Wondering about hypnotherapy to help you achieve your goals?

At the beginning of a New Year many people think about setting new goals, achieving new things and looking forward to the year ahead with enthusiasm, yet New Years resolutions often begin to wane quite quickly and may never happen.

In this blog I want to talk about hypnosis to help you achieve your goals.

Getting support when planning goals helps. This could be with a personal trainer if your goal is to get fit. But many people fail to get any support and later struggle to achieve their goals. Even with support such as a personal trainer or a slimming club membership some people feel that they have no willpower and develop a negative mindset. This may then lead them to wonder about hypnosis.

People often will then contact a hypnotherapist but they are not sure if it will help. They often ask 'Does it work?' rather than understanding that it is an experience that helps the hypnotised person to  to change limiting beliefs, find ways to cope and succeed. It can involve imagination and often feels very relaxing. There is evidence that 'it does work' but in my opinion, its always a partnership where the person wants to change something and the hypnotherapist uses knowledge and skills to induce hypnosis, give positive suggestions for change so helping the client get to their goals. A person will only change their thoughts and behaviours if they want to and the hypnotherapist helps.

What is hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy is a blend of hypnosis and therapy. However defining hypnosis is complicated. We know that its a focused attention and it feels rather like day dreaming but it doesn't effect the areas of the brain exactly the same as day dreaming. Some people think its like sleep but it isn't. Often people who are hypnotised are aware of the process and hear everything. It can be described as a state of consciousness in which a person becomes responsive to to suggestions but generally researchers don't agree on exactly what it is.

Yet there are many research studies that show hypnotherapy can help people to achieve their goals. Its not just pretend or placebo.

So what can hypnotherapy help with? At the beginning of the year commonly people want to lose weight, stop snacking, stop eating eating chocolate or just get back to healthy eating. Hypnotherapy can help with weight management. Sometimes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is also used with hypnosis for weight management. Four or five sessions is usual for people who want to lose weight.

If you want the New Year to feel more relaxed and less anxious hypnotherapy can help. Gaining the knowledge and skills to self hypnotise will also mean that you can continue to find ways to reduce anxiety even after the sessions. Three sessions could be all you need to learn to relax and reduce anxiety.

Another common goal that people have in the New Year is to stop smoking. Hypnotherapy can help with smoking cessation. One or two sessions can be offered and sometimes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) will also be used so the person can consciously understand their thoughts and behaviours. Many hypnotherapists provide information about smoking and give people audio recordings to listen to at home to continue the support.

So if you need support in achieving your goals contact a hypnotherapist and find out more.
Linda
Awaken the Change. Focusing minds for positive results.
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