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10 Tips to Help You Choose a Hypnotherapist For Nigel Magowan, www.hypnotize.me.uk So you have decided to try hypnotherapy to overcome your problem? That’s a good choice because it helps you overcome the blocks to making change like no other therapy. However, how to choose a good hypnotherapist is not such an easy choice – there are so many to choose from. How do you know if someone is competent and, more than that, the right one for you? Finding someone on the internet is the easy bit and the starting point. Here are ten steps to make that all-important decision: 1. Decide what you want to achieve from your hypnotherapy First of all be clear about what you want to achieve from your hypnotherapy. Is it weight loss? Anger management? More confidence? Stop smoking? Less anxiety? Or something else? You need to be specific so that you can find a hypnotherapist who has the expertise you are looking for. 2. Your initial search for a hypnotherapist A good therapist is likely to be listed on a search engine but not always at the top, so it is worth looking through a couple of pages until you find the right one. Start by keying in the specialisation you are looking for and the rough location. This will help to narrow it down for you. For example, if you want to work on your anxiety, keying in ‘hypnotherapist’ will bring up hundreds, if not thousands of hypnotherapists, some of whom will not have that as a speciality. A better search would be’anxiety hypnotherapy manchester’. 3. Look at their website A professional hypnotherapist will have a professional website. Does it look like they take their profession seriously? What does it say about them? How long have they been working in this field? What qualifications do they have? What professional memberships? Do they list your problem as a specialisation? 4. Your top 3 Check out a number of sites and select the top three you are most drawn to and then contact them with the questions listed below. 5. Interview them A confident, professional hypnotherapist will be very happy to answer any questions you have over the phone and some in person. If they aren’t, move onto the next one. Here are some questions for you: How long have you been in practice? You want someone who is well experienced – you don’t want to be the person they practice with. What qualifications do you have? Make sure they have a professional qualification. Write it down and check out the website of the governing body to see if they appear credible and professional. Also check that the answer is the same as given on their own site. Any evasiveness in their answer is a bad sign. Do you do other work as well as hypnotherapy? If they are also in paid employment there is a good chance that they have not made a success out of being a hypnotherapist and this should be a red flag. On what days/times do you see clients? A professional person will see clients on set days and times rather than be ready any time anywhere. How much do you charge? Getting the cheapest hypnotherapist is not a good strategy – they are likely to be inexperienced. When working on your unconscious, experience and expertise are essential. At best it is otherwise a false economy as a bad hypnotherapist will take more sessions or will have very short term results. What professional memberships do they have? If they seem a little evasive, it is not a good sign. A professional hypnotherapist will be signed up to a professional organisation. Does their answer match up to what is said on the website? How many sessions does it take to get results? This question is designed to test their professionalism and their skills. A professional hypnotherapist will not guarantee a set number of sessions. Everybody is different and change can only happen as quickly as your unconscious mind can accommodate that change. If they specify a number of sessions it is likely that they have a bunch of scripts, after which they are stuck with what to do with you. You don’t want a ‘scriptologist’ (someone who just reads out scripts), you want a bone fide hypnotherapist who will tailor their approach to your needs. 6. Check in with yourself 1 Do they appear genuinely interested in you and your problem or just getting you in the diary for an appointment? 7. Check in with yourself 2 Are you happy that they answered the questions with confidence? Did they appear flexible? Credible? Knowledgable? 8. Be realistic It is important to understand that hypnotherapy, whilst powerful, is not a magic bullet. It is a therapeutic process and so you need to be committed to it to get the full benefit from it. Are you willing to put in the number of sessions, the effort and the financial commitment? 9. Attend your appointment When you attend your first appointment do assess whether you feel comfortable, safe, heard and understood by the hypnotherapist. Do they appear to have a good grasp of how to help you? Do they come across as confident and professional? 10. Decide You should now have enough information to decide whether you believe this person is the right one to help you. Being nervous is normal, especially if you have not had hypnotherapy before. But, putting these natural nerves aside, listen to your gut when you make your decision. Any niggling doubts about whether you are comfortable with the person should not be ignored. Finally, do remember that hypnotherapy is a process. You need to be committed to the end result and work with your chosen therapist. Together you can achieve great results, massive insights and, if there was anything negative, it would be the wish that you had made the decision earlier. The Author Tricia Woolfrey is an advanced clinical hypnotherapist, coach and wellness practitioner based in Surrey and Harley Street. Her contact details are: Tel nos: 01932 354746 (Surrey) or 0845 130 0854 (Harley Street) Email: tricia@yourempoweredself.co.uk Website: www.yourempoweredself.co.uk Keywords: find hypnotherapists harley street, find hypnotherapists london, find hypnotherapists in surrey The article “10 Tips to Help You Choose a Hypnotherapist” was reproduced on the Inner Changes Hypnotherapy Manchester website with permission from Tricia Woolfrey.
All you need is your anxiety and a tennis or juggling ball. Brain scan studies have demonstrated that anxiety only occurs in one hemisphere of the brain. If you force both hemispheres of the brain to communicate with some physical actions that involve both sides of the body then the anxiety state can be quickly diminished. Here’s what you do: 1. Conjure up the state of anxiety (if you are troubled by anxiety you may not need to do much conjuring). 2. Holding your hands out in front of you, elbows bent as if you were holding a tray. Toss the ball back and forth between your hands. The ball must cross in front of you as you catch and throw. As you do this you will find your anxiety level beginning to diminish. 3. After a while stop ‘juggling’ to gauge your level of anxiety. Typically it will be reduced. 4. Continue juggling and checking until the anxiety is reduced to zero. You can use this process when the anxiety arises or imagine an anxiety provoking situation and reduce the anticipated anxiety. Here’s a video explanation and demonstration of this approach by Andy Austin on YouTube. — Reproduced with permission from the author Andrew Austin . If you wish to reproduce this article on your own website or blog, please contact the author. You must include the author details and ensure any web links remain active and unchanged. The copyright remains with the author.
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