Hypnotherapy - The Power of Hypnosis

Hypnosis is one of the most misunderstood and powerful change techniques available. It can provide rapid, effective treatment and produce great changes in virtually every issue. We help you to access powerful resources that you may not realise that you have, help you put them into practice and achieve the changes you want. What changes do you want?

There are many myths regarding hypnosis

To explode those myths, which will hopefully make you less apprehensive regarding your treatment, be reassured that:

You are completely safe and in control whenever you are hypnotised. As the client, you may be aware of the hypnotist's voice and you control how deep your trance is. Because your unconscious mind is still running your body, if you heard a fire alarm or were in danger in any way, you would be awake and alert immediately.

It is impossible for someone to get you to do something against your will under hypnosis. If it were possible, we could hypnotise everybody in prison to be model citizens, hypnotise all of the sick to be well, and wars would be fought with pendulums rather than guns! The US military even hired legendary hypnotist George Estabrooks, but concluded after exhaustive tests that it was indeed impossible to influence people against their will. Those people on television and at stage shows that do silly things are all preselected as natural exhibitionists.

You will have experienced going into a trance already! Have you ever had the experience of driving past your motorway junction, or driving home, so unconsciously that you can't remember getting there? Or maybe, you were doing something that you love and an hour slipped by in just a few minutes? Well guess what, you were in a trance! Hypnosis just utilises and deepens these naturally occurring trance states that typify our existence on this planet.

So what exactly is hypnosis?

Although the term comes from the Greek word "hypnos" meaning sleep, hypnosis is more like the "twilight zone" just before you fall asleep or just before you wake up. The hypnotist guides you into a trance by using lots of guided visualisation and also by structuring the way that he uses his language in a very unique way.Because the conscious mind that we use to rationalise everything and often to criticise ourselves is off duty, the patients unconscious mind is very open to the positive suggestions of the hypnotherapist.

The patient might be given positive suggestions to achieve any number of things, such as:

Stopping smoking ("your cigarettes taste vile")
Boosting their self esteem and confidence
Getting rid of a life long phobia
Overcoming a difficult situation
Dealing with unwanted habits or emotional issues

Jonathan Bowder (MTLTA, MANLP) has recently joined the Claremont team as a therapist specialising in Hypnotherapy, Breakthrough Sessions and other life changing NLP-led techniques.

He has an exceptional record of developing people from all walks of life. He is a Certified Trainer of NLP, a Certified Mastercoach, a Master Practitioner of Time Line Therapy™ and a Master Hypnotist through the American Board of Hypnotherapy (ABH). Jonathan is a caring and highly skilled hypnotherapist, who combines his proficiencies as required in order to accelerate the results that his clients will achieve.

For further information or to book a session, please contact us.