Interview with Ernest Rossi

This is a short interview with Dr Ernest Rossi, who is responsible for bringing us many interesting studies regarding the mind body connection, especially with regard to hypnosis as a therapeutic tool. Very enlightening reading.

The full interview is here courtesy of psychotherapy.net

Here is more information on hypnosis in Derby Nottingham and the East Midlands . You can e mail me anytime at gw@ripleyhypnotherapy.co.uk for any questions you may have regarding hypnosis and its uses.

Best wishes

Garry Webster - Ripley Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy Derby - Interview with Albert Ellis, creator of REBT

An interview with the great man himself. In this interview Albert doesnt hold back, it is typically him abound with expletives, but also interlaced with lots of common sense.

Albert Ellis interview

Hypnotherapy Derby - Help With Phobias

Help With Your Phobia

Hypnotherapy Derby

What is A Phobia?
If you are more than scared, you have to avoid certain things or certain things fill you with dread then it is fair to say you may have a phobic response. This is typically classified as a reaction to a given stimulus which is outside normal parameters of behaviour- that is to say the reaction may be out of all proportion to the stimulus and with no real basis. To be properly diagnosed as a phobia the fear must be consistent (every time you think of or see ‘X’) and  intense ( ‘X’  must actually cause you to have a certain degree of fear). When these symptoms are present and they can interfere with daily life then a diagnosis according to DSM IV can be made. A phobia is actually part of an anxiety disorder and they are one of the most common forms of anxiety seen by a therapist.

It is important to know that a proper diagnosis must be made, as ‘phobia’ is a term which is used a lot by people when that is not their problem. I have had clients who thought they had a phobia but they have had PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Some people may not agree with this, but PTSD does not mean you actually have had to experience the trauma first hand, just seeing the terrorist attacks (ie 9/11) on TV can leave a lasting blueprint on peoples minds, to the point that it can make them terrified of flying. This is not a phobia.

How Do We Come To Have Them?
In my experience phobias can be ‘passed on’ by our peers, if we see someone we look up to being scared of sheep, then we too may grow up with this fear. They can be learned at ANY age, in fact a phobic response just goes to show how instantaneously we can learn. The actual moment of fear can last literally half a second but the effects can, if not treated, last a lifetime. We learn pretty much everything in our lives by association, if we are given sour milk as a small child then it makes sense that we might not go drink milk anymore. Of course this is an evolutionary tale, nature has provided us with this gift to learn quickly what is good and bad. However, our bodies and minds are not as superior as we think because this can cause us problems, how can anyone have a fear of paper? Yet they do and it is called papyrophobia. You can understand a fear of snakes or spiders but the enormous amount of other less well known phobias just goes to show we do not always learn in a useful way.

The amygdala is known as the fear centre of the brain and it is thought this plays a key role in the development of phobic responses. The amygdala is the part of us responsible for setting off our flight or fight response. This creates the feelings of panic and other symptoms when the chemicals released into our bloodstream are not used up (for fight or flight). This mechanism can cause what is felt as anxiety or panic attacks. Typically these are - feeling like a heart attack is imminent, loss of control over oneself, dizziness and so on. These symptoms all have an effect where one can make the other seem worse until the victim is locked into a vicious cycle where panic is caused, the symptoms make the panic worsen, more panic is caused etc.

How Can You Be Free From This Condition
Well to be blunt, if you can create it then it follows that you can destroy it! If it were that simple then hypnotherapists around the world would never see a client with a phobia. It is not that my clients are unresourceful, no it is more a case of them being in an unresourceful state. Hypnosis on the other hand or being in a hypnotic state, is a state where just like being in a dream anything can happen. Have you ever dreamed you were flying or that you were somewhere where it all felt actually real. In the trance state anything can become possible. It is the opening up of all your resources which you may never have known you had. As humans we are all born the same, our brains work pretty much the same for most of us. So why are some people able to deal with things better than other? Because they choose to do so, or they are more able to use the resources inside of them to get what they want. Not everybody is able to get to use their resources so effectively, but with the help of hypnosis then you too can achieve so much more than you thought was possible.

For More Help
I have helped countless people conquer their phobias, I can help you conquer yours. If you want to know more I offer a FREE consultation to all clients to answer any questions they may have or to allay any fears they may have about using hypnosis or how it works. See here for more information on hypnosis for phobias . Send me an e mail at gw@ripleyhypnotherapy.co.uk and let me know what you think. My practice is based near Derby but I see clients from right across the East Midlands.


Best wishes



Garry Webster CHP(NC) PNLP MNCH

Hypnosis Derby. Dementia costs £23 billion a year

Dementia costs £23 billion a year and is preventable : Patrick Holford

Hypnotherapy Derby, Ripley. New Theory Of Consciousness

The whole theory of our consciousness is up in the air after doctors communicated with a man who had been in a vegatative state for a number of years. The doctors noticed the man was showing signs of awareness and after tests using an MRI scanner, they concluded he had answered 5 out of 6 questions correctly by changing his brain waves.

The simple questions such as asking his fathers name (Thomas) including trying to test the patient by giving him an incorrect answer i.e is your fathers name Brian? This just goes to show that there is still much to be learned about our states of awareness and how we operate within these states.According to the report published in the new England Journal of Medicine, not everyone with brain trauma can respond like this but this must be the news that many families of brain injured patients have been waiting for. To think that their loved ones have been listening to them whilst at their bedsides much be a mixed bag of happiness tainted with the sorrow of not being able to hear them reply.

The human brain is a fascinating thing, and we may never know its extreme complexities but science is continuing to give us at least some answers. The full article is here .For more information on states of consciousness especially regarding the relationship between the mind and the subconscious mind look at the website for Hypnotherapy Derby

Garry

Stop Smoking Derby. Ripley Hypnotherapy

Stop Smoking Derby and East Midlands - The Easy Way

 Ripley Hypnotherapy and NLP

To Stop Smoking is probably the number 1 resolution seen by a hypno-therapist. Smokers know that smoking is edging towards a point where the government will squeeze every penny out of them AND treat them like lepers at the same time. If you are a smoker you don’t need people to tell you how bad for your health it is- you know all this, the pictures no cigarettes packs give a clear indication of some of the traumas you might face if you continue to smoke. The tv ads as well, show in full horror the damage that all those foreign chemicals can do to you- so what if you knew how to stop, you would!!

No one wants to suffer endless pain through cancer or heart problems or anything else related to smoking for that matter, you just put it to the back of your mind though, because you know that some part of you, wants and needs that cigarette. Until it happens to you or your very nearest and dearest you don’t really think about these things, its put on the back burner. I have helped clients who have had close family members suffer with smoking related illnesses but still find the draw of the nicotine- or whatever else is involved too much to resist.
 
It all comes down to this- if you were addicted to cigarettes- I mean really addicted like a crack or heroin addict would you really be able to sleep properly at night? Do you get 6-8 hours sleep or more per night? of course - you smoke but you still manage to sleep, crack addicts don’t get that relief without using other drugs to help them sleep. So its fair to say that nicotine may have its appeal- as far as some part of you is concerned, but addiction is a strong word. A compelling urge is a more likely truth, what the inner mind wants- it usually gets. We all have an inner mind whether we like to think so or not- we need our brain to work on things in the background so another part of us can concentrate on doing something else at the same time. This isnt some new age mumbo jumbo- our subconscious minds help us learn speech for example when we are babies, our subconscious mind takes care of controlling our inner emotions- how often have you got angry but didn’t really want to get that mad.

It is true to say that nicotine as a chemical, can effect certain things in the brains functioning- this can be proven scientifically- BUT and this is the crux of the matter, what controls all these chemicals and related effects- our minds. And where is our mind? science cant tell you that because it is not a tangible object, it cant be removed at autopsy, its not really there in a sense. Our minds control all of our lives even if we cant see it we know ‘its’ there.

The thing about hypnosis is along these lines, its hard to explain, but it too has phenomenal power although it cant be seen, recent studies on the brain do show certain areas of the brain are utilised when in hypnosis. Hypnosis can stop you smoking permanently. I have found that just 1 session which has been honed to perfection over many years can stop my clients smoking for good.

Just 1 session lasting around 1.5 hours can defeat the need or the drive for cigarettes,
if you have been a smoker for many years. It should follow that, if it is an innate drive that you cant help which makes you smoke, even though you know inside you hate it then
it is the subconscious mind which needs to be persuaded to relinquish its hold on you. Hypnosis to stop smoking is a tried and tested method of smoking cessation. Hypnosis is
not dangerous, you are not asleep in fact you are fully aware so the notion of mind control is a myth. Unlike drugs, there are no side effects and it is a lasting effective
solution to help you stop smoking for good NATURALLY.

My webpage can give you more information about how to Stop Smoking Derby and across the East Midlands. If you need to know more you can e mail me at gw@ripleyhypnotherapy.co.uk or call 07980 739817

Best wishes
Garry Webster Clinical Hypnotherapist