Hypnosis therapy Ashkum IL

Hypnosis is an invaluable tool when you want to discover how to build self confidence. This is because going into hypnosis allows you to step out of your everyday way of thinking and feeling about yourself and your life. When you are deeply relaxed, and listening to empowering suggestions crafted by skilled and experienced psychologists, you naturally become more flexible and creative. And so you naturally feel better about yourself and more ready to take on the challenges of life. — read more

Dependence on cannabis or marijuana can be a difficult habit to break. Although it is not addictive in the true sense of the word, it becomes such a major part of everyday life that it is very hard to remove.

It used to be thought that using cannabis was relatively harmless, but we now know this is not the case. In addition to risk of cancer, there is mounting evidence of damage to the immune system caused by long-term cannabis or marijuana use.

But, just as with smoking, knowledge of the dangers is not enough motivation to quit. most people need something more in order to overcome dependencies and addictions.

Hypnosis can help by building your unconscious motivation - the sort of motivation that cannabis often diminishes. — read more

Performance anxiety occurs in many contexts - sports, acting, singing... but whatever the situation, the problem is the same.

Performance anxiety always works in the same way:

1. You have to perform an activity that requires you to be 'in the moment' (or in 'flow' as psychologists call it).

2. You start to worry about it, thinking about all the things that could do wrong.

3. The anxiety gets in the way of your own performance - a self-fulfilling prophecy.

And to get rid of performance anxiety you have to get round this Catch-22: If you try not to worry, you are still in the wrong frame of mind for peak performance. You are still thinking, when you need to be experiencing.

And this is where hypnosis comes in. — read more