Hypnotherapy to stop nail-biting and other bad habits As with most things, bad habits such as nail-biting, come in all shapes, sizes, and levels of severity and hypnosis offer a powerful and effective solution. Nail biting, hair pulling, teeth grinding, skin picking, being eating/drinking, smoking, gambling, gaming and constantly checking social media are all common habits that you may...Continued
Category: About Anxiety
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Performance Anxiety: Is it just in the mind?
Have you ever had to make a public announcement, a speech or presentation and woken up feeling sick at the thought of it? Some call it stage fright but the technical term is performance anxiety. The relatively harmless symptoms can make your life miserable – sweaty palms, a frequent need of the toilet, heart palpitations and a general feeling of...Continued
Anxiety Dreams | How to deal with them
What are anxiety dreams? Dreams are accepted to be a natural part of life, a part of our imagination. Dreams and dream interpretation have fascinated mankind since the dawn of civilisation. Why do we dream and what do anxiety dreams mean? Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, two of the more famous therapists, were influential in the field of dreams...Continued
ODD: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Granted children do not always do what is asked of them but Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), is far more than mere disobedience. Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a childhood disorder characterised by defiant, disobedient, negative, and often hostile behaviour prominently towards adult figures. It is common amongst children with ADHD. It is thought that between 2-16 percent of children and young...Continued
Police Cells: Mental Health Crisis
People in a mental health crisis find it terrifying to be held in a police cell. Peers will move an amendment to the policing and crime bill to ensure those adults feeling suicidal, are self-harming or are psychotic are never taken to police stations for assessment. This plan is already in place for under-18s. “The police can’t continue to...Continued
1 in 10 children have a mental health problem
The Education Policy Institute’s Independent Mental Health Commission published its final report of the year. It is the culmination of research into exploring challenges and transformation of children and young people’s mental health care and support. One in every ten children between the ages of five and sixteen have a diagnosed mental health problem. And yet, children’s mental health services...Continued
Driving hypnotherapy, how to become a confident driver.
Fear of driving and hypnotherapy Being afraid to get behind the wheel is an incapacitating phobia that often leaves suffers isolate or spending a small fortune and a lot of time on public transport. Unlike other fears such as a fear of bridges (gephyrophobia) or fear of washing (ablutophobia), a fear of driving has no medical term. Having a fear...Continued
Hypnotherapy and procrastination
Procrastination is the thief of time. {Edward Young - poet} Procrastination - according to wikipedia is "the practice of carrying out less urgent tasks in preference to more urgent ones, or doing more pleasurable things in place of less pleasurable ones." putting off until tomorrow what could be done today. How many times have you been at work on the...Continued
Top tips to enjoy silence
Silence is golden – or is it? When was the last time you sat in silence for more than 20 minutes? Our commute to work, the school run, doing the housework, watching a film, listening to the radio these are all noise filled activities. Sometimes we demand that external stimuli just to quieten down our internal self talk. Some people...Continued
What is a panic attack – how to deal with a panic attack
Have you ever had a panic attack? If you have then you will know how debilitating it really can be. If you haven't then it would be useful to know what happens just in case you know someone who does suffer from them. It is important to remember that as sophisticated as we might like to think that we are...Continued