BERT STEMARTE - EMDR AT THE PHC EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and is a therapeutic approach that has been extensively researched and proven to be effective in the treatment of trauma. More recently however, EMDR has been found to be a beneficial tool in addressing issues as diverse as stress, anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, and pain disorders. Like any good therapeutic approach, EMDR is a collaborative process, that is, the therapist works with the client ensuring the client takes a full and active part in their own recovery. EMDR was discovered by Dr Francine Shapiro in the [...]

RACHAEL HUDSON - HYPNOTHERAPY AT THE PHC When I tell people I work as a hypnotherapist, the most common responses I receive are one of the following: "Does it work?" "I don't think I can be hypnotised." "So will you seize control of my mind and make me do things I don't want to do, or things that will humiliate me, like dance like a chicken or bark like a dog?" This goes to show just how little is understood about hypnotherapy - a wonderfully powerful medium designed for therapeutic change - and the misleading myths influenced by the entertainment genre [...]