Where?
Therapy is usually available in Chris Pearson's welcoming, comfortable therapy room at John Cox Health in Upton, close to Pontefract and Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Home visits and work-place sessions for individuals or groups can be arranged when necessary.
Please call 0800 644 0154 or use the form on the contact page.
Treatments and therapies
Hypnotherapy is recognised by the British Medical Association, the American Medical Association and by NICE, the National Institute of Clinical Excellence. These therapies have been recognised to be a safe, effective route to alleviating a wide range of problems in just a few hours of treatment.
Techniques
As a therapist I use an eclectic approach to each client's individual needs. That means bringing in elements of proven psychotherapies and applying them before, during and after trance work. Hypnotherapy can become much more effective when hypnosis is combined with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming. But what does it involve?
Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is a collaboration between client and therapist. The client brings an issue to their therapist, explains what it is they want to work on, and - along with other therapeutic techniques - the therapist induces a state of hypnosis.
There are many ways the therapist can induce trance and the method used is chosen to suit each client. When the hypnotherapist sees that the client is in trance, suggestions and visualisations can be used to focus the client on achieving their goals.
What's it like?
This is the most common question a hypnotherapist is asked: What is it like? It's very relaxing. You can hear everything that's going on around you during trance and you can respond in a natural way to anything that might happen. You are completely in control. And you're not asleep either; you are fully alert.
Trance is a state of profound physical and mental relaxation and, at its conclusion, you can feel refreshed and alert. It is possible to use trance simply as a way to find deep relaxation. But when you are so wonderfully relaxed you are also more receptive to helpful suggestions.
What can it do?
Chris Pearson works with clients on
- support for authors: improving performance and breaking writer's block
- confidence, improving self-esteem and reaching goals
- eating and weight control
- health and well-being
- stress-busting and dealing with anxiety
- reducing fears and the fast phobia technique
- breaking habits, including smoking cessation
- managing pain including dental anaesthesia
How long will it take?
Usually each session with your hypnotherapist will last about 50 minutes. It is private and confidential. At the first session a treatment plan can be agreed between client and therapist. Chris will usually set aside 75 minutes for your initial session which includes an assessment as well as your treatment plan and commencing therapy. Then the following sessions will each be about fifty minutes.
Dental pain management - the alleviation of toothache, for instance - and diagnosed headaches are usually dealt with in 45 minutes during a single session.
If you have someone with you they can use the comfortable waiting area or sit in on your session but, of course, not participate. Parents and carers accompanying children are welcome in the therapy room.
Find out more
You can find out more about hypnotherapy with Chris Pearson by using the contact form or calling 0800 644 0154.