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How Depression can be treated

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Like myself , many other Hypnotherapists / Psychotherapists have used Hypnosis and Hypnotic techniques in the form of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Analytical Hypnotherapy to treat Depression and the symptoms of Depression for many  years.

I have found that many of my clients suffering the effects of Depression have found Hypnotherapy an effective way to control or remove their depressive feelings and state of mind.

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Understanding your depression

What is Depression ?

Depression is not a single mood or symptom but a combination of moods and effects upon our behaviour and body. They vary from the natural state of feeling a little 'blue' to acute symptoms of despair known as 'clinical depression'.

When anyone feels down which is a normal passing state they can have a sense of what clinical depression is like and how it affects a person. Even when feeling a little low we find ourselves feeling 'out of salts' low in energy and enthusiasm. We may well find ourselves with no appetite or the reverse comfort eating and putting on extra weight which in turn makes us feel bad about our self. We find ourselves experiencing low self esteem, feeling worthless or guilty. it becomes hard to concentrate and we often feel tearful and down.

What causes Depression - An explanation of the causes of Depression

Depression is often triggered by something happening within our lives. It might be a death of a loved one , a relationship break down or problems. Money worries, accidental injury or a physical illness. These situations and many more produce stress which aggravates symptoms producing anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety or phobia ( a need to isolate oneself from the outside world) and generalised anxiety disorder.

N.B .At least one person in every six becomes depressed in the course of their lives. One in 20 is clinically depressed. Figures suggest that more women become depressed, but men may find it harder to admit to or talk about.

The answer is Hypnotherapy

Using Hypno-Analysis the root cause of the strong emotional cause of your depression can be found and resolved / understood.

Hypno-Analysis allows emotional understanding of the problem

Allows Cognitive restructuring (an understanding of the thought processes which lead to symptoms and unwanted behaviours)

Behavioural changes are encouraged when empty cycles of behaviour  are removed

Hypno-Analysis allows the mind to heal and become strong again , removing the symptoms of depression which make life very difficult at times

 

Different types of Depression

Hypnotherapy in the treatment of Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
If you usually become depressed only during the autumn and winter, it is often considered that you are suffering from SAD and need a sun box to lift your depression. Many clients have no need of such light therapy once they have removed the internal anxiety which produced the depression or SAD after analytical therapy.

Hypnotherapy in the treatment of Postnatal depression
Many mothers have ‘the baby blues’ soon after the birth of their baby, but it usually passes after a few days. Postnatal depression is a more serious problem and can appear any time between two weeks and two years after the birth.

Hypnotherapy to treat Bipolar disorder (manic depression) ?

N.B. Bi Polar or Manic Depression can in some cases be unsuitable for treatment using Hypnotherapy and must be discussed at length to find the correct form of therapy for this disorder.


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The 5 or more rule

As a rule of thumb if you can recognise 5 or more of these symptoms you are probably suffering from depression or if one or more of these symptoms is directly affecting your life in a negative way you may have depression.

feeling anxious, being restless and agitated

Sleep problems - waking up early, having difficulty sleeping, or sleeping more dragged down by feeling tired and lacking energy; doing less and less

we drink more and smoke more using more tobacco, alcohol or other drugs than usual

eating patterns change - not eating properly and losing or putting on weight

crying a lot

Absent mindedness and difficulty remembering things

body pain - physical aches and pains with no physical cause

General low-spirits for much of the time, every day

snappy, grumpy - being unusually irritable or impatient

Nothing is very much fun - getting no pleasure out of life or what you usually enjoy losing interest in your sex life

finding it hard to concentrate or make decisions

blaming yourself and feeling unnecessarily guilty about things

lacking self-confidence and self-esteem

being preoccupied with negative thoughts

feeling numb, empty and despairing

feeling helpless

Sense of isolation - distancing yourself from others; not asking for support

negative about the future - taking a bleak, pessimistic view of the future

experiencing a sense of unreality

self-harming (by cutting yourself, for example) thinking about suicide.

 

Getting in touch with me:

If it all sounds interesting and not too scary I offer a free initial consultation. why not contact me to book your appointment today ?

Tel. 07940 029 383

 

 

Where is the Hypnotherapy Clinic ?

Driving directions from St Ives - St Neots
17.6 mi, 24 min
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St. Ives, Cambridgeshire
Depart A1123 / Saint Audrey Lane toward Woodside Way
3.7 mi
At roundabout, take 2nd exit onto A141
1.6 mi
Pass through 3 roundabouts, remaining on A141
1.6 mi
At roundabout, take 2nd exit onto A14
2.2 mi
At roundabout, take 1st exit onto slip road
0.3 mi
Merge onto A1
2.7 mi
At roundabout, take 2nd exit
4.2 mi
Take slip road left for B1048 toward St. Neots / Higham Ferrers / (West)
0.2 mi
Turn left onto B1048 / Great North Road
0.1 mi
At roundabout, take 2nd exit
0.8 mi
At roundabout, take 1st exit onto B1428 / St Neots Road
0.2 mi
Turn right onto Market Square
222 ft
Arrive at Market Square, St Neots PE19 2
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Market Square, St Neots PE19 2

Matthew Smale Registered Hypnotherapist No. 81846

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