The term codependent was first used in the 1950’s to describe the partners or enablers of people who were addicted to substances. It is still used in these relationships today but it is also used to describe people who are in relationships with narcissistic or abusive individuals,
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Anxiety is a conditioned response, like Pavlov’s dog we can become conditioned to feeling constantly anxious because of trauma or dysfunction but many people suffer anxiety and don’t remember any particularly traumatic event so how can we stop anxiety when we don’t know where it’s coming from
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Until I used hypnotherapy to overcome it, social anxiety was a very big issue for me, a fear of blushing (erythrophobia) was a major problem that I suffered with and I was very concerned with how other people perceived me. I had many insecurities and I would
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Hypnotherapy is very powerful at helping people overcome all kinds of issues including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). As a hypnotherapist who specialises in helping clients with anxiety, depression, PTSD and CPTSD I often see clients who suffer with OCD as well. These conditions/disorders would be known as
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Is hypnotherapy dangerous for people with trauma is a great question and one I was asked in my Facebook group. I tried to answer it with a live video but had technical issues so I will address the question in this post instead. The answer is, hypnotherapy
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I have been offering online hypnotherapy sessions for over four years now. In March 2020 I moved my hypnosis practice entirely online and in that time I have used hypnotherapy to help people overcome relationship breakdown, addictions, anxiety, depression, PTSD and CPTSD. I have helped people stop
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Bad and traumatic memories can cause us to suffer long after the traumatic event that caused them, research has shown that bad memories often carry more weight than good ones do. Bad memories carry more emotional charge than good ones do, one theory for this is that
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We all have trauma of some kind. The most painful traumas to face often come from childhood, it’s estimated that at least 80% of people grow up with some form of dysfunction. Childhood trauma can shame us out of and disconnect us from our emotions, childhood trauma
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All children experience insecure feelings as they grow up, a child with “good enough” parents will learn to process these insecurities and stop them affecting their adult lives, a child with a dysfunctional parents will not be able to process these insecure feelings and so they will
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The current narrative of abuse is that it’s men on women and violent. The truth is that anyone can suffer abuse and it doesn’t have to be violent, there are many forms of abuse. Most abuse doesn’t leave physical scars, it leaves mental ones. Abuse can be
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