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Gary Johannes:So welcome to another episode of hypnotherapy reflections from training to practice. Today, we have the lovely Neha Mahotra. I always get it wrong. She tells me off. She's with us today.
Gary Johannes:Neha, who's not been qualified for that long, but, you know, long enough. And from what I've seen and heard is she's finding her own way of helping people using what we do. So we're gonna explore her journey, a little bit about her, about her life, and what brought her to where we are, the unique insights, both personal and those gained from her training with CPhD, and the powerful impact of solution focused hypnotherapy. So get ready for an inspiring conversation, highlighting the transformative transformative even power of hypnotherapy. So let's introduce Neha and
Neha Malhotra:Hi. Thank you, Gary, for having me. I am Neha Malhotra, and, I'm a solution focused hypnotherapist. I'm based in Newcastle, and, I offer both face to face and online sessions. So and I, have a practice called poise.
Gary Johannes:Poise. So before we get into the questions Yeah. I've been to Newcastle number of times now. And you know what I'm gonna say?
Neha Malhotra:It's still raining, Gary.
Gary Johannes:It's like every time I speak to anybody or go to Newcastle, it's raining. Is that a normal thing? Is it
Neha Malhotra:It's very normal. I've been here for 16 years, still not got used to it.
Gary Johannes:Maybe it's us just us people who don't naturally come from Newcastle. Yes. I visit, and and everybody tells me I bring the rain with me, but I don't think that's true.
Neha Malhotra:No. It just stays here.
Gary Johannes:So lovely. So, well, I've got some questions. I'm gonna ask you about 20 questions. I'll I'll ask everybody I talk to about the school these questions. And the first question is is what motivated you to pursue training as a hypnotherapist?
Neha Malhotra:Right. So I was a full time mom, still I am, and was for, like, 7, 8 years. And then, you know, you get to a point where your kids are growing up and I wanted to do something that was mine, but that was also purposeful. That was, you know, something that would make me happy and make me want to do it. So, didn't know really where to start.
Neha Malhotra:So I sat down with a pen and paper, put my thoughts on paper, and came up with an answer, which was I wanted to help people. Because all around me, you know, people are struggling and suffering from anxiety, depression, mental health problems. It's all all around us. It's the environment we live in now. So I wanted to be a solution to that rather than bring something in my home or do something that add to that.
Neha Malhotra:So yeah. So and because I've had hypnotherapy in the past myself, and that was about 10 years ago, and, that stayed with me. I think that's the best part about hypnotherapy. It stays with you.
Gary Johannes:Yeah.
Neha Malhotra:And, also, you you go in with an issue which you think is the issue.
Gary Johannes:Yeah.
Neha Malhotra:Then you end up resolving so many other things that you didn't think needed your attention at all.
Gary Johannes:So, I I mean, that is really what we hear a lot, isn't it? But I'm interested in what you did before you became a solicitor. You said you was a full time mom.
Neha Malhotra:Yes.
Gary Johannes:What other things or roles were you taking?
Neha Malhotra:Before that, I worked as a debt adviser for a charity. Oh, okay. Again, it was very counseling role. Yeah. Where you're advising people on what they should do with their finances and whatnot and, you know, whether they needed to go bankrupt or, you know, go down those routes.
Neha Malhotra:So, yeah, I did that for a good 7 years.
Gary Johannes:Wow. Yeah. So definitely in the people support industry, a different aspect of it. You you know, very different from what you do now, but still being there for people when they needed that support most, that right support. So that's nice.
Gary Johannes:So what inspired you? You said you had hypnotherapy before that quite often as a catalyst for some people. You said you worked out that you wanna help people. But, ultimately, why hypnotherapy? Because there's so many options to help people, even debt counseling when he was working before.
Gary Johannes:That was amazing. Why why hypnotherapy?
Neha Malhotra:I think it was mainly because I had had it, and it's quite a holistic approach. So you're not just dealing with one thing at a time. You're just it's holistic. It it makes you a better version of yourself.
Gary Johannes:Yes. It does. It does. And that's a lovely understanding of why you did it. Yeah.
Gary Johannes:Why CPHT? Why train with a in a solution focused methodology?
Neha Malhotra:Right. So I didn't know anything to where to start. So I literally started with a Google search, and CPhD came up as one of the schools. And then I went digging in more, looking at all sorts of different courses that were offered. I think my main, criteria was I wanted something face to face.
Neha Malhotra:I did want to do an online course. I I like to meet people. I like to connect with people. So that was one thing that it offered face to face in Newcastle. So that was big for me.
Neha Malhotra:And I think it was very in-depth. Okay. So the course, you know, I read through everything that the modules were going to cover and all of that. It was very in-depth. There was a lot based in neuroscience.
Neha Malhotra:There was you know, you have elements from CBT. You have elements from NLP. You've got elements from solution focused brief therapy. And, you know, we basically are taking the best of everything and combining and bringing it together, and that sounded like a really promising
Gary Johannes:thing. So the course what you attended Mhmm. Is is quite a long course. It's 10 months. Yeah.
Gary Johannes:And, yes, there there was a lot of content, but did how did that make you feel that it was a durable long term course?
Neha Malhotra:I think that's why I wanted to do it. I think there's so many short term online courses available for hypnotherapy, and I think somewhere that's where the hypnotherapy gets, you know, that bad rep as well a little bit. I didn't want to see it as a quick turnover to find you know, as I said, I came from a place where I wanted to help people. So you can genuinely help people. So you want the knowledge and the expertise to be able to do that.
Gary Johannes:So what solidified that decision to join that co cohort of in Newcastle face to face? What was it what about, you know, that time, what was it you saw in the website or understood about the course? Well, when that's the one for me.
Neha Malhotra:I think I'd done my research on what qualifications I would get and, you know, what, bodies I could be registered with. So I'd looked at, you know, association for solution focused hypnotherapy, you know, National Council For Hypnotherapy, all of that, and they did recommend.
Gary Johannes:Yes. So that's that gave you that confidence.
Neha Malhotra:Yeah. And I think I was very decided on this is what I want to do. It was about choosing the right school, and I think I had a conversation with you over the phone and, you know, that kind of answered the questions I had and Yes. You know, that's it. I went with my gut feeling after that.
Neha Malhotra:Yeah. Actually, didn't tell except for my husband, my family, friends, nobody knew I was going to do this. I didn't discuss. I didn't do anything. Yeah.
Neha Malhotra:I just signed up then told everybody I was doing this. Yeah.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. Wow. That's brave. So how has you know, you've said you've worked with people. And, Norman, how has, you know, training with the way you've did in solution focus shaped the way you're working with your clients.
Gary Johannes:But, actually, you know, on a boarder in aspect really, not just your clients, but has it changed the way you deal with people?
Neha Malhotra:Oh, absolutely. It has. I think it's changed my perspective on how I see people or even myself, you know. You know, if somebody was really frustrated or angry before, you would see them as like, oh my god. You know, you would get thing that you would think that this is a bad person.
Neha Malhotra:But now you know why that is. Right? You you know what's happening inside them in their head, why they're feeling the way they're feeling or reacting the way they are reacting. And that changes your perspective on so many things.
Gary Johannes:Yes. Yeah. Do do do you you know, with the, you know, looking at the way we do things, How do you you said you're a mom, full time mom. How do you maintain that work life balance?
Neha Malhotra:I think, I was very clear on that from day 1. I think I had a conversation with you about that that I don't want any stress in my house. I don't want to bring that home. So
Gary Johannes:That's very, very factual. This is what's gonna happen.
Neha Malhotra:Yes. Yes. So I think I'm very clear on my boundaries that I will have this many number of clients. I'm not going to go beyond that. My hours, I'm very intentional with my
Gary Johannes:time. Yes.
Neha Malhotra:So, you know, I decide that I'm going to work within the school hours. There are some young kids that I see that I have to see after school hours, but then I I do draw boundaries around that as well that it is only when on the days that I am available when my children don't have things after school. So I would only do that on those days. So I am, I think, quite clear on that.
Gary Johannes:So there's no compromise. You make sure your family and you come first Yes. So you can be the best.
Neha Malhotra:I think one of the big things for me was I go to India every summer to spend time with my family because I am from India and, you know, that summer is a good chunk of time to take kids back home. And, for me, I didn't want to compromise on that. I really want to keep that going. So even my face to face clients, I tell them that I will be traveling, and they're happy to do sessions online.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. So you still when you're in India, because you go for quite a few weeks, you still work with your clients, but you just because it's available to do an online session, you still do that?
Neha Malhotra:Yeah. Yeah. And I inform them beforehand and, you know
Gary Johannes:Yeah.
Neha Malhotra:To be honest, during the summer, a lot of people, like, you know, a lot of my clients are moms of young kids, and they themselves, you know, are busy. But then there are other people who want to continue, and they've continued online. Last year, I went home and they continued.
Gary Johannes:Wow. So one of the things which people ask me when they're looking at someone on the course is how do you stay current, you know, once you're qualified. So as we we work a lot with neuroscience. You said that. So how do you make sure you're up to date?
Gary Johannes:What do you do?
Neha Malhotra:Right. So CPhD, I think, is brilliant in that because you have regular updates on the CPDs they have to offer. And I have I've actually, signed up for the advanced hypnotherapy diploma.
Gary Johannes:Okay. So the level 5. So you've gone on to the later training. Yeah.
Neha Malhotra:So I think because, the CPDs are so interesting and you, you know, there's so much to learn and whether you need a refresher or you want to learn more about a particular topic, you can always go in. And they keep repeating them as well, which is brilliant. So you can always go and do them. But, because I'd done a couple of CPDs and really enjoyed it, and I thought, you know what? I'm just gonna sign up for the advanced hypnotherapy diploma.
Neha Malhotra:I don't have to do it immediately if, you know, you do it over 4 years. Yes. It just means all the CPDs I'm doing that then they come together
Gary Johannes:to get that. Yes.
Neha Malhotra:Yeah.
Gary Johannes:Oh, that's fantastic. So you'll we you feel like there's always that option. So what can you share that stands out for you when you've been doing this job? You've been doing it now for nearly a year. What stands out for you or most surprised you from an outcome and out unexpected outcome?
Gary Johannes:What just went, wow. You know? I know why I said I was gonna do it, but that's just blown my mind a little bit helping that person.
Neha Malhotra:I think, I mean, I think every client's story is amazing because when they come from when to when they leave, it is brilliant. You know, the the change, the transformation is great. But, there was one particular it was very early on when I started working. There was a particular client who came in with IBS.
Gary Johannes:Yes.
Neha Malhotra:And, I think that, she had about 11 sessions with me. Yeah. And from when we started, the hope was just to be able to go out of the house.
Gary Johannes:Yes.
Neha Malhotra:Just to be able to leave my house without worrying.
Gary Johannes:So the IVF was quite debilitating at the time.
Neha Malhotra:Yes. It is. It is. It can quite take over your life, can't it? Like, you know, everything.
Neha Malhotra:You're not able to go out. You're not able to socially do anything. You just want to stay home because you're constantly worried.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. Yeah.
Neha Malhotra:And, so yeah. When she did those 11 sessions, in the last session, she said to me, I am the happiest I've ever been.
Gary Johannes:Wow.
Neha Malhotra:And the funny work thing was that we never once talked about IBS.
Gary Johannes:No.
Neha Malhotra:Not one session, we raised the topic or used the word IBS.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. Is that because, you know, you've worked solution focused? Is that was that something the client enjoyed that they were focused on how they could be better rather
Neha Malhotra:than what
Gary Johannes:they're suffered with?
Neha Malhotra:Yes. Absolutely. And that's why, you know, she was talking about how happy she was instead of telling me, oh, I have no IBS anymore.
Gary Johannes:Yeah.
Neha Malhotra:You know what that
Gary Johannes:Just because she was able to do, there was evidence itself?
Neha Malhotra:Yes. Yeah.
Gary Johannes:So that's a beautiful story. Beautiful. But how do you deal with skepticism? You know, you you you come up with quite a lot. When I first started telling you, you said, oh, not everybody's gonna get this, and there was lots of misconceptions about what we do and what hypnosis is.
Gary Johannes:How do you deal with that when you now see it?
Neha Malhotra:I think it's quite annoying, to be honest. I don't understand why hypnotherapy is not one of the mainstream therapies, especially the solution focused, you know, approach to it. It should be mainstream because it really does help. I think it's for everybody. It's not just for people who are in crisis.
Neha Malhotra:It's for anybody who needs a little bit of a supporting, you know, hand going forward into anything. So, but, yeah, I think, you know, you said it in class. It's a good conversation starter.
Gary Johannes:Yes.
Neha Malhotra:When somebody talks about, you know, do you do this? And you're like, I don't. But then you start make a joke about it, and then you start to tell them what do you actually do. And you start to talk about the brain.
Gary Johannes:Yep. So
Neha Malhotra:you start bringing them Oh, wow. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Gary Johannes:And how does that conversation for you then go? Does that has that been a conversation maker like I told you it might be?
Neha Malhotra:Yes. It is, actually.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. Surprising.
Neha Malhotra:It is. I'm surprised, but it is. You know, people do come up with that. And I've had people literally go, you know, if there's a pendulum, this is what you do. And I've had quite a few other jokes like, oh, can you make my sister do this, or can you make my brother do this?
Neha Malhotra:And, you know, it's it's a fun way of starting and actually Yeah. Starting to talk about what you do.
Gary Johannes:Absolutely. I I remember years ago when there was a TV program came on, where it was, like, mainstream Saturday night TV, and then it was just hypnotizing people, making do stupid things. And there was a massive outcry in the industry. It's like, oh, that's not good for us. And I'm like, wow.
Gary Johannes:People wanna talk to me about hypnotherapy because they think that's what I do. And it gives me the opportunity to have that conversation. So, yeah, you're right. There's so many people do have misconceptions, But when they talk to us, it gives us that opportunity to give them the real facts, and that was you know? So I'm really pleased you're doing that.
Gary Johannes:So has hypnotherapy, the training you've done, created any personal transformations for you, you know, for you as a person?
Neha Malhotra:It it definitely has. I think, you know, when we went to our first module, I think you stood in front of the class and you said, this course will change your life. And there were quite a few raised eyebrows in the
Gary Johannes:Yeah.
Neha Malhotra:In the room and, you know, including mine. Like, okay. Right. Fine. You know, but it does.
Neha Malhotra:It has. You know, I feel like it's a new phase of life. It's a it's a new journey, and it's leading me somewhere that's very exciting. And there's learning and growing along the way. You know, every client session that you do, you're not only helping them, you're helping your self.
Neha Malhotra:You come out, you know, I do the same trans for so many clients. Every time something different stands out for me as a person, personally.
Gary Johannes:Yes.
Neha Malhotra:And I think that's quite powerful.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. 13 years on, because I've been doing it for a little bit, I still still do the same. It still has the same effect.
Gary Johannes:It's lovely to hear that, but you do the same. So that's cool.
Neha Malhotra:Yeah.
Gary Johannes:So what one thing, if you would have picked one personal breakthrough you've had since you turned up on that first day to start your training, where would you put that? What would you go? This is the big thing. What's different about me or not? Or the way you interact with people, what's changed?
Neha Malhotra:I think I will say how I interact with people, but there's one thing I want to say is, you know, when you, drew that brain on that flip chart in class, That was quite empowering. It made me feel empowered.
Gary Johannes:Wow.
Neha Malhotra:And that moment, I thought if I can empower people in the same way, That's my purpose. You know, I wanted to help. That's my purpose solved here. But, I think it's also that, every time you sit down and draw that for somebody on a piece of paper and you talk to somebody, this is why you're feeling what you're feeling. I think that for me is quite amazing still every time I do it, and I've done it so many times now.
Neha Malhotra:So it has definitely changed a lot for me because it gives me insight into myself.
Gary Johannes:Do do you think that what we call the brain explanation Mhmm. Which we do the first time we meet a client, Do you think that newer what we call neuroeducation is a vital part of what you deliver?
Neha Malhotra:Absolutely. Very important. It's an eye opener. Mhmm. It it and I knew you know, when I learned it, I was so excited to teach my kids, and I was like, I'm almost 40.
Neha Malhotra:And if I am learning this now and I feel amazing, what if my children knew this from a young age? And they could grow up when having this knowledge, and it would empower them to use this to to build something for themselves. So yeah.
Gary Johannes:Oh, that's fantastic. So how do you look after yourself? What self care practices do you do to make sure because you're seeing these empowering these amazing clients, your mom, your your wife. How do you look after you?
Neha Malhotra:I think I'm a big advocate for practice what you preach because you can't pour from an empty cup. So No.
Gary Johannes:You know, if
Neha Malhotra:you're going to help all these people, you need to make sure you are alright in yourself. And I think I've always journaled in, you know, on and off or one way or the other. But having done this course now and having become a hypnotherapist, I journal, but I journal in a solution focused way. So I do exactly what I tell my clients to do every night.
Gary Johannes:You do?
Neha Malhotra:Yeah. I do. Every night, I sit down and I write about what's been good about my day.
Gary Johannes:It it's so lovely to hear practitioners walk in their own walk. I meet lots of people. I get a lot of people come to see me who are practitioners in other modalities who suffer terribly. And it's like, why are you not doing what you know? And it's because they can't.
Gary Johannes:So the fact that you can, it's just evidence of how good this technique is. So that's fine.
Neha Malhotra:Think it's also you know, if you're doing it, don't do it when crisis hits.
Gary Johannes:No.
Neha Malhotra:Do it every day. Make it part of your life. So when something, god forbid, happens or something comes in, you've got some you've already got that capacity to cope. You've got that.
Gary Johannes:Absolutely. Life happens all the time, and it's being in the best place so you can handle those challenging times. So that's really good. So during the course, did you feel you know, one of the things I get asked a lot is about what support's available when I'm training. So, you know, you've got the instructors, the mentors, you know, the whole process, the whole website, and everything else from and also the rest of your cohort.
Gary Johannes:How did you found access and support during the course?
Neha Malhotra:I think, it was readily available. Like, you know, we had group supervision. So when we were seeing tier clients, you know, we had group supervision, which was brilliant because you didn't only just talk about what you learned or what you wanted to the questions you wanted to ask. It was also what everybody else was doing and that kind of gave you a lot more insight into what else is out there, what else is happening. And I think you, you know, you were my trainer, Gary, and you were you were always there to have a chat to ask any questions.
Neha Malhotra:You you used to come early and sit there. And I remember having the chat on so many topics and so many, asking questions, and it was always the help was always there.
Gary Johannes:That's true. And I
Neha Malhotra:think for me, I was also traveling. I don't know if you remember that I had to travel, so I couldn't attend 1 module in I think it was 2 modules over the 10 months that I couldn't attend in Newcastle. And I think because CPhD is all over I was able to travel to Edinburgh and Yep. Kind of Yeah. Do the same course there.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. Yeah. I've met the lovely people up there as well. And, you know, you would have met different lecturers. So Yeah.
Gary Johannes:But, hopefully, they would have shown you the same level of experience.
Neha Malhotra:I think that's one thing that everybody speaks the same language.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. Yeah. And I think that's really important that that's one of the things with CPHT insist on is we're all not just knowledgeable, but we're practicing every day. It's like when I finish our interview today, I've got a client coming in, for their sessions and things like that. I I'm a practitioner as well.
Gary Johannes:And I think that's vital. It's not, oh, I'm not very good that, so I'm gonna teach. It's like, we have to be really good at what we do, so we can teach. And I think that that's nice. When you was on the course, you came into the course on being a full time mom, once working in a charity.
Gary Johannes:Mhmm. And he was told this is a practitioner's course. When you qualify, you've gotta see people and as a business owner. How did you find that that where we where you felt supported and prepared to go out? Did you have confidence, competence?
Neha Malhotra:Yeah. Yeah. I think we did because, I think confidence came from seeing clients from the very start on in the course. You know, you were you were seeing clients on a volunteer basis, basis, and that really, really made you believe that you can do this.
Gary Johannes:Yes. Yeah.
Neha Malhotra:And, I think the rest of it, you know, there's there's hypnotherapy. Of course, you do the sessions, which, you know, we all love. But, there is the other parts of this, which is marketing, you know, handling your finances and all of that that. But, you know, we did have modules on that.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. Yeah.
Neha Malhotra:It give us a start where we knew exactly what to register, where to go, which bodies to register with, you know, how how to get started with marketing. All of that was part of the course.
Gary Johannes:Which is helpful for you?
Neha Malhotra:It was. Yes. Absolutely.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. That's really good to hear. Yeah. So now you're qualified. You already said you're gonna do the level 5, which is amazing.
Gary Johannes:And it what what other ongoing support do you feel that there's you know, you think we're just qualified and go, yeah. Thank you very much. Goodbye. Do you feel there's ongoing support with CPHT?
Neha Malhotra:Yes. Yeah. Because, you know, there's always somebody you can email, somebody you can contact, then you've got supervision, which you have to have. But also I think I quite enjoy it. So I know that you have to have supervision, but at the same time, it's you know, there are times when you don't have a question to ask, when you don't have anything, that you just want to go to supervision because there's so much knowledge out there.
Neha Malhotra:And then sharing that, hearing that is very helpful for you because you might think it's not relevant, but it might be.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.
Neha Malhotra:Weeks when you have a new client, it might just become relevant for you when it's a a yeah. So it has been really that support is there, and, you know, we have a Facebook group, so that is really helpful.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. That's really good to hear. So you feel like you're part of something bigger than yourself. And I think in our industry, it can be so easy to isolate yourself. Yeah.
Gary Johannes:So feeling parts that are bigger than yourself, it's I'm really pleased you feel that way. So is there any highlights from that 10 months of your training? Do you have any moments of highlights where, you know, it was a key learning when you went, wow. That's really important to learn.
Neha Malhotra:I think I've already mentioned it, and I could say other things because there was so much more, but I think it was the brain it was the brain explanation. That was the moment where you were like, okay. I'm here. I'm in the right place.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Neha Malhotra:You know, because it wasn't false promises. It wasn't it didn't you know, we're very clear on what we do. We're very transparent on what we do. There's no there is no miracle cure for anything. And if there was no cure, it's help.
Neha Malhotra:Right? It's it's to make you feel better. It's to give you that capacity to cope.
Gary Johannes:And Yes.
Neha Malhotra:And I think that was very clear from day 1 that we're not going into anything magical. We're not doing any false promises. We're not we're just very transparent. This is what we do, and this is what we will need to do as a client.
Gary Johannes:Yes. Yeah. Thank you. I mean, I think that's the first time anybody said how transparent everything is, and I think that's really, really important because every student needs to really believe that they're getting the best of what we can offer, and they need to know what we don't offer. So I think that's fantastic.
Gary Johannes:I think clients have now there there's a thing with humans is that we always need to know why. So when we just lay everything out on the table and go, this is why, it really speaks to them because there's they they they there's nowhere for them to feel or don't really know if you're listening because we've shown them everything. So that's really cool. So thank you for that. As a solution focused hypnotherapist, what do you find most rewarding about your work?
Neha Malhotra:I think it's, it's the client reviews. You know, when that when and also when the clients speak your language.
Gary Johannes:Yeah.
Neha Malhotra:Like like, it's the most normal way of conversation. Like, you know, when you have a client sitting across you and, do you know what? I I know that this has filled my stress bucket or, you know, when they talk about how the intellectual they they were in control. They have this intellectual mind, and they could make that decision. And it's just like they're talking like it's a normal way of having a conversation, and that's brilliant.
Gary Johannes:It's because that really must show that they're how much knowledge they now have about themselves. So self awareness. Yeah. Wow. That's great.
Gary Johannes:So if somebody was sitting and looking at this video and thinking, I wonder if hypnotherapy is something I might be interested in. What would you say to them?
Neha Malhotra:Go for it. Okay. Yeah. If if if you know that this is what you want to do in the sense of helping people, then genuinely helping people, then just go for it, listen to your gut, and just go ahead and do it. Yeah.
Gary Johannes:Yeah. Well, that's brilliant. So that's all the questions I told you I was gonna last you, but I've got one more.
Neha Malhotra:Okay.
Gary Johannes:So if you could write a book about your experience as a hypnotherapist, what would the title be and why?
Neha Malhotra:I think, I would call it poise.
Gary Johannes:Poise?
Neha Malhotra:Yeah. Because that's balance. Right? It's, it's where I started from. It's what we do.
Neha Malhotra:We create. So we, provide people the capacity to cope, which means we give them the balance between that intellectual and that primitive mind.
Gary Johannes:Yes.
Neha Malhotra:So they know that the both brains are the both parts of the brain are important. Right? But Yes. Having that balance between them, and I think that's that's what I would call it. Yeah.
Gary Johannes:So you call it poise because that's exactly how you help people Yeah. To give them that balance. Yeah. Wow. That's you didn't know you was gonna get asked that question.
Neha Malhotra:No. No. I didn't. But, but I think because I when I was starting off, wanted to name my practice, I really, you know, thought about what what it meant for me. And I think for me, it went bringing a balance to the world even because there's so much so much anxiety and stress around that that this would bring a balance to it.
Gary Johannes:So so that might be the strap line, bringing balance to the world. Poise, bringing balance to the world.
Neha Malhotra:That that it's not bringing balance to the world. It's called balance yourself. But, yes. It is exactly what that is.
Gary Johannes:So with that in mind, we better tell people who's listening to this, who's charmed by you, like everybody is when they meet you, who you are, how they can find you. What's your website? What's your social media? You know, how can the people get hold of you if they want?
Neha Malhotra:So I'm in Newcastle, as I said before, so I do do face to face sessions, but I offer online therapy as well. And, my practice is called Poise so that you'll be able to find me on all platforms, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, all with the name of Poise Hypnotherapy. And I have a website called poise hypnotherapy dotco.uk.
Gary Johannes:Excellent.
Neha Malhotra:So, yeah, just if you Google poise hypnotherapy, that's
Gary Johannes:And what I'll do is I'll put that in the bio of this YouTube, so if they wanna find you on there as well. So thank you very much. Okay. Thank you for your time, and it's been, as always, a pleasure talking to you.
Neha Malhotra:No. Thank you for having me, Gary. Thank you.
Gary Johannes:Thank you.