| If you smoke and want to stop, if you have | | | | sessions. For the first time, Dee experienced |
| anxiety that wears you down all day and night, if | | | | reductions in her phobia, with increasing success |
| you have depression that makes you desperate | | | | as she attended the sessions. |
| for a way out, then the idea of an instant result is | | | | Gavin came to see me for hypnosis to stop |
| very attractive indeed. | | | | smoking. His family wanted him to quit. I asked |
| And we all know of companies on the internet | | | | him outright whether that was also his wish and |
| that make a fortune selling pills, lotions and potions | | | | explained that the hypnosis would not work if he |
| that claim to cure this that and the other. Maybe | | | | did not want to stop smoking too. He insisted that |
| you have succumbed to such blurb, only to find | | | | he wanted to stop. He did not want to engage in |
| out that when you stop taking the medicines, the | | | | the treatment himself and chose to only have the |
| condition just comes back head-on, and you have | | | | passive form of hypnosis. I worked very hard in |
| run out of money to pay for more. Or maybe | | | | hypnosis on getting him to trust me and engage |
| even the medicine did not work at all. There are | | | | with me more. However, he refused and insisted |
| of course many herbal and homeopathic solutions | | | | that I hypnotize him so that he stopped smoking. |
| that work beautifully. | | | | I did my best but it did not work. I found out |
| Then there is the medical solution. This is often | | | | afterwards that he had given me incorrect |
| the most attractive because of the relative price. | | | | information at the very beginning, hiding the fact |
| Pop a pill and you will instantly feel better. And if | | | | that he had deep psychological trauma from |
| that works, that is great. But what if the pill has | | | | childhood, where he had seen one psychotherapist |
| side-effects that you can no longer bear? What if | | | | after another to no avail. Had I known this, I |
| the doctor refuses to give another prescription? | | | | would have explained to him that this trauma |
| What if the pills stop working? | | | | needs to be treated first. But he had chosen to |
| This is when most people start looking for | | | | hope for an instant result instead. |
| something else; something other than, for | | | | Maureen was my first hypnotherapy client in the |
| example, what you can ingest through your | | | | UK in 2002. She was a 40-a-day smoker who |
| mouth or apply on your body. And this is when | | | | came for traditional old-fashioned hypnotherapy. |
| you get a crossroads, a junction where you have | | | | She had no illusions about instant results and spent |
| many roads and you have to make a decision | | | | twenty minutes detailing to me her life history and |
| which one to take. | | | | personal situation, being totally frank and upfront |
| Some roads seem easy. They are paved with | | | | about it. She was willing to work with me and give |
| gold. They appear lined with beautiful scenery and | | | | input into the situation. I decided correctly from |
| all seems well, so you are tempted by the instant | | | | her answers that she was indeed at the stage |
| result. And some roads feel like hard work. They | | | | where she was ready to quit. After one hour, she |
| look rocky and uneven, and you know you will | | | | became a non-smoker and two months later she |
| have to make an effort to walk that road. So | | | | referred a family member to me for the same. |
| which one is the road to success, you final | | | | Frank was referred to me for Reiki to heal his |
| destination? How can you tell which one of the | | | | anxiety. He had spent good time researching his |
| many roads in front of you it is? | | | | options and was attracted to the idea that Reiki |
| This is a very hard question to answer, especially | | | | was a holistic treatment and a way of life. After |
| when you are fed up and almost desperate for a | | | | the initial consultation, I explained to him that |
| solution. Let me illustrate with a few examples. I | | | | although I channel the energy to him as the Reiki |
| have changed the names to provide more | | | | Master, it is he who can accept or decline it, he |
| anonymity. | | | | was in the driving seat, and everything went at |
| Dee went to see a hypnotherapist for | | | | the pace which he chose. He was happy with that |
| old-fashioned hypnotherapy in the hope that it will | | | | and with the knowledge that the result was not |
| remove her phobia. In the old-fashioned | | | | going to be instant and that he had to allow the |
| hypnotherapy, the client is passive and all the | | | | changes to occur. From my end, I put all my skills |
| work is done by the therapist. This is very | | | | and experience into giving him the best that I |
| attractive, especially when you see hypnosis | | | | could. In four sessions, he was relieved of his |
| shows where the participants seem to be | | | | anxiety and went on to study Reiki himself, |
| unconscious and undergo a complete change of | | | | becoming a Reiki Master in due course and |
| personality. But things are not always what they | | | | spreading the healing. |
| seem. After some eight sessions or so, there | | | | Four case studies. Your decision. So, which road |
| was absolutely no result whatsoever and Dee's | | | | do you take? It is ultimately up to you; you drive |
| health insurance would not pay for any more | | | | this process. I say give yourself time to heal, and |
| sessions. By a coincidence, Dee found out about a | | | | you will be pleasantly surprised how much you will |
| proactive method called EFT or tapping, where | | | | achieve. Rome was not built in a day, as they say. |
| the client is actively engaged in a very effective | | | | Or in other words, more haste less speed. |
| technique. She contacted me and took some | | | | Wishing you peace and success always. |