By Hollie Jordan
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08 Nov, 2020
What Is Hypnotherapy? Hypnotherapy is a relaxation technique used when a person is in an altered state of consciousness, known as a trance. While in a hypnotic state, a person is deeply relaxed, focused, and more open to suggestion. Hypnotherapy is used to help manage a variety of health issues, including stress, skin conditions, weight loss, sleep disorders, and smoking cessation. What happens during a typical hypnotherapy session? During the first half of the session the therapist will talk to the client using a variety of techniques used to guide the brain into the left prefrontal cortex. This area of the brain becomes active when a person is happy. Thus, one of the main aims of this therapy is to stimulate this area of the brain to retrain your brain to become more positively focused and happier! When you are operating from this area of the brain you are more able to come up with solutions to problems and it compliments trance perfectly. Some may say the first half of the session effectively primes your brain for hypnosis! During the second half of the session, the therapist then guides the client into a relaxed state. Once the client is feeling calm, yet alert, the therapist brings their attention to behaviours they would like to change. The therapist then uses words of encouragement, affirmations, metaphors and positive suggestions, such as “You no longer feel stressed” or “You are strong, confident and capable”. How Can Hypnotherapy Help With Panic and Anxiety Symptoms? Research has shown that hypnotherapy can help relieve stress, fear, anxiety and symptoms of panic disorder. While under hypnosis, a person with panic disorder may be guided to bring attention to coping with specific symptoms and overcoming limiting behaviours. Hypnotherapy can help a person with anxiety improve self-esteem, overcome negative thinking, and manage troublesome symptoms. Additionally, hypnotherapy can assist in treating common co-occurring conditions, including depression, headaches and migraines, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), agoraphobia and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Getting Treated With Hypnotherapy The overall hypnotherapy experience can vary from person to person. You can read Happy Head Hypnotherapy’s 5 star reviews on Google and Facebook to see what local people are saying about their experiences. Many people are sceptical and perhaps have reservations about hypnotherapy, fearing that they will lose control of their thoughts and actions. This is not surprising considering how hypnosis is portrayed in the media and on stage in popular seaside resorts!! People are often showed behaving in wild and silly ways. Despite these negative connotations, hypnotherapy cannot make you do anything you do not want to do nor can it make you do anything that goes against your moral and ethical code. Rather, hypnotherapy helps build self-awareness, resilience, confidence and helps a person to overcome unwanted behaviours. Happy Head Hypnotherapy are your local team of hypnotherapists, based in Ravenstone, Coalville and Hamilton, Leicester. We offer a FREE initial consultation where we talk a little more about how the brain works, how hypnotherapy helps and how you can get back on top of things. It will also give you an opportunity to talk and ask any questions. You will never be pressured to book any further sessions during the consultation and our therapists prefer that you go away and have a think before booking in as we like to know that all clients are serious and willing to change before commencing treatment. If you would like to book in for a FREE consultation call 07817907314.