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Bereavement
Phobia (Subjects)
HypnoBIRTHING
WHAT IS
HYPNOSIS?
LIFE CHANGING STORIES
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Hypnoanalysis There are two types of 'Therapy' which can be used by Hypnotherapists
Suggestion
or
Regression 'Suggestion Therapy'
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suggestions are made to
the client under hypnosis. For example: the next time you go to bite your
nails you won't, you'll scratch your nose instead. Under hypnosis the
subconscious mind is far more likely to take this on board as a matter of
fact and so to begin with and maybe for a while that is what happens. Personality (a description of consistent emotional, thought, and behaviour patterns) is mainly determined and set down in our childhood years and there are aspects of who we are that perhaps we would rather do without. In our example a nail-biter perhaps being one of them. Hypnosis is a completely safe, natural relaxed state, not unlike daydreaming. During hypnosis the critical, analytical mind becomes relaxed, (see how imaginative your daydreams can be sometimes) and during hypnotherapy this allows the therapeutic process, through hypnoanalysis, to continue more quickly than with most other counselling therapies.
Often we cannot think of a reason for why we behave in the way we do and no amount of thinking and talking about it seems to solve the problem. Under hypnosis it is quite easy to recall long forgotten memories which then brings some sense of reason to our problem. Once recalled, revealed, understood and resolved, the symptoms will usually permanently disappear. Instead of the 'problem' being in control you will be back in control of your life. In the example of nail-biting that I have mentioned a lady called Shona came to see me. She had had what we determined to be suggestion therapy elsewhere but - "It didn't work, well at least it did for a bit", she said. In the course of the age regression and hypnoanalysis that I carried out it was revealed that a family row when she was about 3 years old was the root cause. Her father was quite loud but on this particular day he was really shouting angrily at her mother. They were downstairs and she was in her bedroom. She wanted it to stop as it was frightening her but she knew if she made a sound her father was likely to come and shout at her as well. The only thing she could think of doing to stop herself crying and making a sound was to stuff her hands into her mouth - and from there it was not a huge step into nail-biting to deal with stress. She began to bite her nails whenever she was under some barrage or pressured feeling. Coupled with it was also a feeling of disempowerment which answered why she often had a low opinion of herself. In normal conscious awareness she had been unable to recall many memories at all from her early childhood so this was a revelation to her. As a result she understood why she often had such a low opinion of herself, low self-esteem in the jargon, and knew she no longer had to have that belief about herself - that she could be in control of her life now in a way that the 3 year old wasn't. Her life changed dramatically and the nail-biting just disappeared never to return. Six weeks later she treated herself to a manicure at a beauty therapist in celebration. To give an insight into the difference between the two therapy techniques some people use the metaphor of a cracked wall: Suggestion Therapy merely 'papers over the cracks', whereas Analytical Therapy checks to see why the wall is cracking in the first place to help the 'householder' put it right - sort the foundations out. Suggestion therapy I call the "Sticking Plaster Technique" and there is not a lot of point in it as the wound has to be cleaned out properly first. I almost always use Hypnoanalysis in the work that I do. It is much more effective and creates permanent change. Some people are worried about "opening a can of worms", stirring up the past better left where it is. A problem to a child's mind may be enormous but to the adult it is no big deal. Just as you will have had the experience of returning to a place once visited when you were a child. Then it seemed big but as an adult it seems much smaller. In adult life, in an effort to understand themselves, many people go back and have a look at their old primary school - much smaller wasn't it? Similar sort of thing emotionally as well. A further example can be found at Flying Phobia Case 2 - Chris' Story
Hypnotherapy
and Hypnoanalysis can help with a wide range of problems
Each phobia has its own technical name:
For a list of subjects click
here
"I don't know who I am (anymore)" is one of the commonest statements that people come out with. Maybe it's the mad, rushing, competitive world that we live in now that causes people to lose their identity. We work together to enable you to find it again. Within the practice I encounter and deal with many diverse problems. The success rate of hypnotherapy is impressive, with many clients now happy and healthy, having achieved their goals and broadened their horizons, physically, mentally and emotionally. Read some of the testimonials and life-change stories which are only a brief record. All that is required of you is an open mind, honesty and a willingness to succeed... "Words
are the most powerful drug used by mankind." Rudyard
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