UK Hypnosis Convention

Secondly today then.... Our 2026 Keynote Presenter!

As seen on BBC’s The One Show, WIRED, Ted Talks, The New Scientist and beyond, we are so excited to announce that this year’s keynote presentation on Saturday afternoon on the main stage will be Dr Alice Pailhès.

Dr Pailhès earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from Goldsmiths, University of London, where she pioneered experimental studies on magicians’ forcing techniques — subtle methods of influencing people’s choices without their awareness.
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Today, her work goes far beyond studying illusions: she translates the science of belief, agency, and perception into practical tools that leaders, innovators, and high-performers can apply to transform behaviour, drive change, and unlock human potential.
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Her approach blends rigorous cognitive science with experiential methods drawn from magic, placebo effects, symbolic thinking, and ritual design. Her mission is to show how the mind’s hidden mechanisms can be consciously harnessed — not just to understand reality, but to shape it — enabling individuals and organisations to create environments, narratives, and habits that make extraordinary outcomes feel inevitable.

Full details at the convention website shortly.

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We are over the moon for what promises to be something special with this year’s keynote! Best wishes, Adam.

Visit the website of the UK Hypnosis Convention to purchase tickets: https://ukhypnosisconvention.co.uk

The discount code EARLYBIRD is only available until the schedule goes live and gives a 15% discount, the biggest discount available for the 2026 event will cease to be available from then.

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It may seem as though we’ve been quiet, but lots has been going on behind the scenes as we prepare for this year’s UKHC. 

The full 2026 schedule will be announced shortly - it will be our biggest and best event yet. The discount code EARLYBIRD is only available until the schedule goes live and gives a 15% discount.

I have a couple of announcements to get you excited.

Firstly... We are thrilled to welcome back the one and only Paul McKenna to the 2026 convention - he will be presenting a 90 minute workshop on the main stage on Sunday afternoon .....

Paul McKenna is going to demonstrate how three modalities work together in synergy - hypnotherapy, NLP and Havening (the new psycho-sensory technique). Not only will he explain how the combination of these three approaches is greater than the sum total of their individual parts, but he will demonstrate this as well.

Many people are familiar with hypnotherapy and NLP and how the use of language and visualisation can achieve behavioural change. Havening is a relatively new therapy, based on neuroscience , that works extremely well in treating trauma, depression, pain and anxiety, and when combined with the other two modalities, produces a super-therapy.

Full details about to be shared on the convention website.

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You won’t want to miss this! - Best wishes, Adam.

Visit the website of the UK Hypnosis Convention to purchase tickets: https://ukhypnosisconvention.co.uk

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Secondly today then.... Our 2026 Keynote Presenter!

As seen on BBC's The One Show, WIRED, Ted Talks, The New Scientist and beyond, we are so excited to announce that this year's keynote presentation on Saturday afternoon on the main stage will be Dr Alice Pailhès.

Dr Pailhès earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from Goldsmiths, University of London, where she pioneered experimental studies on magicians’ forcing techniques — subtle methods of influencing people’s choices without their awareness.
​
Today, her work goes far beyond studying illusions: she translates the science of belief, agency, and perception into practical tools that leaders, innovators, and high-performers can apply to transform behaviour, drive change, and unlock human potential.
​
Her approach blends rigorous cognitive science with experiential methods drawn from magic, placebo effects, symbolic thinking, and ritual design. Her mission is to show how the mind’s hidden mechanisms can be consciously harnessed — not just to understand reality, but to shape it — enabling individuals and organisations to create environments, narratives, and habits that make extraordinary outcomes feel inevitable.

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Your mind is the magician.
I’ll show you its tricks.

"I’m Dr Alice Pailhès — a psychological scientist, magician, author, and speaker exploring how your mind constructs the reality you live in.

What if the limits you think are real… are just illusions your mind hasn’t seen through yet?

I reveal the hidden mechanisms behind decision-making, perception, belief, and how they shape your choices, your behavior, and the life you live.

By blending rigorous psychological research with the principles of illusion and wonder, I show you how our minds deceives us, and how to use those same mechanisms to transform your reality consciously.

I’m one of the few researchers in the world specialising in the psychology of magic, a field that uses magic as a scientific tool to understand how we experience the world.

​Whether I’m on stage, online, or in the lab, my mission is to help you stop being a passenger of your mind and become its architect."

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We are over the moon for what promises to be something special with this year's keynote! Best wishes, Adam.

Visit the website of the UK Hypnosis Convention to purchase tickets: https://ukhypnosisconvention.co.uk

The discount code EARLYBIRD is only available until the schedule goes live and gives a 15% discount, the biggest discount available for the 2026 event will cease to be available from then.

Look who's back!

It may seem as though we've been quiet, but lots has been going on behind the scenes as we prepare for this year's UK Hypnosis Convention... We are just about to notify those who applied to present at this year's UKHC. We had an unprecedented number of speaker applications this time around and the full 2026 schedule will be announced shortly - it will be our biggest and best event yet. The discount code EARLYBIRD is only available until the schedule goes live and gives a 15% discount, the biggest discount available for the 2026 event will cease to be available from then.

In the meantime, I have a couple of announcements to get you excited.

Firstly... We are thrilled to welcome back the one and only Paul McKenna to the 2026 convention - he will be presenting a 90 minute workshop on the main stage on Sunday afternoon (the 15th), let me tell you about it.....

Paul McKenna is going to demonstrate how three modalities work together in synergy - hypnotherapy, NLP and Havening (the new psycho-sensory technique). Not only will he explain how the combination of these three approaches is greater than the sum total of their individual parts, but he will demonstrate this as well.

Many people are familiar with hypnotherapy and NLP and how the use of language and visualisation can achieve behavioural change. Havening is a relatively new therapy, based on neuroscience , that works extremely well in treating trauma, depression, pain and anxiety, and when combined with the other two modalities, produces a super-therapy.

In Havening, the brief activation of a distressing memory combined with visualisations and sequences of repeated touch to specific parts of the body can have a rapid, reliable and predictable effect on our being.

As a result, in a matter of minutes, we can now reduce the intensity of an emotion or feeling of unhappiness and establish a calmer state that can support resilience.

In addition, certain brain waves are associated with different functions in our lives. Beta waves are associated with being alert and focussed or anxious. Alpha waves represent a state of relaxed alertness. One wave synonymous with really deep relaxation - the holy grail that we are all after in terms of therapy and healing - are delta waves. Delta waves are produced when you are deeply asleep, in meditative states, and when Havening.

Delta waves facilitate the reconfiguration of traumatic or upsetting feelings. So, when you think about a distressing experience and follow the Havening techniques, the brain is flooded with delta waves and this enables resolution by de-linking the experience at a neurological level.

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You won't want to miss this! - Best wishes, Adam.

Visit the website of the UK Hypnosis Convention to purchase tickets: https://ukhypnosisconvention.co.uk

Tickets for the 2026 UK Hypnosis Convention are now available to purchase.

https://ukhypnosisconvention.co.uk/buy-tickets/

Use code ‘EARLYBIRD’ at the checkout for a 15% discount - this is the best discount available for the convention each year.

13th-15th November, Renaissance Hotel Heathrow, confirmed.

We’ve taken on your feedback. There are going to be updates to the event in 2026 - early registration, official networking opportunities, and other changes that we believe will make UKHC26 the best one yet.

We will also be having a stellar female keynote speaker, stellar female Sunday interview and closing keynote.
Exciting announcements we’ll make soon.

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Closing keynote delivered by Scott Sandland. A perfect way to end 👌