This is a question that I am asked from time to time: Can hypnotherapy “fix” my anxiety / depression / lack of confidence / fear of flying etc. People come to me with a problem and want it to be fixed – just as if they had broken a bone and went to the doctor to get it mended.
We are used to going to the doctor and getting some medication, having an operation, or receiving some other treatment that fixes a physical problem. Issues that have a mental element are not like that. As a hypnotherapist, I cannot get inside my client’s brain and adjust things like a surgeon.
So What Does Hypnotherapy Do?
Fortunately, the human brain is very flexible. We often refer to the plasticity of the brain – that is, its ability to adjust and change. I am not talking about physically changing the brain, rather rewiring it. It is more like changing the programming of the brain, rather than mending its different parts.
Hypnotherapy can help the brain become more plastic, so that ways that we have been accustomed to feeling or doing can change more easily. It is not the hypnotherapist that is doing the fixing – it is the person being hypnotised who is doing it for themselves. The hypnotherapist is just making it easier for them to change.
What Sort of Changes Can Hypnotherapy Help With?
Anytime a person feels bad, has intrusive thoughts, or feels compelled to do something that they know is bad for them – that is when hypnotherapy can help:
- When someone has feelings that they don’t want – anxiety, depression, fear, anger and the like.
- When someone has thoughts that they don’t want – worry, remorse, self-criticism and so on.
- When someone feels compelled to do something that they don’t want – self-harm, smoking, picking at their skin or hair etc.
We all teach our brain to do all sorts of things, and sometimes we inadvertently teach it to do something that is not helpful. Hypnotherapy is all about reprogramming the brain to change those things into something that is more useful.
And Finally …
I help all sorts of people who are feeling, thinking or doing something that is not good for them. I use hypnotherapy to help them get into a better place. I work from my clinic in Fleet, Hampshire and also online. If your would like to Contact Me, I would be very pleased to have a chat to see how I can help.
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