Procrastination can be a painful human experience – everyone does it at some point, even the most motivated person. Another word for it is avoidance. Why do we procrastinate? Three of the most common reasons for procrastinating are either boredom (we are avoiding the tedium or effort involved in doing the thing), magnifying the effort [...]
It’s amazing how long our minds hang on to the negative stuff that has happened in our lives. We know that when something negative happens and it’s distressing to us, our mind tends to create an unconscious plan to avoid it (the distressing emotion) from ever happening again. Psychology calls it a defence mechanism. If, [...]
Channel Nine's Tracy Vo interviewed Revive Health and Happiness Clinical Psychologist Lisa Irving about some of the uses and misconceptions about hypnosis in the TV studios in Perth. Watch the whole interview below
Revive Psychologist and Hypnotherapist Lisa Irving dropped in to the 6PR 882 News Talk radio studio last night to take a deeper look at the ins and outs of hypnosis in a clinical setting with Perth Tonight host Chris Ilsley. In this wide ranging interview, the pair talk about some of the specific issues that [...]
Revive Health and Happiness Clinical Psychologist and Hypnotherapist Lisa Irving was interviewed by Mark Sutton who was in the chair for Christine Anu on ABC Evenings across Australia nationwide on Saturday night. Mark asked Lisa many great questions about the differences between clinical and performance hypnosis as well as how and why someone would access [...]
6PR radio Perth broadcaster Chris Ilsley interviewed Revive Clinical Psychologist Lisa Irving this evening about hypnosis and some of the ways it can be used to help people in a psychological setting. Take a listen to the interesting and entertaining discussion below. If you don't see an audio play bar above, click here [...]
Major change in our life can be both welcomed and celebrated (like the birth of a child, moving to a new location) or despairing and heart breaking (such as redundancy, relationship breakups, illness or a bereavement). Every situation of change brings with it an emotional, physical and even psychological reaction often catching us unaware. Change [...]
It’s amazing how long our minds hang on to negative stuff that’s happened in our lives. We know that when something negative happens and it’s distressing to us, our mind tends to create an unconscious plan to avoid it (the distressing emotion) from ever happening again. Psychology calls it a defence mechanism. Sometimes it can [...]
Is hypnosis like what you see on TV? Do patients act like a chicken when they have been hypnotised by a psychologist? Revive Psychologist and Hypnotherapist Lisa Irving answered these questions and more during a discussion with broadcaster Jenny Seaton on Perth's Curtin Radio earlier today. Click the play button below (or the link at [...]
If the word "meditation" makes you think of tie-died t-shirts and flowers in your hair, read on because things have changed! It is fair to say that some of us have been a little put off by a few decades of meditation being linked to particular religious and 'spiritual' movements. Without taking anything away from [...]
