Hypnotherapy
If you are struggling to find a solution to your life’s problems, then maybe a personalised hypnotherapy plan can provide you with the answers you are searching for.
Hypnotherapy Helping You Make Positive Lifestyle Changes
Hypnotherapy is a mind-body approach to healing in which a trained hypnotherapist uses hypnosis to guide you into deep relaxation and focused concentration, known as the ‘hypnotic state.’ The hypnotic state is something that can occur naturally for us, such as daydreaming.
However, unlike daydreaming, in hypnotherapy a trained practitioner will induce you into this state, which allows you to become more open to suggestions. These suggestions can help you make changes to your health, for example if you want to break a habit, overcome a phobia or reduce symptoms as a result of other health conditions.
What can Hypnotherapy Help With?
Hypnosis can help you change attitudes, perceptions and behaviours. It can be an effective form of treatment in a range of medical and psychological issues.
Some of the most common conditions that hypnotherapy can help with include:
- Quitting smoking/vaping
- Alcohol addiction
- Anxiety
- Chronic pain
- Fears and phobias
- Smoking
- High blood pressure
- Insomnia
- Post traumatic stress disorder (PSD)
- Low self-esteem
- Depression
- Asthma
- Teeth grinding
- Panic attacks
- Stress
- Behavioural addictions
- Eating disorders
- Migraines
- Obesity
- Thumb sucking
- Nail biting
- Sleep problems
- Sexual problems
- Stuttering
- Hair pulling
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.
The Hypnotic State
The brain has different levels of consciousness, or awareness, ranging from fully alert to drowsy to fully asleep, with variations in between. Hypnotic states occur naturally and spontaneously. Everyday examples include:
- Daydreaming
- Being absorbed in a pleasant task and totally losing track of time
- Getting lulled into a dreamy state by boredom, for example, when listening to a dull speech
- Doing a mundane task (such as washing the dishes) while thinking about something else, to the degree that you can’t actually remember performing the task
Clinical hypnosis deliberately induces this kind of relaxed state of awareness. Once the mind is in a relaxed state, any therapeutic suggestions can have great effect on behaviours, attitudes and perceptions.
The way that this occurs isn’t fully understood., but researchers believe that hypnosis promotes particular brain wave activity that allows the mind to take in and adopt new ideas, while others suggest that hypnosis accesses the ‘unconscious mind’, which is more open to new ideas than the rational ‘conscious mind’.
What Should I Expect from a Hypnotherapy Session?
Whether you’re meeting your therapist in person or virtually, you will have an initial chat to go over what problem you are struggling with, what behaviours you hope to change, and what you hope to achieve through hypnotherapy.
Once you have established what you hope to achieve, your hypnotherapist will go through what method(s) they plan to use, and give you a rough idea of what to expect. Typically, a hypnotherapy session will include leading you into a deep state of relaxation, making suggestions for different ways of handling a particular issue, behaviour or situation you have been struggling with, and gradually helping bring you out of the trance.
Following your initial session, you may begin to see a positive impact straight away, as the new suggestions made to your subconscious start to take effect. For others, further sessions to help reinforce these new ideas may be needed. Your hypnotherapist may also teach you self-hypnosis techniques to help you continue to positively reinforce these new ideas of behaviours between sessions.
What are the Benefits of Hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy can not only help with a wide range of problems but can also support you in achieving goals and making positive changes that can truly have a positive impact on your life. From scientifically backed health benefits to personal experiences, hypnotherapy can help bring about positive change by focusing on the here and now.
Hypnotherapy helps you to find a state of deep relaxation and offers an alternative or complementary option to many other forms of support, such as talking therapies or medication. Focusing on what is working – or not working – for you, hypnotherapy can help facilitate change for the better.
Some of the benefits of hypnotherapy may include:
- Awareness
- Foucs
- Relaxation
- Changing thought patterns
- Establishing positive habits
- Cognitive restructuring
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 specific problems.
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 healing journey together.
If you feel that hypnotherapy could be beneficial for your problems 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
Here are some links that you may find helpful:
NHS
www.nhs.uk
Mind
The team at Mind provide information on a range of mental health problems.
www.mind.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.