Effie Gardner, member of the General Hypnotherapy Register and validation board General Hypnotherapy Standards Council

ÿ   FIND DIRECTION WITH CONFIDENCE

We are all special and unique individuals who have something important to offer and deserve to enjoy a happy life.

When unwell or not as strong as we would like to be, professional support might be needed and appreciated. Soldiering on silently with accumulated Stress, distress or anxiety, Emotional pain or trauma, Limiting habits or phobias, Lack of confidence, Panic attack or depressed symptoms, does not necessarily imply fortitude of character. It more often is an indication how our lives may be complicating unnecessarily.

All therapeutic style have merits and drawbacks, as one style may suit some better than another. Effective treatment must take into consideration personality, individual circumstances as a means to facilitate healing. Fundamentally people’s make-up is as it always was (tens of thousands of years ago), we need time for self-nurturing before we fully recover. In therapy, haste usually goes against nature, it is the major cause of stress and unhappiness in the long run. This is only one of the principal reasons, I will NOT offer one-off session treatment to resolve things. 

Problems almost never come out of the blue, they tend to accumulate for a long period of many years even. When a symptom presents itself the link is not always obvious or clear cut to pinpoint. Therapy  is about personal experiences and healing from within.

To investigate your important challenges, it is best to have a brief and free telephone consultation, when we can talk without obligation on either side. Taking this is an opportunity for us both to find out if what you are seeking to readdress is within my expertise and  experience, you can then decide if you are at ease consulting me about resolving your important problems. Usually, before the end of the initial free consultation or when you choose to book an appointment I will invite you to set a meaningful goal to work towards, thus ensuring that the first session will provide you and you gain effective resources from the start.

What would be the best next natural step? 

Call Effie on 0113-261 2658 and find out when you can make your all important first appointment.

ÿ   HYPNOTHERAPY, HYPNOSIS OR STAGE HYPNOTISM?

What is the difference between them?

•        Hypnotherapy is a therapy procedure.

•        Hypnosis is the method employed by a hypnotherapist.

•        Stage hypnotism is an illusionary performance by an entertainer with the complicit co-operation of all, including the audience and volunteers.

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Hypnosis is an effective therapy style that is encompassing human nature holistically. Hypnotic trance often speeds up considerably the time needed to facilitate the desired therapeutic outcomes and maintain their positive results. To progress at a personally suitable and comfortable pace we remain within an essential timeframe without encouraging people to take one single session more than absolutely necessary.

My professional aim is to conclude successfully therapy with each clients and I adhere to the strict ethical standards set by the GHR, which is my governing and validating professional body. 

ÿ   COUNSELLING

Can it deal with all if not most challenges?

Sometimes counselling is the needed therapeutic style for in-depth exploration of the past and for talking through painful experiences that will enable a person to break free from their limiting past experiences. For some, this is the appropriate style, but not for all. Counselling might seems a longer path, when in fact it can prove the shortest route to reach set goals before proceeding with life as a happy, healthy, secure and a more fulfilled person. My working style is not pure analysis and whenever possible to including other approaches indicate that this may lead to improving results I explore that possibility with each client.

This is so in all of the therapy style offered in my practice.

ÿ   PAST LIFE REGRESSION AND RE-INCARNATION THERAPY

These exquisite styles are an integral part of hypnotherapy and well established disciplines within the therapeutic field. Many are curious to find out if they lived before this life and if there is life after death. But regression or progression without a therapeutic goal clearly indicated, are of little or no personal value. 

Therapy should not be employed as trivial pastime or subjects of curiosity. Past life regression and Future life progression as seen on TV are designed for entertainment and do not indicate real term treament. Entertainers and therapists have different work ethics all together as well as training.

Regression and progression are exceptionally effective treatment when appropriate and second to none when applied with duty of care. TV programs show people calling out and doing curious things and with these attitudes we might discover things that where not causing problems before. Therefore, if something is not broken, we should not try fixing it with a hydraulic hammer.

ÿ   N.L.P. (Neuro Linguistic Programming) is ‘Language lead human excellence.’

NEURO - The brain’s nervous system.

LINGUISTIC - Humans use more than just verbal dialogue to make sense of environments, communicate or talk about things. From responses to communications we create belief systems in accordance with upbringing and our life experience tends to follow used words (to be more precise it is our conscious thinking).

Example: If I tell myself often and for long enough, that ‘I am clumsy’, things will appear to fly out of my hands and I may stumble a lot. After a while what I am talking (thinking) about will be then evident too. As I start saying (thinking) ‘I used to be clumsy,’ my life experience will reflect a transformation with my new words, especially when these are positively stated. But, Nlp is fundamentally different from positive mental attitude.

PROGRAMMING - Use of habitual language, thinking and body posture we create our experiences and reality. When your life experience is not progressing as you would have like it to, you have all the powers you need and unlimited resources to change your experiences to match and create your improving expectations.

ÿ   HEALING

Natural, nurturing and holistic universal energy. Universal healing energy is subtle, accessible, available to everyone and all life forms. 

In China and Japan, healing form part of their complete therapy systems within the medical model. By whatever name ancient healing philosophies precedes Western medicine by two to six thousands year (at least). In the Far East healing procedures demand extensive and rigorous training no less than Western medical doctors do. 

My healing training in Reiki and with other therapies produce effective results indeed. Placing name tags on a healing style is insignificant as long as the right emphasis resides with it ethically (exotic name tags for a healing mode are seldom required). Healing and self-healing procedures are included in my treatment work and they enhance treatment effectiveness.

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