CLINICAL HYPNOTHERAPY
What is Hypnosis?

It may be surprising to many to learn that we experience trance states often during the course of our lives. Even passing into ordinary sleep involves a kind of trance state. The experience of hypnosis is similar: neither asleep nor awake and a little like daydreaming, with a pleasant feeling of deep relaxation behind it all. Hypnosis is a different state of consciousness which you can naturally enter so that, for therapeutic purposes (hypnotherapy), beneficial corrections may be given directly to your unconscious mind.

In this way, hypnosis is an effective way of making contact with our inner (unconscious) self, which is both a reservoir of unrecognised potential and knowledge as well as being the unwitting source of many of our problems.

Realistically no-one can be hypnotised against their will and even when hypnotised, a person can still reject any suggestion. Thus hypnotherapy is a state of purposeful co-operation.

What is Hypnotherapy?

Hypnotherapy is using the state of hypnosis to treat a variety of medical and psychological problems. It is estimated that 85% of people will respond at some level to clinical hypnotherapy. It may even succeed where other more conventional methods of treatment have not produced the desired result. When carried out by a trained and qualified hypnotherapist the benefits can be long lasting and often permanent. It is natural and safe, with no harmful side effects.

Hypnotherapy makes use of the bicameral nature of the functioning brain and the conscious / unconscious processes therein. At its simplest level the unconscious mind becomes (through our life experience) the repository of our conditioned experience, while the conscious mind is the waking mind dealing with appraisal and decision making. In hypnotherapy the critical faculties of the conscious mind are sidestepped (through the hypnotic condition) and new ideas and 'suggestions' placed directly into the uncritical unconscious to effect beneficial changes when back in the waking state.

Clinical Applications of Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is medically accepted to benefit the following and more: unwanted habits - smoking, nail biting, bed wetting, weight control / healthy eating, improve work / study / sporting performance, boost self-confidence and achieving potential, phobias, compulsions, emotional problems, sleep problems, inhibitions, worries, reduce stress, tension and blood pressure, stomach problems, IBS, gynaecological problems - PMT, psychogenic infertility, obstetrics (painless childbirth), skin problems, pain control, minor surgery, dentistry, arthritic pains, aches and pains, some sexual problems...

Put simply, where your problem is due to habitual conditioning (habit formation), accumulated stress or unresolved events in your past then hypnotherapy can be used to access and reprogramme these complexes which are being sustained and remain active at the unconscious level.

What to Expect in the Session

Your therapist will ask about your presenting problem and together you will decide on the target outcome for your treatment. The length of treatment will be discussed (whether one session or several) and the fee will be agreed. The therapist will take a 'case history' of the circumstances and history of the particular problem you need help with to help with the formulation of an efficient treatment strategy or hypnotic script.

The therapist will explain the process of hypnosis and how it is used in hypnotherapy to help you make changes to your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. There may be some preliminary testing and practice before starting the full treatment (either immediately or in a subsequent session).

• Click here for a downloadable PDF information sheet about hypnotherapy

HYPNOSIS ARTICLES
A small selection of informative articles by members

• Pseudodysphagia Phobia (Phagophobia): An Uncommon Pseudo-Dysphagia Phobic Disorder, Treated with CBH (Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy): A Case Report.
by Dr. Anand Chandrasegaran MBBS, MMED, ANEST, PDCH, FBSCH

• Case study: A Multidimensional Assessment in Managing Trigeminal Neuralgia Chronic Pain with Clinical Hypnosis.
by Dr. Anand Chandrasegaran MBBS, MMED, ANEST, PDCH, FBSCH

• Hypnosis - Removing Emotions & Fake News
by Amanda Owles BEd (Hons) QTS, MA, MEd, Grad Dip P&C, Dip P,T PDCH

• The Human in the Superhuman
by Amanda Owles  BEd (Hons) QTS, MA, MEd, Grad Dip P&C, Dip P,T PDCH

• Hypnotherapy: The Forgotten Treatment for Infertility
by Anne Watkins BSc, Cert. Ed. (Dist), D.Hyp (Dist), MBSCH

• A brief systematic review of hypnotherapy usage in the English speaking world
by Matthew Krouwel BA (Hons), D.Hyp, PDCHyp, MBSCH

• OCD - A Case History
by Daniel Kronenberg PG Cert (Clin Hyp), BSCH (Assoc)

• Can Hypnotherapy be used with children?
by Lynda Hudson BA (Hons) Psych D Hyp (Dist) Dip App Ling Dip Stress Mgmt, Adv Certs CBT Trauma & CISD, NLP MAC MBSCH MBPS

• Trichotillomania
Compulsive hair pulling

• 10 Ways to get the best from your Hypnotherapist
by Sara Longmuir BA (Hons, BSc (Hons), D. Hyp, PDCHyp, Dip. Psych. Couns.

• Hypnosis For Weight Control
by Michael J. Hadfield D. Hyp, MBSCH

• Anxiety and Panic Attacks
An explanation of their nature

• Hypnotherapy and IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
by Peter Bernfeld MSc, D. Hyp. PDCHyp

• Clinical Hypnosis for Childbirth
by Hilary Field RGN, RSCN, RM, D.Hyp, PDCHyp

• Just when you think it's not going to work
by Denise Bosque D.Hyp, NLPMP, MTAC1 

Membership: Do you have a diploma in clinical hypnosis from one of the following training schools? Enquire about membership.

- The LCCH International
- The London College of Clinical Hypnosis (legacy)
- The London College of Clinical Hypnosis Asia
- The National School of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (legacy)
- The National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy
- Awaken School of Outcome Oriented Psychotherapies
- The Central Academy of Clinical Hypnosis and NLP
- London School of Clinical Communications and Hypnosis
- The UK Academy of Therapeutic Arts and Sciences
- International College of Clinical Hypnotherapy
- Manchester College of Coaching and Hypnotherapy
- Hypnotic World (Practitioner Diploma)
- Northern College of Clinical Hypnotherapy
- Surrey College of Clinical Hypnotherapy
- The Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy
- HypnoTC (Diploma)
- Academy of Clinical, Experimental & Psychotherapeutic Hypnosis