“At a hospital in Peterborough, Bernadine Coady, has been having routine knee surgery. But unlike most patients, she was not given any anaesthetic – instead, the 67-year-old claimed she used self-hypnosis to control the pain. She told surgeon Ahmed Shair of the private Orthopaedics and Spine Specialist Hospital in Cambridgeshire that she could feel only […]
The Guardian and Observer are running a two part feature on massage and relaxation this weekend, and we are listed in the section on Cognitive Hypnotherapy. As specialists in Stress, Anxiety and Panic, we can help you to deal more effectively with the strain of modern living. Whether you want to learn to relax more, […]
When most people think about hypnosis, it is usually Derren Brown or the hypnotist character from the Little Britain TV show that spring to mind, complete with the immortal words, “look into my eyes…” NCH registered Cognitive Hypnotherapists, Rob & Heidi Woodgate of Gravesend based practice North Kent Hypnotherapy say that neither gives a true […]
Well, not quite – but we have renamed our practice “North Kent Hypnotherapy”. Our practice was originally called Ghost Gum Therapy, a name we chose because it is a great metaphor for the work we do. The Ghost Gum is an Australian Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus Papuana) whose name comes from the white chalky coating it secretes […]
Time magazine reported this week that one billion people will die from smoking by the end of this century. According to the World Health Organisation, smoking related illness already kills a person every six seconds (that’s 100 million people in the 20th century alone). As stop smoking experts, we help people quit smoking every day. […]
The crash landing of BA flight BA038 at Heathrow will no doubt have made quite a few people nervous. And we’re not just referring to the people involved, who will understandably be very shaken up. All over the country, countless people with a fear of flying will be reading and watching every piece of news […]
Change your eating habits safely and naturally, so that you not only lose weight, but keep it off. Using a combination of visualisation and advanced hypnotic language, you will change the way you feel about yourself by focusing on how you will look when you have achieved your goal.
We are pleased to announce that our self hypnosis mp3 for natural birth now uses binaural beats to make them even more effective. Binaural beats are created when sounds of slightly sifferent frequencies are heard separately by each ear, and combined by the brain to create a third perceived ‘sound’ which is the difference between […]
Trying to cut out all thoughts of your favourite, fattening food may actually make you eat more, claims research. Women who tried to stop thinking about chocolate ate 50% more than those who were encouraged to talk about their cravings. This “rebound” effect could also apply to smokers, say the Hertfordshire University authors in Appetite […]
British singer Lily Allen has turned to hypnotherapy to help her lose weight. Lily says the hypnotherapist reprogrammed her brain to help her enjoy healthy organic food and associate trips to the gym with feeling happy, and is said to be delighted with her new look. “After the hypnotism, I want to go to the […]