Solutions: Recent Episodes
Trevor Eddolls and Cathy Eland
A look at emotionally-based school avoidance (EBSA) and how solution-focused hypnotherapy can help.
We often talk to clients about their unconscious or subconscious. We may also talk about their conscious mind, but we never really seem to define exactly what we are talking about.This podcasts looks at what we know about consciousness and the unconscious, and even considers where it might be located.
Content-free hypnotherapy is the name given to a successful way of working with clients who don’t want to discuss their issues with their therapist for whatever reason.
A look at the surprising benefits of exercise (movement) on your brain, your mood, and all-round physical health.
A look at the stages of growth in learning and confidence for anyone aspiring to become an experienced solution-focused hypnotherapist.
Somatic therapy assumes that people have feelings or emotions like anger, shame, and anxiety, and, for various reasons, individuals aren’t allowed to express those feelings. Including the ideas behind somatic therapy with solution-focused hypnotherapy can help people where the usual cognitive approach isn't quite enough.
Motivational interviewing is a powerful, client-centred approach that helps people uncover their own reasons for change in a supportive, non-judgmental way, and seems to fit very well with the solution-focused way of working.
A look at motivation and helping clients to achieve their goals - and which motives work best with people of different ages.
A look at people’s attitude towards the use of human therapists and artificial intelligence when working on their mental health.
A look at how issues that we deal with as hypnotherapists are linked to the workings of the immune system and the digestive system with its microbiome.
Using Google's Notebook LM to create a podcast discussing medium-chain triglycerides as a way of losing weight based on an article I wrote.
This podcast takes a look at why people think and behave the way they do.
Look out for our new book called "Solutions - the podcast scripts, January 2021 to December 2024". It will be available early in the New Year.
A look at being trauma-informed and how it can help our work as solution-focused hypnotherapists.
A look at artificial intelligence (AI) and how it will impact our work as solution-focused hypnotherapists.
This podcast looks at alcohol and its effects on the body, and how solution-focused hypnotherapy can help people with alcohol issues.
A look at stress and what happens in your body when you’re stressed. The podcast also looks at resilience, feeling overwhelmed, and burnout. And it looks at some stress-relieving techniques that anyone can use.
This podcast looks at what positive psychology is, and gives and looks at a number positive psychology techniques that can be used to make clients and others feel happier..
In this podcast, we take a look at some past hypnotherapists – although they may not have called themselves that – who have stood out from the crowd and what they did.
This podcast looks at sleep, insomnia, and nightmares. And gives some suggestions of what will help clients who aren’t sleeping well.
Almost everyone likes music, and many people find themselves humming a tune to themselves when doing some boring tasks. People have a favourite genre of music, and many couples have ‘our song’. This podcast looks at why people like music and asks, is it good for us?
This podcast looks at addiction and cravings, and how we can help our clients who are struggling with them.
This podcast looks at the different types of grief and strategies people use to deal with bereavement. It also looks at how therapists and individuals can help someone dealing with the loss of a loved one.
A look at the interactions between the brain and the body that can affect the way people behave, feel, and even think.
This podcast takes a quite detailed look at genetics and the ways that multiple genes can affect a person's mental health.
This podcast looks at what self hypnosis actually is and how to use it to make significant changes to your life.
A look at body budgeting, the prediction machine, neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, brain structure, the glymphatic system, and more.
This podcast looks at the vagus nerve because its such a big nerve that goes all over the body and seems to affect so many things that ultimately affect how we feel and behave.
This podcast looks at the science surrounding the initial consultation and revision sessions with clients, including some useful metaphors.
A look at the blood-brain barrier, discussing what it is and how it works, and also how it can affect mental health.
A look at at Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), what it is, its history, and how it works.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects around 20% of the population. We look at the symptoms and solutions - focusing on how solution-focused hypnotherapy can help.
A look at what OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) actually is and how to help people with OCD.
Some hints and tips on how to build better rapport with clients and tailor each session to your client by successfully working without scripts.
A look at the brain, trance, and EEGs (ElectroEncephaloGrams) – best known for showing brainwaves.
A look at what's called the primitive emotional brain, what it's made up of, and how it works.
A look at what makes people happy and what doesn't - including the surprising things that don't make you as happy as you hoped, for as long as you expected. And some tips on how to become happier.
A look at how to help clients who aren't making any progress towards their goal or seem focused on their problems rather than solutions.
A look at New Year’s resolutions and how to successfully keep them, and also how to successfully make positive changes in yours and your clients’ lives.
A look at how anger works and how to keep your temper during the festive period (and other times, of course).
A look at the Miracle Question, how to ask it, and some follow-up questions to use. We also discuss dealing with 'difficult' answers.
A look at rapport and rapport building. What is it exactly, why is it important, and how can we use it to help our clients?
A discussion about techniques and scripts that can be used to help someone who is a smoker or vaper to become a non-smoker
Some facts about food and weigh loss, and some suggestions about how to work with clients to help them to attain their goals.
A look at the symptoms of depression, and what's happening inside the brain of people with depression. A look at the lack of neuroplasticity theory, and why the old serotonin models are no longer widely held.
A look at the link between inflammation and depression, and how diet can reduce the risk of depression.
Finally a look at the ways that solution-focused hypnotherapy can help people with depression.
A look at the ways the gut microbiome affects the brain and the ways that the brain affects the GI tract housing the microbiome. It also looks at the gut-brain axis, the types of organism in the biome, and their effects on weight, depression, and much else.
What to look for in scripts (language patterns).
How to write them.
How to make up scripts (LPs) on the spot
A look at how pain works in the body (including the pain gate theory), research into the effects of hypnotherapy on pain, and ways of helping clients experiencing pain.
A look at phobias in general, needle phobia in particular, and how solution-focused hypnotherapy can be used to help people struggling with a phobia.