Stop Smoking

Hypnotherapy is a very effective as a means to help smokers to stop smoking for good, easily and without the associated unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. In fact quitting smoking with Hypnosis was cited in the New Scientist magazine as the most successful method of quitting! My Quit Smoking sessions last an hour and a half the method I use means that over ninety out of every one hundred clients that come to me to quit smoking will quit! Visit my Stop Smoking Page for full details of how the process works. So if you want to give up smoking using Hypnosis, please call us on 02392552266 or email us

Slimming Hypnosis and Weight Control

Hypnotherapy for weight loss and slimming is very effective. Use it to reduce or control your weight and you will be pleasantly surprised as to just how easy it is. If you remember the series Supersize vs Super skinny you may remember that the presenter Anna Richardson found Hypnotherapy to be the most effective treatment for her own weight loss program. Go to our Slimming Hypnotherapy Page. Change your relationship with food for good and stop struggling with weight control and the motivation to diet. Contact us today on 02392552266 or email us

General Hypnotherapy

If you suffer from fears and phobias, stress, anxiety, an eating disorder, sexual or relationship problems, don't let these problems limit your life when an effective solution exists. At Nulife Hypnotherapy we have the expertise combined with a truly effective therapy to change your life for the better. As well as resolving problems, Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy is effective for general improvement in any area of your life, whether you need more motivation to become a confident sales professional, deal with difficult people effectively or boost your concentration, Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy are effective tools to help you achieve your goals. Call now on 02392552266 for your fully confidential Free Initial Consultation. Find out what Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy can do to improve your life and let me answer all your questions or email me

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

  

What exactly is Hypnosis? Is it anything like I’ve seen on the TV?

Well that depends what exactly you have been watching. If you have seen stage hypnotist shows then the answer is no, it is nothing like that at all. If you have for example, seen Supersize versus Superskinny where the presenter Anna Richardson was hypnotised to help her lose weight and not crave unhealthy food, then Yes. (By the way, Hypnosis was the most effective method for weight loss that the presenter tried on the program). Quite simply Hypnotherapy is a pleasant relaxation process. You will be deeply relaxed and completely conscious. You will be fully aware of everything I say to you whilst in Hypnosis.

Would you be controlling me, could you make me do things I didn’t want to do?

No. This is a complete myth. During Hypnotherapy you are completely in control. You are awake and therefore completely free to reject any suggestion that you felt was unsuitable. If you do not reject it, (and there is no reason why you should since as a therapist I am only offering suggestions that are beneficial), then that suggestion will take root in your subconscious mind and start having beneficial effects straight away.

If you are wondering how come the stage hypnotist manages to get people to do all that daft stuff, those participants are not chosen, they volunteer. Out of these volunteers, the less suggestible people are sent back to the audience. You now have on the stage the most suggestible and flamboyant members of the audience as volunteers. Because they are volunteers and highly suggestible, they happily accept the suggestions given to them by the hypnotist, this is not Hypnotherapy or Hypnoanalysis.

I don’t think I am very suggestible, does that mean I can’t be hypnotised?

Anybody can be hypnotised unless, they are drunk, drugged or have certain mental handicaps. However, most people are not the highly suggestible outgoing type that the stage hypnotist uses in their shows to such dramatic effect. They are however, sufficiently hypnotisable for therapy to take effect and that is all that is necessary for me to make a real and positive difference to someone’s life.

How does it work then?

Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy work on the principal that once your body and conscious mind are relaxed, the unconscious part of the mind can more freely accept the beneficial suggestions that I as a hypnotherapist will give you. These beneficial suggestions might be to feel more confident or to feel pride about becoming a non smoker. The suggestions themselves will depend on what exactly you need help with. The important thing to remember is that all suggestions are phrased in a positive way to ensure that they really take effect and help you feel exactly how you want to feel at the end of the session. Whether you want to feel confident, not crave cigarettes, or feel satisfied before you end up over eating.

How many sessions does it take?

It depends upon what help you need. Hypnotherapy in the form of positive suggestion therapy can be done in usually less than three sessions. However, this type of therapy is not suitable for getting to the root cause of serious problems such as phobias, severe eating disorders or OCD, (obsessive compulsive disorder). These deep seated problems and many others require Pure Hypno-analysis which would be conducted over six to twelve weekly sessions depending on the client.

What is Pure hypnoanalysis?

Pure hypnoanalysis is a process where over a period of several weeks the client, with my therapeutic help and guidance will strive to uncover the root cause of their symptom, whether it be a phobia, a compulsion or obsessional thought or action. Whatever the symptom, it will have a cause, something will have caused the client to bottle up emotions. We may not be aware of the cause of these bottled up emotions as they can be forgotten over time by our concious mind. Fortunately, they haven't been forgotten altogether though and these original bottled up emotions will manifest themselves as phobias, obsessions, overeating also called "comfort eating"and such like.

Phobias for example are often not related to the thing the person is phobic about, at least not directly. Take for example the phobia of flying. It isn’t too difficult to see that this is a manifestation of a fear of not being in control of events that are taking place directly to you.

In hypnoanalysis I will be able to help the person suffering from this particular phobia to delve into their past and find the root cause, (that original out of control feeling and the emotions it generated, that have caused the phobia of flying). The client can then, relive and release that emotion in the safe and controlled environment of my consulting room, hence freeing them from their phobia. It really is that simple. The anxiety was caused by something within the person, but outside of their control. Now they know what the real cause was, it is now within their control and therefore cannot cause these unpleasant symptoms again. This is true for many of the symptoms listed on this website not just phobias.

When will I start to feel better?

If you have attended my practice for a couple of sessions of suggestion therapy, maybe to lose weight or perhaps attended a single "one hit" Smoking cessation session, you will have felt immediate positive results as soon as you finished your first Hypnotherapy session. If however, you are attending for a series of Pure Hypnoanalysis sessions for a deep rooted problem, the Hypno-analysis itself works differently. You may not feel as though much is happening until we have reached session four or so. Some symptoms dissipate as soon as the root cause has been established and some will not dissipate until a few days after the final session.

How much does it cost?

My professional fees are:

One Hit Smoking Cessation £175. This session lasts one hour and twenty minutes.

Hypnotherapy £60 per fifty minute session. (Expect between one and three weekly sessions)

Hypnoanalysis £60 per fifty minute session. (Expect between five and twelve weekly sessions)

How can you stop someone Smoking in only one session?

Smoking is a surprisingly easy habit to give up with the help of Hypnosis. Most people think that they are addicted to nicotine. This is not true, and it is why even with nicotine replacement therapies a smoker will still have cravings for a cigarette and in over seventy percent of cases, they will not be able to quit using this method. They can of course get Zyban from their doctors, but most people I know do not want to resort to what is basically an antidepressant drug to give up Smoking.

The effects of nicotine only last a couple of days, no longer. The effects of the social aspect of Smoking, the habit and missing looking forward to a ciggy at tea break at work or with a pint are the bits that make giving up so hard. This is where most people come unstuck. So with our unique Smoking cessation program I will change that persons’ relationship with cigarettes and therefore break their need for them. I will make it easy to refuse cigarettes and make sure they view them selves as a non smoker. Not an ex smoker. After all, an ex smoker has to worry when he goes to the pub that they may be tempted to smoke, a non smoker has no such thoughts since they have never smoked.

I will make sure they have the willpower they need for that first couple of days. I will also ensure that their desire to smoke is not then converted into the desire to eat, a trap into which many ex smokers fall. They will not feel the need to eat more because,they will not have a feeling of loss, that so often happens when someone gives up Smoking. What usually happens is they feel they have lost a pleasurable habit so they substitute another habit in it’s place, often without realising. That is the reason ex smokers can put on weight! Nicotine is not addictive, but the habit of Smoking is!

My problem is a little embarrassing, how do I know you won’t tell anybody?

At DDB Physiotherapy, we operate to higher standards of patient confidentiality than your GP! Whatever you discuss with me stays between me and you. I have a receptionist only to take calls when I am giving Hypnotherapy, but she will take only your name and a suitable contact number for me to call you back. When I do call back, if you do not personally pick up the phone yourself, I will not divulge my company or the nature of my call. I will introduce myself simply as Cathy if they ask me my name. If I ring you and it is not convenient for you to talk at that point, we can arrange a mutually convenient time to speak in confidence.

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