Hypnotherapy Helps With Almost Everything

 

Hypnotherapy is undergoing a bit of a renaissance right now. Around the world, people are remembering it as an effective method for managing many things. This includes post-surgical recovery, easing chronic conditions (including pain), reducing the symptoms of stress and burnout, dealing with mental health diagnoses such as anxiety, depression and OCD, and on to building confidence and focus, as well as working on other life coaching goals. It can even help you improve the health of your energetic body (think meridians and chakras). And, if you are on a spiritual path (Druid, Shaman, Wiccan, Buddhist and so on), it can even help you with that.

 

The BBC magazine  Science Focus recently ran a piece called Rethinking Hypnosis (click here), as they have just cottoned on to how good it can be and have realised that the scientific community seriously needs to investigate, not only how it works, but also what it can work on.

 

Not only that, but American psychiatrist Dr David Spiegel has a self-hypnosis app (Reveri) that is constantly in the news to rave reviews. It has appeared in the Financial Times, The New York Times, Women’s Health and more. You might want to click here for more info on that.

 

And just a few weeks ago, mental health and wellbeing magazine Happiful happily extolled  the virtues of it in surgery and stomach pain management following two new studies (click here).

 

Plus, there’s my book, How to Cope With Almost Anything with Hypnotherapy (simple ideas to enhance your wellbeing and resilience). Published by Green Tree/Bloomsbury, it contains a ton of advice, including how to hypnotise yourself, together with 23 helpful, healing recordings. And you really do want to be clicking here for that.

 

Also, hypnotherapy is currently a global wellness trend. Don’t just take my word for it. There’s an in-depth industry business report that’s making that claim (click here).

 

This means that around the world, a lot of people seeking hypnotherapy out, either from individual hypnotherapists or as part of the wellness retreat holiday excursion. The report states that a post-Covid (and ever-increasing) awareness of what hypnotherapy can do is the main factor driving this demand.

 

Even the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has noticed this growing popularity, especially in places such as Indonesia, where hypnotherapy is so popular, it’s almost a way of life (you know what to do). LSE researcher Dr Nicholas Long said that it “does have something to offer in terms of thinking about the mental health and wellbeing challenges that so many people are facing in the contemporary world.”

 

Those challenges include anxiety, depression, anger management, stress management and more. However, you can also have it for weight control, pain control and stopping smoking. You want to build coping strategies? It can do that. Achieving gnosis? It can help with that too. Whatever it is that you want, if it is not delivered in a hypnotic state, it’s not hypnotherapy.

 

What is it?

At its most basic, hypnotherapy is therapy conducted in a state of hypnosis. And, as you can see, there are different therapies for different things, depending on what it is you want to achieve.

 

Hypnosis itself is an altered state of consciousness, very similar to daydreaming or losing yourself in a really good book. In this altered state of consciousness, your unconscious mind becomes very susceptible to positive suggestion. Especially when those suggestions are tied to a goal you already know you want to achieve.

 

A hypnotherapist then, is someone who helps you drift into a hypnotic state, there to deliver suggestions related to your therapeutic, coaching, healing, or life goals.

 

And hypnotherapy works as well online as it does face-to-face which means that, when it comes to finding the right fit hypnotherapist for you, you’re not constrained by location. If you live in London and want a Bristol hypnotherapist, you can have one. Similarly, if you live in Manchester, but want a London-based hypnotherapist, you can have them too.

 

Live in Canada but really like the sound of that UK-based hypnotherapist that everyone has been talking about? Not a problem.

 

When delivered online, you just need a crystal-clear connection. In my experience, people much prefer the sound of my voice to come at them from EarPods or headphones rather than from speakers (it’s more personal and immersive that way). Apart from that, you just need to be sitting comfortably. And the therapist needs to be able to see you clearly, so a laptop or tablet is way better than a smartphone for that.

 

For a taste of hypnotherapy delivered by myself, please take a look my newish YouTube channel (you’ll find it here). And feel free to check in on a regular basis, as more content is being added all the time

 

While I don’t know what it is you want hypnotherapy for, I do know you will be jolly glad you tried it.

 

 

It’s Worth a Shot!

Say hello to my single session therapy and coaching service . . .

 

Do you have a very specific problem in mind, one that is causing you stress but, that you can articulate well? Is there something on the horizon that you would like to prepare for, either physically or mentally? Are you motivated to make rapid but significant changes and achieve your goals sooner rather than later?

If you have answered yes to any of the above, then One Shot might just be for you.

One Shot is a bespoke service available almost immediately, with no delays or waiting lists. If suitable, you and I agree to work together for one focussed session only, there to resolve your immediate challenges and achieve your goals.

One Shot gives you help almost right there and then; it can give you clarity and focus; it draws upon your own innate strengths and inner resources, and it gives you a concrete plan of action going forwards.

It’s not just for people who have an immediate problem, or sudden challenge that needs addressing, it is also a great preventative; a way of heading things off at the pass. We would all be in better shape, physically as well as mentally, if therapy and coaching were used as prevention rather than reparation and repair.

 

With a One Shot session there are three points of contact overall:

 

Point one:

The initial consultation. This will be undertaken either over the phone or via Zoom and will last for approximately 15 minutes. This is where we both figure out if One Shot is suitable for you. If we both agree that it is, we will book the session in and I will send you a short questionnaire to be returned in advance of the session.

 

Point two:

The One Shot session itself. This lasts from one-and-a-half to two hours and can involve a combination of rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) and positive psychology, as well as hypnotherapy. The aim is for you to leave, not only with greater insight and understanding but, also, with several key points for you to act upon. You will be sent a recording of our therapy / coaching session, together with a copy of the hypnotherapy element (if this was included in your protocol). *

 

Point three:

A follow up call. Either a few weeks or months following the session (at a pre-agreed time and date) I will contact you and check in on your progress following the session. Here we can discuss various things, including possible improvements, and further requirements (such as a full course of therapy if wanted).

 

One Shot can help with:

  • Anxiety
  • Anger Management
  • Adjustment difficulties
  • Coping with change
  • Dealing with uncertainty
  • Relationship problems
  • Stress in all its forms
  • Personal development
  • Decision making
  • Preventative mental health care
  • Sudden life crisis management
  • Building better habits
  • Confidence and self-worth
  • And more

 

 

If you are interested in One Shot, please contact me either by email at info@danielfryer.com or via
WhatsApp on +44 (0)7947 310 052

 

 

 

* A PDF transcript of the session can also be provided upon request, but at extra cost.

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