PTSD

Treating PTSD using Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is a great therapy to help with PTSD. I use a combination of hypnotherapy techniques, IEMT and NLP to safely access your memories helping you to understand the emotions better around your trauma. It also helps you to identify triggers and tame the way you react to them. 

Hypnosis can prevent or reduce dissociation, following exposure to a traumatic event, reduce symptoms of anxiety and help you to get in touch with memories and feelings associated with your traumatic experience. 

IEMT is particularly effective in reducing the emotional impact of intrusive imagery and flashbacks so that the imagery becomes far less disturbing. It can also be beneficial if you’re too frightened to immediately revisit the traumatic memory.

Signs you may have PTSD:

• Nightmares and flashbacks of the event

• Avoidance of people, situations and circumstances that resemble/are associated with the event

• Pushing memories of the event out of their mind – avoiding talking or thinking about the event

• Extreme anxiety and anguish

• Feeling on edge and difficulty relaxing, constantly aware of threats and easily startled

• Constantly going over why the event happened and whether it could have been prevented

• Irritability or angry outbursts

• Emotional numbing – dealing with their feelings by trying not to feel anything at all

• Being withdrawn and giving up activities they used to enjoy

• Feelings of isolation or guilt

• Sleep disturbances or insomnia

• Difficulty concentrating

• Physical symptoms - sweating, shaking, headaches, dizziness, chest pains, stomach upsets