Why one of these?
All use Trance or Altered
Consciousness, which is a natural phenomenon, which everyone can
master, and use individually. It is a very useful tool to learn
to optimise health and well-being and it is faster than the more
conventional methods.
Why are some people scared
of Hypnosis?
Myths abound about hypnosis,
but, in fact, it is little more than a heightened state of
awareness in which you are more in touch with your unconscious
mind than your conscious one. An example of this is driving a
car home and being unaware on reaching home how many robots were
red and how many green. Another is watching water moving or fire
crackling and losing sense of time. These, like daydreaming, are
natural ‘trance’ states.
What is Hypnotherapy?
In hypnotherapy you are guided
into a relaxed state where both body and mind ‘let go’. You
will not be asleep – only deeply relaxed – and will remember
everything your unconscious mind chooses to remember. You will
not ‘lose control’. It will shift from conscious to
unconscious. In fact, you will not accept any suggestions made
by the therapist that are not in keeping with your value system
and moral code.
Use of Regression and
Progression
Regression and progression are
two of the tools of hypnotherapy, and simply refer to a return
to an earlier point in your life [regression] or visualize a
point in the future [progression]. Memories are stored in the
unconscious mind in the precise format in which they were
experienced. Future thoughts and perceptions will assist in the
client fulfilling healthy future predictions. It is the work of
the therapist to assist the client in ‘reframing’
experiences, which may be causing emotional distress in the
client’s present life in order to bring about more adaptive
functioning. The unconscious mind, intent on protecting the
client against perceived dangers from the past and future,
continues to act on outdated information/fixated memories unless
intervention takes place. While ‘past life regression
therapy’ appears to be in vogue, it is still the domain of
alternative or complementary practitioners and is not often a
treatment modality found in mainstream psychological practice.
What is visualization?
This is the ability to
‘see’, in your mind, pictures of different things while in
heightened awareness. If you want to give up smoking you will
then visualize yourself without a cigarette and feeling serene
and content. This can be used for all diseases, which are in
fact dis-ease in the body and/or mind. This technique can also
be used, by all, for personal growth and sport/career/study
enhancement.
What about panic attacks and
phobias?
Hypnotherapy is classically
indicated for phobic reactions and anxiety disorders, but is a
useful intervention in a wide range of problems commonly seen in
medical practice. Indeed, ongoing research suggests that most
illness has a psychological component and it is in this domain
that hypnotherapy can be particularly useful. Hypnotherapy can
assist clients who are stressed and suffering from a wide
variety of psychosomatic conditions, sleeping disorders as well
as those needing assistance with chronic pain.
What
are Ego State and Ericksonian Therapy?
Both are therapy approaches
that make use of formal or informal trance. Watkins and Watkins
of the USA developed Ego State Therapy and Eriksonian Therapy is
named after the famous American psychologist, Milton Erickson.
You need a highly qualified
therapist
Dr Di Shand is a psychologist
highly trained in hypnotherapy. She has reached the Third
[final] Stage of training of the South African Society of
Clinical Hypnosis [which trains all medical doctors and
psychologists] in this field. She continues to update her
knowledge in this area through International workshops and
reading. Dr. Shand is a member of the South African Society of
Clinical Hypnosis, which adheres to rigorous training standards
endorsed by the Health Professions Council. Dr Shand's doctoral
thesis focused on the treatment of anxiety disorders through the
use of hypnotherapy.
Phone
011-8034913 to book your appointment
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