Tim Box - Mind Coach

23/10/2026

The result of treating anxiety as an illness that needs to be cured.

22/10/2026

New video up on my YT channel now!

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22/10/2026

Anxiety is a smoke alarm! Full video up now!

18/09/2026

When I started out in this profession, about 15 years ago I was constantly presented with the idea that certain methods and approaches were good for certain issues, but not for others.

It seemed to be generally accepted that you needed to know quite a wide range of techniques and modalities to cover all the bases and to make sure you were using the right method for the right issue.

It took me a few years to work out the truth.
We are dealing with people, not problems.

When you have an approach that you're comfortable with and that's based around simply communicating with the person in front of you then it doesn't matter what the issue is that you're working on.

What matters is that you are two human beings working towards a shared goal.

Understanding this is why we get good results and it's also how we become comfortable in the work we do.

Once I abandoned the never-ending quest for the 'full therapeutic toolkit' and learnt to trust my ability to communicate with my clients, things became much simpler and my sessions became much more enjoyable for myself and the people I was helping.

If you're a therapist and you've been told you need to know a certain method to work with a certain issue then that person is probably trying to sell you a training you don't need.

If you're a potential client and you've been told you need to find practitioner versed in a certain method to help with your particular issue, then forget it.
Find the right person, not someone else's idea of what the right technique is.

17/09/2026

I see so many Practitioners in our industry constantly searching for that all important training that will finally complete their knowledge and give them the skill set to practice with confidence.

Is this you?

Well what if the next thing you learnt was that it isn't the method you use or the technique you employ that actually makes the change for your client?

The truth is that your client really doesn't care what approach you use. They just care about you being the right person for them to talk to and start the healing process with.

Hypnotherapists, please stop your endless quest for the best and shiniest inductions / scripts / techniques and start focussing on your clients.
When you have a good connection with the person in front of you, the technique you employ becomes largely irrelevant.

The method I use isn't successful because it's the best technique. It's successful because it encourages the practitioner to connect with the client on a deeper level and creates the right environment for change to occur.

That's what's really important.

Do you agree?

14/09/2026

If anybody ever tells you life’s too short…no it isn’t.

10/09/2026

Anxiety is an indicator of importance.
What’s important to you?

27/07/2026

Save The Bees!

16/06/2026

Anxiety isn’t permanent.

21/05/2026

"Anxiety runs in my family."

If I had a pound for every time someone had said this to me in session...I wouldn't be rich, but I'd have about I'd have a good few hundred pounds more than I do right now.

It's easy to assume that if we've witnessed members of our family, particularly our parents exhibiting signs of high anxiety then the reason we also suffer has some kind of genetic origin.

Surely it must have been passed down.
This must be hereditary.

However, the truth isn't quite that simple...and it's a lot more encouraging than perceiving any high anxiety as something you're congenitally locked into.

In this week's video over on my trusty YouTube channel I break down the true origins of anxiety and explain why it isn't the life sentence we thought it was when we found out that Mum and Dad also had this!

I'll put the link in the comments below and I hope you find the video of interest.

Tim.