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Is mindfulness any good for anxiety?

Mindfulness is a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations. The key to understanding mindfulness is ‘focusing on the present moment’. This is a wonderful thing to do as so much stress is caused by worrying about the past and […]

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Hypnotherapy Therapies

Does hypnotherapy work ?

What types of anxiety  can hypnotherapy cure? One of the most severe anxiety reactions is a phobia (e.g. a phobia of spiders or flying). A good hypnotherapist will cure a phobia in one session with, perhaps, a follow-up session in certain cases. It also does not matter how long the individual has had the phobia […]

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What is hypnotherapy ?

There are a lot of myths surrounding hypnosis but it really is a very natural state. The following are examples of hypnosis: Daydreaming Being absorbed in a film Being absorbed in a book Driving on a motorway – losing track of time Totally absorbed while doing something As you can see, hypnosis happens naturally. What happens […]