hypnotherapy
Blogs about the use of hypnotherapy in the management and treatment of a wide range of health conditions.
30 Oct
Rethinking Therapy: The Power of Clinical Hypnosis
You"ve hit a roadblock in your journey to mental wellness, haven"t you? Traditional therapy isn"t cutting it. But don"t lose hope. There"s another route that"s often overlooked: clinical hypnosis.
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2 Feb
Excuses NOT to go to Therapy – Reality Check
I wish I could watch as you click off this page when the reality of what you are about to read hits home with you and begins to sink in. It is a horrible feeling; I know I’ve been there! …
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11 Jan
Anxiety Coping Tools
Anxiety is everywhere these days, we all experience it and some people experience anxiety on a gargantuan level on a regular basis, but it’s a perfectly normal and natural feeling! Anxiety is our body and brain looking after us. Any feeling …
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9 Oct
Letting go of that last cigarette.
It isn’t easy to stop smoking; I know because I used to smoke, I even became a secret smoker at one point. I would smoke about 5 a day and then reached 20 a day and I couldn’t even afford …
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2 Oct
Spider Phobias Cause Unwanted Stress
It is of course this time of year where all you see are things spider related and even see the little critters invading your home. Arachnophobia is the worlds biggest fear and causes many people unnecessary stress and anxiety, oddly, …
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30 Dec
The FEELS
When I started writing about my weight loss journey I imagined myself sitting at my laptop being witty and wise and hopefully inspirational. Whats happened is Ive opened a can of worms where my feelings about my metamorphasis have bubbled …
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20 May
Need to lose weight ASAP!
I’ve just had a Facebook message asking me for help, looking for a gym, as they “need to lose weight ASAP” Here is my response: “Here’s some free advice that most people pay for, so I’ll keep it simple and …
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8 May
Exam Pressure – Helping Out the Kids!
Kids at the age of seven appear to be doing their exams at the moment. It appears that they are being put under lots of pressure. Parents are reporting to me that their kids are experiencing tantrums, sleepless nights, crying…in …
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20 Feb
A Skeptical Approach to Medicine – Part Three – What’s the harm ?
It’s been a while since I had the opportunity to post on Talk Health Partnership. This is despite a range of subjects interesting and moving me to want to comment. As ever, time is one of a select few commodities …
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16 Jan
Overcome Food Cravings With Self-Hypnosis
The festive season seems to last longer and longer doesn’t it? Christmas seems to start mid October these days! The Christmas advertisements are on the television, shop fronts are covered in sparkly adornments and of course, we start reaching for …
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16 Jan
Outer Space Body Shaping With Self-Hypnosis
With the current online clinic for January 2014 being about weight issues, today I thought I’d share one of the psychological processes I have continued to do using self-hypnosis to help make the changes. It combines some classic therapeutic ideas …
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1 Jan
Losing Weight and Keeping It Off
Out With The old Today is New Year’s Day, and my Facebook feeds are filled with people selling products and solutions for weight loss. Without exception these are based on the ‘calorie deficit model’ – or dieting. Unfortunately this …
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11 Oct
Reduce Blood Pressure Using Self-Hypnosis
With the festive season being advertised already (!) I recall that last year I certainly ate too much. When speaking with a friend, he told me that they were not able to partake in so much chocolate related gluttony as …
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10 Oct
Engaging and Practicing Progressive Relaxation Using Self-Hypnosis
Public perception of hypnosis tends to see it related to relaxation a great deal. Many people think relaxation and hypnosis are the same thing. They are not. Banyai and Hilgard (1976) showed that by having an individual exercise vigorously for …
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18 Sep
A Self-Hypnosis Sensory-Imagery Technique For Skin Conditions
Further to my previous blog entry here, citing some of the research supporting the use of hypnosis for help with skin conditions, as promised I am going to share a couple of self-hypnosis techniques in coming days. Today is one …
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18 Sep
The Evidence for Using Hypnosis with Skin Disorders
As of today, I am again part of the online clinic here at the TalkHealth Partnership. This particular online clinic is looking at skin disorders. Those familiar with this site will know that the clinics offer lots of support from …
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13 Sep
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
I often find myself working with clients suffering from IBS, both in my Hypnotherapy and in my Personal Training capacities. Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or ‘IBS’, is a disorder involving a collection of symptoms that can include abdominal pain and cramping …
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14 Aug
Using Self-Hypnosis To Create Numbness & Anaesthesia
This article is the one promised in my previous article here at my Health Talk blog; it’s aim is to further and develop your self-hypnosis skill set for applications of self-directed pain relief. During lectures in recent years and when …
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14 Aug
Self-Hypnosis for pain blocking
In an exchange in an online clinic here at the TalkHealth website regarding pain relief for fibromyalgia sufferers I explained that self-hypnosis can be utilized greatly and thought it would be useful to share a couple of ways and means …
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5 Aug
Performance – it is all in the mind
As I crossed the first peak of the mountains my legs were like jelly. The wobble in my legs vibrated through my body. Then the cramps started. These were deep cramps right across my hamstrings and calves. I felt wasted, …
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23 Jul
Hypnosis for surgery
I’ve received some lovely feedack following my last post. One of the messages was from a good friend of mine, Greg, recently had a bit of bad luck – his kidneys packed up. You know, as they do. No reason …
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8 Jul
Role of Emotions in Disease and Illness – An Introduction
An emotion is not a feeling, and a mood is something different too. Most people don’t understand the difference. An emotion can be thought of as just an ‘electro-chemical spark’ in the brain. Yet it is responsible for so much! …
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2 Jul
What is hypnosis?
This is my first blog post for talkhealth, so hello, and I trust you are well! I will be blogging regularly as well as being active on the forums and Online Clinics. Feel free to ask me any questions you …
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