Hypnotherapy is a combination of;
- hypnosis and counselling combined with ‘solution focused’ talking therapies
Using a combination of therapies I can assist you make beneficial changes to your own life, to help you in
- relaxation
- positive projection and planning
- learning how to re-programme your thoughts
- changing negative beliefs at the subconscious level
all that can lead to amazing and often rapid results.
Hypnotherapy is commonly used for and can be beneficial for;
- weight loss
- stress
- stopping/ quitting/ extinguishing smoking or smoking cessation
- irritable bowel syndrome
Surprisingly it's probably most often used for psychological problems like anxiety and low self-esteem.
The technique when used for psychological purposes can relieve;
- anxiety
- improve or alter behaviour
It’s a way to harness and focus your natural abilities to;
- relax
- ease pain
- prepare for and recover from surgery
- overcome depression
- change unwanted behaviour.
The counselling technique used works towards identifying solutions and goals. Attention is on a person’s own resources and developing their own unique individual skills. It provides a set of healing techniques to help people with;
- Asthma
- Phobias
- self-confidence
- pain control
- sleeping problems
- smoking,
With smoking cessation, hypnotherapy is generally shown to be two and a half times more effective than nicotine replacement therapy (i.e. nicotine gum/patches) and is five times more likely to succeed than willpower alone.
What is hypnosis really like?
You cannot be hypnotised against your will!
A hypnotic state is as simple as when you reading a book or watching a film …it's the point when you have cut out external stimuli and have lost yourself. That's your subconscious taking over…similar to perhaps when you can’t remember driving two junctions on the motorway because you were ‘miles away’.
Thankfully it’s not what you’ve seen on TV or heard from a friend who may have clucked like a chicken at a hypnosis stage show!
Hypnosis uses the mental abilities of the mind to safely bring about the changes you are looking for. Under hypnosis the mind relaxes and the electrical activity of the brain moves out of the rhythm of everyday consciousness and assumes the same rhythm as when we are asleep. Please be aware you won’t be asleep!
What is the therapeutic side to hypnosis all about?
Achieving this state in a controlled environment under hypnosis allows you to focus away from your present-day reality and towards your thoughts, images, feelings and motivations.
Hypnosis can happen naturally many times throughout the day, it feels very much like daydreaming but is more focused and you would feel more relaxed. It is like being awake yet in a body which is asleep. In other words it is a combination of a still, clear, attention free mind and a body that is totally relaxed. It allows a sense of well-being and yet reinforces the will to achieve goals.
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