I recently had a debate online with a fellow therapist who suggested that Stage Hypnotism is damaging the hypnotherapy profession and that for hypnotherapy to be taken seriously it needed to disassociate (or double disassociate) itself from stage hypnotism. During this discussion I agreed that it did need to separate itself from the entertainment side but, in order for hypnotherapy to be accepted it really needed to be called something other than hypnotherapy. It was then sug

Last week I had the most amazing opportunity, to spend some time in the company of (in my opinion) the best stage hypnotists currently working - Justin Tranz. Justin Tranz has been performing for a number of years across many countries with many thousands of shows under his belt and many more thousands of subjects that he has hypnotised. He also headlined a venue in Las Vegas for almost 10 years. Justin was spending some time in the UK pitching some show ideas to television c

In this week's blog I thought I'd share a video with you. As someone who is looking to make hypnosis a full time career and as someone who has believed in working for himself for a number of years I've always found videos from successful people to be inspiring and helpful in keeping the fire lit within me. I'm a strong believer in positive thinking, followed by positive doing and I believe that if you begin to think in positive ways, you open yourself up to more positive oppo

You may be asking yourself: ‘What is a ‘Yes Set?’ A ‘Yes Set’ sometimes also known as a compliance set is an effective method that the hypnotist uses to reduce or eliminate resistance on a conscious/sub-conscious level within the subject to create compliance. By getting your subject to agree to statements of fact (undeniably true) you increase your chances of them responding to suggestions that follow. The best way to begin building a yes set is to pace the subject’s ongoing

As you venture into the marvellous world of hypnosis you'll begin to find that members of the public often have misconceptions, fears or beliefs about what hypnosis is and how they may respond to 'hypnosis'. It's your job as the hypnotist to dispel these beliefs in order to improve your chances of getting a subject under. A great place to do this is either in your pre-talk or to simply ask your intended subject what they think hypnosis is. Here we look at some of the misconce