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1. How to end Snake Phobias at the Redditch Standard

   Posted on 4:05pm Friday 7th Aug 2015

   You never know what will happen each week as a Hypnotherapist. Who will walk through the door and what will they be looking for help with? I also get the chance to do things that not everyone gets to do in a normal working week.

   This week I visited the offices of the Redditch Standard in the town centre to talk all about fears and phobias after a story about a snake that escaped appeared on the front page of last weeks paper.  http://redditchstandard.co.uk/news/python-makes-a-speedy-getaway-12385/

   

   After the story about how the snake had escaped and ended up in a car engine appeared, I found that I had more calls than usual asking for help with snake phobias. I hadn't yet seen the story on the Monday morning when I was perplexed to find a much larger number of enquiries than usual from people looking for help with their snake phobias and fears. Once I saw the story for myself of course, I realised why there were more than normal! At this time of year I hear from more people with a fear of flying, as it's holiday season than any other phobia. In September and October it is more people with a fear of spiders as they start to come into people's houses, but generally there isn't a snake season!

   I visited the offices of the Redditch Standard later in the week to meet with Elliot Guy and some of his snakes and reporter Beth Wright to explain all about how we can overcome any fear or phobia. A snake phobia is no different to a fear of flying, spiders, driving, public speaking or any other fear that people come and see me for help with.

   We learn all of our fears and phobias, ususally as children. This is is of course really good news because it means that if you learnt it...then you can unlearn it too!

   Just to prove how I practice what I preach here is a picture of Elliot Guy, Beth Wright and myself with some snakes in the office..

   

   You can read more about fears and phobias and how you can overcome them here: How to end a Snake Phobia or any other Fear

   You can contact me if you would like help with any fear or phobias at [email protected] or call me on 07980 233160

2. You're Back in the Room Hypnosis show returns to ITV

   Posted on 12:24pm Wednesday 22nd Jul 2015

   Hypnosis Gameshow comes back to ITV

   Broadcast Magazine and the social media accounts of this year's ITV Hypnosis gameshow "You're Back in the Room" have confirmed that the show will be returning to ITV for a second series..answering the Question "When is Back in the Room coming back on TV?"

   The magzine says....The Phillip Schofield-fronted show will return for another 4 x 60-minute run, which could air either later this year or in 2016.  In each episode five contestants take on a series of games under the hypnosis of international mentalist Keith Barry. As the tasks get harder, their hypnotic triggers cause the contestants to unknowingly sabotage their chances of winning a cash prize.

   The first series, which aired across March and April 2015, generated a consolidated audience of 4.7m (20.5%) over its four-part run in a Saturday night 8.30pm slot. 

   ITV director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell ordered the second series alongside commissioning editor Claire Zolkwer. Tuesday’s Child founder and chief executive Karen Smith is the executive producer. Zolkwer called You’re Back in the Room “real talked about television that provided moments of genuine hilarity”.

   Smith added that the new series will provide “plenty more laugh-out-loud moments”, adding: “I can’t wait to meet our new contestants, who no doubt will be as unpredictable and entertaining as everyone from the first series.”

   When the show aired this year I was involved in interviews talking about the reality of how it all works. There is a huge difference between what you see in a hypnosis show and what happens in the Clinical Hypnotherapy that I practice. I spent a great deal of time explaining the differences. You can read some of the work that I did right here :

   If you want to know the truth about hypnosis and what is really going on behind the scenes in the ITV hypnotist Gameshow then you can watch the following video...

   Of course there is a huge amount of difference in what you see and what happens with hypnotherapy. Make no mistake this televsion programme is all about entertainment and getting ratings. So of course for this reason then all the controversy that surrounds it can only do the show good. I think it is fair to give people credit for understanding that what you see on TV isn't real...however if you want to read more then do take a look at this blog that I wrote after a quote of mine appeared in the Mail On Sunday newspaper with a headline saying: 

   Therapists savage ITV's You're Back In The Room as a fraud

   

   Are they really hypnotised on You're Back in the Room or just playing along: Here is the Blog and Video where I explain how it works....

   http://www.markpowlett.co.uk/myblog/read_123451/are-they-really-hypnotised-on-youre-back-in-the-room.html