Today I heard the news that Prozac, Seroxat, Effexor and Serzone, according to a major review released today, antidepressants taken by around 40 million people worldwide, do not work.
Research undertaken by Professor Irving Kirsh, from the department of psychology at Hull University (UK), along with colleagues from the USA and Canada, and published in the journal PLoS (Public Library of Science) Medicine, stated that when all research data was brought together, it appeared that patients who had taken the above antidepressants had improved, but then those taking a placebo or sugar pill improved just as much.
It appears that the drug companies had not published all the research and clinical trials, and it was under the freedom of information act that this missing data of the four drugs above was included in the findings that Professor Kirsh and his colleagues, came to their conclusions.
It was written:- “Using complete data sets (including unpublished data) and a substantially larger data set of this type than has been previously reported, we find the overall effect of new-generation antidepressant medication is below recommended criteria for clinical significance,
It has been found that there are many side effects that patients suffer from taken these drugs, and it has always been assumed that the benefits outweigh these side effects. It was also stated that prescription of these drugs was withheld to those under 18 years of age, due to suicide issues.
It was interesting to note that two drug companies, (who withheld data?), Eli Lilly (Prozac) and GlaxoSmithKline (Seroxat), both defended the drugs they produce.
It was stated that anyone taking antidepressants, should not stop taking these drugs without seeking medical advice.
This led me to think about a discussion we had in Bahrain last week about evidence based research. I will write more on this subject and NLP, hypnosis, hypnotherapy and alternative methods. Click here.
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Back in the UK
Today I can relax after my trip to Bahrain. Actually I was back yesterday, (Sunday), but after a full daze (9am – 6pm) course Saturday and the overnight flight (BA 0124, at 02:10am) back to Heathrow, Sunday was a blur.
So today is catch-up day, post, emails, telephone messages, plus a client to see in Windsor.
Sorry folks if you have missed the daily blog, or my thoughts, but, I did not have internet access in the hotel. Well, OK, I did, but not at £3 an hour, and also by the time I had closed the days course, had a meal, it was time for bed.
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Work after a short rest
It only seems five minutes since I arrived back from my training trip in Turkey, and I find myself packing my suitcase yet again.
Today (Saturday 16th February 2008), I am off to Bahrain, having been invited by Dr. Leila Edwards and her husband Philip Edwards of the The Makeover Experience, to give courses there, PhotoReading and NLP plus Coaching.
So from a very cold London to the very hot Middle East, I will have to choose my clothes to deal with both climates, plus take my swimming costume.
I am looking forward to I believe thirty plus participants to experience the joy and benefits of PhotoReading, a course I love to give as I get so much benefits from the process myself. Turning pages over at a page per second, and absorbing words at 20,000 – 30,000 WPM (words per minute).
Like anything, PhotoReading requires practice, after all, did you stop learning how to ride a bike the first time daddy let go of the saddle when you were a young child?
So it is with all that we learn. We have to implement our learnings. Reconfirm to our implicit mind. Make those neuron connections stronger.
I think I had better take a few books to read.
Once this trip is over then it is back to London to prepare for the Stage Hypnosis course, March 15th & 16th, a fantastic two day course even if I say it myself, where participants, some who have never been hypnotised before, learn the tricks and procedures, inductions, rapid and re-inductions, plus routines to enable them to give live public performances. Many have who have taken the course in previous years.
Stage Hypnosis
Why not join us. Visit the web site www.c4stagehypnosis.com and book now.
Apart from my training courses given in different countries, I do see individuals on a 1-2-1 basis. It is work I love to undertake, as I meet new people, see new places and help people make the changes they want, quickly.
For many years I have been sent clients, who have had many ranges of problems they wanted to deal with. The people who sent me clients or had given my name, range from people who have heard of my work, previous clients, doctors, or just from surfing the web or reading the many articles written about me.
Problems can be varied, from stopping smoking, weight loss, compulsive disorders like hand washing or continually returning to check if some action like turning off the gas has been done, fears and phobias like fear of heights, flying, train journeys, the dark, spiders, driving on motorways, leaving the home. See a list of phobias and their descriptions, click here.
Other problems can be lack of confidence, self esteem, social interaction, presentation skills, sleeping, blushing. Many social associated problems have been given to me.
FEAR
Last night I was asked by a doctor, to see a young lady who had been promoted by her employers to be to give presentations to their clients and potential customers.
Although she had the knowledge and she wanted the job, she went to pieces with fear as she started the presentation. She had resorted to drinking alcohol before she went into the meeting, but knowing this was not the answer, asked the doctor for pills. This is where I come in, the doctor knew I could help her.
It is very unusual for clients to visit me in my home, and I have no office, I prefer to visit people in their own environment, their home of office, and so it was last night. I was able to get some fresh air nd travel into central London to visit this young lady in her own flat.
I only see people once. Some of my unique selling points, (USP), include seeing people in their own homes and only seeing them once. As a trained hypnotherapist and licensed trainer (click) with the NGH for hypnotherapy, I can do the usual week after week treatment, but I do not have time, so I work quickly, and remove the problem in one session. It may take two minutes or two hours, but that leaves me free to see other people and travel, giving my courses.
I soon spotted the problem and removed it, and then set about giving her the tools and anchors which she can use from now on to give her the calm she seeks, the confidence to make those presentations. The session ended with a trance, a hypnotic story, which reinforced the work we did together. Buy The Castle MP3 (click).
Perhaps we will see each other again, I hope so, but certainly not a proffessional basis, because I know she will be making many presentations, and loving every one of them.
the presenter
Oh I love my work.
Katılımcılar kursu bitirdikten sonra ya da bire bir seanslardan ayrıldıktan sonra, takip eden kurslarda tanıdık yüzlerle karşılaşsam dahi genellikle onlardan tekrar haber almıyorum, demek ki bir şeyleri doğru yapıyorum.
İnsanlardan geribildirim aldığımda ise, özellikle de onlar için önemli bir değişim yarattıysam, bunu duymak beni hem şaşırtıyor hem de büyük bir tatmin hissi veriyor. Gaziantep’teki NLP kursu katılımcılarımdan Bells Palsy (yüz felçi) olan katılımcımdan bu mesajı aldığımda da aynı şeyleri hissettim.
Alıntı:-
Merhaba ben Dr. Ceyda Paşa,
2000 yılından itibaren hep NLP ve uzantısı olan konularla ilgilenmiştim ama hiç birebir pratik yapma fırsatım olmamıştı. Bay Holt’un Mehpare Hanım vasıtasıyla Gaziantep’e geldiğini duyunca çok sevindim. Böyle bir duayenden NLP öğrenmek benim için inanılmaz bir hayaldi.
Eşimin de desteğiyle bu hayalim gerçekleşti. Başlangıçta eğitim için çok çelişkilerim oldu. Bu bilgileri öğrenebilecek miyim, uygulayabilecek miyim diye tereddütlerim vardı. Ama Bay Holt’un öğretirkenki farklı tarzı, kendine özgü hikayelerle bezenmiş anlatımları sayesinde bizler hızlı ve kolay öğrendik.
Önceleri o bizimle oynadı, sonra bizler onunla beraber oynamayı öğrendik. Sonuçta hayatla oynamayı öğrenmeye başladık.
Mehpare Hanım’ın sıcacık yüreği ve engin bilgisiyle yaptığı çevirileri sayesinde NLP daha kolay ve anlaşılır oldu.
İlk dakikalarda başlayan o tedirgin, meraklı ve heyecanlı bekleyiş yerini mutlu ve huzurlu anların yaşandığı saatlere bıraktı. İlk günün sonunda ikinci günü iple çeker olduk.
Sonuçta bir doktor olarak önce kendimde, sonra yaşamımda ve mesleğimde daha ilk anlardan itibaren küçük küçük adımlarla anlamlı ve büyük değişimler olmakta. Özellikle Bay Holt’un bende yarattığı değişim mucizevi denecek kadar inanılmaz.
Bu fırsatı bize sağladıkları için Bay Holt’a, Mehpare Hanım ve ekibine teşekkür ediyorum.
Sevgiler,
Dr. Ceyda Paşa
Alıntının sonu.
Mesajınız için teşekkürler.
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Feedback from Participants and Clients
It is not often after participants leave a course or a 1-2-1 session that I hear from them again, although I see many familiar faces on subsequent courses, so I must be doing something right.
It does come as a surprise and gives me great satisfaction when I receive feedback, especially when there has been some special change in a person, and so it was when I received this message from the lady in the Gaziantep NLP course who had Bells Palsy.
Quote:-
Hello, I’m Dr. Ceyda Pasa.
Since year 2000 I had been interested in NLP and it’s extensions but I’d never had the chance to practice it one-to-one. Then I was very happy to hear that Mr. Holt was coming to Gaziantep through Mrs. Mehpare. For me, learning NLP from such a guru was an unbelievable dream.
My dream came true with the support of my husband. At the beginning I had many contradictions. I had doubts: Will I be able to learn and practice these informations? But Mr. Holt’s distinctive teaching style with metaphors and stories made us learn quickly and easily.
At first, he played with us, then we learned playing together with him. An in the end, we started to learn playing with life.
NLP became easier and more understandable with Mrs. Mehpare’s warm heart and knowledge.
The jumpy, curious and excited wait starting at the very first minutes left it’s place to hours lived with happiness and serenity. At the end of the first day, we started to look for the second day already.
Finally, as a doctor, some vast and meaningful changes have started with baby steps in my life, my profession and me, myself. Especially, the change that Mr. Holt created on me was miraculously unbelievable.
I’d like to thank Mr. Phillip Holt, Mrs. Mehpare and her team for this opportunity.
Dr. Ceyda PASA
Unquote.
Thank you for your message.
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Superfilm, Gaziantep, learn Mind Maps.
A second visit to Gaziantep in Turkey to deliver courses, also gave me the opportunity to work with and train the management team of Superfilm again, part of the Sanko Group of companies again.
This time we covered memory skills and Mind Maps.
Mind Maps for Superfilm, Gaziantep
Many companies around the world have implemented Mind Maps, some who have been trained by myself, like HSBC Bank in China, Global Communications, (Turkcell) in Turkey.
Also, I have taught Mind Maps in many universities, including Sheffield and Brunel in the UK to the students that are eager to increase their learning potential and memory skills.
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I lost my mobile phone.
I know I had my mobile phone in the CIP lounge of Turkish Airlines in Ataturk Airport on Monday, but now, I cannot find my phone.
See picture of my watch phone idea, click here.
So those of you that had my Turkish telephone number, you had better delete it as I will not be using that one again. On my next trip I will have to buy another phone and sim card, so I will let you know my new number.
What a silly boy I am.
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Amway, Turkey
Working with and training companies or corporates, is as satisfying as delivering public training courses.
I have been fortunate to work with a number of companies around the world, including in China:-
HSBC Bank
Shanghai Airlines
in Turkey:-
Bosch
Global Communications – Turkcell
Superfilm
Sanko
Çirağan Palace Hotel
Amway
In Sri Lanka:-
British American Tobacco, BAT
to name but a few.
I am having the pleasure to be working with distributors from Amway, who have been attending in Istanbul a course split over three sessions, to learn leadership skills, negotiation and communication using NLP.
Amway in Istanbul
Working with NLP-Time based in Istanbul, and who now represent me, we are covering a lot of ground, and it is a pleasure to work with those who want to achieve excellence which they can learn so easily.
It is especially pleasing to me to be able to impart knowledge that will help companies increase turn-over and productivity, and yet giving staff help in developing themselves.
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A foggy day in Kingston Town
Today I find myself back in the UK, in my home town of Kingston upon Thames, to another bed, and yes as I woke-up, I had a quick think as to where I was. (See blog Where am I? Click).
It was 6am in the morning, and nature called. Looking out of the window of my flat in Norbiton Hall, fog had descended in the area, reminding me of my training trip with Gap Consultancy to Gaziantep in the south of Turkey a few weeks previously, where a similar scene presented itself.
Fog already lifting at 8am in Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames.
The difference between Norbiton fog to Gaziantep fog, is that the fog in Norbiton is clouds touching the ground. In Gaxiantep it is pollution from the fossil fuels being burnt for the factories and homes of the area, especially coal.
As you drive into the city of Gaziantep on a cold day, you can smell the coal smoke, and getting into the center of the city vision is very much impaired.
I remember as a young boy in the heavily industrial Midlands of the UK, called the Black Country, due the homes factories belching out thick smoke, and on days when the clouds touched the grown, the result was that the smoke and water droplets combined to make a thick soup. So thick there were times when you could not see your hand extended in front of you, and the colour of this smog was yellow.
Gaziantep is in the process of banning the use of fossil fuels like coal which creates this smog, and in the next year will convert to natural gas, as they are laying the gas pipes now in the streets in preparation.
Houses belching coal smoke causing smog, seen from Gaziantep Fortress.
Smog descends over Gaziantep, seen from my hotel 
I hope other cities take a similar view to pollution as Gaziantep has, so that the people can enjoy the fresh air and beauty of their home towns.