Both NLP ( Neuro Linguistic Programming ) and CBT ( Cognitive Behaviour Therapy ) are effective techniques for treating people who are suffering from panic attacks. At my practice in Hertfordshire I have treated many clients for panic attacks. Panic attacks can be more serious then people imagine. Some severe cases can cause the person to experience physical pain to such an extent they feel they are having a heart attack. Also in some severe cases people go on to develop Agoraphobia which can affect their daily life. I use both NLP and CBT techniques at my practice in Hertfordshire to treat clients suffering from panic disorder. I use both techniques as it really depends on the client. Some clients respond better to NLP and others respond better to CBT.Cognitive Behaviour Therapy works by looking at the relationship between what people think, do and feel. It is based upon the principle that what you are thinking will affect what you feel and what you do, and what you are doing will have an effect on what you are thinking. Within CBT Herts, people learn to change the way they are thinking and feeling. Part of the CBT therapy I offer ... [more...]

In this article I'd like to address a couple dangerous myths about hypnosis and NLP. Many people who are actively engaged in the selling, (or the learning for that matter) of these exotic and magical mind sciences seem to be FAR less aware of what they really are about than they should be! In the last few days I've gotten a few questions about using conversational hypnosis for fun and profit (which is EASY to do!) but unfortunately, a lot of the information they had been led to believe was completely fabricated on both sides of the fence. Let's take a look at 3 of the MANY dangerous myths that are out there, right now, on both of the above. Read on..:-)NLP is a CultNo - it's most definitely NOT! Are there clubs, groups and associations of people who practice NLP techniques together to better their lives? Absolutely! But it's not a religion, or a formal organization even. It's simply a POWERFUL toolkit to unlocking MUCH of what you want in your own life through self mastery.Conversational Hypnosis is illegal to practice without a licenseThis one actually makes me chuckle a little bit..:-) Hypnosis, for one is VERY different than ... [more...]

Would you believe that NLP techniques can cure your phobia of spiders in 10 minutes or less? Or that they can nip your smoking addiction in the bud, wipeout your procrastination, fine tune your golf or bowling performance in record time? Yes, NLP techniques can do these things and more.Let's first define NLP. It stands for neuro linguistics programming. That is the use of language to program the brain. In some ways it is similar to hypnosis and in fact derives many principles and techniques from hypnosis. They both deal with the subliminal or subconscious mind. Hypnosis achieves this with trance induction, putting the conscious mind to sleep and dealing with the subconscious directly. NLP uses more sophisticated and covert techniques to bypass the conscious mind.Cutting edge research and development done in the 70's by Dr. Richard Bandler and John Grinder created some really powerful techniques based on one's internal representational system. The techniques now known as NLP have produced some phenomenal results in the fields of therapy, motivation and performance modeling.NLP practitioners use a bevy of powerful NLP techniques like embedded commands, presuppositions, eye accessing cues, time distortion, ambiguity, reframing, deletion, metaphors and similes, and anchoring to achieve some ... [more...]

There was some sunshine this weekend while I was writing this! At least here on the sunny south coast of England there was. I went out walking along the sea front with my partner Sara on Saturday morning and it was wonderful; the feeling of sunshine on my face, the smell of the air, the sites of other people out and about and happy, the local land train was shuttling people and their excited children back and forth from Bournemouth pier to Boscombe Pier and my senses were filled - a major event for human neurophysiology (mine anyway!)The funny thing is, later on that evening when my friends were joking about my pink coloured forehead, I told them that I was really looking forward to summer and as I spoke, I felt the sun on me, imagined the fun I was going to have on the beach, remembered the smell, the amazing feeling of joy that I get from being there, just by anticipating it all.A natural phenomenon we can replicate with NLP techniques. NLP stands for neuro-linguistic programming, which is just a methodology for helping make changes. We shorten it to NLP for easy understanding.Without realising it, the time ... [more...]

Do you have dreams of a financially independent future? Do you have dreams of good health or to be happy and confident? Many of us have dreams like these but unfortunately the majority of people just don't reach those dreams.You can read books and research on the internet but can often end up with information overload, but still not be any closer to realising your dreams.Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) can assist you in realising your dreams by working on the basis of studying excellence and teaching you how to use language or the mind to achieve your desired result. You must have a positive mindset to be able to have success in achieving your chosen outcome.We all have the necessary resources within us to success but many people just don't know how to use those resources. You need to believe in yourself that if someone else can do something then there is no reason why you can't do it just as well.If you can learn their skills and strategies, both internally in their mind and externally in their behaviour, then you can use them to model your own skills and behaviours. NLP works on this basis, to model successful people's ... [more...]