Most days I receive calls from people asking if I can help them in some way.They are usually surprised when I tell them that at least 75% of clients come with some kind of anxiety. The word anxiety covers a whole list of problems such as weight control, smoking, drug or alcohol abuse, in fact any kind of compulsion. It also covers presentation nerves, interview nerves, coping with difficulties in work or at home with relationships, phobias, and depression. I am sure I have not covered everything that anxiety presents, but if you have negative feelings about yourself, or uncomfortable feelings in your body at times, then you have anxiety. Acute anxiety is when you are experiencing panic attacks, and is most unpleasant for the sufferer.
Hypnosis and the techniques we use within hypnosis helps all these kinds of problems, and often very quickly. There is no such thing as a quick fix though as we often have problems that come up from time to time, but if you can find a way of dealing with them without long periods of time in therapy, then you should go for it.
I was speaking on radio Norfolk the other week about well trained therapists, and there was a consultant surgeon on who was advocating hypnosis and stating that it should certainly be used in cognitive behavoural therapies and psychotherapy. It would appear that hypnosis could soon be the buzz word in therapy and about time too. Of course quite naturally I am biased, but I have see what hypnosis does and how it helps people successfully. I was really pleased to hear this surgeon saying such good things about hypnosis, and even though the presenter discussed stage hypnosis as they often do, it still did not detract from the professionalism of hypnosis.
