Stress and Anxiety
Some conditions, both medical and non medical are underpinned or exacerbated by stress and anxiety. Conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome and high blood pressure are among those thought to stem from stress. Inappropriate coping strategies for dealing with stress can sometimes become harmful in themselves. These often stay with us even when the original cause of stress is no longer there. Clinical Hypnotherapy introduces more useful coping strategies to replace inappropriate ones and reinforces alternative or more tested, helpful thinking styles and behaviours at both conscious and unconscious/subconscious levels. Furthermore self hypnosis is taught, which equips patients with a valuable resource to aid relaxation, prevent stress build-up, and manage stressful events. read more...

Depression – reactive and mild
There are many types of depression which occur for a variety of reasons. The type and variety must always be diagnosed by your own medical practitioner. Depression alters brain chemicals and some prescribed drugs may help break the cycle of depression. When the depression is mild or reactive or when medication has been prescribed, it may then be treated with clinical cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy. read more...

Pain Management
Pain is an important signal which alerts us to ill health. However once the source of the pain has been medically diagnosed, the level of pain and degree of suffering may be alleviated through various techniques. Clinical Hypnosis is currently being used in a number of NHS Trusts as an additional resource in pain management. read more...

Unwanted Habits
Habits are necessary, until they start to negatively affect our lives. Attempts to break an unwanted habit can be disrupted by many events, thus causing relapse, which both reinforces the habit and increases stress, thus increasing feelings of helplessness, and being out of control. Hypnotherapy addresses many repeated unwanted behaviours and conditions. read more...

Performance and Motivation
These can be increased in many personal and professional areas of life. read more...

Contraindications
Information taken from the case history, and that gained during subsequent sessions, will highlight any contraindications to treatment. These are always discussed. For many conditions it is important to gain the permission of your own medical practitioner under whose care you remain. This helps to ensure that clinical hypnotherapy complements medical advice.