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Issue 27 Autumn 2015 The Journal for Hypnotherapy, Coaching and NLP Parkinson’s Disease by Peter Kingsford-Petley Mindfulness for Busy People by Nick Cooke Therapy Business Success - Postbag Healing Trauma by Rob McNeilly Interview with Robert Perkins Book Review CPD

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Issue 27 Autumn 2015

The Journal for Hypnotherapy, Coaching and NLP

Parkinson’s Disease byPeter Kingsford-PetleyMindfulness for BusyPeople by Nick CookeTherapy Business Success- PostbagHealing Trauma by RobMcNeillyInterview with RobertPerkinsBook ReviewCPD

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Hypnotherapyas an adjuncttreatment forParkinson’sDisease patientsby Peter Kingsford-Petley

Within recent years, the benefits of hypnotherapy as anadjunct treatment for neurological degenerative conditionssuch as Parkinson's Disease (PD) have come to theattention of both doctors and neurologists alike. Severalevidence-based trials undertaken by hospitals, universities,and medical centres in the UK, USA, Canada, and Israelhave yielded positive and encouraging results, especiallyin regard to reducing the symptom of resting tremor. Notonly does this provide a new arena within which clinicalhypnotherapy can expand, but it also offers another avenueof treatment for those living with PD.

It is important for hypnotherapists working with PD patientsto gain an understanding of both the fundamentals of thecondition and the variety and purpose of the medicationscurrently in use. The initial time investment required toacquire this comprehensive knowledge is well worth it asit instills confidence in both the therapist and the client.When the therapist is able to demonstrate anunderstanding of their PD client’s condition, as well as theirdrug regime, they are able to rest assured that they are inthe care of a specialist.

Parkinson’s Disease is a degenerative neurologicalcondition that affects motor control; it is caused by thedeath of dopamine-producing neurons in the part of thebrain called the basal ganglia. The most common initialsymptoms are resting tremor in the hands, abnormalinvoluntary movement, and muscular pain. In time,dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system can lead toincontinence, constipation, and hyperhidrosis (excessiveperspiration). It is possible to successfully treat the initialsymptoms related to the loss of motor control withhypnotherapy, but the first and most important step is toprovide emotional relief for your client.

When I see a Parkinson's client for the first time, I meetsomeone whose life has been completely turned upsidedown. Activities that were once routine, have now becomehuge challenges. Understandably, it is common for PDsufferers to perceive that the demands placed upon themexceed their capacity to cope, and this produces a stateof unending stress and anxiety. Other common non-motor

symptoms are depression and insomnia, and these issuessimply exacerbate the Parkinsonian symptoms. Therefore,helping your client to access a deep state of relaxationthrough hypnosis will be a necessary first step towardeffective therapy.

There is almost always a sense of having lost control overone's life and of being at the mercy of the medical system.Hypnotherapy gives a degree of control back to the patientso that they no longer feel helpless in the face of PD. Thisconstitutes a positive and important first step in coming toterms with their condition. The PD patient will find that aswitch from complete dependency upon the medicalsystem to self-directed proactivity is extremelyempowering.

When a hypnotherapist decides to add Parkinson’sDisease to his or her list of treatments, one of the mostimportant things to do is to initiate contact with your localneurologists. It is important to inform them that your roleas hypnotherapist is in an ‘adjunct capacity’ and as such,is a support to the patients’ primary care which, of course,lies with their GPs and their neurologists. It is very importantto establish a professional working relationship with yourPD client’s neurologist from the very outset. I periodicallysend the equivalent of clinic letters to the neurologist afterevery 3 or 4 sessions. They contain my observations oftheir patient while under my care, as well as a briefdescription of my ongoing treatment plan. It has been myexperience that many neurologists are aware of the benefitsof hypnotherapy for their patients, demonstrating this byresponding to my clinic letters and keeping me informedof any changes to their patient’s medication regime. As aresult, I am able to more accurately and effectively monitormy client’s therapy. By establishing this importantrelationship, the role of the hypnotherapist as part of thePD treatment team is formally acknowledged andlegitimised.

Modern medicine now widely accepts the fact that apatient’s mental attitude toward recovery has a significantimpact upon the recovery process. This can also be saidabout the role hypnotherapy plays in increasing quality oflife for those who are living with debilitating conditions.Although not without its challenges, working with suchclients is both fascinating and extremely rewarding work.

Peter Kingsford-Petley is a hypnotherapist based inKingston upon Thames. He specialises in working withclients with Parkinson’s Disease. If you’d like to learnmore about working in this area look out for futurecourses by Peter or see the CPD list of Dr Nick Wright’sOne Mind, One Body courses in Birmingham andLondon.

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Mindfulnessfor BusyPeople

By Nick CookeIt’s official! Mindfulness is not just for those with timeon their hands. Increasingly it is being used by busypeople, who, on the face of it, have no time at all toengage in mindful activities. It’s a commonmisconception that mindfulness takes up a lot of time.In fact you may be pleasantly surprised to learn thatquite a lot of mindfulness takes up very little timebecause it makes use of time we are alreadyexpending on activities in our everyday lives.

So what is mindfulness?Very simply it can be thought of as awareness, orfocus. Pioneer of therapeutic / clinical mindfulness,Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn describes it as ‘Paying attention ina particular kind of way, on purpose, in the presentmoment – and non-judgementally’. Sounds all toosimple and easy? – well, not quite! It’s not always thateasy to pay attention to anything in our lives,especially on what is going on right now. If you wantto check this out for yourself, and if you have a secondhand on your wrist watch, just try focussing on nothingexcept the minute hand turning round, for a wholeminute. If you can do it, then that’s a good start. If youcan’t then it just means you are a normal human beingand that learning mindfulness might do you somegood!

The great news is that we can all learn to be moremindful and many people go on courses to learnmindfulness and some of the benefits that they noticefrom this are:

Ø reducing stress

Ø worrying less

Ø becoming more resilient

Ø increasing motivation

Ø having greater energy

Ø becoming more productive and effective at work

Ø boosting creativity

Ø being happier and more fulfilled

Two types of mindfulnessMindfulness can be thought of as having two types –informal, as in carrying out everyday activities in amindfully aware way and formal – which can best bethought of as meditation. We might also think ofmeditation as a way of teaching ourselves to be mindfuland helping ourselves to develop our focus and attention.

As an example of informal mindfulness - if we take anordinary, everyday activity such as eating a meal – howoften do we do this in a completely mindful way, givingit all our attention? Most people find that they veryseldom really pay attention to what they are eating. Isthe reality not that often we rush our food down withoutreally noticing it all that much, possibly even reading ouremails at the same time and with half an eye on thetelevision. Supposing instead perhaps we first of allobserve our food and notice what it looks and smellslike: Getting our taste buds working and then savouringour food in small mouthfuls, chewing it slowly to get thefull enjoyment from it in a fully mindful way.

Formal mindfulness meditation involves us, eitherindividually or in a group, allowing our focus to be guidedtowards certain kinds of awareness, such as of ourbreathing, bodily sensations, emotional feelings,thoughts and sounds. A common misconception ofmeditation is that it requires us to let the mind go blank,or that if we find that the mind wanders, that we are notmeditating properly! In fact it is virtually impossible tohave a blank mind and it is completely normal to findthat your mind has a tendency to wander away from yourfocus of attention so that, from time to time you will haveto bring it back again. Gradually as we practicemeditation we find that our focus and concentrationbecome stronger.

Practice Building PostbagI’m thinking of doing a talk or demo to help promotemy practice, but I’m not sure where to start. I amcomfortable with speaking to groups as I had to do thisin my old job, but I have never had to do the organisingside of things. Could you give me some tips please?

You’ll need to take some time out for thinking and planninga successful event, so diarise when you’ll do this. I alwaysadvise people to plan events with military precision but tobe prepared to be flexible, especially on event day itself -things will never go quite as you expect so you need tothink about what might change and how you can beflexible. ….continued on page 6

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Healing TraumaBy Robert B McNeillyMBBSWhat does thesolution orientationhave to contribute?

I am increasingly grateful for Milton Erickson’s contribution.Two of his comments seem particularly relevant - “Becauseeach person is an individual, we need to tailor our approachto meet the individual’s needs rather than tailor the personto fit some Procrustean bed of psychological theory”… and…“To think that there can be one psychological theory thatwould fit every individual of both sexes, of all ages, all racesand religions, in all circumstances is ridiculous”.

I like his implied invitation for us to look beyond the externalcircumstances that a client brings to us, beyond anydiagnostic label, and focus instead on the person, theirexperience, and their individual response which is thesource of their suffering and the source of the nascentsolution. By shifting the focus from an inquiry into what’swrong, and towards what might be missing for eachindividual client is not a trivial matter. It may be worth theexistential discomfort of letting go of our need for certainty,of us not knowing what’s best for the client, and daring tolook, with the client, for what will be most helpful to them.

My medical training had me learn to gather information tomake a diagnosis to create a treatment plan and thenbegin to implement it. While this approach will be useful oreven necessary in dealing with some problems, physicallybased ones particularly, there is another approach whichis worth exploring.

If we begin with the question of what’s missing for thisindividual client, we can begin to explore with them whatresource they may have lost track of. If we can assist themto reconnect with that experience, they may then be readyto deal with their dilemma and even solve it.

I have noticed that exploring with each individual just whataspect of the trauma is still troubling them allows us tofocus our exploration on what is relevant for THIS personand avoids the time consuming process of treating traumaas a condition. The client can be respected, their individualexperience can be validated, and our combinedexploration can be more focused resulting in a more fittingand lasting outcome.

Some people report that they are troubled by intrusivememories, others by a painful blank in their memory. Somewill have physical or emotional pain while others have anawful numbness. Some will suffer from some inability to do

something - sleep, go out, etc, while others will complainof compulsive activities or obsessive thoughts.

By exploring these individual experiences, our therapy canbe more respectful and effective, and hypnosis is adelightful way of intensifying the experience of the evolvingand then solidly learnt solution. If someone has a problemwith intrusive memories, then forgetting might be calledfor; if blankness, remembering; if pain, then not noticingor lessening the suffering; if some activity, then creating apreferred activity … Whatever is missing in the problemcan be explored, and learnt in hypnosis with refreshingease and relief all round.

A woman was driving to work, and lost control of her car asit went round a bend in the road. The car rolled over severaltimes, and although she stepped out of the car unhurt, everytime she thought of driving, memories of the car spinningand emotions of fear – fear that she was about to die – cameflooding into her mind. What was missing for her was anexperience of having survived - she was always in theexperience of facing her imminent death. As a detachedobserver she was able to begin to focus on recalling theevent in slow motion without being overwhelmed, and wasstartled to see herself stepping out of the car unharmed …and alive! Her relief was immediate and she was able toreturn to work happily.

In summary, if we can explore a trauma with each individualclient, just what their specific experience is, discover what’smissing for them, and assist them to connect with thatexperience hypnotically, we can foster a respectfulresolution of the trauma.

Rob McNeilly was a GP in Melbourne, Australia for 10 years.He had the privilege of learning directly with Milton Erickson,became inspired by Erickson’s human approach to therapyand the way Dr Erickson created unique ways to assistindividual clients, couples and families with their difficulties.

In 1998 Rob founded the Centre of Effective Therapy (CET)to introduce Ericksonian Hypnosis and the SolutionOriented Approach to hypnosis, counselling and coachingto therapists in Australia. For more than 30 years, he hasdemonstrated his unique approach to therapy (a legacyfrom Erickson) nationally and internationally, includingpresentations at the Milton H Erickson Foundation’sInternational Congresses in the USA. He has also deliveredworkshops in Singapore, Scandinavia, South America andthe UK since 1999.

After a sell-out Course at Central England College in April,Rob McNeilly is returning to the UK by popular request andwill presenting 2-day Ericksonian Masterclass on workingwith trauma at London Hypnotherapy Academy on Saturday27th & Sunday 28th February 2016. Please note the newvenue details for this event.

(See the CPD listing below for details.)

The attendance fee is £250 (for NCH members) and £275for non-members.

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EricksonianHypnosisMasterclassFOCUS ON TRAUMA

Saturday and Sunday 27th & 28th February 2016LONDON – William Morris House, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD

‘A Unique Learning Opportunity tolearn in person from a true master ofEricksonian Indirect Hypnosis’

with Dr Robert McNeilly (Australia)

Attendance is £250 for NCH (full and student members) and £275 fornon-members for the whole weekend. The fee includes certification. Forfurther information or to book call London Hypnotherapy Academy on020 8947 3338 or email [email protected]

‘A highly skilledpresenter whoseunique perspectivesand playful demeanourmake for a delightfullearning experience.’

Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D.

‘Rob McNeilly studiedwith Milton H. EricksonM.D. ... is one of themost knowledgeablepractitioners ofEricksonian methods inAustralia. His teaching

is clear, entertaining and edifying.’

Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D. Board ofDirectors, The Milton H. EricksonFoundation, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona.

‘Rob McNeilly workedwith Milton Erickson,has been an invitedpresenter atInternationalEricksonianCongresses, and is apassionate and skilful

teacher of the Solution OrientedApproach. I know him and his work,and value his personal andprofessional contributions.’

Bill O’Hanlon MS LMFT

Director of The Milton H Erickson Institute of Tasmania and The Centre for Effective Therapy(CET), Rob is acknowledged by his peers world-wide as one of the leading teachers ofEricksonian Hypnosis. Many will be familiar with his ‘Crown House’ therapy videos and andRob returns to the UK by popular demand after a sell-out event in Birmingham in April 2015

The two-day, weekend training workshop is interactive and Rob will guide the participantsvia presentation, demonstration and practical exercises. Rob is a very generous tutor whoshared many training resources with attendees at the Birmingham event. Feedback wasbrilliant and this event will be a sell out.

Dr Robert McNeilly trained as a medical doctor and went on to study, over a number ofyears, in the USA with the late Dr Milton Erickson. He then developed his own style of ‘solutionfocused’ therapeutic approaches including the powerful use of ‘therapeutic metaphor’ which,for more than 30 years, he has taught in many countries.

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TBS postbag continued from page 3

A good framework for your planning, as taught to me bythe Chartered Institute of Marketing, is SOST and the 4Ms:

1. Situation (S)Where is your business currently? Can you spotopportunities or problem areas? What can you do betterthan others? Thinking about this will help you shapewhat type of event you might want to hold.

2. Objectives (O)So having decided on the type of event, what objectiveswill you set for it? Bearing in mind that an objectiveshould always be something specific, measurable,achievable, realistic and set within a timeframe – knownas SMART for short. So if you can’t measure what youare planning you probably shouldn’t be doing it!Maybe your goal is to increase your bookings by 5% -how many clients would you need to make this happen?Take a long hard look at your existing business andwork out how and where you have acquired clients. Soan objective might be, I need 20 people to attend thisevent and for five of those to become clients or buy oneof my books or recording put a value on the requiredrevenues.

3. Strategy - aka your business goal (S)So how will you actually achieve your objectives andreach your target clients? Online? Hard copy mailings?Other? Attending networking events, meeting peopleand making personal invitations? No point in holding anevent if you can’t get people along to it.

4. Tactics (T)The detail of how you’ll achieve your strategy. Will it befocusing on your twitter account and interacting with thedesired targets? Ultimately creating a ‘tweet-up’ - anevent where people who tweet come together to meetin person? Writing interesting blogs and posting linkson Twitter or Facebook to create an awareness andengagement? Using your existing mailing list if you haveone, or creating one if you don’t, so you can extendinvitations. The possibilities are endless!

5. Manpower (M)And to achieve the tactics what will it take? Who needsto do what? Can you do it all yourself or will you needothers to help?

6. Money (M)The all-important budget! What costs are involved increating your event? Room hire? Speaker hire? AV(audio visual) equipment hire? Refreshments?Invitations? Additional people to help? Walk yourselfthrough the whole event from invitations to whathappens on the day noting everything that will requiremoney to be spent.

7. Minutes (M)Write yourself a timeline, include all the key activities;when they need to happen and who will do them, fromhiring a room, to extending the invitations and preparingpresentations, talks or demonstrations. Remember withinvitations, to take into account that everyone has busylives and full diaries so for an event a minimum of eightweeks’ notice. And a week or so before your event it’shelpful to reconfirm with everyone – we all know howour diaries can change!

8. Measurement (M)After your event go back and review your objectives andsee whether you actually achieved them. This could bein terms of attendees, number of new clients, numberof sales, hits to web pages, number of tweets, whetheryou kept within budget – whatever it was you set out toachieve in the first place to see if you actually did.

A great event takes a lot of thought and planning so takethat all important thinking time up front and have a plan.If you don’t have a plan, how will you know whether youhave succeeded?

Caroline runs an events business and is assistant toLorraine McReight at London Hypnotherapy Academy.

Getting toknow you…Interview withRobert Perkins NLPCoach and MasterTrainer

Lorraine: Hi Robert, good to see you again. You’ve beenin Birmingham today to do a business coaching session.Do you do much coaching for entrepreneurs or businessowners?

Robert: Hi Lorraine. Yes, I do a lot of coaching as well asteaching NLP and I would say that I have a good mix ofentrepreneurs, corporate clients and individuals.

Lorraine: I know you are a master trainer in NLP, but doyou only use NLP techniques in your coaching or do youuse classical coaching techniques too?

Robert: That’s a good question and whilst I do use NLPtechniques I tend to adopt a flexible approach and blendmy coaching with traditional coaching models. It reallydepends on the client and their needs as my coaching isabsolutely client focussed.

Lorraine: So, what's so great about NLP Bob?

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Robert: Ha ha, well Lorraine, like many approaches, NLPis much more than a few techniques that can be trottedout and that put right any problem! It’s more a practical,flexible and pragmatic process to help clients makechanges. This really benefits my clients as it provides themwith sensory based evidence of changes occurring andgives them more choices in their emotional responses orhabitual thinking patterns.

Lorraine: Many hypnotherapy and coaching courses teachelements of NLP such as 'Swish' technique or Fast Phobia;do you use these interventions often with your clients?

Robert: Both the Swish technique and Fast Phobia Modelsare well known and I teach both techniques as they arevery useful and I will continue to use them. Manypractitioners have had great success with both and thereare others, such as Neurological Level work for dealingwith learning or change or the New Behaviour Generatorwhich is a strategy at the heart of mental rehearsal. I usethese frequently in my coaching sessions and teach thesealso as they are so successful in bringing a client’s thinkingto a different level. They are also really useful to run throughyourself on occasions!

Lorraine: You are clearly very passionate about NLP,Robert; how long have you been an NLP’er and what didyou do before?

Robert: Crikey! It’s been over a decade now. I was a PoliceOfficer for 30 years and specialised in the Police use ofFirearms and Counter Terrorism.

Lorraine: Wow, that’s a bit different! What made youchange and what was it about NLP that attracted you?

Robert: Well I was really fortunate to be invited on a freeweekend NLP taster session run by some Police trainers(I was a Police Firearms Instructor at the time) and itcompletely opened my eyes as to how my language andbehaviour could influence my firearms students. I wasastounded that such a simple approach could be sosuccessful and I made sure I got myself trained as apractitioner and then later completed my MasterPractitioner and Trainers course and have loved everyminute of it since.

Lorraine: You have an NLP course coming up in NovemberRobert; who could benefit from that course and is thereany entry criteria?

Robert: The course in November really is open to anyonewho wants to develop their skill levels. I will be teachingtechniques for rapid change and the techniques will be ofbenefit to both qualified and trainee Hypnotherapists aswell as NLP Practitioners.

We will be exploring Neurological Levels, New BehaviourGenerator, 4MAT Model and Sub-modality change workwhich can be used in therapy or coaching sessions, sodouble the benefit!

Robert is running an interactive CPD event ‘NLP RapidChange Techniques for Hypnotherapists’ at LHA inLondon on Sunday 29th November 2015. The attendancefee is £90 for NCH members and £120 for non-members.

BOOK REVIEW

More Scripts andStrategies Lynda Hudson

by Fiona Kelsall, hypnotherapy studentOn first opening the book I was immediately drawn to itsunusual layout. Alongside the main body of each scriptthere are explanations, alternatives or further suggestions,which are annotated to the right. I knew this would be auseful book, but I didn’t realise how often I would be usingit throughout my training and specifically with my casestudies.

In her Introduction Hudson acknowledges that her stylenaturally differs from Allen’s original offering and is writtenas a “compliment” to his work. More Scripts and Strategiessets out to present subject matter not already covered inAllen’s original book.

The reason that this book goes beyond the Allen’s originalwork is not necessarily the calibre of the scripts, as bothare excellent, but its potential for learning. It includes achapter on hypnotic language, which is helpful for adaptingor writing your own scripts. I also appreciate the ease inwhich one can eliminate any part of the script that isn’trelevant for a particular client, without it affecting thestructure as a whole.

The scripts are divided into general headings such asAnxiety, Panic, and Phobias. She then provides us with aselection of scripts to choose from, depending on ourclient’s needs. Where relevant the book provides adviceon treatment and case structure and therefore adds a thirddimension to this work as a reference book.

There is a section at the back called ReorientationProcedures. This is an inspiring point of focus as itsometimes feels that the termination of trance orreorientation (which sounds more purposeful) can seemlike an afterthought. The chapter breaks these down in toheadings such as Positive focus with a strong urge to putplans into Action.

There is very little not to like about this book. However thecasualty of the split page layout is the font size andnarrowness of the script on the page. I find I can lose myplace if reading directly from the book, but this can beovercome with a scanner or copier.

If I was only able to buy one book during my hypnotherapytraining – this would have to be my choice! It is in constantuse and never seems to find its way back onto the bookshelf.

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Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 2015/16Hypnotherapists are required to maintain their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to uphold professional learningstandards and to meet the requirements of whichever professional association they belong to. Normally this is a minimumof 15 hours, or two days of CPD during each twelve month period. The list below shows CPD and other training eventsfor hypnotherapists currently scheduled for 2015/16, but new events are being added all the time, so please check therelevant websites regularly.

CPD Training at CentralEngland College – 2015/16Bookings on 0121 444 1110or email [email protected]

Saturday 28th November 2015Dr Nick WrightOne Mind, One Body – anintegrated approach toneurological disordersThe attendance fee is £120 (NCH &APHP members) and £150 to non-members(see article earlier in this issue)

Saturday 30th January 2016Nick CookeCaring approaches to paincontrol, with Hypnosis, NLP andMindfulnessThe attendance fee is £90 (NCH andAPHP members) and £120 to non-members

CPD Training at LondonHypnotherapy Academy –2015/16 (Venues in Central andSW London)Bookings on 020 8947 3338or [email protected]

London courses are held atvarious venues so please checkthe LHA website for full details orsign up to receive notification ofLondon.

Saturday 31st October 2015Annabel RobertsCoaching Techniques forHypnotherapistsVenue: LHA WimbledonThe attendance fee is £90 (NCHmembers) and £120 to non-members.

Sunday 29th November 2015Robert PerkinsNLP Rapid Change Techniquesfor HypnotherapistsThe attendance fee is £90 (NCHmembers) and £120 to non-members(see interview with Robert earlier inthis issue)

Saturday 23rd January 2016Dr Nick WrightOne Mind, One Body – anintegrated approach toneurological disordersVenue: William Morris House,Wimbledon, SW19The attendance fee is £120 (NCHmembers) and £150 to non-members

Saturday 27th & Sunday 28thFebruary 2016Rob McNeillyEricksonian Masterclass onworking with traumaVenue: William Morris House,Wimbledon, SW19The attendance fee is £250 (NCHmembers) and £275 for non-member(see article earlier in this issue)

Therapy Business Success(TBS)Workshops:www.therapybusinesssuccess.co.uk

Venue: London HypnotherapyAcademy Wimbledon

Workshops: Fee: £85 each

Sunday 6th September 2015Soft selling through print &presentations.Leaflets, flyers & business cards.Talks, presentations & networking

Sunday 22nd November 2015Positioning yourself in themarketplace.Pricing, branding & USP. Customerservice, client retention & referrals

Sunday 13th March 2016Seven seconds to impressWebsites and directories: content,message & aesthetics

Sunday 12th June 2016Building your community &influenceBlogs, Vlogs & Social media.Email Newsletters

Bootcamps:Venue: LHA WimbledonFee: £245 eachContact: 020 8947 [email protected]

Saturday 10th & Sunday 11thOctober 2015 orSaturday & Sunday 23rd &24th April 2016Marketing your practice offline(for more info on this practicalweekends see the TBS website)

Saturday 30th & Sunday 31stJanuary 2016Marketing your practice online(for more info on this practicalweekends see the TBS website)

Booking informationAll courses are certified and trainingnotes are provided. The coursesare open to practitioners ofhypnotherapy, NLP, coaching,counselling and related fields.

TBS (Therapy Business Success)Workshops and Bootcamps arealso open to complementary &natural health therapists. Numbersare strictly limited and places canbe booked by contacting:

Central England College0121 444 [email protected]

London Hypnotherapy AcademyTherapy Business Success020 8947 3338info@londonhypnotherapyacademy.co.ukwwww.londonhypnotherapyacademy.co.uk

LINKS

Editor:Lorraine McReight (LM)[email protected]

PublisherNick Cooke (NC)[email protected]