Treatments
Menopause
I believe more and more women are looking for drug-free alternatives to help with the side effects of Menopause or to complement their HRT. Hypnotherapy can give women a sense of control over the physical changes the body is experiencing during menopause. By relaxing deeply with hypnosis, the subconscious mind is focused on cooling imagery to gain greater control over hot flashes. This is not just theory – clinical hypnosis has been proven to significantly reduce not just the experience of hot flashes but also physiological measures of hot flashes. Hypnotherapy can relieve menopause symptoms both in frequency and severity and improve overall physical and psychological wellbeing during menopause. Psychological symptoms such as anxiety, low mood, brain fog and irritability all respond very well to hypnotherapy and what is most pleasing is that it gives you back a sense of control over what is happening within your own body.
Here are 3 interesting articles for you to explore:
Tackling menopause with hypnotherapy - National Council for Hypnotherapy (hypnotherapists.org.uk)
Menopause: A breath of cool air relief - National Council for Hypnotherapy (hypnotherapists.org.uk)
Keep your cool through hypnotherapy - National Council for Hypnotherapy (hypnotherapists.org.uk)
Eating Disorders
Clients with eating disorders are very receptive to incorporating hypnotherapy into their therapy. Hypnotherapy is very helpful for those working on issues around fear and anxiety. Hypnotherapy help clients work on the fears and anxiety around food in order to be able to for example join their friend for a meal, go to the cafeteria for lunch, or go out for a meal with their family or just sit and finish a meal at home. Hypnotherapy helps identify situations that trigger food anxiety. I help clients to be brave and acknowledge their relationship with food and not to be afraid of it.
Hypnotherapy and the therapies that are a part of Hypnotherapy: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Verbal and Imaginative Restructuring are so helpful and affective when treating clients with eating disorders. One of my favourite uses of hypnotherapy is helping clients learn to view their story/narrative in new ways. I offer guided meditation THAT introduce new ways of viewing themselves, their body, and their life experience. This is a wonderful way to do body image work. While they are in a relaxed state I guide them to viewing themselves in a positive, loving light. This can be extremely powerful.
Exams Stress
The Pandemic has put stresses on our teenagers greater than we could have ever imagined. Exams, the economic environment and the uncertainty of the job market, social media, on-line learning, home schooling and social media have all piled on them. Few things in life seem certain for them right now. I use hypnotherapy and psychotherapy to help them put problems into perspective and build emotional resilience for now and in the future.
Depression
Depression can be successfully managed with Hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy has been shown to outperform other therapies in the management of depression.
Hypnotherapy treats the root cause and helps you develop better-coping behaviours. It will address your perception of the event that has caused you to become depressed with the aim to improve your self-esteem, mood and help you gain your independence back. It helps you tackle what triggers led to your depression, allowing you to move on.
Phobias and Addictions
Hypnotherapy can help you to permanently overcome your addictions and habits by reprogramming the mind’s reaction to the trigger. It can help you regain control of your thoughts and actions ensuring you make the right choices, it also helps alleviate the physical symptoms of addiction.
– Habits (nail-biting, picking)
– Tics (eye blinking, vocal tics)
Fear of Flying
The fear of flying, like all phobias, is a learned response. Hypnotherapy is a popular treatment method for fear of flying. It enables us to connect with the unconscious, which is often where the fear of flying is coming from. It aims to change our thoughts and behaviours associated with flying, making it a more positive experience.
Virtual Learning Isolation
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many schools have had to switch to virtual learning. Isolation is a common concern for students and educators. With social distancing, it’s even more difficult for home learners to be social. Hypnotherapy can help mitigate the impact this has on students, helping them figure out how to navigate reality and balance school and life boundaries long-term.
Stop smoking
Quitting smoking is a big challenge for a person to face, and they will often need more than just willpower. A great number of people find hypnotherapy for smoking an effective treatment. The method works to break the negative behaviours and thinking patterns associated with smoking; like smoking to relieve stress.
It is these negative thoughts and behaviours that often prevent people from successfully giving up. Hypnotherapy focuses on this change. I will support you and guide you through the process, you’re no longer alone in trying to give up smoking. Because of this, hypnotherapy is fast becoming one of the most popular forms of treatment.
Self-Harming
Many young adults today are using self-harming to cope with how they are feeling. I have worked with young adults who self-harm. I have helped them to develop a strength within themselves. It is easy to get overwhelmed in a pattern of negative thoughts. I work with students and help them break those cycles.
When stressed and anxious negative thoughts can increase. Through hypnotherapy I have been able to help young adults identify their strengths and abilities. I help them to learn resilience skills and how to manage their stress. They learn to focus on what they are good at and develop a strong sense of self. They become able to detach from their negative thoughts and learn to tackle their urges to self-harm.
Anxiety and Stress Relief
Hypnotherapy allows you to use the power of your own mind to manage stress and anxiety. It helps you enter and enjoy a deeply relaxed state, throwing off tension and see things more clearly along with possible solutions to problems. It also helps you achieve various healthy lifestyle changes that can reduce the amount of stress you encounter in your life.
Improving Confidence and Self-esteem
Hypnotherapy can help you improve your confidence and self-esteem and program yourself for success by increasing motivation and self-acceptance. Through the use of hypnosis, you will be able to reprogram your beliefs and goals in a more productive, useful way. Thus, improving your self-image and increasing your self-confidence.
Weight Management
Hypnotherapy can be highly effective in helping you to deal with any unhelpful habits that are formed around food. Solution Focused Therapy can help to put you into a more positive frame of mind that allows you to take better control of your eating habits.
We use a range of techniques together to help focus the mind on the positive outcomes of weight control. We take small achievable steps towards establishing those more sensible eat patterns that can become a natural part of a positive more self-confident pattern of everyday life.
Sleep problems
Hypnotherapy works with sleep disturbances by effortlessly guiding you into a state of deep relaxation, in which your subconscious mind can become open to positive suggestion and re-learn its natural capacity for sleep.
Public Speaking
The key to getting over the fear and anxiety of public speaking is building a true confidence in one’s self and the subject of the speech. I will work with you so you see public speaking in a more positive way, so that you stay strongly focused on your subject and your audience, leading to a much more rewarding experience.