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How Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Work With Your Mind
As a practising hypno-psychtherapist, I must admit that it often feels like I have two different people in my therapy chair at the same time. The two certainly are related and they seem to know quite a bit about each other. They appear to have passed through some remarkably similar experiences.
But they just don’t seem to communicate very well with each other.
One person is entirely rational and logical; they analyze and compare, measure and debate. When I speak with these people I make sure I use the language of logic.
The other person in the chair is quite different. They care nothing for logic. They make no demands that things be rational. They feel and they function on an emotional, rather than a cerebral level. When I speak with these people I make sure I use the language of imagination.
I don’t really have two separate people in my therapy chair, of course, but it certainly can feel as if I do.
That first analytical person is simply the conscious mind, while the second feeling person is the subconscious mind. Both are useful, indeed essential parts of the self, yet their nature is quite different. And often they can be at odds with each other.
To better understand why this is, it’s necessary to understand something of the way in which our minds function.
You see, the conscious mind is that part of us that reasons. It is basically who we think we are. It is the repository of will power and conscious decision making.
However, it is the subconscious mind that is the part of us which experiences emotions. It is basically who we feel we are. It is the repository of our habits and our beliefs.
We also have a third part, and that is the unconscious mind. This is the part of us that is responsible for the smooth running of all those processes that we simply take for granted – our breathing and heart beat, the regulation of our body temperature, the functioning of our autonomic nervous system.
It’s what keeps things going when we sleep and when we are awake, without our ever really having to think about it or give it instructions.
When people come to visit me in my role as a therapist, it’s usually because they have been having trouble with the way they have been feeling.
They have usually done everything they could think of to feel better. They have tried to deny the problem, use will-power in an attempt to make it go away. They have tried to think it away; to conquer it with logic, telling themselves to ’stop being silly’. Yet nothing has worked.
This seldom surprises me. In any battle between feelings and logic, the feelings will almost always win. We may know full well that something is ’silly’, but knowing this and letting that silly thing go are entirely different things.
This is simply because the true power of the human mind does not really lie in the conscious logical part, but in the subconscious feeling part.
Usually the subconscious mind is working in a certain way because of an experience or series of experiences that happened in the past.
The actual experience itself is in fact far less important than what the mind did with that experience; how it was processed and perceived – or misperceived.
Based on past perception – often the perception of the child – a belief was born and this belief became firmly implanted in the subconscious mind, working as a piece of software might work in some powerful bio-computer.
And if that perception was faulty, then it produced a belief that grew stronger and stronger, until it began generating and driving uncomfortable feelings such as fear, anxiety, apprehension, worry, depression and low self-esteem.
The difficulty is that no matter how hard we try, no amount of will power is able to diffuse and get rid of it.
The good news is that with hypnosis and hypno psychotherapy, we can reach into the subconscious part of the mind, talking to it in its own language. Because the subconscious mind forgets nothing, we can uncover the source of the difficult feelings – the misperception and the faulty belief – and we can realign it and re-educate it, thereby neutralising its power to disturb.
Moreover, because hypnosis works hand in glove with the autonomous nervous system, we can even help it to work optimally, speeding up healing, bolstering the immune system, and even managing pain.
If you sometimes feel as if there are two parts of you, and that they are at odds with each other then in many ways you are right. Knowing this, you are in an excellent position to help both parts function in the very best of ways.
Through expertly delivered hypnosis and hypnotherapy – or through effective self-hypnosis – you can once more feel whole and at one with yourself and your world.
By: Peter James Field
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But they just don’t seem to communicate very well with each other.
One person is entirely rational and logical; they analyze and compare, measure and debate. When I speak with these people I make sure I use the language of logic.
The other person in the chair is quite different. They care nothing for logic. They make no demands that things be rational. They feel and they function on an emotional, rather than a cerebral level. When I speak with these people I make sure I use the language of imagination.
I don’t really have two separate people in my therapy chair, of course, but it certainly can feel as if I do.
That first analytical person is simply the conscious mind, while the second feeling person is the subconscious mind. Both are useful, indeed essential parts of the self, yet their nature is quite different. And often they can be at odds with each other.
To better understand why this is, it’s necessary to understand something of the way in which our minds function.
You see, the conscious mind is that part of us that reasons. It is basically who we think we are. It is the repository of will power and conscious decision making.
However, it is the subconscious mind that is the part of us which experiences emotions. It is basically who we feel we are. It is the repository of our habits and our beliefs.
We also have a third part, and that is the unconscious mind. This is the part of us that is responsible for the smooth running of all those processes that we simply take for granted – our breathing and heart beat, the regulation of our body temperature, the functioning of our autonomic nervous system.
It’s what keeps things going when we sleep and when we are awake, without our ever really having to think about it or give it instructions.
When people come to visit me in my role as a therapist, it’s usually because they have been having trouble with the way they have been feeling.
They have usually done everything they could think of to feel better. They have tried to deny the problem, use will-power in an attempt to make it go away. They have tried to think it away; to conquer it with logic, telling themselves to ’stop being silly’. Yet nothing has worked.
This seldom surprises me. In any battle between feelings and logic, the feelings will almost always win. We may know full well that something is ’silly’, but knowing this and letting that silly thing go are entirely different things.
This is simply because the true power of the human mind does not really lie in the conscious logical part, but in the subconscious feeling part.
Usually the subconscious mind is working in a certain way because of an experience or series of experiences that happened in the past.
The actual experience itself is in fact far less important than what the mind did with that experience; how it was processed and perceived – or misperceived.
Based on past perception – often the perception of the child – a belief was born and this belief became firmly implanted in the subconscious mind, working as a piece of software might work in some powerful bio-computer.
And if that perception was faulty, then it produced a belief that grew stronger and stronger, until it began generating and driving uncomfortable feelings such as fear, anxiety, apprehension, worry, depression and low self-esteem.
The difficulty is that no matter how hard we try, no amount of will power is able to diffuse and get rid of it.
The good news is that with hypnosis and hypno psychotherapy, we can reach into the subconscious part of the mind, talking to it in its own language. Because the subconscious mind forgets nothing, we can uncover the source of the difficult feelings – the misperception and the faulty belief – and we can realign it and re-educate it, thereby neutralising its power to disturb.
Moreover, because hypnosis works hand in glove with the autonomous nervous system, we can even help it to work optimally, speeding up healing, bolstering the immune system, and even managing pain.
If you sometimes feel as if there are two parts of you, and that they are at odds with each other then in many ways you are right. Knowing this, you are in an excellent position to help both parts function in the very best of ways.
Through expertly delivered hypnosis and hypnotherapy – or through effective self-hypnosis – you can once more feel whole and at one with yourself and your world.
By: Peter James Field
About the Author:
Peter Field is a leading British hypno-psychotherapist with clinics in London and Birmingham, UK. He is a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and Fellow of the Royal Society of Health. More of his absorbing health articles and other useful information may be found on his website: Peter Field Hypnotherapy UK.
Hypnotism and Weight Loss Program – A Natural Weight Loss Solution
Learn Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy in the UK and USA
If you are considering training to become a hypnotherapist or hypnotist in the UK and USA
there are a number of dimensions that you need to consider in order to make the best decision for you.
Approaches to Learning Hypnosis
there are a number of dimensions that you need to consider in order to make the best decision for you.
Approaches to Learning Hypnosis
Any hypnosis course is highly likely to differ in content, structure, method of examination, student support, business advice and course completion support. Even courses that are franchised and follow certain timetables, content and structure, will still have a different feel, emphasis at times and quality of training.
What is consistent across the majority of hypnotherapy training courses is their aim and intention for the students that attend that course. Each hypnosis school wants to produce graduates who can help any client with at least the most popular issues. These popular issues might be low confidence, weight, smoking, fears and phobias, stress, relationships and life balance to name a few.
Additionally, hypnosis courses should have longer term desires concerning their reputation. Word of mouth still plays a big part in filling any hypnotherapist course classes. Hypnosis schools want their students and graduates to be pleased with their training enough to be able to encourage other budding hypnotherapists to sign up.
Hypnosis Courses and Student Support
Any effective hypnosis course should also provide a means for students to undergo therapy themselves. After all, how can you appreciate what a client is going through during a hypnotherapy session if you haven’t been there yourself.
Most student therapy sessions will be conducted outside of the course hours. However the course should provide a balance of theory and practice of hypnotic skills. This is how the budding hypnotherapist improves their skills and increases their confidence.
Depth and Breadth of Hypnosis Courses
Many hypnosis courses will include psychology basics and psychotherapy themes as a means of giving an understanding of how other mind therapists tackle certain issues. The idea is not to make hypnosis students into psychotherapists (although there are hypno-psychotherapy courses) but to make them aware enough at least to be able to refer clients to a psychotherapist if it is in the best interests of that client.
You can expect to hear about Freud, Jung and Rogers along side of well-known leaders from the hypnosis world such Mezmer, Erickson and Elman.
Hypnosis Helps Your Self-Understanding
You can look forward to enjoying an exciting and highly practical course. Most hypnosis courses have a good balance of theory, question time, demonstration and then practical hands on training and practice. Within the safety of a professionally run hypnosis course there may be opportunities to resolve some of your issues.
A wonderful extra benefit to improving your skills and appreciating more about human behaviour is a better understanding of yourself.
By: Steven Harold
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Searching For Hypnotherapy Sessions Online is Easy As Long As You Do Your Research First
Trying to find hypnotherapy courses in the UK can sometimes be tough but there are a few ways that will help you find the best courses available in the capital city, London. If you search online for “hypnotherapy London” you should easily be able to find what you’re looking for.
So, if you’re interested in hypnosis and fancy taking a course to learn how to do it, or perhaps you need some hypnotherapy to get over a fear or lose weight then you’ll have a few things to think about first. In the UK, there are hundreds of companies that offer these services and finding the one that is right for your needs can be tough. Just make sure that you concentrate on areas near you – or areas that are easy to get to.
For example, “hypnotherapy London” searches will help you find places in London, the capital of England, that offer the services you need. However, it’s always a good idea to perform extra searches such as “hypnotherapy” or perhaps more specifically, “hypnotherapy weight loss” depending on what you’re looking for.
It’s usually a good idea to grab a pen and paper when you’re doing this sort of research. Make a note of the prices for courses and sessions so that you can do a bit of price comparison. Just remember that research is important if you want to find a hypnotherapist near you.
In the UK, there are hundreds of major cities that will have companies that provide this service. Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham and many more. However, London is probably the best place to start looking because a lot of the time, these companies have chains which are located elsewhere in the UK as well as in the capital.
Overall, trying to find “hypnotherapy London” online is much easier than you may have first thought. Just make sure that while you’re doing your research, you are specific about your search criteria.
By: Zak I Morris
About the Author:
So, if you’re interested in hypnosis and fancy taking a course to learn how to do it, or perhaps you need some hypnotherapy to get over a fear or lose weight then you’ll have a few things to think about first. In the UK, there are hundreds of companies that offer these services and finding the one that is right for your needs can be tough. Just make sure that you concentrate on areas near you – or areas that are easy to get to.
For example, “hypnotherapy London” searches will help you find places in London, the capital of England, that offer the services you need. However, it’s always a good idea to perform extra searches such as “hypnotherapy” or perhaps more specifically, “hypnotherapy weight loss” depending on what you’re looking for.
It’s usually a good idea to grab a pen and paper when you’re doing this sort of research. Make a note of the prices for courses and sessions so that you can do a bit of price comparison. Just remember that research is important if you want to find a hypnotherapist near you.
In the UK, there are hundreds of major cities that will have companies that provide this service. Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham and many more. However, London is probably the best place to start looking because a lot of the time, these companies have chains which are located elsewhere in the UK as well as in the capital.
Overall, trying to find “hypnotherapy London” online is much easier than you may have first thought. Just make sure that while you’re doing your research, you are specific about your search criteria.
By: Zak I Morris
About the Author:
Writer Zak I Morris talks about searching online for hypnotherapy London. http://www.hypnoticsolutions.co.uk has a huge range of options available in the UK, you should easily find what you’re looking for.
How Hypnotherapy Can Ease Even the Most Severe Headache
Headaches are annoying and painful experiences that so many of us seem to experience from time to time.
Usually they just fade away after a fairly brief period and then they are gone, with no real damage done.
Chronic headaches, however, ones that recur with regularity can really interfere with our healthy functioning, affecting our relationships and work life and seriously compromising us in so many areas of our existence.
It’s essential to realise that any severe headache that lasts for 24 hours or longer – or one that is accompanied by a blurring of the vision or nausea and vomiting – means that you need to visit your doctor immediately.
Broadly speaking, there are 2 different types of headache – tension and cluster. (Migraine is something more than a headache and will be treated in a seperate article.) Speaking from a strictly medical perspective, the actual cause of both these types of headache is unknown.
Often though, tension headaches are as the name suggests. They appear to be triggered by tension and stress, anxiety and emotional discomfort.
Food sensitivities can also play a part in the onset of this kind of headache, as can poor posture, bright light, menstrual periods and even the weather.
Painkillers such as aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen can often help with the milder kind of headache, but the body can easily become habituated to these pharmaceuticals, greatly reducing their effectiveness.
As well, a phenomenon known as ‘withdrawal headaches’ can sometimes occur when these substances are withdrawn.
This kind of cluster headache can also seem to be triggered by such things as changes in temperature, odors and alcohol. Of course, they can just as easily appear with no apparent reason at all.
This particular kind of headache just doesn’t respond well to over the counter medication. Drugs available on a doctor’s prescription include Sumatriptan and Ergotamine, but these powerful pharmaceuticals, like most others, can have considerable side-effects.
Wouldn’t it be much better if we could access our own inner ability to control headaches, instead of depending on external substances for relief.
And it is here that modern hypnotherapy can be or real assistance and value.
With the correct form of expertly delivered hypnotherapy your own subconscious mind can learn to manage headaches without recourse to or dependence upon external drugs. Through advanced transformational hypnotherapy you can learn to transform any headache into an insubstantial vapor that you can simply and easily exhale, leaving you free to continue on with a clear and untroubled mind.
In hypnosis you can be taught to recognise the cues and triggers of a headache before it actually occurs and then do something about it. You can learn to reverse the process that generates the headache, and in so doing regain real control.
No headache really needs to be allowed to ruin your day or affect your enjoyment of it.
With the right kind of hypnotherapy you can draw a line under the pain and inconvenience of headaches and get on with your life.
By: Peter James Field
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Usually they just fade away after a fairly brief period and then they are gone, with no real damage done.
Chronic headaches, however, ones that recur with regularity can really interfere with our healthy functioning, affecting our relationships and work life and seriously compromising us in so many areas of our existence.
It’s essential to realise that any severe headache that lasts for 24 hours or longer – or one that is accompanied by a blurring of the vision or nausea and vomiting – means that you need to visit your doctor immediately.
Broadly speaking, there are 2 different types of headache – tension and cluster. (Migraine is something more than a headache and will be treated in a seperate article.) Speaking from a strictly medical perspective, the actual cause of both these types of headache is unknown.
Often though, tension headaches are as the name suggests. They appear to be triggered by tension and stress, anxiety and emotional discomfort.
Food sensitivities can also play a part in the onset of this kind of headache, as can poor posture, bright light, menstrual periods and even the weather.
Painkillers such as aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen can often help with the milder kind of headache, but the body can easily become habituated to these pharmaceuticals, greatly reducing their effectiveness.
As well, a phenomenon known as ‘withdrawal headaches’ can sometimes occur when these substances are withdrawn.
This kind of cluster headache can also seem to be triggered by such things as changes in temperature, odors and alcohol. Of course, they can just as easily appear with no apparent reason at all.
This particular kind of headache just doesn’t respond well to over the counter medication. Drugs available on a doctor’s prescription include Sumatriptan and Ergotamine, but these powerful pharmaceuticals, like most others, can have considerable side-effects.
Wouldn’t it be much better if we could access our own inner ability to control headaches, instead of depending on external substances for relief.
And it is here that modern hypnotherapy can be or real assistance and value.
With the correct form of expertly delivered hypnotherapy your own subconscious mind can learn to manage headaches without recourse to or dependence upon external drugs. Through advanced transformational hypnotherapy you can learn to transform any headache into an insubstantial vapor that you can simply and easily exhale, leaving you free to continue on with a clear and untroubled mind.
In hypnosis you can be taught to recognise the cues and triggers of a headache before it actually occurs and then do something about it. You can learn to reverse the process that generates the headache, and in so doing regain real control.
No headache really needs to be allowed to ruin your day or affect your enjoyment of it.
With the right kind of hypnotherapy you can draw a line under the pain and inconvenience of headaches and get on with your life.
By: Peter James Field
About the Author:
Peter Field is a leading British hypno-psychotherapist with clinics in London and Birmingham, UK. He is a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and Fellow of the Royal Society of Health and. More of his absorbing articles and other useful information may be found on his website: Peter Field Hypnotherapy UK
Choosing Your Hypnotherapy Training Course
For anyone wishing to study hypnosis and hypnotherapy it is obviously very important that they are adequately trained. So finding a course of an adequate professional standard is crucial. When choosing your hypnotherapy course you may be currently be involved in another job or profession so you will need to find a training course that fits in with your lifestyle and and obligations. Fortunately there are options available that will allow you to train on a part time basis as you work towards your goal of becoming a hypnotherapy practitioner.
One option is to take a foundation course such as the certificate in therapeutic hypnosis which is held over three weekends. Students are taught the basics of hypnosis and to hypnotise in a manner that is safe and ethical. This course is important because as well as teaching the basics of hypnotism and hypnotherapy, it contains many practical elements. It is examinable with students being tested with multi choice questions.
The certificate in therapeutic hypnosis is of value to those whose professions are not directly related to hypnotism. These skills are important to those who require their clients to relax, such as those involved in stress management, complimentary therapies and beauty and massage therapy. Therefore this foundation course is a tremendous source of knowledge for those wishing to learn the basics of hypnotism and hypnotherapy.
For those wishing to progress their training, they need to choose a more advanced hypnotherapy course. One option is the diploma in clinical hypnotherapy. The diploma extends knowledge and training garnered
during the foundation certificate course. The higher level course takes eight months to complete and is split into sessions which are each held over successive weekends.
The diploma in clinical hypnotherapy offers vital training for those wishing to be come professional practitioners. It is a very comprehensive, all embracing course which gives people the professional competence, as well as confidence, to set up their own hypnotherapy practices.
Crucially, the course has received accreditation from the Hypnotherapy Association – one of the hypnotherapy profession’s top bodies in the United Kingdom. Anyone passing their diploma will be allowed licentiate membership and be properly accredited when they enter practice. The Hypnotherapy Association will also allow diploma holders to professionally demonstrate their approval by allowing them to use the letters MBHA after their name
Therefore, when choosing you hypnotherapy training course, it is important to choose a training provider and course approved by professional bodies like the Hypnotherapy Association.
By: Craig Ellyard
About the Author:
One option is to take a foundation course such as the certificate in therapeutic hypnosis which is held over three weekends. Students are taught the basics of hypnosis and to hypnotise in a manner that is safe and ethical. This course is important because as well as teaching the basics of hypnotism and hypnotherapy, it contains many practical elements. It is examinable with students being tested with multi choice questions.
The certificate in therapeutic hypnosis is of value to those whose professions are not directly related to hypnotism. These skills are important to those who require their clients to relax, such as those involved in stress management, complimentary therapies and beauty and massage therapy. Therefore this foundation course is a tremendous source of knowledge for those wishing to learn the basics of hypnotism and hypnotherapy.
For those wishing to progress their training, they need to choose a more advanced hypnotherapy course. One option is the diploma in clinical hypnotherapy. The diploma extends knowledge and training garnered
during the foundation certificate course. The higher level course takes eight months to complete and is split into sessions which are each held over successive weekends.
The diploma in clinical hypnotherapy offers vital training for those wishing to be come professional practitioners. It is a very comprehensive, all embracing course which gives people the professional competence, as well as confidence, to set up their own hypnotherapy practices.
Crucially, the course has received accreditation from the Hypnotherapy Association – one of the hypnotherapy profession’s top bodies in the United Kingdom. Anyone passing their diploma will be allowed licentiate membership and be properly accredited when they enter practice. The Hypnotherapy Association will also allow diploma holders to professionally demonstrate their approval by allowing them to use the letters MBHA after their name
Therefore, when choosing you hypnotherapy training course, it is important to choose a training provider and course approved by professional bodies like the Hypnotherapy Association.
By: Craig Ellyard
About the Author:
If you are looking for a hypnotherapy training course the York Institute run both foundation and advanced hypnotherapy training courses accredited by ‘The Hypnotherapy Association UK.’
Sleep Hypnotherapy – Sleep Easily With Low Delta Frequencies
