Hypnotherapy

Modern hypnotherapy combines clinically proven techniques and a scientific understanding of how the brain works with the state of trance to help people make significant positive changes within relatively short periods of time.

Hypnosis is the bringing together of the conscious and subconscious minds in a trance state. It is a safe, powerful technique creating a deeply relaxed state of the body, mind and emotions. It is not sleep and you will remain totally in control at all times.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can help treat a significant array of debilitating issues including:

• stress
• anxiety and panic attacks
• insomnia and disturbed sleep
• chronic fatigue
• depression
• hypertension
• phobias
• weight gain
• chronic pain

Each session is likely to last 60 minutes. Sessions tend to provide a clear overview of the workings of the mind helping patients to understand how and why we can feel like areas of our life are out of our control, and what we can do about this.

Using the tool of hypnosis, clients are put into a relaxed state enabling them to have direct access to their subconscious mind. This is where our instinctive behaviour patterns and natural reactions are formed. Positive suggestion and imagery are used to focus on the behaviours that the client wishes to change.

The number of sessions required varies as it is dependent on the client's problem; however results tend to be fast, with only ten to fourteen sessions being needed on average.

Hypnotherapy is not regulated by UK law. Make sure you choose a qualified hypnotherapist who is registered with a recognised professional organisation such as:

• Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (APHP)
• British Association of Therapeutic Hypnotists & NLP Practitioners (BAThH)
• British Institute of Hypnotherapy & NLP (BIH)
• British Society of Clinical Hypnosis (BSCH)
• Corporation of Advanced Hypnotherapy (CAH)
• Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
• General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR)
• Hypnotherapy Association (HA)
• The National Hypnotherapy Society (HS)
• The National Hypnotherapy Association (HS)
• National Society of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (NSHP)
• International Association of Pure Hypnoanalysts (IAPH)
• The National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)
• British National Register of Advanced Hypnotherapists (NRAH)
• National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists (NRHP)
• United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

All hypnotherapists on the site have indicated they hold a relevant qualification. For added peace of mind it is advisable to check you are using a qualified hypnotherapist, and one that belongs to a professional organisation, which has its own code of standards and ethics.

Our Hypnotherapy description was kindly supplied by Amy Armstrong.