Let me share two fantastic stories with you....Although this first one should be the most exciting, its not...I actually found my premises for my practise after only being 1 week out of training class...Its a huge house that I have leased for my practise and have decided to live upstairs above the practise as well....Its the perfect setting in one of the busiest spots in Belfast...I have enclosed a few photos of the outside and I will show step by step as I turn it from a shell into a modern practise. There's a bit of work to be done but I will have it up and running, with advertising ongoing and ready for clients in 2 weeks.

           

I knew it was the right spot even before I walked through the front door.....I get the keys come Monday so watch this spot guys as I keep you up to date with my progress....

 My next experienced totally freaked me out last night (Sat 20th)...My friend who is a counsellor knew I had been taking the course, came round to see me, to see how it went...Ater going into the course in detail with the excitement of a school child he told me he was having unvoluntary jerks and pains in his legs which was interfering with his sleep and was making him feel a bit down and irritable. I asked him if he wanted to do Hypnosis with me. He agreed, so I went and got my notes and Cal script book which I purchased at my training class...My intention was to do the "Going to Sleep feeling safe and secure" script with him and add a few post hypnotic suggestions with regards to the pains...After all he was a friend and it was good practise for me, straight forward and easy enough right.....Wrong.....

I did the Elman-Banyan Induction with him and even got him into somnamulism...I got eye lock and arm catalepsy quite easily and decided for some reason to have him bring up the feeling he was having and brought him back to an earlier time..I ran through the notes and regressed back to 2 SSE's at earlier ages the last one being 7 years old....Then I regressed him back to an earlier age to get the ISE...He regress back to 36 years old...I thought he had not followed my instructions so I regressed back to the first time he had the feeling and it was the same....The year was 1941 and he was lying on a battle field in darkness with the sound of Artillary fire all around him...When I asked him about his feeling he said he was in excruting pain...It turned out he was lying on the ground and had lost his right leg and was crying out for help

Never mind him, at this stage I was in excruciating pain, because I was trying to remember what to do next. I only had a script for better sleep in front of me and the rest of my notes were upstairs...I didn't want to leave him and run and get them...I will be totally honest, I had that much going through my head I went blank and didn't want to panic him by sounding nervous so I had him fade the scene, become aware of his breathing and returned him to being safe and secure on my couch and completed the session by using the sleeping script. I innitially was going to use...I also gave him suggestion that his experiences would not affect him negatively in anyway and If he wished we could do another session to carry on were we left off....When I emerged him he was amazed and said that everything made perfect sense...His attitude was totally different after the session and he asked me to do a follow up session with him...He asked me why I had ended the session and didnt carry on, so I did what I though was right at the time....I told him a lie.....I told him time didnt allow me as I had somewhere to go ...Well I had to at least sound as if I was totally in control :).

I think I managed as best I could as this was my very first Induction outside the classroom...As i read through the notes afterwards I will be more prepared to next time, even thought Il probably make loads more mistakes. But thats called experience and I believe that if you learn something from each experience then you've succeeded..No amount of theory is a substitute for hands on practise....Knowledge is only potential power remember...You have to take action to gain the total experience....By making mistakes, we learn and move forward.

When he left I then proceed to have a few beers and have a heartatche...Just kidding(only just).

Il be expecting loads of comments with sympathy votes from the rest of my fellow students on this one...:)

Our success in life is determined by how much confidence we have in our abilities....This is for all my class mates who are embarking on a new career as a Hypnotherapist and maybe even motivate other therapists who need a boost in their confidence...

 

SELF-CONFIDENCE

If you think you are beaten, you are;

If you think that you dare not, you don't;

If you'd like to win and you think you can't,

It's almost certain you won't.

 

If you think you'll lose, you've lost;

For out in the world you'll find

Success begins with a fellow's will

It's all in the state of mind.

 

If you think you are out-classed, you are;

You've got to think high to rise;

You've got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

 

Life's battle's dont always go

To the stronger or faster man;

But sooner or later, the man who wins

Is the man who thinks he can.

" People begin to become successful the minute they decide to "

(Harvey mac kay)

Well all you Hypnotherapists out there.....Just finished my training and back in Belfast, N.Ireland.....Have to congratulate Cal and Maureen and thank you on a first class job. Thanks also all the other members of my training class, it was a fantastic two weeks. I started out today by searching the Belfast area to find an office and have to look at a premises tomorrow so I think I will use part of my blog to track my progress from the very start, finding to setting up my office right up to my first client...So a big hello to everyone out there and I look forward to sharing ideas and talking to you in the future