Hypnotherapy can help you to deal with:-

·         Better stress management skills

·         Goal setting and time management skills

·         Nerves

·         Social or special occasion confidence

·         Public speaking or presentations

·         Unwanted habits or responses

·         Sporting performance maximisation

·         Sleep pattern improvement

·         Adapting to changes

·         Confidence and feeling good

·         Medical or dental treatment nerves

·         Managing irritation or discomfort

·         Some minor skin complaints

·         Mild to moderate depression/anxiety

·         Hypnocoaching - life leadership skills

·         Exam or interview nerves

·         Concentration, clarity and motivation

·         Stopping smoking

·         Weight management

Stopping Smoking/weight loss hypnotherapy works in conjunction with the Client's commitment to stopping or following a weight loss program. 

Medical Conditions

Research by the University of Maryland Medical Centre  USA has indicated hypnotherapy may be helpful in managing alopecia areata, asthma, phobias, insomnia, addictions, bedwetting, childbirth, tinnitus, chronic pain, psoriasis, eczema or atopic dermatitis and eating disorders.  Please refer to http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/hypnotherapy-000353.htm. 

Please note: I am only permitted to work with medical conditions when a diagnosis has been made and I have the permission of your doctor or specialist.   

The experience of hypnosis
In hypnosis the conscious and subconscious minds work together but with the critical part of the mind taking a back seat allowing more rapid changes to be made. Hypnosis is both associative and disassociative thus allowing unwanted reaction patterns, responses or habits to be released and the reactions or responses which are closer to the Client’s desired changes or solution state to be more easily created.  Please be reassured hypnotherapy is not stage hypnosis and you would not do anything you do not wish to.

Hypnosis is very pleasant and is described by many clients as being akin to the experience of drifting towards sleep, knowing they could wake up if they wished but simply not wanting to. Another way clients describe hypnosis is as a state of focused attention akin to concentrating fully on a film and then not initially noticing someone coming into the room and yet being aware at the same time. Other client’s describe the experience as “blissful like floating in a warm pool”, or as “concentrating absolutely and feeling totally motivated but with no feeling of effort”.

Did you know:
There is a significant body of scientific evidence supporting the concept that using hypnosis to “rehearse” a skill enables that skill to be performed with greater ease, at a higher level and with greater probability of accurate repetition. This applies equally whether the desired peak performance is to occur in sport, an exam, or some other field of endeavour.

Hypnotherapy is recommended by NICE (National Institute of Clinical Excellence) for some types of medically diagnosed IBS - please refer to NICE for information.

A study at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York revealed the very positive input of just one session of hypnotherapy prior to breast cancer surgery (reported upon in the Daily Telegraph of 29 August 2007). The hypnotised patients not only had less pain, nausea and emotional distress than those who had a single session with a psychologist they also on average cost £384.48 less to treat mostly because they required less time in the operating theatre.