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The new Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures is due to be brought into force in April this year and with it comes a lot more focus on using mediation to resolve matters of dispute.  This means we are likely to see much more need for mediation in the future in all areas of business, as well as family matters.

Mediation has been used in the workplace more and more often (more…)

In recent articles, we have discussed the media’s latest coverage of fears and phobias.  One surprisingly common phobia that recently gained a mention in the Mirror is the fear of clowns, otherwise known as coulrophobia.

Hypnosis is well known for being able to help people overcome their fears, even when they become so bad that they affect their going about their daily lives and are then (more…)

A child’s fear or phobia can be difficult for a parent to assess.  Sometimes it can seem like nothing serious and indeed may fizzle out, however, it is important not to dismiss them.  Even those that appear to fizzle out can sometimes rear their head again in a year or two, or even as an adult, and (more…)

Probably one of the best known fears in the world is a fear of spiders, otherwise known as arachnophobia, the name that was made so famous by the film of the same name.

Not only is the name renowned the world over, but the actual phobia is incredibly common.  Almost everybody knows somebody who has a fear of spiders so great that (more…)

In their career, a hypnotherapist will come across all sorts of fears.  One that may sound rather strange to a lot of people but is actually a known phobia is genuphobia – otherwise known as a fear of knees.

This fear has actually been highlighted in the media recently, an article in the Mirror featured a lady who had suffered from this fear most of her life and first recalled it bothering her in her teens.  Over the years, her genuphobis got worse and worse, as many phobias do for many people, until it was (more…)

Alcoholism is a fast rising problem in the UK, as our culture of binge drinking does not seem to be reducing despite the government’s efforts to tackle the problem.

Alcholics affect not only their own lives but the lives of their friends and family and others around them.  Factors contributing to the problem of alcoholism include a person’s (more…)

Former Spice Girl singer, Mel B, is having hypnosis to help her get over stage fright according to recent reports in the media.

Mel B is due to start a new production in Las Vegas next month, called Peepshow, and is reportedly having trouble with her stage nerves and has hired a hypnotherapist to (more…)

Under a new government plan, many people across the UK are to receive help to cope with the effects of the recession through psychotherapy and counselling.  A new advice centre linked through doctors surgeries, NHS centres and the job centre is to refer people to qualified psychotherapists for help and treatment.

This move reportedly comes from the government’s fear that many people will become mentally ill and therefore long term unemployable from too much worry and stress and therefore psychologically affected by the recession, putting a huge cost at the feet of the credit crunch.

Many people become depressed (more…)

As mentioned in an earlier article, many fears and phobias are passed from parent to child and how this is done has already been described.  However, a fear of the dentist affects many people and ranges from mild dental anxiety that most people overcome in order to visit the dentist to a real dentist phobia that can be quite serious if a person refuses to visit the dentist even though they may be in pain.  It is a common phobia that is treated by hypnosis.

Dental phobia affects around (more…)

Not all parents may be aware, but it is incredibly common for a child to ‘inherit’ their parents phobia as mum or dad unwittingly passes on their anxiety and fear of one thing or another.  It is not uncommon to hear somebody say that their parent is also afraid of the same thing but this fear is (more…)