Welcome to Hypnotherapy Leeds!
Who are we?
Hypnotherapy Leeds is a privately run practice located in the heart of Leeds, just off Kirkstall Road.
What do we do?
We provide outstanding client service to men and women who suffer from the discomforts of behavioural, emotional and health problems. Inevitably, these therapeutic changes will restore the client's well-being in both mind and body. These changes also are often reflected in new positive thought patterns and a fresh sense of freedom in making choices and decisions, allowing the client to enjoy a fulfilling and authentic life!
How does hypnotherapy work?
Hypnotherapy is a goal-directive approach to health, that
facilitates changes in behaviour and symptoms, as the client relaxes in the therapy chair and listens to the therapeutic suggestions. The process of relaxation will eventually produce a hypnotic trance during which the client subconsciously accepts the therapist's healing suggestions without engaging in conscious thinking.
Research on pain sensitivity suggests that the central nervous
system releases morphine-like polypeptides during hypnotic
states that affect the processes of pain interpretation in
the higher cortical functions of the brain (Frid & Singer, 1979).
These morphine-like peptides work on the opioid receptors in the forebrain in anatomical proximity to the ascending dopamine pathways, where dopamine neurons mediate processes of positive feelings, enjoyment and pleasure.
Consequently, after the client has been awakened from the
trance state the unconscious mind will remember the therapeutic healing suggestions in association with the positive feelings. These associations facilitate the desired emotional, physiological and behavioural changes to occur because the unconscious mind will seek to replicate these feelings of relaxation and enjoyment experienced during the hypnotic trance.
What is a hypnotic trance?
A hypnotic trance is a naturally occurring phenomenon, and can be compared to daydreaming, wherein we seem not to attend consciously to our immediate environment. The relaxing hypnotic trance state can be easily achieved, and may vary from a light trance to a medium-depth or deep trance. Most importantly, during the hypnotic trance the client will remain in control and maintain willpower.
What is Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy?
Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH) is a therapeutic approach based on the principle that behavioural, emotional and health problems do not stem from disturbing past events (e.g., childhood trauma), but from negative self-beliefs formed around these events (Ellis, 1962). These dysfunctional self-beliefs are similar to negative self-fulfilling prophecies, and thus sabotage achievement and fulfillment of the client's goals and needs. Consequently, the aim of CBH is to uncover these underlying negative self-beliefs in order to develop a more positive and helpful self-philosophy, and subsequently to create and maintain a happy and successful life.
