Christine Frischholz
Hypnotherapy is a therapeutic tool which uses hypnosis to facilitate change. Many people have misconceptions about hypnotherapy that they have picked up from stage shows and television. When you are in a state of hypnosis you will not be sleeping nor will you be ‘in my power’. You will be in a state of relaxation but aware of what is happening to you the whole time.

Hypnotherapy can be used on its own to break habits such as smoking or nail biting or it can be used in conjunction with psychotherapy to analyse emotions and thought patterns and their connection with past events, providing help with problems such as weight loss, infertility, phobias, panic attacks and exam nerves.

Psychotherapy is the treatment of psychological and emotional problems using psychological principles. Psychotherapy includes the two elements of psychoanalysis and dynamic therapy. Psychoanalysis involves exploring the subconscious mind to find the origin of particular thought patterns and emotions. Dynamic therapy allows a person to understand their underlying feelings and cope with them more effectively.

Counselling is a process involving the skills of caring, listening and prompting. It helps a person to find and use their strengths so that they can cope more effectively with their life by making appropriate decisions or taking relevant action. Counselling might help a person through bereavement, to cope with depression or stress, or simply help to build confidence.
SOME CONDITIONS THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM HYPNOTHERPAY, PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING ARE:

• Anxiety and panic attacks
  
• Phobias
  
• Insomnia
  
• Emotional issues
  
• Bereavement
  
• Lack of confidence, stress and depression
  
• Addictive behaviours and habits (eg. help to stop smoking)
  
• Weight problems