Hypnotherapist Stop Smoking
Executive Summary By Suzanne Zacharia
What is a Hypnotherapist?
Hypnotherapy has taken great strides forward and is an accepted and successful therapy these days, but there are still misconceptions and dark areas associated with it. A hypnotherapy session will take place in a comfortable and quiet environment, and during the first session you can talk in confidence about the issues you wish to overcome. Sometimes it is the first time a client has been allowed to talk in depth and to be listened to. The hypnotherapist will provide you with information about hypnosis, as well as what to expect during the session. The first session will often take two hours in order for the therapist to get an understanding of the problem and explain the process involved with your therapy, as well as a session of hypnosis. Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis in a therapeutic condition, using the brains natural ability to produce a deeply relaxed state. Deep relaxation is often called a trance and is a powerful learning tool. When in hypnosis you are more open to new ideas, suggestions and discoveries, allowing you to make the positive changes you want to achieve your goal.
Hypnosis is similar to day-dreaming, with feelings of deep relaxation and concentration, you sit in a comfortable chair with a pillow behind your neck and a small rug over you, you close your eyes, and the therapist starts talking, hypnosis is brought about by suggestion, beginning with the suggestion of relaxation. Your breathing gets slower and more relaxed, and the mind becomes focused on suggestions made by the therapist, it is gentle and relaxing and very powerful.
These suggestions and visualisations help you to make positive changes within yourself, so that you can overcome irrational fears, phobias, negative thoughts and work on deep emotions.
At the end of your session the therapist will bring you out of your experience and you will feel wonderful, alert and relaxed and refreshed. You are then often invited to talk about it if you wish.
The number of sessions required depends on your progress and your problem, every person differs, and every problem is different. Except for stop smoking programmes which are usually covered in one long session with a follow up if required, other problems can take anything from 3 sessions.
When is hypnotherapy useful?
Hypnotherapy is useful when you have a specific personal problem you want to solve. The sort of problems that hypnotherapy can be applied to include:
Physical problems
Hypnotherapy can help with chronic pain and muscular tension. It is effective both for relaxing the body and altering the way the brain perceives pain to reduce it’s intensity.
Emotional problems
These can include fear and anxiety; e.g. phobias, panic attacks, exam nerves etc., grief, anger, guilt, shame, low self-esteem and many more.
Behavioural problems
These can include smoking, overeating, drinking too much and various other kinds of addictive behaviour. It is also possible to help with insomnia and disturbed sleep.
In general, hypnotherapy provides a useful complement to other kinds of medical care. You should check carefully as to whether your hypnotherapist is medically qualified and only take medical advice from qualified professionals.
Almost anyone with normal brain functions and no serious mental illnesses can be safely hypnotised. However, your chances of being hypnotised will vary depending on the hypnotherapist you work with. An experienced, professional hypnotherapist with whom you feel secure and supported is most likely to succeed.
Why would I want to use hypnotherapy?
First of all, hypnotherapy is quick and effective. It often helps people to make changes in their lives that they had previously been unable to accomplish, such as stopping smoking or flying in an aeroplane.
Second, hypnotherapy can work where other things may have failed. Although there are a wide range of drugs and therapies that can help, none of them is effective in every case. Third, hypnotherapy is safe and there are no physical side effects. In the hands of an experienced, compassionate and ethical hypnotherapist, hypnotherapy is a very safe form of treatment with few or no risks.
How does hypnotherapy work?
Hypnotherapy works through the use of hypnosis. This is the process by which the hypnotherapist helps the client attain a particular state of consciousness called trance.
All of us experience altered states of consciousness such as sleeping or daydreaming every day. In an ordinary state, people are limited in their ability to respond to suggestions. They may find it hard to control their thoughts, feelings and behaviour. In particular, it is difficult for them to control their unconscious mind – that part of the mind that controls automatic activity such as emotions and habits.
You simply performed the task on a kind of autopilot using your unconscious mind. In trance, a client’s unconscious mind is open to the influence of the hypnotherapist and can thus be reprogrammed in the way the client desires. Naturally, this makes solving problems easy and rapid.
Who should I use hypnotherapy with?
The best approach is to contact an official organisation in the country in which you live.
In the United Kingdom, you can use the General Hypnotherapy Register (www.general-hypnotherapy-register.com)
In the USA, you can use the National Guild of Hypnotists (www.ngh.net)
Once you have some contact details, approach each hypnotherapist on the list. Many will offer some kind of free initial consultation. Firstly, use your judgement to decide if the hypnotherapist is right for you. Then, ask if they can supply any testiomonials and whether they have worked with your sort of problem before. Apply all the rigour and careful thought you would use if hiring a lawyer, doctor or any other sort of professional.
Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy Metamorphosis
By Suzanne Zacharia
you want to stop smoking naturally, stop-smoking hypnotherapy may be the first thing suggested to you. And for many years, hypnotherapy was the best option available. That compares very favourably with most artificial solutions.
So hypnotherapy first came about as an alternative therapy. Naturally, evolution takes place, and now there are alternatives to hypnotherapy too.
Once highly controversial, hypnotherapy has become a staple, accepted norm. Now, new techniques have evolved, as hypnotherapists hone their skills and learn additional advanced techniques. Now, the new techniques are controversial. How times change!
For example, my colleague Laura has just shown me news about a hypnosis show on TV of the deep-trance eye-closed variety. I said the media are only interested in the dramatic old style that works far less effectively than the new techniques. From the efforts of myself and others, I can assure you that most of those working in the media find a safe, easy and thorough solution totally unappealing. It defies common sense, but common sense is not what sells papers, magazines, or TV shows.
NLP is in the process of getting more recognition by the public, and EFT is following suit.
In my personal experience as a practitioner having to make a living, I found that promoting hypnotherapy paid more than promoting the advanced techniques I was learning. In other words, was putting forward a technique requiring the new refinements, because otherwise I could not survive as a full-time practitioner. This presented me with a heavy moral dilemma. I no longer wanted to concentrate on eye-closed hypnosis, because I had more effective techniques for the client. But the client knew, trusted, and asked for eye-closed hypnosis. It was hard to find that comfortable place in my conscience in-between the clients’ requests and their needs.
Now it is easier for the average person to accept methods other than hypnosis to stop smoking. Times are changing, and I am beginning to find that right place in my conscience that hits the right note.
Of course, hypnosis certainly has its place, and I use it often with clients. However, I find using the lighter form of hypnosis with modern techniques more effective than the dramatic eye-closed deep-trance variety. And once you have had the training to talk hypnotically, it becomes automatic and second nature. Hypnotherapy is evolving into something amazing. You may be pleasantly surprised with the results.
Finding A Hypnotherapist – The Top Ten Tips To Getting The Right Hypnotherapist
If you have come to the conclusion that hypnotherapy is the best form of help for your issue, the next step is to find the right hypnotherapist for you. The following top ten tips will help you come to an informed decision.
1) Get A Personal Recommendation
If you know someone who has seen a hypnotherapist before, then you might choose to accept a recommendation of a particular therapist from them. If you are fortunate enough to have someone who is referred to you it will help you feel more confident about the therapy.
For example the person making the referral may have seen this hypnotherapist for controlling weight. Your problem may be something more personal like an unwanted urge and this therapist may or may not offer sessions for this type of issue.
2) National Hypnotherapist Associations
If you do not have a recommendation, your next choice is to contact one or more of the professional associations. Any hypnotherapist that has membership of these professional organisations would have had to supply at least details of their training and their indemnity insurance.
Members of these organisations have to follow strict codes of conduct and ethics.
A way of tracing these national organisations is via the internet’s search engines. Simply type the words “hypnotherapy association” and you will given a list of the websites for these bodies.
3) Location
The geographical location of the hypnotherapy practice is an important consideration. If it is too far to travel to, you mind find yourself making excuses and not keeping your appointments.
4) Availability
Hypnotherapists offer different days and times for appointments. Some have limited times and days that they are available. Many practices offer evening appointments realising that some clients will be unable to take a daytime appointment because of work commitments.
5) Price
The fee for any hypnosis session will be an important consideration for most people. Fees, even between hypnotists in the same location can vary quite substantially. These differences are because of factors such as experience and the cost for providing a room for the session.
6) Hypnotherapy Consultation
Many hypnotherapists will offer a free initial consultation but not all of them will.
It gives you a chance to provide more information about your problem. It is also a time to ask any questions you might have about the therapist and whta will happen in the session.
With the vast majority of hypnotherapists the consultation is provided without any commitment to having a session. When a hypnotherapist does make a charge for a consultation this will usually be a token amount and mainly to cover their costs.
7) The Sex of the Hypnotherapist
Sometimes, choosing whether to see a male or female practitioner will be important to you and your ability to discuss personal details. All hypnotherapists are trained to treat many issues specific to men or a women.
8 ) Experience of Hypnotherapist with your issue
In your assessment of which practitioner to visit, knowing how much if any experience the hypnotherapist has in resolving your issue will be important. This can help your confidence in knowing that you are receiving treatment from someone who understands and has successfully managed similar issues.
9) Rapport
A crucial part of deciding to see any mental health professional is your impressions about them once you have made contact. The contact may be by telephone or it may be at the consultation. The therapist should help you feel comfortable and respected. All therapists are trained at how to build rapport with any client quickly.
10) Training
There are over 100 different schools providing hypnotherapy training in the UK alone. Some schools provide courses that run over a year whilst others provide an intensive course over a set number of days. Some schools provide a correspondence course without any practical training. Anyone, at the moment, can set themselves up as a hypnotherapist and even those without any training whatsoever.
In conclusion, do try to get a recommendation for a hypnotherapist first.
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