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10 Top Reasons for Choosing Hypnotherapy
- BROAD SCOPE
Hypnotherapy can help with anything in which the mind
has an influence. So its range is far wider than is
sometimes thought. While it works very well for phobias,
smoking and weight control, it can also relieve nausea
in chemotherapy patients, prepare people for surgery
and faster recovery, relieve insomnia, improve sport
performance - and much more.
- SCIENTIFIC BACKING.
"Hypnotherapy is supported by more scientific
research than any other complementary therapy".
(The Which? Guide to Complementary Therapies, 2002).
As Shaun Brookhouse, Chair of the NCH, points out,
hypnotism has been recognised as valid by the British
Medical Association since 1955.
- FAST RESULTS
Using a light state of trance, similar to day-dreaming,
means that change can take place more quickly than
simply through talking which means treatment is often
surprisingly brief.
- PARTNERSHIP
Well-trained hypnotherapists these days use empowering,
non-authoritarian approaches, in a spirit of partnership
and cooperation with you. Their aim is to guide you
to create better choices for yourself.
- TO UPDATE YOUR MIND
A hypnotherapist is a "change mechanic",
according to NCH Research Director John Lawrence.
If you are stuck with a habit, a behaviour, feelings
or a condition that you cannot sort out yourself,
a hypnotherapist can be your mind mechanic, to help
you on the right road again. For example, if any raised
voice reduces you to a jelly and now you want to work
in a pressured environment, where raised voices are
the norm, you can "unlearn" the jelly response
and feel more confident.
- TAILOR-MADE
Because each client's perceptions and experience are
different, well-trained hypnotherapists will give
you designer service, as opposed to off-the-peg. They
will listen carefully to what is currently going on
for you and what you'd like to change, then tailor
the techniques they use.
- USE THE MIND-BODY CONNECTION
Today's hypnotherapists work from an understanding
of the mind and of the mind-body connection that is
based on modern neuroscience. This enables them to
work successfully with problems such as pain control,
IBS, and the stress/anxiety response. Trevor Silvester,
editor of the NCH's Hypnotherapy Journal, says "hypnotherapy
is a marvellous medium for using the mind-body connection."
- VALUE FOR MONEY
"With hypnotherapy you learn strategies and it
is more empowering than simply talking to someone,"
as a client of NCH Training Director Carole Wan said.
The therapy effect continues to multiply long after
the sessions have ended. It is like teaching someone
to fish instead of handing them a piece of cod.
- THE WHOLE PERSON
"Hypnotherapy works with you as an individual,
a whole person, not just a symptom. It does not impose
generalised labels and remedies on you." (Josephine
Teague, NCH Ethics Director).
- HIGH STANDARDS
NCH Hypnotherapists have received a high standard
of training. They work to a comprehensive Code of
Ethics and Practice, which the NCH actively implements.
The NCH can be contacted on freephone 0800 952 0545,
or by emailing admin@hypnotherapists.org.uk
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