Useful Articles by Hypnotherapists

Hypnotherapy is something that we can apply to our everyday lives and indeed any kind of challenging situation we need to face. It is a very natural state and it is something we have all experienced before at one time or another. The most empowering aspect of hypnotherapy comes from an eventual understanding that you have the ability to solve any problem that comes your way. There is always a tendency is look outside of ourselves and to other people for help when it comes to finding solutions...

Athletes are classic examples of people who dare to lose, in their determination to win. If we consider a high jumper. A high jumper only knows that they have achieved their maximum potential when they fail to achieve that jump, and fail repeatedly. They keep on and on trying and believing that they will succeed until they either achieve that height, only to then raise the bar, or fail and so keep on trying until they cannot try anymore.

The famous golfer Jack Nicklaus, when asked how lucky...

Some stress is a good thing. It keeps us alert, warns us of impending danger and as a tool for survival is invaluable as it puts us into fight or flight mode - stay and fight or get out of the way because the danger is too great. Stress enables us to perform at our peak, because all our senses are totally engaged.

This starts to become a problem if we find that we are constantly on red alert. An indication that this is happening is when we go for a massage and the masseur comments that we...

The successful use of clinical hypnotherapy (CHT) for the treatment of patients with irritable bowel syndrome has been established in at least 14 published studies (1) (2) where it has been shown to produce significant reduction in the cardinal IBS
symptoms and associated symptoms such as anxiety. The success of this treatment method in the clinical setting is contingent upon the protocol being gutdirected or gutspecific,
i.e. directly addressing the digestive tract, balancing the...

Can hypnotherapy help me to take off weight?

Yes. Hypnotherapy is a very powerful tool for helping people wanting to take off weight. Obesity is a huge problem in the western world. Often, people eat outside of meals times because of an emotional force—in short, they 'comfort eat', they eat too much because this helps them to relax, or they eat for some kind of reward.

Some people take in excess food in an uncontrolled fashion; they feel that they are ‘outside themselves’ or that they...

At some time in our lives many of us have made a conscious decision to rid ourselves of a bad habit once and for all. We know of the serious implications that habits like smoking or overeating can have to our health. Even a habit such as nail biting can have a really negative impact on our self confidence. So why, in spite of all our good intentions do we find our will power and motivation evaporates in time and we revert back to our old ways?

It helps to understand that there are two...

This is an essay that seeks to discuss the hypothesis that Psychoanalysis is the greatest religion ever created and the saddest because it cannot offer real salvation.

Before looking at a detailed analysis of the hypothesis posed in the brief for this essay, it is necessary to first examine both religion and Psychoanalysis and to consider if psychoanalysis can reasonably be given the label religion.

Religion

It has to be said that a clear definition of religion is not easy to find. ...

Milton H Erickson: The Inspiration

The history to solution focused therapy is a fascinating one and many people do not realise that it was inspired by the work of the very famous American psychiatrist and hypnotherapist Milton H Erickson. The life story of this gentleman is a huge inspiration and is of its own accord an illustration of the power of a solution focused mind. Erickson battled the paralysing affects of polio not once but twice having very unusually contracted the condition...

IBS can be an extremely debilitating problem affecting around 15% of the population of the UK, with symptoms including diarrhoea, pain and bloating. The condition can seriously affect sufferers' quality of life and finding
treatment can be difficult, leading many doctors to feel they can do little to help as there are no pharmaceutical treatments available that seem to effectively treat IBS.

Because of that, patients will often continue to experience the problem for life whilst...

Types of Psychological Therapy: A Brief Overview

The purpose of this article is to identify the main therapeutic approaches in psychology and succinctly to explain and consider their r?in treating human behaviour. Gross (1996) has defined psychology as, ‘the science of mind and behaviour’; however, although it is beyond the scope of this report to review the literature with regard to scientific studies and the artistry involved in the paradigms of psychological therapy, suffice it is to...