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:: Eliminate phobias
:: Controlling and eliminating
unwanted habits / behaviours
/ addictions
:: Stop smoking
:: Weight management
:: Eating disorders
:: Reducing pain and discomfort
and enhancing healing
:: Relationship issues
:: Confidence building
:: Overcoming traumas
:: Confident Childbirth and
pregnancy
:: Overcome anxiety/panic
:: Relaxation/managing stress
:: Work/sports/sexual performance
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Eliminate phobias
Phobias are
very common - as many as 1
in 10 people will be affected by
a phobia at some point in their
life. Whereas fear can be a useful
response in certain situations
in order to keep us away from danger,
phobias are generally defined as 'unnecessary or
excessive anxiety' in
a specific situation or in the
presence of a specific object- that
is, the fear felt by the person
is significantly greater than the
actual threat posed by the object
or situation. Almost anything can
act as a trigger - some of the
most common ones are listed below:
- Animals (eg: spiders, snakes,
frogs, dogs, fish, birds)
- Heights
- Dentists
- Water
- Flying
- Claustrophobia (fear
of enclosed spaces)
- Public
speaking and other social phobias
- Injections
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Of course there are many many
more, and if you are worried about
something that does not appear
on this list, please do call
me to discuss it. ......................................................................................................................................................................
Controlling and eliminating
unwanted habits / behaviours
/ addictions
Hypnotherapy can be very effective
at helping control and eliminate
unwanted habits and behaviours,
including nail
biting, bed
wetting,
stammering, Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder (OCD), smoking, and alcohol
/ drug addiction. It can also be
helpful if you suffer from insomnia.
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Stop smoking
Going to a Hypnotherapist to get
help to stop
smoking is often a
last resort for many people, and
yet the combination of hypnosis
and NLP techniques is one of the
most effective ways in which to
achieve it.
You may only require 2 or 3 sessions
in order to achieve your goal,
whether you smoke 10 cigarettes
a day or 60. This is different
to many of the '2 hour guarantee
stop smoking' programmes available,
as I spend the first session understanding
your personal relationship to cigarettes
and finding the best way in which
I think I can help you. The following
session, a week later, is when
the treatment process begins, which
I will have individually tailored
to your needs and aims.
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Weight management
People eat for many reasons other
than hunger. Messages 'fed' to
us (usually unintentionally) when
we were younger can be stored by
the immature brain, and can often
resurface later in life without
us consciously realising that they
are there. Common trigger feelings/reasons
include: guilt ("Think of all the
starving children in Africa"),
comfort ("Have a piece of chocolate
to make you feel better"), boredom,
and love or acceptance ("If you're
a good boy/girl you can have some
sweeties"). We are led to believe
from a young age that food has
the ability to satisfy us emotionally
as well as physically, but by re-evaluating
these unconscious beliefs from
an adult perspective, it is possible
to change the way you think & feel
(and therefore the way you behave)
with regards to food.
This approach, combined with the
right balance of a healthy diet
and exercise, can be very successful
in helping you to lose weight and
keep it off permanently.
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Eating disorders
Hypnotherapy can be successful
at helping people who are experiencing
an eating
disorder such as anorexia
nervosa, bulimia
nervosa or binge
eating disorder. The root of these
disorders often lies in an extremely
low level of self-esteem and a
feeling of lack of control in life,
amongst various other social and
personal factors.
Conventional medical treatment
for eating disorders is usually
solely centred on changing the
person's behaviour with regards
to food, without trying to understand
what's going on in their head.
My approach differs in that first
I want to understand the reasons
behind why you are 'doing' this
behaviour, and then I work together
with you to help build your feelings
of self confidence and self worth,
until you feel ready to start making
changes of your choice at a level
and rate that you feel comfortable
with.
If you are worried that you, or
someone you know may be suffering
from an eating disorder, please
do not hesitate to contact
me for
further information, and to discuss
different ways in which I can help
you/them.
...................................................................................................................................................................... Reducing pain and discomfort
and enhancing healing
There is much scientific evidence
that our thoughts influence our
physical responses, and that sometimes
we are able to deliberately alter
our physical responses with our
thoughts. I believe that this mind/body
connection provides the possibility
for directing our own healing,
and that the thoughts we have and
beliefs we hold are a major factor
in the manifestation of a wide
range of health issues. I believe
that by helping you change those
thoughts and beliefs, we can work
together to have an effect on whatever
health issue you are experiencing.
Hypnotherapy is particularly effective
for reducing
pain and discomfort,
and helping to relieve the symptoms
of many health conditions, such
as: morning sickness, arthritis,
migraine, skin complaints eg: acne/warts,
digestive problems, symptoms associated
with cancer care (such as sickness,
fatigue and low immunity), and
chronic pain, to name a few.
...................................................................................................................................................................... Relationship issues
Hypnotherapy and NLP can be very
useful tools in both personal and
business-related relationships.
I use techniques that can help
you to identify and overcome any
limiting beliefs that you might
unconsciously hold about yourself
which can cause you to repeat the
same negative patterns of behaviour
within your relationships. I can
also teach you various effective
methods of communication that you
can use to make the most of your
relationships both at work and
at home.
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I think almost
everybody feels at some point
in their life that they would
like to have just that little
bit more confidence - to
be more comfortable speaking
in front of large groups of people for example, or
simply so they can feel better
about themselves as a person
and stop
worrying 'what other
people think of me' all the
time. Whether you have a
specific situation in mind,
such as exam
/ driving test nerves, or an important presentation
at work, or whether you feel
that a lack of confidence
or self-esteem is
holding you back from doing
all the things that you really
want to achieve in life,
then Hypnotherapy can be
an extremely successful way
of changing the way you see
yourself, and can give you
a boost towards becoming
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Overcoming traumas
If you have been a witness to
or the subject of a traumatic event,
you may experience flashbacks or
nightmares, have difficulty sleeping
or coping with everyday life, and
suffer from feelings of guilt,
depression or panic. Hypnotherapy
can help you with all of these,
including the longer term effects
of Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Traumatic incidents can overwhelm
the brain's ability to properly
process the information it received
during the event, and the symptoms
you might then suffer from can
be due to the brain continually
trying to make sense of what happened.
Hypnotherapy can help you to process
the memories of traumatic events
safely, allowing the brain to stop
continually re-evaluating them,
and thereby freeing you from the
effects of the trauma.
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Confident Childbirth and
pregnancy
Using hypnosis before, during
and after the birth
of a baby can
be extremely beneficial for both
mother and child. Studies have
shown that women using hypnosis
for childbirth require less medication,
have fewer complications and are
more likely to deliver healthier
babies.
Prior to the birth, hypnosis can
help you begin the bonding process
with your baby, and can help take
away some of the anxieties, worries
and fears you may have about labour
and the birth itself. Women who
use hypnosis for childbirth are
usually calmer and more relaxed
during the event, which can result
in an easier and more comfortable
birth, with less mental and physical
tiredness after your baby is born.
Babies born to mothers who use
hypnosis tend to cry less and eat
and sleep better.
Post-natal depression can affect
up to 1 in 7 mothers after they
give birth, and it can range from
mild 'baby blues' to more severe
levels of depression. Hypnotherapy
can also be very successful in
helping you to overcome these feelings
and be able to enjoy your new baby.
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Overcome anxiety/panic
As with phobias; fear, panic and
anxiety are the body's natural
reaction to a perceived threat
or danger. Adrenaline floods your
system and primes the body to react
with the 'fight or flight' response.
However, problems occur when someone
becomes oversensitive to normal
everyday occurrences. Panic and
anxiety attacks can be extremely
distressing for the sufferer, and
can have a very negative and debilitating
effect on their quality of life,
but there are ways in which I can
help you to overcome them.
You may know what triggers the
attacks you are experiencing (such
as with a phobia), or you may not
be aware of what causes them. Hypnotherapy
can help you to identify the trigger/s
and can help you re-educate your
unconscious mind to become less
sensitive to it/them.
...................................................................................................................................................................... Relaxation/managing stress
If you sometimes feel that things
are getting on top of you and that
you are unable to cope - perhaps
you have a demanding job, or are
going through a stressful
life event such as illness or moving
home, or maybe you're just trying
to juggle your family so that everybody
is happy - I can teach you some
very simple yet very effective
self-hypnosis and NLP techniques
that you can use at home in order
to reduce
your stress levels, and
increase your ability to relax whenever you need to.
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Work/sports/sexual performance
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be, whether sports, work or
sexually related, it is a commonly
held theory that a large proportion
of how well we perform is held
in our mind - up to 90% in
fact. Our thoughts and emotions
have a direct effect on the
way that our bodies respond.
Fears, doubts or pressure,
whether real or imagined, can
turn something that 'should'
be simple into a complete nightmare
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Problems
such as this can occur when we
allow our conscious mind to interfere
with our actions, rather than
trusting in our own ability. Hypnotherapy
can help you to maximise your
skills and build your confidence
and consistency. It also helps
you to focus and reach what the
professionals call 'the
zone' (which
is, in fact, a natural
trance state),
which effectively enables you to
'get out of your own way' and enjoy
giving your best performance.
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