Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy

Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy blends talking therapy and psychotherapy with hypnosis, using guided relaxation to induce a natural, tranquil state where the mind can engage with constructive thoughts and suggestions.

This modern therapeutic method uses structured and evidence-based techniques to facilitate substantial, positive transformations within a shorter timeframe of four to 12 sessions.

Unlike traditional approaches, Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy prioritises your desired outcomes (the solution) over the issues that have prompted you to seek help (the problem).

This approach emphasises your innate strengths and resources, viewing you as capable of resolving your own challenges. The therapist serves as a guide, facilitating your journey towards solutions.

The combined use of hypnosis fosters a shift from negative to proactive thinking, particularly beneficial for anxiety-related issues such as phobias, panic disorder, and stress. 

At a Hypnotherapy session you are never asked to do something you don’t want to do.

Hypnotherapy is radically different from stage or TV ‘Hypnosis’. It has long been used in the medical world, and in professional sports performance and in the arts, notably with professional musicians.

Hypnotherapy is not a panacea, or quick-fix. It can’t magic the problem away. Like any therapy, it involves responsibility, accountability and conscious effort to make change happen.

Hypnotherapy is particularly effective for breaking habits, managing stress-related issues, and addressing various chronic conditions. Its acceptance within the medical community has surged following a recommendation by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which recognised hypnotherapy as a viable treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Hypnotherapy can help to treat a range of physical and mental health conditions including, but not limited to:

• Anxiety, including for example about driving, health, sitting exams
• Stress
• IBS
• Gut-related Conditions
• Blushing
• Public-speaking
• Sports Performance
• Artistic Performance
• Confidence
• Fear of Flying
• Low Self-esteem
• Alcohol Misuse
• Needle Phobia
• Panic Attacks
• Stuttering
• Weight Management
• Relaxation and Nervous System Regulation
• Stress-related disorders such as Spasmodic Dysphonia and Shy Bladder Syndrome.

During sessions, expect collaborative discussions about your goals, explanations of hypnosis and the therapeutic process, and practical exercises to reinforce progress. Your therapist will provide ongoing support and feedback to help you reach your desired outcomes. They can offer you insights into their methodology and tailor their sessions to best suit your needs.

The consultation is an opportunity to see if you and your therapist can work together. It is a relaxed Q&A, a discussion of the issues for which you are seeking help. After the consultation, your therapist will email you a self-hypnosis MP3 track that enables you to relax, improves your sleep quality, and consolidates the work you will be doing in your sessions together.

Follow-up sessions are generally split into two parts:

• First part: a discussion based on Solution-Focused questions and techniques that are positively directed and goal-orientated. The intention is to allow a perspective shift by guiding you in the direction of hope and optimism to support you on your path of positive change.
• Second part: involving Hypnosis, a relaxing trance state where your imagination can be guided and shaped to enable you to achieve the outcome you want.

Depending on the issue, you will then be emailed supporting resources to help inform and support you between your appointments.

Each session lasts 55 minutes, called ‘The Counselling Hour’, and the number of sessions required is ascertained in the first appointment, with six to 12 being the average requirement, depending on the issue(s) you are needing help with.

£75 for 55 minutes

‘Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults: Diagnosis and Management’, NICE

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