Welcome to the National Council For Hypnotherapy Podcast, where we dive into the fascinating world of hypnosis, lifting the lid on hypnotherapy, sharing insights and tips for change as we chat. So sit back, relax, and enjoy all the wonderful possibilities of hypnotherapy. My name is Tracey Grist, and I will be your host today. So I'm here with doctor Kate Bevan Marks, hypnotherapist and acclaimed author, well known trainer, and founder of Hypnotc. Hi, Kate.

Hello, Tracy.

So, this is a talk about the interventions of hypnotherapy, and how we work as practitioners and trainers. And do you wanna say a little bit about what led you to hypnotherapy?

It wasn't planned, actually. It was not a deliberate career choice. I was quite happy in my my previous role. I was working in high risk, well, health and safety and risk management in high risk industries, And I became fascinated by how we influence behavior and how we influence thought, and how we can persuade people rather than necessarily telling people. And now in a hypnotherapy session, you would actually turn off your phone.

So I'm actually gonna do that right now. So this is the thing

that hypnotherapists really know how to do, but I didn't. So there we are. Right. NCH, shows that we're real people, doesn't it? So where was I with this story?

So a high risk, high risk search. High risk?

High risk. And sometimes telling people, as you probably know yourself as you're listening or watching this, sometimes as adults we don't like being told what to do and we sort of get that, don't you tell me what to do, I'll do what I want, and you'll get a rebound effect. And I wanted to find out if there were ways of helping people make the safer decision without being as authoritarian as direct. Sometimes you need to be because if people fell into machines they could die. So sometimes you need to be. But generally, if you can persuade people to make safer choices, overall it becomes a safer and more comfortable working environment. So I started looking into different strategies, whether it's stuff that we see, whether that we hear. And that got me eventually into hypnotic language and conversational hypnosis.

And I went to to see a hypnotherapist and he was very Ericksonian. NCH Ericksonian is is very flowing. In fact, it can be often quite a gentle approach And had a few sessions with him just to experience what it would be like and to learn. He was really good at teaching me as we went through. And he sort of said, have a color hypnotizing me. Really? Like, don't about this. But I did, and that was it. I was hooked.

I seemed to have an affinity for my hypnosis. It's something that came, I wouldn't say easily because I had to to work for it. I really wanted to be the best that I could be. And I'm still learning now. We always will be. But it was something that I just found I could intuitively connect to where I wanted to go to. And, yeah, I haven't stopped learning. I haven't stopped finding out more about the profession.

But it's something that I really like doing. So, long, very long story short, and it's already a long story. So long story short, eventually, I had 2 careers running at the same time, which was a bit much, as well as horses and relationships and everything else. So when I had an opportunity to, I was able to go full time only in hypnotherapy. Although, with the training, the book writing, and everything else now, those hours have expanded back equivalent to a 2 to job life anyway, but I love it. Does that answer your question?

It does. It does. And so so the days of risk, well, the days of industrial risk far behind you and in the world of HIPAA?