Hypnotherapy - Psychotherapy and the Mind

At The London Therapy Centre we offer a combination approach using Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy called Hypnoanalysis. We recognise that there are many ways of looking at how the mind works. Some people, for instance, take the view that our thoughts and actions are mainly affected by the way we look at the world and how it treats us. Others believe that we are mostly driven by our unconscious mind, which is taken to be the store of all our past experiences and emotions. Whichever theory is applied, we believe that hypnosis can be integrated with appropriate psychotherapeutic approaches to help bring about positive change.

During the process of Hypnosis a deeply relaxed state is created in which mental stress and bodily tension are reduced. In this relaxed state, the mind is usually more open to the process of change. The client and therapist can work safely together, using an agreed approach, to enhance mental, physical and emotional well being.

For over two hundred years the technique of hypnosis has been used in medicine to treat a wide range of physical, psychological and emotional disorders. It has also long been recognised that hypnosis may successfully be combined with other approaches and techniques - for example, Counselling, Psychotherapy and Reiki. In 1997, the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) formally endorsed the new term, hypno-psychotherapy, as "the branch of psychotherapy which uses hypnosis".