Despite what you may have seen on TV, hypnotherapy is not about swinging a fob watch in front of your face until you feel verrrrry sleepy. Nor is it about making you cluck like a chicken for the amusement of your friends.
A hypnotic state occurs naturally in everyone. Ever driven home and then realised you don’t know how you got there? Or been so engrossed in what you're doing, you've blocked out everything else? This is a trance state.
Hypnotherapy uses this trance state to make real changes to our thoughts and behaviour. For more information see 'How can Hypnotherapy and EFT help me?'
How does it work? Well, your brain is a powerful tool. If I asked you to imagine biting into a lemon... go on imagine it now. You may feel a shudder or perhaps you'd screw your face up and your mouth would start to water. In reality there is no lemon, but your brain doesn’t need something to be real in order to react.
Perhaps just thinking about that important presentation you have to give, literally brings you out in a cold sweat. Or the thought of being in the same room as a spider sends shivers down your spine. The thought of something can be so strong, it creates a physical reaction as if it were real.
Hypnotherapy taps into the unconcious mind to release fears and limiting beliefs and encourage more useful ways of thinking and behaving.
It is not a magic wand, it cannot make you do something you don’t really want to do, you won’t stop smoking if you don’t want to. It is a process that involves working together to achieve your goals. This involves learning self-hypnosis and using techniques between sessions.
My role is to guide you in making the changes you want.
Holly had a fear of driving, this is what she had to say after 4 sessions;
"Just thought i'd give you a driving update... Well... I just got back from my third refresher driving lesson, and this week I drove all the way home! I even enjoyed it : ) I had to drive down Ealing Broadway.. which is the first main road I've driven on in about 6 years!!
I just wanted to say thank you so much for helping me. I really do feel 100% better about driving now, I don't feel frightened by it anymore.. still a bit nervous at the beginning of each lesson, but by the end I love it. So thank you!"