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An article in the Sunday Mirros talked about Lily Allen and her amazing weight loss as she dropped three dress sizes to a great size 8, all of which she attributes to her hypnotherapy for weight loss sessions with a hypnotherapist in London.

Allen has stated before that the hypnosis has meant she (more…)

More and more people have heard of how phobias can be cured through the use of hypnotherapy, however, not as many are familiar with the work of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, otherwise known by the acronym CBT.

CBT is useful for many mental health issues and likewise phobias.  Treating a phobia with CBT usually involves a gradual exposure to the item or situation in (more…)

Occasionally, a phobia can be genetic and thus inherited from a parent however, more often than not a phobia develops during our lifetime.  We are more susceptible to impressions during our early years so it is unsurprising to learn that strong fears can be started by traumatic events in our childhood years.

It is not always necessary to understand where a phobia has come from in order to help the sufferer either eliminate or reduce the effect to a more healthy level, however, in past (more…)

If you, like many others this year, are trying to lose weight as one of your New Year’s resolutions, then perhaps you have already given up on the diet, switched to another diet or are steadfastly holding resolute to your guns.

No matter what you are trying, if you find that you are (more…)

A phobia is not just a fear, but a really strong fear that generally affects someone’s life in an adverse manner.

The fear could be of anything, however, some fears are more common than others such as snakes, spiders, vomit, the dark, going out, thunder and lightning, heights, needles and many more.  Other less common phobias could be buttons or Velcro.

A psychotherapist at the South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, Peter Kolb, recently told the Surrey Comet newspaper:

“We are all afraid of things but this is a reaction which is out of keeping with the item.  The worst case I have seen was someone with a bird phobia. If she was anywhere near a bird she would perspire unbelievably. There was hair matted on her face.  People have to realise that these people are petrified. Some years back there was a woman with a spider phobia who climbed out of a window and actually fell to avoid a spider.  People have tried to get out of their cars while they are moving because a wasp has got in.

“It’s a level of fear that takes precedence over everything else. They are so afraid of that item that it overlays other things that the rest of us would say are very hazardous.”

There are different methods that can be tried to overcome phobias.  Sometimes a phobia can be removed completely and other times it will just be reduced to a more healthy level.  For instance, a fear of snakes is perfectly natural to some degree.  Methods that have had proven success rates in the past include hypnotherapy or cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), which have been known to cure a phobia in as little as one session.

Phobias are quite commonplace and indeed, they affect approximately one in ten people, however, most people hide their phobia rather than seek help to recover from their fear.

In a recent article in the Surrey Comet, one 25 year old student avoids alcohol and always leaves a party early, because she has had a fear of vomit since she was aged five.  Thanks to this phobia, she also refuses to eat out in case of food poisoning and will not go anywhere where somebody might throw up, such as the local pub.

She told the paper:

“I realised I had the phobia after an incident at school. A child was sick, and then another was. I started to panic and they took me outside.  I didn’t understand why I was so frightened. But every time from then on I would panic. I started to hyperventilate and sweat. I would feel I had to get out.  Now I try to avoid social situations where people might be sick. Even seeing it on screen at a cinema can make me feel very nervous.”

This phobia has had a real effect on her life.  The nameless student is too embarrassed to tell boyfriends and relationships do not last long because she is so closed.

This story might sound surprising and yet it is not uncommon.  A vomit phobia is not that unusual, although for the sufferer, it can feel like they are the only person in the world with this condition.  Therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) or hypnotherapy have been known to cure phobias even as extreme as this in just one or two sessions, although sometimes a little longer is required for severe cases.

As predicted in earlier articles, it appears that the credit crunch has indeed led to a general increase in levels of anxiety and depression.

According to recent reports, the NHS is expected to search for psychotherapists able to help those feeling adversely affected by the current economic climate.  Thanks to the credit crunch and consequent recession, many people are losing their jobs or (more…)

Since a visit to the Eiffel Tower at the age of 22, Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey Derek Wyatt discovered he had a fear of heights that made him feel sick and ever since he has tried to avoid being more than about 10 feet high.

This fear stopped MP Wyatt from going up ladders, using open lifts or even driving p narrow roads when abroad in France or Italy.  Not only that but Mr Wyatt loved to ski and had to cover his eyes when being taken up the side of snowy hills and mountains.

When the opportunity for a Christmas skiing trip in Canada came up, the now 59 years old MP decided he had had enough and made an appointment to see a hypnotherapist.

He told Kentnews:

“If you’ve got children who (more…)

In the Killeen Daily Herald last week, the newspaper reported the story of a gentleman called Chris Everett who started smoking with his parent’s permission at school and his addiction followed him for the next 45 years.

The story is not unusual in itself as particularly at that time many people started to smoke whilst at school and have struggled to kick the habit ever since.

What made the story slightly different was that Everett was a registered nurse and despite knowing all the health and financial risks, he could not kick the habit until a doctor’s nurse made a comment during an appointment.

The nurse said she had kicked her smoking habit using hypnosis.

Everett told the paper:

“I looked at her as if she was an alien.  I asked her if she had any info and she went into her bag and came out with this number that she told me to call. But I really just thought of it as this clock or pendulum swaying back and forth.”

Despite feeling sceptical, Everett made an appointment with a hypnotherapist and went for his hypnotherapy.  He listened to her speaking, closed his eyes and said he had thought that it could not possibly work.

Four years on and thanks to hypnotherapy, Everett has remained smoke free for four years and is saving the money he otherwise would have spent on a dream trip to Paris and Rome later this year.  Quitting smoking using hypnotherapy doesn’t mean you have to believe in it; it can still work and often in as little as one session.

According to new research published in Psychopharmacology, an online journal, a trip to the dentist may not be so scary in future years.

The research, from researchers at the University College of London, seemed to suggest that when laughing gas is mixed with hypnosis patients could find it easier to relax for a minor operation.

The scientist’s research showed that people are approximately ten per cent more open to suggestions when the gas, nitrous oxide, has been inhaled and that they could then benefit from hypnosis instructions once sedated.

Having said that, the people would still have to get to the dentist in the first place, which is where many people struggle as their fear of the dentist is so bad that it could be considered a phobia.  Indeed, many hypnotherapists regularly deal with phobias of the dentist, whether the problem is getting to the dentist, seeing a needle or even seeing the gas mask for the nitrous oxide or ‘laughing gas’ as it is called.

Hypnotherapy can help with a fear of the dentist, often in as little as just one to two sessions.