For one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends;
but for one who has failed to do so, the mind will be the greatest enemy.

Bhagavad-Gita

Hypnotherapy: how does it work? What can I expect?

It needs to be stressed that in hypnotherapy the client and the hypnotherapist work as a team and only by their combined efforts will they be successful. Some people even say that actually all hypnosis is self-hypnosis because without the intention of the subject, the hypnotist is powerless.

With hypnotherapy you will take an active part in your healing process and this will greatly empower you. Your role will be to go along with my instructions (which will never infringe any of your principles or pry into any of your secrets of course). You will need to use your imagination and you will need to really want to make the change you are asking for. Motivation is paramount in this process. I shall provide you with the right tools to make the achievement of your goal easy, showing you the way and guiding you through the entire process. I shall also use and teach you specific, powerful techniques that you will be able to use on your own, when you need them, and I shall give you some simple exercises to do at home so that - when you come to see me again - you can get the most out of the time we spend together. At the same time you will acquire and build up self-confidence and you will be proud of yourself for having improved your self-image and your self-esteem.

In fact “Working Together” could be the hallmark of this ancient therapy: you work together with the therapist, your body works together with your mind, and you relate to your environment in a mutual exchange, every time unique.

Being such a powerful and versatile tool, hypnotherapy has now developed into many specialised branches, which means that everyone can find help for any physical, psychological or spiritual problem they may have. Because it works on the principle of wholeness and not of separateness, hypnotherapy acts on different levels at the same time and therefore it is not uncommon to witness a domino effect whereby a client comes to see me for a specific problem, in a specific area, and ends up with unexpected solutions or improvements in other areas as well, which were initially thought to be totally unconnected.

Length of Treatment

Unlike more traditional forms of therapy which work on what naturally surfaces at a conscious level, hypnotherapy has the great advantage of going straight to the root of the problem, bypassing the censorship of the analytic, conscious mind. This means that while other therapies proceed on the principle of hit or miss, trial & error, hypnotherapy heads directly to the heart of the problem. This reduces the treatment time enormously and in consequence also its cost, making it affordable to everyone.

Smoking and other unwanted habits do not normally have any deep roots attached and therefore can be easily removed in one single session with the combined use of hypnotherapy and powerful NLP techniques.

Although phobias can very often be solved in one session as easily as unwanted habits, sometimes they might have more complex emotional roots. If this is the case a few meetings might be needed to solve the problem, depending on the specific circumstances that created it. Weight problems (both if the weight is too much or too little) can also have some emotional knots that need to be resolved before rebalancing the weight in a definitive way.

Even in these cases however, in three to five appointments the problem should be solved or drastically reduced, a timescale which is still far shorter than the years of weekly (or biweekly) sessions needed in more conventional therapies.

 

Holistic and Traditional Counselling and Life Coaching

We offer dedicated and caring life coaching and counselling support. Very often our clients come to us with problems which stem, in part or completely, from emotional blockages, negative thinking and limiting decisions and beliefs. In all these cases the counselling aspect is an integral part of the healing process, essential to reach a quick, lasting and positive outcome. It provides our clients with new perspectives and a new angle of analysis to cope with or overcome the problem that affects them. We start with a thorough discussion of the problem, assisting the clients in clarifying their situation and their feelings, and encouraging them to find their own appropriate, satisfactory answers. Once they have decided on the new, more successful behaviour they are happy to adopt, we use hypnosis to anchor it in their subconscious so that the journey to their empowered Selves will be easy and simple.

Interactive Inner World Therapy

This is an integrated, very powerful, new therapy that we have created with our clients’ needs in mind. It is exclusive to our practice and you will not find it anywhere else. It is a very effective and flexible technique, able to solve a huge array of problems and ... wishes, making their solution or actualisation easy to achieve and permanent. It is great fun and it develops and encourages your creativity. It includes Visualisation, NLP, Time Line work, Hypnosis, Parts Therapy, Positive Thinking and much more. It’s a wonderful way to turn your dreams into reality and to heal old traumas at the same time, in a playful and rewarding interactive process which will dramatically increase your expectations (and your achievements) in life.
For a limited period, all those having Interactive Inner World Therapy will also receive a beautifully illustrated free book which will help them increase their motivation even more.
Come and try it and you will be amazed to discover that you can create worlds!

Some of the Therapies We Can Offer You

Ericksonian and Non-Ericksonian Hypnosis ~ Holistic and Traditional Counselling ~ Holistic and Traditional Hypnotherapy ~ Life Coaching ~ Inner Child Healing ~ Interactive Inner World Therapy ~ NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) ~ Parts Therapy ~ Positive Thinking Reframing ~ Regression Therapy ~ Reiki ~ Spiritual Healing ~Time Line Work.

What We Can Help You With

Accomplishing Goals ~ Addictions ~ Allergies ~ Anger/Irritability/Anxiety ~ Attracting Love ~ Concentration ~ Confidence ~ Coping with Changes ~ Cutting Ties ~ Holistic and Traditional Counselling ~ Creative Abilities ~ Decision Making ~ Emotional Dependency ~ Exam Nerves ~ Fears & Phobias ~ Feeling Helpless ~ Financial Problems ~ Grief & Bereavement ~ Insecurity ~ Insomnia ~ Jealousy ~ Letting Go ~ Loss ~ Low Self-Esteem ~ Matrimonial/Partnership Problems ~ Memory Recall ~ Mood Swings ~ Muscular development ~ Nail-biting ~ Negative Thinking ~ Nervous Twitches ~ Nightmares ~ Overcoming Physical and Mental Abuse ~ Over-Emotionality ~ Panic Attacks ~ Past Life Regression (including Interlife Exploration and Future Life Progression and Time Line work) ~ Physical Pain and Physical Holistic Healing ~ Procrastination ~ Prosperity ~ Public Speaking ~ Relationships ~ Sexual Problems ~ Shyness ~ Skin Problems ~ Smoking ~ Spiritual ~ Stage Fright ~ Stuttering ~ Stress ~ Traumas ~ Unwanted Habits ~ Unworthiness & Guilt ~Weight Problems ~ Worries.

Our Promise to You

My many years of experience in Education, Coaching, Training and Counselling enable me to give you the 360° support that you need and deserve to solve your problems and enhance your life, in the quickest and most efficient way.
In our practice we offer an integrated system of services because we want to give you the best results without limiting our interventions to the boundaries of specific, “labelled” therapies, in the truest and most complete holistic spirit.
All the scripts I use are personalised and the core part is always completely new, created by me specifically with you in mind, perfectly tailored to your problem and the specific causes that created it. Because we are all different, having the same problem doesn’t mean that we can solve it in the same way: we are all unique individuals with unique needs and unique solutions. I shall help your Subconscious to unleash your full potential.
I am fully insured and strict confidentiality is assured at all times. All treatments are offered both in English and in Italian.

Why a Free Meeting?

Finding a competent and professional hypnotherapist is not enough. You need to feel at ease with them and free to discuss personal matters, sometimes intimate ones that you might be reticent to discuss even with your closest relations. This is why I offer you a free pre-meeting in which, while I explain to you how I work, you have the opportunity to ask me questions and at the same time we get to know each other.

If you decide to continue we shall proceed with the session or book one for a later date. However, if for any reason you do not feel like continuing, you will not have committed yourself to anything and it will cost you nothing.

You might feel a bit nervous when the induction starts: do not worry, it is normal to feel in this way, particularly if you have never been hypnotised before. Just remember that the more you allow yourself to relax and let go, the quicker you will be able to enjoy the intense, nurturing feeling that hypnosis brings you. And do not forget to wear comfortable clothes!

So please give me a call today and book an appointment.

For the fees applied to our Integrated Stop Smoking Program please see our dedicated page.

For all other therapies we currently charge £60 per hour. Evening and weekend appointments are available at no extra charge. Please give us a call to discuss precise fees for your situation.

To maximise the results and reduce the length of the therapy, at our practice we always prepare personal, unique scripts for every client and every condition, even if this involves several hours of preparation work prior to their visit. We also tend to organise the therapy in fewer and longer sessions (of an hour and a half or even two hours, depending on the problem) compared to the standard sessions offered by the majority of therapists. We have found that in this way the therapy is more effective because the scripts are much longer and therefore the mind is more deeply and strongly programmed (than it would be in two short sessions at days of distance). There is also another advantage: by reducing the number of meetings, we cut down on the preparatory inductions that need to be done at the beginning of each session, thereby reducing the total time of the therapy and therefore the final cost.

The traditional approach of most practices requires the client to invest in eight to ten sessions. On average, our therapy requires no more than three or, on occasion, four weekly sessions. The benefits of this approach are obvious: in less than a month clients can rid themselves of problems that have troubled them for decades at a fraction of the cost of a longer and more conventional approach.

All therapies are also offered with FREE follow-up support by email.

For Past Life Regressions we charge £60 for the first hour of each session and a special, reduced hourly rate of £40 is applied after that. They also include a FREE CD recording of the regression and a dedicated FREE follow-up support by email to get the most of your session with us.

For a limited period, all those having Interactive Inner World Therapy will also receive a beautifully illustrated FREE book which will help them increase their motivation even more.

 

Due to the scheduling of appointments, it is suggested that you keep your appointment time and date, although rescheduling is often possible. If you must cancel the session, 48 hours notice must be given, in which case you will not be charged. If 48 hours notice is not given, the full session fee will be charged.

 

There is a minimum charge of £60 per session.

 

Telephone Counselling, Regressions and several other therapies are now available worldwide via Skype or conventional telephone connection and can be paid for via Paypal. Please give us a call or email us for details.

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Thank you!