Welcome to the first Hypnotherapy newsletter.

In this issue we discuss bullying and some ways a company or organisation can benefit from group hypnosis sessions.

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We are preparing a pilot program for TV which will take young people aged from 8 to 18 and using hypnosis show how problems that afflict youths can be resolved. We are looking for people with any type of issues from common ones (bullying, insomnia, stress, eating disorders) to the less common and even bizarre. The youths and parents must be prepared to appear on TV.

Our stop smoking program has received more positive feedback. If you did the program in the past and have subsequently taken up smoking again (a small percentage do), please don't hesitate to contact us. We stick by our lifetime guarantee and will work with you to make the change a permanent one.

There has been some publicity recently about youth suicide from being bullied at school. Some schools are better than others at keeping control over this but often when it takes place on the Internet there is only a limited amount a school can do.

Dealing with the bullies, or the parents of bullies however, is only one aspect of the problem. The other to teach our children to be resilient to bullies. Children with low self esteem are more vulnerable to bullying and bullies seek out such children like heat-seeking guided missiles. If the child has high self-esteem and doesn't respond, then the bullies will move onto someone else, or hopefully, will stop completely.

Generally boys can be physical but with girls the bullying is generally verbal. We have had enormous success in using hypnotherapy to enable children to be resilient to bullying. With verbal bullying they learn to simply shrug off any comments. With physical bullying they learn strategies that pre-empt the bully so that the physical abuse does not take place.

This site has some good general information on teen issues: http://kidshealth.org.

Contact us for a chat or for an appointment: hypnotherapy@braham.net.

As more companies get exposed to economic problems they are looking at ways of using their resources more effectively. For most companies their main resource is their staff and our corporate programs are aimed at increasing productivity and staff satisfaction.

Our programs are designed on an individual basis but typical programs include:

• Stop smoking. This can be done at the client's premises or at our own offices in Donvale. Special rates are available for all smokers within a company.
• Team building. Team dynamics can make or break projects. Changing the way people perceive their role in a group can enable the group to work far more productively.
• Lateral thinking. With changing economics, companies are under more and more pressure to adapt. Sometimes this requires a lateral approach to their business. Using hypnosis we can unlock lateral solutions and enable managers and employees to think about their situation in different ways.
• Improving presentation skills.
• Improving sales skills
• Improving staff motivation and goal setting.