OUR APPROACH:

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  • Evidence-based and science-based

  • Integration with Clinical Hypnosis​

  • Integration with Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy

  • Integration with Humanistic Therapy

  • Integration with Mindfulness

  • Focus on Psycho-Education

  • Teaching Coping Skills

  • Relapse prevention





EXPERTISE





Our professionals carry full professional indemnity and public liability insurance and are registered with the following professional organisations:

The British Psychological Society (BPS)
The British Neuroscience Association (BNA)
The General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR)
The General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (GHSC)
The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)


Hypnosis usually involves using verbal repetition and mental images. Hypnotic “trance” , so-called, is not scientifically proven. Clinical hypnotherapy focuses more on hypnosis as an increased ability to respond to positive suggestions, usually accompanied simply by relaxed attention to the ideas being suggested. Comedy stage hypnosis has very little to do with clinical hypnotherapy and has been shown to foster misconceptions which can prevent people from benefiting from treatment.

Thousands of positive experimental and clinical research studies on hypnosis have been published. It was recognised as an effective treatment by the British Medical Association (BMA) and American Medical Association (AMA) in the 1950s and, more recently, by the American Psychological Association (for obesity) and NICE guidance (for IBS) used by the NHS.

Hypnosis, also referred to as hypnotherapy or hypnotic suggestion is a process of collaborations between a therapist and an individual (referred as a client), in which the individual has heightened focus, concentration and suggestibility. It’s a collaborative process in which you allow yourself to follow the guidance of the therapist by using your imagination to evoke positive emotions and rehearse behaviour change.

Hypnotic suggestion is a means of experiencing certain helpful ideas at a level profound enough to directly influence our emotions and behaviour. Psychological and emotional problems can be seen as the result of negative thinking, whereas hypnotherapy aims to encourage (“suggest”) positive ideas which lead to improvement.