Hypnotherapy can help with...
and...
Confidence, Self Esteem & Assertiveness
A single session treatment an break the habit now and forever.
A number of different techniques can be employed to suit the individual:
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Traditional Habit Breaking,
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Aversion,
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Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) and others.
Whatever your motivation, there is a technique that can help. Because hypnosis works at the unconscious level it tackles the psychological and habit side of the problem.
As hypnosis works best with motivated people I suggest that you consider hard how ready you are to give up, what your reasons for giving up are, how you will benefit from having given up and what you will do with all the extra time and money.
If you have reservations about giving up you should discuss this further with me.
A long-term therapy, with two or three sessions in the first month to get you started, and then ongoing support at intervals as you see fit.
I will teach you the skills to help you control your eating, to enjoy healthier foods and help find the time and motivation to exercise. As with all good weight control techniques I will not only want to give you the ability to attain your target weight, I also aim to give you the skills to maintain that weight.
If you 'purge' after eating by vomiting, use of laxatives or excessive exercise then you may wish to explore issues around Bulimia Nervosa.
Bereavement and Loss
Bereavement can be the loss of anyone or anything. People react
differently to loss and hypnosis can help you to deal with it.
By listening to you we can establish what it is you require and provide a space to experience it. Grief needs space to work itself out, so generally I will not work with anyone until three months after the grief provoking event. Three or four sessions are usually required. If you feel you need help before this time is up we recommend you seek counselling from me instead of or prior to hypnotherapy.
Blushing (Erythrophobia)
Hypnosis can help deal with the psychological causes of blushing as well as desensitising you to the situations in which it becomes a problem.
Often this problem becomes a cycle where the fear of blushing can result in bringing the blushing on. Hypnosis can intervene and break this cycle. Usually takes two to four sessions for significant results.
Bruxism (Teeth Grinding)
A common enough problem, which can cause significant long-term problems to both teeth and jaw.
The problem will most likely have been noted by your dentist, who will need to be consulted before any hypnosis takes place, to ensure he/she is confident there is no physical cause.
Please have your dentist's details to hand before calling.
This treatment usually takes around two to four sessions for significant improvement. As with all of our treatments I employ a range of techniques, from the behavioural schools, from Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) and the regressive schools, in addition to traditional hypnotherapeutic methods. I choose the techniques which are most appropriate to the individual.
Bulimia Nervosa (also see Weight Control)
If you binge and then 'purge' after eating by vomiting, use of laxatives or excessive exercise then its possible you are bulimic.
Sometimes this eating and purging will be a simple habit, which can be broken through hypnosis. With some people it may be prompted by deeper psychological motivations.
By combining therapeutic techniques to tackle psychological causes and breaking or changing old behaviours, satisfying changes can be made. Typically this takes four to five sessions, and it is strongly recommended that you consult with your GP before coming for hypnosis.
Confidence, Self Esteem and Assertiveness
There are many ways in which hypnosis can help you to become more confident, assertive and gain a greater self-esteem.
Through the mental rehearsal of 'difficult' situations, ego boosting techniques and other methods, it is possible to change old behaviours and thought patterns to more positive one.
Assertiveness is the art of getting what you need without causing offence or harm to others; it is the balance between passivity and aggression.
Becoming more popular every year, assertiveness training has been used to help sales staff, trainers, customer service staff, nurses, the police and many others, as well as being valuable in everyday life.
Dermatological Conditions
Skin conditions: Acne Vulgaris, Acne Rosacea, Eczema (Atopic
Dermatitis), Warts, & Psoriasis)
It has been said that the skin is the mirror of the emotions, this is apparent from such simple reactions as blushing when embarrassed.
There are good physical reasons for this connection and skin conditions react well to hypnosis.
Hypnosis can help relieve itching, and help deal with possible underlying psychological causes which can prompt the condition. Expect two or three sessions.
It is generally good to consult your GP about these conditions before undertaking any other form of treatment.
Excessive Drinking (Not alcoholism)
If you're looking to reduce or stop consuming alcohol for health, religious or other reasons, then hypnosis has been shown to help.
The treatment uses various techniques which include teaching stress management, habit breaking (similar to the well known stop smoking approach) and sometimes aversion therapy.
Hypnosis can help you make many of these lifestyle changes. Usually takes several sessions.
Once diagnosed as stress induced headaches, the underlying causes can be dealt with whilst teaching pain management techniques (see Pain Management for details). I will need to contact the diagnosing doctor. Two to four sessions is usual.
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
A fairly common problem these days which causes discomfort to many.
The symptom include stomach pains, irregular bowel discharge and can be very embarrassing for sufferers.
Often this will be caused by psychological reasons and has been shown to respond very well to hypnosis.
Please note that we will need to consult with your doctor so please have their details ready when calling. Two or three sessions for improvement is usual.
(Inability to sleep, waking up too early or fitful sleep)
Insomnia can have many causes, psychological and physical. Simple techniques like self hypnosis can make all the difference. I will also help deal with any deeper issues which are playing on your mind, be it conscious or unconscious.
Insomnia can have physical causes and can be related to depression so please see your doctor before coming for hypnosis. The time this takes may vary significantly.
Learning Self-Hypnosis
Although this is taught as part of most treatments, some people like to come in just to learn this valuable life skill. It can help you relax, become more self-aware and generally improve your quality of life.
So if you have an interest in hypnosis and no particular problem you want to deal with why learn self-hypnosis? One session to teach, with the possibility of doing further specific training to advance your skills if desired.
(Also includes biting around the fingers and adult thumb sucking)
A habit that starts as a normal childhood phase and carries into adulthood. Because this is a simple habit which rarely (if ever) has any deeper issues associated, it responds particularly well to traditional hypnosis.
Simple habit breaking techniques combined with behaviour awareness enhancement can often produce effective results. This can take as little as one session, but usually takes two to three.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCDs) - Obsessive repetitive behaviour patterns can take over your life. Sometimes these behaviours will be simple habits which can be broken through hypnosis, with other people they may be prompted by deeper psychological motivations.
By combining therapeutic techniques to tackle psychological causes and breaking or changing old habits, satisfying changes can be made. Typically this takes four or five sessions, and it is strongly recommended that you consult with your GP before coming for hypnosis.
(For all sorts of pain, whatever the cause may be)
Pain is just an intense sense of touch and all the senses are highly responsive to hypnosis, so as a result hypnosis has been used for hundreds of years to control and cope with pain.
Please note that total remission of pain is both unlikely and potentially dangerous so even in the most successful treatment, a small 'signal pain' will be left.
Also note that we require the explicit permission of your doctor before proceeding, so have their details ready when calling.
Panic Disorders and Panic Attacks
A surprisingly common problem, it has both psychological causes and physiological symptoms, both of which can be tackled through hypnosis. Typically takes three or four sessions. Clients' GPs will have to be contacted before the therapy can be undertaken.
(Exam stress, public speaking, driving test nerves etc.)
We all encounter situations which worry us: exams, tests and public speaking, to name a few common examples.
The stress we feel is a perfectly normal reaction to a situation, it is our body's way of preparing us for this situation. There is usually a release of adrenaline, which allows the body and brain to work more effectively.
From time to time however these reactions are inappropriate to the situation, or too strong, this is where hypnosis can help.
Through the use of visualisations, suggestions and your own undiscovered inner resources, we can help you to use the stress energy to enhance your performance without it becoming a problem, keeping the good energy and losing the bad stress.
Usually two or more sessions are needed. If you are finding that you are consistently and repeatedly avoiding situations and this is having a negative effect upon your life then you may wish to look at Phobias.
(Sports, sales, management skills etc.)
Taking your knowledge, and the knowledge of your coach/mentor or manager, we can help you work on the areas you are weakest in and boost your potential.
Using techniques of motivation, visualisation and habit breaking we can help make those vital changes that push your performance to the new level.
If you're unsure what you need to change, we can help you to be aware of the unconscious elements of your performance which may be limiting you from achieving your best performance all of the time.
As little as one session may be required to see improvements.
Phobias
If you've suffered
from fear of something which leads to avoidance of it then you could
benefit from a phobia treatment.
The treatment is gentle and does not force you to face your fear until
you are ready and it is only the goals you set that are targetted. The
average treatment takes between two and four sessions, although it can
take longer, and has been known to work in a single session.
I primarily use techniques based in the behavioural school of
psychotherapy, I also employ techniques from Neurolinguistic Programming
(NLP) in addition to traditional hypnotherapeutic methods.
Problem Solving
Hypnosis can help with solving all
sorts of problems, be they engineering problems, personal problems,
intellectual problems, whatever type of problem you may wish to solve.
We can also teach the skills which may help with problem solving in the
future.
Psychogenic Infertility (Male and Female)
Stress can effect the body on all levels. Once this has been diagnosed by your doctor or specialist it becomes appropriate to contact us.
As with many conditions we will need to contact the diagnosing doctor so please have their details to hand.
Such conditions may be the product of recent stress or deeper psychological causes. Either way, a programme which combines stress reduction techniques, desensitising to specific situations and deals with underlying causes can be put together. Treatment duration may vary.
(Premature Ejaculation, Psychogenic Impotence, Frigidity, Anorgasmia, Vaginismus)
Many sexual problems have psychological causes.
Hypnosis can help deal with the underlying causes or tackle the problems directly, whatever is appropriate to the individual. We will have to contact your doctor before progressing. Treatment lengths vary from condition to condition.
This tends to be more of a problem for partners than for those who actually snore, so both are expected to come in for therapy. Always see your doctor before calling us about this and have their details to hand when calling.
I will help deal with the disturbing noise as well as helping you to achieve deeper states of sleep in which snoring is less pronounced. The treatment takes multiple sessions. Please consult your GP before coming in as there are many potential physical causes of snoring and many simple lifestyle changes which they can suggest which can make a significant difference.
A problem that is increasing in this modern age. Learning a few simple techniques could allow you to take charge of this state, keeping the good stress and losing the bad.
Basic stress management skills take just one session and can be built on from there. If it is a specific event which is prompting your stress then we can also work with that.
The techniques involved include teaching self-hypnosis, teaching progressive relaxation and desensitising to specific stress inducing situations.
Tinnitus has two major causes, physical and psychological. Hypnosis can help with psychological tinnitus.
You will need to consult your GP to ensure there is no physical cause. We can help to reduce the perception of the noise, reduce general stress and deal with any underlying causes which have bought it about.
(Includes Twitches, Tics, Writer's cramps, Torticollis (head twitches) and Blesharospasm (eyelid twitches))
Hypnosis can help relax muscles, help deal with any possible underlying causes and tackle the condition in other ways. We will need to contact your doctor about this prior to any hypnosis.
Expect a minimum of three sessions and quite possibly more, depending on severity and level of improvement you are aiming for.
