New London Offices
The London College of Clinical Hypnosis has grown by leaps and bounds over the last few years and has now outgrown its London offices in Connaught Square. We are re-locating to wonderful new offices in Gloucester Place, London W1U 8HU. By the time the LCCH News reaches you we should be firmly established in our new home. As a result we are actively looking for individuals who would be interested in becoming part of the London team - if that means you, please email:
ursula.james@lcch.co.uk.


Hypnotherapy Awareness Week
Hypnotherapy Awareness Week took place 24th - 30th May 2004 for the first time. It has confirmed what we already know: people want to find out alternative ways of overcoming their symptoms. With various media interest, including publications such as Holland & Barrett Magazine HEALTHY, the week has been a success in its first year. The volume of response from different NHS departments and health clinics was overwhelming and was welcomed. Various members have been organising talks nationally. If you have a talk that you wish to advertise at any time, which is free for members of the public, then send the details to Tom Connelly and he will post it on-to the web site as well as the BSCH site. Raising awareness of the clinical interventions of hypnosis is something that we could all be doing as an ongoing mission.

The site: www.hypnotherapyawareness.com is one which is always going to be online for members of the public and eventually the medical profession to refer to. If you have any suggestions for additions they will be welcome. We are in the process of adding a page for articles on interesting case successes which you may contribute to if you are a BSCH member. Meanwhile, please email any comments or suggestions to PR@lcch.co.uk


Newcastle Medical School
In her relentless pursuit of educating the next generation of medical practitioners in the potential for clinical hypnosis in the medical setting, Ursula James has added Newcastle University Medical School to the list of medical schools in the UK who are opening their doors. Some of these courses are purely instructional - whilst others concentrate on the personal benefits for the medical practitioners themselves in using clinical hypnosis as a stress management tool. Her next project will involve a clinical component with students actively involved in using clinical hypnosis with their patients.


Practitioner's Support Groups
Alan Lawson

The value of hypnosis support groups to practitioners is obvious, and as we're currently lacking one in our region some of the recent graduates from the 2003/2004 Leeds Diploma course have decided to set one up. At the moment, we're in the early stages of the planning, and we're hoping to gain feedback from other members so that we can make a success of things in as short an amount of time as possible. Currently we're particularly looking for suitable venues - a floating meeting place might be appropriate, given that we're quite spread out.

Equally important will be a list of those who would be interested in attending! Practitioners from other areas will also be made welcome if they're willing to make the trek, and we're hoping to make these meetings valuable opportunities for practise, comparison of cases, and of course a place where we ourselves can benefit from the support and skills of our peers. I've volunteered to be the first point of contact for anybody that is interested in discussing this matter further, so if anybody with ideas, venues, or general comments would like to get in touch, I'll be happy to hear from you. Many thanks in advance.
alan@alanlawson-hypnotherapy.co.uk

Mob: 0788 4016017

New venue

The LCCH is pleased to announce a new centre in Dublin. For course dates and details, please go to www.lcch.co.uk.

Fund raiser required
Ursula James writes:

‘In my capacity as Chair of Personal Development Resources, the charity set up for the promotion of hypnotherapy awareness, research, development - I am advertising for an experienced FUND RAISER to work alongside the secretary of the society.

The first task of the Fundraiser will be to raise sufficient funds for a salary for themselves. If any member of the BSCH has experience in this field, or knows of anyone who might be suitable, please email CVs to: ursula.james@lcch.co.uk

Or email the secretary, Linda Gill:

lindandbrian@aol.com (PDR is an independent charity please)


A Weekend With Bob Bodenhamer

The LCCH is delighted to annouce Bob Bodenhamer's return to London to present his 2 day workshop entitled 'The "Structure" of Blocking & Stammering: Looking at Blocking & Stammering Through the Eyes of Neuro-Semantics' on the 10th-11th July.

Bob Bodenhamer and L. Michael Hall's book, 'The User's Manual for the Brain', is the most comprehensive NLP manual to date, and is recommeded reading for LCCH students.

This is a not to be missed opportunity for hypnotherapists and NLP practitioners to discover Bob's innovative approaches for blocking and stammering.

Find out more on page 22.


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