At the Surrey Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy we see many clients that have had cancer or fighting it now. The effects are often devastating and sometimes tragic. However, there is so many advances happening that can really give us great hope for the future. Having had throat cancer myself I am very aware of the …
The effects of anxiety in children The world is a complex and sometimes confusing place, so children can, quite naturally, actually feel a little anxious every now and then. These periods of anxiety in children are generally self-contained and pass quickly, causing no lasting problems. However, there are some children who find they are routinely …
Hypnotherapy is this phenomenal treatment for problem gambling. A great number of non-gamblers wonder how some individuals can gamble beyond their means, and if you are a gambler yourself, you may wonder how to tell if you have a problem. If you gamble when you don’t want to, or continue beyond the point where you …
Outward warning signs of low confidence include appearing shy, nervous or socially withdrawn, especially in confrontational or stressful scenarios. The important thing to recall is that we are not born with low confidence. It is a learned response which is often the result of an utter failure, bullying, or numerous years of critical parenting. Not …
A hypnotherapist uses the trance state of hypnosis as a tool to make the therapy treatment more effective, and then treats specific problems that the client may have. Clinical hypnotherapy usually works very well when the client’s focus is directed internally so they become more self-aware. This is by and large achieved by relaxing the …
Just about everyone has needed, or planned to, shed unwanted weight in the course of their lives. Let us be honest, modern day society as a whole is getting heavier and fairly quickly. Putting on the weight is almost a fact of life, but losing weight and keeping it off is not easy. People are …
For countless people, stress is a part of life, and many of us have experienced it at some point. Dependent upon the circumstances, the intensity of the stress and tension felt by each individual, may differ. Typically, the after effects of specific distressing events can become overwhelming and hard to cope with. These overwhelming incidents …
A hypnotic gastric band is a cutting edge therapeutic intervention , aimed at combating overeating issues by making use of advanced hypnotherapy techniques. By utilising a technique that places the gastric band, in a virtual way through a hypnotherapeutic approach, expensive traditional surgery can be avoided plus the serious risks that go with it and …
The teenage years can be one of the most challenging periods of life, as teenagers undergo major changes with their body, deal with pressures of education and school life, in addition to criticism and hormonal changes. Left unchecked, the weight of these numerous pressures can typically leave a mark by damaging a teenager’s confidence and …
You will need to have lived in a cave in past years to have avoided the scary images all over the news relating to binge drinking. Just about everyone has, on some occasions, found themselves dancing the night away, having indulged in one (or six) too many bevies. We live in a very stressful world, …
Saturday 31st May – World No Tobacco Day could be a great day to get rid of smoking. The World Health Organisation (WHO) state that tobacco is the single most preventable cause of death around the globe, wiping out nearly 6 million people a year – 600,000 of whom are non-smokers. WHO promotes the day …
We all need sleep.  In fact, we all need 6-8 hours of sleep each night in order to function properly. Losing out on one night’s sleep can take a while to recover from, but eventually we do catch up. However, long term sleeping problems just aren’t as easy to shake off. Insomnia affects the sleep …
There is considerably more pressure on smokers to stop smoking, from the medical profession and the public. With many stop smoking projects running across the country and plenty of smoking cessation advice, it is now quite difficult to escape from it. It is fairly well accepted that smoking does damage our health and the information …
In the present day, the way we communicate is increasingly computer based, but the loss of face to face connections are having an adverse effect on our society. In our hypnotherapy practice this is all too apparent as we see large numbers of socially isolated clients. We show these clients how hypnotherapy builds confidence very …
Because of the way it has been portrayed through the years, people often ask “Is hypnotherapy effective?”. Well, studies have now shown that hypnotherapy has an impact on the brain which may be recorded scientifically. Research carried out by Stanford University pointed out that when volunteers were told under hypnosis that they were looking at …
When people see someone biting their nails it is commonly thought of as undesirable and disgusting. Many people get started nail biting in our early school years and then stop during our late teens. Fingernail biting may continue into adulthood for many, and becomes a conditioned response, causing real physical harm to the fingers. Hypnotherapy …
Millions of people worldwide battle with their weight on a daily basis by trying the latest fad diet. For each and every new dietary fad, there are many followers all ready to spend their hard earned cash on diet substances, nutritional supplements and other things required to help them get the shape the results promised. …
Drinking too much alcohol is a soaring problem amongst the majority of the population. The press regularly speculate on the ever dropping ages of those in the grip of alcohol dependency. There is also a lot more information available to us on healthy consumption of alcohol – we are a good deal more aware of …
For quite a few men and women that are trying to slim down or who are finding dieting difficult, food cravings can be a large part of the problem. Hunger pangs are acute feelings that can encourage people to consume large quantities of foods that they should preferably avoid. Research concludes that the foods that …
After launching our hypnotherapy clinic in Wallington, Surrey we were amazed at the number of clients we saw with anxiety and panic attacks, far more than we expected. A lot of our initial clientèle seemed to be anxiety based difficulties, like travelling phobias and challenges going out alone. To start with we wondered if there …
Saying that you are stressed isn’t being dramatic. We are all vulnerable to the pressures and problems involved in daily living. Our society is a busy one; all of us are becoming victims of a pressurised and generally scary world. While front line personnel overcome management pressures, top level management have the company pressures to …
Your next meeting at your workplace is drawing near, and you’ve consented to present some new ideas to the company. Despite the fact that you find delivering presentations a little bit nerve-racking, you tell yourself it will all be all right. As the time for you to speak publicly draws closer and closer, you begin …
IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) is a disorder that produces pain and discomfort, for the most part in the digestive tract. Hypnotherapy for irritable bowel is offered to those searching for help and information in managing their IBS and problems related to the ailment. Stomach cramping, diarrhoea, bowel irregularity, heartburn symptoms, flatulence, queasiness and trapped wind …
Hypnotherapy can assist in the treatment of short-term stress in a natural way. If you are aware an event is coming up that will cause you stress, hypnotherapy can help you prepare for it and learn how to deal with it effectively. For instance, if you are attending job interviews and find that stress is …
In the event you learn to play golf it’s necessary for you to grasp new physical skills. You might learn how to clasp the golf club, position your legs and approaches to swinging the club. As with virtually all sports, you master the procedure, learn the physical skills and then figure out how to ‘psyche …
Self confidence is how we view our own capacity to do something. Low self confidence is when you view your abilities to achieve or create as being very low. Self confidence is similar, but not the same, as self esteem which relates to our view of us. Hypnotherapy techniques can be used to help us …
Given that the festive season is now out of the way, many of us will turn to our health and look for strategies to make it better. Over the festive season it is fairly common to overindulge, both on food and drink, and not just on Christmas day. The Christmas events and New Year’s festivities …