Apr 12th, 2024

S1. E5: Andrew Austin

For the fifth instalment, Nick has the pleasure of welcoming Andrew Austin on to discuss amongst other things; why people choose to become therapists, the scale of the intellectual laziness within the helping professions, status obsessions, how (too) many view therapy and mental health as quasi-religions, and much, much more…

Hypnosis Discussion Network - Andrew Austin

by Nick Ebdon & Andrew Austin | Episode 5: Andrew Austin

Andrew brings a refreshing honesty to the podcast as he explores with Nick his pet peeves, the state of the helping professions and the broader issues and problems society is facing in the every growing monetisation of the mental health industry.
This interview may hit a nerve, and that’s what makes it fascinating and a must-listen to exchange of ideas.

About Andrew

With a private practice in West Sussex, England, Andrew has a specialist interest in “schizophrenias” and anxiety and has been heavily influenced by the writings of notables such as R.D. Laing and Thomas Szasz. He has developed two bodies of work, “Integral Eye Movement Therapy (IEMT)” and “Metaphors of Movement (MoM).” IEMT is a rapidly growing therapeutic modality that has some analogies to EMDR, whilst Metaphors of Movement is a model for exploring the hidden mind which has many therapeutic applications. Both have become recognised modalities and are listed in the Sage Encyclopedia of Theory of Counseling and Psychotherapy.

Andrew T. Austin is more than willing to speak out about the narcissism that is rife within the therapeutic professions and, as such, draws a lot of negative commentaries, especially from the “NLP community” described by Austin as “rotten to its very core.”