Hypnotherapy for anxiety treatments are safe, effective and evidence-based. During sessions you will be guided through a hypnotic process where you will feel calm, in control and aware of your surroundings.
Clinical Hypnotherapy sessions are structured to help you gain lasting relief from bouts of anxiety. As a result you can reduce frequency of panic attacks caused by unrelenting mind-chatter, chronic stress and worry.
Here are just a few of the unpleasant symptoms of anxiety:
In the grip of an anxiety attack your thoughts are fuzzy, while your heart is racing and your palms get sweaty. Chronic stress and anxiety is described as feeling overwhelmed, wound up and panicky.
Outwardly you may appear calm and in control, but beneath the surface you’re in turmoil.
“Anxiety doesn’t speak to logic, it whispers through your ears directly to your fears”~
Yes, hypnotherapy for anxiety works and it’s an effective, evidence-based treatment for reducing bouts of anxiety.
International Journal for Clinical Hypnosis shows that out of 17 trials, participants who received hypnosis reduced anxiety by more than 79% compared to control participants.
Many of you say you fear anxiety, because it can strike anytime! Panic can make you feel emotionally out of control and mentally confused.
When you no longer see yourself through the lens of panic, you begin to visualise yourself as someone who is calm, capable and in control.
With hypnotherapy you can gain relief from triggers associated with stress and anxiety. Reduce symptoms that are causing panic attacks, racing thoughts and nervousness.
Common sense tells you that some level of stress and worry is unavoidable. Healthy amount of stress and anxiety are a normal part of your everyday life.
Your brain is hard wired to keep you safe. Vital part of your brain, the amygdala, is given the job of protecting you and watching out for your survival.
For example, if a ferocious animal was chasing you, a heightened emotion of fear would instantly trigger a “fight-flight” response. You would automatically react by either running for your life or grabbing a weapon to fight.
Perfectly designed, protective part of your brain doesn’t only watch out for your physical survival. A similar emotional response happens when you are nervous about a job interview, giving a public speech or going for a sky dive.
When you experience anxiety in these situations, it’s your brain trying to help you survive emotionally. Hypnotherapy for anxiety sessions will help you gain lasting relief from stress and worry. Reduce unwanted nervousness and restore your self-confidence.
Unpleasant anxious feelings of fear and panic, cause fuzzy thinking and lack of focus. Out of the blue, familiar but awful feelings of anxious panic overwhelm you. It’s been said that stress, anxiety and panic attacks are a symptom of emotional turmoil.
Of course, you silently dread those unexpected bouts of anxiety. Each time it happens you spiral deeper into a panicky mood and a negative mindset.
Maybe you even avoid situations where you’ll get worked up – because that’s when anxiety kicks in.
“People aren’t attacked by their bodies during panic; any more than a car is attacked by its alarm system when the alarm sounds.” ~ Mark Tyrrell
Next time you’re feeling stressed and anxious, notice what’s going on within your mind and body.
Naturally it is helpful to recognise both your internal and external stressors.
Identify unhealthy coping strategies and you will find a better way of dealing with them.
Read on… find out why the common symptoms of anxiety are so unsettling and how to manage them with hypnotherapy.
Basically, we all experience stress at one time or another. And sometimes it’s constructive and helpful.
Even though stress is helpful and motivates you to get things done, although it can be harmful if you experience it too frequently.
Unhealthy ways of coping with stress and anxiety include habits such as; smoking, drinking, gambling, drug addiction and substance abuse.
Similarly, other unhelpful coping strategies are: overeating, binging on junk food, procrastinating, or zoning out, withdrawing, avoiding social activity. Unfortunately, these coping methods erode your confidence and willpower.
“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt” ~ Honore de Balzac
Without a doubt, your external environment and relationships also cause internal stress. This can include worries and issues with your home life, family or work pressure and deadlines. No doubt, noise, pollution; injuries and trauma – all contribute to stress and anxiety.
Obviously, the symptoms of anxiety are unpleasant and unsettling. Some people experience them too frequently.
With the help of a clinical hypnotherapist you can learn to reduce the frequency and intensity of anxiety.
Gain lasting relief from anxiousness, brought on by unrelenting mind chatter, stress and worry.
“Anxiety made me catastrophise and assume the worst possible outcome, leaving me terrified to socialise in public.” ~
Unhelpful thoughts, expectations and worries contribute to the internal stress and pressure that cause anxiety symptoms.
For example, our past beliefs and emotions influence the way we feel, behave and react in stressful situations.
Subsequently, stress and anxiety are a symptoms of underlying emotional turmoil.
Nervousness and anxiousness lead to feeling out of control, physically and emotionally. As a result, anxiety perpetuates fears of failure, internal conflict and self-criticism.
I’ve heard many people say – Anxiety sucks…
Generally speaking, mind pollution can be describes as a steady stream of mind chatter, and worry, blowing things out of proportion.
Never-ending thoughts, emotions, stories and drama running thorough your mind.
During anxiety episodes you feel an overwhelming sense of fear and dread. And your heart is racing, your muscles are tense and tight, you feel anxious panic arising.
Frequently though, you don’t fully recognise the impact anxiety is having on you.
Until you step out of it.
Hypnotherapy is shown in many studies to be an effective, evidence-based treatment for reducing intense bouts of anxiety.
Intensity and frequency of anxiety can escalate because of work or financial pressure.
For example, worrying over real of imaginary scenarios. causes mental gymnastics.
Catastrophising is a belief that something is far worse that it actually is. Mentally blowing things our of proportion, jumping from a minor problem to imagining.a major disaster such as; fearing being in debt, losing your job and ending up homeless. Worry, chronic stress and anxiety can be brought on by work pressure, family and relationship issues.
Likewise, anxious feelings arise due to negative self-talk; feeling that you are not-good-enough. Being your own worst critic causes enormous anxiety.
Hypnotherapy sessions can help you gain relief from worry, stress and anxiety by inducing a calm focused attention and relaxation. It reduces physical tension, lowers blood pressure and calms the heart rate.
Intense anxiety can be reduced with the help of hypnotherapy, by reducing negative thought patterns, emotional triggers and symptoms of nervousness, tension and tightness.
Catastrophising and agonising over future or past events will cause stress and anxiety.
Negative thoughts going round and round, convince you that something is far worse than it really is.
Worries continue bouncing around in your head as you play out worst-case scenarios in your mind.
When you worry and criticise yourself, you become anxious and insecure.
As a result, you feel as though you are not good enough, you feel helpless.
Subsequently, you begin to worry about what other people think of you.
“I’ve been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually never happened” ~ Mark Twain
Unfortunately, the more you criticise yourself the more powerful the inner critic gets.
Do you often criticise yourself for not being more confident, prettier, slimmer, funnier, smarter; and so on? Unsurprisingly, this leaves you feeling inadequate or inferior, at work or in social situations.
Furthermore, if this is not dealt with it can develop into a full blown social phobia.
The more you compare yourself to others, the less you seem to measure up.
“You have been criticising yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself instead and see what happens” ~ Louise L Hay
Instead of self-criticism and negative self-talk, causing further inner turmoil; wouldn’t it be nice to think of yourself kindly? In a supportive way?
But, on second thought, that’s easier said than done…
As a trained hypnotherapist I know that sometimes we need help.
Hypnotherapy for anxiety, and powerful hypnotic suggestion made during sessions, will enable anxiety and stress relief become achievable. Because, just as your inner-mind creates anxiety, worry, turmoil and conflict, it can also change it?
Worrying seldom leads to a solution. Regardless of how much you dwell on issues and worst case scenarios, you will rarely be better prepared to deal with them, if they actually happen.
On the other hand – learn how to calmly evaluate and identify steps to deal with the situation. Generally, this will lead to problem solving and managing your anxiety.
Anytime you get worked up and anxiety kicks in, remember to breathe deeply and practice self-hypnosis, mindfulness or meditation.
Hypnotherapy can help you manage the causes and symptoms of anxiety. To help you cope with anxiety by accessing the subconscious mind, to identify and address underlying causes of anxiety and panic attacks, leading to long-term relief.
National Library of Medicine and NIH wrote: “anxiety is the most common form of mental health disorder, affecting millions of people worldwide. Psychosocial interventions such as mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) have been suggested as an effective treatment in the management of general anxiety and anxiety disorders, with emerging evidence also supporting the effectiveness of hypnosis and hypnotherapy.”
Meanwhile, to help you deal with stress and anxiety in your daily life, follow the below step-by-step self hypnosis suggestions. The act of visualising shows you two choices –
1) continue to define yourself by past anxious feelings or
2) create calmness you desire for yourself in the future
Visualising yourself being calm in future moments, will activate favourable resources in your brain.
As a result, your body starts to redefine internal responses to anxiety and panic attacks, in a more calm way.
Easily get yourself into a state of relaxation and self-hypnosis.
Start doing this with your breathing. Breathe in and out through your nose.
After that you can stop counting. Let a part of you assume this breathing automatically.
Soon it will become very natural to breathe in this way (shorter breath-in and, a longer breath-out).
Second step is to steadily gaze at a spot in front of you.
Then raise your gaze upwards, without moving your head.
Keep your eyes fixed on the ceiling.
While gazing at this spot, mentally say to yourself:
“As I count from three (3) down to one (1) my eyelids will feel heavier and heavier.
By the time I get to one (1) my eyes will close and I will completely relax”.
Continue with your eyes closed and allow yourself to completely relax.
Begin with relaxing your head, neck and shoulders, then your chest and arms.
Relax you back and spine, your upper body. Then your hips and legs all the way to your toes.
Take you time in doing this… release all tension from every cell, every muscle, every nerve.
From the top of your head, right down to your toes.
Mentally repeat to yourself:
~relax and let go
~more and more deeply relax
Third step is to deepen your self-hypnosis by using imagery and visualisation.
Continue breathing in the way described above (shorter breath in and, a longer breath out).
Next, imagine yourself in a comfortable place.
There is a TV screen with a remote control in front of you. Pick up the remote control.
See yourself switch on the TV, select a channel.
Black and white, fuzzy, distorted images appear on the screen.
Now, breathe out as you switch-off the TV screen, with those fuzzy images.
Relax even more than before.
Repeat switching the TV off and on three (3) times. Relax more every time you switch it off.
By the time you switch it off the third time, you find yourself more absorbed in the experience of calmness.
Self-hypnosis will help you now to switch off your fuzzy, distorted anxieties, stress and worries.
Each time you practice self-hypnosis and repeat these steps, the easier it gets to switch off, and find relief from symptoms of stress and anxiety.
Imagine now a peaceful, calm place. A place where you feel safe, comfortable and relaxed.
If you imagine you are outdoors, smell the fresh air, breathe it in deeply. Notice the texture of the surface beneath your feet.
Feel the sun on your skin, the breeze blowing through your hair.
Enjoy the calm surroundings. Let go of all your cares and concerns.
Whenever you drift off to this special, safe place, you will become even more deeply relaxed.
You will re-experience being anxiety free, calm and quietly in control.
Imagine yourself back in front of the TV screen once more.
Find the remote control, pick it up, feel it’s weight in your hand.
Once again switch the TV on and select a channel. Again there is that old black and white movie on the screen.
As you watch the same old drama unfolding, you notice those fuzzy, black and white mental images.
You hear familiar distorted sounds; of stress, anxiety, sadness, grief and, a sense of dread, together with worries and turmoil.
Watch now as you let those mental images get blurrier and fuzzier and smaller.
In your mind, the distressing sounds become more hazy, faint and distant.
Again switch-off the TV…
Let the negative images and sounds fade from your awareness.
Switch-off those anxious thoughts, worries and concerns.
Return to imagining yourself in your calm place.
Now sitting comfortably, relaxed and breathing calmly.
You easily remember how good it feels to relax in your favourite place.
A place to be yourself, to relax deeply.
Let your thoughts now drift back to the TV screen. Find the remote control again and this time feel how light it is in your hand.
Look at the TV in front of you as you switch it back on. Select a new channel.
This time see images of yourself in full colour…
Hear your own laughter, you feel at ease and carefree. See your desired goals coming true. Listen to your calm and happy sounds of conversations, fun and laughter.
Watch pleasant scenes of yourself being calm and confident and enjoying all kinds of positive achievements in your daily life.
Begin hearing repeating thoughts like:
“I am calm, and safe.” or
“every day I value and appreciate myself” and
“whatever happens I deal with it calmly”
“I feel calm and in control.”
Let these thoughts and images reveal to you the strengths and resources you possess.
Begin to live a full, happy and stress-free life.
See yourself radiant and healthy, with a healthy shape and size of your body.
Enjoy feeling motivated to exercise, to be flexible and strong.
Focus on how good you feel while you visualise these positive images, thoughts and feelings.
Play and replay positive thoughts and images in your mind.
Take your time. Enjoy this part of the pleasant self-hypnosis experience.
Envision your life unfolding exactly how you want it to be now, rather than as it was before. Feel that you now have the calm confidence to achieve your goals.
Each day of your life visualise yourself feeling happy, content, confident and carefree.
This is your time. Continue to spend as much time as you like enjoying this experience. You can now look forward to what resources each new day brings.
Suggest to yourself that you have enjoyed a wonderful relaxing experience. As you now prepare to bring this experience to a calm close. Express gratitude for contributing to your ongoing health and wellbeing.
At the count of three you will be re-alerting, easily returning to a natural level of calm awareness.
Breathe in deeply – and very slowly count yourself up from one to three.
You will be feeling calm, re-energised and alert. Looking forward to the remainder of your day.
Even your nervous system calms down during the experience of self-hypnosis.
Self-hypnosis not only calms your thoughts, it relaxes your body in a way that goes beyond your thoughts.
I have prepared this below video especially for you.
Watch the guided self-hypnosis words recorded from the above written instructions on this video.
Hope you enjoy every moment of your self-hypnosis experience.
“People aren’t attacked by their bodies during panic; any more than a car is attacked by its alarm system when the alarm sounds.” ~ Mark Tyrrell
I’m not afraid or anxious of meeting new people any more. I have also noticed that I walk with my shoulders back, quite confident posture and I don’t look at the ground when I walk. I look up to where I am going and I make eye contact with people.
I can’t thank you enough for helping me so much. Where others have tried and failed, you definitely succeeded.
C.H – Sydney
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Hi Katherine, hope you are well. Just wanted to let you know that the therapy has made a huge difference to my professional life. I presented some work to the CEO of my billion dollar company last week, without a hint of nerves, and was complimented on my professional presentational style. I’m sure the hypnosis helped.
B.C – Sydney
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Touching base to let you know that I’m continuing to grow in amazing ways, thanks to your help and support. I am now able to see myself clearly and am not so bothered by whatever challenges are on my path. This is a profound breakthrough for me, ever in my life. I will always be grateful for having been let to you and send you warmest wishes from my heart.
L. F – Sydney
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Hi Katherine, just a little update to let you know that I started coming out of the fog and am feeling more positive abut my appearance and abilities. Thank you so much.
S.A – Sydney
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Your hypnosis session worked a treat! I was calm, poised and articulate today at the board meeting. Everyone tells me I sounded incredibly confident. Thank you and I loved your hypnotherapy style.
E.H – Sydney
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I wanted to come back to you and give an update on how everything has been since my last session of hypnotherapy. I feel like I am calmer and improving in my ability to honour my self worth. Many thanks for your help with reducing my anxiety.
G.S – Sydney
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I wanted to reach out for few more top up sessions – I remember the calmness I felt following the hypnosis for anxiety about a year or so ago and I will never forget it!!! And I am now pregnant and anxious about the birth experience. I wanted to reach out and see because you’ve been very helpful to me so far in the past!
R.W – Sydney
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Thank you for your great service, it truly opened up my mind to the powers of hypnosis. I will certainly promote your service, very effective.
C.I – Sydney
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Hi Katherine, sending you a big thank you!!!! Just returned from my holiday and I was completely capable and relaxed and have overcome my fear of sharks. Had an amazing snorkelling adventure and it was largely down to you – so a very big heart felt thank you – never in my wildest dream did I think I would step into the ocean again. Your sessions helped me deal with my fear and anxiety. It’s amazing what’s possible and just how quickly things change with hypnotherapy..
K. P – Sydney
Hypnotherapy for anxiety is used effectively to reduce stress and anxiety.
“But, is there sufficient enough research and evidence to back that up?”
Study published in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis – suggests participants reduced their anxiety levels by more than 79% on average, compared to participants who didn’t receive hypnosis.
Psych Central article shows Hypnotherapy is being studied more and more in recent years. Because researchers, and mental health professionals are looking into additional mainstream and natural treatments for anxiety.
According to Eileen Davis, a Senior Lecturer at the School of Counselling, there are quite a number of research studies in existence. As a result, she carried out a review of (10) ten of them – for two most common conditions: chronic pain and anxiety.
Review revealed strong evidence of positive effectiveness of hypnotherapy as treatment in the reduction of pain and anxiety. (Davis, E., 2015, Literature review of the evidence-base for the effectiveness of hypnotherapy. Melbourne: PACFA)
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Hypnotherapy Sydney Wellbeing can help you gain relief from stress and anxiety. Reduce nervousness and restore your self-confidence to act in your own best interests.
When you no longer see yourself through the lens of the past, you begin to see yourself with fresh new eyes. Visualise yourself as someone who is calm and capable and in control.
Subsequently, your inner strength and self assurance will develop. This in turn helps you value yourself and to acknowledge your own needs.
“Learn to move beyond charged emotions, limiting beliefs and insecurities, to not only dramatically improve your own life, but also your relationships with family, friends, workmates and strangers” ~ Ben Fizell, Peacekeeper Project
Whenever you are anxious, worried or feeling stressed, practice the above affirmations. Notice how much better you feel afterwards.
In conclusion, give yourself a break. Stop worrying and stop criticising yourself. Stop stressing, catastrophising and caring so much about what other people think.
Say to yourself “don’t worry so much” or “you did your best”.
Clinical Hypnotherapy for anxiety is the use of hypnosis, a form of psychotherapy, for fast stress relief. Hypnosis is used to beat stress, anxiety, panic attacks, Phobias, PTSD.
Hypnotherapy for Anxiety services available at 2 locations, based in Sydney CBD and Annandale, Inner West. If you need further help, feel free to contact me. I am here to help.
Anxiety and emotional turmoil can be released with the help of hypnotherapy and an experienced clinical hypnotherapist.
When you get worked up and anxiety kicks in, breathe deeply and practice your self-hypnosis.
Should you have any further questions about hypnosis feel free to send an email or call 0414 585 595. I’m Katherine Ferris and I am more than happy to be of help, book an appointment online.
Katherine Ferris, from Sydney Wellbeing Centre teaches you how to get into a self-hypnosis meditation:
Sit quietly for five minutes: eyes closed, breathing deeply and slowly.
Count to four as you breathe in.
Pause.
Then count to eight as you breathe out.
Focus on your forehead: let it relax.
Relax your jaw and your face.
Let tension fade from the back of your neck, shoulders and spine.
Continue the breathing rhythm as you relax your body.
With self-hypnosis your body releases stress and tension
Each time you meditate, it becomes easier.
Normal everyday sounds around you can help you relax even more.
Breathe in: feel centred and calm, inner strength develops.
As you breathe out: disperse obstacles standing in the way of enjoyment of your life.
Now send loving thoughts to yourself, your family and friends
Thank the universe for providing you with health and wellbeing.
Feel a deep gratitude for all the good things in your life.
You can now remain centred and refreshed, long after you open your eyes, no matter where you are.
