Bourke Hypnotherapy

• ADHD, Alcoholism, Agoraphobia, Allergies, Amnesia, Anxiety, Asthma
• Blushing
• Claustrophobia, Compulsions, Confidence
• Eating Disorders, Eczema, Exam Nerves
• Failure Syndrome, Fears
• Grief, Guilt
• Habits, Hydrophobia, Hypochondria
• IBS, Indecisiveness, Inferiority, Inhibitions, Insomnia,
• Jealousy
• Kleptomania
• Learning Difficulties
• Menopausal Symptoms
• Nail Biting, Nightmares
• OCD
• Performance,
• Phobias, Pain Control, Panic Attacks
• Rejection
• Self-Consciousness, Shyness, Smoking Addiction, Social Phobia
• Sports Abilities, Stage Fright
• Stammering, Stress Tension
• Timidity, Twitching
• Vertigo
• Weight Control

CLINICAL HYPNOTHERAPY - What is it?

Clinical hypnotherapy has nothing to do with what can be seen on stage where performers try to manipulate people who act in silly ways. Unfortunately, much of the public knowledge of hypnosis is based on such shows, which very often lead to fear of hypnosis and reluctance on the part of many people to seek the help that hypnosis can give.

Somewhere between wakefulness and sleep is the state of consciousness that hypnotherapists use. That trance like state is similar to the one that occurs spontaneously in sleepwalking or daydreaming. Most people will experience hypnosis as a state in which they become more aware of their emotions and state of mind so as to make it possible to work and transform those emotions and states which may have become a problem. You will not lose consciousness or awareness but become able to gain different perspective on what has been troubling you.

Most people talk and act as if conscious mind is the prime mover behind our behaviour regards the unconscious mind as something vague, that they are not really aware of. In fact, the unconscious mind is always working, monitoring and affecting all the physical and psychological functions of the mind and body, from blood pressure and hormone levels to states of hunger and fatigue, even when we sleep. The sum of what we have learned and experienced is also stored within the unconscious mind, and our memory holds far more than we and usually remember at a conscious level.

Through accessing the unconscious mind, hypnotherapy can help you learn how to react differently to certain situations and can help you to understand better the development mechanism of your mind. For example if you have to prepare for an exam and feel nervous about it, you can learn how to access and strengthen your ability to relax and apply that to the situation of passing an exam. Once you know how to do that, then it becomes easier to decide how you would like to feel and react in a given situation.

It is possible with hypnotherapy to access memories and past events, which are still having a detrimental impact on the present. By understanding better what happened and how patterns of behaviour and feelings were created, then it becomes possible to transform how the memories affect our lives. You can’ erase and forget the past, but you can learn how to feel differently about it.

ABOUT YOUR PRACTITIONER

Hello, my name is Jacinta Bourke and I trained at the London College of Clinical Hypnosis. As a full member of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis, I attend continuous professional development courses (CDP) to keep abreast of the latest changes in the field of hypnotherapy and I have developed a strong reputation amongst my peers for effective and dynamic techniques in smoking addiction & weight control. I operate three hypnotherapy clinics, two in London located in Bayswater W2 and Ealing W5 and a third in Northwood, Middlesex.