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The Hypnotherapy Centre

Tel: 01753 853124

Watergate House, Straight Road, Old Windsor, Berkshire

Company Registration No. 4772149

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Hypnotic phenomena have been described for centuries and hypnosis has been used therapeutically for almost 200 years.  

There is considerable debate amongst scientists as to the psychological and physiological processes that characterise hypnotic trance.  However, most people describe it as a pleasant state similar to daydreaming.

A common misperception amongst people who have not experienced hypnosis is that it is something that the ‘hypnotist’ does to the client.  The reality is that clinical hypnosis is a collaborative effort, in which the therapist helps the client to achieve a trance state at will.  Clearly the client can chose not to be hypnotised or once in trance can chose to reject any therapeutic suggestions made by the therapist.  In essence the therapist facilitates the client’s ability to enter trance, and once in trance helps the client to make desired therapeutic changes to their lives.

It is important to understand that hypnosis has limited therapeutic value in itself.  Certainly it can be a relaxing experience, however it is the therapeutic techniques used, when in a hypnotic trance, that are critical to the solution of the clients’ problems.  At the Hypnotherapy Centre we take a Cognitive Behavioural approach towards hypnotherapy - this means we assist clients to change the behaviours that maintain their problems and rethink unhelpful or limiting beliefs

Hypnotherapy has proven value in treating many medical and psychological conditions including: breaking unwanted habits, e.g. smoking, nail biting etc.; weight control; enhancing sports performance; improving self-confidence; breaking the ‘panic cycle’; stress, phobias, e.g. arachnophobia, agoraphobia etc.