FAQs & Lots more info
This is what 42 years of experience can achieve!
Andrew Newton has a professional, though informal approach to hypnotherapy, based on years of practice and experience, studying and using the most effective treatments available. Some of his academic papers and books on psychology, hypnosis and hypnotherapy are available to read on this website.
Personalised hypnotherapy sessions are based on rigorous scientific psychological principles and research. His approach is all about getting to understand the client’s real needs. Andrew understands that every client is unique, so every hypnotherapy session is tailored to individual needs and addresses the changes that enable you to function the way you want to… and regain ownership of your life. Hypnotherapy can produce fast results by getting directly to the root of the issue.
Andrew is thorough and he listens to what the client actually wants – and delivers it. This is why sessions are between 2½ and 3 hours – his aim is always to get clients to move on as quickly as possible. The aim is to take the time to listen and understand – not to read from a one-size-fits-all generic script. Hypnotherapy is not a fast-food drive-through solution!
Pussy-footing around doesn’t get clients very far either… which is why he never tells clients what they want to hear… he always gets to the heart of the matter – which is why he always gets results… Clients are often surprised by what they have been able to achieve immediately after the session, even if the issue has been buried for years!
Andrew is highly experienced at making changes to the way you think, and creating new and more positive feelings and emotions, reducing stress and anxieties, and improving your physical and mental wellbeing.
“Humans are pre-programmed to react to negative thoughts and feelings and to be cautious, because those behaviours are all part of the survival strategy. In psychological terms, this is called negativity bias. Criticism can have a greater impact on us than a compliment, and bad news more of an impact than good news and negative events make more of an impression on our brains than positive ones. All these things can exert a powerful effect on the way we think and behave, on the decisions we make, on our relationships with others, and ultimately on our lives. But the balance can be restored!
“Sometimes we find ourselves feeling lost and confused about the direction our life is taking. We struggle to overcome mental blocks and find ourselves reminiscing about less complicated times when things weren’t so hectic. It’s at times like these we are at our most vulnerable. Changing the way we think about things can change the way we feel about them. Once we’ve managed to that, making even the most profound changes is just one step away… There’s always a solution.
“Sometimes doubts and irrational fears prey on our minds. Sometimes they are just fleeting, but sometimes it feels as if we’re stuck with all the negativity. Worse… it’s the physical feelings that accompany those doubts that make our lives so much more difficult. Hypnotherapy offers an easy and quick solution.
“If you are struggling with negative habits or compulsions, then now is the time for change. Hypnotherapy provides an opportunity to regain control of yourself, letting go of negative and destructive beliefs, and creating a permanent, powerful shift in your life! It can help you overcome all kinds of worries and anxieties by helping you deal with the debilitating impact of constant and unremitting stress – and it’s all natural and drug-free!
“No issue is too complex or deep rooted to change because all problems have an underlying emotional issue. None of us are born stressed or anxious… stress & anxiety are things we learn… and it’s just as easy to ‘unlearn’ them!
"None of us are born phobic… a phobia is something we learned… so now it’s time to ‘unlearn’ it! Hypnotherapy can help you overcome your deepest fears. Whether it’s claustrophobia, spiders, open spaces, fear of flying – even the most bizarre phobias – You can overcome it! I have dealt with some extreme phobias and as a result, changed lives in just one session.
“Panic attacks can make you feel like the world is ending and your heart’s about to burst out of your chest. So what if I told you there was a way to put an end to them permanently? Hypnotherapy can do just that by teaching you how to manage your emotions in just one session.
"How much more could you achieve in your life if you were just a little bit more confident? Hypnotherapy can rapidly make you a more confident version of yourself! Feeling calmer and more confident helps you think more clearly and feel better about yourself.
“How would you like to feel proud of yourself? How would you like to feel confident, no matter what obstacles life throws at you? Regardless of whatever has happened in your life, you can be strong, powerful, compassionate, and in full control…
“You can discover and learn to apply the strengths that will allow you to continue to learn and develop, and hypnotherapy can help you overcome the barriers to progress because hypnotherapy uses the power of your conscious mind and the latest discoveries in modern neuroscience for personal and professional development.
“I aim to provide you with positive results, not coping strategies or 'just slightly better than before. My client’s emotional welfare and wellbeing is my number one priority. My goal is get every client to achieve a greater sense of fulfilment, connectedness and confidence. Through the latest advances in Hypnotherapy, my clients are able to ‘take the lead’ and regain control of their lives, overcoming the fears, anxieties and doubts which have been holding them back.
“I do not subscribe to the ‘one size fits all’ model of hypnotherapy where the hypnotist reads from a generic script. Most hypnotherapists make the mistake of assuming they already know what the client should have, instead of delivering what the client needs and really wanted in the first place.
“Today, mainstream psychotherapy is too narrow in its thinking about the human condition. Good psychotherapy has its foundations in the work of psychologist Carl Rogers, who recognised that it is the client who must decide these things, not the therapist. My job to help the client recognise what is important and what is trivial.
“In any event, I don’t believe in long therapy – my aim is the termination of therapy! I can accomplish in ONE SESSION what can take weeks of psychotherapy. Many of my clients come from recommendation. Hypnosis sessions are about more than just hypnosis – addressing emotional or psychological problems always involves examining and interpreting the way we understand ourselves; how we feel emotionally, including our thoughts, feelings, habits and behaviour.
“I disagree with the new fads of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) because that approach does not take into account the individual needs of the client. Clients have things they want to talk about and it’s important to listen. I believe that successful therapy is really just a matter of talking and understanding – hypnosis cements and reinforces what we decide so you can achieve rapid change, retake ownership of your life and live anxiety free.
“Hypnotherapy can be a powerful tool for change – even a cure – for a host of problems. Hypnosis has been subject to intense scientific research at universities and hospitals and has significant academic and medical approval. The positive effects of hypnosis as a natural and effective tool are now understood and accepted as a treatment for a variety of psychological problems. In short, hypnosis and hypnotherapy are now mainstream and no longer just a complementary therapy, but an essential and permanent solution to issues that were once thought incurable!”
Just one session of hypnosis can eliminate negative or limiting beliefs, change unhelpful behaviour patterns, and get you to move forward with your life in a more positive and productive way.
Random negative thoughts can develop into a something that’s very limiting! Just as you trained your brain to think negatively, you can train your brain to think in a completely different way.
Andrew Newton has a professional, though informal approach to hypnotherapy, based on years of practice and experience, studying and using the most effective treatments available. Some of his academic papers and books on psychology, hypnosis and hypnotherapy are available to read on this website.
Personalised hypnotherapy sessions are based on rigorous scientific psychological principles and research. His approach is all about getting to understand the client’s real needs. Andrew understands that every client is unique, so every hypnotherapy session is tailored to individual needs and addresses the changes that enable you to function the way you want to… and regain ownership of your life. Hypnotherapy can produce fast results by getting directly to the root of the issue.
Andrew is thorough and he listens to what the client actually wants – and delivers it. This is why sessions are between 2½ and 3 hours – his aim is always to get clients to move on as quickly as possible. The aim is to take the time to listen and understand – not to read from a one-size-fits-all generic script. Hypnotherapy is not a fast-food drive-through solution!
Pussy-footing around doesn’t get clients very far either… which is why he never tells clients what they want to hear… he always gets to the heart of the matter – which is why he always gets results… Clients are often surprised by what they have been able to achieve immediately after the session, even if the issue has been buried for years!
Andrew is highly experienced at making changes to the way you think, and creating new and more positive feelings and emotions, reducing stress and anxieties, and improving your physical and mental wellbeing.
“Humans are pre-programmed to react to negative thoughts and feelings and to be cautious, because those behaviours are all part of the survival strategy. In psychological terms, this is called negativity bias. Criticism can have a greater impact on us than a compliment, and bad news more of an impact than good news and negative events make more of an impression on our brains than positive ones. All these things can exert a powerful effect on the way we think and behave, on the decisions we make, on our relationships with others, and ultimately on our lives. But the balance can be restored!
“Sometimes we find ourselves feeling lost and confused about the direction our life is taking. We struggle to overcome mental blocks and find ourselves reminiscing about less complicated times when things weren’t so hectic. It’s at times like these we are at our most vulnerable. Changing the way we think about things can change the way we feel about them. Once we’ve managed to that, making even the most profound changes is just one step away… There’s always a solution.
“Sometimes doubts and irrational fears prey on our minds. Sometimes they are just fleeting, but sometimes it feels as if we’re stuck with all the negativity. Worse… it’s the physical feelings that accompany those doubts that make our lives so much more difficult. Hypnotherapy offers an easy and quick solution.
“If you are struggling with negative habits or compulsions, then now is the time for change. Hypnotherapy provides an opportunity to regain control of yourself, letting go of negative and destructive beliefs, and creating a permanent, powerful shift in your life! It can help you overcome all kinds of worries and anxieties by helping you deal with the debilitating impact of constant and unremitting stress – and it’s all natural and drug-free!
“No issue is too complex or deep rooted to change because all problems have an underlying emotional issue. None of us are born stressed or anxious… stress & anxiety are things we learn… and it’s just as easy to ‘unlearn’ them!
"None of us are born phobic… a phobia is something we learned… so now it’s time to ‘unlearn’ it! Hypnotherapy can help you overcome your deepest fears. Whether it’s claustrophobia, spiders, open spaces, fear of flying – even the most bizarre phobias – You can overcome it! I have dealt with some extreme phobias and as a result, changed lives in just one session.
“Panic attacks can make you feel like the world is ending and your heart’s about to burst out of your chest. So what if I told you there was a way to put an end to them permanently? Hypnotherapy can do just that by teaching you how to manage your emotions in just one session.
"How much more could you achieve in your life if you were just a little bit more confident? Hypnotherapy can rapidly make you a more confident version of yourself! Feeling calmer and more confident helps you think more clearly and feel better about yourself.
“How would you like to feel proud of yourself? How would you like to feel confident, no matter what obstacles life throws at you? Regardless of whatever has happened in your life, you can be strong, powerful, compassionate, and in full control…
“You can discover and learn to apply the strengths that will allow you to continue to learn and develop, and hypnotherapy can help you overcome the barriers to progress because hypnotherapy uses the power of your conscious mind and the latest discoveries in modern neuroscience for personal and professional development.
“I aim to provide you with positive results, not coping strategies or 'just slightly better than before. My client’s emotional welfare and wellbeing is my number one priority. My goal is get every client to achieve a greater sense of fulfilment, connectedness and confidence. Through the latest advances in Hypnotherapy, my clients are able to ‘take the lead’ and regain control of their lives, overcoming the fears, anxieties and doubts which have been holding them back.
“I do not subscribe to the ‘one size fits all’ model of hypnotherapy where the hypnotist reads from a generic script. Most hypnotherapists make the mistake of assuming they already know what the client should have, instead of delivering what the client needs and really wanted in the first place.
“Today, mainstream psychotherapy is too narrow in its thinking about the human condition. Good psychotherapy has its foundations in the work of psychologist Carl Rogers, who recognised that it is the client who must decide these things, not the therapist. My job to help the client recognise what is important and what is trivial.
“In any event, I don’t believe in long therapy – my aim is the termination of therapy! I can accomplish in ONE SESSION what can take weeks of psychotherapy. Many of my clients come from recommendation. Hypnosis sessions are about more than just hypnosis – addressing emotional or psychological problems always involves examining and interpreting the way we understand ourselves; how we feel emotionally, including our thoughts, feelings, habits and behaviour.
“I disagree with the new fads of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) because that approach does not take into account the individual needs of the client. Clients have things they want to talk about and it’s important to listen. I believe that successful therapy is really just a matter of talking and understanding – hypnosis cements and reinforces what we decide so you can achieve rapid change, retake ownership of your life and live anxiety free.
“Hypnotherapy can be a powerful tool for change – even a cure – for a host of problems. Hypnosis has been subject to intense scientific research at universities and hospitals and has significant academic and medical approval. The positive effects of hypnosis as a natural and effective tool are now understood and accepted as a treatment for a variety of psychological problems. In short, hypnosis and hypnotherapy are now mainstream and no longer just a complementary therapy, but an essential and permanent solution to issues that were once thought incurable!”
Just one session of hypnosis can eliminate negative or limiting beliefs, change unhelpful behaviour patterns, and get you to move forward with your life in a more positive and productive way.
Random negative thoughts can develop into a something that’s very limiting! Just as you trained your brain to think negatively, you can train your brain to think in a completely different way.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it feel like to be hypnotised?
There is nothing mysterious about hypnosis – the result of a series of well-understood and tried and tested psychological techniques. Hypnosis is 100% safe and can be profoundly relaxing – you don’t fall asleep or lose consciousness and you will be able to hear my voice at all times. You will be fully aware of everything that’s happening. Most important, you remain in full control!
This state of relaxation – together with suggestion and visualisation – secures positive changes in the way you feel, helping you move forward by banishing negative feelings and emotions and replacing them with more positive thoughts and beliefs.
Being hypnotised is just like daydreaming, or the feeling you experience before nodding off to sleep. Many people experience feelings of well-being and feel both mentally and physically calm, but again, fully aware what’s happening.
At the same time, your thoughts will be focused on the suggestions that will help you move forward by letting go of negative feelings and emotions. As your focus increases, your mind will become open to new ideas. What happens during the session is specific to your individual needs, and whatever we talk about will remain confidential.
One of the most exciting things about hypnotherapy is the speed with which positive change can be achieved. Hypnosis often provides a short cut to recovery, which is one of the reasons why so many people benefit from it.
What happens in a hypnotherapy session?
Ninety per cent of hypnotherapy is… therapy – the hypnosis is just the way the therapy is delivered. The conversation we have at the beginning of the session will help me understand what you want to achieve. This can sometimes be time-consuming, but it’s important if I’m to help you move forward. Almost any issue can be overcome in a way that is entirely natural and comfortable. This is especially helpful with stress or anxiety related issues – as most are.
It might surprise you to know that the mind works more on imagination than it does on reality or logic. If our minds worked logically all the time, there wouldn’t be any need for therapists! Negative feelings and emotions reside in the imagination – but the imagination can also be a powerful resource which helps create a more healthy and optimistic sense of who you are, and what you can achieve.
Using hypnosis, we can change the way you think about things, and by doing that, we can change the way you feel about them, and also feel about yourself. Once you have control over that, you’ll soon forget about the things that used to bother you, because the change can be natural, easy and automatic. We will work on the things we talked about and this is when the real ‘change work’ takes place.
Hypnosis reinforces everything we’ve decided on in the discussion we have at the start of her session. This discussion is the beginning of change. In hypnosis you will be aware of a growing sense of confidence and positivity. Hypnotherapy sometimes involves some ‘mental gymnastics’ – Working together, we will find a solution. I will guide you, but you will be in the driving seat at all times. Even if challenges arise in the future, you will still have the tools and techniques to back on track.
How should I prepare for the session?
It’s best not to eat a large meal or drink strong coffee or alcohol before your session. I also advise wearing comfortable clothing. If you wear contact lenses, you might be more comfortable if you remove them. All you need is a comfortable chair to sit in. All that matters is that we are able to see and hear each other.
How many sessions of hypnotherapy will I need?
Most hypnotherapists spread the treatment over three or four sessions, but this is not how I work. I believe in getting results for the client in one session and I can address most issues in one session. This means that sessions can last from two to three hours, but in that time we will absolutely get where we need to go. After all, what can we possibly discuss next week that we can’t talk about this week? There is no time limit and you will have my full attention for as long as it takes.
Is hypnotherapy suitable for children?
Hypnotherapy for children and young people is effective and safe. Children respond very well to hypnosis as they are naturally quite imaginative. I am willing to see children providing there is a responsible adult attending – usually a family member.
Hypnotherapy can be very useful for overcoming exam stress, improving concentration, and helping with low self-esteem. Also with confidence, perspective and anxiety in teenagers.
What does it feel like to be hypnotised?
There is nothing mysterious about hypnosis – the result of a series of well-understood and tried and tested psychological techniques. Hypnosis is 100% safe and can be profoundly relaxing – you don’t fall asleep or lose consciousness and you will be able to hear my voice at all times. You will be fully aware of everything that’s happening. Most important, you remain in full control!
This state of relaxation – together with suggestion and visualisation – secures positive changes in the way you feel, helping you move forward by banishing negative feelings and emotions and replacing them with more positive thoughts and beliefs.
Being hypnotised is just like daydreaming, or the feeling you experience before nodding off to sleep. Many people experience feelings of well-being and feel both mentally and physically calm, but again, fully aware what’s happening.
At the same time, your thoughts will be focused on the suggestions that will help you move forward by letting go of negative feelings and emotions. As your focus increases, your mind will become open to new ideas. What happens during the session is specific to your individual needs, and whatever we talk about will remain confidential.
One of the most exciting things about hypnotherapy is the speed with which positive change can be achieved. Hypnosis often provides a short cut to recovery, which is one of the reasons why so many people benefit from it.
What happens in a hypnotherapy session?
Ninety per cent of hypnotherapy is… therapy – the hypnosis is just the way the therapy is delivered. The conversation we have at the beginning of the session will help me understand what you want to achieve. This can sometimes be time-consuming, but it’s important if I’m to help you move forward. Almost any issue can be overcome in a way that is entirely natural and comfortable. This is especially helpful with stress or anxiety related issues – as most are.
It might surprise you to know that the mind works more on imagination than it does on reality or logic. If our minds worked logically all the time, there wouldn’t be any need for therapists! Negative feelings and emotions reside in the imagination – but the imagination can also be a powerful resource which helps create a more healthy and optimistic sense of who you are, and what you can achieve.
Using hypnosis, we can change the way you think about things, and by doing that, we can change the way you feel about them, and also feel about yourself. Once you have control over that, you’ll soon forget about the things that used to bother you, because the change can be natural, easy and automatic. We will work on the things we talked about and this is when the real ‘change work’ takes place.
Hypnosis reinforces everything we’ve decided on in the discussion we have at the start of her session. This discussion is the beginning of change. In hypnosis you will be aware of a growing sense of confidence and positivity. Hypnotherapy sometimes involves some ‘mental gymnastics’ – Working together, we will find a solution. I will guide you, but you will be in the driving seat at all times. Even if challenges arise in the future, you will still have the tools and techniques to back on track.
How should I prepare for the session?
It’s best not to eat a large meal or drink strong coffee or alcohol before your session. I also advise wearing comfortable clothing. If you wear contact lenses, you might be more comfortable if you remove them. All you need is a comfortable chair to sit in. All that matters is that we are able to see and hear each other.
How many sessions of hypnotherapy will I need?
Most hypnotherapists spread the treatment over three or four sessions, but this is not how I work. I believe in getting results for the client in one session and I can address most issues in one session. This means that sessions can last from two to three hours, but in that time we will absolutely get where we need to go. After all, what can we possibly discuss next week that we can’t talk about this week? There is no time limit and you will have my full attention for as long as it takes.
Is hypnotherapy suitable for children?
Hypnotherapy for children and young people is effective and safe. Children respond very well to hypnosis as they are naturally quite imaginative. I am willing to see children providing there is a responsible adult attending – usually a family member.
Hypnotherapy can be very useful for overcoming exam stress, improving concentration, and helping with low self-esteem. Also with confidence, perspective and anxiety in teenagers.
what YOU can achieve with hypnotherapy...
Weight Loss: Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis | Dieting | Healthy Eating | Comfort Eating | Sugar Addiction etc.
“Fad diets don’t work… setting achievable goals do!”
Obesity is usually a psychological rather than a physical issue because the desire to eat is unconscious, and the unconscious is where it must be addressed on order to help you make better decisions about food.
The Virtual Gastric Band involves a combination of proven, psychological approaches and therapies, each underlined by the other, resulting in successful and permanent weight loss. It will help you achieve your goals – no starvation diet, no calorie counting, just a natural way of putting you in tune with what your body really needs. The Virtual Gastric Band will help you feel fuller and more satisfied quicker by unconsciously changing habits – without making any major sacrifices easily and effortlessly!
Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis has a 95% success rate and is the world’s most successful, tried and tested weight loss treatment, while the real surgery has a long term success rate of less than 50% – because surgery doesn’t change the way you think and feel about food! Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis changes the way you think and feel about food and feel about yourself, making it easy to make healthier food choices.
A session of hypnotherapy will start by addressing the subtle and often unrecognised, unconscious reasons behind unhealthy eating patterns, effectively changing them, and enabling you to move toward a more healthy lifestyle. It is not a diet plan – it focuses on boosting psychological motivation to keep making, the right food choices. Most important, it concentrates on making better decisions – the right decisions – about food.
For more information on weight loss, please go to:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/weight_management.pdf
Exercise Motivation
"Get fitter… feel better!"
You already know how much exercise benefits you, and you already know about the good feeling you get when you complete a workout or a walk. You may already belong to a gym or have an exercise routine of your own, but sometimes it just feels like all the positive benefits are not quite enough to motivate you today.
Hypnosis can programme your unconscious mind to build a powerful exercise habit that you won't break!
Stress & Anxiety | Social Anxiety | Insecurity | Panic Attacks | Nervous Tension
“It’s only a short walk to freedom…”
Stress, anxiety, worry… all affect the way you feel – even in normal situations. It can feel like a prison that’s impossible to escape from, but this prison is easy to break out of, because it exists only in your own mind! Anxiety in particular can be like having someone constantly looking over your shoulder, watching everything you do, watching your every move. It’s time to remove that dictator from your life.
Anxiety is typified by unusually debilitating apprehension or continuous dread, usually about imagined problems or events. General Anxiety Disorder is now a recognised mental illness and is more than just an overreaction to normal life and events. People can easily become continually overanxious because they are unable to cope with excessive and continual stress.
Anxiety is a subjective experience and it is quite common. It can be dealt with, especially where the cause of the anxiety can be traced to a specific event. Part of the process involves teaching clients exercises that will help them regulate their own anxiety. Everyone gets anxious on occasion and this is normal and natural in most circumstances. But constant excessive anxiety with no reasonable cause should be treated. Some people find anxiety unbearable… but there is a way out.
Hypnosis has been proved successful in overcoming stress and anxiety, and many hypnotherapists use a powerful hypnotic technique called ‘disassociation' which has been shown to reduce fear by making troubling memories feel ‘safer’. This is called creating ‘emotional distance’ where overcoming fears and anxieties becomes an entirely natural and comfortable process.
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine carried out a study on 44 children who were anxious about invasive medical examinations. The children had already been through at least one painful examination and reported being fearful when they had to undergo these procedures again. But the children who had been taught self-hypnosis were much less anxious, and the examinations also took less time.
Stress & Anxiety can make day-to-day life a real struggle. Worry and self doubt is really just a misuse of the imagination. Hypnosis is a powerful tool that changes the way you manage your feelings & emotions, beat Anxiety, Stress, Depression, Worry and Self doubt, and restore your self esteem! Hypnotherapy helps you recoup lost energy, build motivation and self-confidence, and retake ownership of your life.
Stress is often caused by circumstances or things that are beyond our own control, making it difficult to think clearly and rationally. Hypnosis is ideal for calming anxiety. You can learn how to relax, and once you’ve mastered this, you’ll find it easy… so easy it will become second nature and your life will become noticeably less stressful!
For more information on Stress & Anxiety etc.., please go to:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/ beating_stress_anxiety_and_depression.pdf
Self-Sabotage | Thinking the Worst | Insecurity
"It’s time to turn your back on limiting beliefs…"
When we are rejected or feeling insecure, they often feel jealous, or lonely, or anxious. Worse, we tend to interpret the hurt we feel, and view rejection, as an indication of our self-worth. This can make us feel even worse!
But as painful as it may be, rejection can actually benefit you. Rejection can build resilience and help you grow and apply the lessons you learn to future setbacks. To reap the benefits, you have to deal with it in the right way. Hypnosis helps us translate the past into a lesson for the future.
Thinking the worst can be habit forming… but the worst hardly ever happens. Beating the habit is really a matter of putting yourself in the right frame of mind. Once we learn to do this we can also stop sabotaging ourselves because worry and self doubt is really just a misuse of the imagination. Like a prison we have created in our own minds, it’s the hardest one to break out of. But there is a way…
Depression
“It’s time to restore your self esteem…”
About 10% of people experience depression at least once in their lives, although women seem to be more prone to it, especially between the ages of 35 to 45.
It used to be thought that hypnotherapy was not a suitable treatment for people with depression. We now know that hypnosis can be a powerful tool to help beat depression. Hypnosis helps to calm the mind and body – something that is extremely beneficial. Depressed people have higher than normal levels of the stress hormone cortisol and hypnosis can be used to reduce this.
Physical signs of depression include lethargy, constant tiredness, loss of appetite, or over-eating and poor sleeping patterns. Sufferers experience symptoms of feeling sad, hopeless, that nothing ever goes right, and that they are useless.
Depression however, should not be confused with grief, which is a perfectly normal and natural reaction to the loss of a loved one or when Manchester United lose against Portsmouth. Only when sadness is disproportionately prolonged does it become depression.
Depression brought on by a certain event or series of events is known as Reactive depression. If there is no discernible cause for the depression, then it is known as Endogenous Depression. To complicate matters further, some people find that their depression can come and go – often descending without warning. Manic depression, sometimes called bi-polar depression, is a different thing altogether. In these cases, the individual experiences extreme mood swings – from extreme sadness to extreme feelings of elation for no apparent reason.
Hypnosis helps you recoup lost energy, rehearse new positive behaviours, and build motivation. These hypnotherapy sessions – and there will need to be several shorter sessions – not only focus on better sleep and reducing anxiety, they also improve self-esteem and self-confidence, helping depressed clients regain ownership of their lives.
Hypnotherapy for Trauma | PTSD | Trauma from childhood
"The past is not a life sentence…"
They say that time is a great healer... the pain of trauma can wear off over time, but the memory of the event will still be there. We can create ‘Emotional Distance’ which means that the memory is no longer hurtful or triggering.
Hypnotherapists often work with feelings and emotions to help clients achieve a change in the way they perceive. The brain often hides behind the heart, so using a combination of relaxation, visualisation and imagination, it’s possible to banish the painful part of the trauma, leaving only an inert memory! The process can be both quick and effective.
Pain Management | Aches & Pains | Post Operative Pain Rheumatism | Immune Response.
“Pain is nature’s way of telling us there’s something wrong… but you are a mind with a body, not a body with a mind!”
Hypnosis really can have a profound beneficial effect on the workings of your body. Physicians and psychologists agree that we are a mind with a body, not a body with a mind. In other words, the way we think can affect our physical as well as our mental health, and there are volumes of scientific evidence to back this up.
Major operations have been carried out with hypnosis as the sole anaesthetic. There is also a considerable body of evidence that hypnosis can enhance the effectiveness of the immune system. In a study at Washington State University, volunteers who underwent hypnosis specifically to boost their immune systems showed significant increases in levels of immune cells.
For example, a 2007 study found that women who were hypnotised before undergoing breast biopsies required less sedation during the procedure, experienced less pain, nausea, and emotional distress. Major operations have been carried out with hypnosis as the sole anaesthetic.
Hypnotherapy is effective for controlling pain caused by accidents, post operative pain, and the ordinary aches and pains that accompany old age and illness, as well as chronic long-term pain or disease.
There is also a considerable body of evidence that hypnosis can enhance the effectiveness of the immune system. In a study at Washington State University, volunteers who underwent hypnosis specifically to boost their immune systems showed significant increases in their levels of immune cells.
Hypnotherapy is effective for controlling pain resulting from accidents, post operative pain, the ordinary aches and the long-term pains of age, illness and disease.
Hypnotherapy for Children and Teenagers – Anxiety, confidence and perspective PLUS: Teaching your child how to deal with bullying
“Children need the confidence to understand that no problem lasts forever!”
Teenagers often struggle to make sense of the world and worry about things adults find trivial. This is an ongoing process and it’s understandable that from time to time they may hit the odd bump in the road. However, it’s important that these temporary blocks are addressed so your child can continue to learn and develop.
The answer is to give children the confidence to overcome these hurdles – whether it’s a question of getting along with others in their peer group, or having trouble with schoolwork, the mental processes are the same.
Hypnotherapy offers reassurance and the knowledge to put things in perspective. Importantly, it provides the confidence to understand that no problem lasts forever and no problem is insurmountable.
Exam Stress
"Forget the 3 ‘R’s… It’s the 3 ‘P’s that matter… Proper Prior Planning!"
There is nothing worse than after all your hard study, walking into your exam and your mind going blank. Your nerves and anxiety get the better of you and your brain simply won’t work properly!Psychologists call this phenomenon ‘state-dependant memory.’ Put simply, the state you're in determines what you can remember. One reason is that because you're now in a very different state to when you learned, it's now hard to remember stuff. If you're very anxious, your brain is simply in the wrong state for thinking.
Memory and recall depends on you not being stressed. If you're anxious, your unconscious mind senses there's something dangerous going on – when that happens, it starts to operate in survival mode, and this is not the right state mind for recalling information or tackling complex problems. When your emotional centres are activated it's much harder to remember what you learned.
Hypnosis is highly effective for re-training your brain to respond with the sort of emotional response that will help your exam performance. In an exam, you need to feel calm, but with maybe just a little sense of excitement to give you that extra edge. This is how to get that balance…
* Please note, even though sessions are online, a trusted adult should be present for under 16s.
Failed or Abusive Relationship Recovery | Rejection | Assault | Letting go of the past
“it’s time to cut loose and live your life… because you deserve better!”
They say that time is a great healer, and in most cases ‘they’ are right! The pain of trauma can wear off over time – but the memory of the event will still be there – ask any war veteran. But we can create ‘Emotional Distance’ which means that the memory is no longer hurtful or triggering.
Hypnotherapy often works with feelings and emotions to help clients achieve a change in the way they perceive. The brain often hides behind the heart, so using a combination of relaxation, visualisation and imagination, it’s possible to banish the painful part of the trauma, leaving only an inert memory!
Rejection makes us anxious, lonely, and doubt our self-worth – but the past is not a life sentence… one session of hypnotherapy will help you cut loose & live your life to the full again… because you deserve better!
When we’re rejected, we often feel jealous, or lonely, or anxious. Worse, we tend to interpret the hurt we feel and view rejection as an indication of our self-worth. This can make us feel even worse! But as painful as it may be, rejection can actually benefit you. Rejection can build resilience and help you grow and apply the lessons you learn to future setbacks. To reap the benefits, you have to deal with it in the right way. Hypnosis helps us use the past as a lesson for the future.
Thinking the worst can be habit forming. But the worst hardly ever happens. Beating the habit is really a matter of putting yourself in the right frame of mind. Once we learn to do this we can also stop sabotaging ourselves because worry and self doubt is really just a misuse of the imagination. Like a prison we have created in our own minds, it’s the hardest one to break out of. But there is a way…
Grief and Loss | Loss of a Loved One
"Moving on is not as hard as you think… the road ahead can be easy…”
Most people try to forget or get over grief – but that’s a mistake, because it’s contrary to the purpose of grief. Rather than trying to forget, it’s better to remember and accept what the emotion is trying to convey.
There are many ways to remember. You can remember what you learned from the person you lost, remember what you enjoyed, and even cry if you feel like crying. Even if your grief is about a relationship gone bad, there is always something you can learn through recollection. Reconciling grief is about accepting what the emotion is trying to convey and making space for the good memories – and what you gained from the person you lost.
Hypnosis helps you to reconcile grief and make space for it. In doing that, you will find it much easier to move forward.
Confidence | Self-Esteem | Self-Respect
"Confidence means making better decisions… the right decisions…"
Emotional problems stem not just from what people think, but also from how they misuse their imagination. It’s often easier to imagine all kinds of negative things about ourselves and socially anxious people tend to focus less on other people and more on their own [usually imaginary] shortcomings.
Hypnotherapy utilises your own imagination to harness self-confidence and encourage a more healthy and optimistic sense of who you are – and what you can be. It also helps to increase confidence in social situations and focus in the same way that naturally self confident people do.
“It’s time to stop worrying about what others might think – they do not determine who you are!”
The truth is, you are better than you think you are! Healthy self-esteem means having an honest respect for your own abilities, potentials and values. It also means recognising your own strengths and trusting in them.
Hypnotherapy can awaken your self-confidence and encourage a more healthy and optimistic sense of who you are and what you can be. Hypnotherapy helps increase confidence and determination – especially in social situations – and focus in the same way naturally confident people can.
One session of hypnosis will instil an honest respect for your own abilities, potentials, values and strengths – and trust in them.
Motivation
"It’s time to stop holding yourself back…"
Lack of motivation, procrastination, fear of success and even plain laziness can all be turned around with hypnosis. One highly successful technique is ‘third person motivational visualisation’ – which sound complex, but is actually a fairly straightforward process. Research has proved that people are more able to do something if they’ve already rehearsed it under hypnosis, just like watching themselves do it in a movie.
Hypnosis can be used for all kinds of motivational issues, from starting a business, practicing a musical instrument, getting slimmer and fitter – even just getting out of bed and starting the day!
Tuning in to your emotions
"Embracing feelings and emotions - problem solving the natural way…"
Imagine being able to get in touch with your inner self... to make the connection with your inner self and permanently make that connection secure and strong for whenever you need it. Learn how in one easy session.
Guilt and Shame
"You’re not a terrible person… so stop punishing yourself"
Guilt or shame can be soul-destroying emotions. Shame isn't necessarily linked to a particular perceived wrongdoing, it's more a sense of doubt about one's core identity being bad or inferior. Feeling chronically guilty is painful because the pain of guilt also serves as its own punishment.
Body Dysmorphia
"The mirror is wrong… people are more interested in inner beauty…"
Almost everyone has felt dissatisfied with their nose, or their chin, or their elbow, or some other body part, at some time or another. They may even have become depressed about it for a while. But in most cases such concerns usually fade with time or when they realise that it isn't as significant as they first thought. But the situation is different for someone experiencing Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).
The preoccupation with the supposed 'wrongness' of some physical feature becomes so overwhelming that the sufferer can think of nothing else. When they look in the mirror, they actually fail to see what others can see, and instead, they see and believe in a completely distorted image of themselves.
These negative beliefs and emotions can be overcome using hypnosis using a state of dissociated relaxation, getting people to see themselves in a different way.
Better Posture
"Head up… shoulders back… Instant confidence!"
In times past, posture was taken so seriously that classes were given in how to stand, walk and sit correctly. Correct structural use of the body is beneficial in terms of efficiency and physical health. In terms of well-being, there is a strong correlation between posture and feeling good about yourself.
The session will help correct any postural imbalance or strain and teach you how to deport yourself well… and at the same time instil a new, positive feeling of confidence and self-esteem.
Fears and Phobias: Fear of flying, spiders, animal phobias, etc.
“Trust me… It won’t bite!”
A phobia is an irrational and uncontrollable fear of something specific. Most phobias are animal phobias, especially a fear of things like spiders, snakes, rats, etc. because these animals are unconsciously associated with unclean, slimy things or rotten food. Of course, a healthy respect for things which can do us harm is a good thing! No one in their right mind is going to mess about with a rattlesnake or jump in the sea when the sharks are circling.
Other phobias, for example, fear of flying or a fear of bananas [a real client of mine had that one] are learned and can be unlearned equally quickly and easily. Many people become conditioned to their Phobias. Hypnotherapy is a fantastic cure for phobias that normally takes about thirty minutes!
To find out more about Fears & Phobias, please go to:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/fears_and_phobias.pdf
Public speaking | Performance Anxiety
“Showing off is fun!”
How many times have we watched someone hold an audience in the palm of their hand and wondered what it must be like to be able to do that? There’s nothing more empowering than knowing everyone is hanging on your every word! The secret is hiding in your own head – and it’s easy to unleash it!
In a matter of minutes, you can learn and put into practice all the techniques and the tricks that accomplished public speakers, politicians and entertainers have in common – and learn to enjoy the sense of raw power that will bestow upon you will change your life forever!
Eating Disorders | Self-harm
Over-eating is the most common eating disorder. In the 21st century, we are inundated with a deluge of ready availability of cheap, offal-based, animal products – salty, sugary, lardy, crap masquerading as fast food. Instant access to the type of short-term gratification known as comfort eating is a major health problem, resulting in obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and being unable to find anyone willing to be seen in public with you.
Bulimia and Anorexia, binge eating followed by vomiting, or laxative abuse before the body has time to digest the contents of your stomach, are more common than one might imagine. Anorexia Nervosa is now a depressingly popular disease, thanks largely to social media and teen magazines. Both occur when [mainly] young girls erroneously think they are fat. The behaviour is really a form of self-harm, and is considered as such by many health professionals.
Self-harm or self-inflicted injury is prevalent mostly amongst teenage girls, again mainly as a result of the influence of social media. Vulnerable youngsters are far too easily persuaded by harmful ideas masquerading as fashion tips on the internet. Youngsters often find themselves susceptible to the ghastly delusion that supermodel posh spice stick figures are the norm… they are not.
Self-mutilation is generally linked to feelings of extremely low self-esteem. The symptoms are easy to spot because self-inflicted injuries are easy to spot. The current and conventional wisdom is that self-inflicted injuries are ways of relieving anger or frustration and the physical damage reinforces the individual’s feelings of low self-worth.
Other forms of self-harm are more mundane and more familiar – alcohol abuse, unusual or anti-social behaviour, or drug use. Self-harmers are often in denial – they nearly always claim they know what they’re doing and also that they are in control. Although I can find no reliable research on this, I believe tattoos and body piercings fall into the same category. Fashion is one thing, but a fashion statement that stays with you forever is a rather different matter. Self-mutilation does not make one a better or greater person, and teenagers need to understand this.
Hypnotherapy can install perspective and change in victims because hypnosis works on the imagination… ironically, the very cause of the condition. Just 3 short hypnotherapy sessions can turn teenager’s lives around.
Anger Management
“You’ll be happier if you turn your back on the Dark Side…”
Anger can be very damaging to relationships as well as your own peace of mind. Chronic anger is the biggest predictor of early death through heart disease – surprisingly, even more than chronic smoking. Anger, jealousy, hypochondria, pessimism, are all generated and made worse by the misuse of the imagination.
In a study conducted at Stanford Medical School, heart patients were asked to recall times when they had been angry. Although the patients said that the anger they felt on recalling the events was only half as strong as it had been originally, their hearts started pumping, on average, 5% less efficiently. Cardiologists view a 7% drop in pumping efficiency as serious enough to cause a heart attack.
Imagination and recall are processed in the same parts of the brain. You can generate angry feelings by remembering past anger, or even imagining you are angry – both create very real physical changes. Hypnosis, used constructively can stop anger being triggered too easily or too often.
Insomnia and Sleep Disorders
Insomnia can be caused or worsened by anxiety and stress. A vicious cycle of stress, exhaustion and insomnia can build up, with one feeding off the other.
Hypnotherapy can offer a natural approach to calmness and rest, without the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs. Several studies have confirmed that hypnotherapy and progressive hypnotic relaxation exercises can significantly improve the quality of sleep.
More information about insomnia and sleep disorders can be found at:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/sleep___insomnia.pdf
Addictions and Bad Habits | Cannabis Addiction
"It’s time to terminate the relationship… and regain control of your life…"
The National Council for Hypnotherapy recently circulated University of Iowa research about the effectiveness of hypnotherapy as a way of stopping smoking. The study, involving 72,000 people, investigated the most effective ways of kicking the habit. Hypnotherapy was shown to be three times more effective than nicotine replacement therapy.
Overcoming addictions involves instilling hope and optimism. Hypnotherapy can successfully treat all sorts of addictions – not just smoking, but also alcohol and drugs, shopping addiction and social media addiction.
For more information on Addiction, please go to:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/addiction.pdf
For more information on Technology Addiction, please go to:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/technology_addiction.pdf
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | Obsessions and Compulsions
"It's time to rid yourself of the tyrant watching everything you do…"
We all use repetitive behaviours every day. They help us structure our lives and keep things predictable and manageable. But for some people, the ability to determine that a behaviour has accomplished its purpose and can now be discarded becomes unreliable. They can find themselves in a nightmare of repeating the same pattern over and over, with no sense that it's 'enough'.
Obsessions and Compulsions are recurrent and persistent ideas that affect not only the behaviour of the individual, but those around them – think Howard Hughes, people who wash their hands twenty-seven times a day, people who can’t get through life without indulging in pointless and bizarre rituals etc. Obsession too easily leads to compulsive behaviours and there is an emotional component to obsessional ideas. The good news is that compulsions, no matter how bizarre, can be treated effectively with hypnotherapy.
Hypnosis can help us quickly develop a sense of perspective between reality and obsessive compulsive behaviour, changing the relationship we have with OCD. Hypnosis can provide a powerful process for modifying their experience in situations that used to trigger their compulsive behaviour.
For information about Anorexia, please go to:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/the_unhealthy_pleasure_of_anorexia.pdf
Sports Performance
"As strong as a lion... as fast as a cheetah... Get your game-face on!"
There is plenty of evidence to show hypnosis can help you master a skill and generally improve your performance, giving you ‘the edge’. Ever watched Olympic athletes ‘limber up’ before a race? They are mentally going through the steps they practised under hypnosis.
Hypnosis can improve focus, reaction time, confidence and even physical strength. Hypnosis can also enhance skill just as well as actual practice! An ability to increase concentration could improve your game…
Pure Relaxation
“Just chill… it’s easy once you know how…”
Imagine being able to just do nothing – and feel good about it. Imagine being able to sink into relaxation almost instantly, regardless of the noise and hubbub going on around you and still be able to shut out the stresses and strains of life. Learn how in one easy session.
Self Hypnosis
"Practice makes perfect… Self-hypnosis is the therapist in you pocket."
Learn how to hypnotise yourself any time you want! In just one three hour session, I can teach you the techniques to do just that, and... programme your own suggestions to make you a brighter, happier human being.
Weight Loss: Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis | Dieting | Healthy Eating | Comfort Eating | Sugar Addiction etc.
“Fad diets don’t work… setting achievable goals do!”
Obesity is usually a psychological rather than a physical issue because the desire to eat is unconscious, and the unconscious is where it must be addressed on order to help you make better decisions about food.
The Virtual Gastric Band involves a combination of proven, psychological approaches and therapies, each underlined by the other, resulting in successful and permanent weight loss. It will help you achieve your goals – no starvation diet, no calorie counting, just a natural way of putting you in tune with what your body really needs. The Virtual Gastric Band will help you feel fuller and more satisfied quicker by unconsciously changing habits – without making any major sacrifices easily and effortlessly!
Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis has a 95% success rate and is the world’s most successful, tried and tested weight loss treatment, while the real surgery has a long term success rate of less than 50% – because surgery doesn’t change the way you think and feel about food! Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis changes the way you think and feel about food and feel about yourself, making it easy to make healthier food choices.
A session of hypnotherapy will start by addressing the subtle and often unrecognised, unconscious reasons behind unhealthy eating patterns, effectively changing them, and enabling you to move toward a more healthy lifestyle. It is not a diet plan – it focuses on boosting psychological motivation to keep making, the right food choices. Most important, it concentrates on making better decisions – the right decisions – about food.
For more information on weight loss, please go to:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/weight_management.pdf
Exercise Motivation
"Get fitter… feel better!"
You already know how much exercise benefits you, and you already know about the good feeling you get when you complete a workout or a walk. You may already belong to a gym or have an exercise routine of your own, but sometimes it just feels like all the positive benefits are not quite enough to motivate you today.
Hypnosis can programme your unconscious mind to build a powerful exercise habit that you won't break!
Stress & Anxiety | Social Anxiety | Insecurity | Panic Attacks | Nervous Tension
“It’s only a short walk to freedom…”
Stress, anxiety, worry… all affect the way you feel – even in normal situations. It can feel like a prison that’s impossible to escape from, but this prison is easy to break out of, because it exists only in your own mind! Anxiety in particular can be like having someone constantly looking over your shoulder, watching everything you do, watching your every move. It’s time to remove that dictator from your life.
Anxiety is typified by unusually debilitating apprehension or continuous dread, usually about imagined problems or events. General Anxiety Disorder is now a recognised mental illness and is more than just an overreaction to normal life and events. People can easily become continually overanxious because they are unable to cope with excessive and continual stress.
Anxiety is a subjective experience and it is quite common. It can be dealt with, especially where the cause of the anxiety can be traced to a specific event. Part of the process involves teaching clients exercises that will help them regulate their own anxiety. Everyone gets anxious on occasion and this is normal and natural in most circumstances. But constant excessive anxiety with no reasonable cause should be treated. Some people find anxiety unbearable… but there is a way out.
Hypnosis has been proved successful in overcoming stress and anxiety, and many hypnotherapists use a powerful hypnotic technique called ‘disassociation' which has been shown to reduce fear by making troubling memories feel ‘safer’. This is called creating ‘emotional distance’ where overcoming fears and anxieties becomes an entirely natural and comfortable process.
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine carried out a study on 44 children who were anxious about invasive medical examinations. The children had already been through at least one painful examination and reported being fearful when they had to undergo these procedures again. But the children who had been taught self-hypnosis were much less anxious, and the examinations also took less time.
Stress & Anxiety can make day-to-day life a real struggle. Worry and self doubt is really just a misuse of the imagination. Hypnosis is a powerful tool that changes the way you manage your feelings & emotions, beat Anxiety, Stress, Depression, Worry and Self doubt, and restore your self esteem! Hypnotherapy helps you recoup lost energy, build motivation and self-confidence, and retake ownership of your life.
Stress is often caused by circumstances or things that are beyond our own control, making it difficult to think clearly and rationally. Hypnosis is ideal for calming anxiety. You can learn how to relax, and once you’ve mastered this, you’ll find it easy… so easy it will become second nature and your life will become noticeably less stressful!
For more information on Stress & Anxiety etc.., please go to:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/ beating_stress_anxiety_and_depression.pdf
Self-Sabotage | Thinking the Worst | Insecurity
"It’s time to turn your back on limiting beliefs…"
When we are rejected or feeling insecure, they often feel jealous, or lonely, or anxious. Worse, we tend to interpret the hurt we feel, and view rejection, as an indication of our self-worth. This can make us feel even worse!
But as painful as it may be, rejection can actually benefit you. Rejection can build resilience and help you grow and apply the lessons you learn to future setbacks. To reap the benefits, you have to deal with it in the right way. Hypnosis helps us translate the past into a lesson for the future.
Thinking the worst can be habit forming… but the worst hardly ever happens. Beating the habit is really a matter of putting yourself in the right frame of mind. Once we learn to do this we can also stop sabotaging ourselves because worry and self doubt is really just a misuse of the imagination. Like a prison we have created in our own minds, it’s the hardest one to break out of. But there is a way…
Depression
“It’s time to restore your self esteem…”
About 10% of people experience depression at least once in their lives, although women seem to be more prone to it, especially between the ages of 35 to 45.
It used to be thought that hypnotherapy was not a suitable treatment for people with depression. We now know that hypnosis can be a powerful tool to help beat depression. Hypnosis helps to calm the mind and body – something that is extremely beneficial. Depressed people have higher than normal levels of the stress hormone cortisol and hypnosis can be used to reduce this.
Physical signs of depression include lethargy, constant tiredness, loss of appetite, or over-eating and poor sleeping patterns. Sufferers experience symptoms of feeling sad, hopeless, that nothing ever goes right, and that they are useless.
Depression however, should not be confused with grief, which is a perfectly normal and natural reaction to the loss of a loved one or when Manchester United lose against Portsmouth. Only when sadness is disproportionately prolonged does it become depression.
Depression brought on by a certain event or series of events is known as Reactive depression. If there is no discernible cause for the depression, then it is known as Endogenous Depression. To complicate matters further, some people find that their depression can come and go – often descending without warning. Manic depression, sometimes called bi-polar depression, is a different thing altogether. In these cases, the individual experiences extreme mood swings – from extreme sadness to extreme feelings of elation for no apparent reason.
Hypnosis helps you recoup lost energy, rehearse new positive behaviours, and build motivation. These hypnotherapy sessions – and there will need to be several shorter sessions – not only focus on better sleep and reducing anxiety, they also improve self-esteem and self-confidence, helping depressed clients regain ownership of their lives.
Hypnotherapy for Trauma | PTSD | Trauma from childhood
"The past is not a life sentence…"
They say that time is a great healer... the pain of trauma can wear off over time, but the memory of the event will still be there. We can create ‘Emotional Distance’ which means that the memory is no longer hurtful or triggering.
Hypnotherapists often work with feelings and emotions to help clients achieve a change in the way they perceive. The brain often hides behind the heart, so using a combination of relaxation, visualisation and imagination, it’s possible to banish the painful part of the trauma, leaving only an inert memory! The process can be both quick and effective.
Pain Management | Aches & Pains | Post Operative Pain Rheumatism | Immune Response.
“Pain is nature’s way of telling us there’s something wrong… but you are a mind with a body, not a body with a mind!”
Hypnosis really can have a profound beneficial effect on the workings of your body. Physicians and psychologists agree that we are a mind with a body, not a body with a mind. In other words, the way we think can affect our physical as well as our mental health, and there are volumes of scientific evidence to back this up.
Major operations have been carried out with hypnosis as the sole anaesthetic. There is also a considerable body of evidence that hypnosis can enhance the effectiveness of the immune system. In a study at Washington State University, volunteers who underwent hypnosis specifically to boost their immune systems showed significant increases in levels of immune cells.
For example, a 2007 study found that women who were hypnotised before undergoing breast biopsies required less sedation during the procedure, experienced less pain, nausea, and emotional distress. Major operations have been carried out with hypnosis as the sole anaesthetic.
Hypnotherapy is effective for controlling pain caused by accidents, post operative pain, and the ordinary aches and pains that accompany old age and illness, as well as chronic long-term pain or disease.
There is also a considerable body of evidence that hypnosis can enhance the effectiveness of the immune system. In a study at Washington State University, volunteers who underwent hypnosis specifically to boost their immune systems showed significant increases in their levels of immune cells.
Hypnotherapy is effective for controlling pain resulting from accidents, post operative pain, the ordinary aches and the long-term pains of age, illness and disease.
Hypnotherapy for Children and Teenagers – Anxiety, confidence and perspective PLUS: Teaching your child how to deal with bullying
“Children need the confidence to understand that no problem lasts forever!”
Teenagers often struggle to make sense of the world and worry about things adults find trivial. This is an ongoing process and it’s understandable that from time to time they may hit the odd bump in the road. However, it’s important that these temporary blocks are addressed so your child can continue to learn and develop.
The answer is to give children the confidence to overcome these hurdles – whether it’s a question of getting along with others in their peer group, or having trouble with schoolwork, the mental processes are the same.
Hypnotherapy offers reassurance and the knowledge to put things in perspective. Importantly, it provides the confidence to understand that no problem lasts forever and no problem is insurmountable.
Exam Stress
"Forget the 3 ‘R’s… It’s the 3 ‘P’s that matter… Proper Prior Planning!"
There is nothing worse than after all your hard study, walking into your exam and your mind going blank. Your nerves and anxiety get the better of you and your brain simply won’t work properly!Psychologists call this phenomenon ‘state-dependant memory.’ Put simply, the state you're in determines what you can remember. One reason is that because you're now in a very different state to when you learned, it's now hard to remember stuff. If you're very anxious, your brain is simply in the wrong state for thinking.
Memory and recall depends on you not being stressed. If you're anxious, your unconscious mind senses there's something dangerous going on – when that happens, it starts to operate in survival mode, and this is not the right state mind for recalling information or tackling complex problems. When your emotional centres are activated it's much harder to remember what you learned.
Hypnosis is highly effective for re-training your brain to respond with the sort of emotional response that will help your exam performance. In an exam, you need to feel calm, but with maybe just a little sense of excitement to give you that extra edge. This is how to get that balance…
* Please note, even though sessions are online, a trusted adult should be present for under 16s.
Failed or Abusive Relationship Recovery | Rejection | Assault | Letting go of the past
“it’s time to cut loose and live your life… because you deserve better!”
They say that time is a great healer, and in most cases ‘they’ are right! The pain of trauma can wear off over time – but the memory of the event will still be there – ask any war veteran. But we can create ‘Emotional Distance’ which means that the memory is no longer hurtful or triggering.
Hypnotherapy often works with feelings and emotions to help clients achieve a change in the way they perceive. The brain often hides behind the heart, so using a combination of relaxation, visualisation and imagination, it’s possible to banish the painful part of the trauma, leaving only an inert memory!
Rejection makes us anxious, lonely, and doubt our self-worth – but the past is not a life sentence… one session of hypnotherapy will help you cut loose & live your life to the full again… because you deserve better!
When we’re rejected, we often feel jealous, or lonely, or anxious. Worse, we tend to interpret the hurt we feel and view rejection as an indication of our self-worth. This can make us feel even worse! But as painful as it may be, rejection can actually benefit you. Rejection can build resilience and help you grow and apply the lessons you learn to future setbacks. To reap the benefits, you have to deal with it in the right way. Hypnosis helps us use the past as a lesson for the future.
Thinking the worst can be habit forming. But the worst hardly ever happens. Beating the habit is really a matter of putting yourself in the right frame of mind. Once we learn to do this we can also stop sabotaging ourselves because worry and self doubt is really just a misuse of the imagination. Like a prison we have created in our own minds, it’s the hardest one to break out of. But there is a way…
Grief and Loss | Loss of a Loved One
"Moving on is not as hard as you think… the road ahead can be easy…”
Most people try to forget or get over grief – but that’s a mistake, because it’s contrary to the purpose of grief. Rather than trying to forget, it’s better to remember and accept what the emotion is trying to convey.
There are many ways to remember. You can remember what you learned from the person you lost, remember what you enjoyed, and even cry if you feel like crying. Even if your grief is about a relationship gone bad, there is always something you can learn through recollection. Reconciling grief is about accepting what the emotion is trying to convey and making space for the good memories – and what you gained from the person you lost.
Hypnosis helps you to reconcile grief and make space for it. In doing that, you will find it much easier to move forward.
Confidence | Self-Esteem | Self-Respect
"Confidence means making better decisions… the right decisions…"
Emotional problems stem not just from what people think, but also from how they misuse their imagination. It’s often easier to imagine all kinds of negative things about ourselves and socially anxious people tend to focus less on other people and more on their own [usually imaginary] shortcomings.
Hypnotherapy utilises your own imagination to harness self-confidence and encourage a more healthy and optimistic sense of who you are – and what you can be. It also helps to increase confidence in social situations and focus in the same way that naturally self confident people do.
“It’s time to stop worrying about what others might think – they do not determine who you are!”
The truth is, you are better than you think you are! Healthy self-esteem means having an honest respect for your own abilities, potentials and values. It also means recognising your own strengths and trusting in them.
Hypnotherapy can awaken your self-confidence and encourage a more healthy and optimistic sense of who you are and what you can be. Hypnotherapy helps increase confidence and determination – especially in social situations – and focus in the same way naturally confident people can.
One session of hypnosis will instil an honest respect for your own abilities, potentials, values and strengths – and trust in them.
Motivation
"It’s time to stop holding yourself back…"
Lack of motivation, procrastination, fear of success and even plain laziness can all be turned around with hypnosis. One highly successful technique is ‘third person motivational visualisation’ – which sound complex, but is actually a fairly straightforward process. Research has proved that people are more able to do something if they’ve already rehearsed it under hypnosis, just like watching themselves do it in a movie.
Hypnosis can be used for all kinds of motivational issues, from starting a business, practicing a musical instrument, getting slimmer and fitter – even just getting out of bed and starting the day!
Tuning in to your emotions
"Embracing feelings and emotions - problem solving the natural way…"
Imagine being able to get in touch with your inner self... to make the connection with your inner self and permanently make that connection secure and strong for whenever you need it. Learn how in one easy session.
Guilt and Shame
"You’re not a terrible person… so stop punishing yourself"
Guilt or shame can be soul-destroying emotions. Shame isn't necessarily linked to a particular perceived wrongdoing, it's more a sense of doubt about one's core identity being bad or inferior. Feeling chronically guilty is painful because the pain of guilt also serves as its own punishment.
Body Dysmorphia
"The mirror is wrong… people are more interested in inner beauty…"
Almost everyone has felt dissatisfied with their nose, or their chin, or their elbow, or some other body part, at some time or another. They may even have become depressed about it for a while. But in most cases such concerns usually fade with time or when they realise that it isn't as significant as they first thought. But the situation is different for someone experiencing Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).
The preoccupation with the supposed 'wrongness' of some physical feature becomes so overwhelming that the sufferer can think of nothing else. When they look in the mirror, they actually fail to see what others can see, and instead, they see and believe in a completely distorted image of themselves.
These negative beliefs and emotions can be overcome using hypnosis using a state of dissociated relaxation, getting people to see themselves in a different way.
Better Posture
"Head up… shoulders back… Instant confidence!"
In times past, posture was taken so seriously that classes were given in how to stand, walk and sit correctly. Correct structural use of the body is beneficial in terms of efficiency and physical health. In terms of well-being, there is a strong correlation between posture and feeling good about yourself.
The session will help correct any postural imbalance or strain and teach you how to deport yourself well… and at the same time instil a new, positive feeling of confidence and self-esteem.
Fears and Phobias: Fear of flying, spiders, animal phobias, etc.
“Trust me… It won’t bite!”
A phobia is an irrational and uncontrollable fear of something specific. Most phobias are animal phobias, especially a fear of things like spiders, snakes, rats, etc. because these animals are unconsciously associated with unclean, slimy things or rotten food. Of course, a healthy respect for things which can do us harm is a good thing! No one in their right mind is going to mess about with a rattlesnake or jump in the sea when the sharks are circling.
Other phobias, for example, fear of flying or a fear of bananas [a real client of mine had that one] are learned and can be unlearned equally quickly and easily. Many people become conditioned to their Phobias. Hypnotherapy is a fantastic cure for phobias that normally takes about thirty minutes!
To find out more about Fears & Phobias, please go to:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/fears_and_phobias.pdf
Public speaking | Performance Anxiety
“Showing off is fun!”
How many times have we watched someone hold an audience in the palm of their hand and wondered what it must be like to be able to do that? There’s nothing more empowering than knowing everyone is hanging on your every word! The secret is hiding in your own head – and it’s easy to unleash it!
In a matter of minutes, you can learn and put into practice all the techniques and the tricks that accomplished public speakers, politicians and entertainers have in common – and learn to enjoy the sense of raw power that will bestow upon you will change your life forever!
Eating Disorders | Self-harm
Over-eating is the most common eating disorder. In the 21st century, we are inundated with a deluge of ready availability of cheap, offal-based, animal products – salty, sugary, lardy, crap masquerading as fast food. Instant access to the type of short-term gratification known as comfort eating is a major health problem, resulting in obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and being unable to find anyone willing to be seen in public with you.
Bulimia and Anorexia, binge eating followed by vomiting, or laxative abuse before the body has time to digest the contents of your stomach, are more common than one might imagine. Anorexia Nervosa is now a depressingly popular disease, thanks largely to social media and teen magazines. Both occur when [mainly] young girls erroneously think they are fat. The behaviour is really a form of self-harm, and is considered as such by many health professionals.
Self-harm or self-inflicted injury is prevalent mostly amongst teenage girls, again mainly as a result of the influence of social media. Vulnerable youngsters are far too easily persuaded by harmful ideas masquerading as fashion tips on the internet. Youngsters often find themselves susceptible to the ghastly delusion that supermodel posh spice stick figures are the norm… they are not.
Self-mutilation is generally linked to feelings of extremely low self-esteem. The symptoms are easy to spot because self-inflicted injuries are easy to spot. The current and conventional wisdom is that self-inflicted injuries are ways of relieving anger or frustration and the physical damage reinforces the individual’s feelings of low self-worth.
Other forms of self-harm are more mundane and more familiar – alcohol abuse, unusual or anti-social behaviour, or drug use. Self-harmers are often in denial – they nearly always claim they know what they’re doing and also that they are in control. Although I can find no reliable research on this, I believe tattoos and body piercings fall into the same category. Fashion is one thing, but a fashion statement that stays with you forever is a rather different matter. Self-mutilation does not make one a better or greater person, and teenagers need to understand this.
Hypnotherapy can install perspective and change in victims because hypnosis works on the imagination… ironically, the very cause of the condition. Just 3 short hypnotherapy sessions can turn teenager’s lives around.
Anger Management
“You’ll be happier if you turn your back on the Dark Side…”
Anger can be very damaging to relationships as well as your own peace of mind. Chronic anger is the biggest predictor of early death through heart disease – surprisingly, even more than chronic smoking. Anger, jealousy, hypochondria, pessimism, are all generated and made worse by the misuse of the imagination.
In a study conducted at Stanford Medical School, heart patients were asked to recall times when they had been angry. Although the patients said that the anger they felt on recalling the events was only half as strong as it had been originally, their hearts started pumping, on average, 5% less efficiently. Cardiologists view a 7% drop in pumping efficiency as serious enough to cause a heart attack.
Imagination and recall are processed in the same parts of the brain. You can generate angry feelings by remembering past anger, or even imagining you are angry – both create very real physical changes. Hypnosis, used constructively can stop anger being triggered too easily or too often.
Insomnia and Sleep Disorders
Insomnia can be caused or worsened by anxiety and stress. A vicious cycle of stress, exhaustion and insomnia can build up, with one feeding off the other.
Hypnotherapy can offer a natural approach to calmness and rest, without the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs. Several studies have confirmed that hypnotherapy and progressive hypnotic relaxation exercises can significantly improve the quality of sleep.
More information about insomnia and sleep disorders can be found at:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/sleep___insomnia.pdf
Addictions and Bad Habits | Cannabis Addiction
"It’s time to terminate the relationship… and regain control of your life…"
The National Council for Hypnotherapy recently circulated University of Iowa research about the effectiveness of hypnotherapy as a way of stopping smoking. The study, involving 72,000 people, investigated the most effective ways of kicking the habit. Hypnotherapy was shown to be three times more effective than nicotine replacement therapy.
Overcoming addictions involves instilling hope and optimism. Hypnotherapy can successfully treat all sorts of addictions – not just smoking, but also alcohol and drugs, shopping addiction and social media addiction.
For more information on Addiction, please go to:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/addiction.pdf
For more information on Technology Addiction, please go to:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/technology_addiction.pdf
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | Obsessions and Compulsions
"It's time to rid yourself of the tyrant watching everything you do…"
We all use repetitive behaviours every day. They help us structure our lives and keep things predictable and manageable. But for some people, the ability to determine that a behaviour has accomplished its purpose and can now be discarded becomes unreliable. They can find themselves in a nightmare of repeating the same pattern over and over, with no sense that it's 'enough'.
Obsessions and Compulsions are recurrent and persistent ideas that affect not only the behaviour of the individual, but those around them – think Howard Hughes, people who wash their hands twenty-seven times a day, people who can’t get through life without indulging in pointless and bizarre rituals etc. Obsession too easily leads to compulsive behaviours and there is an emotional component to obsessional ideas. The good news is that compulsions, no matter how bizarre, can be treated effectively with hypnotherapy.
Hypnosis can help us quickly develop a sense of perspective between reality and obsessive compulsive behaviour, changing the relationship we have with OCD. Hypnosis can provide a powerful process for modifying their experience in situations that used to trigger their compulsive behaviour.
For information about Anorexia, please go to:
https://www.newtonhypnosis.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/138352321/the_unhealthy_pleasure_of_anorexia.pdf
Sports Performance
"As strong as a lion... as fast as a cheetah... Get your game-face on!"
There is plenty of evidence to show hypnosis can help you master a skill and generally improve your performance, giving you ‘the edge’. Ever watched Olympic athletes ‘limber up’ before a race? They are mentally going through the steps they practised under hypnosis.
Hypnosis can improve focus, reaction time, confidence and even physical strength. Hypnosis can also enhance skill just as well as actual practice! An ability to increase concentration could improve your game…
Pure Relaxation
“Just chill… it’s easy once you know how…”
Imagine being able to just do nothing – and feel good about it. Imagine being able to sink into relaxation almost instantly, regardless of the noise and hubbub going on around you and still be able to shut out the stresses and strains of life. Learn how in one easy session.
Self Hypnosis
"Practice makes perfect… Self-hypnosis is the therapist in you pocket."
Learn how to hypnotise yourself any time you want! In just one three hour session, I can teach you the techniques to do just that, and... programme your own suggestions to make you a brighter, happier human being.