When we learn a new skill or have a new experience, it is initially understood in the conscious mind.\u00a0 When we master the skill or find that our reaction to an event has helped us, we pass that information on to our subconscious mind.<\/p>\n
For example, when you learnt to read, you needed to read every word carefully to understand what you read; with experience you can now skim over words, sentences and paragraphs and still make sense of it.\u00a0 \u00a0If something happened to you that surprised or scared you, you may have run away to somewhere safe, and if you think you may confront the same situation, you may run away before the event to avoid the experience of it happening again.\u00a0 That is because your subconscious mind is controlling your response in both examples.<\/p>\n
A habit is a routine of behaviour that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously.<\/p>\n
An\u00a0obsession<\/em>\u00a0is an unwanted and unpleasant thought, image or urge that repeatedly enters your mind, causing feelings of anxiety, disgust or unease.<\/p>\n A\u00a0compulsion<\/em>\u00a0is a repetitive behaviour or mental act that you feel you need to do to temporarily relieve the unpleasant feelings brought on by the\u00a0obsessive<\/em>\u00a0thought.<\/p>\n Habits are built in the subconscious, actions that have helped us when we feel anxious, bored or uncomfortable. The habit or behaviour (e.g. biting your nails, pulling your hair, picking your skin, sucking your thumb) becomes ingrained as an automatic, subconscious response through long standing repetition, and the experience of immediate relief, satisfaction, or gratification.<\/p>\n The challenge occurs where a habit or behaviour has negative consequences, perhaps nail infections, bald patches, skin scarring, reduced self-confidence. It then needs to be changed to something more positive, and this is where the unconscious nature of habitual response is one of the keys to change.<\/p>\n Many professionals working in the field of neurological disorders have\u00a0 understood that people don’t have bad thoughts because they feel bad – but more often it’s the other way round.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Because they constantly think something awful is going to happen – this generates uncomfortable emotions and a feeling of general discontent.<\/span><\/p>\n Hypnotherapy can help you replace the old, unwanted behaviour with a new, positive response that still meets the original need. For example, instead of pulling, picking or biting to relieve anxiety or boredom, you change the habit to something that is more beneficial, perhaps using a stress ball or toy, or focusing on your breathing,\u00a0 or listening to music or playing a game on your phone.<\/p>\n This habit reversal\/substitution would be developed in conjunction with a focus on important related issues such as managing stress and anxiety better and improving your self-esteem and confidence.<\/p>\n These behaviours can be successfully addressed through hypnotherapy.\u00a0 Hypnotherapy can also help you\u00a0 to improve your concentration and to gain the confidence you need in order to aid your memory and\u00a0<\/span>learning ability.\u00a0 Some people have found hypnotherapy has helped with some learning difficulties such as dyslexia.\u00a0 As you begin to really enjoy\u00a0 relaxation in hypnosis you’ll find that your inner mind can create its own solutions to the problems you’ve been experiencing.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition,\u00a0 Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques such as a New Behaviour Generator, have been successful in changing these types of behaviours.\u00a0 NLP can be used alongside hypnotherapy or as a stand alone therapy.<\/p>\n Behaviours can include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n These are only examples.\u00a0 If there is something else you want to address that is not covered in this list, please talk to me to see if I can help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Free half hour consultation<\/p>\n 60 – 90 minute Session in person or via zoom<\/p>\n Subsequent sessions – \u00a370 for 1 x 60 – 90 minute session<\/p>\n All sessions need to be paid for 48 hours before the scheduled session.\u00a0 \u00a0For sessions held in person, at least 48 hours notice must be given or \u00a315 fee will need to be made to cover room hire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[17],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-175","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-hypnotherapy","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"virtual","11":"taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\nHow can hypnotherapy help?<\/h2>\n
What sort of behaviours are we talking about?<\/h2>\n
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