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ROBIN APPEARS ON TALK RADIO "ASK THE EXPERT "

2008-05-06T06:35:00.008Z

Robin was invited to appear on Talk Radio 107 "Ask the expert" on 5/5/08, the Edinburgh radio show co-hosted by Ian Gilmour and Lynne McCrossan, they asked Robin a series of questions, he also answered listeners questions and spoke candidly about how he got into hypnotherapy, his methods and how it helps people.

"For an hour I had a great time talking about my favourite subject-accelarated learning-also known as hypnotherapy, I can't wait to go back".

ROBIN'S SECOND BOOK TO BE E-PUBLISHED SOON

2008-04-30T09:16:00.004Z

Robin's second book showing how he combines hypnotherapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy will be published soon on this site.
It is aimed at the therapist and client alike to show a simple no-nonsense way to getting better and combining Robin's Internationally highly aclaimed hypno-psychotherapy approach.

ROBIN TO HOLD SEMINARS ON HYPNOTHERAPY/REBT ON 31/5/08

2008-04-23T15:30:00.016Z

Robin has been asked by a number of his clients and colleagues who are eager to learn in greater detail his combining of hypnotherapy and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy -REBT is a more philisophical form of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy- shortly there will be a seperate page on the website outlining the programme, the venue, how to book and the cost. The Seminars will be open to the public and therapists alike, it will be a one day event and he will speak about each of those methods individually then demonstrate them combined, it will be educational, therapeutic and enlightening as he takes the mysticism out of therapy and shows you how it works so that you can take long term peace of mind with you.

The seminar will take place on Saturday 31st May at a Hotel in Edinburgh, price £150 this includes coffee throughout the day and a Buffet lunch. Please contact me for details,
robin@exclusivehypnotherapy.com or 0131 445 2485

In the meantime go to www.pnosis.com and click on The Eye, scroll down and you will see an interview Robin gave with the American hypnotherapy website which profiled his unique approach.

ROBIN AND DR ALBERT ELLIS MEET IN NEW YORK

2007-09-26T16:10:00.000Z

Below Right: Robin, his partner Myra and Dr Ellis

Below: Robin, Dr Ellis and his wife Debbie

I had the honour of being invited to visit Dr Albert Ellis on the 20th April 2007 in New
York City.
He is a member of The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, the Board of Scientific and Professional Advisors, has practised individual and group Psychotherapy with more than 15,000 clients, given workshops around the world, published over 600 papers and over 75 books. He is a fellow of over 15 divisions of The American Psychological Association, a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology of The American Board of The American Board of Professional Psychology, a Diplomate of The American Board of Psychological Hypnosis, a Diplomate of The American Board of Psychotherapy, and of course created Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, the most widely used therapies in the world that consistently produce excellent long term results.

I first contacted Al in 2003 with a manuscript I had written called
Breaking The Vicious Circle of Psychological Misery. He gave it a favourable
review and I sell it as an e-book on my website http://www.exclusivehypnotherapy.com/

Since 2003 I have since kept in touch with Al and his lovely wife Dr Debbie
Joffe Ellis. They have been a priceless source of knowledge in broadening
my understanding of people and gaining deeper insight into Rational Emotive
Behaviour Therapy.

As some of you may know, Al is going through very difficult times with "his"
Institute and his health. .Back in the 1950's Al set up The Albert Ellis
Institute and donated his Townhouse (now valued at over $30 million) and the
royalties from all his books. The Institute was an Internationally
recognised seat of learning. The other trustees recently decided to remove
him from the Trust that still bears his name, this has left Al out on a
limb because he relied on a very meagre income from AEI, and his health
expenses have since rocketed. With the backdrop of Litigation in mind, I
will not go into great detail on my thoughts other than to say Al needs help
from lawyers and help with his medical bills as he has many illnesses to
contend with.

He is very brave and true to REBT Philosophy is accepting of, and working
to overcome adversity. Recently he lectured a group of Belgian students in
the afternoon, despite feeling very unwell (it later transpired that he had
had a heart attack!) Debbie aware of him being unwell wanted the questions
kept to a minimum, when asked by Debbie just how many he would continue to
answer he said " a hundred"!

My partner and I made the journey to New York after being invited there by
Debbie. I was honoured, as Al is recovering from his second bout of
pneumonia and the heart attack, all at age 93.
I have had many in-depth communications with him and telephone
conversations with Debbie in relation to REBT and the trouble with Albert
Ellis Institute. Debbie herself has been on the receiving end of it's
attacks, yet there is no one I have met who is more committed to the welfare
and recovery of Albert Ellis and the continuation of true REBT than her. She
really is a beacon of hope in a murky pool. She sleeps in the same small
room as Al on a recliner every night in the rehab centre, and given Al's
multiple medical difficulties and severe hearing impairment, she is
constantly disturbed throughout the night to oversee and communicate with
him. There is no financial remuneration in it for Debbie. She really is a
fantastic person whose genuine love for Al is breathtaking. Those who have
maligned her should be ashamed of themselves and I use the word Should
advisedly!

We met with Debbie in the foyer of the rehab centre at 3.00pm on a hot
steamy Friday afternoon. We had flown in from Edinburgh earlier that day and
were acclimatizing ourselves with the general friendliness of the New
Yorkers and the constant sound of car horns.

Debbie appeared looking lively and sprite, yet I know that the lady is
weary, sad and concerned about the pain her husband endures.

We arrived at the small room with the great man lying in bed facing a
window, Al waved and acknowledged our presence, his hands shaking with the
erratic blood sugar levels in his body. He still has a good head of hair,
strong arms and that incredible half smile. I exchanged gifts with him. I
was given a beautiful photograph of him and Debbie taken three months ago. I
enclose it here.

We sat and talked about Al's health and his hope for REBT, he hoped it would
"forage ahead". I asked him a number of questions, I wanted to know how he
defined the difference between CBT and REBT. He replied REBT is more
philosophical. I asked him what he thought about NLP, as I hold the belief
that if the therapy was as good as it's marketing it would be brilliant,
(also he is a Diplomate in Clinical Hypnosis from The American Board of
Psychological Hypnosis) he described it as "crap". He had visited Scotland
once. Was there anything I could do for him? "Send a copy of the photos" we
were taking.

The visit lasted two hours with interruptions from Doctors and nurses. I
asked him why despite rationally showing people and disputing their
irrational beliefs did they still hold onto their problems? "They are
addicted to them" he said in gruff voice. Al is still mentally sharp and
answers question instantly, but with few words, he lies quietly a lot of the
time but his face lights up when asked a question on Psychology. He endures
pain and given how sore and sensitive his skin is for a 93 year old accepts,
but intensely dislikes the constant blood sugar checks done with needles.

I thanked him for giving therapists the world over a recognisable, common
sense model that we and our patients can follow. He nodded. I shook his hand
and thanked him for reviewing my book.

In Canada, Al was voted the most influential Psychologist of the last 100
years, second in America.

To me he is the essence of care and common sense. He would be a worthy
winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. as he is one of the most outstanding
humanists of our time. He has done more for psychotherapy to move it out of
the Freudian, unscientific magical dark ages and into a treatment that works
effectively. He says what people do not want to hear but probably know to
be the truth and does not bamboozle them with mental gymnastics. He
challenges nutty magical, mystical, childlike thinking. He gets you to think
about your thinking and realise the inaccurate definitions you have made
about yourself and highlights our rigid, inflexible demands from self and
others.These, he states, are the "the essence of psychological disturbance".
He describes self-esteem as "the biggest sickness known to mankind as it is
conditional", arguing that self-esteem is dependent on what we should do in
order to satisfy others into thinking we are worthy human beings and that
"shouldhood equals shithood, therefore self-esteem is no more than perfume
for shithood". Unconditionally accepting yourself and others if for no other
reason that we are mistake making animals.

Al Ellis is the real thing and I hope to see him again soon.

He has helped thousands of people world wide, yet now when he needs help, he
is being ignored.

Please help the Grandfather of modern Psychotherapy by visiting his website

http://www.rebtnetwork.org/ and help in anyway you can.

Sadly Dr Ellis died on the 24/7/07 age 93.

A Memorial Service took place at Lerner Hall Auditorium, in New York City to which I was invited by Al's wife Debbie.

Speakers were: Dr Aaron Beck, Institute for Cognitive Therapy, Dr Alan Kadzin, incoming President of American Psychology Association, Dr Jeff Zeig, Founder and Director of Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Dr Paul Kurtz, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Dr Jon Carlson, Distinguished Professor of Psychology/Counseling, Dr Frank Farley, Past President of American Psychological Association, Dr Bill Knaus, Past Director of Training at The Albert Ellis Institute.

Unfortunately, I was unable to attend due to other committments, however, had I been there I would have spoken about the unswerving committment and loyalty from Debbie to Al in the months and years I knew them both. Debbie was a constant source of comfort and care during Al's illness's and I was fortunate enough to witness first hand the immense love and rapport there was between them. Al's face would light up just hearing Debbie's voice, and a smile would appear that said "I adore you".

Debbie was magnificent and true to Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy was unconditionally accepting of people.

I spoke with Debbie the day after the Memorial Service and she was glad so many people had appeared, yet sad because of the memories it brought back.

It was Al's wish that The Institute that he created and financed would "forage ahead" with true REBT and for it to be administered by the Board he has named. Sadly that is not the case at this time.

Robin W. Thorburn ADHP (NC) MNRHP UKCP(H)

COGNITIVE THERAPY AND HYPNOTHERAPY WORK BEST FOR LONG TERM RESULTS

2007-03-03T14:42:00.001Z

For too long the public has been fed "miraculous results" of hypnotherapy, NLP and past life regression therapy by therapists determined to indulge in mysticism. This child like and irrational thinking is the essence of many problems.
After 14 years clinical practice, I have found that hypnotherapy allied to Cognitive Therapy (the most trialled therapy in the world that consistently yields good results) brings longer term peace of mind to the client, rather than a short term "fix". CBT quickly and effectivley highlights the conscious thoughts the person is telling their unconscious mind or memory and it is these conscious thoughts that lead to illness or ineffective behaviour. CBT then works to create more effective rational thoughts. "Your unconscious won't cure a damned thing, you cure the unconscious thoughts and feelings by making them conscious". Dr Albert Ellis originator of CBT/REBT.

You can feed a person for the day or teach them how to hunt for the rest of their lives.

"The public remains largely unaware of the research supporting the efficacy of CT...but numerous studies show Cognitive Therapy is as effective as medication in treating depression, and often better than drugs for conditions like anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder" Washington Post Sept 3rd 2002...at 15 months CT was superior to both imipramine and relaxation" (Shear et al (1994).

6 April 2005 Study: Cognitive Therapy as effective as drugs in treating depression. In a study of 240 patients, researchers found that Cognitive Therapy, a type of treatment that teaches patients to think more realistically, worked as well as a popular anti-depressant for moderate to severe depression...if people quit taking Paxil (Paroxitine) after 4 months, their relapse rate was twice that of therapy patients..."it establishes, I think, once and for all that Cognitive Therapy does as well as pharmacotherapy, and what's even more important is that it has a much lower relapse rate," Professor Aaron Beck, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Director of the Center of The Cognitive Therapy in Philadelphia

BUPA & NORWICH UNION REGISTERD PROVIDER

2006-12-13T13:57:00.001Z

Robin W. Thorburn ADHP (NC) MNRHP has been a BUPA Registered Provider for 12 years and has recently been recognised by Norwich Union.

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2006-09-11T08:14:00.001Z

WHAT IS HYPNOTHERAPY AND WHY MODERN APPROACHES WORK-YOU WILL NOT BE ASKED TO SPEAK

2006-09-01T13:34:00.009Z

The answer comes from Dr Milton H. Erickson, regarded as the finest researcher and pioneer of healing in hypnosis.

Erickson had little patience with the claims of Parapsychology, with religious beleifs in miracles, or with the popular fads about "psychic energy." Hypnosis for Erickson was a natural phenomenon that utilized ordinary psychological processes...it usually required a great deal of training, intelligence and work on the part of the therapist to acheive those seemingly miraculous results...
Healing in Hypnosis Milton H. Erickson

There is still a view that getting to the childhood root of a problem will resolve it using hypno-analysis, this means looking for an original childhood cause. Thankfully, modern well trained therapists have moved away from this medieval beleif. Professor Aaron Beck, a psychiatrist from Pennsylvania University and prolific researcher originally trained in Freudian Psychoanalysis proved that lying in a darkened room recalling early traumatic childhood experiences actually made the person worse! "I set out to prove that the people who were critical psychoanalysis were wrong, but actually I proved them right". Dr Albert Ellis, founder of Cognitive /Rational Emotive BehaviourTherapy, also originally trained in Psychoanalysis, later dismissed it as "Freudian horshit".
I, myself volunteered for 15 sessions of hypno-analysis and the only thing I learned is how False Memory Syndrome and mental fatigue are created, I also used it in my early career but discovered that it did not help people, the root of the problem is the persons beleif NOW to look for an excuse from childhood as to why you hold an irrational beleif in the present will only keep the person ill, this is not Therapy. The unconscious mind is a depository for many bad memories, best not exhume what is better left in peace. "It is interesting that having cured many, many people worldwide from nervous suffering that I have never once had the need to conduct an indepth psychological profile...they are in a Fear-Bewilderment-Fear cycle and understanding whatever may have contributed to that is not going to help the patient get better now... many therapists pick on complications."Dr Claire Weekes M.B.E., M.B., D.Sc., F.R.A.C.P

With my hypnotherapy, you will not be asked to speak, creative up to date methods are used to reactivate good programmes of behaviour that already exist within you and transfer them into the problem area, thus dilluting the problem.
This combination of REBT/Ericksonian hypnotherapy which has been acknowledged by my peers to be extremley effective www.pnosis.com (click on The Eye and scroll down)