07: Interview with Joe Kao

In this episode I interview Joe Kao, an experienced brief therapist and solution-focused hypnotherapist. He has been treating people since 2005, and has worked as both a supervisor and a teacher on psychotherapy training courses. Additionally, he’s a master practitioner of NLP, and is trained in Provocative Therapy and the Human Givens. Joe is the head scriptwriter at HypnosisDownloads.com, and has co-created several hundred highly-regarded hypnosis recordings, which have been used by over a quarter of a million people. Amongst other things we chat about: - The value of using your “tools” to help yourself, NOT just your clients. - Utilising the differences between left brain and right brain interactions. - Why taking the client’s problems too seriously may be doing them a disservice. - The psychological reward to the therapist of being empathic could be dangerous for the client. - Why people suffering from depression should NOT use psychoanalysis. - Imposter syndrome and improving your skills set. You can read more about the podcast and get all Joe's links at http://www.rapidchange.works