What is Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy?
Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy (CBH) is an effective, goal-focused form of hypnotherapy that can help to manage and overcome individual problems and challenges by changing the way we think, feel and behave, in a more positive way. It is essentially the integration of hypnosis with modern social, cognitive and behavioural psychology and benefits from a strong evidence base to support its use in the treatment of certain conditions, such as feelings of stress or anxiety, as well as to help manage certain physical ailments.
What is Hypnosis?
Hypnosis can be described as an active process of focused attention on a particular idea, or suggestion (typically guided by the therapist) where you become so absorbed in something imagined that your body responds as if it’s actually happening, thereby increasing receptivity to therapeutic change work.
Therapeutic hypnosis creates a context where you can use your imagination to evoke positive emotions, rehearse behaviour change and absorb new ideas and new possibilities more easily. It creates a means to learn alternative ways of thinking about things, as well as to discover resources within you that you had forgotten, or didn’t know you had. The suggestions delivered in hypnosis are a means of experiencing certain helpful ideas at a level profound enough to directly influence your emotions and behaviour, at a therapeutic level. It is empowering and gives people a sense of control over their experience. And contrary to popular belief, it hasn’t nothing to do the therapist controlling your mind!
About me
Penny Finnegan (BSc, HPD, NCH): Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist, coach and certified NLP Master Practitioner. I hold a Hypnotherapy in Practice Diploma (HPD), a gold-standard qualification verified by the National Council for Hypnotherapists (NCH) and the Northern Council for Further Education (NCFE). I’m registered with the NCH and UK Hypnotherapy Council (UKHC) and have full public liability and professional indemnity insurance.
“Penny naturally has a calming nature and a genuine desire to help others. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending her. With sincere thanks for all your help and support, it has been life changing.” (V.B)
For more information and to book a free discovery phone call, please visit www.mindhubhypnotherapy.com, or call Penny on 07985 358083.