Asperger Syndrome is characterized by repetitive behaviours or rituals, socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour and interaction, preoccupation with a subject to the point of the exclusion of other activities and uncoordinated movements. Many with Asperger’s will also experience anger and temper outbursts, usually as a result of intense anxiety. Many of the mentioned symptoms can read more »

With the UK having one of the highest self-harm rates in Europe questions are being raised about the quality of health care available to them. In a self-harm report conducted by the Royal College of Psychiatrists over half of the 1,500 members surveyed felt they or their team did not have sufficient training to assess read more »

In todays society we are constantly presented with images of what is deemed ‘perfect’. Body dysmorphic disorder is a chronic illness in that is defined by an excessive preoccupation with an imagined or a minor defect, or in plain english, someone who who views themselves as imperfect, ugly, misshapen. Treatment ranges from medication to cognitive read more »

Most of us will have flippantly used the term ‘shopoholic’ for describing a friend or even had the term aimed at ourselves, but very little of us really understand the true gravity of what it is like to be a compulsive shopper. It is not a case of going on the odd shopping spree after read more »

Often the root of our depression is buried deep in our subconscious. This could be anything from a negative body image right through to a childhood memory. We are often unaware of the sources of these troubled feelings but hypnotherapy is something that could help peel back the layers in order to access and eliminate read more »

Most people know Lowri Turner for transforming peoples homes but now she is making a name for herself transforming peoples health and well-being. It seems strange that a women who not so long ago had an addiction to Diet Coke and a 50 a day cigarette habit is now a qualified nutritionist and hypnotherapist. However, read more »

Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder that is characterised by physical and or verbal ticks. The symptoms range in severity and include verbal ticks such as grunting, throat clearing and shouting obscene words (Coprolalia) and the physical symptoms include involuntary actions and flinches and also include Copropraxia which is the involuntary action of obscene gestures. read more »

OCD is a illness which has an overwhelming control on its sufferers, however with the help of hypnotherapy OCD sufferers could be given the ability to control their symptoms, as apposed to the other way round. Hypnotherapy aims to change the way the patient feels about OCD to enable them to take more control. It read more »

An article over at Manchester Confidential looks at how hypnotherapy can be used to treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). OCD affects around 1.2 million people in the UK, and is the fifth most common anxiety disorder. Symptoms centre around the undertaking of obsessive or compulsive behaviour and is often related to numbers, for example a read more »