Hypnotherapy Blog

Depletion/Fatigue The body is exhausted, the arms, the legs are heavy.  The head is sore; the back of the neck aches, the vision may be blurred.  A tendency to stagger can occur.  The mind may feel like it is encased in glue.  Thoughts may by this stage have slowed...

What Makes Our Thoughts? We learn at an early age of our worldly existence that someone else has control over us. We are dependent on other tangible human beings for sustenance, comfort, cleanliness and warmth. We replicate speech patterns from significant others,...

Hypnotherapy – what it really is By Exclusive Hypnotherapy | Hypnotism is a subject which often intrigues, mainly due to a general lack of knowledge, understanding, miraculous unverifiable “testimonials”, stage hypnotists and subsequent perceived ‘magical powers’...

Dysfunctional core belief 1 from Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy:   I must be liked and approved of and if not, it is all my fault.     Anxiety may present via phobias, self-esteem issues, confidence, stress, insomnia, over thinking, mental,...

Aha Experiences “Aha” experiences from cognitive therapy are a very useful technique to heighten the persons awareness of them about to indulge in the self-defeating behaviour.  In hypnotherapy I ask the client to imagine themselves in the problematic area i.e. going...

What hypnotherapy is and what it is not.   I would like to explain more about hypnotherapy.  Let me first tell you what it is not and what it is.  Many people’s perception understandably is usually what they have seen on the television.   The stage hypnotist...

  Client: “I have a job interview (A) coming up on Wednesday and I am feeling nervous (C).  Touch wood, I hope it goes okay”. Therapist: What’s the purpose of the interview? Client: Ehh, what do you mean? Therapist: Why are you going for the interview? Client: To...

In February 2003, an article Entitled “Not so total recall” was published in the New Scientist magazine. Two neuro scientists conditioned a rat to have a fear of a box by simultaneously electrocuting its paws whilst showing it a box, very shortly the rat would become...

  Three dysfunctional Core Beliefs:   "I must do well and be approved by significant others, if not I can't stand it and I am a terrible person when I am not loved and do not do well." This belief often leads to anxiety, depression, shame, and guilt.  ...

BIOLOGICALLY MISTAKE MAKING!   Even human beings who have had the most reality based balanced upbringing can escalate their thinking from preferences into demands. Dr Albert Ellis, creator of cognitive therapy. the animal within can come to the foreground and...

  REI   When a person enters a situation where they have previously experienced a negative emotion such as anxiety and not concern, or anger and not annoyance, or depression and not sadness, the emotion may be evoked by the memory of the previously...

  Self-Hypnosis:   5 Deep Breaths Technique   Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth and as you exhale imagine scalp, and face muscles relaxing. 2.Shoulders and arms relaxing. 3.Chest and stomach relaxing 4.Legs relaxing 5. Whole body...

“Self-esteem is the greatest psychological sickness known to mankind, because it is conditional.  It is dependent on what we should do, should say, should wear, should come across, therefore Shouldhood equals shithood!” Dr Albert Ellis (originator of Cognitive...

  THOUGHTS/BELEIFS So far we have looked at he compensatory demands that have been protecting the perception. The perception is one based on an excessive need for security, it is unrealistic and childlike in its belief, and it does not want to be unmasked. This...

6 April 2005: Study: Cognitive Therapy As Effective As Drug In Treating Depression...In a study of 240 patients, researchers found that Cognitive therapy, a type of treatment that teaches patients to think more realistically, worked as well as a popular antidepressant...