Hypnotherapy (sometimes called hypnotic suggestion) is a therapeutic practice that uses guided hypnosis to help a client reach a state of focussed attention and concentration and heightened suggestibility.
Here are a few of the more common difficulties that I can help you to overcome:
anxiety
phobias
smoking cessation
stress
insomnia
social anxiety
vaping cessation
golf and sports performance
Hypnotherapy is a valuable tool for managing stress and anxiety, offering a natural and transformative approach to fostering mental well-being. By working with the subconscious mind, it helps individuals address the root causes of their stress and anxiety, while also equipping them with healthier coping mechanisms. Here's how it can be particularly helpful:
Stress
Stress can manifest in both physical and mental forms, often disrupting daily life. Hypnotherapy addresses stress by:
- Promoting relaxation: Hypnosis induces a state of deep relaxation, reducing tension in the body and mind.
- Reframing perspectives: Through guided suggestion, hypnotherapy can help reframe negative thought patterns or overwhelming perceptions that contribute to stress.
- Encouraging resilience: Hypnotherapy can cultivate a greater sense of calm and control, enabling individuals to approach challenges with a more balanced mindset.
Anxiety
Anxiety often stems from past experiences, fear of the unknown or persistent negative thought loops. Hypnotherapy helps by:
- Identifying triggers: Hypnotherapy can uncover subconscious triggers that fuel anxiety, allowing individuals to confront and process these fears in a safe environment.
- Building positive associations: It can replace anxious responses with feelings of safety, confidence, and calm through positive reinforcement.
- Enhancing emotional control: Hypnotherapy empowers individuals to manage their emotional responses more effectively, reducing the intensity and frequency of anxiety episodes.
I will help you to address the underlying causes of stress and anxiety, hypnotherapy provides a gentle yet powerful way to restore balance and improve overall mental health. As a trained hypnotherapist I will use hypnotherapy combined with other supportive methods, such as mindfulness or cognitive-behavioural techniques to achieve the outcomes that you want. There is a growing body of evidence which shows that adding hypnosis to cognitive behavioural therapy improves outcomes.
It could be said that adding hypnosis “turbocharges” CBT.
Of all psychotherapies CBT has the strongest evidential backing and is now the treatment of choice under the NHS. CBT aims to change thoughts and behaviours to bring about positive changes. Research studies where CBT and hypnotherapy are applied together have shown that they are strongly complementary, and their effectiveness is raised many times when used in combination.
Hypnotherapy is an effective and holistic approach to addressing various issues, including insomnia and phobias. By utilizing the power of suggestion and guided relaxation, hypnotherapy helps individuals access their subconscious mind, where many unhelpful patterns and behaviours are rooted. Here's how it can be particularly beneficial for these challenges:
Insomnia
Sleep disorders like insomnia often stem from stress, anxiety or deeply ingrained habits. Hypnotherapy helps by:
- Encouraging relaxation: Hypnotherapy guides individuals into a deeply relaxed state, easing tension and promoting a sense of calm that is conducive to sleep.
- Addressing underlying causes: It works to uncover and resolve subconscious stressors or anxieties that might be disrupting sleep patterns.
- Reinforcing positive habits: Through suggestion, hypnotherapy can help establish new sleep-friendly habits and attitudes, such as winding down effectively before bedtime or cultivating a positive association with sleep.
Phobias
Phobias are often rooted in fear responses encoded in the subconscious mind and hypnotherapy can help by:
- Reprogramming fear responses: By accessing the subconscious, hypnotherapy can alter the way an individual responds to a specific trigger, reducing or even eliminating the phobic reaction.
- Building confidence: Hypnotherapy can instil a sense of calm and control, empowering individuals to face situations or objects they once feared.
- Reducing anxiety: The relaxing nature of hypnosis itself can help lessen the anxiety often associated with phobias, paving the way for a healthier mindset.
Overall, hypnotherapy offers a safe and non invasive method for addressing insomnia and phobias, helping individuals regain control and improve their quality of life. It should always be conducted by a qualified hypnotherapist to ensure the best possible results.
Scientific research studies have shown that hypnotherapy is effective in treating anxiety, phobias, smoking cessation, stress as well as supporting behaviour/habit changes, confidence building and sports performance.
So what are you waiting for contact me to find out how I can help you.
Hypnotherapy can help with a huge number of issues and whilst I am trained in all of these areas I choose to specialise in a limited number, which enables me to provide the best possible service to clients. My specialist areas of work are Stress and Anxiety, Smoking/Vaping Cessation, Insomnia, Phobias and Mental Skills for Golf and sports performance, just give me a call to discuss your needs.
TESTIMONIALS
R, Cheshire
Craig was empathetic to my phobia and the impact it was having and never made me feel silly or stupid. Craig was keen to agree an achievable goal at the outset and was able to gauge my levels of unease /distress throughout our sessions and modify things accordingly. Craig was also realistic and focused on what would make the biggest positive difference, in the therapy time that we had together. Having lived with my phobia for 50 years I am amazed at what a positive change can be achieved in a few sessions and how determined I am not to slip back to my old behaviours and responses. Thank you.
G, Cheshire
Craig spent time explaining the process of hypnotherapy to me so I fully understood what it was and wasn't, I was quite sceptical about hypnosis beforehand and wasn't sure whether it would actually work. The sessions were really useful and I also undertook some exercises that Craig suggested outside of the sessions including listening to a recording that Craig had prepared and this has really helped me to control my anxiety, thank you.
J, Cheshire
A very professional approach, I was a little sceptical it would work, but a few days in from the session and I am happy to say "I am a Non Smoker". Its not a miracle treatment, you really need to be ready to stop, but having tried many other ways this was, to me, my last chance and I'm very pleased with the result.
M, Cheshire
Morning Craig. Just wanted to say a massive thank you. Today I am a week of no vape, no caffeine and no alcohol and feeling great. Cravings weren’t anywhere near as bad as I thought they would be. Thanks again and happy to recommend.