So, I have set up a local Brixton Event called Hyp-Hike which is basically a wonderful hypnotherapy hour in Brockwell Park, sandwiched between Herne Hill and Brixton where we appreciate nature, meditate and go on a hypnosis - therapy journey. Our first outing was six people...
A friend has just qualified as a counsellor. Within weeks of getting her name listed on the official directory, she has been so inundated with therapy enquiries, she cannot take on any more clients. She says one of the biggest reasons is GPs will refer...
My best friend and I were in a spa hotel for new year. She was not supposed to be there (the film she is making, has utterly ripped her of all savings) and I was definitely not meant to be there (lots of very important...
I have helped many clients with their journey through grief. I would like to write 'overcome' grief but I don't find that accurate. You don't overcome, you learn to live with it and redefine yourself with this added invisible scar. There are the classic stages of...
My partner brought a ’52 lessons for life’ list to the dinner table last week. Quite a few were funny, some were brilliant, and one struck me as worth a ponder. ‘If you look forward to seeing your therapist, you’re not doing it right. Therapy is...
It is no wonder so many people contact Brixton Hypnotherapy, feeling anxious, fragile and overwhelmed. What seemed to be a curb on our freedom (just for a few months) turned into a year and then another. The result for many of us, has been a...
I have had three clients this week tell me how they have an addiction they want 'to get on top of'. I would not class any of these clients in therapy with me as having a major problem, nor do any of them want to...
Three times this week, I’ve had clients at Brixton Hypnotherapy announcing this: I can’t be bothered. As a therapist, I believe it is not true, but it’s what someone believes in order to cover something else. When you can’t be bothered, ask yourself what is...
If you heard Bill Gates talking when Covid started to get attention, you would have heard him predict a two-year cycle for this pandemic. My partner and I happened to hear this. Whatever I think of Gates and his agenda, I did some research of...