Hypnotherapy in Watford

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy in Watford

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is a safe, modern type of ‘talking therapy’ that combines the use of psychotherapy and hypnosis. It has its basis in neuroscience and offers a holistic approach to mental health. This makes it particularly effective in treating anxiety as the methods used replicate the way your brain works when it is functioning well. I help to enhance your brain’s natural ability to reduce anxiety and think logically. When we are able to think with logic as opposed to emotion, we actually use a different part of our brain, which allows us to think clearly and rationally.

During our sessions, we focus all our attention on getting you to be the best version of yourself. To get you to this end destination there is no need for you to recall negative experiences associated with the past. Whilst sometimes in life it can be of benefit to analyse and evaluate situations, in the case of anxiety and related conditions, it can be very counterproductive, creating more anxiety. This can be especially true if you have suffered from trauma.

With Solution Focused Hypnotherapy we recognise that we can’t change the past therefore we begin with the end in mind. We look at what you want to achieve (the solution) as opposed to what prompted you to seek help (the problem). If you are interested in how Solution Focused Hypnotherapy sessions work and discover how I have successfully used it to help reduce stress and anxiety levels, please read my Case Study ‘ How Solution Focused Hypnotherapy Calms Anxiety’

Hypnotherapy and mental health support in Watford – Conditions treated

Hypnotherapy can be used to help people address and overcome many different problem areas in their lives.  It is often used effectively to help people to lower their levels of stress and anxiety and to feel much more positive in their everyday living. High levels of stress and anxiety unfortunately seem to go hand in hand with modern living. Stress and anxiety can easily be created as a result of all of the demands placed on us both at work and at home. You are certainly not alone if you sometimes find life difficult. It is estimated that 1 in 6 people in the UK reports experiencing a common mental health problem such as anxiety and depression each year.

A lot of my work tends to be centred on helping people to lower their generalised anxiety levels, in order that they enjoy freedom from their self-limiting thoughts and beliefs. We spent a lot of time in our headspace, thankfully I have great success in helping people to make theirs a much calmer and more positive place to be.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is extremely versatile, amongst other things it can be used to help people:

• Manage their weight
• Give up smoking
• Increase their chances of conception
• Achieve freedom from their anxiety
• Free themselves from depression
• Reduce their levels of performance anxiety
• Overcome insomnia, OCD and PTSD
• Control their anger
• Overcome fears and phobias
• Improve their confidence and self-esteem
• Relieve teenage anxiety
• Improve their sporting performance
• Alleviate the symptoms of IBS and
• Reduce chronic pain

Mental health and wellbeing support for children in Watford

Mental illness is unfortunately all too common in children. Statistics show that 3 in 4 mental illnesses start before the age of 18, with 2 in 4 being evident before the age of 14. The long wait for services such as CAMHS means that 70% of children are currently not receiving help for their condition, with some waiting for up to 10 years for support with their mental health. My experience of being a teacher for the last 17 years paints a similar picture. Whilst there has without a doubt been a rise in the prevalence of children’s mental health conditions, the amount of money going into addressing them hasn’t, leaving the system overstretched.

Solution-focused hypnotherapy offers very quick results, it can be extremely effective in helping children from around the age of 8 upwards to find relief from their condition. As it is outcome and future-focused there is never any need for a child to discuss the actual problem concerning them. This allows the child to become engaged in their therapy as they are able to imagine and describe their future when the problem no longer exists.

The solution-focused method is in fact so effective, that the NSPCC use it as their approach to improving children’s mental health and wellbeing. You can find out how to use solution-focused practices with your child through the following link. Many parents have, however, trusted me to help their child to improve their mental health and wellbeing. I have worked with children of many ages to take control of a wide range of different types of anxiety including; phobias, social anxiety, generalised anxiety, disordered eating and OCD.

You can watch an interview with Matt where we discuss his experience of using solution-focused hypnotherapy to help his daughter to overcome OCD here. If you would like more information on teenage anxiety please visit the highlighted link.