Open Mind Hypnotherapy Clinic

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My name is Heidi Newman and I am the Hypnotherapist for Open Mind Hypnotherapy Clinic for your Mental Health and Wellbeing. I have over 20 years experience helping clients overcome a large number of problems and issues, quickly and efficiently using Hypnotherapy.

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Not many people think about hypnotherapy for their mental health, yet it's a lot quicker than conventional therapies.

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Gastric Band Hypnotherapy Package

This is a 3 session package using a variety of hypnotherapy techniques to achieve your goals.

Gastric band hypnotherapy is a technique used to suggest to your subconscious mind that you've had a gastric band fitted around the upper part of your stomach.

The physical procedure is thought to be a last resort. The gastric band surgery involves fitting a band around the upper part of the stomach. This therefore limits the amount of food you are able to physically eat, encouraging weight loss. It's a surgical procedure and therefore comes with potential risks and complications.

Gastric band hypnotherapy or having a ‘virtual gastric band’ fitted doesn’t require any surgery or medication whatsoever and is completely safe. It is a technique used by hypnotherapists to get your subconscious mind to believe there's been a gastric band fitted. The aim is that on an unconscious level, you will believe that you've had the physical procedure and that your stomach has reduced in size.

What is a gastric band?

A gastric band is an adjustable silicone device used in weight loss surgery. The band is placed around the upper section of the stomach to create a small pouch above the device. This restricts the amount of food that can be stored in the stomach, making it difficult to eat large amounts.

The aim of a gastric band is to restrict the amount of food a person can physically eat, causing them to feel full after eating very little to encourage weight loss. For most people who have this surgery, it is a last resort after trying other methods of weight loss. Like any surgery, fitting a gastric band comes with risks.

What happens at the sessions?

We carry out a full consultation on your first session and discuss what you hope to gain from hypnotherapy. This is an opportunity to talk to me about any previous weight loss attempts, your eating habits, any health issues that you have and discuss your relationship with food. This information will help give me a clearer picture and help me determine if any other forms of therapy treatment may need to be considered.

The first session of hypnotherapy will cover things like emotional eating, comfort eating, boredom eating aswell as over eating. I will also teach you a tapping technique called Emotional Freedom Technique, this is a tapping routine that stops cravings instantly.

On your second session we will discuss how your first week has gone and recap on the emotional freedom technique to ensure it is being carried out correctly. I will then perform hypnotherapy using positive suggestions to help speed up your metabolism.

On your third session we will go through the gastric band procedure using hypnosis.
The procedure itself is designed to mimic gastric band surgery, to help your subconscious believe it has really happened. To make the experience more authentic, I will incorporate the environment of an operating theatre. I will begin by taking you into a deeply relaxed state, also known as hypnosis. You will be aware of what is happening and will be in control at all times.

Once you are in a hypnotic state, I will then talk you through the operation. I will explain step by step what happens in surgery, from being put under the anaesthetic, to making the first incision, fitting the band itself and stitching up the cut. Sounds and smells of an operating theatre will enhance the experience, to persuade your subconscious that what’s being said is really happening to you.

Other suggestions may be incorporated during the procedure to increase self-confidence.

Gastric band hypnosis should form part of a weight management programme that addresses nutrition and exercise habits. It is the combination of changing habits in both body and mind that is often most successful for those seeking weight loss.

How will I feel after?

The overall aim of gastric band hypnosis is to encourage a healthier relationship with food. When your subconscious believes you have had a gastric band fitted, it will believe your stomach is smaller. This, in turn, makes your brain send out messages that you are full after consuming less food.

For those who overeat, recognising when you’re physically full can be difficult. Sometimes we eat purely for the taste (or comfort), ignoring whether or not we are physically hungry. Learning to recognise the physical sensations of being hungry and being full is helpful for cultivating healthy eating habits.

Unlike gastric band surgery, the virtual gastric band does not have any physical side-effects. For some, the real surgery can cause nausea, vomiting and acid reflux. As gastric band hypnosis isn’t a physical process, it won’t cause symptoms like this.

The procedure will be a pleasant and a relaxing experience for you, most clients report a feeling of calm when they come around from hypnosis.

Will it work for me?

A common question for those trying hypnotherapy for the first time is - will it work for me? Unfortunately, it isn’t a simple case of yes or no; it is largely up to you. Hypnotherapy helps people with a range of concerns but is particularly useful when it comes to changing habits. For this reason, it is often successful in helping people develop healthy eating habits and lose weight. However, just like any other weight loss system, it will require your total commitment.

You are more likely to get what you want from gastric band hypnotherapy if you believe in the process and put your trust in me. I will make you feel as comfortable as possible and we will work together to achieve your goals.

The cost of this 3 session package is £200 (£25 deposit on booking to reserve your appointment and £175 outstanding balance on your first session)

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Is hypnosis real?

Hypnosis is a genuine psychological therapy process. It’s often misunderstood and not widely used. However, medical research continues to clarify how and when hypnosis can be used as a therapy tool.

What exactly is hypnosis?

Hypnosis is a treatment option that may help you cope with and treat different conditions.

To do this, a certified hypnotist or hypnotherapist guides you into a deep state of relaxation (sometimes described as a trance-like state). While you’re in this state, they can make suggestions designed to help you become more open to change or therapeutic improvement.

Trance-like experiences aren’t all that uncommon. If you’ve ever zoned out while watching a movie or daydreaming, you’ve been in a similar trance-like state.

True hypnosis or hypnotherapy doesn’t involve swaying pocket watches, and it isn’t practiced on stage as part of an entertainment act.

Is hypnosis the same thing as hypnotherapy?

Yes and no. Hypnosis is a tool that can be used for therapeutic treatment. Hypnotherapy is the use of that tool. To put it another way, hypnosis is to hypnotherapy what dogs are to animal therapy

How does hypnosis work?

During hypnosis, a trained hypnotist or hypnotherapist induces a state of intense concentration or focused attention. This is a guided process with verbal cues and repetition.

The trance-like state you enter may appear similar to sleep in many ways, but you’re fully aware of what’s going on.

While you’re in this trance-like state, your therapist will make guided suggestions designed to help you achieve your therapeutic goals.

Because you’re in a heightened state of focus, you may be more open to proposals or advice that, in your normal mental state, you might ignore or brush off.

When the session is complete, your therapist will wake you from the trance-like state, or you will exit it on your own.

It’s unclear how this intense level of inner concentration and focused attention has the impact it does.

• Hypnotherapy may place the seeds of different thoughts in your mind during the trance-like state, and soon, those changes take root and prosper.

• Hypnotherapy may also clear the way for deeper processing and acceptance. In your regular mental state, if it’s “cluttered,” your mind may be unable to absorb suggestions and guidance,

What happens to the brain during hypnosis?

Researchers at Harvard studied the brains of 57 people during guided hypnosis. They found that:

• Two areas of the brain that are responsible for processing and controlling what’s going on in your body show greater activity during hypnosis.

• Likewise, the area of your brain that’s responsible for your actions and the area that is aware of those actions appear to be disconnected during hypnosis.

Is it all just a placebo effect?

It’s possible, but hypnosis shows marked differences in brain activity. This suggests the brain reacts to hypnosis in a unique way, one that’s stronger than a placebo effect.

Like hypnosis, the placebo effect is driven by suggestion. Guided conversations or behavioral therapy of any type can have a powerful impact on behavior and feelings. Hypnosis is just one of those therapy tools.

Although hypnosis is slowly becoming more accepted in traditional medical practices, many myths about hypnosis persist.

You’re absolutely in control of your body during hypnosis. Despite what you see with stage hypnosis, you’ll remain aware of what you’re doing and what’s being asked of you. If you don’t want to do something you’re asked to do under hypnosis, you won’t do it.

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What is Hypnotherapy ?

For many people, the word hypnotherapy still brings to mind a number of stereotypes. From swinging watches to being made to think you’re a chicken, there are a lot of misconceptions around this approach. Part of this is down to people confusing hypnotherapy with stage hypnosis and part of this is due to a lack of understanding.

Without having hypnotherapy yourself, it can be hard to know what it truly involves. This lack of knowledge might be enough to put you off entirely.

The first part of the session

The first part of your hypnotherapy session is your chance to chat with your therapist about what you would like support with and what your goals are here.

We will keep those goals in mind all the way through the sessions.

We gather information to help gain a broader picture. So a little bit of information around lifestyle, what your sleep patterns are like, any physical health issues you might have, anything that might have a bearing on what it is you’re looking to achieve.

Following this, the therapist will explain how the hypnotherapy works and answers any questions you have around the process. This ensures you have a really clear understanding of how everything works before entering the trance part of the session.

Going into trance

Going into trance is a lovely and relaxing experience and not something you can get ‘stuck’ in.

It’s actually like a daydream type state. We all go into trance many times throughout the day. You may have experienced it when you’re driving a car or out for a jog, where you’re just completely focused on doing one thing, but your mind is freed to focus and think about other things.

During your therapy session, you can be sitting or lying down for the trance part, whatever helps you feel most comfortable Being comfortable and able to relax is the most important thing.

During the trance part of the session, because you’re physically relaxing, you allow your subconscious mind to relax as well.

When the subconscious mind is relaxed, it’s much more receptive to absorbing the positive suggestions that are being made, and that’s what really helps to make the changes happen.

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Hypnotherapy can help with a large number of problems and issues - quickly and effectively.

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