I had a client come to me for weight loss. He was grossly obese. He wanted me to cure him of a habit he had developed of eating chippies and coke, and that was why he was overweight. He was superficially a very attractive man -Outgoing, well spoken,art… more »

Looking over my appointments list for the last two years or so, it is interesting to note why people come seeking hypnotherapy.  The numbers are weighted to give an idea of the relative importance of each category. If you combine Eating and Weight Los… more »

A correspondent wrote to me: I am studying hypnotherapy and was hoping that I could use hypnosis to help with my own weight problem. I have listened to various weight loss CD's but it seems to have little effect. I was wondering if you had a script th… more »

I sometimes wonder if there any need to diagnose the client at all. With some clients you can almost predict what their problem is from examining their family. I had a client today who told me about her alcoholic mother, a father who was away at sea fo… more »

Weight Loss is one of the most difficult things to deal with in hypnotherapy. Usually the person has no idea why they over eat, and has already tried everything, and comes to hypnosis as a last resort. There is also the problem that unlike smoking, it c… more »

I had another interesting client at the weekend. She is tired of sabotaging herself. This woman was heavily overweight. She told a familiar story. She could not control her intake of food.  She had been yo-yo dieting for years. She gets down by ten kilo… more »