WHAT IS HYPNOSIS
Hypnosis is a means of communicating with the unconscious mind. The unconscious mind is 90% of what you are, think do and behave. Hypnosis is practiced in a very relaxed state, but the mind is active. Each Hypnotherapy session should leave the patient relaxed, refreshed, optimistic and more in control.
HOW TO CHOOSE A HYPNOTHERAPIST
Always chose a hypnotherapists who has attended a credited course that has involved sustained course work as well as written assignments and has had tutorage. That are a member of a professional body, (BSCH) which will ensure the appropriate code of conduct as well as a complaints procedure.
WHAT DOES HYPNOTHERAPY INVOLVE
A Hypnotherapists will attempt to find out as much about the client and their problem as possible during the first visit to try and establish the relevant psychological factors and the appropriate mode of treatment.
In hypnotherapy you will be relaxed in a comfortable chair or couch and by talking in a firm but relaxing voice, the therapist will put you into a hypnotic state - neither asleep nor awake. You will be asked to relax your body by breathing deeply and slowly. The therapist will then try to extract information from your subconscious mind in order to find the cause of your problem, possibly by taking you back to your childhood for your earliest memories. Suggestions may be made to your subconscious which will be related to your problem. At the end of the session you will be brought out of the hypnotic state feeling calm, relaxed and re-energised.
Hypnotherapists state that the subconscious will only accept commands that do not conflict with the natural instinct for self-preservation and will therefore not allow the patient to become an object of exploitation by an unprincipled therapist.
THE HYPNOTHERAPIST
Practitioner Dr James Rutherford BSc. (Hon's), BSCH (Assoc) practitioner no 7656
Jim specialises in treating people with alcohol related issues plus anxiety and panic attacks and coping with pain in everyday and work life as well as phobia's and performance anxiety. He holds a clinic at The Frank Lee Centre on the Addenbrookes Hospital Site.
He also provides anxiety, panic attack, stress and assertiveness counseling for the Occupational Health Department of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital, SWBH.
Jim also is part of the Joseph Clinic, a leading oesteopathy clinic in Woodford, Essex, 18 minutes by tube from Liverpool Street Station.