.....and what is it that you do want to change?.....

do you want help to lose weight?
do you want help to stop smoking?
would you like help to stop panic attacks?  
do you want to improve your performance at anything?
would you like to feel more confident and assertive?
would you like help to relax?
would you like to stop compulsive or repetitive behaviour?
would you like to stop feeling angry and frustrated?
would you like to stop being afraid, of flying, of death, of anything?
would you like to be able to manage your pain?
or would you like to find a therapy that is a pleasure, from start to finish?

Well, you're in the right place! Increasing numbers of people in North Wales, Powys, Cheshire, and Shropshire are turning to hypnotherapy, as the silly old ideas about
hypnosis are left in the past, and hypnotherapy and NLP start to become recognised
as the positive forces for good that they really are. It looks inevitable that NICE
(National Institute for Clinical Excellence) will eventually have to license hypnotherapy,
as researchers pile positive evidence upon positive evidence at their door, and
meanwhile many people are already voting with their feet, so you're in good company!

So, why are some of us happy, or at least coping well, in the face of the many problems
and difficulties that modern life throws at us, whilst others are anxious, depressed,
angry, frustrated, down in the dumps, overweight, using excessive alcohol or other
drugs, wanting to stop smoking tobacco, cynical, controlling, violent, and so on?
The
answer is uncomfortably simple, and it is that
we choose it, one way or the other.
Oh, maybe not in one big go, but bit by bit, in 'bite size' chunks that begin to
accumulate, and which grow in influence, until they become disabling, until we look for
help, until we end up looking at a website like this.

Most of us do not
solely go down a negative path, or solely go down a positive path,
but rather it is
aspects of our lives that become problematical and negative, and when
they start to
really become problematical, they can obscure everything else, and even
halt all the other more positive areas of our lives.

The good news is that we can choose ourselves right back up there and into that
photograph (our own version of it) if we want to, with hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and
NLP. We can move our focus from our problems and worries,
whatever they are,
really
, whatever they are, and improve our lot, by focusing positively on what it is we
want.

If it sounds simple then that's because it is,
and in an age of MRI scans, we are
now able to show that
by thinking positively.... that by focusing on success....that
by imagining what we want,
we can influence our future to the point where we could
reasonably be described as 'choosing' it,... when
we choose to focus positively on what
we want, then
we create different chemical environments in our brains, which directly
influence the way we feel and behave.
This process can be started in the most
humble and tiny of ways,
and can be just allowed to develop, as the little things
become bigger things, until we find that we have changed our lives for the better....
and
the real joy is
that whether you experience anger, frustration, sadness, depression,
anxiety, or their manifestations, through wanting to stop smoking tobacco, overeating,
drinking too much alcohol, addiction to drugs, even nail biting, or if these feelings
distort your perception of your environment causing you to experience debilitating
levels of pain, or fear of every day events like flying, to name but two,
the absolute
reassurance
is that they all come from very similar mental processes, and can be
treated with very similar therapeutic techniques.      

Most people think in the negative format, "I hope I don't this", or "I hope he doesn't
that"
, and our unconscious mind cannot distinguish between the positive and negative
in those things that we dwell on, only the object in question. When we think "I hope I
don't fail this exam", we cause the unconscious mind to dwell on failing the exam, and
in turn, the prospect of failing the exam causes anxiety responses, including chemical
releases into the brain, which accelerate the rate at which you entertain the prospect of
failing the exam, creating a vicious circle which, without intervention, becomes a self
fulfilling prophesy.....you fail the exam, or do less well than you should have. By the time
you've taken the exam, you've practised your failure very hard, so why wouldn't you?!

When we think positively,
when we actually imagine success, especially within
hypnosis, when we say "I hope I pass this exam", and positively visualise ourselves
having actually passed, and enjoying all the rewards of passing, we set about an
entirely different process, also involving chemical releases into the brain, but this time
positive 'reward' chemicals, which the brain loves, and without your knowing sets you
about finding more, by repeating your behaviour or thought patterns.

These reward chemicals are amongst our most fundamental drivers, and when the
brain is functioning effectively they are in plentiful supply. When it isn't, we can
make it
function effectively, and we start with positive imagination of success, both consciously
and in hypnotherapy, and we can start to
show your unconscious mind what it is
you want
, rather than what you don't want. Often we'll discover new things that you
want on the way, things that may not have been obvious at the outset, and that can be
very nice. The
hypnotherapy itself is almost universally positively enjoyed, and
provides a very agreeable vehicle to good mental health.....or just getting you to step
on an aeroplane, or to perform to the best of your ability!

Despite persistent rumours to the contrary, we are still searching for the first person to
be 'stuck' in a hypnotic trance, and despite appearances, particularly those dreary
ones on stages and TV, people really cannot be made to do anything that is outside of
their value range whilst hypnotised.
Hypnosis is a very agreeable voluntary state,
made possible by your co-operation
, and achieved by you, not the hypnotist.

The method of hypnotherapy employed at Positive Hypnotherapy is called
Solution
Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
, and is exactly as it sounds, focused on a positive,
optimistic future, and as brief as humanly possible, which is good for your pocket! We
do not use analytical methods of therapy, but offer no opinion on them, mentioning this
only inasmuch as we want potential clients to understand that we
know, often their
problems will have unhappy or even distressing associations, and we would like
potential clients to be clear that these will not be dwelled upon in any way, beyond
establishing the facts. No facing up, no uncovering repressed emotions. Clients
actually
seeking analysis should look elsewhere.

If you live in or near the Chester, Wrexham, Oswestry corridor, or in or near Nantwich
then whatever your problem, be it little or large, common or rare (and few really are),
you'll find that
things are never as bad as they can seem, and you'll find there's a
very agreeable and happy way of working your way through them at Positive
Hypnotherapy.
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Clinics in Chester, Wrexham, Oswestry & Nantwich
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Buckley, Flint, Oswestry, Market Drayton, Welshpool.
Discreet, confidential, hypnotherapy, NLP and psychotherapy, in 4 different, informal, hypnotherapy
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Imagine what it is you want to change......
......make the picture really vivid in your mind......
......and set yourself free, into your new future!.....
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18 Stuart Way,
Wrexham,
Clwyd,
North Wales,
LL13 7BH.

The Groves Herbal Dispensary
24 Charles Street,
Hoole,
Chester,
Cheshire,
CH2 3AZ.

Office 6
Old Chapel Court
off Church Street
Oswestry
SY11 2SU.

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126 Hospital Street,
Nantwich,
Cheshire,
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