About Hypnotherapy
“A review has found that hypnosis enhances the effects of therapy for conditions such as phobia and anxiety.” 1999 British Medical Journal
Hypnosis is a peaceful, pleasant state of total relaxation and heightened awareness. It is the process of allowing yourself access to the abilities of the unconscious mind.
Many psychological, emotional and physical upsets can be helped with hypnosis. Hypnosis works by allowing you greater access to those unconscious parts of you. Using deep relaxation, a person can be guided into hypnosis slowly and gently. Some people fear that this means losing control, but in fact hypnosis grants you greater control over those parts of you which are normally unconscious.
For example, hypnosis is very effective for weight loss, allowing you to overcome those unconscious obstacles which prevent you from losing weight. Logically, you know that eating too much is not what you desire; you know that exercise and a healthy diet are important.
However, these are not conscious, logical issues. Successful weight loss is about re-educating your unconscious mind, because your unconscious mind is the part of you which generates powerful emotions and behaviours; often behaviours we would like to change.
To lose weight, you need to feel good about your chances of success; you need those automatic behaviours and choices to reflect your desire to lose weight. Hypnosis helps in these ways, and more.
The unconscious mind is that part of us which holds our beliefs, our emotions, our aims and goals. Our unconscious mind generates thoughts and behaviours far more powerfully than our conscious mind can. Sometimes we do things that were once helpful, or that are designed to make us feel better, but in fact make us feel worse. These thoughts, feelings and behaviours originate in the unconscious mind, and hypnosis can really help you change on that level.
