The London Hypnosis Academy is delighted to be welcoming Dr Stephen Gilligan to London for the UK launch of his latest work on The Creative Mind. Over these four days you will enjoy a deep dive into your ‘Positive Creative Self’ under the expert guidance of Stephen’s methodology and expertise in hypnosis and trance.

Stephen Gilligan has worked as a remarkable change agent since the early days of NLP in the Grinder/Bandler study groups to his deep studies with Milton Erickson over 5 years in the 1970s and then the launch of his own ever evolving work. It is 50 years of experience that Stephen is drawing upon for this unique ‘Positive Power of the Creative Mind’ workshop in London.

Creativity and Power are a dynamic partnership for personal transformation, where one without the other creates an imbalance so many are facing in the current world. Creativity in this context refers to the ability to connect with all parts within us and how collectively, the parts and the whole creatively interrelate with systems around us, i.e. communities, family, environment and our current set of choices, ie career, relationships, hobbies, spirituality.

As humans we have ‘power’ to create or influence a course of events to bring us harmony or chaos and both simultaneously. The human ability to mentally construct and act upon the constructs is unique to us a species, and gives us a power to make a reality from best dreams and/or worse nightmares and everything else in between.

How are you currently creating your reality? Are your current creations working positively?

You, at this very moment, are living amidst multiple potential realities, most of which will remain a fiction of the mind, you will however unconsciously choose the reality you live via the type of power you allocate to your mental constructs.

In the current era, people are powerfully living problematic realities influenced by an increasingly ego centred ‘me, me, me’ reality. The paradox of ‘me, me, me’ is an as an ego-locked, lonely and dissatisfied life system, where nothing is good enough, you never feel fulfilled and achievements are shallow. The wheel continues to turn as you seek more self-satisfaction, which never fully materialises through ‘me, me, me’ thinking, living the rolling stones mantra ‘I Can’t get no Satisfaction’.

For many who are stumbling through life following a worn-out script, that is problematic this workshop is an opportunity to go deep into your Mind to access your natural creativity and solve deep rooted problems to live your life where peace exists within and fulfilment is present in the worlds you share with others and activities you participate in.

In this workshop with Stephen Gilligan, you will learn how to access deep states of creative consciousness to go beyond the script of ego driven realities, where satisfaction is fulfilled from within and from natural connections from your creative choices. The gateway to this holistic consciousness is a unique form of trance where consciousness shifts from the parts to the whole and the emerging state is highly generative for living creatively and creating your reality based on your deeper needs, not the ego centred realities which are ever present in the social media world.

Within us we have deep natural resources and states of being which have been part of our evolution which include our relationship with our tribes, nature, art, learning and connections which go beyond the logic of the present-day script. Positive power awakens when identity drops into the unbroken wholeness of the (natural/nonverbal) creative unconscious, with the skill and commitment to “differentiate then integrate” the core parts of the conscious (verbal/virtual) mind.

The Creative Mind contrasts these two types of power, and lays out methods to both transform problems and create sustainable positive futures.

The workshop will explore the above in highly practical ways. Each day will include theoretical frameworks, specific techniques and applications, demonstrations, and exercises for you to regain your power through accessing your Creative Mind.

You will learn:

The Creative Mind work is the culmination of 50 years of intensive exploration by Dr. Gilligan, starting with early NLP, then Ericksonian hypnotherapy, then his Self-Relations and Generative Trance/Coaching work. The multiple crises of the past 5 years have illuminated the deep need for generative transformation at both individual and collective levels, and this work is the result. Come prepared for an amazing experience!