A Guide to Hypnotherapy
When it comes to seeking help for your mental health, there are lots of options available. A lot of our practitioners do a combination of psychotherapy and hypnotherapy. Some do other techniques which are outlined below.
You’ve probably discovered our directory of hypnotherapists because you’re looking for some kind of talking therapy. Counselling, psychotherapy, or hypnotherapy are all good methods to help you. In this guide, we’ll talk about the differences and the benefits of each approach. This will act as a handy guide of what to look for when finding a hypnotherapist near to where you live, or online.
All talking therapy aims to address psychological issues and improve things in your life. Therapy should be carried out by a qualified and insured practitioner. We advise you to choose one from a website like ours, as they have been properly assessed before being allowed to list their details.
Counselling & Psychotherapy are often terms which are interchangeable.
The primary goal of all counselling and psychotherapy is to facilitate positive change. Therapists explore what’s happening in the here and now, and how past events may contribute to any current thought patterns, behaviours, or beliefs.
Counselling and psychotherapy promote psychological wellbeing and address emotional and behavioural issues.
Getting to know yourself much better is often the aim. Once you discover the triggers for your behaviours or feelings, it is much easier to put an adult perspective on them.
A lot of psychotherapy is educational for a client. You can expect to learn about various functions of the brain, as well as the theories behind why we develop the way we do. Various tools and techniques can be introduced to show you how to help alter the way you feel.
Counselling and psychotherapy are almost identical, some counsellors prefer to work in a way that is far more focused on what is happening for you in the ‘here and now’.
Therapists may work with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) or other techniques. Techniques are designed to take you from point A – where you are in the current moment – and help you develop effective coping strategies to reach point B – where you want to be in the future. This way, you can develop new behaviours and thought patterns that allow you to live an improved and happier life.
Hypnotherapy is a somewhat different approach to psychotherapy and counselling. However, a lot of hypnotherapists combine different models of working and take parts of psychotherapy and counselling into their sessions, in order to help the client in a very fast and effective way. Often hypnotherapists take fewer sessions to achieve the clients goals.
Hypnotherapy, as the name suggests, is ‘hypnosis’ combined with ‘psychotherapy’. Where the counsellor will work with the councious thinking, the hypnotherapist will work with the subconscious thinking.
A hypnotic state is induced in the client, often by visualisation, guided imagery or metaphor. As the client relaxes, this shifts the focus of the mind from being in a fully conscious state, to accessing the subconscious mind.
Some hypnotherapists use suggestion work and others may use regression styles of working.
The working relationship you form with any therapist is of utmost importance, so we suggest that you look carefully at their profiles and see who may appeal to you, before phoning a few therapists to speak to them directly. Most therapists will offer a free telephone call or even some kind of short session free of charge, in order to discover what you need help with. Please note that therapists working outside of the UK adhere to the laws and regulations in their own countries.
If you would like to find a hypnotherapist to help you in your area, or online, see our directory. Find a hypnotherapist in your area
Other areas our therapists may work within:
Transactional Analysis (TA)
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Thought Field Therapy (TFT)
Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH)
Past Life Regression (PLR)
Timeline Therapy (TLT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
BrainWorking Recursive Therapy® (BWRT)
Havening®
Counselling (CBT and other styles)