Hi all,

I am currently completing a Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis and Strategic Psychotherapy, and have no experience in a clinical setting but lots of ideas and enthusiasm for the power of hypnotherapy. I recently had the pleasure of seeing Rob present a demonstration of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy at the AHA conference, and it was so inspiring I signed up here.

One of the unexpected benefits I’ve discovered while studying hypnotherapy is a noticeable reduction in the number of headaches I get. I used to take headache tablets two to three times each week without thinking, and it was just something “I did” that was part of life, not something I’d even noticed might be unusual.

Now, I notice how rarely I need to actually take headache tablets. It’s become so rare that, when I went to take some recently for a head cold, I momentarily paused and realised I couldn’t remember the last time I’d taken any.

This has been a really positive change in my life. So I wondered if I might be able to help facilitate a similarly positive change in the life of a friend of mine who regularly suffers from migraines.

This person has had migraines most of their adult life, and gets the “take these hospital-strength painkillers and go lie down for a couple of days” type of migraines.

When I was thinking through how I might approach this in a session, I realised that the four-step method I recently saw demonstrated by Rob probably wasn’t appropriate for pain relief. I mean, I can ask them what they like to do, and what they like about doing that, but I can’t really say “and how is having a migraine like the thing you like doing” ....

So I’m wondering if anyone can give me some guidance on how to approach the treatment of migraines, or relief from pain in general.

Thanks in advance,

Malcolm.