Can’t lose those last few kilos?
How many ways have you tried to lose weight?
None of these are the perfect method; each has their failures and successes. Some people lose weight without any outside help whereas others need lots of support and guidance. To fail when you are trying to achieve your goal, or to ask for help, is not a sign of weakness.
Hypnosis, like any other method, has its limitations. Integral to conquering fear and successful hypnotherapy is a positive attitude. The decision to change and persevere in changing your behaviours ultimately depends on you. Furthermore, research has shown that hypnotherapy is the most effective when you believe that it will have the effect you desire.
Contemporary clinical hypnotists do not use a swinging watch. They tend to use hypnotherapy in conjunction with established therapies such as Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), to enhance the effectiveness of these treatments. CBT focuses on change is the thoughts and behaviours to overcome a problem. In research with programs incorporating CBT and hypnosis, these clients lost more weight than clients who had just CBT. As such, it is an effective treatment to help you lose weight.
- First, it is important to think about your reasons for wanting to lose weight. It is hard to persevere with a task that you do not see as making your life better on strive towards a goal that you’re not really interested in. Perhaps you want to get into your old jeans that made you look and feel great. Maybe you would like more energy to keep up with the hectic demands of your lifestyle. You might like to set a good example for your children grandkids. It could be that your job requires you to attend a lot of functions and you would like some extra willpower to resist all the delicious nibbles and alcohol parading in front of you. Before coming to therapy, it is important to think about these things. That way, you can judge for yourself whether therapy has helped you meet your goals.
- Second, contact us as you will need to book your appointment
Dr. Barton possesses a Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis, in addition to a degree in Psychiatry including a PhD. She is also a member of the Australian Psychological Society’s College of Clinical Psychologists and The Australian Society of Hypnosis. Dr. Barton is experienced at dealing with chronic pain cases, and hypnotherapy complements her interventions.
Marilyn is an experienced clinical psychologist, who has been counseling children, young adults, parents families for the last 25 years.
We understand that hypnosis is not for everyone, but APS would like to extend the opportunity for interested patients to be treated with hypnotherapy and CBT.
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