My apologies for such a long absence from my blogpost. This has been due to a busy few weeks helping my husband with his marketing business as well as running my hypnotherapy practice, and then a wonderful holiday in Bali (just me and Mr Chalk) where internet access was not reliable.

So I have returned from holiday, suitably relaxed and with renewed vigour, and I find that the world seems to have turned on its axis.

The BBC, that old dependable stalwart, whose values and journalism you could always depend upon, seems to be almost in its death throes after a heavily damaging few weeks, in the wake of the Jimmy Saville child abuse scandal.

There has been so much comment as to what should be done/what enquiries should be launched, but to me the really important thing is make sure that the right support and help is given to the victims in this case. Certainly, they should be offered counselling, but also it is essential that they are then given the right sort of help which would enable them to move on with their lives. In cases like this hypnotherapy treatment is really useful, as it can actually take the emotional element out of past traumatic incidents. The memory of the event is still there, but the person is able to finally move on, as it no longer seems to have the same emotional charge.

It has made me so incredibly sad to read about the different stories of children being abused, and I can only hope that – with the uncovering of this vile period – that there will be resolution for those involved.

Wendy x