About Hypnosis

Your individual path to health and happiness

You have the power within you to create the life you want to lead. You can make your life as happy as you want it to be. Good health, loving relationships, self-confidence, career success, and all-round fulfillment can all be yours. All it takes is the willingness to change, to take that first step towards control over your destiny, and to achieve health and happiness.

You are a unique individual. Your experiences have shaped you into who you are today. Throughout your life, you've learned many things which have helped you to survive and to grow. You may also have acquired habits and problems you want to be free from. Ericksonian hypnotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) can enable you to draw on your inner resources and bring you those things which are most important to you.

Rapid and effective change - the comfortable way

Although hypnosis has been used by doctors for centuries, Milton Erickson, MD, developed it into a highly sophisticated method for bringing about lasting and beneficial change. At any given moment, you are consciously aware of between five and nine items of information. Everything else inside you - your memories, habits, beliefs, values, and bodily functions such as the replacement of cells, heartbeat and the digestion of food - takes place at an unconscious level. The hypnotherapist accesses these inner resources, communicates with the unconscious part of the mind, and tailors the therapy to bring about the positive changes that you, the client, desire.

Every problem was once a solution . At some time in your life the "problem" achieved something positive for you. Hypnotherapy helps you, at an unconscious level, to develop new and better ways of achieving that positive intention than through the "problem" behaviour. It brings rapid and effective change, achieving beneficial results in the here and now. You'll find that your mind and body can become more comfortable and relaxed than you may have imagined possible.

Mind and body are one system - working together for healing

Ericksonian hypnotherapy and NLP work on the principle that the mind and body are one system. Emotional and psychological problems often have a physiological manifestation, and physical illness is often closely linked to negative mental states. Hypnotherapy and NLP will help your mind and body use their natural resources for healing and growth. Some problems which they can solve: - smoking, gambling, drug-taking, excessive drinking and other unwanted habits; - stress, anxiety, depression and other negative emotional states; - excessive weight and conditions such as anorexia and bulimia; - physical ailments such as chronic pain, skin diseases, and auto-immune disorders; - relationship and sexual problems; - lack of fulfillment.

 

Your questions answered:

Q What does a hypnotherapy session involve?

A Although every session is different, the hypnotherapist first discusses in some detail the changes the client wants to achieve. Everything is then geared to achieving that positive outcome. The hypnotherapist demonstrates some rapid techniques which the client can use to achieve a resourceful or relaxed physical and mental state. He then induces trance and makes powerful therapeutic suggestions, tailored to the client as an unique individual, to the unconscious part of the client's mind, in order to achieve the positive outcome.

Q What is the "trance state"?

A The trance state is simply an altered state of awareness, in which the client's attention is focussed on inner resources. Although everyone's experience of trance is slightly different, you'll always feel both comfortable and relaxed, and may experience a pleasant sense of "drifting" and detachment from your surroundings.

Q Will I lose control of my actions under hypnosis?

A No. You will remain in full control of your thoughts and actions throughout the session. Clinical hypnotherapy is nothing like the stage hypnosis you've seen on TV!

Q How long does hypnosis take to bring results?

A This depends on each individual case. A free 15-minute consultation is available, at which you can discuss what you'd like to achieve, and find out how Ericksonian hypnotherapy can help you to get there.

 

For issues other than smoking, each session costs £195 and lasts for 90 minutes.

For a free brochure, or for more information, please contact:

David Botsford, MNCH (Reg), Dip THP (N-SHAP),

Clinical Hypnotherapist,

Harley Street,

London W1N 1AA

Telephone: (020) 7467 8461

Facsimile: (020) 7467 8312

e-mail: d.botsford@ntlworld.co