on what is happening in the world, though statistically a person is five but I don’t allow myself to get drawn times more likely to die falling out What’s more, NCH members get first into the detail too much, unless it is of bed than of dying in an aeroplane option to register, at the special rate an inspiring story. And, on the whole, crash. It seems you are even safer if of £50 (yes, you read that correctly). I have been a lot happier as a result. your pilot is called Chesley B ‘Sully’ Oh, and you also get a CPD certificate Sullenberger III. for 7 hours. As hypnotherapists, we know that people often get stuck because of Apart from having a name that puts Quite simply, it’s not so much a silver fixed ideas and limiting beliefs: the a smile on my face, ‘Sully’s’ story of lining as a whole silver sky. You can way a person perceives the world is heroic coolness under pressure as read all about it in the centre pages heavily influenced by their beliefs he landed Flight 1549 safely into of this edition. about the world, and these beliefs the Hudson river after a double bird in turn are strengthened by these strike, was inspirational. Enjoy the read. filtered perceptions. Vicious circle. To flying phobics, however, it was Rob Woodgate The media is an extension of this probably another good example of process; news editors supply the why flying is so awful. types of stories that their readership expect, making them as ‘informative’ The point I’m trying to make is that hypnotherapists.org.uk - Issue 1 Vol 9 - The Hypnotherapy Journal 1 Committee News and AGM Standards News I would like to introduce myself as the Standards Officer (which is the role formerly known as the Public Protection Officer). I have over 20 years of experience dealing with enquiries and complaints from VSR progresses, new testimonial rules the general public and I look forward View From The Chair are likely to be introduced for every- in contributing to the success of the one, because of the multidisciplinary NCH. approach of the Complementary Well it certainly is Natural Healthcare Council. These I hope to bring awareness to members fun; the snow I rules may be less prescriptive than of any issues that may appear ambig- mean. I have just our current rules and more inclusive, uous or need more clarification. ploughed through But it’s early days and a consultation snow, abandoned process will have to take place before One such issue is that of NHS logos. buses, and drifts any changes are proposed or made. to get to my The NHS has advised that the use consulting rooms Talking about change, we are of the NHS logo, or phrases such as and cannot help reflecting on the link proposing a two level approach to “NHS registered provider”, in any form between people who cancel their our conference plans. We intend to of advertising (including a website) appointments and their underlying utilise the date that many of you will could mislead the general