Hypnotherapy - Paddy Landau

Hypnotherapy, or the use of hypnosis in therapy, has been used for many years to help people overcome any problem with an emotional underpinning.

Whether it's unpleasant emotions, behaviours that cause you problems, or a psychosomatic illness, hypnotherapy helps with problems ranging from stress and pulling hair, to IBS and sports improvement, to confidence problems and fears of public speaking.

The most popular treatments, of course, are for help with overeating and smoking.

"What… hypnotise myself? What do you mean? How can I hypnotise myself? You're talking nonsense, aren't you?"

It can seem strange to talk about self-hypnosis, and yet that's exactly what millions of people throughout the world have learned to do. It can reap great rewards, and really help you change beliefs, habits, thoughts and behaviours that you struggle with.

You might have heard the terms 'NLP' or 'Neuro Linguistic Programming'. Often used as a therapy, it's about the language of the brain. Or, in a manner of speaking, how to talk to yourself!

EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique, is an odd-looking therapy that has had amazing results with many people. Some people have dismissed its tapping as merely a distraction technique; yet, it gets results that mere distraction fails to achieve. EFT's best point is that it's simple and easy to "take home" with you.