Aspire Therapy Blog

Self-Hypnosis With the Help of Relaxation CDs

We hope that clients coming to see us will in the course of their sessions develop skills of self-hypnosis or relaxation. This puts them in control and gives them life skills that allow them to move forward and become free of the therapist…for good!

Using self-hypnosis techniques or short hypnotic exercises does however require self-discipline. It is helpful therefore to back this up with the use of a relaxation CD.

Using Mindfulness to Overcome Anxiety

Feelings of anxiety about ourselves and our lives can all too easily become habitual. We can find ourselves living in a constant state of worry about things such as what people think of us or how upcoming events will turn out.

Even when things are going well we may be reluctant to acknowledge or make too much of it. Perhaps we are hampered by the superstition that by raising our hopes we are setting ourselves up for a fall.

This kind of superstition is not unnatural. We live in a world where anything can happen at any time. But what is the point of torturing ourselves over future possibilities? And where does it get us to worrying excessively about what people think of us? In other words, what is the benefit to us of such kinds of thinking?

By adopting a more 'mindful' approach to living we can shed some of this thinking, bring ourselves more fully into the present and learn to appreciate the simple pleasures of life.