Methodologies and tools

One of the most important roles our thearpist will provide is to select the tools and methods that will be most appropriate and helpful for your situation.

Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy may be defined as a natural goal oriented psychotherapy, You will already have experienced hypnosis if; you have ever experienced a daydream, been so absorbed in a book or a film that your awareness of time and surroundings is reduced or having driven to a destination and not remembering large parts of your journey.

Coaching

Coaching - There are many ideals and methods of coaching, which in its basic form is a development process where you are supported while achieving a specific personal result or goal. Yourtime2change use various styles and methods of coaching, and will agree the goals you will achieve and use some specific questions to challenge you to find answers from within yourself, this way you discover answers and new ways of being based on your values, preferences and unique perspectives.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

CBT is a short-term, goal-oriented psychotherapy treatment that takes a hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving. The goal is to change patterns of thinking or behaviour that are behind people's difficulties, and so change the way they feel.

CBT can be used to treat people with a wide range of mental health problems. CBT is based on the idea that how we think (cognition), how we feel (emotion) and how we act (behaviour) all interact together. Specifically, our thoughts determine our feelings and our behaviour.

Cognitive therapy helps people to develop alternative ways of thinking and behaving which aims to reduce their psychological distress.

Training

As well as one to one therapies we also offer the service of face to face training for groups of up to 25 people. Content can be tailored to company needs and detail can be intensified from basic to advanced including practical application.

Frequently asked questions

Will I still be in control of myself?

This is what most people are afraid of. They are terrified that if they really submit to the relaxation of hypnosis and go fully into a trance like state that they will no longer be in control of themselves and can be easily controlled by the person that is hypnotising them. But be assured that you are still in fully control of yourself when you are hypnotised. You are still conscious, but your conscious mind is extremely relaxed. No one can take control of you and make you do stupid things while you’re hypnotised unless you allow it.

Am I surrendering my free will if I get hypnotised?

Absolutely not. When you are in a hypnotic state you are more aware and more focused on yourself then you are in a normal state. You are not giving up your free will or allowing anyone to turn you into a “zombie” or a chicken. Despite what you've seen on TV hypnosis doesn't make you the slave of the person hypnotising you. The person hypnotising you also can’t, make you change any essential part of who you are, or do anything that you don’t want to do. You are in full possession of all your faculties throughout the hypnosis session and you are not under a “spell” in anyway. You will never do anything while you are hypnotised that you wouldn't do under normal circumstances.

What happens if I can’t come out of hypnosis?

It’s physically impossible for that to happen, because you are not unconscious at any point during the hypnosis. You will be in a deeply relaxed state but fully conscious and you can come out of that state at any time that you want to. You can also come out of that state when given a verbal cue by the hypnotherapist. Sometimes when you get the verbal cue to come out of your hypnosis you may not want to because the relaxed state you are in feels so good. When that happens it may take you a few minutes to return to your normal awareness but that is only because you want to stay in the relaxed state, not because you are being forced to stay in it or because you can’t come out of it on your own. You are always in control, even when you are deep in a hypnotic state.

How many problems can I cure at once using hypnosis?

Hypnosis isn't a magic cure that will get rid of all of your problems at once. You will still need to address your medical and psychological problems one at a time, and over the course of several treatments, in order to see results. It’s possible that symptoms of one disorder that mimic symptoms of another disorder might go away with the symptoms of the other disorder but in general you will need to tackle one problem at a time when you’re using hypnosis as a treatment.