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Hello, I’m James Mallinson, and I’ve used Clinical Hypnotherapy to treat thousands of people for anxiety both online and face-to-face in London and Winchester

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What did this summer’s air show tragedies do for nervous fliers?

When I was a boy I used to love a good air show. We’d all pile onto the top of dad’s car, gaze up and wait for a procession of Harrier Jump-Jets or Lancaster Bombers, and I loved the sense of speed and excitement. I had friends who used to come, too, one of whom went on to become something of a nervous flier. Now that I’m a London-based hypnotherapist

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Don’t go in the water! Why Jaws still causes panic attacks

It was 40 years this summer since Jaws was unleashed on an unsuspecting public – and millions of us have been worried about going into the sea ever since. If you have a winter holiday booked, there’s a good chance you’ll be heading somewhere tropical, where a fear of sharks – if you have one – is likely to be far more acute than when splashing on the beach in

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How Kelly Holmes stopped her phobia with hypnotherapy

2024 update: while this is one of my older posts, it is still well read. That’s because when people are considering hypnotherapy to help them with anxiety, confidence issues or something else, they first seek out proof that their hypnotherapist has a good track record. And Dame Kelly Holmes’ testimonial is as good as it gets. While I’ve now treated more than 5,000 people, Dame Kelly was a relatively early

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Should the state pay people to not smoke?

Incentivising pregnant mothers with up to £400 cash to stop smoking can be almost 400% more effective than no cash incentive. So says research from the University of Glasgow that’s featured in the British Medical Journal that was featured in the likes of the Independent. It’s set off a volcanic set of reactions up and down the country. It’s an instantly polarising debate and therefore a classic media debate because

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Get the confidence not to make the same mistake as Jeremy Clarkson

There is a very simple process you can do that can help give you confidence in what you want to say & not make the same mistake that Jeremy Clarkson did a couple of weeks ago. And let’s face it, how many times do we tell ourselves not to do something and then end up doing exactly that?  We all do to varying degrees of devastation. Prior to becoming a

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10 questions to ask a therapist before choosing one

These questions can help you choose the right therapist. With hundreds of therapies and tens of thousands of therapies, finding someone and a therapy that works for you can be a pretty tough nut to crack. As a practicing full-time professional hypnotherapist in London and Hampshire, I thought it would be useful to write some questions that could help you choose the right therapist for you. And they apply to

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Did Justin Timberlake use hypnotherapy to stop smoking?

Justin Timberlake has been in London’s O2 playing sold out gigs. His set’s are pretty energetic, so it’s a good thing he doesn’t smoke any more! He allegedly stopped smoking with hypnotherapy: Justin Timberlake turns to hypnotherapy If you smoke 20 a day, you’re burning just over £50 a week. Ironically, that’s the price of a ticket to see him play in London. And if he’s not your bag, imagine

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5 tips to stay stop smoking after No Smoking Day

Two weeks after No Smoking Day and how are you doing? Still stopped? If not, this blog could help put you back on track. 1.4 million people in London smoke. That’s 18% of London’s 7.8m population. According to ASH (Action on Smoking & Health), London has one of the lowest smoking populations, compared to other parts of the country. Initiatives like National No Smoking day & Stoptober are excellent. And

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Could this idea help us stop anxiety and make us more confident?

Anxiety cripples. With 1:4 of us likely to experience it and worse in some way, wouldn’t it better to be in control of our emotional state? And there is a big idea that could massively minimise our anxiousness. Our idea is that from nursery through to leaving education, that everyone is taught coping skills for an hour every week.  If children spend an hour a week doing ‘P.E.’, surely we should

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Can hypnotherapy help with professional and personal anxiety?

The England football team is reportedly using the services of Steve Peters, to help the team win penalties. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/10675787/England-v-Denmark-Roy-Hodgson-turns-to-sports-psychiatrist-Dr-Steve-Peters-to-prepare-for-World-Cup.html Just think of Euro 96 in London, we lost against Germany (again).  And when you look at the stats, we have an 88% failure rate at penalties, which shows there’s a problem.   So, if professional sports people paid £200k+ a week need help with their job, it’s probably fair to say that

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To e or not e-cigarette, that is the question when stopping smoking

If you’re looking to stop smoking in London or anywhere, what choices do you have? Willpower – really very, very hard! Stopping smoking with hypnotherapy Nicotine replacement systems e.g. gum / patches Nicotine substitute systems e.g. champix One of the current in-vogue ‘choices’ are e-cigarettes, that are nicotine delivery systems par excellence.  They are being manufactured by big tobacco, are currently spending a fortune on advertising. It can feel a little

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What Breaking Bad teaches us about therapy

Breaking Bad is considered by many to be the greatest TV programme of all time. It’s as watchable today as when it was first broadcast, and it quite dramatically demonstrates a key aspect of therapy that comes up with clients almost every week. As a trained clinical hypnotherapist helping people with everything from panic attacks to self confidence issues, I understand the idea that ‘behaviour is not the purpose of

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