You Know Smoking Kills- Why Can't You Stop It?

It is estimated that approximately 50 million Americans smoke. 400,000 people are thought to die in America each year from smoking related causes. Yet even when smokers are presented with these figures they still smoke.

In the UK, it is estimated that 1/4 of the populace smoke, approximately 13 million adults. As smoking decreases in the older population the trend is increasing amongst the young. Read more from this article

Binge Eating: Successful Treatment of a £30/ $60 Per Week Addiction

This documentary shows Claire and her £30/ $60 per week binge eating of chocolates. The therapy session was filmed live, it took about 45 minutes. After the session Claire found she was no longer binge eating. Nine months later following up on the case Claire reported she still was no longer binge eating. Binge Eating: Successful treatment of a chocolate addiction

Public Speaking Nerves: Effective Techniques To Eliminate Nerves

Fear of public speaking is often referred to by many different names, including: Performance Anxiety; Stage Fright; Panic; Phobia of Public Speaking; Speech Anxiety; Speech Phobia; Shyness. The article below gives information on this condition as well as identifying some of the most effective techniques for treating it. Read more from this article

Eliminating Stage Fright: Dealing with a Fear of Speaking at a Conference

"The nervousness wasn't there, something else was in it's place, my own skills and knowledge......I felt very relaxed" Stage fright is a very common problem. This article deals with how EFT and NLP was used to clear stage fright in a one off therapy session. Eliminating Stage Fright using EFT and NLP

Stress And Therapy

Stress is anything which impacts upon the individuals mental or physical well-being. A certain amount of stress is essential to well being as too little can also have a negative impact on life. The key is finding a balance point where the individual is challenged but does not find this overwhelming. Read more from this article

The Impact Of Too Much Stress On The Body

Of course how you think has a powerful effect on whether being stuck in a traffic jam is stressful to you. If you are totally OK and see it as a positive opportunity to listen to music, the experience will have very little negative impact upon you. If on the other hand you feel angry because you are going to be late for a meeting or your time is being wasted etc, then you will be experiencing a certain level of stress. Read more from this article

IBS- A Treatment Strategy

IBS is thought to be a stress related condition. Further stress caused by having the IBS further serves to exasperate the condition. Because of the potentially embarrassing nature of the problem it can lead to panic attacks. If a person has a panic attack they can then become fearful of having further attacks, this leads to a feeling of anxiety and worry. Read more from this article

Stress Proofing The Personality

Many people lack the self confidence to stick up for themselves. This can often be caused by a fear of confrontation. Backing down can often lead to the person becoming angry but unable to show or express it. Over time with repeated incidents the internal anger builds up to such a point that when it finally comes to the surface the reaction is over the top and extreme, often inappropriate to the actual circumstances in which they react. Read more from this article

“I couldn’t believe it…..(swimming) is becoming automatic……before it was an effort…..what astounded me was I was swimming, I turned around and I was stood in the middle of the swimming pool and I just took off, shouting to my husband, “look at me”. Previously I was always clinging on to the side, even after I’d done an expensive swimming course, the day after which I was terrified in the water. . I’m 63, now, I really  think it is brilliant (that I’ve learnt to swim). This case history deals with a swimming phobia using EFT and TAT. Eliminating a swimming phobia, read more

Successful Treatment of A Wasp Phobia

"The (panic) reaction doesn't happen now. I can make the decision to just swat them away, and I know it will be OK". Shortly after the session she went to a relatives house and was able to sit down in a deck chair in the garden knowing that they had a wasps nest. "I felt really proud of myself." The thought, "I'm cured , I'm cured", kept going around in my head. Eliminating a wasp phobia read more

Anxiety- Explained

We all have a natural survival instinct. This is commonly termed the fight or flight response. When a danger is perceived this survival instinct naturally triggers certain changes within the body, to enable the person to deal with the threat. Read more from this article

Anxiety- Diagnosis

There are seven main types of anxiety issues recognized by psychiatrists and psychotherapists. Read more from this article

How Therapy Works

A frequently asked question by people seeking therapy is how does it work? In order to understand this it is important to understand how we develop problems. Read more from this article

Sales Success

The first step to becoming successful in sales is to eliminate any internal blocks to selling. In order to do this you need to begin to identify the internal programs and negative feelings running in your mind which are impacting negatively on your success. Read more from this article