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The Benefits Of A Diet-Free Approach To Weight-Loss

Our diet-free approach to weight control offers a realistic and long-lasting solution to the problems of over-eating.

Rather than subjecting you to the ups-and-downs, the temporary highs and frequent disappointments that accompany traditional weight-loss programmes, we help you to change the way you actually think and feel around food.

Understanding Buddha's Brain - With The Help Of Neuroscience

The Practical Neuroscience of Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson is an accessible self-help book which combines the latest ideas from brain science with the ancient wisdom of Buddhist tradition.

As we have already noted in other articles, neuroscience is now providing evidence of our capaicity to deliberately re-shape the physical workings of our own brains.

By getting into better patterns of thinking and feeling we not only alter our habitual mental responses. We can actually bring about permanent change in the neural networks that govern our experience of the world.

What therefore is initially a deliberate or imposed change in our thinking, can in time become a natural inclination that can improve our feeling of well-being.

Matrix Reimprinting: Taking EFT to a New Level of Sophistication

Emotional Freedom Technique is a simple to use self-help technique which can be easily learnt and frequently produces quick and impressive results.

It can however also be used with different levels of sophistication and 'Matrix Reimprinting' represents one such recent development in the application of EFT and in the understanding of its possibilities.

It may be that when used in more complex ways to deal with past memories and early traumas EFT is best undertaken with a trained therapist.

However Matrix Reimprinting Using EFT is geared towards those wanting to use EFT for self-help purposes as well as towards practicing therapists.

The Power Of Mindfulnesss: Promoting A Healthy State of Mind Not a Religion

Cutting-edge developments in psychotherapy, coupled with the latest research findings of brain scientists, are providing irrefutable support for the view that the mental state described as mindfulness can be used to treat a wide range of psychological problems.

We believe at Aspire Therapy that hypnotherapy and mindfulness go hand in hand. Mindfulness approaches are central to our approach to weight-loss, but they have an even more fundamental role to play in the treatment of stress, anxiety and related conditions such as phobias, panic, pain relief and OCD.

We are successfully using hypnotherapy for mindfulness approaches as part of our treatment for dealing with clients with all of these conditions. So what exactly is mindfulness?

Hypnotherapy For MIndfulness: A Long-Term Solution Rather Than Just A One-Off Cure

Rather than just offering a one-off cure we aim through our sessions to equip clients with a set of skills which can help them in the long-term to deal with stress and worry in their lives.

Central to this is the cultivation of the ability access a sense of inner calm and resourcefulness and the development of brain states that promote 'mindfulness'.

Neuroscience is now showing that a mindful state can help to change a person's brain chemistry permantly, resulting in lower stress and anxiety levels and more positive patterns of thinking.

The Celebrities Who Were Able To Think Themselves Young

If you enjoyed watching the transformation undergone by the elderly celebrities in the BBC's The Young Ones, then it is worth considering whether the lessons of the experiment can be applied to a wider range of people and experiences.

The six celebrities from the 70s and 80s, all aged over 75,  spent a week in an environment where they not only had to fend for themselves, but were transported back to the world of 1975. The impact on their health and well-being was impressive and amazed BBC science expert Dr Michael Mosley.

If through the simple power of mind over matter we can actually reverse significant aspects of the ageing process, not just improving our mental state but also our physical well-being, then what are the impications for dealing with the kinds of problems for which people seek medical and psychological help? It's certainly encouraging for clients coming to us for hypnotherapy.

Appointments for Hypnotherapy in Preston, Garstang and South Manchester

Appointments for Hypnotherapy can be booked with us in Preston, Garstang and South Manchester. We also offer Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Life Coaching and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).

Phone us directly on 0161 2486879 to discuss your requirements or to book a session. Alternatively email us at aspiretherapy@btinternet.com. We are a husband and wife team so can offer you the choice of a male or female therapist.

We specialse in the treatment of confidence, stress, anxiety and related issues, including phobias and panic. We also offer specialised programmes for Weight-loss and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Memories of Bill Huddleston – A Hypnotherapist With Wisdom And A Touch of Magic

Anyone looking for a hypnotherapist in the Fulwood area of Preston will probably have come across the name Bill Huddleston – and if they were lucky they may well have ended up being treated by Bill.

Sadly Bill died two years ago, just before reaching his eightieth year. He was helping clients up until the end of his life and was as sharp witted as ever despite his illness.

It was a pleasure recently when one of Bill’s former clients booked an appointment with me at Broughton Physiotherapy, Preston. He knew Bill well and it was great to hear him going through the techniques Bill had taught him and explaining how much they had helped.

It was like being back again in Bill’s cluttered book-laden study with the view of the secluded garden stretching away peacefully beyond the window.

Will Mind Triumph Over Matter in the BBC's Celebrity Ageing Experiment?

The BBC is conducting a TV experiment to test the extent to which the psychological and physical effects of old age are in part a state of mind.

Six vintage celebrities, all aged over 75, are spending a week holed up in a house which will transport them back 35 years to 1975.

Abba will be on the radio and The Good Life on TV, with all the decor and equipment in the house suited to a time when the participants were in the prime of middle age.

The hope is, in the words of the Radio Times, that the time-travel experiment will 'put a spring back in their step'.

Hypnotherapy for Confidence, Stress and Anxiety in South Manchester

We can now provide a convenient location for anyone looking for Hypnotherapy, EFT or Life Coaching in the Didsbury, Chorlton, Withington and Levenshulme areas of South Manchester.

This will be in addition to the clinics we already offer at Broughton Physiotherapy in Preston, and Garstang Natural Health Centre, near Lancaster. 

Email us at aspiretherapy@btinternet.com or telephone us on 0161 2486879 to discuss your needs or to book an appointment. We offer daytime and evening appointments with the choice of a male or female therapist.