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  Author: Ian Hardwick
  Location: Harbourne, Birmingham, UK
  Speciality: Hypnotherapist

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Hypnotherapy for a fear of frogs.......

By Ian Hardwick

A phobia can be literally terrifying and debilitating but even if you knew hypnotherapy could help, would you be brave enough to give it a try? For a medical secretary from Halesowen her biggest fear was that it wouldn’t work.

After moving into her new home (with a pond) Claire H. came to Therapy Lounge in Harborne seeking help for an extreme phobia to frogs. Ian Hardwick is the Clinical Hypnotherapist who treated her. He explains:

“Many people are unsure about hypnotherapy because of misconceptions fuelled primarily by the portrayal of stage hypnosis on TV and in the media. Like many professional Hypnotherapists I distance myself from such ‘entertainment’ which I believe is unethical. Hypnotherapy is in fact a clinical process for the treatment and relief of a wide variety of medical somatic and psychological symptoms. It is a very pleasant state of deep relaxation utilising the subconscious and enabling a client to make positive changes to achieve their goal. You will have experienced natural hypnotic states when watching TV, daydreaming or driving for example, these are pleasant dream like states when we ‘drift off’”.

Claire describes her session: “I chose Ian because we had an instant rapport over the phone, he was professional and I felt I could trust him with my problem which had reached the stage where I could not go into my garden by the pond without my heart racing, fighting for breath, feeling clammy and completely unable to move. I had resorted to keeping all the doors and windows closed and even the cats were kept indoors because of my phobia.

“The hypnotherapy session wasn’t what I was expecting. I thought I would be out for the count but it was almost a surreal feeling of being there yet not being there and felt reassured and in control throughout. When we explored my phobia my initial anxiety soon passed to be replaced by deep relaxation.”

The root of the phobia went back to Claire’s childhood experiences. “I realised that I was continuing to have a child’s reaction (albeit a severe one) to a frightening experience, that I no longer needed to have as an adult. It was that simple, I was able to make the necessary changes and eliminate the anxiety. I was cured in just one session and now I can enjoy summer evenings in my garden. I was surprised to discover just how pleasant and effective hypnotherapy can be.”

Ian Hardwick concludes: “Claire is typical of many clients I see and most issues are resolved in as few as 1 – 4 sessions. Our free consultation provides an ideal opportunity to address any concerns or misconceptions a client may have and in fact those clients who arrive as sceptics often become some of the biggest advocates.”

Document Ref: E001
Date Added: 16-Mar-05
Source: Ian Hardwick - The Therapy Lounge
Further Information: www.therapylounge.co.uk - (UK) 0121 693 0060

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