by Paula Sweet | Dec 21, 2011 | Hypnotherapy
As an ex Headteacher and teacher of many years, I have always enjoyed working with children. As a hypnotherapist, my experiences have been just as positive. Chidren have very vivid imaginations and this openness can make them particularly receptive to hypnosis. We...
by Paula Sweet | Dec 20, 2011 | Hypnotherapy
Once a client has experienced the hypnotic state with us – hetero hypnosis – and is familiar and comfortable with the state then we would introduce them to self hypnosis where they can induce trance state on their own as a form of empowerment. This helps...
by Paula Sweet | Dec 20, 2011 | Hypnotherapy
Smoking is a learned habit – none of us was born with a cigarette in our mouth – and so, the good news about quitting is that habits can be ‘unlearned’ as they are regulated by the subconscious mind. Hypnotherapy can help you change this...
by Paula Sweet | Oct 26, 2010 | Hypnotherapy
Rather than hypnosis being a state like sleep, it is for most people a wakeful state and one in which attention is focussed and awareness heightened to a state of suggestibility. Studies show that brain activity changes at this time with beta waves decreasing and the...
by Paula Sweet | Oct 7, 2010 | Hypnotherapy
Evidence suggests that responsiveness to hypnosis emerges at a low level around the age of 5 and that a child will be at its peak suggestibility level between 7 and 9 with a gradual decrease in this from adolescence. However, there may be an over-emphasis on the...
by Paula Sweet | Oct 7, 2010 | Hypnotherapy
Your hypnotherapist can devise an approach to suit your needs whether this be psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural, humanist…or an eclectic mix of approaches and techniques. Analytical approaches allow clients to gain insight into their presenting issues in...
