With over 4 hours of incredible speakers, these videos are an opportunity to learn and expand your knowledge in areas that perhaps you would have never considered – all from the comfort of your home.
Each topic is presented by internationally renowned experts in their field: Some of the ideas you will find challenging and some of the practical demonstrations fascinating.
Subjects covered include:
Food for the brain – How nutrition can effect mood.
Treating high blood pressure with hypnotherapy.
Getting in touch with the parts that run (ruin) your life.
Hypnosis and suggestibility using neuroimaging techniques
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Patrick Holford is a pioneer in new approaches to health and nutrition, specialising in the field of mental health. He is widely regarded as Britain’s best-selling author and leading spokesman on nutrition and mental health issues, hence being frequently quoted in national newspapers from the Daily Mail to the Guardian. Patrick is also popular on radio shows and national television as a presenter, interviewer and guest.
Patrick started his academic career in the field of psychology. While completing his bachelor degree in Experimental Psychology at the University of York, he researched the role of nutrition in mental health and illness. He became a student of the late Dr Carl Pfeiffer, director of Princeton’s Brain Bio Center, and later a student of Dr Abram Hoffer, Director of the International Schizophrenia Foundation in Canada, who were leading the field in mental health and nutrition. In 1980 he started treating mental health patients with nutritional medicine.
Rob Woodgate has been a practising cognitive Hypnotherapist for 8 years, and was Editor of the NCH Hypnotherapy Journal between 2006 and 2011.
A long-time member and supporter of the NCH, Rob only just retired as Development Director and has revitalised the NCH Continuing Professional Development programme.
In this talk, Rob explains his innovative approach to helping clients with Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) and sharing information you can use in your own practice.
Dr Brian Roet is a fellow of the NCH and has been practising hypnotherapy and psychotherapy for 30 years. He finds that unconscious “parts” are responsible for many problems, causing clients to seek help from a therapist. Learning about these “parts” provides a tool that is very useful – both in helping the client understand what is causing their symptoms, and in resolving them.
Using hypnosis we can contact the variety of parts that may be – out of date; inaccurate or unhelpful, and replace them with parts that are more appropriate to the client’s needs.
His talk discusses case histories, techniques and illustrations about parts that run or ruin our lives.
Dr William McGoewn is a lecturer in the University of Hull. He received his BSc Honours degree and a Masters in Research Methods diploma from the University of Aberdeen and his PhD from the University of Hull.
He has used brain imaging techniques in a number of neuroscience studies and published the research findings in prominent journals such as Brain and Neuropsychologia. Recently he has started to apply neuroimaging methods to investigate hypnosis and suggestibility. One study which focused on hypnosis at rest was published in 2009 in Consciousness and Cognition and received extensive international media interest, including coverage in BBC online and Times Higher.
In his talk he discusses the effects that hypnosis has on the brain and presents the results from a number of neuroimaging studies.
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New look New horizons New successes: The NCH powers ahead
Our annual general meeting and extravangza on November 19th was an inspirational event. It left everyone who attended confident that the NCH is building on its success as the best professional organisation out there. Our chairman Paul White extended his thanks to Paul Howard for organising the event and to everyone who attended either in person or by proxy at the AGM. He also stressed the NCH’s commitment to implement the changes outlined during the day as quickly as possible.
At the AGM all the motions were carried and Fiona Robinson from Wrexham won the coveted iPad prize.
NCH rebranding
We are in the fortunate position of doing so well in recruiting members and increasing the uptake of our HPD that we have embarked on a leap forward for our branding and our website. Our executive director Sophie Fletcher kicked off the day by revealing our organisation’s new look and detailing the research and feedback which has led us here.
The new logo (top) was unveiled together with the new look to the website (right, click on it to enlarge).The overwhelming response to it has been positive, with members saying that it well reflected our professional values. Members have also welcomed the announcement of plans to develop our website in the next few months. The new home page will be much simpler so it is easier for members to find their way around. It will have the ‘find a therapist’ function upgraded and made easier to use. This should ensure that NCH members move up the Google rankings more quickly (or so our technical whizzes Rob Woodgate and Paul Howard promise us).
If you missed it….
For any of you who missed the extravaganza there were some great speakers.
Here is a quick taster of what you missed; (a DVD of the presentations will be out soon so keep an eye for details on our website and Facebook page).
Rob Woodgate spoke showcasing a new initiative – Hypnotension – a hypnotherapy programme to help people with high blood pressure. He described what high blood pressure is and how modern life, which forces us to override our natural activity/resting rhythms is making the problem worse. He described how we can use our skills to help people to use their own natural responses to control the problem. The programme will be fully reviewed in the next journal.
Well-known nutritional expert Patrick Holford inspired us all by his clear and lively presentation on how our food intake affects our mood and mental health. He explained how our modern diet can cause metabolic syndrome and depression. He recommended a low GI and balanced diet as well as targeted mineral and vitamin supplements as a better way of improving mood and even controlling mental illness. Interspersed in his presentation were inspirational video clips from patients who had recovered from severe illness under his care.
In the afternoon Dr Brian Roet charmed us by his relaxed chatty talk on how we can help our clients if we understand how to relate to our clients’ individual thought processes and their compartmentalised thinking patterns.
He described the therapist as being a guide saying: ‘Therapy has been likened to climbing a difficult mountain with the help of an experienced guide. The climber fears the worst. The guide knows it is safe and is aware of the climber’s limitations…his skill is in helping the climber realise he can do it.’
Dr William McGeown of Hull University presented his team’s latest research showing how brain activity is affected by hypnosis. His research shows differences between highly suggestible people and low suggestible people and changes in the brain when people are asked to carry out certain tasks following hypnotic induction. He has also been able to correlate certain brain patterns with people’s reports of changes in perception while undergoing hypnosis. This research has real implications for the old state -v- non state debate within our profession. Dr McGeown’s research is ongoing and we will be reporting on his progress regularly.
Our chairman Paul White spoke at the AGM section of the day. All resolutions presented to the AGM were passed. He presented our accounts and was pleased to announce that we are in a healthy position financially. The meeting also saw the election of three new directors; Andy Cox (who will be looking after research), Cathy Simmons (who will be looking after supervision) and Sue Roberts (who will be looking after ethics) . You will be able to read detailed profiles of each of them and hear about their plans for their areas in the next journal.
Welcome to our new fellows
The AGM also saw us elect two new fellows to the NCH. Our chairman Paul White, and long time (now retiring executive member) Rob Woodgate were both elected by the members. This was a reflection of the amount of work they have put into developing the organisation and which they will continue to do.
…And to our new specialist advisers
In other developments we have some new specialist advisers to take the lead in developing our theory and practice in the following areas.
Gary Baker (sports)
Russell Davis (fertility)
Helen Zarod (pain management)
Vernon Sykes (stress and pain management)
Gill Wood (phobias)
Eleanor Copp, (pregnancy and birth)
Steve Miller (weight management)
Chloe Cook (eating disorders)
Each will be taking some space in the newsletter and in the journal over the coming months to tell you how they can help support your practice. First up will be Vernon Sykes in the next journal
He told us this story which we think you will like:
“HYPNOTHERAPY IS HOLISTIC”
At the last session for an old age pensioner he commented:
“tha was right about hypnotherapy being holistic – tha’s not only cured the pain in ma knees tha’s cured mi piles an all! And I didn’t even mention ‘em”
Here are some awareness days, weeks and months that are coming up soon. We thought you may like to know about these so you can use them in your marketing. Do let us know if you have any take up or if you get to talk to the media.
Global Belly Laugh Day
24 January:
‘Having a good chuckle causes the tissue lining our blood vessels to expand and
increase blood flow. This makes us feel more positive, boosts our immune systems, increases pain tolerance and generally just makes us feel happier and more energetic!
Food Allergy and Intolerance Week
24-27 January:
This year as part of Food Allergy and Food Intolerance Week, Allergy aims to help and inform everyone affected by a food allergy. While some can be more easily managed and usually result in more minor symptoms, others can be fatal
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The Hypnotherapy Extravaganza is being held on
19th November 2011
at The Royal Society of Medicine
1 Wimpole Street,
London, W1G 0AE.
This one day event is not just an opportunity to meet with colleagues and to be entertained, educated and informed; this is also an opportunity to learn and expand your knowledge within areas that perhaps you would have never considered.
Each topic will be presented by internationally renowned experts in their field, some of the ideas you will find challenging and some of the practical demonstrations fascinating.
We will also be having our AGM at which we will be presenting our new rebranding initiative.
Subjects covered will include:
Food for the brain – How nutrition can effect mood.
Treating high blood pressure with hypnotherapy.
Getting in touch with the parts that run (ruin) your life.
Hypnosis and suggestibility using neuroimaging techniques
Your Speakers are:
Patrick Holford is a pioneer in new approaches to health and nutrition, specialising in the field of mental health. He is widely regarded as Britain’s best-selling author and leading spokesman on nutrition and mental health issues, hence being frequently quoted in national newspapers from the Daily Mail to the Guardian. Patrick is also popular on radio shows and national television as a presenter, interviewer and guest.
Patrick started his academic career in the field of psychology. While completing his bachelor degree in Experimental Psychology at the University of York, he researched the role of nutrition in mental health and illness. He became a student of the late Dr Carl Pfeiffer, director of Princeton’s Brain Bio Center, and later a student of Dr Abram Hoffer, Director of the International Schizophrenia Foundation in Canada, who were leading the field in mental health and nutrition. In 1980 he started treating mental health patients with nutritional medicine.
Rob Woodgate has been a practising cognitive Hypnotherapist for 8 years, and was Editor of the NCH Hypnotherapy Journal between 2006 and 2011.
A long-time member and supporter of the NCH, Rob is currently serving as Development Director and has revitalised the NCH Continuing Professional Development programme.
In this talk, Rob will be explaining his innovative approach to helping clients with Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) and sharing information you can use in your own practice.
Dr Brian Roet is a fellow of the NCH and has been practising hypnotherapy and psychotherapy for 30 years. He finds that unconscious “parts” are responsible for many problems, causing clients to seek help from a therapist. Learning about these “parts” provides a tool that is very useful – both in helping the client understand what is causing their symptoms, and in resolving them.
Using hypnosis we can contact the variety of parts that may be – out of date; inaccurate or unhelpful, and replace them with parts that are more appropriate to the client’s needs.
His talk will discuss case histories, techniques and illustrations about parts that run or ruin our lives.
Dr William McGoewn is a lecturer in the University of Hull. He received his BSc Honours degree and a Masters in Research Methods diploma from the University of Aberdeen and his PhD from the University of Hull.
He has used brain imaging techniques in a number of neuroscience studies and published the research findings in prominent journals such as Brain and Neuropsychologia. Recently he has started to apply neuroimaging methods to investigate hypnosis and suggestibility. One study which focused on hypnosis at rest was published in 2009 in Consciousness and Cognition and received extensive international media interest, including coverage in BBC online and Times Higher.
In his talk he will discuss the effects that hypnosis has on the brain and will present the results from a number of neuroimaging studies.
We are holding a members dinner in the evening to finish off this incredible day. It is only open to NCH members. The numbers for the dinner are strictly limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
Extravaganza Schedule
9:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 11:00 Rob Woodgate
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee
11:30 – 13:00 Patrick Holford
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch at the RSM (Sandwiches Tea & Coffee – Provided)
14:00 – 15:00 AGM
15:00 – 16:30 Dr Brian Roet
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee
17:00 – 18:00 Dr William McGoewn
18:00 – 19:00 Drinks in the Bar
19:00 – 21:00 Evening members dinner
Prices:
Delegate – NCH member £60
Delegate – Non NCH member £100
Evening member dinner £36
All prices exclude VAT
The finances for this year are continuing the trend set last year, with increased turnover as a result of increasing membership and HPD portfolio registration income. We have also succeeded in holding our administrative costs even though we have had to make some exceptional payments.
In summary, despite the harsh economic climate we have managed to improve our surplus for the year by £23,000. This compares favourably with last years profit of £4,500 and the previous years loss of £16,000. This has enabled us to begin a programme of investment in very significant changes to the look, the feel and the influence of the NCH going forward. We have posted our full accounts on the website; we have also included an expenses matrix, so you are able to peruse payments (if any) made to Directors and members of the Executive.
First of all I will focus briefly on our new look, all those members present at the AGM will see for themselves the amazing new look for the NCH, it is clear, concise, professional and the new branding works as well with both clients and members, we spent a long time on the Executives discussing a format that worked equally with clients and members; we hope you agree that we have achieved this.
I must emphasise that we are a member’s co-operative which means that we listen to our members and do everything we can to encourage participation, in fairness sometimes that is a little difficult, as many of our members are very busy therapists with little time to spare. However to encourage participation we have introduced a member’s Editorial Board for our Journal, we have revised our Specialist Advisors group, we have worked more closely with our Training Schools, we have had members Focus Groups and most importantly of all we are proposing fundamental changes in Articles of Association which will mean greater participation from our members and the use of electronic media to vote and facilitate virtual meetings, thus not only increasing participation but reducing costs.
We have this last year consolidated our relationship with the United Kingdom Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisation, we have forged stronger links with the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council and we are looking at how best we can unify some of the fragmented Professional Associations within our profession.
We have robustly defended the advertising of hypnotherapy to the Advertising Standards Authority, and we have successfully challenged the Copyright application for the name “Hypnobirthing” with the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office, we are now seeking alliances with those whom are opposing a similar application to the European Community Trademark Organisation.
During the year we have helped to finalise new occupational standards for hypnotherapy and are introducing simplified HPD Learning Outcomes, we have integrated our new supervision course into the new structure and criteria for membership and we are now ready to begin the second phase of our systems update.
We have enabled potential members and others to take part in a “professional discussion” to facilitate easy access to the HPD.
All these initiatives have of course, only been achieved with the commitment of our Executive Board and the full support of our members, I would like to thank them all for their continuing enthusiasm and dedication.
We are committed to maintaining the momentum of change which we have initiated. In the financial year end 2011 we have built a considerable financial surplus which we will be reinvesting for the benefit of the NCH and our members.
Recently I have been inundated with requests, on the hypnotherapy websites that I look after, from www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk for links to their sites. It is a very nicely worded email asking (very politely) for a link from your site to theirs.
Firstly there is nothing illegal or even immoral about what they are doing, but it does have an adverse effect on your website, not to mention your practice – at the very least it is very cheeky and at the worst it is pernicious.
If you have a website for your practice, Google gives you a score depending on the quality, how many people visit it, what it looks like and, most importantly of all, how many people link to it and the quality of those links.
Lets call it “Google juice”.
If you have a professional website with good content and some relevant INBOUND links (i.e. links to your website) there is a good chance that you will rank reasonably well on Google, which in turn means you will get more potential clients coming to your site and hopefully get some new clients for your practice.
So how does putting a link to the Hypnotherapy-Directory cause a problem to your website and your practice?
There are several reasons why I would advise you not to link to them and remove the link if you have already done so.
By linking to the Hypnotherapy-Directory you give away some of your hard earned “Google juice” to them for free and in doing so you help the hypnotherapy-directory get higher in the ranking of Google, because if lots of people give them little bits of their “Google juice”, pretty soon they end up with lots of “Google juice”.
I can almost hear you saying that’s okay because they are nice people. However, in doing so it pushes them up the rankings which in turn pushes you down the rankings. This simple fact then has two immediate effects on your website and ultimately your practice.
If you’re further down the list. By definition, less people are likely to click on your website which can equal significantly less visitors.
If they are going to the hypnotherapy-directory they are then offered a list of competing hypnotherapists.
Now to add insult to injury
So having knocked you down the list on Google by getting you to give them a link for free, they then call you up and suggest that you advertise with them as they are on the top of Google (bear in mind you put them there!) and then they have the barefaced cheek to ask £140 a year, or whatever it is, to put a link back to you and that link is worthless as it has no “Google juice”.
Here is what I suggest you do urgently:-
Remove immediately any links you have on your website to the Hypnotherapy-Directory.
Contact the Hypnotherapy-Directory and tell them that if they want a link from your site to theirs that you are happy to do it providing they send you a cheque for £5 or £10 per year or whatever you think it’s worth.
Look at your website and the OUTBOUND links you have; i.e. links to other websites. Do they give you anything back? If it’s a fair exchange then keep the links, otherwise remove them.
Links to your professional associations are a good thing as they promote a website that actively promotes you and gives the public reassurance.
Lastly please pass this on to as many of your fellow hypnotherapists, and in fact other therapists, as they have directories for many different therapies.
To sum up, guard your “Google juice”, it’s worth money. Look out for the people who would take it and do not give you anything back.
The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) have now clarified their position on CPD, and their new policy comes into effect on 1st September 2011.
Practitioners can be assured that the CNHC CPD policy is very compatible with the existing National Council for Hypnotherapy policy, so we have only had to make a couple of minor amendments to ensure that the CPD you do as an NCH member will also satisfy the requirements of the CNHC.
National Council for Hypnotherapy members can access resources to help you meet your CPD requirements in the members area.
Please find below a link to a summary of the recent CNHC Professional Associations’ Meeting.
The meeting was very positive, I am delighted to report that the Hypnotherapy section within the CNHC has proven to be most popular with well over a thousand registrants.
I am pleased to announce that the long overdue review of the National Council for Hypnotherapy’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme has been completed, and the diary is beginning to look healthier day by day as we revalidate CPD events under the new CPD scheme rules.
As part of the changes, our CPD Courses Diary is now publicly available on our website under the Training menu.
For NCH members, our simplified and more flexible CPD scheme means you’ll find it easier to take charge of your own professional development and access a wider variety of great value training with discounts that are only available to NCH members.
For CPD training providers, you’ll find our new CPD scheme a cost effective way to offer quality CPD training to over 1800 hypnotherapy professionals across the UK. Please contact the Development Director for full details and a CPD Event application form.
The new Government has finally published its reports on the ISA and CRB procedures with recommendations for reforming the ISA/CRB Safeguarding processes that the last Government was rolling out.
The net result is that they have opted for a radically scaled back ‘employment vetting scheme’. At the same time they are revising the CRB Checking scheme.
The major factor in these changes is that they are scrapping the ISA monitored Registers. They will be retaining the Barring Lists, one for ‘children’ and on for vulnerable persons. To compensate for the loss of this scheme they are intending to change the regulations surrounding CRB Checks. The detail of how these changes will work is not yet clear, but they will be centered around who may and who must apply for a check and who may view the disclosures. The Home Office report indicates that CRB checks will become more the concern of the individual being checked, rather than an Employer or Sponsoring Body as per the current regulations. This will mean that the CRB Disclosure will become ‘portable’ and if it is recent and acceptable to a new employer then it will not be necessary to carry out another check. Again how this will work is not yet clear and for many large and public Employers it may change little from existing practice.
So how will this effect the NCH and it’s membership?
Firstly we will be changing the Codes of Ethics and Practice to remove the requirement to register with the ISA. But as we expect that any employer that may take on a member in a Healthcare role will require a CRB check, we will be retaining the CRB check and Certification Scheme, which may become a requirement. With the introduction of portability for CRB checks you will be one jump ahead if you have a current CRB Certificate with your membership when you apply for a Healthcare Post.
Secondly we will be maintaining a link with the new body that they are developing with the merger of the ISA and the CRB Office. This will be necessary as while we retain a Disciplinary Process there will be a legal duty for us to report certain categories of “offending”. Again as the regulations change this may change. But as a membership function we will retain the ability to check applicants with the Barring Lists to verify new member’s bona fides.
The projected dates for these changes to come into effect is early 2012. Between now and then as more detail is revealed and we come to understand how these changes effect the NCH and its Membership we will let you know.
Patrick Holford is a pioneer in new approaches to health and nutrition, specialising in the field of mental health. He is widely regarded as Britain’s best-selling author and leading spokesman on nutrition and mental health issues, hence being frequently quoted in national newspapers from the Daily Mail to the Guardian. Patrick is also popular on radio shows and national television as a presenter, interviewer and guest.
Dr Brian Roet is a fellow of the NCH and has been practising hypnotherapy and psychotherapy for 30 years. He finds that unconscious “parts” are responsible for many problems, causing clients to seek help from a therapist. Learning about these “parts” provides a tool that is very useful – both in helping the client understand what is causing their symptoms, and in resolving them.
Dr William McGoewn is a lecturer in the University of Hull. He received his BSc Honours degree and a Masters in Research Methods diploma from the University of Aberdeen and his PhD from the University of Hull.
Subjects covered will include:
We are holding a members dinner in the evening to finish off this incredible day. It is only open to NCH members. The numbers for the dinner are strictly limited so book early to avoid disappointment.