How many sessionsof Hypnotherapy/therapy will I need?

How any sessions of Hypnotherapy will I need?

The question of how many sessions comes up time and time again when people telephone. Let’s try to cover this now so that we can save time later. I have from time to time seen a person once and somehow miraculously they have found benefit in the work we did together. I know this only because I have heard from them again some years later or they have referred a friend and they said hey, you really sorted me out you are brilliant. Others who have fairly simple problems such as confidence or smoking or exam nerves or simple phobias they have needed  3 or 4 sessions to make sure that they have learned and taken away the necessary skills required to sustain the changes made and to use them in the future to solve any similar problems they may encounter.

Some people will have more complex difficulties which will most certainly require more work and should look at an initial 6 sessions up to 12 sessions.

There will be others with more difficult problems like drug or alcohol addiction or severe anorexia or self harming who may require continued support after the initial stage of therapy. You will have some idea yourself just how longstanding and complex your problems are. My advice at this stage is be open minded, beware people who suggest that they can cure you in quick time without even having carried out a complete assessment. Desperation makes us do act impulsively at times and with a lot of wishful thinking. Try to slow down, know that you can get well again and that you need to invest some time in that change/healing process. If you are opting for private therapy then you will also be investing good money.

Alistair Rhind

Clinical Hypnotherapy Consultant

http://www.essexhypnotherapy.org.uk

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