Hypnotherapy
As a successful professional hypnotherapist practising in Bradford, Ilkley, Huddersfield and Otley I offer a sensitive and confidential service to help with:
Giving up smoking
Weight loss
Overcoming fears, anxieties and phobias
Boosting confidence and self-esteem
Release from stress
Relaxed childbirth
IBS
Low self esteem
OCD
Panic attacks
Sleep disorders
Stuttering
Social phobia
Sexual problems
Sports and performance coaching
And much more
What does hypnosis feel like?
Most people experience hypnosis as a deeply
relaxing and pleasurable experience You remain in control at all times
and aware of what is being said. In fact the hypnotic state is very natural
and pleasant altered state of awareness, similar to the feeling you have
just before going to sleep.
What is hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy is simply therapy done while in a relaxed state of hypnosis. I practice both suggestion and clinical hypnotherapy and hypno-analysis.
How does it work?
This relaxed hypnotic state makes it easy for you to contact a deeper part of you, your Unconscious. Your unconscious mind, as well as storing information and memories and being in charge of many of the body’s functions, is also a deep well of creativity and knowledge. By addressing your unconscious mind it is possible to make deep, long-lasting and often permanent changes and find tailored-made solutions to many problems and issues.
What are the different forms of hypnotherapy you practise?
Suggestion therapy which is suitable for stopping smoking, losing weight, exam nerves, simple confidence issues. It could involve connecting with positive resources, developing your own personal motivation, rehearsing situations with added confidence.
The mind/body connection is very powerful and when we imagine something happening, physical changes happen in our body's chemistry. That's how we can anxious when nothing threatening is happening. You might call that negaive self-hypnosis. In hypnotherapy, we use the powers of your mind to help you be more resourceful and flexible.
Clinical hypnotherapy which involves dialoguing with your deeper mind to help it come up with new understandings and solutions.
This could involve making connections between the way you feel about something today and stuck emotions from a past event, and by processsing those emotions differently you are free to move on. It could involve uncovering the underlying energy behind a particular behaviour, adopted at a time when this was the most resourceful choice we had, and realising we can make different choices today. Essentially the process is a creative partnership, aimed at helping you find new resouces and creativity to feel freer and happier.
I often use EFT (tapping) in my hypnotherapy sessions as I believe it helps get to the core or the issue in a very effective, empowering and gentle way.
How do I decide which approach is best?
Ask me for a free short consultation. As a rough guide, simple issues can respond well to suggestion therapy while chronic, deep seated issues can benefit from clinical hypotherapy and EFT.
How many sessions are required?
It depends on the complexity of the issue. Simple issues may only need one session. I generally find one session is all that is required for stop smoking. More complex will naturally require longer. My goal is always to help you in the most gentle and effective way possible and I will work in partnership with you, on a session by session basis. I will never pressurise you to have more sessions than you want.
I am a Full Senior Member of the General Hypnotherapy Register and have trained in clinical hypnotherapy, Ericksonian hypnosis, and NLP. I continually attend workshops to keep my skills up to date and have undertaken further training in Relaxed Childbirth, hypnotherapy for children, smoking cessation, hypno-analysis, and hypnotherapy for pain control.
Current fees:
Hypnotherapy session: £45
Stop smoking: £145
Practices in Bradford, Ilkley, and Huddersfield
Please feel free to contact me on 01274 617030 or e-mail to discuss how hypnotherapy could help you.