In this day and age, with the knowledge we have now acquired about the very serious health risks associated with smoking, no time should be lost in making that final decision to stop smoking once and for all. In a surprisingly short time, you’ll feel healthier, have more energy and stamina and notice a significant amount of extra cash in your pocket!  

Nick Pease, Hypnotherapist, Gloucestershire.

But I would also recommend that you choose a hypnotherapist who has achieved HPD (Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma) status amongst their other qualifications. (In fact you’ll find many independent advice sites also recommend this).

The HPD is awarded by The National Council for Hypnotherapy (the UK’s main official organisation representing clinical hypnotherapy) and is therefore independently assessed. It sets very high standards of competency and requires extensive study and practical experience.

If, therefore, a hypnotherapist has the initials HPD after their name, it is further reassurance that they should be able to offer you the very highest standards of effective clinical hypnotherapy.

Nick Pease, Clinical Hypnotherapist. Gloucester, Cheltenham, Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury.

It’s important to recognise that during hypnotherapy you remain conscious, aware of everything that’s going on and fully in control at all times. You won’t – and can’t - be made to do anything against your will and the whole process is not only safe, but also very relaxing, uplifting and enjoyable. Clinical hypnotherapy is all about helping you and has nothing whatsoever to do with the type of hypnotism done for entertainment.

Hypnotherapy does involve guiding you through techniques which help you enter a state of ‘trance’, but this is no more than a deep state of relaxation during which your particular issue/condition can be addressed more successfully. You won’t fall asleep and can come out of trance immediately if you so choose.

So there’s really nothing to be nervous about as the entire session is all about you and your needs. For further information about what hypnotherapy involves, please visit the ‘What is Hypnotherapy’ page on this site. Thank you.

Nick Pease, Clinical Hypnotherapist. Gloucester, Cheltenham, Forest of Dean.

However, the potentially very serious effects on your health of living with too much stress and anxiety, could far outweigh any other problems that the current recession presents. We now know that stress can be a major cause of strokes, heart disease, cancer and other illnesses. Yet hypnotherapy, NLP and stress management techniques can be hugely effective in combating stress and helping people overcome whatever difficulties life throws at them.

If you live in the Gloucester, Cheltenham and Forest of Dean areas and would like to know more about how hypnotherapy could help you, then do please get in touch. An initial consultation is free and with no obligation.

Hypnotherapy can be so successful with helping individuals achieve weight loss because it addresses the root causes of why you may struggle with your weight (apart from the most obvious ones of excess calories, lack of exercise etc) and helps train the mind to bring about a completely focused attitude towards how you want to look, feel etc. Not only that, but hypnotherapy (often allied with NLP and EFT) can give you powerful techniques which ensure you keep the weight off once you have reached your initial target.

Based near Gloucester, Cheltenham and the Forest of Dean, I see people from a wide range of lifestyles and with very varied eating habits. But in all cases, the physical manifestations are always secondary to what’s going on in the mind. And once you have recognised and conquered that battle then the body must follow. You know it makes sense!

Just last week yet another TV documentary showed a doctor suggesting to two patients that they try hypnotherapy to help overcome their conditions related to stress, anxiety and depression. What’s more, the programme showed part of the hypnotherapy sessions taking place and both patients subsequently reporting what a huge difference this treatment had made to them.

Literally millions of people in this country currently seek help from their GPs for help with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep disorders and the inability to relax. Often they are given anti-depressants or other medications, which actually don’t solve the root cause of the problems and can have other side effects. Thankfully more and more doctors are beginning to accept just how effective hypnotherapy can be in helping people to overcome these conditions and not have to rely on pills. Plus, of course, it’s safe, non-intrusive and scientifically verified.