Complimentary preview session

Why do some sessions suddenly stall? Why does insight vanish, affect flatten, or a client’s eyes glaze over just as the work deepens? Too often we label this “resistance” or “avoidance.” But what if the real issue is that curiosity—the brain’s innate drive to engage, explore, and connect—has gone offline?

The Neurobiology of Engagement

Richard Hill, internationally recognised psychotherapist and co-author of The Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Psychotherapy, proposes a radically different understanding. These flat, disconnected moments aren’t defiance—they’re signs that your client’s curiosity has gone offline.

Curiosity, Hill argues, isn’t just a therapeutic stance or personality trait. It’s a neurobiological state that governs regulation, openness, and the capacity for insight. When it shuts down, the entire therapeutic process stalls. When it comes back online, everything shifts.

What You’ll Discover in This Hour

• Simple micro-interventions you can use immediately when clients go flat or disengaged
• A first look at Dynamic Curiosity – the model Richard will teach in full during his February 2026 training
• Richard’s integrative teaching style – experience his approach before committing to the full workshop

A Rare UK Opportunity & Invitation

Richard Hill has trained practitioners across the US and Australia for over a decade, but this marks his first teaching appearance for UK and European clinicians. This complimentary preview is our way of introducing his transformative approach to the nscience community—a window into a bigger conversation about why curiosity might be the missing piece in your most challenging cases.

The Bigger Picture

This introduction previews Richard’s full two-evening training “How Curiosity Goes Offline—and the Neurobiology of Bringing It Back” (9 & 16 February 2026), where you’ll learn practical techniques to reignite curiosity in real time, use it as a co-regulatory tool, and integrate it across therapeutic modalities.

But you don’t need to commit to anything. This hour stands alone as an exploration of one of therapy’s most underappreciated dynamics.

When your client’s curiosity comes back online, everything becomes possible again.

About Richard Hill
Richard Hill, MA, MEd, MBMSc, PhD (c), is a practicing psychotherapist, author, educator, and professional supervisor. After 25 years as a professional actor and performer, he shifted to academic study spanning linguistics, social ecology, education, and the sciences of brain and mind. Currently completing doctoral research on client-responsiveness, he enjoyed a 15-year apprenticeship with Ernest Rossi (esteemed colleague of Milton Erickson), exploring psychobiology, genetics, and the complex system of being human. Richard is Science Director for CIPPS in Italy, Clinical Science Director and Managing Editor for The Science of Psychotherapy, and co-author of The Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Psychotherapy (Norton, 2022) and The Practitioner’s Guide to Mirroring Hands (Crown House, 2017).

The Invitation

This complimentary preview is our way of introducing Richard’s transformative approach to the nscience community—not a condensed training, but a window into a bigger conversation about why curiosity might be the missing piece in your most challenging cases.

Ready to explore the full approach?
Early bird booking opens immediately after this session for “How Curiosity Goes Offline—and the Neurobiology of Bringing It Back” (9 & 16 February 2026). Preview attendees receive priority access and exclusive launch pricing.

This webinar is part of nscience global’s commitment to bringing leading international voices to UK and European therapists. Whether you’re new to neuroscience-informed practice or looking to deepen your understanding of therapeutic presence, this session offers insights you can use immediately.

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