What happens at each session
 

The Initial Consultation takes approximately one hour. It is an opportunity to meet me and to describe your problem. I will take some personal details, such as address, contact details, plus a few details of your general health. I will then explain, using drawings, how the subconscious part of the brain is influencing/affecting the presenting problem. I will also explain how Clinical Hypnotherapy can help your specific problem and provide an assessment of how much improvement you can expect and how many sessions may be required. If the problem is complex then progress will be jointly reviewed at pre-agreed stages of the treatment.

You will be given a CD at this session plus an explanation of how to use the CD. In addition you will be provide with Terms and Conditions of treatment, which details what you can expect from me as your therapist, contact details for changes of appointments and for between sessions, cost of treatment for the problem, supervision details, governing body details.

Subsequent Sessions take approximately 50 minutes to one hour. At the first treatment session, Rating Scales may be used in order to benchmark your presenting symptom pattern and cognitive patterns. These take the form of a list of questions, which will be re-examined in future sessions in order to monitor your progress through the therapeutic process.
 

Weight Management Sessions involve all the elements of the Initial Consultation and the Subsequent Sessions, and include the added benefits of Nutritional Therapy. The completion of a food diary on a regular basis will focus on the nutritional values of food and the relationship between healthy eating and exercise. Half hour Weight Maintenance Sessions can be offered to clients to support the meeting of the weight goals.
 

Nutritional Therapy can be provided separately for weight management. An initial consultation, where a case history will be taken to build up a picture of the current health of the client and their relationship with food. Weight loss goals will be set and a plan will be agreed in order to achieve those goals.

Natural Childbirth Coaching. Couples are encouraged to attend all sessions together and in order to provide flexibility for couples who have work commitments these sessions can be offered in either four x 1 hour sessions or two x 1 ½ hour sessions. Sessions usually commence at 32 weeks.
 

Children’s Sessions. Children respond well to this type of Solution Focused Brief Therapy, and parents are encouraged to participate in the Initial Consultation, which is always provided free for children. Subsequent sessions, dependent on the concentration levels of the child may vary from 25 minutes to 45 minutes.
 

Telephone Therapy Sessions are offered to clients who may have a problem attending a clinic on a regular basis due to work or other commitments. This option can be discussed at the Initial Consultation, and the therapy, based on Cognitive Behavioural Techniques (CBT), is developed around each client’s circumstances.
 

Relaxation Sessions. These sessions are provided at the client’s request when the therapy has been completed. They are particularly helpful for those clients who suffer from painful conditions, and for those clients who have busy work/home lives and want to escape for a short time. The sessions take half an hour.