Fast, Effective Phobia and Trauma Treatment
Since my July post ‘A New Slant on Dental Fears’ a number of people have contacted me to ask about treatment for phobias.
In my practice I treat many highly anxious or traumatised clients using a wonderfully simple and effective treatment, known as The Rewind Technique.
This relatively recent breakthrough in psychotherapy treatment is a fast, safe and painless method of helping people to overcome high anxiety conditions such as Phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The treatment was originally developed by Richard Bandler, a founding father of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and was known as The VK Technique. The Rewind Technique is the version that is recommended by The European Therapy Studies Institute (ETSI) as it has been refined to emphasise the elements that are now known to be essential in making it a highly effective treatment.
So, how does it work? Well, when we encounter an event or stimulus that we perceive as threatening, our attention becomes locked onto the source of the threat to the exclusion of everything else. At this point the survival mechanism of fight and flight is activated, the emotions become highly aroused prompting the body to instantly gear itself for survival action. In the normal course of events this physical and emotional energy will be used up and the body will restore itself to normal. The brain is then able to process what has happened by separating the emotional response from the physical experience, filing both away in separate parts of the brain, enabling the person to make calm, rational sense of the event.
Occasionally, this separation doesn’t happen and the entire event gets trapped in the emotional centres of the brain, resulting in phobia or trauma.
The Rewind Technique works very simply to unhook the emotional experience from the actual event, enabling the brain to recode the information, freeing the sufferer from the debilitation of high anxiety.
For a free consultation to discuss how you will benefit from this treatment, call
01273 500136 or visit my website.
To locate a skilfully trained Rewind Practitioner in your area, see the links below:-
Hypnosis and immunity to Swine Flu
If you are worried about seasonal infections or viruses such as Swine Flu, then now is the time to take action and strengthen your immune system in a natural way.
One of the most influential factors in maintaining a healthy immune system is relaxation, particularly if you are the sort of person that runs on high stress or anxiety.
Being able to manage stress is an important factor in keeping your immune system functioning well.
It is often beyond our control to influence the factors that contribute to stress (work, finances, redundancy etc) but what we can do, is manage ourselves well, to reduce the impact.
It has been known for a long time that stress affects the immune system and our ability to fend off invading infections such as the Swine Flu bug.
Psychological stress such as anxiety has been shown to increase susceptibility to viral infection. Subjects exposed to stress showed increases in infection rates from 74% to 90%, and clinical colds rose from 27% to 47%. (McEwen & Stellar, 1993)
Relaxation techniques are known to be immune-enhancers and one of the most effective of these is a deep hypnotic relaxation, particularly when geared specifically to strengthening the individual’s immune function. The use of hypnosis not only teaches the body to relax and restore, but also contributes to a positive mental attitude and an optimistic outlook. These factors make a big difference in how the body fights disease.
At certain times of year, seasonal changes often bring an increased vulnerability to infections and illness, so as summer draws into autumn, I am making a special offer of a one off session to boost your immunity and increase your ability to regularly relax. This session will be geared to your specific needs. You will come away with a personal CD recording that you can use as often as you want to, at no extra cost. Call me to arrange an appointment to suit you.
Here are some other tips that will help you to stay healthy.
- Make sure that you eat well, by including natural whole-foods in your diet, particularly lots of dark green vegetables and brightly coloured fruits & veg. These will give your body the nutrition and antioxidants needed for optimal health. Also include grains, pulses, seeds, nuts and the essential omega fats that are found in fish oil or flax oil.
- Take pro-biotic supplements and eat foods that encourage good gut flora, such as live yogurt, miso, sauerkraut. Approximately 70% of your immune function relies on having healthy levels of good bacteria in your gut.
- Make sure that you are drinking enough water, particularly in the hotter weather. If you want your body to be fighting fit, it needs to be hydrated. Water is also excellent for helping the body to rid itself of toxins.
- Reduce or eliminate alcohol, caffeine and refined sugars
- Make sure you get enough good quality sleep. If this is a difficult issue for you, hypnotherapy can help you to get restful nights sleep.
- Get regular exercise
- Do something nice for yourself on a regular basis.
Stay healthy this winter – take time to relax.
A New Slant On Dental Fears
For as long as I can remember, I was dogged by that commonly crippling affliction known as dental phobia. Paradoxically, this tended to result in a foolish neglect of my teeth and inevitably meant that the need for dental treatment became unavoidable and was always torturously extensive. It was when I began my training as a hypnotherapist that I learned how to transform that fear into something entirely manageable.
Two weeks ago, I noticed that one of my many amalgam fillings had a crack the size of the San Andreas Fault so, supported by my smug awareness that ‘I can do the dentist’, I headed off for the emergency dental appointment. With all my phobia management techniques firmly in place, I sat in the chair taking deep, relaxing breaths while the dentist selected his sharpest (it seemed to me) instrument to assess the depth of the crack. Once he’d established that the fissure was not actually causing me any physical discomfort, he told me that it was not an emergency so I should make another appointment and come back.
So now, here’s a mixture of relief and concern, as I recalled a colleague once telling me of the dangers of amalgam fillings and potential mercury poisoning. My dentist seemed unconcerned, though I couldn’t get the thought from my mind.
When I got home, I booted up the google engine and did some checking. What I found is that, as always with the internet, there is a whole raft of information and misinformation out there. However, my attention was caught by this:
I guess that until there is a unified position from all the so-called health watchdogs, it’s up to us to make our own minds up based on how we feel. In my personal case, I’d become aware of a general malaise that’d been around me for a couple of weeks and it seemed plausible that I could be becoming toxic. I was getting headaches and nausea and I also felt as though my eyesight was weaker. Eventually, after much searching, I found a dentist who would safely remove the offending filling and replace it with a clean, safe alternative. Since the treatment, my headaches have stopped. The nausea has lessened and is continuing to do so. The amalgam replacement cost me £200 and, despite being a national health dental patient, I want to tell you that it’s just about the best £200 I’ve ever spent.
If dental amalgam is of concern to you, find out as much as you can about it and search for a dentist that can safely remove it. I was prepared to travel to Portsmouth to Cathedral Dental Practice as they came highly recommended.
I also found this to be very interesting http://www.klinghardtacademy.com/images/stories/neurotoxin/NeurotoxinProtocol_Jan06.pdf
