I haven’t been blogging much lately (what with one thing and another, one thing being attempting to pass Biological Psychology, and another being… well, actually there are quite a few others). So I thought I’d set out my current plans for next year to reassure regular readers that there will, once again, be at least semi-regular things to read.
photo credit: MonkeyMyshkin
All going well I should be finished my university study (for the time being, anyway) by February. My plan is to assemble a big pile of books I’ve been meaning to read, some of them off my shelves and some off my wish list, and work my way through them, blogging as I go. So you’ll probably see a lot more book reviews here in the future. I’m not just going to be reviewing the books, though, but reflecting on what I’ve learned from them. The ones I have in mind are hypnotherapy, mind-body and personal integration titles, mostly.
And speaking of personal integration, next year I also want to at least make a good start on a new course which I’m very excited about. The working title is Pulling Ourselves Together, and it’s about integration – within ourselves, between mind and body, and between us as individuals and our total context (sensory, ecological, social and beyond). At the moment I only have the sketch of an idea of how I’m going to approach that, so any ideas (or pointers to resources) are welcome.
I’m going to be assembling a reference team to run ideas past, consisting of hypnotherapy colleagues, friends, and other interested and interesting parties. If you’d like to join that team, either comment or email me (mikerm at hypno.co.nz) saying why you’re interested and what you think you can contribute.
The plan currently is to run two versions of the course, one for men and one for women. As a man who’s always had a lot of female friends and feels comfortable in the company of women, I think I can pull this off, but I will need help from actual women to do so. The male and female experiences of being embodied are different enough, I think, to justify two versions.
Another project for next year is one I’ve picked up and put down a couple of times – a more formalized version of my Positive Eating approach to improved nutrition and weight management, which emphasises deeply enjoying nutrient-rich foods. I’ve had really good results with this, but feel that something that includes more resources and keeps in touch with people better over the long term is going to improve what I’m offering to these clients. There’ll be a CD, a workbook and possibly a DVD to use alongside a number of sessions with me (probably 5 or 6 over a 6-month period). You’ll also be able to buy it as a pack (without the face-to-face component) off the Hypno NZ website and elsewhere. With good results, longer term I’ll be looking at teaching and licensing other already-trained hypnotherapists to use the approach.
I’d also like to do something similar for smoking, putting together a group intervention of best-practice approaches and teaching other people to present it. That may be a little further in the future. (Update: It now exists. Start with the free ebook, How to Stop Smoking.)
It’s funny – when I started my training I thought I’d find weight issues and smoking the tedious bread-and-butter of hypnotherapy, which I’d have to do because people expected it. But I’ve really got into those two issues now, and I enjoy the depth and richness of working with people in those areas. It’s not just a one-size-fits-all thing by any means, and I want to reflect that by creating some really good, effective resources, building on the successes I’ve had so far.
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