Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss
If you are struggling with your weight loss journey there could be hidden subconscious factors holding you back. Learn how hypnotherapy could provide you with a new approach towards reaching your weight loss goals.
Weight Loss with the Help of Hypnotherapy
If you are starting on a journey of weight loss, it’s probably worth asking yourself why do you feel the need or desire to lose weight. Is it due to a medical recommendation? Is to improve your general health and wellbeing? Or is it because you are self-conscious and worried about what other people think about you?
According to the latest statistics, 63% of adults in the UK are considered to be overweight or obese. Understanding what a healthy weight is for your height and age can be a good starting place, although, there are many debates around how helpful BMI measurements are in relation to health.
Have You Been Struggling to Lose Weight?
If you have tried losing weight previously, yet find yourself feeling frustrated and defeated by continual setbacks, then maybe hypnotherapy could provide the answers. Despite the initial motivation that comes from starting a new diet of exercise programme, old habits and temptations often creep back in, despite our best efforts.
Obsessing about counting calories and the number on the scale can be an exhausting and counterproductive exercise. Hypnotherapy could provide you with a new approach and outlook on your battle with losing weight.
If you have been struggling to lose weight then the following may sound familiar to you?
- Crave sugary, high calorie foods?
- Eat when you are not hungry?
- Finish the kid’s tea?
- Use food as a reward or comfort?
- Eat when stressed, bored or lonely?
- Problems with portion control?
- See exercise as a chore?
- Have constant food battles in your mind?
- Feel guilty when you give in to temptation?
- Start a new programme with enthusiasm but lose motivation quickly?
- Wonder how on earth other people are able to stay slim?
Donna Marie Thomas
Hello, my name is Donna, I am a qualified counsellor, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist and Registered Member of BACP based in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.
I have a passion for helping people to enjoy a happier, more fulfilling life via a person centred approach to therapy tailored to meet each individuals specific needs.
Get in touch to find out more or book an appointment with me today.
What are the Blockers Stopping Me from Losing Weight?
Most people who try to lose weight and fail, do so for a number of reasons, which are commonly referred to as ‘secondary gains’. Often these secondary reasons lie deep in our subconscious which makes it hard for us to overcome them.
It’s normal for us to gain comfort by not making changes, we feel safe staying just as we are. So, we may consciously have a desire to lose weight, but something in our subconscious is preventing us from making it become a reality.
Hypnotherapy for weight loss aims to find these subconscious reasons and break through the barriers they present and make weight loss a reality.
Below are common reasons why you might find it hard to successfully lose weight.
- You comfort eat
- You eat mindlessly
- You ban food
- You don't exercise enough
Weight loss hypnotherapy can help you to break down those mental blocks which are holding you back from making the most of your body. More often than not, getting your body moving and your heart pumping will make you feel better about yourself, leading to healthier behaviours and long term happiness.
How Does Hypnosis for Weight Loss Work?
Hypnosis for weight loss works by helping you to redefine your relationship and attitudes towards food and eating. For many, the process can offer a sense of relief and reduce stress and anxiety around food and eating.
Hypnotherapy can help you break down attachments or unhealthy methods of coping which you may have subconsciously formed with food, helping you to identify and negative thoughts and processes.
Hypnotherapy can also provide you with tools which will enable you to reframe your approach to weight loss. Rather than viewing the process as ‘impossible’, or ‘bound to fail’, a hypnotherapist can help you to gain a clearer picture of your motivations for wanting to lose weight, and help you to remain motivated and focussed.
By better understanding why you want to lose weight, your hypnotherapist can help you towards achieving your goal in a balanced and healthy way.
Some of the benefits you will find through the process of hypnotherapy are:
- Feel positive and confident about your weight loss goals and how they are to be achieved
- Learn life-changing weight loss strategies and techniques or long term success
- Appreciate your body and feel good about yourself
- Change the way you think about food
- Eliminate emotional eating
- Conquer sugar cravings
- Reach your ideal, healthy weight
Does hypnotherapy Work for Weight Loss?
Understandably, one of the most common questions a hypnotherapist will be asked is: will hypnotherapy for weight loss work for me? The honest truth is that it’s hard to know until you give it a try yourself.
For most people hypnotherapy is a positive experience with positive outcomes, but it’s important to remember that some of us are more susceptible to suggestions than others. In order to maximise the opportunity that hypnotherapy has to offer for weight loss, it’s crucial to bear in mind the following:
- Be fully committed to the process
- Keep an open mind
- Be open and willing to change
- Have total faith in your therapist
Talking about developing new habits and getting rid of bad ones can help create a better awareness of the balance between food and exercise.
Hypnotherapy is considered to be an alternative or complimentary therapy and is often suggested to be used alongside other forms of support, such as talking therapies or group therapy.
How Innerworth Counselling Can Help
Hypnotherapy can provide you with a safe, soothing, compassionate and confidential space where you can begin to discuss and understand the root causes of your struggle with weight loss.
Take the First Step Now
I offer private hypnotherapy, and take a person-centred approach, meaning that I’m non-judgemental, see clients as equals, and collaborate on your weight loss journey together.
If you feel you could benefit from hypnotherapy for problems with losing weight, please book an initial consultation. You don’t have to prepare for this, just come as you are and we can look into how I might be able to help.
Additional Information
For practical advice on healthy eating, you may find the following links helpful:
NHS
www.nhs.uk
British Heart Foundation
www.bhf.org.uk
Contact me today to book a confidential consulation
What My Clients Say
Jason Osborne
I shall be forever bewildered by the effectiveness of hypnotherapy. I had always remained sceptical until my very last session, then the “weight” that suddenly lifted was both physical and emotional and continues to benefit both myself and those around me three years on – thank you Donna.
Jason Osborne
Abigail Johnson
I’ve finally found a solution to my dependency on food. Your weight-loss therapy sessions have seriously transformed my life. Honestly, I could cry, I am so happy and feel like a totally new person, inside and out! Truly amazing Donna.
Abigail Johnson
Charlotte Dickinson
I went to see Donna because my anxiety and depression had spiralled out of control. I now have skills and techniques that I can use for the rest of my life to help me cope with any challenges. Thoroughly recommend psychotherapy from Innerworth Counselling. Donna is warm, professional and clearly passionate about what she does.