Hypnotherapy

What is Hypnotherapy?

Hypnosis is a relaxed state of mind in which you achieve heightened focus and concentration. Our minds work on two levels, namely the conscious and the subconscious. We make decisions, think, and act with our conscious mind, whereas the subconscious mind controls our habits and our emotions. 

In hypnosis, we can communicate directly with the subconscious mind to replace unwanted patterns, reactions, or feelings with new positive suggestions. This is why it is so simple to change habits of a lifetime with hypnosis.

Sessions are available online and/or in person at:                                            ’58 Wellbeing Centre’, 58 S Molton St, W1K5SL, London

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Hypnotherapy can help you with:

When we suffer from low self-esteem, we simply don’t believe that we can achieve things. Low confidence can affect all of us, regardless of whether we are high-level executives, students, parents, or public speakers. Hypnotherapy can help in boosting your confidence by identifying the underlying beliefs that are holding you back and replacing them with positive, rational thoughts.

We are a product of our past experiences. We were not born feeling anxious; instead, our minds have learned to produce feelings of anxiety, generally as a consequence of events and traumas that took place many years ago. By accessing your subconscious, which holds all of your past memories, we not only find the cause of the problem, but also help you release the emotions connected to the problem to reduce or eliminate your anxiety.

We all need a certain degree of arousal and adrenaline to perform at our optimum level. However, if you suffer from performance anxiety, you will almost certainly experience the ‘fight or flight’ stress response, which may be traumatic in performance. Using hypnotic relaxation techniques, you will be able to modify habitual thoughts and negative ‘self-talk’ that generate performance anxiety.

A phobia is an irrational fear of a specific thing or situation, the impact of which ranges from mildly distressing to completely debilitating. If you have a phobia, you may change your behaviour to avoid situations or things that you fear. Phobias are usually developed either from direct experience, from observing someone else, such as our parents during childhood, or when we make a subconscious association that may appear to have no obvious connection. Through hypnosis, you will be able to access these hidden subconscious thought processes and be coached to respond to your fears in a calm, positive way.

IBS is a common condition that affects the digestive system; sufferers may experience a combination of symptoms that may vary from mild, where they do not significantly impair the individual’s quality of life, to serious, prompting them to seek medical help. In addition to these physical symptoms, individuals may also become anxious, depressed, or socially isolated as a consequence of their condition. By using positive suggestion, hypnotherapy may lessen anxiety and increase confidence and wellbeing; this method is believed to reduce gut sensitivity.

Hypnotherapy for weight management is a natural, safe method that can help you harmonise emotional and physical appetites; it facilitates change in your relationship with food, self-image, and physical activity and is focused on reaching a healthy weight and maintaining it rather than weight loss. This approach suits those who are already on a path of establishing their healthy eating and exercise habits and are looking for additional motivation and healthy habit integration.

Therapies that address the mind-body link are often recommended for those dealing with long-term pain as an additional aid while recovering under a doctor’s supervision. Stress and anxiety are common side effects of pain and can even make the sensation worse. The way in which the mind responds to pain is also linked to the perception of physical sensations. Rather than convincing you that your pain doesn’t exist, hypnosis for pain aims to manage any fear or anxiety that you may have related to your pain and make suggestions to encourage pain relief. This method also helps to reduce stress and relax the nervous system to help it become less reactive to pain. Helping to reduce stress and changing the thought patterns related to pain may, therefore, make a significant difference to pain perception.

Childbirth has the potential to be one of the most powerful and positive experiences in a woman’s life. Whatever your plans are, from a holistic birth to one in a clinical setting, hypnosis for birthing equips you with the mental beliefs, emotional resources, and physical skills to undertake this extraordinary journey. Childbirth hypnosis helps with any kind of worries around pregnancy, such as fear of giving birth, fear of something wrong happening, etc.

Lack of sleep plays a vital role in both our physical and mental health. Insufficient sleep decreases mental functioning, limits awareness and attention to the world around you, distorts sense of time, and generally causes immense fatigue.
When suffering from sleep issues/insomnia for a long period, the patterns of sleep disturbances can become embedded in our subconscious. Hypnosis for sleep issues aims to communicate with this issue and suggest positive changes. These suggestions aim to break the negative thought patterns causing the problem.
An important part of hypnotherapy for sleep issues is teaching the client how to relax. For some people, physical or mental tension can make sleeping difficult. During a hypnotherapy session, the hypnotherapist uses relaxation techniques to help reduce tension so that the body can repair, renew, and recharge itself.

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Q&A

The number of sessions really depends on the area of concern but, in general, the treatment plans consist of 4 to 6 sessions. However, some may only require one session.

Hypnosis is a deep form of relaxation to which you can be guided; it is akin to meditation, visualisation, or daydreaming. In hypnosis, you will have an awareness of what is happening. At the end of the session, it is likely you will recall what has happened. You are aware and in control at every moment and may terminate the session at any time. It is impossible for you to get “stuck” in a state of hypnosis, and you cannot be made to do something against your will.

Yes, anyone can be hypnotised; you don’t need to have specific abilities. You just need to follow the instructions to very quickly reach a state of hypnotic relaxation. However, it is important to come to therapy motivated and willing to embrace hypnosis.

No hypnotherapist can guarantee 100% success with every single client. The success of the session will depend on a number of factors, including the client’s motivation and responsiveness to hypnosis. Although everyone can be hypnotised, some people respond more effectively to hypnotic suggestions than others, and results may vary from person to person.

For a number of sub-clinical issues, including anxiety, hypnotherapy is the most effective, and fastest, therapeutic approach.

If you are already seeing a doctor, psychotherapist, or counsellor regarding your problem, you’d need a letter of referral from them before coming to see me.