Counselling

Counselling

Counselling parallels the approaches used in hypnosis but is done with talking. The emphasis is on helping a person identify unhelpful patterns and to experience more useful and meaningful responses. Some people relate more to counselling than hypnosis and some more to hypnosis than counselling, and most to a combination of the two.

How Does Change Occur?

A person may try to think their way out of a problem, but often end up going in circles, feeling frustrated, exhausted and stressed. A person may try to ignore emotions associated with a problem but these emotions do not go away. Emotions themselves can be distressing. One can feel out of control. This adds to the problem.

Thinking and emotions get in the way of solutions and positive change. The aim of counselling and clinical hypnosis is to help a person think less and better manage their emotions. When this is achieved a person is more in tune with themselves, more in tune with their own solutions. Change then occurs more readily and often spontaneously.

Counselling need not be draining or demanding. Counselling can be an uplifting and refreshing experience. One need not get bogged down in talking about the problem. The focus is more on “What is happening?“ and “What needs to be different?” with a view to identifying simple and practical strategies which help shift a person’s experience.