Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is a form of psychotherapy treatment used to create subconscious change in a patient in the form of new responses, thoughts, attitudes, behaviors or feelings.

WHAT IS HYPNOTHERAPY?

Hypnosis is usually considered an aid to psychotherapy (counseling or therapy), because the relaxed or hypnotic state allows people to explore painful thoughts, feelings, and memories they might have hidden from their conscious minds. In addition, hypnosis enables people to perceive some things differently, such as blocking an awareness of pain.

Hypnosis can be used in two ways, as suggestion therapy or for patient analysis.

• Suggestion therapy: The hypnotic state makes the person better able to respond to suggestions. Therefore, hypnotherapy can help some people change certain behaviors, such as stopping smoking or nail biting. It can also help people change perceptions and sensations, and is particularly useful in treating pain.
• Analysis: This approach uses the relaxed state to explore a possible psychological root cause of a disorder or symptom, such as a traumatic past event that a person has hidden in his or her unconscious memory. Once the trauma is revealed, it can be addressed in psychotherapy.

The Treatment Path

Hypnotherapy is a combination of natural hypnosis and therapeutic techniques intended to help deal with emotional issues; it is a two way process between therapist and client. I cannot help you with something you don’t want to deal with; I will however work with you to achieve whatever it is that you desire. As with any therapy, to realize success client commitment is needed.

When you are hypnotized you are totally relaxed, yet still utterly aware of your surroundings and what I am saying to you. When you relax like this it is the perfect opportunity for me to speak directly to your subconscious and when coupled with positive, therapeutic techniques this could help bring about positive adjustments in your mind (and in turn your body) that you are motivated to make.

 Your mind consists of 2 elements; the conscious and the subconscious.

 Your conscious mind is your logical mind - it deals with analyzing situations, maths, language, reading, writing and ego. It uses rational thought, learns, understands and organizes things, thinks and makes choices.

 The subconscious mind is the not aware mind (it is not always rational or appropriate!). It deals with emotions, memories, imagery, imagination, dreams, creativity and symbols. The subconscious will carry on doing things in a set manner even though it is clear that it may not be the best way or that another way may be more advantageous to you.

 If you think about how the subconscious works you may begin to recognize where a lot of unusual behavior comes from; you develop habits and get stuck in negative routines because your subconscious doesn't know how to change - this is where hypnotherapy could help you to change things.