How can hypnotherapy help me?

What is the role of the hypnotherapist?

The role of the hypnotherapist is to give positive suggestions that will help the subject make the changes he/she wants to make that are congruent with his/her beliefs, values and lifestyle.

Can a person lose weight using hypnosis?

Yes. Hypnosis can help a person separate emotions from food, increase motivation to eat healthily and take regular exercise, increase body metabolism and teach you to eat smaller portions. Visualisation techniques to imagine the body you want are particularly effective as the mind does not know the difference between imagination and reality, and encodes the new information at a cellular level.

What if I can’t visualise?

Close your eyes for a moment and think of your front door. What colour is it? What side is the handle?... Congratulations, you’ve just visualised. It is not necessary to see things in minute detail. If you are having problems visualising, it may be because you are an auditory person and prefer to hear instructions, or a kinaesthetic person who can feel, rather than see. The hypnotherapist will adapt their communication to best suit your method of learning.

Can hypnosis help a person to stop smoking?

Absolutely. If you want to stop smoking, my three part smoking cessation therapy will help you quit. The key word is "want". You have to "want" to stop smoking, not think you "should" stop smoking or "must" stop smoking. Most subjects stop in the first session with the second session being used to reinforce the new positive behaviour. The final session is often kept as a backup.

What else can hypnosis help with?

Hypnosis can help banish fears and phobias, help stress management, increase athletic ability in sport, help develop talent, help with academic learning and get rid of bad habits. Everything we do in life we do to make ourselves feel better. If you are stuck in a bad habit, it’s because your unconscious mind thinks your behaviour in some way serves a purpose. Whether we smoke, drink, overeat, overspend, gamble or take drugs, we do these things because at the time they make us feel good. Often there is an underlying negative emotion that triggers these behaviours. Hypnosis helps you to banish these negative emotions and replace the bad habits with positive behaviour.