Clinical
Hypnotherapist
Hypnotherapy Trainer (ABH)
Master Practitioner NLP
Timeline Therapy Master Practitioner
Reiki Master Practitioner Healer
Advanced EFT Practitioner
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American Board of NLP
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Cronton, Speke, Newton-le-Willows, Golborne, Lymm, Eccles, Irlam, Altrincham,
Partington, Wigan, Leigh, Frodsham, Northwich,
Manchester,
Liverpool,
FAQs (Frequently asked questions)
WHAT IS HYPNOSIS?
WHAT IS HYPNOTHERAPY?
CAN ANYONE BE HYPNOTISED?
WILL
I BE ASLEEP?
WILL I LOSE CONTROL?
WILL I BE AWARE DURING THE SESSION?
WILL I GET “STUCK” IN A TRANCE?
WILL I TELL ALL MY SECRETS?
HOW MANY SESSIONS WILL I NEED?
WHAT ABOUT MY DOCTOR?
HOW LONG DO THE RESULTS LAST?
HOW WILL HYPNOSIS CHANGE THE WAY I FEEL?
It is a
relaxed state of awareness where your conscious mind is quietened allowing your
subconscious mind to play a more active part. It is not sleep nor is it
unconsciousness, In fact the mind becomes more aware and focussed, listening
and feeling in a different (more positive) way.
You already know what hypnosis feels like. You have experienced natural
hypnotic states every day of your life, when daydreaming or driving or watching
TV. These are those pleasant, dreamlike states where you "drift off".
For example you (and everyone else) enter natural states of trance (hypnosis)
several times a day, while driving (when you have driven several miles without
recollection of the journey) and also when you become totally engrossed in
something absorbing such as watching TV or reading a book (and time seems to
speed up or slow down).
All Hypnosis is self hypnosis and is safe. Everybody can be hypnotised
(providing that they choose to be). No one can be hypnotised against their will
and nobody can be made to do anything that goes against their values.
The truth is that Hypnotherapy is the most time effective and long lasting
means for making changes that you want to make in your life.
Nowadays, hypnosis is used successfully in the medical and dental professions
and in many areas of personal development training such as increasing
performance in sports, or career development, and raising a person's level of
self-esteem, confidence and competence in everyday life by enhancing memory,
improving study habits, releasing blocked potential and instilling a more
positive attitude.
What is Hypnosis? Dr Hilary Jones (GMTV)
There are many different definitions of hypnosis and hypnotherapy. The
following extract is taken from Dr Hilary Jones' book 'Dr, What's the
Alternative?', which describes and assesses different types of alternative
therapies. Dr Jones is a GP who has become well known through his TV
appearances and many books on the subject of family health:-
A Definition of Hypnotherapy
“Contrary to popular belief, hypnosis is not a state of deep sleep. It does
involve the induction of a trance-like condition, but when in it, the patient
is actually in an enhanced state of awareness, concentrating entirely on the
hypnotist's voice. In this state, the conscious mind is suppressed and the
subconscious mind is revealed. The therapist is able to suggest ideas, concepts
and lifestyle adaptations to the patient, the seeds of which become firmly
planted.
The practice of promoting healing or positive development in any way is known
as hypnotherapy. As such, hypnotherapy is a kind of
psychotherapy...hypnotherapy aims to re-programme patterns of behaviour within
the mind, enabling irrational fears, phobias, negative thoughts and suppressed
emotions to be overcome. As the body is released from conscious control during
the relaxed trance-like state of hypnosis, breathing becomes slower and deeper,
the pulse rate drops and the metabolic rate falls. Similar changes along
nervous pathways and hormonal channels enable the sensation of pain to become
less acute, and the awareness of unpleasant symptoms, such as nausea or
indigestion, to be alleviated”.
Hypnotherapy is a scientifically acknowledged therapeutic discipline
utilizing hypnotic trance states. When utilized by a qualified hypnotherapist,
these trance states can help individuals make dramatic changes in a relatively
short period of time.
Yes, if they want to be hypnotised. Since hypnosis is a natural state of
mind that you enter several times a day, everyone is hypnotizable. With the
assistance of a qualified hypnotherapist, anyone can achieve a perfectly
adequate level of relaxation for hypnotherapy.
You will not be asleep when hypnotised. The word hypnosis comes from the ancient Greek word 'hypnos' meaning sleep. It is a misnomer because at that time they believed that it was sleep. Scientists now know that Hypnosis is a relaxed state where you are more aware but it is not sleep.
No, nobody can be hypnotised against their will. Hypnosis is about
working together with a Hypnotherapist so that you are more empowered, creating
more positive changes in your life. Nobody can be forced to do anything against
their will. The 'control' misconception seems to originate from stage hypnosis
which funnily enough also involves people doing exactly what they want to be
doing. Contrary to what you see in the movies and stage shows, hypnosis is a
consensual state. You are always in complete control the entire time and you
will never do or say anything that is against your values.
WILL I BE AWARE DURING THE SESSION?
Yes, you are fully aware of everything that is going on around you and
you cannot be made to do anything that you do not want to do. In fact your
senses will be more alert that they usually are.
WILL I GET “STUCK” IN A TRANCE?
Hypnosis is never about control. If you want to come out of hypnosis you
simply choose to do so. If the Hypnotherapist disappeared or fell over and
knocked themselves out you would simply come back to full consciousness in your
own time. We go in and out of hypnosis and other altered states of
consciousness (e.g. daydreaming) many times a day but we always come back out
of them easily and naturally.
No, you will never say or do anything under hypnosis that is against
your values.
HOW MANY SESSIONS WILL I NEED?
The aim of a good hypnotherapist is to help you in as few sessions as
possible. One double session (in most cases) is usually all that is required to
stop smoking (with a free back up session in the unlikely event that it is
required) . For all other therapy you will usually feel and see the benefits in
around 3-4 sessions (or less).
Always continue to take your doctor’s advice and medication(s) and tell
your Hypnotherapist about any medication(s) you are taking. There have been
many clients successfully lowering (and some eliminating altogether) their
medication(s). Your Hypnotherapist cannot advise you to do this. It must be
carried out in conjunction with your doctor’s advice if you decide to do so.
Changes stay with most clients permanently. Some may need further
reinforcement. I recommend that my clients practice certain techniques on a
regular basis so that they in the future they will see hear and feel things
differently without always needing the assistance of a therapist. I will
provide you with various CDs which are an easy and convenient way to learn
self-hypnosis and keep the positive changes in place.
HOW WILL HYPNOSIS CHANGE THE WAY I FEEL?
You will be able to think and feel differently about a situation or a
memory without the same negative intensity or emotion. In fact you could find
that you may have difficulty remembering the negative emotion at all.
Facts About Hypnosis from Current Research Findings
As of December, 2004 there are more than 5,000 clinical research studies
having to do with hypnosis and its benefits currently being conducted
worldwide. (According to: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
As of December 15, 2004 results from more than 3,000 clinical research studies
are available showing positive benefits from hypnosis. (According to: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
According to studies done at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience,
University College London, suggestions given in a hypnotic state, even once,
can produce actions in human beings that are the same type of actions that
would have resulted from more long-term conditioning and practice.
In a research study on Self-hypnosis for relapse prevention training with
chronic drug/alcohol users, (American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 2004
Apr;46(4):281-97), individuals who played self-hypnosis audiotapes "at
least 3 to 5 times a week," at 7-week follow-up, reported the highest
levels of self-esteem and serenity, and the least anger/impulsivity, in
comparison to the minimal-practice and control groups.
In a research study carried out with 60 college student volunteers (Spring of
2004 at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona), using hypnosis with
ego-enhancement suggestions showed "significantly dramatic effects"
in brain-wave patterns, subjective sense of self-confidence, and test scores.
As reported by NewScientist.com news service: "Hypnosis is more than just
a party trick; it measurably changes how the brain works," says John
Gruzelier, a research psychologist at Imperial College in London.
"Hypnosis significantly affects the activity in a part of the brain
responsible for detecting and responding to errors, an area that controls
higher level executive functions." The finding is one of the first to
indicate a biological mechanism underpinning the experience of hypnosis. “This
explains why, under hypnosis, people can do outrageous things that ordinarily
they wouldn’t dream of doing,” says Gruzelier, who presented his study at the
British Association for the Advancement of Science Festival in Exeter, UK.
Gruzelier hopes it will also benefit emerging research showing, for example,
that hypnosis can help cancer patients deal with painful treatments.
Research using positron emission tomography (PET) scans, shows that hypnosis
might alleviate pain by decreasing the activity of brain areas involved in the
experience of suffering. Scientists have found that hypnosis reduced the
activity of the anterior cingulate cortex, an area known to be involved in
pain, but did not affect the activity of the somatosensory cortex, where the
sensations of pain are processed.
Clinical trials of therapeutic hypnosis confirm its potential benefits.
Christina Liossi, a psychologist at the University of Wales in Swansea,
recently conducted a study of 80 cancer patients aged 6 to 16. She found that
those under hypnosis experienced far less pain during treatments than control
children, who simply talked to the researchers normally.
According to published results of clinical studies (Am J Clin Hypn. 2004 Apr),
the use of hypnosis facilitates a more uncomplicated birth process. In a
separate research study done by University of Florida counseling psychologist
Paul Schauble, it was also found that women who learn hypnosis before
delivering babies suffer fewer complications, need less medication and are more
likely to have healthier babies than are women without hypnosis. Schauble's first
study involved adolescents getting prenatal care at a public health clinic. A
group of 20 patients who received hypnosis preparation were compared with 20
who were given supportive counseling and 20 patients in a control group who
received only the standard prenatal care. None of the women who received
hypnosis required surgical intervention in their deliveries, compared with 12
in the supportive counseling group and eight in the control group, he said.
"Patients who are prepared for labor and delivery in hypnosis are more
likely to absorb and benefit from information because they are in a relaxed,
highly focused state," he said.
In an ongoing pilot study being carried out by University of Florida
counselling psychologist Paul Schauble, preliminary results show hypnotized
patients with hypertension are more easily able to make lifestyle improvements
that can lower blood pressure.
A study being carried out by a team of University of Florida researchers is
finding that learning self-hypnosis gives a patient greater control over the
stress, anxiety and pain of medical operations and childbirth, overall.
"Training patients in hypnosis prior to undergoing surgery is a way of
helping them develop a sense of control over their stress, discomfort and
anxiety," says Dr. Paul Schauble, psychologist. "It also helps them
better understand what they can do to bring about a more satisfying and rapid
recovery." He also said, "We've found, in working with individual
patients, that they often feel literally stripped of control when they go into
the hospital. The surgeon may do a good job of explaining the surgery, but
patients' anxiety may make it difficult for them to absorb or comprehend. This
can result in undue apprehension that can create complications or prolonged recovery."
"Children make excellent subjects for hypnosis because they spend more
time using their imaginations," says Florida counseling psychologist Paul
Schauble. "But with practice most adults can learn how to enter into a
therapeutic hypnotic state quite easily as well."
In 1998 Henry Szechtman of McMaster University in Ontario and his co-workers
used PET to image the brain activity of hypnotized subjects who were invited to
imagine a scenario in which they were listening to someone speaking to them, and
who then actually experienced a scenario in which they were listening to
someone speaking to them. The researchers noted that the act of imagining a
sound, called hallucinating a sound, was experienced exactly the same as real
hearing, both being experienced as coming from an external source.
18 separate studies found that patients who received cognitive behavioral
therapy plus hypnosis for disorders such as obesity, insomnia, anxiety and
hypertension showed greater improvement than 70 percent of the patients who
received psychotherapy alone
NLP is the study of how you process information in your mind (not the
information itself). Your memories are stored in the form of images, sounds,
feelings, etc. in your mental filing cabinets and you experience positive or
negative feelings depending on whether you have those memories stored with
attached feelings that are positive or negative.
A person who has a phobia acts and reacts very differently to the event itself
(because of the negative emotional trigger attached to that event) than a
person who is non phobic, e.g. someone who has a fear of dogs does not react to
the actual dog itself but to the thoughts sounds and feelings attached to their
memory of what that dog represents to them. Someone who is phobic of dogs will
have a negative feeling attached to dogs whereas a dog lover will experience
positive feelings.
Using NLP we can change the feeling attached to a negative memory (without
changing the actual memory itself) so that it is recalled in a different way.
The memory then has a different emotional content and the next time it is
recalled it has a different effect on the person.
NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming. 'Neuro' is of the mind.
'Linguistic' refers to the science of communication that we use to see, hear,
feel and talk internally with ourselves. 'Programming' refers to the fact that
we are programming the way we communicate internally.
NLP was invented by Dr John Grinder, a well known professor of linguistics, together
with Richard Bandler. Together they produced a linguistic model that identified
the language patterns of a few gifted individuals such as Hypnotherapist Milton
Erickson, Fritz Perls of Gestalt therapy, anthropologist Gregory Bateson and
Virginia Satir, well known for her work in family systems therapy. The
synthesis of their findings, a blend of cognitive and behavioural science,
resulted in the technology known as NLP. In the decades since its initial
development, NLP has grown, changed and expanded, and it continues to do so
today. NLP is often used as a vehicle for 'fast' or accelerated change. The
technology of NLP means that the same changes can happen very quickly.
NLP is often used as a vehicle for 'fast' or accelerated change. The technology
of NLP means that the same changes can happen very quickly.
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a powerful, effective, simple emotional
release practice. By simply tapping on certain points on the body while
focusing on the negative emotions that you wish to release, you can quickly and
easily reduce and even eliminate fears, anxieties, cravings and blocks to
creative performance.
The tapping points are taken from the Chinese Medicine model in which there are
pathways of energy that run through your body. When the energy is blocked
and inhibited from flowing freely through those pathways, you can experience
mental and even physical pain. According to Gary Craig, the founder of EFT
“the cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy
system.” By tapping on a series of acupressure points, EFT helps you balance
the body’s energy system and restore the positive flow. Once that negative
charge has been eliminated, the positive intentions that you came for are even
more powerfully reinforced by the hypnotic suggestions.
I teach EFT to all my clients. I’ve taught it to 6 year old children and they
love it. Once you learn it, you can use it over and over on issues unrelated to
the ones you came in for. It’s a powerful tool and your toolbox is as
close as the ends of your fingers.
I began studying meditation and relaxation techniques such as
Transcendental Meditation, The Knowledge, Silva Mind Control (which teaches
Self Mind Control), etc., in the late 70s.
In 1980/81 I began studying Hypnotherapy in depth and in 1990 I opened A1 Float
Centre which incorporated a Float tank, Light & Sound Machines, etc. plus
individual Meditation/Hypnotherapy sessions.
Around this time I became aware of NLP ((Neuro Linguistic Programming) which I
then began to study and use alongside Hypnotherapy within the centre. In the
90s I achieved Reiki 1,2 & 3 and became a Reiki Master Tibetan, Usui adding
Energy Work to the Centre’s therapies.
Towards the mid to late 90s I also achieved Hypnotherapy Trainer status (ABH)
in the USA, Master Practitioner of NLP and Master Practitioner of Timeline
Therapy. From 2003 onwards I studied EFT and TAT (Meridian Therapies) and
achieved Advanced EFT in 2004.
In 2005 I was invited to attend a Masterclass with Gil Boyne in Los Angeles
(having studying with him previously in the UK).
I have undergone training with (in my opinion) some of the best trainers in
Hypnotherapy and NLP in the world. These include Tad James, Richard Bandler,
Gil Boyne, Paul McKenna and more.
I believe (from all of my studies and from the people that I have worked with
over many years) that within each and everyone of us is there are solutions to
our problems (whether they are physical, mental or emotional). However like our
habits that are an unconscious part of ourselves we are not always the best
person to effect the necessary changes. The answer to effective positive change
is to work with a therapist who acts as a guide and works to promote health and
wellbeing on multiple levels.
A Doctor does not cure. He/She puts the appropriate systems into place so that
the body and mind can do the best it can to bring about a balance and promote
healing. Any competent therapist will also do the same (within their field) for
their clients.
HERE IS AN ANALOGY TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND MORE FULLY:-
A person with a fracture will have that part of the body set (in a plaster cast
or similar) in the appropriate way so that the body will heal itself. However
if there is anything that stops the fracture healing (shrapnel etc.), that will
have to be removed to enable the body to repair itself. In the case of the mind
and emotions, inappropriate negative feelings are similar to the shrapnel in
that they stop the mind from becoming more balanced. However with help from a
qualified Hypnotherapist inappropriate negative feelings/emotions can be
desensitised (in a relatively short space of time) to an appropriate level and
this could change your life positively in many ways.
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