It is not my business to criticise other therapy modalities as we are all unique and what can work for some people may not be helpful for others.

However, it saddens me that a recurring theme in my practice is seeing clients who have attended a course of CBT and they actually feel worse at the end of it. Whatever happened to the Hippocratic oath, ‘you shall do no harm’?

For some years now if you go to your doctor with some form of mental health issue you are invariably given a card with details of the well-being service. It is suggested that you self-refer and then, as is often the case according to my clients, you may find that you have to wait many weeks or months to see somebody. When you finally have an appointment it may not even be a face to face consultation, but a phone call.

CBT sessions are normally held every week for a period of about 6 – 8 weeks and the essence of CBT is that you begin to recognise a dysfunctional pattern of thinking in your mind. CBT’s premise is that your negative thought patterns can lead to negative emotions. This can be a very useful exercise, but it can also lead to an over focus on negativity, and some people end up feeling even more depressed. Also, you may be very aware of your thought patterns, but the CBT does not enable you to change them just by talking. Hypnotherapy is powerful in this sense as it allows you to make those changes.

If you are currently waiting for CBT or you have had a course of it and are still feeling very low, I would urge you to consider hypnotherapy. In general I see clients for 3 sessions on average and in most cases you will be feeling so much better from the very first session. I do realise that you have to pay for sessions, but can you honestly put a price on happiness and well-being? The type of therapy that I practice is a solution focused modality, helping you to make changes in how you are thinking and feeling. It is also a most wonderfully relaxing therapy and many of my clients leave feeling as though they are walking on air.

I very much look forward to hearing from you.

Wendy x