WHAT IS CLINICAL HYPNOTHERAPY? AND WHAT PART DOES HYPNOSIS PLAY?

The most commonly accepted theory is that the mind has two parts, the conscious and the subconscious. During hypnosis, clinical hypnotherapists help their clients to reach their subconscious mind.

The hypnotic state is not nearly as mysterious as it sounds. People go into trancelike states all the time. For example, readers often become totally immersed in the pages of a good novel, cinema goers get so involved when watching a film that they may actually “jump” during a particularly scary part of the film and drivers may actually pass their junction to turn-off on the motorway while daydreaming. These day-to-day experiences are similar to the hypnotic state.

Psychologists and clinical hypnotherapists separate the trancelike state into three distinct stages. The first stage is a superficial trance. Although your eyes may be closed, you are very much aware of your surroundings, and unless instructed to the contrary, you'll remember the entire event. During this superficial stage, you can accept suggestions, such as giving up smoking, or eating less. But because the trance is so light, you may not act on the suggestions.

 The second stage--known as the alpha state--is significantly deeper. Your heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration slow, and the therapist can control your response to pain or allergies, or even alter your immune system. In the alpha stage, instructions to stop smoking can really be effective.

The third stage used mainly by psychiatrists, is deeper still. In this stage, you can be mentally directed back in time, remembering events from your past with extreme clarity.

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation

Whilst in 'hypnosis' you will be fully aware of what is happening and you will, at all times, be in total control.  Whilst in this relaxed state it will be possible to make truly beneficial therapeutic changes to help you to move positively forward with your life.


When can clinical hypnotherapy help?  

When can clinical hypnotherapy help?
Clinical Hypnotherapy can help with many different problems and can be a particularly powerful aid in:-

  • increasing levels of self-confidence

  • enhancing relaxation

  • improving the experience of childbirth through labour relaxation techniques

  • managing stress

  • overcoming panic attacks

  • losing weight

  • stopping smoking

  • passing driving tests

  • overcoming phobias and irrational fears including doctors, dentists, injections, spiders etc

  • passing exams

  • improving sports performance

  • helping to overcome unwanted habits, eg stopping biting nails; pulling out hair; chewing the skin round the finger nails

Clinical Hypnotherapy can also play a major role in helping to relieve physically debilitating conditions such as:-

  • irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

  • migraine headaches

If your particular symptom isn't listed, feel free to call or email to discuss your specific problem and we will be happy to help
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