Thursday, 28 January 2010

Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Common factors in assisting with anger management, jealousy and eating disorders

The following conditions anger management, jealousy and eating disorders all seem very different on the surface, but there are many similarities with how clients who have these conditions think and then feel. It's useful to remember that the end "problem" which manifests is like the subtitles at the end of the movie, it doesn't tell the whole story! With all these conditions before the client experiences anger, jealousy or food related problems they often are experience thinking and then feeling anxious and the key to resolving such issues is figuring out how they are doing this

Every client I have seen with anger and jealousy issues, is very mentally active and finds it difficult to relax. They in all instances are in a permanent state of anticipation which is a bit like a hard drive on a computer that just won't shut down. This sequence of anxious thinking creates and maintains the problem often with each clent making very unhelpful suggestions to themselves in an anxious tone of voice. Fortunately there are some excellent approaches that can resolve these unhelpful ways of thinking and most clients experence a new sense of freedon in a very short period of time.
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Saturday, 22 August 2009

Treating Phobias on the BBC

The term phobia is more and more common these days and some clients even report having "phobias", plural. Of course not all of what is reported as a phobia atually is a real phobia. When I was on the BBC working with clients, some individuals who phoned in rquesting sessions talked about smoking as "a fear of cigarettes!" Often clients are talking about generalised anxiety, rather than a specfic irrationl fear of a place or thing.

The key to treating phobias is to explore the process by which the person is creating the fear and as a therapist knowing that on the radio 50,000 people will be listening in, really increases the enthusism for producing a good outcome for the client. JBW has some of the best practitioners who can deal with a variety of phobic issues. On average I see phobics every single week in private practice. Many of the BBC sessions I did can be found at www.nickkemp.com for those interested in hearing how sucessful these tools can be!

Regards
Nick Kemp

Saturday, 8 August 2009

NLP Teleclass

Hi

I am pleased to be involved with the launch of NLP Teleclass, a series of twelve one our teleclasses organised by Laura Spicer. Its nice to be in such exalted company as Richard Bandler and John La Valle.

Its described thus:

'Your opportunity to ask 12 of the best NLP trainers in the world your questions over a series of twelve 1-hour telelclasses on specialised subjects!'

Well I am not sure if I am one of the twelve best NLP trainers on the planet but its nice to be included.

I am going to be talking about NLP and eating disorders, what I do and what works. Specifically, I will covering such issues as bulimia nervosa, binge eating and restrictive eating but am happy to answer any questions regarding how I work using NLP to help people overcome their disorderly eating and establish, automatically, new and more appropriate and healthy patterns of behaviour. So go take a look for yourself, the link is here NLP Teleclass

Tuesday, 4 August 2009

Binge Drinking on the increase?

I was recently contacted by The Yorkshire Evening Post to discuss the issue of binge drinking and gave an interview which is found in full here
http://www.nickkemp.com/downloads/NickKemp.com_yorkshire-evening-post-curing-binge-drinking.pdf

This issue has become a massive problem in the UK, not especially helpe by some supermarkets selling booze at less than trade cost during the X Mas period! I have seen a lot of clients with this issue and it's fascinating to see that the patterns of "binge behaviour" are very similar to those individuals who binge on food. The "drink element" is not the real issue, it's more how a person thinks, feels and then responds to create the behaviour. In most instances those with binge type behaviours find it difficult to relax and are very mentally active. They also tend to adopt the same problem behaviour in the exact same situations and often at the same times of day.

Usually a couple of sessions using Hypnotherapy and other skills is sufficient to really help change this problem behaviour so the client feels in control and has a nw freedom of choice

Wednesday, 15 July 2009

Cures for Binge Drinking

I was recently interviewed for The Yorkshire Evening Post on the subject of binge drinking which seems to be all an all time high in the UK. Many traditional therapies focus purely on the drinking aspect in a very analytical way and in many cases this does little to change how the person feels and subsequent problem behaviour.

As the representative for Just Be Well in the North of England I see lots of people for binge related issues and have discovered very similar patterns between binge drinkers and those who binge on food. In most instances the client is mentally very active and finds it difficult to relax. They tend to be very good in their work in that these same abilities to anticipate work great in this area of life BUT in the emotional arena this exact same process helps maintain "the problem"

Most binge drinkers find it very difficult to relax and learning this ability is an essential skill in learnig to create new behavioural patterns and to break free from the previous ways of thinking.

The full article can be found here

http://www.nickkemp.com/downloads/NickKemp.com_yorkshire-evening-post-curing-binge-drinking.pdf