hypnotherapy technique, which enables them to find their

and have successfully treated all sorts of things including

own answers. Dave, meanwhile, works with children who

stopping smoking, weight loss, chocoholics, phobias with

have experienced trauma and abuse and since the course(s)

spiders and flying, snoring, stress and confidence issues.

has discovered the remarkable healing potential of relaxation

techniques, metaphor and therapeutic story telling with

As a Spiritual teacher and investigator I have always

children, particularly in relation to building survival resources,

suspected that 'the unconscious mind has no language', this,

which enable the person to 'feel safe' or 'feel confident'

for me, is just more proof positive. It also affirms that the

without the need to revisit old trauma.

information is indeed going into the unconscious mind. Into

the Spirit?

The Certificate, Diploma and Practitioner courses have all

been superb in their own ways to help guide us toward

effective techniques that can make a huge difference to the

person seeking therapy and also to our daily work. As for our

weekends away we'll just have to bite the bullet and go

somewhere crap for a change.

Any suggestions?

For most couples it is important to go away for the

occasional weekend together. We all know how important it

is to keep the fires of romance kindled by sharing quality

time in each other's company away from the hustle and

United Kingdom: £45

bustle of everyday life. But where do you go to enjoy such

Europe (inc. Eire): £50 (Approx. EU €65)

time and intimacy? Venice? Paris? Milton Keynes? Of

course not, that's too old fashioned... You enrol on a

North America and rest of the World: £55 (Approx. $80)

Glasgow Certificate course where you can go to your

favourite places of relaxation such as Venice and Paris

without the expense and hassle of the real thing. You also

can while away your time doing fun activities such as

finger lifts and saying nowwww in a circle.

Since completing the Certificate course hypnotherapy grew

for both of us from a subject of curiosity to a full-grown

desire to learn more. Angela tempted us with the lure of

learning 'big boy stuff' on the Diploma course and we were

not disappointed. We not only enjoyed a weekend away

each month in Glasgow but we also met lots of interesting

people on the course and ate out in exotic restaurants, the

likes of which simply do not exist in rural Dumfries and

Galloway. The course was pretty good too, opening our eyes

to the possibilities of hypnotherapy in our current work and

also motivating us to set up a small part-time practice which

is already getting slightly too busy.

We have also set up a website for therapists to promote

their practice, www.therapydirectory.co.uk and any

complementary or alternative therapist is welcome to

register. Joanne is currently in her last year of training as an

Educational Psychologist and has used hypnotherapy to

great success within her work for cases such as school

phobics, exam nerves and confidence building. Even case

hardened psychologists were amazed when a child who had

been refusing school for months and had been worked with

by several agencies, returned to school after the first session

with Joanne. How did you do that? What did you say? The

answer of course lies within the child who is facilitated

through good rapport and listening toward an appropriate