Welcome to Optimum Hypnotherapy based in the North East, with consulting rooms in Darlington, Durham, Bishop Auckland, Chester Le Street and Gateshead. The Optimum Hypnotherapy web-site can be used to guide you through the process of hypnotherapy, its uses and limitations. Hypnotherapy is about the successful resolution of internal conflict and any competent therapist will assist you in your pursuit of this goal. The buttons on the left will help you navigate through an explanation of hypnotherapy, including the techniques used and the issues that can be alleviated or resolved. The British Medical Association (BMA) commissioned a committee that reported on the phenomenon of hypnosis in its 1892 Hypnotism Report. The report said that the committee was satisfied with the genuineness of the condition and that they observed mental changes like altered consciousness and increased suggestibility, as well as physical changes like flushing, altered pulse rate and deeper breathing. The hypnotism report was published in the British Medical Journal and in it the committee found that hypnotism was useful as a therapeutic agent for relieving pain, procuring sleep and alleviating many functional ailments. Hypnotism was legally acknowledged and defined by the Hypnotism Act 1952 and in 1955 a follow-up report endorsed earlier conclusions. The 1955 report added that hypnotism was of value and may be the treatment of choice in some cases of so-called psycho-somatic disorder and psycho-neurosis. In addition, the report said it may be of value in revealing unrecognised motives and conflicts in such conditions. A significant number of issues like stopping smoking and phobias are frequently resolved with between one and three sessions, but some clients prefer a little more to re-enforce their new chosen behaviour. It can take more sessions to resolve more deep-seated issues but half-hour sessions can be equally beneficial after the first two or three. When a client experiences emotional or behavioural difficulties, the problem can be a habitual inappropriate response to a stress stimulus. Hypnotherapy seeks to induce the client into a very relaxed state (or trance), and then guide the subconscious through the process of finding alternative responses to the stress stimulus. Once the client finds new responses and develops them into a habit (by repetition and/or self-hypnosis) problem issues frequently diminish or disappear. The self-help techniques explain how lifestyle changes can be enjoyable and easy to achieve. In addition, clients learn a self-hypnosis procedure on their first session and are encouraged to practice at home assessing their own level of improvement after each self-hypnosis session or hypnotherapy treatment. Group sessions are available for weight and smoking issues. Contact; David Wilkinson, D Hyp, HPD, MNCH (Reg) Mobile number preferred Telephone - 01388 600140 Mobile - 07831 450865 Click - here - to send an Email.

Sigmund Freud’s self-proclaimed mission was to turn a client’s hysterical misery into ordinary human unhappiness. Today’s hypnotherapy practitioner seeks to further the mission of Freud and turn ordinary human unhappiness into fulfilment and unique self-actualisation. Marcus Aurelius ‘The universe is change, our life is what our thoughts make it.’ Albert Einstein ‘Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.’ James Joyce ‘A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.’ Charles Darwin ‘It is not the strongest creature that will survive nor the cleverest, but the one that is most able to endure change.’ Buddha ‘The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.’