Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy UK: HypnotismI'd be pleased to have your opinion concerning epilepsy and hypnotherapy. I have two 'stop smoking' clients presenting...
After searching my library and looking into the DPA, I have been unable to find rules or any custom as to how long one should keep client files, notes and...
If you previously missed our poll on NLP, you can see the outcomes at the website below, and add your own votes. So far 83 people have voted on the following...
Some people said they couldn't get the link to work for the NLP poll so I'm posting it again. Visit the website below to see the current results of our ...
HypnoSynthesis(rtm) The UK College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Ltd. Just a reminder for those who have only completed the first 7 days of their hypnotherapy...
I know a lot of psychologists and psychiatrists don't believe in psychic phenomena-- I suspect because for a science devoted to the mind, such people have no...
... If you really wanted to do a survey, you need to ask the question differently. Asking how many people believe in it is likely only to elicit responses...
Hi Ron, ... Or they might understand enough of how we work to realise that a high percentage of people will believe irrational things very easily - whether...
There is a book by Malcolm Gladwell called "Blink." It addresses subconscious information processing that I believe have a lot to do with so-called psychic...
Right on Don. We come back to the "belief phenomena. If we think it is . . it is. If we think it ain't, it ain't. :-) _____ I think that's pretty much the...
Hi Barney, ... You mean there is nothing there just self delusion? At a zen group when asked why meditation works better in groups and better when there is a...
Funny... I don't believe in taxes, but for something I truly don't believe in, it sure affects my life. However, that talky old bore Shakespeare was right when...
Keith; Just for the record, there are over 70 known psi abilities; some of them very spectacular and unmistakable, though there are always people who would...
... believe in, it sure affects my life. Er, that's a very good illustration of what logicians call the fallacy of equivocation. You've used the same...
Hello all. I might as well put in my tuppence worth. I've probably said it before but I think it's a shame when people only 'believe' things when they are...
Hi Duncan, ... When those people are administering therapy and/or drugs it's a shame if they ignore evidence as to what is effective and/or safe. ... Tosh! (If...
... It concerns me that certain scientific discoveries are often taken totally out of context in order to "prove" various ideas in therapy. For example, I've...
Keith...in response... ... shame ... That was not my point, as I'm sure you know. As you, I think that therapists can be confident to use tested therapies but...
... Nonsense. The aim of science is only ever to disprove - it can never confirm. Duncan is correct. It amazes me that so many people who purport to believe...
Hi David, ... The aim of science is to do it's best to prove things true or false. The absence of negative proof and the ability to consistently make accurate...
Here is a good introduction to the subject of proof and science, especially useful for the layperson. http://www.carlton.srsd119.ca/chemical/Proof/default.htm...
... I think this article overstates the case in suggesting that logical proof has nothing whatsoever to do with scientific method. On the contrary, the whole...
Hi Duncan, ... I guess I don't know. Don's view is that therapists should consider abandoning certain practices as they have been shown to be invalid by ...
The "scientific method" has it's place and value, but the problem is that many-- if not most scientists-- junk the scientific method in favor of what they want...
Good morning Keith (morning everyone). I was hoping the subject was closed but I feel drawn to reply, although at times perhaps flippantly. All in the best...
Here is an excerpt from a book I'm currently working on. It's the text of a rare document by James Braid, the discoverer of hypnotism. Braid discusses the...
Hi Duncan, I agree with pretty well all you said there. ... It's not so much arrogance as excessive attachment to beliefs. You are right about healthy...
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