clinical hypnotherapy
Is used by many thousands of people to overcome all sorts of behaviours from stop smoking to phobias. In fact hypnosis has been around for thousands of years, most of the ancient civilisations understood the powerful effect of treating the body through the power of the mind. Hypnotherapy has a very important roll to play in helping people manage their own health and wellbeing and many more could benefit from this type of treatment if only they were more informed about the actual experience.
Hypnosis is a normal state, which everyone passes through at least twice a day. When we wake in the morning and when we drift off to sleep at night. A skilled hypnotherapist will induce this state by way of deep relaxation techniques. The sensation is similar to a daydream; you are not asleep, however, you are completely aware of your surroundings. Your eyes will be gently closed and you will feel as if you haven't a care in the world.
Example of conditions treated:
Stop smoking, wight control, confidence building, panic attacks, blushing, phobias, stress related conditions, fear of flying, business and sports motivation, exam nerves and study techniques, IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), performance anxiety, pain control, bed wetting, public speaking and dental phobia etc.
What is NLP?
NLP is all about, choice, personal responsibility and taking control over your own life. NLP ( Neuro-Linguistic-Programming) is a tool for enhancing how you use your senses and language to communicate and understand the world around you. NLP was created by Dr. Richard Bandler and John Grinder. They conducted research into the behavior of very successful people. The objective was to find what made the difference between average and excellence. They discovered that certain key behaviors allowed these achievers to produce results above average. They discovered that all successful people could motivate themselves quite easily to perform what others might consider challenging tasks and they had a way of dealing with setbacks which allowed them to pursue their goals to success. These success patterns were distilled into NLP tools - techniques which can be easily learned to enhance your own success.
NLP techniques are now used as an everyday communication tool especially in the corporate training world for personal development of staff as they encourage fast and effective change. NLP is the study of excellence, it is all about personal responsibility and freedom to choose the direction of your life, to make the right choices for you and be the best you can.
Anyone can learn NLP as long as you have the curiosity to understand what makes individuals tick and you have the desire to learn. Age, gender, profession are irrelevant; if you want to improve your powers of persuasion and influence, you would like to take your communication skills to a higher level, you have ambitions and would like to learn tools and techniques to help you achieve your goals in an effective way, then NLP is for you. Many companies send their people NLP courses to help their key staff keep up with the latest in communication techniques. Once you have learned the NLP tools and techniques they will remain with you always giving you the power to choose how you want to live your life.
NLP produces excellent results in a very short time, as the techniques are easy because you are using the power of your own imagination. You learn how to reframe negative experiences, how to anchor positive states within yourself so that when faced with challenging situations you deal with them effectively. You also visualise your goals in detail so that your unconscious and conscious mind can work on them together making it easier to achieve. During the sessions you will practice the relevant techniques appropriate for you so that you can incorporate their use into your lifestyle variety of disciplines to help people cope with stress and anxiety. NLP when used with hypnotherapy is one of the most powerful agents for change encouraging clients and practitioners alike to take responsibility for their environment and the people in it. NLP has been successfully used to help people get motivated, lose weight, quit smoking, and change unresourceful behaviour or habits.
Fiona Campbell is a Licensed NLP Practitioner. She assists Dr Richard Bandler on his training courses in London.