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Hypnotherapy For Insomnia

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Having trouble sleeping can be really distressing and frustrating. You go to bed, wishing for a good nights sleep and then lay awake for hours, tossing and turning, becoming more and more anxious about getting to sleep. Or perhaps you drop off to sleep quite easily, and then awake at some unsociable hour and can’t get back to sleep. Either way, the result is that you may feel tired, emotional, irrational and not able to function in a way that you would like to in daily life.

Most people have had problems getting to sleep at some time or another and often this is due to specific worries or concerns, such as having a speech to give, an interview to face or being in new or unfamiliar surroundings. If you suffer from a sleep problem that affects your everyday life, it is advisable to first seek advice from your G.P to rule out any underlying physical cause.

As a Hypnotherapist, in Hertfordshire, I am constantly developing the tools and knowledge that I have to help people manage and overcome insomnia. On a more personal level, I myself have experienced sleep problems in the past, so this is an area, which is close to my heart. In this article I share ways in which hypnotherapy, Herts, can help people that cant sleep due to overthinking.

What I often notice about client’s, who present with sleep problems, is that they are thinkers. If I could identify, one cause in their inability to sleep well, it would be over-thinking. This may be thinking about problems from daily life that need solving or even thinking about sleeping!

Hypnotherapy, Herts can be useful in overcoming sleep problems in several ways. One way, it that hypnotherapy, can be used is to break the pattern of over-thinking at bed-time. This is important because falling off to sleep naturally and easily, is not a conscious act. Our unconscious mind is responsible for knowing how to sleep. In fact, it will have stored memories for how to sleep well and also how to sleep badly. We can’t think ourselves to sleep, in the same way that we can think our way through other problems. During hypnosis, Hypnotherapists, Herts, can help you recall times of good quality, restful sleep and make suggestions for you to experience high quality sleep again. Strategies are also taught which can help you to reduce over-thinking.

In addition, hypnotherapy can also help you to relax and let go off distracting thoughts. Learning how to let go in this way, can enable most people having sleep troubles, to sleep well again. Through hypnosis, clients are supported in planning for a good nights sleep, and cues for sleep are given and associated with activities that you usually do in order to prepare for bed. Suggestions are given in an open and permissive manner, in a way that avoids any resistance from the unconscious mind. For some people, being given suggestions to try to stay awake is the key to overcoming resistance and can break the pattern of consciously trying to sleep.

If you are having sleep problems, hypnotherapy can help you sleep naturally again. Until you have booked your session, why not try the technique below. I have personally found this technique very useful for getting off to sleep when I am kept awake by a busy mind.

Try the following: anytime a sentence begins to form in your mind, stop it in its tracks and separate and deal with each word individually. I like to imagine an invisible conveyor belt, delivering my thoughts that I can stop when I want. Take each word, and examine them one by one. You may want to ask yourself whether the word is anxiety provoking, if you are feeling anxious (once you break down the sentence into words, you can usually find that any emotional associations go) and then let the word float away, or be filed away, whatever works for you. You can then move onto the next word. This technique works by slowing down racing and repetitive thoughts and reducing the emotions they can cause. This help to induce a relaxed state, allowing sleep to happen. You may want to couple this technique with a relaxed breathing process. I find it useful to concentrate on the sound made from breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth. By focusing on the sounds only, it is possible to quiet your mind.

Karen Hastings is a Hypnotherapist, Herts and Master NLP practitioner. Karen provides Hypnotherapy, in Hertfordshire. She is also an NHS experienced Occupational Therapist and uses cognitive approaches and hypnotherapy to treat a wide range of emotional, behavioural and psychological problems. Visit http://www.karenhastings.co.uk

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Stage Hypnosis versus Hypnotherapy – More Methods Revealed

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In a previous article I exposed some of the methods used by stage hypnotists and how he got members of an audience to step up on the stage and be ready to do anything the hypnotist asked of him or her.

For example, there will always be those who pretend to by hypnotised or who simply want to make a fool of the hypnotist in front of their friends. But a good stage hypnotist will be well aware of this and look for signs that will weed out those problem makers.

He may have a stooge in the audience who will secretly point out to him anyone who is misbehaving behind his back. Or, another possible sign is the audience laughing at something that is happening that the hypnotist does not see

So following the direction where the audience is looking, will tell him who is going to cause him problems and steel the limelight. Those people are quickly asked to return to their seats in the audience.

So on with the show. The hypnotist will then carry out his act appearing to hypnotise at will and getting his subjects to perform funny, but harmless acts in front of the audience.

It should be noted that NOBODY will respond to any form of SUGGESTION that is OBNOXIOUS or against his or her MORAL CONVICTIONS!

No stage hypnotist would risk his reputation by giving a suggestion to anyone knowing that that person would object to carrying it out. For example, it would be very risky to suggest to an attractive woman that she should physically take her clothes off. Ok, there are women who would gladly do that in front of an audience, but the hypnotist would not know that and would, therefore, avoid such a suggestion.

You will also note that religion is NEVER included in a performance by a stage hypnotist.

It should also be noted that in any audience, there are a small number of people who would be happy to go on stage and do silly things to get a laugh. Go to any holiday camp and you will see performers calling up on stage members of an audience and having them do silly things. There are clowns in every audience and the stage is a perfect vehicle for them, with or WITHOUT hypnosis as an excuse.

Genuine Hypnosis or Not! (to be continued – see my next article in this series or contact me)

Genuine Hypnosis or Not!

So are those volunteers on the stage genuinely hypnotised. The answer is a – Yes and No. Some are in such a deep trance that they are genuinely hypnotised. Those people usually cannot remember what they have done immediately after a show, but do remember as time passes by. (Of course, some people who do remember, say they do not because they want to cover their tracks with their friends and family to avoid embarrassment).

Others will NOT be hypnotised, but pretend they are.

I watched a show once and one woman was certainly under hypnosis whereas there was a man who was obviously not. The hypnotist got only a few laughs from the woman and made full use of the man as he was willing to do virtually anything to raise a laugh.

It should be noted that an ethical hypnotist will always establish normality, at the end of his act, in his subjects, regardless of whether he believes it necessary or not.

Ok, enough about stage hypnosis and now to Hypnotherapy.

Now for the boring part of this article.

What does a Hypnotherapist do? He or she helps people to live a normal and happy life. The definition of the word – normal – has to be left up to you for it is how you want to live your life that is normal.

A Hypnotherapist will be educated in both the application and use of hypnosis and also in the application of psychology in the form of psychotherapy.

Good Hypnotherapists have an arsenal of techniques and therapies at his or her disposal. The importance of recognising every client as an individual with his or her own personal characteristics, life experiences and most importantly a way of dealing with problems, cannot be emphasised enough.

Hypnotherapists are there to help and not to make a client feel foolish. An important requirement for any Hypnotherapist is a caring, kind and understanding nature. The need to help others is a bonus.

Also important is the training a Hypnotherapist receives. Any course taken MUST include the psychology aspect of treating clients. The reason simply being that a Hypnotherapist treats psychological problems and he or she must understand human behaviour. It is not necessary to hold a degree in psychology, but knowledge of most forms of psychology is important.

A typical treatment given by a Hypnotherapist would be:

1. A consultation when an overall assessment of a the presenting problem is taken. The consultation must include questions on family background, medication, past illnesses and a host of other things. Near the end of the consultation, the Hypnotherapist may or may not include a short session of hypnosis to boost confidence in the client and in the therapy to be given.

2. On the next session the Hypnotherapist will then use an appropriate therapy. Sometimes it includes hypnosis and sometimes a non-hypnosis technique such as Guided Imagery. If the Hypnotherapist considers it appropriate, he or she may just use this session to talk through the problem.

3. Subsequent sessions are then conducted to bring about a solution to the problem.

At no time would an ethical Hypnotherapist produce a situation where the client becomes reliant on the therapy of therapist. The goal of a Hypnotherapist is to guide the client towards self-reliance when he or she is in full control of the life he or she wants to lead.

Hypnotherapy can be used to treat almost, but not all, psychological ailments.

I hope the above helps you recognise the difference between what is perceived as stage hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. One entertains and is not what it appears to be and the other is used for healing.

Footnote: Please note that in the above article I have used the male gender throughout, but this is for easy reading and does not exclude female hypnotists or hypnotherapists.

Robert Shields teaches Hypnotherapy and his own unique Fear Elimination Therapy (remove phobias in minutes). Teaching Hypnotherapists since 1986 his
30-lesson diploma course costs $197.97 or UKP98.00. Includes a money-back guarantee. Full details at:

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How Hypnotherapy Birthing Techniques Began

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The fame of birthing hypnotherapy, the Mongan method, is spreading fast by word of mouth, simply because it works so well, and that’s how it has always spread. When Marie Mongan had her first baby, she had read the book ‘Childbirth Without Fear’ by Grantly Dick-Reed and practiced the techniques it taught. She had her first baby in hospital as was the generally accepted practice in America, then as now, and when she arrived she announced to the nurse that she was planning to have a natural birth. With a superior smirk the nurse maintained that she would ‘soon be screaming like the rest of them’ and left her alone in a room with a clock so that she could ‘time her pains’. Husbands certainly were not allowed. Marie used the techniques she had practiced and eventually felt the need to push, so she rang the bell for the nurse who came and announced that she couldn’t possibly want to push yet. Grudgingly she examined her, and saw the baby’s head beginning to emerge. At this point it was the nurse who panicked, told Marie to cross her legs and pant, bundled her onto a trolley, and rushed her down the corridor to the delivery room where she was transferred to a hard surgical couch, legs put in stirrups, and wrists strapped to the couch. A chloroform mask was placed on her face, and the next thing she knew was that she came round and there was a baby lying in a cradle beside her with forceps marks on his head. She had simply been caught up in the hospital protocols of the day. She was a mixture of furious, disappointed and upset, and then exactly the same thing happened when her second baby arrived. By the time she was pregnant for the third time she was wise to the ways of current obstetrical practice and insisted that her obstetrician give orders that she be allowed to birth in the natural way that she had planned. With the knowledge that she has gained since she would probably have opted for a home birth. The obstetrician agreed, and then she dropped the bombshell that she wanted to have her husband there too. In those days this was completely unknown, but she stuck to her guns and eventually obtained permission. When she went into labour, she found people coming and looking round the door of her room to see this strange phenomenon of a woman who planned to give birth naturally, and that was exactly what she did. Her daughter was born in a calm and natural delivery with no drugs and no pain. When that daughter grew up and became pregnant, Marie taught her what she had done for her own birth and, in addition, the hypnotherapy birth techniques that she had subsequently learned, and it worked again. Her daughter gave birth calmly and naturally with no drugs and no pain. Of course all her friends were of an age to be having babies, and they wanted to know about these wonderful and effective techniques too, so Marie taught them. And so it spread, and spread, and spread by word of mouth, simply because women wanted it because it worked. That was sixteen years ago in America, and it spread throughout America and Canada, and then, about six years ago Marie came to England and taught, and the effect was exactly the same. It spread by word of mouth because it works and women want it. And that’s how it still spreads, which is the best way of all, and the hypnosis for birth is causing a positive revolution in the practice of childbirth in this country, and in the expectations and experience of pregnant women.

The fame of birthing hypnotherapy, the Mongan method, is spreading fast by word of mouth, simply because it works so well, and that’s how it has always spread.

When Marie Mongan had her first baby, she had read the book ‘Childbirth Without Fear’ by Grantly Dick-Reed and practiced the techniques it taught. She had her first baby in hospital as was the generally accepted practice in America, then as now, and when she arrived she announced to the nurse that she was planning to have a natural birth. With a superior smirk the nurse maintained that she would ‘soon be screaming like the rest of them’ and left her alone in a room with a clock so that she could ‘time her pains’. Husbands certainly were not allowed.

Marie used the techniques she had practiced and eventually felt the need to push, so she rang the bell for the nurse who came and announced that she couldn’t possibly want to push yet. Grudgingly she examined her, and saw the baby’s head beginning to emerge. At this point it was the nurse who panicked, told Marie to cross her legs and pant, bundled her onto a trolley, and rushed her down the corridor to the delivery room where she was transferred to a hard surgical couch, legs put in stirrups, and wrists strapped to the couch. A chloroform mask was placed on her face, and the next thing she knew was that she came round and there was a baby lying in a cradle beside her with forceps marks on his head. She had simply been caught up in the hospital protocols of the day.

She was a mixture of furious, disappointed and upset, and then exactly the same thing happened when her second baby arrived.

By the time she was pregnant for the third time she was wise to the ways of current obstetrical practice and insisted that her obstetrician give orders that she be allowed to birth in the natural way that she had planned. With the knowledge that she has gained since she would probably have opted for a home birth. The obstetrician agreed, and then she dropped the bombshell that she wanted to have her husband there too. In those days this was completely unknown, but she stuck to her guns and eventually obtained permission.

When she went into labour, she found people coming and looking round the door of her room to see this strange phenomenon of a woman who planned to give birth naturally, and that was exactly what she did. Her daughter was born in a calm and natural delivery with no drugs and no pain.

When that daughter grew up and became pregnant, Marie taught her what she had done for her own birth and, in addition, the hypnotherapy birth techniques that she had subsequently learned, and it worked again. Her daughter gave birth calmly and naturally with no drugs and no pain. Of course all her friends were of an age to be having babies, and they wanted to know about these wonderful and effective techniques too, so Marie taught them. And so it spread, and spread, and spread by word of mouth, simply because women wanted it because it worked.

That was sixteen years ago in America, and it spread throughout America and Canada, and then, about six years ago Marie came to England and taught, and the effect was exactly the same. It spread by word of mouth because it works and women want it. And that’s how it still spreads, which is the best way of all, and the hypnosis for birth is causing a positive revolution in the practice of childbirth in this country, and in the expectations and experience of pregnant women.

Anna Barrington writes for The Hypnobirthing Centre. Katharine Graves teaches hypnotherapy birth techniques hypnotherapy birth in and around London.

For more information about courses and bookings please visit hypnosis for birth classes.

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Quit Smoking Today Using Hypnotherapy

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It is very well known that stopping smoking tobacco products and remaining as a non smoker is a severely laborious undertaking – physically managing to break the repeated pattern of lighting cigarette after cigarette is a very tough thing to manage and requires a tremendous amount of willpower.

When an individual is addicted to the nicotine from smoking, they become dependent into different and distinct ways – Psychologically as well as Physically. The physical dependency embodies your bodys craving for nicotine. Once you start craving for nicotine your body begins to experience symptoms of withdrawal, sometimes this can make you feel lit is becoming an insurmountable undertaking to convert into a person who doesn’t smoke tobacco. Hypnosis may assist you with these symptoms in two different styles -The first thing it can achieve is it can serve to assure your brain that it does not crave an intake of nicotine from a cigarette. This of course will help but occasionally you may still be experiencing occasional nicotine cravings – The hypnotherapy treatment sessions will give you techniques to aid relaxation as well , these techniques will help fight against the craving for nicotine and the feeling of depression it can leave you with!

Virtually all people who have quit their own smoking habit will readily inform you that the single most difficult aspect of breaching the smoking cycle is getting over the psychological portion of your nicotine dependency – The psychological and mind altering facets of your smoking habit. Best-known as conditional response this will involve making alterations changing to your day-to-day routine. Whether that would normally be sneaking outdoors for a smoke during your lunch break from work or your final cigarette at nighttime prior to being able to unwind sufficiently to go to sleep. These cycles all have to be checked. Frequently tobacco users may discover themselves lighting up a cigarette out of sheer habit more than due to the actual need to smoke. This is one the grounds that a lot of people employing nicotine patches or nicotine gum go wrong as though these assist with the physical nicotine cravings they don’t support you in getting the better of your smoking habit as the act of lighting a cigarette is very often a subconscious decision.

Hypnotherapy as a component part of your stop smoking plan serves in keeping your motivation levels high – The hypnotherapy treatment is able to assist in reinforcing your willpower and the self determination that brought about desire to stop smoking to begin with. Once more relaxation methods which you were shown as a component of your hypnotherapy sessions will also assists with these.

Naturally you can if you wish get in contact with a local hypnotherapy clinic to assist you but don’t forget that there are numerous other choices available to you. For instance there are several compact discs, or digital audio courses that you are able to purchase online that will instruct you with tips for relaxation at home. You’ll likewise discover that there are several downloadable audio products obtainable that can be loaded onto your portable MP3 player, CD player maybe even your mobile phone so that you will be able to play the tips and instructions wherever you may be at your personal convenience.

Perhaps you feel that you are sliding somewhat and you really crave for a smoke. You’ll be able to slip your earphones on and hear some restful and motivational advice – A huge encouragement for your projected aim in becoming an “Ex-Smoker!”

Jackie is the owner of
www.smokinghelper.com a website which aims to provide help, information,
tips and advice to people who are trying to stop smoking and beat
nicotine addiction.

Stop smoking today and change your life forever!

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Hypnotherapy for Confidence:-

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Confidence is a commodity that not many of us possess but all of us require. You need confidence to approach the other kids in the play ground and you need confidence to appear for your first job interview. At every step of the way confidence helps you to achieve what you want provided of course that you are motivated enough to do it.

Confidence in one’s own abilities is something that is in very short supply. You will never find a confident person who does not have a basis to stand on. But there are innumerable people out there who have all the degrees and the necessary attributes to be successful people but the only thing that stands between them and success is a lack of confidence.

Being confident does not mean that you have to over bearing or that you need to be highly extroverted. Being extroverted or gregarious does not necessarily mean that you are confident. It simply means that you have certain abilities of being friendly or that you like getting attention but it certainly does not mean that you have a lot of confidence.

Confidence comes from a belief in ones self and ones own abilities. Confidence is a byproduct of the ability to see ones own true self as others see you and to see your own true self a shaving a certain amount of worth and standing in the overall scheme of things.

Being a person who has often been called confident I can safely tell you that confidence does not come from outside it comes from within. You have to believe in your self to feel confident and then and only the will you radiate true self confidence.

Hypnosis is a technique of unleashing the potential of positive thinking. Often for various reasons our own estimation of our selves as human beings is peppered with self doubt and question marks. Hypnosis helps to remove all those doubts and question marks from your mind and gives you the self confidence to reach a level of success that you always thought impossible.

A hypnotherapist helps you t o relax your mind so that you are able to reach a state of subconscious alertness. Once you are in this state of subconscious alertness you will be more receptive to suggestions that your conscious mind has been making and which your hypnotherapist will attempt to explain to you. No hypnotherapist can make you do anything that you as an individual do not want to do. No one can make you rob a bank or hold up a grocery store against your will.

Hypnosis helps you by implanting the positive seeds in your mind and by giving you the necessary impetus to achieve the most out of life. If you find that you are able to generate you r own confidence then there’s nothing like it. But for those of you who are unable to do so you need to make things absolutely clear to your self and you need to use hypnotherapy for that. So go ahead and try it. It will change you r life.

Terry Doherty works all over the UK working extensively with individual and business clients helping clients to stop smoking, manage weight, manage stress, become more confident and helping change many other behavioural issues. Terry uses the latest techniques of hypnosis, NLP and life coaching skills for profound change. He can be reached at www.mind-works.co.uk

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How Hypnotherapy Can Help With Skin Problems and Skin Conditions

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Our largest and most visible organ is the skin.

It is the boundary, the interface between our physical self and all that is beyond that self.

Because of this, our skin is also one of the main areas – along with the digestive tract – that an emotional call for help is registered.

In fact, though skin problems and skin conditions may indeed have a physical origin, they also very often have a distinct psychological component too.

Rashes, reddening, inflamation, soreness and pimples, eczema, pruritus or itching, psoriasis, acne – all are indications that something inside needs readjusting and rebalancing. And this can be and frequently is psychological and emotional in nature.

The first thing to do with any persistent skin problem, of course, is to visit your doctor in order to make sure that it is not a symptom of something more serious.

Yet what remains if you have already done this and still the condition persists? What if you have already tried the potions and lotions, the ointments and creams, the steroids and antibiotics and the UV treatments – and still there is no improvement?

Well then maybe it is time to look a little deeper inside.

Are you feeling stressed, anxious, angry, guilty, resentful, upset? Might there perhaps be some underlying emotional factor at work here?

Though the skin problem may indeed have its origins in the physical – a viral or bacterial infection, for example – why is it that our own immune system appears to be incapable of dealing with it?

We know that the skin is on display wherever we go. It’s there as we interact with our world and with everything in it. And because of this, we are more acutely aware of skin outbreaks and eruptions than we might otherwise be.

When skin problems persist for any length of time and they fail to respond to conventional treatment, then we need to look elsewhere.

We might be wise to at least consider whether the feeling that we have lost control over our skin – of the way we interact and interface with the world – might possibly be an accurate relection of what is actually happening insde.

We need to consider whether our skin may be reacting to the way we react to our self – or to our life.

If this is the case, then an excellent way to tackle the problem is through advanced therapeutic hypnotherapy.

After all, it is the unconscious mind that controls the autonomic nervous system and the many processes that affect and influence the immune system. And hypnosis works hand in hand with the autonomic nervous system.

With properly applied advanced therapeutic hypnotherapy, once the actual origins of the internal imbalance have been treated and neutralized, the individual is then taught visualisation techniques that can calm and quell the symptoms of such imbalance – the skin problems themselves.

Using the advanced techniques of modern transformational hypnotherapy, the individual’s subconscious mind is helped to re-balance and readjust internal functioning.

In expert hands, hypnotherapy can be really effective in gaining relief from many skin problems and skin conditions, including eczema, psoriasis, acne, pruritus and even warts.

Skillfully applied advanced hypnotherapy can greatly assist you, helping you to improve your skin and returning you to your birthright – clear, glowing, problem-free skin with which to greet the world.

Peter Field is a leading British hypnotherapist, with busy clinics in both Birmingham and London, England. He is the author of numerous articles on psychotherapy, hypnosis and health; a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health. For more of his interesting articles, helpw with skin conditions and other helpful information, please visit his website: Peter Field Hypnotherapy Hypnosis

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Hypnotherapy Manchester What is Hypnosis

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Hypnosis is not a state of deep sleep. It does involve the induction of a trance-like condition, but while in this state of deep relaxation, the patient is actually in an enhanced state of awareness, concentrating completely on the hypnotist\’s voice. In this state, the premeditated mind is suppressed and the subconscious mind is revealed.

The therapist is able to suggest ideas, concepts and lifestyle adaptations to the patient, the seeds of which become firmly planted.

Exaggerated news stories, stage hypnotists and general gossip have given the illusion that you lose control in hypnosis. Really, once hypnotized, you are relaxed and also focused – furthermore able to choose to get up & walk away at any time. You choose to give your attention to the hypnotherapist, and you can withdraw it at any time.

Actually recent understanding of hypnotherapy and hypnosis completely contradicts these misconceptions on several issues. Subjects in a hypnotic trance have absolute free will. And also they\’re not really in a semi-sleep state as they are experience a deep inner focus and relaxation.

Hypnosis is a totally natural state of mind. As soon as you are under hypnosis you will feel very relaxed, just like that wonderful feeling while you are tired lying in your bed late at night and also you are so overcome with comfort that you may wish the moment could last forever. Through simple hypnotic, calming techniques you can easily attain this state at which time it becomes easy, with the help of a trained hypnotherapist, to visualise yourself becoming healthy and happy and more confident.

For several thousands years, various cultures from around the globe have used different means to produce a trance state, for instance meditation has been the centre point for many religions for thousands of years. Hypnosis used to be referred to as \’mesmerism\’, after Austrian doctor Franz Mesmer, who believed in a force that he called “animal magnetism”. The term hypnosis originally comes from “hypnos”, the Greek word for sleep.

In hypnosis the conscious mind is happy to take a \’back seat\’ to allow the therapist to talk directly to the automatic subconscious, safe in the knowledge that it can intervene at any point if it so chooses. In this way it can be said that all hypnosis is self-hypnosis as you allow yourself to be hypnotised.

There is no evidence that anybody has ever become locked in the hypnotic state.. The worst that might happen could be that you fall asleep.

Hypnosis has also been used to access what some believe are “repressed” memories of events which they have shut out of their conscious memory to avoid distressing and painful memories. Some people have used hypnosis to access memories of previous lives which are otherwise hidden to the person. It has never been demonstrated that such memories are genuine.

Mark Boardman BSc dip.hyp
Hypnotherapy Manchester
Manchester Hypnotherapy

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Hypnotherapy and Healing

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Hypnotherapy is a form of therapy that is rapidly growing in popularity. Used for everything from obesity and terminal illness to quitting smoking and curing phobias it’s not hard to see why this seemingly mystical method of treatment is attracting so much attention.

This article will examine the practice of Hypnotherapy and its effectiveness in making changes to both conscious and unconscious behavioral processes.

Unconscious and Conscious Minds

Hypnotherapy is based on the principle that we have two ‘minds’. As science confirms, we have a left hemisphere that deals with logic and thought processes and a right hemisphere that is not logical but emotional and governs such processes as creativity.

Hypnotherapists recognize that the cause of a lot of problems such as phobias and the associations that cause us to smoke or overeat are a result of miscommunication and misrepresentation of certain aspects of reality within our minds.

Inducing a State That Is Conducive To Healing

Hypnotherapy then recognizes that if a certain mental state is produced, commands or directions can be interpreted in a way as to powerfully effect the mind of the client.

If you were to try to convince someone to stop smoking you would find it difficult because you would have to penetrate their thinking and logic (that causes them to smoke) and influence the emotional part of the brain enough that it would create a command to itself to stop smoking.

While this can be done it is rarely successful and relies on many factors being present in the client. Hypnotherapists achieve this goal by inducing a ‘trance’ or a mental state in a client that is conducive to this positive change.

Through various means of communication the therapist will distract the logical thinking mind and without the patient’s recognition, implant a command into the unconscious mind that will cause behavioral change.

Because it seems to passive and lacking in force, the patient generally receives the treatment well and assuming the therapist does everything correctly, the treatment is successful.

Milton Erickson

Milton Erickson is considered to be one of the foremost pioneers in the field of hypnotherapy. There are many accounts of his ability to cure patients of varying types of inflictions with his creative use of language and ability to induce powerful trances in even clients who were non believers in the power of hypnosis.

One story is recounted of how Erickson cured a man who had needed to urinate every 30 minutes for the past 20 years. The man came to Erickson after reportedly having seen 100 physicians and even 4 supposed hypnotherapists, none of whom could achieve the appropriate causative outcome.

Through an intense one and a half hour talk where he utilized many of the key aspects of hypnosis, the man left Erickson’s office and walked back to his home and began going about his day. It wasn’t long before he noticed it had been 6 hours since he had needed to urinate.

Andrew Hansen is an entrepreneur, author and personal development trainer. He runs a website dedicated to personal growth that provides tips, information and advice on attaining the level of success that you’re worthy of in all areas of your life. For more information on hypnotherapy please see hypnotherapy

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How Do Hypnotherapy and Tft Work so Fast?

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When it comes to relieving stress, anxiety, fears and phobias, there are treatments that are medical and there are treatments that are alternative. The medical treatments offer the huge possibility of side effects and only work in a small sector of the population for an extended period of time. On the other hand, hypnotherapy when combined with TFT, offers quick results in as little as a few minutes, in some cases, and the results are lasting without the chance of side effects.

 

At the heart of TFT, or thought field therapy, are taps to the skin. These taps are manipulated on certain areas of the body where negative thoughts and feelings rise to the surface. When battling with anxiety, stress, fears and phobias, these negative feelings rise to the surface and are tapped out to balance the Qi. But, in order for TFT to work, the patient must first know the source of the negative feelings.

 

This need for a source is where hypnotherapy comes into play. When TFT is utilized for a patient, they must be thinking about the source of their anxiety, stress, fear or phobia. If that source is unknown, the negative feelings can not rise to the surface and the treatment will be ineffective. Hypnotherapy opens these minds wide through hypnosis to allow the hypnotherapist to find the source of the negative feelings of anxiety, stress, fear or phobia. Once that source is located, the hypnotherapist is able to speak with the patient about the source and thus provide the needed knowledge to bring the negative feelings to the surface.

 

Once the negative feelings are on the surface of the body, the TFT specialist can tap out the feelings and bring the Qi back into focus. This can take mere minutes and the patient will leave the combination session with the relief they have been searching for, for so very long without a medical prescription and a thesis on side effects.

 

The tapping takes place at what are termed meridian points. These meridian points are located on the upper sections of the body and the hands. Only those trained in the specialized TFT will know the exact locations of these meridian points and be able to effectively treat anxiety, stress, fear and phobias in minutes. While there may be many doctors who claim to be trained in TFT or other therapies based upon tapping on certain points of the body, only Roger Callahan (the founder of TFT) offers the true TFT training.

 

Many patients simply do not understand the alternative therapies available for them today and the methods by which these therapies provide such quick and lasting relief. When it comes to anxiety, stress, fear and phobias, the source feelings are very strong. Anyone who has been in a stressful situation understands how strong these feelings can be by the body’s quick reaction to the feelings. This strength of emotion is at the heart of the quick treatment. Unlike other patient complaints, anxiety, stress, fear and phobias are the most easily treated due to the sheer power of the emotions surrounding the patient. Once they have tuned in to these feelings the TFT methods will work quickly to smooth out the negative Qi and balance the flow for the better.

 

When all other therapies have failed, or you simply want to try an alternative therapy before taking the chance on the medical treatments will thousands of side effects, the combination hypnotherapy / TFT session can move those negative feelings out of the body in minutes, not weeks or months and the therapies are all natural and lasting.

Terry Doherty works all over the UK working extensively with individual and business clients helping them to stop smoking, manage weight, manage stress, become more confident and help create generative change. Terry uses the latest techniques of hypnosis, NLP and life coaching skills for profound change. Contact him at http://www.mind-works.co.uk

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Hypnotherapy for Smoking Cessation: When Other Remedies Fail

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For many people, smoking is a habit they wish to break, but just can not seem to let go of. Smoking fills the body with harmful cancer causing toxins that can lead a normal, healthy individual down the path of a variety of cancers and other ailments in no time flat. But, when all else fails, alternative medicine may be that light at the end of the tunnel. Hypnotherapy is an all natural, safe alternative to the medications on the market that just do not work the way hypnosis works.

 

Alternative medicine, such as hypnotherapy, is a great solution to a problem that is about more than just taking that next puff. Stopping smoking means a person can regain their life back and have more free time than they ever thought possible. But, in order to regain that freedom, the habit needs to be broken from the inside out. Hypnotherapy is unique in that it rids the mind of the need to smoke and thus makes the smoker feel less like having a puff of tobacco if at all. You are in control and you have the ability, once again, to choose whether or not you want to smoke. That control is the key to quitting smoking.

 

Tobacco contains nicotine, and just like any other addictive drug, nicotine leads the person to believe that not only want another cigarette, but they need that cigarette. This need can be addressed on the mental level. A hypnotherapist can break down those walls of addiction and reprogram the mind to believe that smoking is not the right choice. This reprogramming is often done in one simple session. There are no drugs, no harmful side effects, just cleaner lungs and a reduced chance of contracting tobacco related illnesses.

 

The smoker often chooses the more traditional therapies before trying hypnosis as a last straw effort. The benefits of hypnosis for smoking cessation are far greater than any smoker can understand. The drugs on the market aimed at stopping the need for smoking often carry harmful side effects that can be worse on the body than the smoking itself. Hypnosis, on the other hand, is a gentle, natural way to tell your body that you want to be the one in control and not that next puff of tobacco.

 

The effects of tobacco are far reaching and negative in every aspect. The tobacco can taint the color of your teeth, make your skin look saggy and unhealthy, dull your hair, and make you smell like an old ashtray, not to mention the taste of your kisses. Your children will notice the difference, your partner will notice the difference, but most of all you will notice the difference in a very short period of time and your body will begin to rid itself of the harmful lung compressing effects of cigarettes and other tobacco in just a few days.

 

If you are tired of smoking and you want instant relief, do not trudge through all of the medications on the market before trying the natural approach. Hypnosis performed by a trained hypnotherapist can find the root cause of the need to smoke. You are not to blame for the habit, the tobacco is to blame. Take back the control that tobacco has taken from you and regain that time spent smoking. Smell better, feel better, look better, and quit smoking today with hypnotherapy.

Terry works all over the UK working extensively with individual and business clients helping them stop smoking, manage weight, manage stress, become more confident and helping to create generative change. He uses the latest techniques of hypnosis and NLP. Contact him at http://www.mind-works.co.uk

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