In the 1950s there was behavioral therapy. Then in the 1960s Aaron Beck, a psychiatrist at The University of Pennsylvania, who had previously used psychoanalysis, concluded that psychoanalytical concepts of depression were faulty and devised a different process. He did extensive research and today CBT is backed by research and was taken to be the therapy of choice by the NHS , probably because it appeared to be quick, cheap and easy and was backed scientifically. Also, psychiatrists working in the NHS liked the analytical approach it took.
CBT sets clear goals for therapy and helps you respond to inaccurate or unhelpful ideas and thoughts. Once you’ve realised you are thinking dysfunctionally you gain perspective and you can learn techniques to change the faulty thoughts.
CBT works from the premise that we can change our feelings through changing our thoughts, whereas hypnotherapy recognises how our feelings can sweep away rational thinking and can teach you how to make changes to your state of mind, to learn new ways of thinking and can help you rehearse for situations in Hypnosis.
CBT combined with hypnotherapy is a very powerful way to help you help yourself . CBT alone sticks to a rigid programme of 8 sessions and structures the therapy accordingly.
I will do my best to work thoroughly, logically and quickly with you and usually like to combine CBT with hypnotherapy, NLP and coaching as I do not believe that any one therapy has all the answers.
Get in Touch!You will need between 3-8 sessions, although, as you are in control of your own therapy length and intensity you can leave when you feel you can manage without my help. I always tailor make your therapy and give 100%, aiming to work with you as thoroughly and quickly as possible.
An initial FREE consultation of 15 minutes is available for you from Get Mind Fit to see if your problem would be appropriately treated with hypnotherapy. Afterwards, each session lasting around 50 minutes costs £100.
To cover administration costs, appointments not cancelled 48 hours beforehand or no shows may be charged a fee of £50.
I have trained in many different modes of hypnotherapy and other disciplines as I prefer not to stick rigidly to any one branch. If I am helping you make changes in your life I need to be able to change and mix and match too. This way I do not limit my capacity to work in a tailor made way with you. I use a mix of advanced clinical, hypnotherapy, cognitive, Ericksonian and solution focused therapy and pick whichever techniques are best suited to you. So it is fair to say I have a broad brush approach rather than rigidly following one school of thought as clients come in all shapes and are all individuals. All hypnotherapy is solution focused anyway as we all seek a solution to your issues. If you wish to experience regression that is fine; if you wish to have a choice of induction methods that is fine too. Nothing is set in tablets of stone so as to give you the best possible solution to your issues and the quickest, most thorough way of changing your life in whatever way you choose to do so. If I were to follow only one school of thought or techniques I would limit your choices of success.
No; you are in total control of your own thoughts. The hypnotherapist cannot make you bark like a dog or cluck like a chicken, unless that’s is what you wanted to achieve and any good hypnotherapist would not consider those to be viable outcomes.
No. Stage hypnotists sometimes use similar induction techniques to a hypnotherapist, but stage hypnotists are using hypnosis to entertain people and use on stage those members of the audience who can go very deeply into trance and who wish to be famous or have their few minutes of fame.
No, you can move around and talk. This is what children do as they are naturally in trance. Having said that, I notice alot of people who spend alot of their lives in a negative ‘trance’ or state of mind, imagining the worst, resisting change and being stuck in a rut.
Yes if you want to. You only make the transition into hypnosis if you want to.
No, you already know how to do it. You have been doing it since the day you were born
No; there is hypnotic language used by sales people and in advertisements, in politics and meetings but you only accept these suggestions if you feel inclined to do so.
No.
No. Some clients occasionally fall asleep during hypnosis but hypnosis is not sleep
No.