Whenever I run a live HypnoIBS® course, there's usually at least one registered dietitian attending, in addition to the growing number of dietitians and nutritionists who choose to study online. It's encouraging to see this interest in gut-directed hypnotherapy, particularly as our understanding of the relationship between the brain and gut continues to develop. One of the things I particularly enjoy about teaching dietitians is exploring how easily some of the principles of hypnotherapy can...

Weight loss hypnotherapy training needs to reflect the enormous changes we've seen in weight management over the last few years. The rapid rise of GLP-1 and related weight loss medications has changed what many clients expect from weight loss, their experience of appetite and fullness, and the type of help they may seek from a hypnotherapist. For practitioners, this doesn't make weight loss hypnotherapy less relevant. I think it makes good, up-to-date training more important. My interest in...

For a long time, we have had a fairly fixed idea of what hypnotherapy looks like. The client comes into a therapy room, sits or lies down, perhaps closes their eyes, and the therapeutic work takes place within that controlled environment. Online hypnotherapy has changed the setting considerably, but in many ways we have simply recreated the therapy room on a screen. At the same time, something interesting has been happening more widely in therapy. Walk and talk therapy has become increasingly...