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The Australian
Hypnotherapy Journal
The official journal of the AHA & its member associations ASTA & ASOCHA
April 2015
www.ahahypnotherapy.org.au
Volume 66; Issue No 1
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April 2015
Contents
Reports
AHA Presidents report
2
AHA Information and updates
27
AHA Workshop reports
30
State reports
31
Book review/s
Connecting Hypnosis 1 by Rob McNeilly – reviewed by Jahne Hope-Williams
3
Articles
Supervision – leading the way by Cas Willow
5
Stress & Anxiety – the modern day scourge by Brett Cameron
7
Resource therapy & metaphoric symbolized imagery by Peter Richard-Herbert
9
Hypnosis as an experiential approach may better suit clients with trauma history than cognitive based
therapies by Sophie Firmin
12
Attachment theory: its role in happiness and relationships by Andres Soto
14
A – Z… thoughts of an SEO returning from planning days by Lyn Robinson
24
Workshop details in summary
27
Advertisements
The many parts of you – workshop (Jan Sky)
17
Supervision (Cas Willow)
18
David Donahoo NLP training
19
Metaphoric symbolised imagery (MSI) (Peter Richard-Herbert)
19
Hypnofit treatment of depression (Helen Mitas)
20
Rooms for rent – Macquarie St, Sydney
21
Skills enhancement webinars (Cas Willow)
21
Resource/Ego State therapy training (Peter Richard-Herbert)
22
Room for leas in Exmouth, WA
23
Diploma of Modern Psychology (The Mind Academy)
23
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Proof reader extraordinaire:
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(Acting) Presidents Report
Mailin Colman
Greetings members,
As per the letter sent to all members in March, you will all be aware that Antoine is taking some much
deserved time out to look after his health. Fortunately for me, he has remained on the national executive
committee as a much required advisor. I am extremely grateful for his continued presence and wish him all
wonderful things – particularly great health. He continues to be an inspiration to all of us.
Annual national committee planning day
The annual national planning event was held in Melbourne over the weekend of the 28th February / 1st of
March and all national committee members were in attendance. We achieved a lot over that weekend and
as usual, it was valuable for the national committee to reconnect face to face. A lot of hard work occurred
but equally, a lot of laughs were had as well.
Many topics were discussed and below is a broad summary of those topics:
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Journal – call for articles / contributions
AHA newsletter –a maximum of 6 to be issued
per year on one particular topic with no
advertising. To include a calendar of AHA
events and a link to the journal.
Paypal and credit card facilities to be organised
Membership renewal and application of AHA
rules / standards
Is the purpose and role of the association
changing – do we need to evolve?
Online continuing professional education – one
point per hour to be awarded to members as per
attendance at workshops. Half a point per hour
for any other professional development
undertaken.
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Volunteers for committees – much discussion
took place on why / how we are lacking
volunteers for committees around Australia. How
and what we can do to engage the next
generation to stand up.
Supervision training (more information on page
18)
The coming year – mentoring, increased
membership, online continuing professional
development, rewriting of the constitution,
creation of a “user manual” for the AHA, member
websites, rebuilding of the NHRA register.
There will be more information about all of these topics in the near future.
AHA policies
A reminder to all members that policies and procedures are constantly being written, updated and produced.
The most recent policies are: Code of good governance, advertising guidelines, social media policy. All of
the AHA policies can be found on the AHA website http://ahahypnotherapy.org.au/aha_members_area/
Membership renewals
As you will have been advised by your state SEO’s, 2015 is a breakthrough year with the majority of
renewals being 100% electronic. Several years of work by many people culminates with this momentous
step forward. I personally would like to thank Amanda Franzi for taking the database to the final stages,
giving us a more efficient and streamlined system and I would also ask members to be supportive and
proactive so that this system can produce a more effective AHA. For those members requiring assistance,
please contact Amanda Franzi, Mailin Colman or Bernadette Rizzo who will be happy to talk you through the
process.
I wish you all successful practices and peaceful, productive times.
Warm regards,
Mailin Colman,
Acting President
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Book Review
Author:
ISBN:
Rob McNeilly
None
Connecting Hypnosis 1
Distributor:
Amazon Digital Services, 2013
Reviewed by: Jahne Hope-Williams (Rev)
I started the review thinking that I would just race through the book, and easy
review; that it was just another book on hypnosis, welcome, but I have read
them all – I have even read Erickson. After seeing McNeilly in action I should
have learned that his method (and the writing) sneaks up on you.
His gentle, respectful, invitational approach is where he differs from most
other hypnotherapists. Once you have read and fully understood his
you will throw your induction scripts out of the window.
Connecting Hypnosis is a book that you need to read a number of times before you begin to
understand how sophisticated his technique is. McNeilly who has worked closely and one-on-one
with Erickson, makes the Erickson technique do’able. He invites us into the heart of “The Erickson
Way”, and shows us how to initiate a dialogue not by “doing to” a client, but by inviting the client
into the session. Imagine being able to work with the difficult client before they actually know you
are working with them. Or the person who believes that as much as they want to be hypnotised,
you can’t do it to them! Once you have read this book, you will know how to handle this beautifully.
Connecting Hypnosis contains 145 dense pages. You can’t speed read this book. Don’t be fooled
by the easy language, you need to read every word. I appreciated that the chapters are beautifully
headed so that I could easily return to areas where I had particular concerns. It is rich with
examples and stories which have been used in many cultures ancient and modern, but strangely
underutilised in hypnotherapy. Narrative
medicine is well understood and utilised by McNeilly.
And McNeilly doesn’t forget the therapist. Unless you understand how to read the client, what is
said and what is unsaid, this “talking therapy” can bamboozle you into thinking that nothing has
happened in the session at all, when actually a profound change has gently occurred. McNeilly tells
us how we can deal with silence on either side, (client or therapist), and how to handle doubts
about whether the client has been hypnotised at all.
This is a book that should be at the front of your reference
library, and you should plan to
read it more than once a year….
Jahne Hope-Williams (Rev).
Is the Founder and Director of
The Australasian Yoga Institute.
http://jahnehopewilliams.com/
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FOR AHA MEMBERS ONLY …
Alternative Solutions HAVE YOU JOINED THE AHA
DISCUSSION GROUP?
Nothing could be simpler
Bruni Brewin bbbenefits By joining the AHA discussion group forum you gain
access to the largest membership of any
hypnotherapy association in Australia, a huge
resource of sharing ideas to benefit our practices. It
helps all members, no matter which State you are in,
whether you live in a CBD or Rural District - each of
us are able to communicate and share ideas and
knowledge with every other member.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading
cause of death in Australia, with 43,946 deaths
attributed to CVD in Australia in 2012.
CVD - kills one Australian every 12 minutes.
CVD - claimed the lives of 43,946 Australians
(30% of all deaths) in 2012 - deaths that are
largely preventable
It’s as simple as writing an email, just like you do
when writing an email to a friend.
CDV by States - You can view the CVD
Prevalence Maps, which breaks downs states and
territories into regions: Heart Foundation
Your forum email address is –
aha-Discussion@gogglegroups.com.
Exercise - (39%) of adult Australians aged over
15 do very little or no exercise at all.
When you are a member of the forum, you receive
posting from other members, as well as being able to
post yourself. You can decide whether to respond to
an email to be helpful, or watch other responses, or
just delete the email if you have no interest in the topic
of discussion. These postings can include requests for
help with clients, interesting articles, and other
discussion topics of interest to your hypnotherapy
practice.
Anxiety and depression coupled with heart
disease triples the risk of death compared to
cardiac trouble alone, researchers have found.
The one rule we have is that you do not post
advertising (your own or links that have advertising of
their own or someone else's business, workshops etc.
Lifestyle risk factors:
Smoking one in six Australians aged 15 years and
over smoke daily.
Weight - (63%) adult Australians aged 18 years
and over were overweight or obese.
Advertising can be placed in the Australian
Hypnotherapy Journal (fees shown on page 19).
Alternative Solution?
We would like to see all members being involved, so if
you haven’t joined us yet, send an email to my
personal email address Jeremy@exemail.com.au and
I will verify that you are an AHA member and add you
on. (You are required to do this before you can
receive or post any messages.)
For assistance see a trained
Hypnotherapist near you who will help you to
release addictions, habits and stress that cause
CDV:
Click on the NHRA: The AHA is the largest professional association for hypnotherapists in Australia, and is committed to advancing hypnotherapy as a discipline and profession in its own right. Spreading the message that hypnotherapists make a difference to peoples’ lives, through improving hypnotherapy knowledge and community wellbeing. 1300 552 254 The Australian Hypnotherapy Journal – Autumn edition
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Supervision – leading the way
April 2015
by Cas Willow
Over the last ten to fifteen years, clinical supervision has been an innovative movement towards effective
practice within the professional status which continues to be awakened as clinical supervision emerges as a
separate and distinct field within the therapeutic clinical profession.
Clinical supervision has two main features: The supervision process satisfies a legal and ethical requirement
and works with the therapist to assist with growth, change and the development of their pathway as a
therapist. It is necessary to have usually a minimum amount of 5 years as a therapist in the field coupled
with regular ongoing supervision. To become a certified supervisor; a certain minimum amount of clinical
supervision training hours are required in order for you to become recognised as a professional supervisor
(ACA, 2013). There are various levels of qualifications that professional supervisors can seek in order to
deliver quality supervision that will help you practice and maintain a high ethical and legal standard, coupled
with growth and development within a professional practice. McMahon and Pattern stipulate that without
adequate and effective supervision training, unethical practice can grow and manifest into dysfunctional
behaviour (McMahon & Patton, 2004).
Therapists who have requisite clinical supervision hours logged are associated with higher credibility levels,
as supervision helps you learn, become interactive and work towards best practice therapeutic techniques.
As a therapist, it is important to seek a non-intrusive and empowering supervision practice which offers
professionals, either individuals or as part of an organisation; a variety of services which include one-on-one
supervision sessions, Face-to-Face or on Skype or group supervision, that are in accordance with your
individual needs. Whether you are a trainee or an experienced therapist, you need to connect with your
supervisor and anticipate friendly, ethical and professional supervision which carries and implements current
best practice pathways.
Therapy involves a complex interplay of factors including an ethical and legal framework, legislation (which
is often updated) including working within applicable boundaries. Furthermore, therapists are more prone to
compassionate fatigue as they help each client address their issues. This is a strong reason to ensure that
all therapists receive adequate and effective supervision as the supervisor helps identify transferences,
counter-transferences and parallel processes which often become major blocks to effective therapy.
“The therapist can experience strong negative feelings that don’t make sense or behave in ways
uncharacteristic of themselves” (Grant & Crawley, 2002, p. 33). Therapists can then often blur the
boundaries that separate their personal and professional lives, becoming emotionally involved in their
clients’ issues becoming one of the primary causes of burnout and/or compassion fatigue. During clinical
supervision, therapists are offered the opportunity to discuss challenges and problems that they may
experience with other experienced practitioners, creating the safe place to disclose and work through any
vulnerabilities.
Supervision procedures give you the opportunity to discuss professional and psychological challenges with
experienced therapists in the field. Part of the supervision practice is to encourage you to reflect upon your
practice while learning and developing new skills simultaneously.
The interaction with certified professionals is an excellent opportunity to familiarise yourself with the latest
techniques and methods used in the field of your chosen therapy. It is also an opportunity to update current
skills and learn new techniques with a view to offer the best quality care to your clients. A major part of the
process of supervision lays emphasis on self-care, self-awareness, self-reflection, theory and practice,
receiving the best out of supervision possible (Carroll & Gilbert, 2011).
Additionally, clinical supervision involves training therapists to work within the recommended legal and
ethical framework, encouraging therapists to embrace and experience growth professionally, ethically as
well as legally. As Hawkins and Shohet postulate, “It is important before you start supervising to revisit the
ethical standards that underpin your professional client work and to consider how each of these standards
apply to working as a supervisor” (2006, p. 54). The supervisory provision then covers practicing
professionals in the field of hypnotherapy, counselling, psychotherapy and other mental health therapies.
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Presently in Australia, the peek professional industry bodies recognise that supervision is a distinct
intervention that is different from therapy and clinical practice, and require their supervisors to adhere to
certain standards in relation to their preparation, education, and registration purposes (Shaw, 2004).
The standards are an attempt to identify the core competencies of supervisors. This includes areas that
characterise and effective supervisor in relation to their knowledge, competencies, and personal traits, as
consistently identified in supervision research and literature (Hawkins & Shohet, 2006).
As the momentum continues to grow many therapeutic governing bodies are beginning to review and modify
polices and associated guidelines for registration and maintaining of supervisory status in order to keep up
with current best practices.
Supervision is a discipline which STANDS ALONE, supervision is a totally different and unique skill to any
form of therapy. A supervisor requires advanced communication skills and knowledge to identify and work
through any unseen or unsaid emotional difficulties which a therapist might be experiencing.
The supervisor helps to identify:
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therapists who rescue
therapists who take on clients issues
therapists who worry about clients after the session
transferences and counter-transferences
signs of burn-out and fatigue
attachment issues.
if the therapist is keeping efficient and effective notes
if the therapist undertaking regular professional development to further their learning and skills.
ALL counsellors, hypnotherapists and therapists, regardless of their level of experience NEED supervision. It
is an essential part of growth and development for ANY therapist and is designed to protect and provide the
best available skills and professional development for the benefit of the client, the therapist and the
therapeutic profession as a whole. Supervision covers areas of evaluation, “Evaluation refers to the process
of assessing the competence of our work in terms of its effectiveness and the desired outcomes” (Carroll &
Gilbert, 2011, p. 141). Evaluation processes preserve growth and nurture change and continuous
improvement.
Recommended amount of supervision varies on so many levels, this can be dependent upon years of
experience, number of clients and complexity of issues to name just a few, however as a general guideline it
is recommended that a therapist has supervision at the very minimum once per month or every ten to fifteen
clients that one sees, which means that if you have a busy practice, then it is quite possible you are not
having enough supervision to be the best clinician for your clients. It is recommended the Individual one-onone supervision needs to make up at least half of your supervision requirements.
If you are a supervisor you still need supervision, in fact as a supervisor you need additional supervision,
you require supervision as a clinician plus you need supervision for supervision. As an experience clinician
you are often able to apply to your association to supervise other clinicians and as such your responsibilities
both legally and ethically rise, for this reason it is imperative that you regularly update your knowledge of the
latest practices and legislations, as you are responsible for the clinicians who you supervise and ultimately
their clients welfare. Therefore as a supervisor you need a minimum of supervision for supervision, it is
recommended that you have 1 hour of individual supervision for supervision every 3 months (4 times per
year) or alternatively 1 hour of individual supervision twice per year combined with 2 hours of group
supervision for supervision also twice per year.
It is important not to confuse clinical supervision with administrative or managerial, performance based
supervision, this is not the role of a clinical supervisor. Their role is distant and organised in an essence of
support and guidance.
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Structured clinical supervision needs to include contracts, planning, implementation, systems and regular
evaluation by all participants in a safe, secure and non-judgmental environment (Falender & Shafranske,
2012), thus the importance of effective and organised training.
Are you receiving Recognised Supervision Services from Qualified Professionals?
References
ACA. (2013, March 1). ACA Policy Document on Professional Supervision. Retrieved from Australian Counselling Association:
https://www.theaca.net.au/documents/ACA%20Supervision%20Policy%202013.pdf
Carroll, M., & Gilbert, M. C. (2011). On being a supervisee. Kew, Victoria: Psych Oz Publications.
Grant, J., & Crawley, J. (2002). Transference and Projection. Gosport, Hampshire: Ashford Colour Press Ltd.
Hawkins, P., & Shohet, R. (2006). Supervision in the helping professions (3 ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill House.
McMahon, M., & Patton, W. (Eds.). (2004). Supervision in helping professions. French Forest, New South Wales: Pearson Education Australia.
Shaw, E. (2004). The Pointy End of Clinical Supervision: Ethical, Legal and Performance Issues. Psychotherapy in Australia, 10(2), 64-70.
Cas Willow is a leading qualified and registered, professional counsellor and clinical hypnotherapist
and co-founder of CaS Therapy. http://www.caswillow.com/about/cas-willow/
Stress & Anxiety – the modern day scourge
by Brett Cameron Cht
I have found over the past few years, over 50% of my clients are presenting with symptoms of stress and
anxiety. In a fast paced and ever changing world it seems that stress and anxiety is the modern day scourge
afflicting the many.
It never ceases to amaze me how Hypnotherapy is still seen as the last throw of the dice for many ailments,
even though the evidence is quite strong indicating that Hypnotherapy continues to help people find quick
and lasting solutions to problems that other health modalities have failed to answer.
I welcome clients with symptoms of anxiety as I have helped hundreds of anxiety ‘sufferers’ as they move
forward to a life of relative calm, without the previously debilitating symptoms of anxiety.
I generally offer a 3 session program for Anxiety Relief with a confident outlook for positive change. The
theme of the program is to empower clients that they are now in control. By removing (or desensitizing) the
emotion that is attached to the initial sensitizing event (ISE), we have freed the client to experience a life
without the symptoms of anxiety. It might appear as a simple formula, but I see anxiety as a situation or
moment when the client is ‘out of control’. Wouldn’t it be great to know that you can be ‘in control’ of
situations that in the past would have caused stress, tightness in the chest, a rolling stomach, sweaty palms,
dizzy head and whatever else that gets thrown into the mix?
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A key component of the first session is to teach the client what I call ‘The Spinning Wheel’ technique. This is
to be used as often as the client chooses. However it is to have the knowledge that they have this process in
their toolkit that gives them the confidence to embrace challenges that would have been considered
impossible in the past. It works as a paradox. The more you think that you have to use it, then the less that
you have to use it. Down the track I have asked clients “when was the last time that you used the Spinning
Wheel technique?” It is only when they answer “oh ages ago”, that they realise that it is actually ages ago
that they last experienced a panic attack or anxiety. The process is as follows:
SPINNING WHEEL PROCESS FOR ANXIETY RELIEF:
This is a short and simple process designed to alleviate the symptoms of stress and anxiety. I’ll walk you
through the steps.
1. Tell the client that they don’t have to experience the feeling of anxiety or panic again but just focus on
the anxious feeling and where it is located in the body. It is best done with eyes closed. Ask them to
observe where the feeling of fear or anxiety starts. Eg tightness in the chest, or in the pit of your
stomach.
2. Ask them to imagine that they can place a spinning wheel in the location of that feeling. It could be steel
or timber or whatever they imagine it to be. And see or be aware of how it moves, and how it spins.
3. Increase that spinning feeling, getting faster and faster. Make it go as fast as you can.
4. Now imagine that you have the power to take it outside your body so that it is now spinning in front of
you … and now I am going to count to 3 and say the word ‘flip’ and when I do I want you to flip the
wheel so that it will still be spinning but in a different direction. So ready … 1, 2, 3 flip. Keep the spinning
going faster and faster and now see that you can give it a colour … a colour that is calming for you. So
you now have a wheel in front of you that is spinning in a different direction and is a different colour.
5. Now pull this spinning wheel back into your body keeping the spinning going in this new direction. Soon I
will say the word ‘brake’ and when I do I want you to imagine that you can apply a handbrake, slow the
spinning down to a leisurely pace … so now 1, 2, 3 … brake! Slowing down slowing down and notice
that your breathing is now deeper, rhythmical, slower … and your heart beat has calmed. And before it
comes to a complete stop you can open your eyes.
6. What do you notice? Now to test I want you to begin to imagine situations that would have made the old
unwanted feeling of fear be present, and while imagining these situations, just allow another part of you
to see that wheel spinning slowly. Maybe the old unwanted feeling has disappeared or faded into the
background. And be aware of what you are now feeling.
This is an exercise that can be practiced as many times as you like. Practice it until it becomes second
nature. Stress doesn’t have to be a part of your daily routine. You can have control of ‘it’ so that ‘it‘ doesn’t
control you.
I have a full time practice in Newcastle. I welcome any hypnotherapist to contact me if they wish for more
information.
Article by Brett Cameron
Cameron Hypnotics
www.cameronhypnotics.com.au
0403 335 751
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Resource Therapy & Metaphoric Symbolised
imagery
by Peter Richard-Herbert
Abstract
This paper provides an introduction to recent advances in the theory and application of Ego State Theory.
Resource Therapy and Metaphoric Symbolised Imagery will be of interest to hypnotherapists, counsellors,
psychotherapists and psychologists looking for diagnostic and therapeutic approaches which access affectbased pathways to the underlying causes of clients’ presenting issues. These two modalities are depth
therapies, not aimed at mere symptom removal. Resource Therapy emphasises the identification of the
client’s functioning resources and re-alignment of resources to ‘normal’ functioning. Metaphoric Symbolised
Imagery TM uses metaphor, association and archetypal symbols to work with ego states in an unconscious,
internalised process.
Resource Therapy and Metaphoric Symbolised imagery
“Cutting edge” therapeutic modalities
Resource Therapy is rapidly emerging as a therapy that is gaining results for practitioners in the fields of
psychotherapy, counselling, psychology and hypnotherapy.
Today’s Resource Therapy is the advanced model of Ego State Therapy originally developed in the early
1970s by Watkins and Watkins (1997) and brought up to its present day effectiveness by Professor Gordon
Emmerson PhD (2003) of Victoria University, Melbourne, who studied with the Watkins in the USA in 2000.
Emmerson’s Resource Therapy (2014), although grounded in Watkins and Watkins Ego State Therapy
(1997) contains a more workable structure consisting of his own techniques. Resource Therapy techniques
consist of 8 ‘diagnostic criteria’, 15 ‘Actions’ (remediation techniques) and Resource Mapping, which vary
greatly from the original Watkins theory (1997). Resource Therapy is a psychodynamic modality imbedded
in a neuroscience paradigm.
Emmerson’s further concepts consist of the existence of ‘vaded’, ‘retro’, ‘conflicted’, ‘dissonant’ and ‘normal’
states contained within Resource Personality Theory (Emmerson, 2014). One of the main defining factors
existing between Ego State Therapy and Resource Therapy is that RT work can be learned and used with
the process of hypnosis as optional, rather than necessary, for therapy results to be obtained.
Resource Therapy teaches techniques and criteria that train a therapist to diagnose presenting issues. Once
diagnosed, Resource Therapy ‘Actions’ can be applied to each individual diagnostic classification moving
the client toward remediation. The therapeutic process of Resource Therapy is clear and structured, and
treatment regimens are succinct and easily used.
Resource Therapy contains the concept that personality is made up of several different parts developed
throughout life, rather than consisting of one homogenous whole (Emmerson, 2014a). Resource Therapy
theory holds the belief that those active individual parts are our resources. This concept allows Resource
Therapists to directly address the personality part that holds and runs the life issue creating concern. Many
current therapies engage and interact with a talkative, intellectually based (cognitive) personality part that is
not directly related to the affect-based (feelings) personality part (or issue) that is being presented
(Emmerson, 2014a). This misdirected intellectual process often fails to yield lasting affect-based results.
The Resource Therapy process consists of determining: the client’s aims for therapy; classification of the
pathological state; and application of the prescribed ‘action’ to the presenting affect-based symptom. This
process allows the therapist and the client to shift the pathological state toward a more ‘normal state’
(Emmerson, 2014a). The last step in the process is debriefing and reviewing the therapy outcomes with the
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client. In a Resource Therapy approach, the therapist is trained to prescribe combinations of the previously
mentioned treatment actions to move a client’s existing maladaptive Resource States to normality.
Ego State Therapy originally emerged as a psychotherapy modality to help soldiers recovering from war
neurosis (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) occurring from World War 2 and the Korean conflict of the 1950s
(Watkins and Watkins, 1997). Ego States therapeutic application, originated by Helen and Jack Watkins
(1997), were originally designed to remediate trauma occurring from enemy contact situations. Prior to the
applied work of Watkins & Watkins, Ego State Therapy existed as only a theory based concept without
therapeutic technique.
Ego state theory could be compared to Freud’s (1927) concept of the id, ego and superego as part of the
structure of personality and Eric Berne’s (1961) extension of this idea with Transactional Analysis (Parent,
Adult, Child), emerging from the work of Paul Federn (1952) and his pupil Edoardo Weiss (1950).
Federn explained personality as the expression of several ego states that are in continual interaction within
the individual. He coined the phrase “ego states” because he viewed our core self, the ego (the pronoun “I”
in Greek), as innate in each state. Therefore, as states change, the “I” (the ego) changes with them into the
new state. As Emmerson (2012, p.19) suggests,
“No matter what state we are in, we think "this is me", or put another way, we have ego identification
with each state we bring to the surface. Therefore we are always in an ego state.”
Each individual has a unique set of ego states developed through their lives, because each person has a
unique experience of life. Similarities may exist between individuals’ ego states because there are
commonalities between the experiences of individuals. Ego states exist as a commonality of the psyche and
are developed by repetition from an individual’s life experiences.
Years of experiential research by Professor Gordon Emmerson at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
have taken Resource Therapy to its present day format and its use in remediating anxiety states,
depression, phobic and obsessive compulsive disorders. I trained in Ego State Therapy with Professor
Emmerson, and since 2010 I have been a co-trainer with him in Ego State and Resource Therapy training
courses. Professor Emmerson and I established the Australasian Ego State Therapy Association and have
been offering training in Australia and South-East Asia.
My own interest in Ego State Theory is being further explored via doctoral studies with Central Queensland
University, using a transdisciplinary approach to investigate ego state themes that make up specific
personality profiles. In November this year I will be presenting at the 2nd World Parts Therapy Congress
in Heidelberg, Germany, on The Eight Pathologies of Resource Therapy.
In 2014, I presented Professor Emmerson’s theory on “Retro Ego States and intervention regimens to bring
them to normality”, in Sorrento, Italy at the XIII International Congress of the European Society of
Hypnosis, and a workshop on my theory and the application of Metaphoric Symbolised Imagery TM (MSI).
The first airing of my thoughts on the application of MSI was at the XIX Congress of the International
Society of Hypnosis in Bremen, Germany in 2012.
The theory and methodology of MSI is grounded in Ego State Therapy, as a technique used to effectively
remediate underlying issues related to phobia, panic attack, obsessive compulsion, depression and anxiety
disorders. This technique uses the process of metaphor, association and archetypal symbolisation within a
series of transdisciplinary based imagery structures that repair, resolve and integrate surface and
underlying, conflicted and or ‘vaded’ Ego States on a deep psychodynamic therapy level. This work is
carried out at the base of the cause of the underlying issue rather than by a direct symptom removal
approach.
The process of MSI brings resolution to troubled underlying ego states, much in the same way the natural
dream process works through and remediates troublesome everyday issues of the mind during sleep. This
approach provides the client with a sense of inner peace and feeling of ‘working through’ the elemental
causes of their fears, conflicts or unresolved issues.
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Both Resource Therapy and MSI allow the therapist to communicate with the client through affect-based,
non-cognitive pathways. Many clients struggle to verbally articulate and identify the unconscious causes of
their symptoms and life issues. Resource Therapy and MSI provide a way to circumvent the resistance
which is often experienced in talking, cognitive-based therapies, rather than forcing clients to work within
uncomfortable therapy structures. Resource Therapy and MSI are deep psychodynamic therapies which are
gaining interest across the range of psychotherapeutic modalities in Australia and Europe.
References
Berne, E. (1961). Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy. United States: Castle Books.
Emmerson, G. (2003). Ego State Therapy. Camarthen, UK: Crown House.
Emmerson, G. (2012). Healthy Parts, Happy Self. Charleston: Gordon Emmerson.
Emmerson, G. (2014). Resource Therapy. Blackwood, Victoria: Old Golden Point Press.
Emmerson, G. (2014a). Resource Therapy Primer. Blackwood, Victoria: Old Golden Point Press.
Federn, P. (1952). Ego Psychology and the Psychoses. New York: Basic Books.
Freud, S. (1927). The Ego and the Id. London: Hogarth Press.
Watkins, J.G. and Watkins, H.H. (1997). Ego-states: theory and therapy. New York: W.W. Norton.
Weiss, E. (1950). Principles of Psychodynamics. New York: Grune and Stratton.
Article by Peter Richard-Herbert
Doctoral Candidate (CQU), MA Cultural Psychology (UWS)
DHP, Dip CH, Dip Psych (UK), Cert IV T&A
peter@macquariestreettherapy.com.au
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Hypnosis as an experiential approach may better suit clients
with trauma history than cognitive based therapies
by Sophie Firmin
Abstract
Hypnosis is unique in its intentional goal-directedness and implicit learning at super-fast speeds. Although
the art and science of psychotherapy originated from hypnosis, the second wave of cognitive-based
therapies has eroded the focus on the unconscious. While the third-wave therapies do utilise the
unconscious, such utilisation is usually neither intentional nor goal-directed. Since trauma memories are
both stored and retrieved non-verbally, the case for using hypnosis for this client group is even stronger.
This is particularly true when considering that the hypnotic experience can give clients a deeper insight of
the whole of their experience, rather than parts of the experiences talked about in cognitive-based therapies.
The case for using goal-directed, future-paced hypnosis for this client group over talk-only therapies appears
to be strong.
Modern-day psychotherapies (of which there are now over 500 and growing) (Pearsall, 2011), arguably
originated from hypnosis. A study of the history of hypnosis, from Anton Mesmer to James Braid, Josef
Breuer and of course, Sigmund Freud (Crabtree, 2005; Gauld, 1995), who is widely considered as the
“father” of psychotherapy, will leave no doubt that hypnosis played a large part in the original development of
psychotherapy. While some of Freud’s theories are now considered misinformed, much of what he
developed concerning the unconscious, has now been validated by neuroscience. (Stokes, 2009). Yet, the
therapy world has, by and large, moved away from working with the unconscious, to more cognitive-based
therapies (known as “second-wave” therapies). Although the “third wave” of therapies (such as SolutionFocused and Narrative Therapies) are now finding their way back to working with the unconscious, these
therapies tend not to be intentionally directed at unconscious learning and change but is haphazardly left to
the client’s imagination (or lack of it). How hypnosis differs from both the second and third wave therapies,
lies in the intentional, goal-directed, future-paced and experiential aspects of hypnosis.
Experiencing an event, as opposed to simply talking about it, engages more ‘channels1’ and more ‘submodalities2’ and therefore more possibilities for learning and change. Experiential Learning Theory,
developed by David Kolb, suggests that combining experience, perception, cognition, and behaviour, allows
learning through ‘transformation of experience’. (Kolb & Kolb, 2012)
Any Gestalt therapist who has also studied hypnosis would notice the similarity in the ‘experimenting’ phase
of Gestalt Therapy (GT), in which guided fantasies can be “directed, evoked or encouraged by the
counsellor” to facilitate the clients’ exploration of new possibilities, preferably using the client’s own imagery,
(Clarkson, 1990). However, one does not have to be a Gestalt therapist, to identify with the existential and
experiential nature of GT which acknowledges that the whole is greater the sum of the parts and analysing
the parts will therefore not give sufficient meaning to the whole, because whole patterns have different
characteristics from the parts. People have accurate perceptions of the whole when they engage in the
immediate experience of the here and now, (Yontef, 1998). This is particularly true while in a hypnotic
trance. The client is able to process the “whole” which is greater than the sum of the parts. The subjective
nature of hypnosis gives the client a rich experience that words often cannot do it justice. The brain can
process information far faster than words in cognitive-based therapies.
Neuroscientists tell us that the eyes can pass on to the brain over 10 million signals per second and that our
sense organs collect between 200,000 to 1 million bits of information for every bit of information that enters
our awareness, while the conscious mind can only process about 40 pieces of information per second.
(Thiele, 2006). This means language in cognitive-based therapies can hinder the speed of the client’s
internal learning and consolidation.
1
A term in process work that describes how people make meaning of their experiences through their senses and their relationships.
2
A term in Neuro-Linguistic Programming that describes people’s internal representations of their experiences that include diverse colours, textures, images,
movements and other body felt senses, which can be changed through conscious or unconscious re-programming for therapeutic outcomes.
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Hypnosis allows more focus on the client’s inner vision/wisdom/goal than any “unpacking” or talking about
issues in cognitive-based therapies. Hypnosis enables implicit cognition, which happens in super-fast
speeds. Hypnosis is a social interaction in which the client engages in a “high level of imagination and goaldirectedness”. (Simpkins & Simpkins, 2008). Such goal-directedness is usually unconscious and gained
through implicit knowledge. In the past few decades, many studies have shown that implicit processes play
a large role in creativity and problem solving. (Litman & Reber, 2005) In other words, if the therapist can help
the client access her vision of “where” (goal), she will find the “how” (solution). This is done through implicit
knowledge, gained at great speed in a trance.
We now know that memories for trauma are stored in non-verbal ways and recalled as feelings and
sensations, not as a verbal narrative. (Brown, 2002). A non-verbal, experiential approach to therapy for
trauma victims would therefore make more sense, even for non-PTSD clients.
Trauma, in the therapeutic context, does not have to be limited to a diagnosis of PTSD, but is defined by the
client’s own reality. A child being ridiculed in front of his friends by his father can be “traumatised”. It is the
child’s own experience that defines what is traumatic. In therapy, for symptoms to be relieved, the “trauma
narrative” needs to be processed meaningfully. Since trauma memory recall is non-verbal, “talk therapy”
alone may not be sufficient in retrieving, reprocessing and giving new meaning and understanding to
traumatic events, so that current symptoms can be alleviated. Hypnosis, when facilitated by a skilled
clinician, can help clients move forward without undue re-traumatisation, in super-fast speed, which typical
cognitive-based therapies simply cannot. Future-pacing and goal-directedness in hypnosis may be more
effective than cognitive-based therapies.
Conclusion
Since trauma memories are both stored and retrieved non-verbally but as whole-person experiences,
cognitive-based therapies may not be as time-effective as hypnosis for this client group. Hypnosis is a
subjective and experiential process tapping into the client’s own implicit knowledge, often at super-fast
speeds, which enables the transformation of experience and meaning to take place. This is particularly true
when therapy is goal-directed using the client’s own inner visions of her preferred future. Furthermore, the
client can find richer meanings in the whole of her experiences, often much more than the sum of the
individual parts of those experiences. Hypnosis supports creative implicit learning.
References
Brown, L.S. (2002). Chapter 1: The recovered memory debate: where do we stand now? In Zeig, J.K. (Ed). Brief therapy: lasting impressions.
Phoenix, AR: The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Press.
Clarkson, P. (1990). Gestalt counselling in action. London: Sage.
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Corey, G. (2009). Theory and practice of counselling and psychotherapy. 9 Ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
Crabtree, A. (1994). From mesmer to freud - magnetic sleep & the roots of psychological healing. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Gauld, A. (1995). A History of hypnotism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Litman, L., Reber, A.S. (2005). Chapter 18: Implicit cognition and thought. In Holyoak, K.J., Morrison, R.G. (Eds). The Cambridge handbook of
thinking and reasoning. pp.431-454
Simpkins, C.A., Simpkins, A.M. (2008). Chapter 13: Hypnotherapy supervision. In Hess, A.K., Hess, K.D., & Hess, A.H. (Eds). Psychotherapy
supervision: theory, research, and practice. 2nd Ed. pp.223-245. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Stokes, T.B. (2009). What Freud didn't know: a three-step practice for emotional well-being through neuroscience and psychology. NJ: Rutgers
University Press
Thiele, L.P. (2006). The heart of judgment: practical wisdom, neuroscience, and narrative. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Yontef, G.M. (1998). Awareness, dialogue & process: essays on gestalt therapy. Gouldsboro, ME: The Gestalt Journal Press.
Article by Sophie Firmin
Clinical Hypnotherapist, Counsellor
Sophiefirmin@gmail.com
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Attachment theory: its role in happiness and
relationships
by Andres Soto
A subject that is not given a lot of attention within Hypnotherapy training is that of life-span development and
its impact on our clients and the concerns they bring into therapy. Therapists can at times be preoccupied
with what techniques or approaches they will use to deal with a client’s presenting issue without giving
adequate attention to a person’s background and how their concerns came to be in the first place.
Interventions that rely solely on the application of techniques can be effective in achieving a client’s desired
outcomes but they often lead to short lived therapeutic results or worse, no result at all. There is no
substitute for good counselling skills to identify the concerns that underpin a client’s presenting issues.
This paper will review the literature and analyse the available data on the following statement ‘Secure
attachment’- all we need for success in life, adulthood & relationships. Bowlby’s attachment theory as
well as Hazan and Shaver’s theory on romantic love as an attachment will be dissected as well as Harris’
opposing views on attachment.
Attachment theory was originated in the late 1960’s by John Bowlby, a psychoanalytically orientated child
psychiatrist with an affinity to object relations theory which focuses on how our internal perception of
experiences with others affects the nature of our relationships (Corey, 2013, p. 86; Howe, 2011, p. 7).
Bowlby’s ideas on attachment were later expanded upon by developmental psychologist Mary Ainsworth.
The foundational concepts underpinning Bowlby’s theory were gleaned from his clinical observations as well
as a number of scientifically based theories including psychoanalytic, cognitive, evolutionary and systems
theories. However, the main theory which influenced his views in relation to attachment was ethological
theory; the study of the behaviour of animals in their environment (Howe, 2011, p. 3; Sigelman & Rider,
2012, p. 450).
According to Berk (2014, p. 195), attachment can be described as the strong affectionate connection that we
share with significant people in our lives that invokes pleasurable feelings. It also encompasses a
behavioural system which serves to ease emotional anxiety caused by perceived dangers in the
environment, allowing us to search out protection in the form of closeness to another person (Sigelman &
Rider, 2012, p. 450). An ethological perspective is currently the most commonly accepted approach to
attachment theory. That is to say that the emotional connection between babies and their care givers is an
innate ability which has survival value and has developed through evolutionary processes (Berk, 2014, p.
196). Whilst Bowlby subscribed to ethological theory, he did not completely disregard the role of learning
theory in attachment. He saw it complementary to ethology as a means to understand the processes of
change which instinctive processes go through (Bowlby, 1989, p. 53).
Based on our interactions with care givers, Bowlby proposes that we create internal working models or
internalised cognitive representations that direct the way we behave in relationships with others (Sigelman &
Rider, 2012, p. 151).
Other key concepts of Bowlby’s theory are those of separation and loss. He recognised these as important
issues within the helping professions emphasising the importance of the mother’s relationship with the child.
He proposed that the long term lack of maternal care can have a significant negative consequence on the
development of the child’s character extending well into the child’s future (Holmes, 1993, pp. 36-37).
As outlined in Berk (2014, p. 196) Bowlby described four main phases of the development of attachment.
During these phases a child builds a lasting affectionate bond with the caregiver which can be utilised as a
measure of security when the parent is not present. The phases are as follows;
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Table 1.1
Pre-attachment phase (birth to 6 weeks): Infants initially seek comfort from others via
innate signals. Eye contact, grasping, smiling and crying are behaviours that promote the
infant’s initial close contact with other people. At this stage, babies know their mother’s
smell, face and voice, however, attachment has not yet occurred as they are happy to be left
in the company of others.
“Attachment in the making” phase (6 weeks to 6-8 months): The development of trust
occurs as a baby becomes aware that their behaviour has an impact on others. Whilst they
are still comfortable being left in the company of others, they are expectant of a response
from the caregiver in times of need. Infants begin to differentiate between a known care giver
and other people.
“Clear cut” attachment phase (6-8 months to 18 months-2 years): An attempt is made
by the child to maintain the presence of the care giver and separation anxiety often occurs
when separated from them.
Formation of a reciprocal relationship (18 months-2 years and beyond): Due to
advances in language and cognitive ability, a child begins to understand the reasons why
they are left and can predict the mother’s return. Separation anxiety reduces during this
phase.
Adding to the work of Bowlby, Ainsworth and her collaborators, using what is now a widely accepted
observational method to measure the quality of attachment referred to as the strange situation test,
proposed four patterns of attachment (Berk, 2014, p. 197). These are: secure, avoidant, resistant and
disorganised/disorientated attachment.
In the 1980’s Cindy Hazan and Phillip Shaver, via their studies on romantic love extended the concept of
attachment to adult relationships. They suggest the conceptualisation of romantic love as a process of
attachment. This is to say that intimate relationships between spouses and partners share the qualities of
affection and bonding that commonly exist in the multifaceted emotional landscape as supported by
Bowlby’s theory. Hazan and Shaver agreed with the basic premise of Bowlby’s theory in that current
relationship patterns are affected significantly by past social experiences and therefore the attachment styles
described for infants can be observed in adult romantic relationships (Feeney & Noller, 1996, pp. 22-23).
The attachment styles in childhood and adulthood are as follows;
Secure attachment in childhood and adulthood – Children with a secure attachment pattern tend to use their
care givers as a secure base in times of need. The parents of these children demonstrate sensitivity toward
them and are able to effectively identify with the child’s model of the world. When left alone, they may cry but
usually only because they miss the familiarity of the parent and prefer their company over that of others.
Adults with secure attachment styles, tend to have close relationships with significant people in their lives
whilst maintaining the ability to be independent. They are able to seek the assistance of others when needed
and are also able to provide assistance to others when required (Berk, 2014, p. 197; Howe, 2011, pp. 78,
95).
Avoidant attachment in childhood and avoidant dismissive attachment in adulthood – Children with avoidant
attachment styles are emotionally less expressive as their experiences have taught them that
demonstrations of need and anxiety do not attract comfort from care givers. These children are more self
sufficient due to the emotional unavailability and non-acknowledgment of attachment signals from parents.
When left in the company of others, these children are less likely to demonstrate distress and they are not
as quick to reunite with parents after a period of separation. The adult with an avoidant attachment style
feels that any reliance on others for emotional fulfilment will end in rejection and hurt so they find it difficult to
open up and develop fulfilling relationships (Berk, 2014, pp. 104-105, 123).
Resistant attachment in childhood and anxious and preoccupied attachment in adulthood – Parents of these
children are often inconsistent and unpredictable in the way the care for their children, thus leading the child
to experience a level of uncertainty within the relationship. Children operating from a resistant attachment
style often experience anxiety and a lack of self worth viewing themselves as not deserving of love. They
see others as not having interest in them and withholding love. When left by the care giver, they often cry
and act in a clingy manner. Upon reunion the child reacts to the care giver in an angry but clingy way. When
feelings associated with lack of self worth persist into adulthood, people are often concerned with the fact
that any sort of failure will lead to abandonment from others. They work hard to seek connection with other
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people who they see in a positive light. These people tend to have active social lives and be prominent
figures at parties and other social gatherings (Berk, 2014, p. 198; Howe, 2011, pp. 124, 133-134, 151).
Disorganised/disorientated attachment in childhood and fearful avoidant attachment and unresolved state of
mind in adulthood – Children who have experienced neglect, trauma or abuse at the hands of care givers,
often exhibit two opposing or conflicted behavioural tendencies, one being a response to the fear caused by
the care giver where the child instinctively wants to move away from the care giver and the other, being the
attachment response where the child seeks comfort from the caregiver. This conflict tends to promote
confusion within the child and leaves him or her in a highly anxious, unresolved state. Children often display
confused or disorientated behaviour at the reunion with a care giver. Adults who are unresolved in terms of
childhood traumas and feelings of loss tend to be triggered into these past memories and feelings when they
experience stress in their current life particularly that which is caused whilst interacting with others. These
individuals are most likely to have difficulties in establishing healthy relationships (Berk, 2014, p. 98; Howe,
2011, pp. 152-153,181-183).
It is worth noting that adult and child attachment whilst sharing some common aspects, also differ in
significant ways. In child attachments, the care giver provides care and security to the child but does not
typically receive the same from the child. On the other hand, adult attachments are reciprocal in nature in
that both the parties within the relationship give and receive care (Hazan & Shaver, 1994, p. 8).
In her book the nurture assumption, Judith, Rich Harris disputes the notion proposed by attachment theorists
that the quality of the parent child relationship determines how the child develops emotionally in later life.
Rich Harris points to findings by Maccoby and Martin in their analysis of socialisation research field leading
(Harris, 2009, p. 36) to suggest that “the correlations found between the parents’ behaviour and the
children’s characteristics were neither strong nor consistent.” In their analysis, Maccoby and Martin focused
on the research methods used by socialisation researchers as well as the reciprocal affects of children and
parents on each other. In same family studies with more than one child, the conclusions reached were that
the environment provided by parents as well as the characteristics of parents do not have a significant
impact on a child’s emotional state (Harris, 2009, p. 36). Harris goes further to propose that relationship with
peers have a greater impact on the way a child develops emotionally than does the relationship with
significant care givers.
In her article, Porter (2007) suggests that a the ability to effectively regulate emotion, healthy brain
development and self esteem is promoted within an infant by a care giver who provides a soothing touch,
warmth and in times of anxiety, an element of calm. Conversely, the experience of neglect and abuse during
the formative years puts a child at risk of developing a range of developmental difficulties including disturbed
behaviour, mental illness and brain and cognitive impairment.
(Zheng & Li, 2014, p. 1258) point out a number of studies which link a secure adult attachment style to
positive subjective well being, higher emotional intelligence which in turn has been shown to play a
significant role in a person’s level of happiness and a positive impact on an individual’s self esteem.
Following a review of the literature and relevant arguments, it can be seen that secure attachment has a
significant impact on the way that we perceive and behave in relationships. Whilst there is a compelling
argument against the role of attachment theory in relationships proposed by (Harris, 2009), the evidence is
overwhelmingly suggests that secure attachment is an important factor in maintaining a level of personal
happiness and healthy relationships throughout the lifespan. This is a worthy consideration when working
with clients on the topic of relationships and self worth.
References
Berk, L. E. (2014). Development Through the Lifespan (6 ed.). USA: Pearson Education, Inc. .
Bowlby, J. (1989). Bowlby; The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Corey, G. (2013). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (9 ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Feeney, J., & Noller, P. (1996). Adult attachment. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Harris, J. R. (2009). The Nurture Assumption; Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do. New York: Free Press A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. R. (1994). Attachment as an Organisational Framewrork for Research on Close Relationships. Psychological Inquiry, 5(1), 122.
Holmes, J. (1993). John Bowlby & Attachment Theory. London: Routledge.
Howe, D. (2011). Attachment Across the Lifecourse; A Brief Introduction. Besingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Porter, L. (2007). All night long: understanding the world of infant sleep. Breastfeeding Review, 15(3), 11-16.
Sigelman, C. K., & Rider, E. A. (2012). Life-Span Human Development (7 ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Zheng, X., & Li, X. (2014). Adult Attachment Orientations And Subjective Well-Being: Emotional Intelligence And Self-Esteem As
Moderators. Social Behaviour and Personality, 42(8), 1257-1266.
Article by Andres Soto
Clinical Hypnotherapist & Counsellor
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AHA information and updates
Workshops for 2015
NSW
Sunday 28th June 2015
Sunday 13th September 2015
Sunday 29th November 2015
AGM & speaker TBA
GM & speaker TBA
GM, Christmas lunch & speaker TBA
QLD
Sunday 14th June 2015
Sunday 30th August 2015
Sunday 29th November 2015
AGM & speaker TBA
National AGM, QLD GM & speaker TBA
GM & speaker TBA
Vic
Sunday 21st June 2015
Sunday 13th September 2015
Sunday 6th December 2015
AGM & speaker TBA
GM & speaker TBA
GM, Christmas lunch & speaker TBA
WA
Sunday 2nd May 2015
Sunday 26th July 2015
Sunday 21st November 2015
AGM & Antoine Matarasso
GM & Jan Sky
GM, & Alexander Robey
New policies and procedures
Members are encouraged to remember that the professional world is changing constantly and the AHA must
remain current if we are to be taken seriously as both an association and a profession. Please familiarise
yourself with the AHAs policies and procedures – the most recent of which are:
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AHA Code of Good Governance
AHA Advertising Guidelines
AHA Social Media Policy for members
All of which (and more) can be found http://ahahypnotherapy.org.au/aha_members_area/ under AHA
General Documents.
Please be aware that several new policies will be written this year and it is part of your responsibility as an
AHA member to remain informed. Please visit the above website often.
AHA website: http://www.ahahypnotherapy.org.au
National Hypnotherapists Register Australia:
http://www.national-hypnotherapists-register-australia.com/
http://www.national-hypnotherapists-register-australia.com/listing_changes.htm
AHA Submissions to Government: http://ahahypnotherapy.org.au/submissions-to-government/
AHA membership renewal and database
Please be aware that if you are having issues with the renewal form it may be due to your firewalls and virus
protection software. If you have not received your renewal form via email, this could be because you have
not logged on to the database as yet. Please contact the national office, Mailin Colman or Bernadette Rizzo
who can talk you through the process and explain the system fully to you.
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State workshop reports
QLD – Chereyl Jackman, 15th February 2015
Hypnosis: The "Cure" for Trauma and PTSD
Richard Margesson was a British Army Guards officer from his early 20s. He saw active service in The Gulf,
Central Bosnia and elsewhere and served in high-profile positions within Buckingham Palace and the British
Embassy, Washington DC. He received The Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service for humanitarian
efforts in Central Bosnia.
After leaving military service, he developed and led ground-breaking programs in the not-for-profit sector
before launching a hypnotherapy practice that grew from one client to clinics in Australia and New Zealand.
Richard speaks from personal experience about PTSD.
The Mindset of a Military combatant
Soldiers are trained to a high state of physical and psychological toughness to operate effectively. They are
generally very resilient. They are wired to be very sensitive and act very quickly – unconsciously. The vast
majority respond with exhilaration when initially deployed for combat.
Combat is an intense adrenaline “rush”. It is a noisy, multisensory experience. Sound waves vibrate through
your entire nervous system; it is like having water in your ears. The air can be sucked from your lungs.
There is time distortion. The slow, steady, pulsation of tracer bullets whizzing past is an unsettling
experience. The smell of fire, burning flesh - goes straight to the amygdala. Relationships are intense.
The human mind’s advanced capacity for memory, imagination and anticipation can struggle in a combat
environment when surrounded by evidence of cruelty and inhumanity. Over time, bitterness arises as a
common response to the loss of innocence.
Soldiers are experts at disguising the signs of operational stress. A strong predictor for later onset of PTSD
is the sight and handling of the dead. Grief is rarely discussed or acknowledged and help is not sought for
fear of damaging career prospects, appearing weak or believing that you are “not that person!” Officers face
additional responsibilities to their troops and non-combat personnel. PTSD may stem from primary or
secondary events. The “virus” can linger for many years and longer. Soldiers have a deep orientation to
service and many struggle within the relatively self-centred, superficial and competitive arena of civilian life.
The price of eternal vigilance is a form of paranoia.
A Historical Perspective of PTSD and Trauma
Military people are imbued with a sense of military history. A military client will respect you more if you can
connect him or her with a sense of time, place and experience. Metaphors are helpful in enabling a deep
sense of rapport.
Example: “What can a sniper teach you about meditation?”
“Like a sniper, you need a stable position, you need to focus on the breath and you need to mentally project
the shot. Your thoughts are like bullets, etc., etc.”
Hypnosis has a long and noble history as the treatment of choice for PTSD. PTSD is not only curable; it can
be a source of strength. Your client is a survivor encoded with the intelligence that has brought him this far.
Other cultures developed shamanistic processes to ensure that warriors reintegrated safely back into their
communities after war. What symbolic process does your client need? Keep it real and keep it simple.
How Fear Memories are formed
Memory formation is a process of learning, storage and retrieval. It is both an emotional and conscious
process. Professor LeDoux demonstrated that memory can be disrupted after retrieval: “You’re only as good
as your last memory!”
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STORING
RETRIEVAL
STORING
Imagination colours and intensifies the original memory over time.
CURRENT
MEMORY
Trauma and PTSD are anxiety disorders. PTSD heightens and worsens all other patterns of anxiety,
depression and anger which are primitive emotional responses that lower intellectual control and become
worse over time.
Subconscious emotional memories are formed in milliseconds. Conscious memories are formed up to nine
seconds later. With PTSD the amygdala becomes over-sensitized and over-reactive and over-rides
conscious intellectual control. REM sleep is the mind’s gift to itself and nature’s way of emptying the “Stress
Bucket”. Sufficient sleep of the right type and length is critical to mental health. Hypnosis replicates REM
sleep to lower stress levels.
A Proven Method for Healing Trauma and PTSD
PTSD clients are already in a state of trance when they meet you. A solution-focused Brief Therapy
approach to healing trauma and PTSD is used to rewire the brain.
Regard their experience in its true perspective: “It is a thing of the past!” It is okay to remind them that “They
did volunteer!” Reframe the meaning of what happened: “What have you learned?”
A Mind Map can reveal the neural networks that are currently being accessed by the client’s mindset.
Gather information from the client. Instil hope and motivation. Teach them how the mind works with factual
information. Elicit a promise of agreement that they will do their homework and listen to the audio tapes as
provided. Discuss the treatment plan i.e. number of sessions, resources, time factor, and cost.
There is no need for them to retell their story. You can use a code or a symbol for what happened. Use
metaphor to convey positive suggestions. Keep their focus on a ‘picture of prosperity’.
Anxious people always breathe high in the chest. Are they breathing deeply and evenly?
Other effective techniques include the “Rewind” or “Fast Phobia Cure” from Erickson to Bandler (1985),
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprogramming), and the S.W.I.S.H.
Repeat things 10 – 12 times to impress information on the client. Galvanic skin response measures anxiety,
depression and depth of trance.
You need to empty their “Stress Bucket” and introduce a positive, future orientated template. The client is
put in charge as they are moved from therapy to coaching.
Avoid traumatising yourself. Keep your stress bucket empty. See a variety of clients.
Unintentionally retraumatising the PTSD client is a real and present danger. “Venting! Reliving or Exposing”
are definitely out. “No one ever got better by feeling worse!” PTSD is contagious and like a virus. The client
and therapist’s mind are the same. Keep it simple and where possible make the sessions enjoyable, even
exciting.
By Chereyl Jackman
Secretary AHA Queensland
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Victoria – Stella Dichiera, March 2015
Dr McNeilly founded the CET in 1988 to introduce Ericksonian Hypnosis and the Solution Oriented
Approach to hypnosis, counselling and coaching in Australia. He is an author and co-author of
numerous books and a series of DVD demonstrations of counselling and hypnosis.
In this workshop Dr McNeilly discussed Milton Erickson’s methods and how they contributed to his
own ideas on therapy.
Dr McNeilly presented one approach which can assist us with our clients and that is to move from
problem-solving to solution-finding; to climb outside the therapeutic prison of diagnosis and
sickness and redirect our gaze toward well-being and inner strengths.
He invited us to put aside anything we already know about hypnosis and allow a mood of openness
and curiosity. The idea was to simplify therapy and to put away any concerns about our skills and
focus on the client and their innate resourcefulness as a way of restoring self-trust in the client
which will be crucial in any effective healing process. By clearing the way for open listening,
options appear.
We were given the opportunity to practise with our colleagues and explore through the different
exercises our own experience of becoming more sensitive to the therapeutic process and to
develop the flexibility which is central to this Ericksonian approach.
Dr McNeilly’s knowledge and experience, combined with a sound theory and therapeutic skill was a
great combination for our successful workshop.
Stella Dichiera
Workshop Co-ordinator, Victoria
Speakers and Trainers wanted for all AHA State Workshops The AHA is dedicated to providing the Australian Hypnotherapy community with ongoing education opportunities in the form of 4 one day workshops per year. It is mandatory for membership levels professional and above to attend 2 of these workshops per year. Each one day workshop offers between 1 and 4 speakers presenting material relevant to hypnotherapy and / or its practice. Do you have something to share that would benefit AHA members? Please contact the relevant state workshop co‐ordinator (details can be found in the last few pages of this journal) and discuss possibilities! Offering yourself as a speaker benefits both the members and yourself. You will receive exposure for your own activities, increase networking opportunities and generally, get your name “out there”. The Australian Hypnotherapy Journal – Autumn edition
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AHA State Reports
State Links
The NSW State Report
Go to the AHA – NSW website
for further updates:
http://www.ahahypnotherapy.org
.au/nsw_workshops.htm
The ACT State Report
Go to the AHA – ACT website
for further updates:
http://www.ahahypnotherapy.org
.au/act_workshops.htm
THE QLD State Report
Go to the AHA Queensland
website for further updates:
http://www.ahahypnotherapy.org
.au/qld_workshops.htm
The TAS State Report
Go to the AHA – Tasmania
website for further updates:
http://www.ahahypnotherapy.org
.au/tas_workshops.htm
The NT State Report
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further updates:
http://www.ahahypnotherapy.org
.au/nt_workshops.htm
The SA State Report
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further updates:
http://www.ahahypnotherapy.org
.au/sa_workshops.htm
The VIC State Report
Go to the AHA – Victoria
website for further updates:
http://www.ahahypnotherapy.org
.au/vic_workshops.htm
The WA State Report
Go to the AHA – WA website for
further updates:
http://www.ahahypnotherapy.org
.au/wa_workshops.htm
NSW State Report
We are preparing the next
workshop being held on 14th June.
We hope to finalise the presenters
soon, so keep that date free!
The AHA also held their Annual
Planning Day in Melbourne on 28th
February and 1st March. It was
wonderful to experience such a
collaborative group of professionals
that all have the best interest of the
AHA and its members at heart. In
looking at the future progression of
the AHA, I am confident that there
will be so much achieved by the
National and all the State
committees. There is a lot we aim
to achieve and everyone is
motivated and excited about the
year ahead.
pleased to welcome him to the
team!
Alan Turvey has also stepped down
as NSW Secretary and Katherine
Ferris has stepped into the role.
Alan has been on the NSW board
since December, 2012 and has
been very committed and efficient,
and I personally thank him for all his
support. Katherine was previously
on the National Board as Secretary
and with her experience she will
take over the role seamlessly.
The NSW team is also looking at
starting a Social Club and we are
asking for volunteers to contribute
their time in organising social gettogethers. If you are interested in
getting involved please contact me
directly.
A sad moment at the beginning of
the Planning day was the
announcement by Antoine to step
back as President. Recognising his
health situation it is understandable
that he focuses on improving his
health. Knowing that he is
continuing on the National Board as
a Director is reassuring for not only
the Board and the State committee,
but for the Members as well.
The NSW teams are all looking
forward to an exciting year ahead
and we look forward to seeing you
at our workshops and our upcoming
social events.
The role of Acting President was
unanimously offered to Mailin
Colman (then National Secretary)
and I would personally like to
welcome her to the role. I have
known Mailin since 2004 and am
very confident in her experience
and ability to represent the AHA. I
would also like to welcome
Christine Taplin into the role of
Acting Secretary (from Director)
whom I’ve known for many years
too and she is an asset to us.
WA State Report
The NSW Committee team has had
some changes as well. Natalie
Meade is continuing as Supervision
Coordinator and Treasurer and is
doing a fantastic job in both her
roles. Brett Cameron has
unfortunately resigned from the
workshop team due to increasing
work commitments. Luke Dixon
has accepted the role of Workshop
Coordinator with Lucy Ellis and
myself currently as his support
team. Luke is experienced and has
previously been involved in
organising conferences and we are
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Warmest Regards
Lydia Deukmedjian
SEO NSW
I had the honour to represent WA at
the Planning Days recently in
Melbourne. I felt a lot was
achieved over the weekend, and I
left feeling highly aware of what a
wonderful group of dedicated,
committed and hardworking people
we have on the National Executive.
WA’s membership has now
reached the 80 mark, of these,
twelve are new student members
introduced by Christopher
Sneijder’s hypnotherapy school,
Castor and Pollux.
At our last General Meeting and
Training Day we had 40 members
attending and it was wonderful to
see the room full to the brim with
members. The trainings by Joane
Goulding and Gary Johnston were
extremely well received by
everyone, many people
commenting they wished there had
been more time available.
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The student members experiencing
their first AHA day reported that
were very impressed with the
training and as a result a
representative of the WA Branch
will attend future trainings to give a
general information talk to students
about the AHA.
Everything is running smoothly
within the State and the 2015 AGM
is scheduled for Saturday 2nd May,
2015. We are looking forward to
welcoming Antoine and our new
Acting President, Mailin Colman.
The weekend will be a busy one
with meetings and the usual day’s
training
Antoine mentioned one of our
members, Elaine Walker, in the last
Journal. Elaine worked extremely
hard to follow up a case of false,
unethical and misleading
advertising in regard to Stop
Smoking. She pursued the
complaint and took it to the WA
Department of Commerce who
upheld the complaint and as a
result the business in question was
required to remove and correct all
their false statements and
advertising to the public. I mention
it again because it highlights just
how much impact just one member
can make. Elaine’s vigilance,
persistence and success was an
inspiration to other members at the
meeting who reported seeing other
misleading advertising.
Sometimes we just have to stand
up for what we know is right.
Warm regards
Lyn Robinson
SEO WA
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presenters will very soon be
confirmed.
In the afternoon, he presented on
“Let's Go Digital: How to Run
Your Therapy Business from
Anywhere with only a
Smartphone and (Perhaps), a
Laptop.”
Feedback from attendees was
extremely positive for both
sessions.
Warm regards,
Marc Ponzi
SEO Victoria
QLD State Report
Workshops
There has been a change in the Qld
Workshop dates.
Our next workshop and AGM will be
on June 14th.
Powerful Hypnotic Suggestions –
Principles and Practice. Dr
Lindsay Yeates PhD
Dr. Yeates will conduct a master
class for us, sharing his knowledge
and experience on that central
feature of all hypnotherapeutic
interactions — rational, structured
hypnotic suggestion — based on
more than fifty years’ study and
investigation into the history,
evolution, and practice of
suggestive therapeutics, and his
experience-based understanding of
the nature, form, content, and
applications of efficacious hypnotic
suggestion.
Schools Contact
Urban Sundvall, a general
committee member will be visiting
accredited training organisations to
introduce the AHA to students and
to talk about the benefits of
membership.
Nth Qld Workshop
The inaugural North Qld Workshop
will be held in Townsville on
Sunday 5th July 2015. Antoine
Matarasso will be the speaker.
Bernadette Rizzo and I will also
attend and we’ll hold an hour of
supervision before the workshop.
Presentation
After the last workshop, the Qld
Committee presented Bernadette
Rizzo with a bouquet of flowers in
recognition of the years of
dedicated service she has given to
the Qld Branch as Treasurer and
Workshop Coordinator.
Bernadette has always been
available to provide extra help
wherever and whenever it has been
needed. She has generously
offered to be available to help
committee members going forward.
The other two workshops for 2015
will be held on August 30th and
November 29th.
Vic State Report
Thank you to all Victorian members
who attended our March workshop
with Dr Robert Mc Neilly.
We have received a great deal of
positive feedback and the
committee is proudly working at
finding topics to expand and
reinforce a professional interest for
all.
We are looking forward to seeing
you at our next workshop and AGM
Sunday 21st June 2015 and
The last workshop was very well
attended with 53 attendees.
Workshops continue to be a key
point of membership recruitment.
We’ve introduced a
Speaker/Presentation Assessment
form for attendees to complete,
which also asks for suggestions
regarding speakers and topics.
Marie, Bernadette, Marilyn and Chereyl
Warm regards,
Marie Element
SEO QLD
The last workshop was very
popular. The speaker was Richard
Margesson, an ex British Army
officer, now a therapist, and so well
able to talk about the morning topic,
“Hypnosis, the “Cure” for Trauma
and PTSD.”
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AHA State & National Committees
National Committee
NSW / ACT Committee
Acting President
Mailin Colman
0417 184 355
mailin@ahahypnotherapy.org.au
NSW State Executive Officer’
Lydia Deukmedjian
0410 627 665
lydia@acceleratedhealing.com.au
Vice President
Bernadette Rizzo
0401 082 077
bernadette@ahahypnotherapy.org.au
NSW State Secretary
Katherine Ferris
0414 585 595
hypnotherapist@sydneywelbeing.com
NSW Membership Secretary
Rachel Ford
0413 029 772
Rachel@yourmindzone.com
National Treasure & SA Representative
Rona Spicer
0408 816 118
sa@ahahypnotherapy.org.au
National Secretary
Christine Taplin
(03) 9773 8850
christaplin@yahoo.com.au
NSW Treasurer & Supervision / Peer
Group co-ordinator
Natalie Meade
0406 934 645
ahanswtreasurer@gmail.com
National Director & Vic Representative
Marc Ponzi
0401 063 594
pureintuition@optusnet.com.au
NSW Workshop co-ordinator
Luke Dixon
0413 283 075
ahaworkshopnsw@gmail.com
NSW Committee Member
Maya Lak
mialack@tpg.com.au
Director – QLD Representative
Marie Element
0421 396 994
qld@ahahypnotherapy.org.au
Director – NSW Representative
Lydia Deukmedjian
0410 627 665
lydia@acceleratedhealing.com.au
Director – WA Representative
Lyn Robinson
0408 869 897
Lynrobinson.hypno@gmail.com
National Administrator
Membership, Health funds, Database
Amanda Franzi
1300 55 22 54
admin@ahahypnotherapy.org.au
Webmaster, President (on sick leave)
NHRA Register
Antoine Matarasso
antoine@ahahynpotherapy.org.au
NSW Workshop Team
Luke Dixon, Lucy Ellis, Lydia Deukmedjian
ahaworkshopnsw@gmail.com
Vic/Tas Committee
Vic SEO / Membership Sec / Peer Groups
Marc Ponzi
0401 063 594
pureintuition@optusnet.com.au
Vic State Secretary & Treasurer
Raeleen Harper
0417 882 568
missrae@modernhypnosis.com.au
Vic State Workshop Co-ordinator
Stella Dichiera
0415 876 722
stellahypno@hotmail.com
Tasmanian Representative
Tasmanian Representative
Noeline Robinson
03 6224 2060
noelinerobinson@bigpond.com
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SA Committee
State Executive Officer
Rona Spicer
0408 816 118
sa@ahahypnotherapy.org.au
SA State Treasurer
Colin Darcey
0419 808 593
colin@selfigy.com.au
QLD / NT Committee
QLD SEO & Membership Secretary
Marie Element
0421 396 994
qld@ahahypnotherapy.org.au
QLD State Treasurer
Debbie Lanyon
033 299 079
contact@solutionsby.com.au
QLD State Secretary
Chereyl Jackman
0434 936 613
Ecs_nt@bigpond.com
QLD Workshop Co-ordinator
Marilyn Colvin Boon
0415 493 778
marilynboon@gmail.com
QLD Supervision & Peer Group Co-ord
Gwen Pasin
0404 705 453
gwen@brisbanewesthypnotherapy.com.au
QLD Committee Member
Urban Sundvall
0403 273 871
urban@urbanhypnotherapy.net
North QLD Representative
Catherine Lee
0419 703 957
leewayhealing@gmail.com
NT Representative
Anne Holleley
0423 963 083
Darwin.hypnotherapy@gmail.com
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WA Committee
WA State Executive Officer
Lyn Robinson
0408 869 897
Lynrobinson.hypno@gmail.com
WA Treasurer
Linda Milburn
0409 079 435
glmilburns@bigpond.com
WA State Secretary
Miranda Diprose
0450 747 886
Miranda@soulworkstherapies.com
WA State Workshop Co-ordinator
Hope Wesley
0430 224 130
hope@mindmattershypnotherapy.com.au
WA Assistant Workshop Co-ordinator
Karen Verrall
0499 555 791
resonatehypnotherapy@gmail.com
WA State Membership Secretary
Supervision / Peer Group Co-ordinator
Richie Piercey
0457 000 457
intergratingmind@gmail.com
&
AHA Discussion Group
Jeremy Barbouttis
02 9518 9912
jeremyb@exemail.com.au
Australian Hypnotherapy Journal
Editor
Mailin Colman
0417 184 355
mailincolman@gmail.com
National Head Office & free advisory line
National Administrator
Amanda Franzi
1300 552 254
admin@ahahypnotherapy.org.au
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Your articles will be stored
in the Journal archives on
the AHA website for many
years. They will also be
stored at the National
Library of Canberra digital
archiving
section
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/te
p/114491 .It is also the
case that many e-zine
publishers will pick up your
articles for reprints and this
could mean continual traffic
over the next decade or
more.
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The Australian Hypnotherapy Journal
Advertising Guidelines
Submission of News and Articles
We welcome your feedback and
input in the form of news, views,
poetry, letters, articles etc. Please
forward these to the editor, Mailin
Colman at
mailincolman@gmail.com
date/s noted below.
by
have any special sponsorship
or affiliation that it does not
have.
6.
the
When advertising the price of
goods or services, the total
cash price, including GST,
must be provided. You must
show the full price, including
any commissions, charges, or
postage and handling.
Schedule of Issue
7.
Spring: Submissions received by
20th September for publication
beginning October.
Summer: Submissions received by
10th of January for publication at
end of January.
Autumn: Submissions received by
20th of March for publication early
April.
Winter: Submissions received by
20th June for publication early July.
Advertising Guidelines
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The Journal will refuse an
advertisement if we do not
consider it suitable.
The inclusion of an
advertisement in the Journal
does not imply endorsement of
the product, the company
advertising the product or the
service being advertised.
It is the responsibility of the
advertiser to ensure they don't
offer products and/or services
that are unsafe or defective.
Advertisers are responsible for
complying with the relevant
Australian
guidelines
for
advertising their products and
must be able to substantiate
any claims they make.
Advertisers are responsible for
ensuring that all claims about
your goods and services are
accurate. Do not claim that
your goods and/or services
Advertisers should not
advertise goods or services at
a specified price if they are
aware, or should be aware, that
they are unable to supply
reasonable quantities at that
price for a reasonable period.
Advertisers must not make
false or misleading
representations about the
products and/or services being
advertised. Misleading
behaviour includes any kind of
conduct or behaviour in
business that could give a
customer the wrong impression
or may potentially breach the
Trade Practices Act.
8.
Disclaimers should be specific,
clear and highly visible.
9.
Advertisers do not exert any
influence on the editorial
content, selection of content or
presentation of material in the
Journal.
10. If you follow a link from an
advertisement you may be
taken to a third party website.
The Journal does not review or
control the content of third party
websites and is not responsible
for the accuracy of the
information contained, or the
views expressed, in those sites.
If you supply information to
those sites, or access their
products and service you do so
at your own risk.
11. Advertisers should not accept
payment if they know, or should
know, that they cannot provide
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promised.
12. Comparative advertising is
acceptable as long as it is
legal, truthful and does not
mislead in anyway.
13. When the disclosure of
qualifying information is
necessary to prevent an ad
from being deceptive, the
information should be
presented clearly and
conspicuously so that
consumers can actually notice
and understand it. The Journal
Advertising Policy may be
revised periodically.
Artwork
Artwork is the responsibility of the
advertiser and needs to be sent to
the editor as an email attachment.
Preferred document type is Word or
PDF or JPEG (high resolution).
Bookings and Payment
Please provide your advertisement
together with your payment to
mailincolman@gmail.com before
the submission date as the AHA
only accepts a limited amount of
advertising for inclusion in each
issue of The Australian Journal of
Hypnotherapy.
Please note advertising will not be
accepted without the accompanying
payment. Payment details are
listed below.
Direct Deposit
The Australian Hypnotherapists
Association,
CBA, Paddington, NSW
BSB: 062 220
A/C: 10012818
Advertising rates:
Full page
½ page
¼ page
$75.00
$45.00
$25.00
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Benefits of AHA Membership
Once you are a member, the AHA offers you a unique combination of benefits.
These benefits include:
Professional Opportunities:
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The prestige of being part of the oldest and largest professional hypnotherapy association in Australia
recognised nationally and internationally
The opportunity to attend international and national hypnosis conferences at reduced registration
The circulation of details of forthcoming AHA workshops and seminars giving you access to advanced
specialist hypnotherapy training
The opportunity to be published in the Australian Hypnotherapy Journal
Free subscription to 4 issues of the Australian Hypnotherapy Journal – this journal is subscribed to by
universities and libraries around Australia
Free bi-monthly newsletter
Free publication and distribution of regular News Bulletins
Automatic upgrading to higher membership levels as soon as you qualify
Promotional Opportunities:
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The advantage of being able to promote your business using the AHA brochure – adding credibility and
saving you time and money
Free listings on the National Hypnotherapists Register of AustraliaTM (NHRATM) which includes:
o “find a Hypnotherapist” search by postcode, suburb or name
o Free active link to your own email address and website(s)
o Personalised description of your qualifications and specialities
o Able to update any time for no cost
Use of AHA & NHRATM Logo
Free inclusion (where applicable) in the Foreign Language Speaking Register
Access to an exclusive Yellow Pages Advertising scheme under the AHA banner for a discounted rate
Free dedicated referral facilities from the AHA National Free Advisory Line by an experienced,
specialist hypnotherapist to all professional and clinical members (our toll free 1800 number is available to
members and the public between 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Friday)
Professional Support:
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Strong support network – access to professional supervision with trained AHA supervisors willing to
support your career progress
The publication (within the AHA website) of regional information to Registrants seeking peer group or
personal supervision arrangements
Access to AHA administration support willing to assist with clinical and administrative information / support
Subscription to bi-monthly AHA newsletters
Receive all membership mail outs
The Forum – online case discussion where you can ask questions of other members about any issues
you may encounter
As a member of the AHA you have the opportunity to establish professional relationships with
hypnotherapists throughout the world
A free CD of background music collated for AHA members to use in the hypnotic process
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Professional Security / Credibility:
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Access to discounted Professional Indemnity& Public Liability Insurance
Health fund provider numbers allowing rebates for your clients (the list of health funds can be found
here: http://ahahypnotherapy.org.au/aha_members_area/ )
Advice with regard to obtaining Criminal records bureau disclosures (WWC and Police checks)
Ongoing updates with regard to government legislation concerning the hypnotherapy field
Opportunity to create positive change in the industry by becoming a committee member
Representation to and dissemination of relevant information from the Department of Health and Aging and
other relevant agencies
The provision of relevant information on all aspects of the profession to registrants, the media and public
Discount facilities with:
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Member discount petrol card
Members discount EFTpos facilities
Fenton Green insurance
15% discount on all books from Footprint www.footprint.com.au
International reciprocal alliances:
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Automatic acceptance under an international reciprocal alliance into either the General Hypnotherapy
Standards Council (GHSC UK), the Association of Registered Clinical Hypnotherapists (ARCH Canada)
or the New Zealand Association of Professional Hypnotherapy (NZAPH) if relocating to those countries
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The General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (UK)
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Association of Registered Clinical Hypnotherapists (Canada)
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New Zealand Association of Professional Hypnotherapists (New Zealand)
Access to the above benefits in individual cases is always at the discretion of the AHA Executive
Member Associations:
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The AHA is a member association of the Hypnotherapy Council of Australia (HCA)
The Australasian subconscious-mind therapists association (ASTA) is a member association of the
AHA
The Association of solution oriented counsellors & hypnotherapists of Australia (ASOCHA) is a
member association of the AHA
Automatic acceptance under an international reciprocal alliance into either the General Hypnotherapy
Standards Council (GHSC UK), the Association of Registered Clinical Hypnotherapists (ARCH Canada) or
For details on how to become an AHA member go to:
http://www.ahahypnotherapy.org.au/documents_public.htm and download the prospectus and information
booklet.
You can also contact your state membership secretary – see above pages listing state committees.
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