Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists

22/10/2025

REMINDER ASCH Webinar 26 October 2025 Savoy Holmes-Martenstyn -

(You will receive the Zoom link after payment has been verified. Please allow up to 24 hours for an email.) Can’t attend on the day? No problem. Register anyway, and we’ll send you a link to the recording a week or so after the event.  

20/10/2025

Listen to a short podcast about our upcoming webinar:
'Shades of Wellbeing: Practical Colour Therapy Tools for Therapist Self-Care'

Sunday, October 26th at 2:00 pm (Sydney, Australia time) by: Savoy Holmes Martenstyn

Cost: AUD20.00
Duration: 80 minutes approx.

A.S.C.H. Webinar: 'Shades of Wellbeing: Practical Colour Therapy Tools for Therapist Self-Care' Sunday, October 26th at 2:00 pm (Sydney, Australia time) by: Savoy Holmes Martenstyn Cost: AUD20.00 Duration: 80 minutes approx.

15/10/2025

ASCH Newsletter October 2025 -

The next ASCH Webinar will be presented by Savoy Holmes Martenstyn on 26 October 2025. Her topic is Shades of Wellbeing: Practical Colour Therapy Tools to Support Therapist Self-Care.

13/10/2025

ASCH WEBINAR 26 October 2025 Savoy Holmes-Martenstyn -

(You will receive the Zoom link after payment has been verified. Please allow up to 24 hours for an email.) Can’t attend on the day? No problem. Register anyway, and we’ll send you a link to the recording a week or so after the event.  

30/09/2025

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1. Dealing with my own stuff The more I got out of my own head, stopped worrying, and stopped second-guessing, the better my client sessions flowed.

15/09/2025

There are many ways to accrue OPD points, and below are just a few options. You can also download a quick guide to OPD points and pathways, effective from 1 July 2024. Please note that changes have been made to the number of points allocated for some activities from this date.

Attend an ASCH Webinar
Check the ASCH Webinars page for dates. From 1 July 2024, you can earn 3 points by attending live or watching later. Archived webinars are also eligible for points.

Read the ASCH Newsletter
Earn 2 points simply by reading the newsletter. Email Margit at info@zsigmondhypno.com
and share which article appealed to you.

Watch an Online Tutorial
Matthew Favaloro’s Strengthening Skill Sets tutorial is worth 2 points. Watch the video, complete the questions, and email your answers to the OPD Coordinator to receive your certificate. Full details are on the ASCH Members Only website.

Watch Online Videos
Inside the Members Only site, 33 videos are available. Earn 1 point for talks under 30 minutes, 2 points for those over 30 minutes, and 4 points for any longer than an hour.

Participate in an Online Course
Simpliv’s Learn Neuroscience: How Your Brain Works in Six Lectures course has been approved for OPD points. Details are available under the OPD menu on the Members Only website.

Complete a Wisemind.com Course
Wisemind.com offers courses such as PTSD Relief Therapy, EMDR, Depression Relief Therapy, and The Divided Brain. Each completed course earns 2 OPD points. See https://wisemind.com/
for options.

Write a Book Review
Reading a book relevant to hypnotherapy? Write a review and earn 5 points. Guidelines are available to help you get started. You may also submit your review for possible inclusion in the ASCH newsletter.

If you have lost your login to the Members Only site, contact admin@asch.com.au

15/09/2025

Are you a member? Visit our members only website to gain access to a range of tools to help you with your practice.

09/09/2025

REMINDER ASCH Webinar 14 September 2025 The Hummingbird Method -

(You will receive the Zoom link after you have paid. Registrations close at 1.00pm (Sydney) on 14 September 2025.) Can’t attend on the day? No problem. Register anyway, and we’ll send you a link to the recording a week or so after the event.  

02/09/2025

INTERVIEW: Radio Northern Beaches interviews ASCH member, Justine Williams (17:10)

Justine Williams is an ASCH member, who presented an ASCH webinar on 25 May 2025 called Words have Power. On 29 May 2025, she was interviewed by the host of Musical Chairs at Sydney's Radio Northern Beaches.

Have a listen.

Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or just stuck in the day-to-day grind? You’re not alone — and this is a conversation you won’t want to miss. We’re joined by the amazing Justine Williams, Clinical Hypnotherapist and founder of the award-winning Feel Good Studio, to talk all things wellbeing —...

02/09/2025

Hypnosis over anesthesia? Why patients in Quebec are choosing alternative pain
The Gazette (30 April 2025)
The GazetteIn her mind, 14-year-old cancer patient Michelle Yaa Henewaa was flying first class on her way to go shopping in downtown Tokyo.

In reality, doctors were puncturing her back to collect spinal fluid at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, where she lay on an X-ray table in a dimly lit radiology room.

Yaa Henewaa did not receive any anesthetic for the procedure. Instead, she opted to be hypnotized to manage the pain..

Hypnotist and medical imaging technologist Vicky Fortin snapped her fingers behind Yaa Henewaa’s head as she counted down from 10 and described the dreamlike shopping trip in Tokyo, a technique used in hypnosis to help the patient dissociate.

“This trip is coming to an end,” Fortin whispered as doctors wiped blood from the patient’s back.

Yaa Henewaa is one of more than 400 patients at the Children’s Hospital who have chosen hypnosis over anesthetic, Fortin said. Increasingly in Quebec hospitals, health-care professionals have been offering hypnosis to patients who need alternative pain management.

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In her mind, 14-year-old cancer patient Michelle Yaa Henewaa was flying first class on her way to go shopping in downtown Tokyo.

02/09/2025

Albino hypnotist: I hypnotised myself to become a headline act
BBC (20 April 2025)
BBCA hypnotist born with the most severe form of albinism has gone from the depths of despair at his disability to headlining his own show.

Fraser Penman, 30, was born with oculocutaneous albinism.

The congenital disorder affects just one in 20,000 people and means he lacks pigment in his skin, hair and eyes as well as having a visual impairment.

Growing up in East Kilbride, Fraser was bullied at school "because he was different", culminating in a violent gang attack when he was a teenager.

He said: "The hate texts started when I was only eight years old. As I got older, it got much worse with rocks thrown at me before I was attacked by a gang of 15.

His difficult school days led to him trying to cover up his condition.

"I was so tired of fitting out of society, I wanted to cover up and change my appearance," he said.

"From the age of 14, I wore make-up, fake tan and dyed my hair.

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Fraser Penman embraced his rare condition and used it to forge a new career as successful performer.