Hypnotherapy treatment looks at YOU as an individual because there are so many reasons for weight problems. People who sustain excess weight usually eat unnecessary food when they are not truly hungry. They tend to fit into one or more of the following eating categories:

• comfort eating (stress, boredom, unhappiness, guilt, failure etc.)
• snacking
• eating big portions; leftovers, eating while cooking
• compulsion to finish whats on the plate
• sweet tooth, excess cakes, chocolate etc.
• excess of fatty and savoury foods
• addiction to a particular foods or tastes
• bingeing
• excess sweet drinks or alcohol

Whatever category or categories you fit into, you will find that hypnosis has a powerful influence on appetite, cravings, speed of eating, motivation, determination, patience, stress and boredom levels - even metabolism. In addition to this it can also be used to actually put you off the taste of certain foods that you have decided to avoid or cut out completely. It may be used to focus on getting you to enjoy the taste of fresh, healthier foods. Most of all it is simply designed to put you permanently in control, not the food. Of course there will still be ups and downs in your life, as there are in everyone's life to some degree, but once you notice this new control you will very likely cope better with every aspect of your life.

Sometimes it may appear to the individual that there is a different part of them that takes over, often an impulsive or rebellious childlike side that comes out, gives in to temptation and eats what it wants - letting you down (it is interesting to note how often we refer to being 'good' or 'bad' about what we have eaten, instead of being wise/foolish or strong/weak). The more this 'bad' part lets you down, the more you push it away, as if it really were a child. Most of us will admit that there are different parts to our personalities and during hypnosis It may be appropriate to communicate directly with the part that is causing the eating problem, and I may get you to try to understand and gently negotiate with it. Only when this part of you feels forgiven and understood instead of loathed and rejected, only when it also fully realize you are better off avoiding unnecessary food will it ever become integrated and controllable. If this integration never takes place, you may carry the excess weight for the rest of your life, as so people do many do.

To summarise, the mind has a tremendous amount of control over our eating habits and body weight. There is a force inside your mind that actually controls your appetite, your attitude to food and even your sheer determination. Hypnosis is a way of persuading the mind to use that force to work for you rather than against you. You've always had the power to lose weight permenantly - it has just been lying dormant, deep within you, never properly released. Hypnosis can help you release that power and make losing weight so much easier and more successful for you. It will help you to create a brand new frame of mind so that you lose weight at a rate which is sensible, easy and achievable for you, and once achieved, enable you to retain you new body weight.

How many sesssions?

Each session lasts about an hour and a half, and some people need only come once or twice, however, to be realistic if you really wish to finally clamp down on your weight problem then you should expect to come for two or three initial weekly sessions and then return for the occasional follow up, at say monthly or two monthly intervals. Of course there may still be barriers over time, but hypnotherapy will be there to help you overcome them. Imagine seeing yourself in the future, slimmer, wearing much smaller clothes sizes and feeling so much better. You will never regret the time and investment.

To discuss whether hypnotherapy could help you, or to make a booking, call now on 020 8840 9961 e-mail