What is Hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy is training the mind using subconscious methods, basically its a Super-learning technique!
Hypnotherapy has a Counselling and Psychology base, it combines a variety of modern counselling techniques with hypnosis. Hypnosis is utilized to make changes at a subconscious level. Hypnosis deals directly with the subconscious mind.
The conscious mind is in use during most of our activities, when we are concentrating on a task, actively thinking or learning a new skill. The subconsious mind is where these skills and programmes are then stored. The subconscious contains our habits, programming and fundamental beliefs and these programmes, habits and beliefs shape our thoughts and behaviours.
During consultations the client and Hypnotherapist discuss the client’s situation and needs then work together to create a treatment programme implementing positive changes in the client’s thoughts and behaviours.Modern counselling and psychology techniques are used to help make changes at a conscious level then hypnosis is used to make changes at a deeper, subconscious level.
Clients are not under the control of the Hypnotherapist as the ability to go into hypnosis is purely your own, the Hypnotherapist is simply facilitating the experience.
During hypnosis, the Hypnotherapist talks directly to your subconscious mind assisting the change in negative patterns or beliefs, replacing them with more constructive and beneficial thoughts, patterns and behaviours.
Hypnotherapy is a natural health option and can be used in conjunction with other treatments. During Hypnotherapy treatment you will be given tools to assist you with your personal growth, helping you to help yourself to adjust your thought patterns, be independent, have more control over your thoughts, behaviours and your life
"The mind drives the body. The mind often determines what the body feels, so it is important the mind is in alignment with with what we are doing and what we want to accomplish in life."
Why Choose Hypnotherapy?
To match your thoughts and beliefs with your true capabilities!
The mind and body connection is inseparable. For example; You cannot have an injury or illness with out it affecting your mind, you may feel lethargic, depressed, resentful, emotional or experience other negative thoughts and feelings. These thoughts and feelings affect the rate at which you recover, the physical condition that you are experiencing and even the way you interact with others. The subconscious mind is always at work but we are often unaware of it. This part of the mind contains our self-limiting beliefs as well as our true aspirations, intuition and mental drive.
Thoughts, beliefs and emotions affect the operation of your mind and your body.
Just as you take out the garbage regularly, clean your house or take your car in to get a 'tune up' or a warrant of fitness, we also operate better if we do a similar thing with our mental wellbeing. By removing old blocks, bad habits or self limiting beliefs we are able to operate more efficiently and constructively, therefore we are more likely to achieve our goals and reach our true potential.
Some of our thoughts and beliefs are based on expectations and our social conditioning and some we have simply picked up from someone else. Many limiting thoughts and ideas are not in line with our own experiences, and vice versa. Often we hold on to these beliefs because we think they are 'the norm.' The difference between our conditioning, our experience and society's expectations can create confusion or inner conflict. Hypnotherapy is about rebalancing our beliefs and thoughts so they work for us, reducing self limiting beliefs and negative behaviours and working towards your goals.
We can change ourselves. We can change how we manage ourselves, how we cope, our perceptions/how we see the world, our thoughts, our attitudes and therfore, how we experience the world!
To find out if Hypnotherapy can help you see the Treatable Conditions page and the Frequently Asked Questions page.
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