Hypnotherapy in Surrey has unexpected side effects!

One of the questions that are frequently asked by new clients at my Surrey hypnotherapy clinic is, are there any side effects to hypnosis.  The answer to this is no, apart from feeling very relaxed at the end of a session.

Recently however at my Surrey hypnotherapy practice in Leatherhead I had a client who came to me for fear of swimming.  The treatment had a very  unexpected and pleasant side effect.

The client was a sixty-year-old lady who had decided she finally wanted to learn to swim.  After numerous lessons she was doing very well.  She could put her face in the water, float on her back and her front and swim the width of the pool but only if she had something to hold on to.  Even if it was only the tips of the fingers of her swimming teacher, she could not let go.  The moment she did she panicked and flounder around in the water grabbing the side of the pool or anything else that was handy.  Her instructor had tried everything to get her to let go.  

 

A single hypnotherapy session for confidence

She booked into my Surrey Hypnotherapy clinic in Leatherhead, for a session of hypnosis. We had a session of hypnosis which included building her confidence and helping her to visualise that she could swim and all the advantages of learning to swim, including going swimming on holiday with her grandchildren.

A repeat appointment was made at my Surrey Hypnotherapy clinic in Leatherhead for the following Thursday, as a follow up session after her next swimming lesson.

The client rang my Surrey hypnotherapy centre on the Tuesday to cancel saying she didn’t need to come back, as she had just quite happily swum a whole length of the pool and was delighted.

Amazing positive side effects!

So what was the side effect, she also told me that on the previous Friday she had been with her husband to a dinner dance in Surrey.  To her amazement and to the astonishment of her husband and their friends she had got up to dance.  Something she had never done in over thirty years of marriage.

“When the music started to play I heard you say what is stopping you enjoying yourself and I got up to dance.  It was one of the best evenings I have ever had,” she said, “I wish I had done this years ago.”

So the answer is yes there can be side effects from hypnosis.  Finding your confidence in one area can lead to finding confidence in others.  If you have an fear or anxiety about doing something in our life then hypnotherapy may help.

 

Please contact me today at my Surrey hypnotherapy centre to see how I can help you overcome your phobia, and who knows you too might be dancing for joy!