About Clinical Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis is a naturally occurring state of relaxation, or trance rather like daydreaming, or doing a job while thinking about something else. Each of us is in a state of hypnosis several times each day. We go into a hypnotic trance before falling fully asleep, and several times during the night as we drift in and out and out of deep sleep.
We are generally in a trance state while we carry out routine tasks such as ironing or (believe it or not) driving a car. This occurs because our unconscious mind just gets on with the task while our conscious mind is occupied with thinking about something like making a phone call, thinking up a shopping list or operating a machine.
When we are in this kind of trance our unconscious mind is more accessible and able to be influenced. We automatically use this kind of trance to learn, and assimilate new information. Think about when you read, are you consciously reading each word or just in a dreamy state following the story.
Hypnotherapy utilizes this naturally occurring state by guiding you to relax and then talking to you quietly on two levels, some of what’s said is directed at your conscious mind and some at your unconscious mind. In trance your unconscious mind is naturally ready to take on helpful suggestions. The therapist gives these suggestions based on the clients needs, using a variety of methods, again depending on the clients needs. Hypnotherapy can often help with smoking cessation, stuttering, bed-wetting, confidence building, and some weight issues.
Clinical Hypnotherapy applies a range of clinical psychology approaches to assist the client with issues, which have a clinical basis rather than simple habits and behaviour. Some of the things that Clinical Hypnotherapy can help with are compulsions, chronic lack of confidence, trauma fears and phobia’s.
We are generally in a trance state while we carry out routine tasks such as ironing or (believe it or not) driving a car. This occurs because our unconscious mind just gets on with the task while our conscious mind is occupied with thinking about something like making a phone call, thinking up a shopping list or operating a machine.
When we are in this kind of trance our unconscious mind is more accessible and able to be influenced. We automatically use this kind of trance to learn, and assimilate new information. Think about when you read, are you consciously reading each word or just in a dreamy state following the story.
Hypnotherapy utilizes this naturally occurring state by guiding you to relax and then talking to you quietly on two levels, some of what’s said is directed at your conscious mind and some at your unconscious mind. In trance your unconscious mind is naturally ready to take on helpful suggestions. The therapist gives these suggestions based on the clients needs, using a variety of methods, again depending on the clients needs. Hypnotherapy can often help with smoking cessation, stuttering, bed-wetting, confidence building, and some weight issues.
Clinical Hypnotherapy applies a range of clinical psychology approaches to assist the client with issues, which have a clinical basis rather than simple habits and behaviour. Some of the things that Clinical Hypnotherapy can help with are compulsions, chronic lack of confidence, trauma fears and phobia’s.