Am I the only person who can go into a room or a supermarket and ask myself “What did I come here for?”. I have even parked my car, gone shopping, walked home forgetting I’ve left the car in the car park. Forgetting is a part of our everyday human experience.

Some clients will want help with intrusive memories after a trauma and my even say ”I wish I could get them out of my mind”. Forgetting is going to be called for, and is likely to result in relief.

I prefer this approach to helping someone forget something no longer wanted, to “inducing hypnotic amnesia”!