FAQ

FAQs

FAQs


Q. How much is a session?

Each session costs £60 and is payable at the end of the session by cash or cheque.

The first session usually lasts between 60 and 90 minutes. Subsequent sessions last approximately 60 minutes.


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Q. How many sessions will I need?

Since each person and each problem is unique and there are no one-size fits-all treatments, it is difficult to say how many sessions you may need, but the average number of sessions range from three to seven.

My aim is to help you achieve a lasting resolution to your problem in the shortest amount of time possible while going at a pace with which you can feel comfortable.


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Q. Where do I come to see you?

Sessions take place at Esse Retail and Therapy in Melbourn, Royston, Herts. Just off the A10 and only a few minutes' walk from Meldreth Rail Station, Esse is easily accessible from many areas including Royston, Shepreth, Foxton and Cambridge. Parking is available.


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Q. What is hypnosis/trance?

Hypnosis (trance) is an altered state of consciousness similar to daydreaming or when you're completely absorbed in an activity such as reading, watching TV or driving on 'auto-pilot'. You're aware, you know where you are, you can hear people talking to you, but you remain completely absorbed in what you're doing. We all slip in and out of trance every day and it's so familiar to us that we don't even realise it's happening.


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Q. What is hypnotherapy?

Hypnotherapy uses hypnosis as a tool for therapeutic change. It allows access to the unconscious thought processes that operate automatically and outside of your conscious awareness.

Cognitive Hypnotherapy provides you with the opportunity to discover and change the unconscious thought processes that underpin your unwanted behaviours and emotions.


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Q. What is Cognitive Hypnotherapy?

Cognitive Hypnotherapy is an extremely effective way of making positive, long-lasting change. It's a powerful approach that enables you to let go of the emotions and behaviours that are restricting you and create a life that empowers you.


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Q. Will I lose control or tell you things I don't want to?

Most people experience trance as a deeply relaxed state which they compare to daydreaming, where they remain totally in control. You will be aware of what's going on around you and will be able to talk with me as we work on resolving your problem. There's no need to divulge any more information than you want to, and you can stop at any time.


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Q. Can anyone be hypnotised?

It's entirely up to you. No-one can be hypnotised against their will, all hypnosis is self-hypnosis really, and depth of trance is irrelevant to a successful result. If you have a high motivation for change and simply allow the process to unfold, you can achieve great results.


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Q. Can I get stuck in hypnosis?

No. People emerge naturally from hypnosis just as they emerge from a day-dream or after having been fully absorbed in an activity such as reading or watching TV.


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Q. How does Cognitive Hypnotherapy work?

If you've ever tried to change a behaviour at a conscious level (with rational thought, for example), you probably discovered that it was either impossible or that the change simply didn't last. This is because most of the problems that we experience exist at an unconscious level.

A Cognitive Hypnotherapist guides your attention inside at the unconscious level. Here you can change limiting thought patterns, release negative emotions, discover new perspectives, re-access inner resources, and create a more balanced and positive life.

A Cognitive Hypnotherapist is like a tour guide, helping you to focus your attention internally where you can discover for yourself the answers that can solve your problem.


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Q. What can I expect when I come for my initial session?

Once I've answered any questions you may have and you feel comfortable and at ease, I'll gather some information about your problem and about what you wish to achieve.

At the end of this consultation, we'll discuss what's the best way forward and what that might involve.


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Q. What about subsequent sessions?

In subsequent sessions we'll apply some of the techniques that will allow you to access your inner mind. You'll make the changes there that can change your experience on the outside. It's a two-way process that requires your willingness and participation.

I'll give you some tools for you to use in your own time to maximize the effect of our work together. And I will provide you with a CD or MP3 which you can use to relax to while you listen to suggestions (tailor-made for you) to consolidate the positive changes you've made and reinforce your confidence and motivation for further change.


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Q. What is the unconscious mind?

Since birth, your unconscious mind has been learning behaviours and responses that contribute to your protection and survival. From how to orchestrate the intricate muscle movements that enabled you to walk, through to all your present behaviours, beliefs and understandings. It's as though they've been written into software programmes that run automatically, taking care of a large amount of your daily activities and so leaving you free to focus on other aspects of your life.

You can think of the young unconscious mind as a novice programmer. He may have made a few errors in his early programming days that have contributed to the behaviours and emotions that you now want to change. Despite the conscious mind's attempt to be in control by applying rational thought to these behaviours and emotions, it's the unconscious mind that's in control.


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Q. How does the unconscious mind affect perception?

The unconscious mind is aware of much more information about the world than the conscious mind can process, so it filters the information down to a manageable amount.

The filtered information results in our own subjective experience—what we see, hear, feel, taste and smell. This filtering process is key to how we perceive our world and yet it goes on completely outside of our conscious awareness. It is a process that is unique to each one of us, carried out according to our individual emotions and beliefs.

Dr. Leonard Orr conceptualises this. He suggests that in the mind there's a dual mental mechanism of the 'thinker' and the 'prover'. Once the thinker has developed an emotion or belief about any aspect of existence, the prover will adjust the input from our senses to validate it.


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Q. Is Cognitive Hypnotherapy the same as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?

As with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Hypnotherapy assumes an interaction between thoughts, emotions, and behaviour, and agrees that change in one of these areas is likely to bring change in the others.

Cognitive Hypnotherapy accepts the distinction that CBT makes between conscious thoughts and automatic (or unconscious) thoughts but, whereas CBT argues that an emotion is a consequence of thought, Cognitive Hypnotherapy contends that thoughts are the consequence of emotions, and pays more attention to the unconscious processes that give rise to those automatic thoughts.

This arises from discoveries in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology about our adaptive unconscious—the idea that every thought and action that the unconscious generates has a purpose, a purpose which was intended to ensure our evolutionary safety and survival.

Unlike CBT, which works to bring the automatic thoughts to light and contest their usefulness and logically deconstruct them, cognitive hypnotherapy goes to the emotional root of the problem.


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Call for a free, no-obligation chat on 07982 963939 or email me at info@celiaburnshypnotherapy.co.uk.