David Owen Hypnotherapist

There was a very interesting article in the Sunday Times on 5 May 2013 regarding M.E. & Chronic Fatigue. Hypnotherapy can help with this very difficult condition. It appears below in 5 parts: STimesME5May13pt1   STimesMR5May13Pt2     STimesME5May13pt3   STimesME5May13Pt4   STimes5May13Pt5

LINK WITH THE CONSCIOUS MIND: The conscious mind differentiates human species from the animal and it is responsible for: Awareness of what is happening around us Decision making Willpower Analysis Rationalisation Judgements (right or wrong) Therefore a person’s limitations are based on the critical appraisal of the conscious mind. Whilst it is very powerful it has a [...]

THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: Research is beginning to show links between the mind and the immune system. The organs of immunity e.g. the spleen, the thymus gland, bone marrow etc are laced with neurons and nerve endings indicating that they are part of the integral defence system of the body. There are indicators that the immune [...]

MIND OVER MATTER: The placebo effect occurs when a patient takes medication in the belief that it is real and the condition improves or is eradicated despite the fact it contains no drug or it is inactive. It has been reported that up to 30% pf patients who receive a placebo respond positively! This has [...]

PROGRAMMING AND CONDITIONING: “Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards” (Jesuit maxim – Lean’s Collectanea 1903) The above quote often appears ending with the statement “and I’ll show you the man.” In essence it recognises the critical development that takes place in the [...]

INNER DIALOGUE: The sub-conscious mind is very literal which means that comments like: “She is a pain in the neck” “He’s getting up my nose” “I’m sick to death of…” can: Impact on a physical level Become a belief on a sub-conscious level Therefore the words we use can have a literal impact on us [...]

IMAGINATION:   The Collins Dictionary defines imagination as: The faculty or action of producing mental images of what is not present or has not been experienced – a mental creative ability.”   It is one of the most powerful tools that we possess because fundamentally what we can imagine we can produce or achieve e.g. [...]

THE POWER OF THE SUB-CONSCIOUS:  Action we take is determined by our thoughts and therefore change should be easy to achieve. Unfortunately the sub-conscious does not like change and can often block the desired action. Hypnosis provides a means to persuade the sub-conscious to change by accepting the benefits if the desired change. Our current [...]

FUNCTIONS OF THE SUB-CONSCIOUS The mind has been referred to as the Mental Iceberg because we only use a small percentage of it. The largest part is the sub-conscious (inner self), which is a part we have normally have little or no control over despite the fact it manages most of our bodily functions. It [...]

THE SUB-CONSCIOUS MIND DEFINITIONS: A thorough understanding of the biological structure of the brain whilst interesting is not a critical area of research for a hypnotherapist. However it is critical to understand the workings of the sub-conscious. The following are definitions, which are helpful in terms of understanding what the subconscious is: “ A complex [...]