Holly Wincote - Professional, Qualified Hypnotherapist and Hypnotherapy & Training in Sheffield, Chesterfield, London, Doncaster, Oxford, Birmingham

HYPNOTHERAPY FOR HABITS AND ADDICTIONS

A habit is something that has been learned by repeatedly doing 'the habit' and becoming something you do without even thinking about it. Habits are therefore quite easy to re-learn so you no longer have the habit.

An addiction is a physical or psychological necessity to do something (often originating from a bad habit), which is accompanied by actual changes in the brain chemistry and therefore more in-depth therapy is usually required for the person to rid themselves of the addiction.

There are many habits and addictions, which range from harmless to very serious. Here are just a few, but if yours is not listed, please contact me to discuss hypnotherapy for habits or addictions in more detail :-

• Thumb sucking
• Bed-wetting
• Hair pulling
• Nailbiting or peeling
• Nail or skin picking
• Facial or bodily tics
• Stuttering
• Blushing
• Chocolate (or other similar 'addictio'’)
• Checking (doors locked, switches off, etc.)
• Compulsions (shopping, spending, etc.)
• Binge-eating
• Tooth grinding
• Nicotine
• Caffeine
• Gambling
• Drugs or Alcohol

See also my HYPNOTHERAPY FOR CHILDREN page for more information on children's habits.

• Because habits are learned behaviours, they are based in our subconscious minds. Hypnotherapy for habits works at this subconscious level to rapidly change what you have learned and therefore free yourself of the unwanted habit for good. You immediately notice the difference as you become more confident and in control of your actions.
• The change feels completely natural, as if the habit had never even existed.
• For simpler habits it possible to completely remove the habit in just ONE session. For more serious habits and addictions several sessions over a period of time may be required.
• Hypnotherapy for habits and addictions works at a subconscious level, so the work is not undone by your conscious mind.
• In my Sheffield Hypnotherapy Practice I will teach you powerful techniques to free yourself from habits quickly and easily.
• Hypnosis for addictions centres around helping you to gain control of your life and the situations which trigger(ed) the addiction, managing environmental and social issues as well as motivation and goal-setting to remain free of the addiction.

Timeframe: 1 - 8 sessions depending on the severity of your issue, tailored to your specific circumstances, using some or all of the techniques below

Consultation: determine events contributing to your habit or addiction and how it impacts on your life

Hypnosis: at a deep and lasting level learn to stop the habit or addiction, think positively, be confident and change your automatic response to situations which trigger your habit or addiction

Visualisation: develop alternative strategies for dealing with past, present and future events

CBT (cognitive-behavioural therapy) techniques: change thought/behaviour patterns involved in addiction

NLP: change thoughts and behaviours at a conscious level towards your habit or addiction

Self hypnosis: learn self hypnosis to be confident, in control and phobia-free

If you would like more information on Sheffield Hypnotherapy for Habits, or Sheffield Hypnotherapy for an Addiction, or you would like to book an appointment, please contact me.

Holly Wincote Hypnotherapy Sheffield
Tel: 07986 539747
Email: holly@atherapy.co.uk