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Anxiety
Anxiety is caused by Negative Thinking. It is not the events in our lives that necessarily cause the perceptions of crisis it is our thought patterns surrounding the events of our life.
Every negative thought that we have is converted into Anxiety. We can create anxiety by negatively forecasting the future. The problem with negatively forecasting is that the mind cannot tell the difference between imagination and reality.
Whilst a healthy amount of anxiety can help motivate us to live our lives, too much anxiety can be very detrimental to our health and wellbeing.
Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can help reduce anxiety and stress by altering the way we think and act. During the hypnotherapy sessions I explain how this can have a positive outcome on the way you think, the way you act, and the way you interact. I will encourage you to focus on what is good in your life.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterised by repetitive actions that seem impossible to stop. The causes may be due to stressful life events, anxiety or depression.
OCD has two main parts: obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are unwelcome thoughts, images, urges, worries or doubts that repeatedly appear in your mind. They can make you feel very anxious. Compulsions are repetitive activities that you do to reduce the anxiety caused by the obsession. It could be something like repeatedly checking a door is locked, repeating a specific phrase in your head or checking how your body feels.
In order to understand how OCD manifests and how we can gain control, we need to understand how the brain works and how OCD is created. We have one brain and two minds. The Intellectual Mind and the Primitive/Emotional Mind.
The intellectual mind is the part we use to interact with the world. When we operate from this part of the brain, we generally get things right in life and is usually very positive. It makes a logical and rational assessment of life, is innovative and finds positive solutions.
The primitive/emotional mind is our original primitive part designed to protect us from wild animals and to ensure our survival. The centre and most influential part of the mind is the Amygdala. This is generally referred to as the Fight/Flight/Depression are. This is a vigilant mind and is always looking out for danger, or what it may perceive as danger. It is associated with two other very primitive parts. The Hippocampus, which holds all of our primitive and sometimes inappropriate behavioural experiences and patterns, and the Hypothalamus, which regulates chemical responses in the body and mind.
Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can help you focus on the positives in your life and not be controlled by focusing on what you don’t want.
Depression
Depression encourages you to focus on negative thoughts and to negatively forecast the worst-case scenarios about your future. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can help you break the negative cycle. We will work together to find the solutions for your positive future.
Anger
When we perceive events or behaviours to be personal and we imagine setbacks will last forever, we naturally generate negative emotions. Anger is a negative emotion and a primitive response. I can help you learn how to channel your anger.
Confidence
Is your lack of self-confidence holding you back from developing and achieving your true potential? When we are thinking negatively about ourselves, we are unable to reach our true potential. Negatively thinking about ourselves and negatively forecasting about our future creates a cycle of negative thinking, resulting in a lack of enjoyment in life and a lack of fulfilment which can become life limiting. Once you have got into negatively thinking, you have just got more negative thinking.
I will work with you to reduce your anxiety levels so you can regain control over your life and focus on the positive aspects and achievements rather than the negatives.
Fears and Phobias
Phobias present in many forms such as a fear of spiders, flying, heights and many more and are described as an irrational fear. I will help you bypass your conscious mind and access your subconscious to overcome your phobia.
Stop Smoking
Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can help you stop smoking regardless of how much you smoke and how long you have smoked. Hypnosis helps reprogramme your subconscious mind and removes the desire to smoke. Our primitive mind has decided that smoking is good for reducing our stress levels and that it helps us cope with the day however, smoking is actually one of the major causes of stress and anxiety.
Weight Control
Our ability to lose weight is often linked to how stressed we are feeling and our relationship with food. I can help you reduce your stress levels and help you find the motivation for making the changes that are right for you.