Hypnosis, also known as hypnotherapy, is a method of inducing a trance or a dream-like state of deep relaxation in order to treat disorders of a mainly psychological or emotional origin. It has been practised in various forms for thousands of years by many cultures including Druid, Celtic and Egyptian. ​ What is hypnosis, how does it work and are people aware of what happens under hypnosis? ​ Most people remember everything that happens during hypnosis. You remain aware of who you are, where you are and remember what happens during your hypnosis session. We experience states of hypnosis every day but mainly when we are drifting off to sleep and when we wake up as we move into different brain wave states throughout the day. Theta (4-7.5Hz) is the brain wave state that we work on during hypnosis. ​ Our bodies are incredible beings that store everything we experience as programs within our subconscious minds. The first seven years of our lives are our formative years. It is where are personality is formed alongside or genetic programming giving us our 'Personal reality' where we experience and respond to our world via our programming.  But we also lay new programs should something quite traumatic happen to us such as a car accident. ​ For example..... Many of us feel the sense of 'Not being good enough' at some point throughout our lives, that was rooted in/programmed somewhere in those formative years. Most of us will not remember the exact point that program was laid but we have run that script throughout and it becomes a negative script, one that holds us back that branches off through multiple experiences that has compounded the program deeper. ​ The key is to find the root! ​ With NLP techniques and hypnosis we can find this  and reprogram your script. ​ But our memories are not all that they may seem. We do not recall a memory from an old video file in the back of our minds exactly as they happened but collect many different pieces and place them together. ​ Also depending on how we are feeling at the time we talk about our stories, we will also slightly change how we tell it. If we are feeling a sense of calm we may be more empathetic to the situation or if we are angry, a more negative spin will be felt with it. By the time we tell it for the twentieth time, the story is not always fully accurate. ​ We do not see with our eyes but through our mind. Every time we tell a story we picture it in our minds but our bodies do not know the difference between what is actually happening outside to what we are reliving inside. ​ Reliving a traumatic experience over and over again not only creates negative states for the mind but also for the body and can leave high levels of stress, anxiety and depression. ​ These responses can affect our lives where we find certain things challenging or it can be to such an extent that we are unable to function at all. ​ It may develop into a phobia for instance, an addiction to anxiety. ​ It all sits within these programs and blockages in our bodies. ​ But the good news is these programs can be reprogrammed! ​ Sometimes it can take just one session to change a program you have been living with for years, others may take a course of sessions. ​ Either way there will be a root cause that through hypnotherapy we will be able to delve in and reprogram your mind and body. ​ Also we would like to note that we do not need to worry too much about the story, so it doesn't matter if you cannot remember, our bodies will tell us all we need to know where this energy is stored, find it and reprogram it. ​ Just as our minds can re-loop a script that can be detrimental to us, they are equally as strong re-looping new programs that can uplift us, make us feel strong, happy and content. ​ We aim to resolve up to 80% of issues in under four sessions. Fully accredited and Insured therapists. ​ ​