Hypnotherapy Derby now recommended by the Dept of Health

Great news,

As from 1st December 2010, Hypnotherapy Derby will be on the CNHC register. This is the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council, which is government funded, and is the only Regulatory body recognised for the Hypnotherapy profession by the Department of Health, who have recently asked GPs and Chief Nursing Officers to recommend to patients who are seeking complementary therapies to consult with practitioners who are registered with the CNHC.

As Ripley Hypnotherapy have already completed all the necessary pre-requisites for registration, we will be fast tracked onto the register. This means that you will only see a therapist who is properly trained, insured, and adheres to a strict code of ethics and management. This also means you can be assured that we are also a member of the leading professional associations (the NCH).

This is all voluntary, and the main aim is to provide the public with the same kind of service you can expect from a GP or a dentist. That is also to say that should you have any complaint, you will now have a recognised body with which to complain to. Any decent therapist should always consider the publics interests, above their own. 

This is a great step forward for our profession, as it will help weed out all the other so called 'therapists' who are not adequately trained, who refuse to join professional organisations, who offer a poor standard of care, and who consistently and put their own interests before that of the public.

If you have any quesitons, please do not hesitate to contact me through the website mentioned above.

Best wishes

Garry Webster MNCH

In memory of all the soldiers who have fought in wars past and present

A big thank you to all the service men and women, from all the wars. We never will forget your sacrifice.


God bless you all xx

X Factor Gossip!! Katie turns to Hypnosis for help!

Find out more about Hypnosis for Anxiety and all things hypnosis.

X Factors Katie Waissel has turned to hypnotherapy to help here overcome her stage fright. Insiders say she needs help or fears she will not be able to perform on Saturday nights live show, where she seems to be constantly battling to keep her place in the hit show.

All the controversy surrounding Katie is quite naturally making her a bag of nerves, but as long as she uses a good hypnotherapist then she will find that inner confidence that she knows she has to sing well and impress the judges and the public. There has been a media circus surrounding Katie all the way through this competition and she needs to put it to one side and just focus her attention on here singing. Hypnotherapy can be great for helping people to ignore the distractions and concentrate on doing what does come naturally, but is tempered by  public scrutiny every day of late.

This series of X Factor is just as controversial as any other, and it is the contestants who suffer because of it. We all experience anxiety/stress at some time in our lives, but some of us know how to deal with it better than others.

If you are wondering if hypnosis can help you with anxiety/stage fright you can contact me at Hypnotherapy Derby where I will be happy to help.

Garry Webster MNCH

Stop Smoking Derby Hypnotherapist

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 jut 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

Best wishes

Garry Webster MNCH
Clinical Hypnotherapist
Hypnotherapy Derby

Hypnosis for Anxiety, advice and information.

Hypnotherapy Derby...caring since 2001

If you have ever experienced sudden panic, dizziness, difficulty in breathing, a feeling of spinning, and a pounding heart - particularly when you have been worried or stressed a lot,  you may have had an anxiety or more commonly called panic attack. Sufferers often feel like they have lost control of themselves, in fact most sufferers think that they have had a heart attack. These attacks can last up to 30 minutes, and can be terrifying, the cause of the attacks is not necessarily obvious and this can lead to more confusion.

The human body and mind is a remarkable thing, probably the most adaptable and intelligent creatures on the planet. But when you look into the panic attacks in a logical and scientific manner then things are not how they seem. Many many years ago when we were literally hunter/gatherers we often had to kill our food ‘face to face’. Neanderthal man would probably have worked as a team to hunt and kill large and more often than not dangerous animals and of course, the hunter could have easily become the hunted. In short we were made to fight things that represented danger, or run away form the danger- evolution had given us these 2 options as the best way to live our lives.

But life today is not all about hunting to kill for dinner, life today is more about stress at being late for work because were stuck in a traffic jam, or anxiety because the computer is working too slow and you cant get that urgent piece of work done. Our society has evolved so much in the last one or two hundred years that the way we live has changed so dramatically our bodies- evolutionary wise, just havent kept up. So what does this mean for us as creatures still designed (at least in part) to hunt and kill on a daily basis. Well, all we can do when faced with the modern day stresses as opposed to what worried our ancestors is use our minds to learn more about ourselves. This power was not available to those many years ago, they thought god or the devil was all powerful and life was just something that happened to us, of which we could not change.

When we encounter a stressful situation today –the remarkable thing is that we respond just as we would have done perhaps thousands of years ago. Our minds can contemplate the vastness of space and the trillions of stars, galaxies and light years involved – but some part of us doesn’t know the difference between us being attacked by a sabre toothed tiger or having to get that report done by next Friday or lose your job. Adrenaline,cortisol and other hormones are released into the body in either situation- in the case of the tiger attacking evading would be the best option, so our muscles would use the released chemicals and increased heart rate to power the muscles to safety. In the case of the report needing finishing the cortisol is not used up by exercise, so it stays in the blood stream for longer – in repeated cases this can eventually lead to fatigue, burn out or exhaustion can occur. The mental implications can be increased anxiety, sometimes depression or compounding of other problems.

We simply are not designed to experience pressures like we do today. We need to catch up with our evolution, but until we do it is only the power of the mind, used correctly that can help us control these situations. As a clinical hypnotherapist I have helped many people to learn to distinguish between what really happens in our bodies and what we perceive as happening. We need to learn exercises that can help keep us calm, if possible we need to manage our time more effectively and wherever possible remove ourselves from any unnecessary situations. I have also found that there can be a sense of being unfulfilled in life. The subconscious mind can help you to see just what you need to lead a happier life, and only hypnosis can access this part of you which though it can have its faults, can be the best friend you never knew you had.

As a caring therapist I have helped many people to beat their anxiety problems, sometimes using insight on its own or more often helping people find better ways to live their lives so stress does not seem so important. I am proud of the things I have helped people to achieve, and I enjoy my job because it is unique in that respect. For further help and advice visit hypnosis for anxiety.

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at gw@ripleyhypnotherapy.co.uk or call 07980 739817.

Best wishes

Garry Webster MNCH

Hypnotherapy Derby -blog back to life at last!!

The blog (Hypnotherapy Derby) is now live again after several months in the darkness, bigger and better than ever. There are lots of exciting developments here at Ripley Hypnotherapy lately -there will soon be a new website, with integrated blog which is looking fantastic so watch out for that.

Also there is 10% off all therapies until the 1st of December so get your appointment booked now. There are gift vouchers available for family and friends and we are now offering concessions for certain individuals so please get in touch to find out more.


I look forward to speaking to you soon.

Best wishes

Garry Webster MNCH