I am a fully qualified Hypnotherapist seeing clients in the Central London and City of London area, with over 10 years experience of client work. I am currently on the doctoral psychotherapy program at NSPC / Middlesex University in London.
As a professional hypnotherapist I am experienced in weight loss hypnosis and have developed a treatment program for weight loss.
My approach to client work is constantly being developed drawing on my background in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy and Life Coaching.
I work in accordance with The British Psychological Society (BPS) and The General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR) guidelines, and have worked with;
Welcome to Christos Christophy Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy Christos Christophy BSc (Hons) Psych, MSc, MPhil, Dip.Hyp/Psych, MGHR.
Hi my name is Christos, using hypnotherapy and psychotherapy techniques I can help you with problems that you are facing around living, helping you to be happier, more fullfilled and successful in what you do. We can work together to realise your goals and ambitions, working towards a happier, healthier and more meaningful life. I can help you with:
Managing Chronic and Acute Pain, Dealing with Trauma and grief, Anxiety Disorder and phobias, Sexual problems/enhancing relationships, Weight loss and weight management, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Recovering from illness and healing after illness, Depression and other Mood Disorders, Improving performance in work, school and sports, Peak Performance, Stop smoking and other addictions, Psychosomatic pain and illness, Dermatological Problems.
Weight Loss Programme
Where does this weight loss programme come from?
I have developed a weight loss programme based on all my years of study and experience. The programme draws on diverse fields and utilises techniques from hypnotherapy, regression analysis, psychotherapy and NLP.
Does the technique actually work and can it work for me?
The technique not only guarantees safe and effective weight loss if engaged with, but also makes sure that the weight stays off. One of the reasons why the technique is so effective is that it is individualised to the client, therefore effectively targetting their individual causes of weight gain. The technique also addresses the underlying causes of the weight gain, without this any success is likely to be short lasting.
I have struggled so many times to lose weight in the past and to keep it off, why would this be any different?
This approach is unique in many ways, I will start by taking a detailed history to find out exactly when the weight gain started, and we will also investigate why you put on weight in the first place. This is important because, although it may not be obvious, there is nearly always a reason why people put on weight and identifying these reasons is a very powerful starting place. Once this has been explored we will then move on to looking at your relationship with food, diet and exercise and map out when you overeat, and why you overeat, we will also be simultaneously applying powerful hypnotherapy techniques to encourage positive change and to help your body to simply start dropping off the excess weight. NLP techinques will also be employed to redefine your relationship with food and your body and to visualise your eventual success.
How does the programme actually work?
There are no banned foods or dieting and although it would be beneficial to your overall health and wellbeing, an exercise regimes is not necessarily prescribed. The hypnotherapy will kick start the process and will quite literally instruct your body to start dropping any weight that is no longer needed. The greater understanding and insight gained into you weight issues will also be instrumental in your overall success.
About Me
My interest in the field started in 1994 when I went to study Psychology at London Guildhall University.
At that time my interest had shifted from 'talking therapies' to the biological basis of behaviour and how our brain affects the way we feel and how we see the world around us. From there I went on to do an MSc in Neuroscience at Kings College in London.
Throughout this whole time I was also working for a large charity, with clients with mental health and substance misuse issues. It was something that I really enjoyed doing and felt naturally drawn to but was also vaguely aware of something missing in terms of therapeutic interventions available to our clients.
I continued my studies in science and went on the complete an MPhil at Queen Mary College in collaboration with University College London and then returned to full time work, working with the same client group. Feeling quite invigorated by my work and constantly looking for more effective ways of working in this field, I went back to undertake more study and completed a diploma in Hypnotherapy and Integrative Psychotherapy at Birbeck College in London and also undertook professional Life Coaching training.
I feel that my understanding around human problems and issues is steadily growing and that I am becoming more effective in helping clients through their struggles in life. I am convinced that there exists a positive alternative to pain, suffering and disatisfaction and I am commited to helping people to overcome this. I am currently studying for my DPsych in Existential Psychotherapy at the New School in London.
I am also a qualified yoga teacher (BSY Adv Dip) and a dedicated yoga practionner. I have been practising yoga and meditation now for the past ten years and have an active interest in how these disciplines can feed into and enrich our work with clients.
Hypnotherapy and Healing from Physical Trauma; A Case Study
Hypnotherapy has an increasingly growing reputation for helping clients heal from physical injury and illness, as well as accounts of what can be termed as 'miracle cures'. Although the exact mechanism is not fully understood neuroscience research in the past three decades is indicating that the healing effects of hypnosis are meditated by the limbic hypothalamic system.
This system is thought to act as a transducer; that is it converts information from one form into another. In this case sensory information recieved is converted into emotional information which is then transduced, usually by the autonomic system into various types of other information such as hormonal or immunological. The limbic hypothalamic system is therefore implicated as acting like some sort of bridge between mind and body- converting what happens in the mind into bodily effects- such as inflammation, cancer, psychosomatic sickness, and delayed healing and pain syndromes.
An example of a case study whereby hypnotherapy was used to facilitate healing can me seen below;
Client X decided to engage with hypnotherapy following a lengthy stay in hospital after falling from a two storey building. His injuries were severe- he had smashed his left hip, suffered multiple fractures to the spine and had puntured his left lung. He was suffering from depression and despite having been out of hospital for 6 months his movement was still severely limited and was unable to sleep due to excruciating pain through his injuries. His general self care was clearly very poor and was in high state of obvious self neglect.
Client X started using hypnotherapeutic methods as a means of improving his health and facilitating his recovery which has seemed to have plateaued after leaving hospital. As well as the work undertaken during his sessions, client X was taught self hypnosis techniques to do every night in bed before falling asleep.
Session by session the progress was remarkable. Each week brought with it a new improvement that was surprising to both client and therapist. Client X's mobility vastly improved was soon able to get around with ease. He no longer had to rely on hospital patient transport and was able to travel long distances entirely independently. His sleep became much better and reported a favourable change in mood.
Client X was also well enough to enrol on a course of study as part of a career change he was interested in pursuing.
this is an example of the sort of results that could be expected from work such as this. Once client X was able to enter a state of self hypnosis he was able to dramatically influence his physical healing via the effects of these exercises on his nervous system.
Hypnotherapy has an increasingly growing reputation for helping clients heal from physical injury and illness, as well as accounts of what can be termed as 'miracle cures'. Although the exact mechanism is not fully understood neuroscience research in the past three decades is indicating that the healing effects of hypnosis are meditated by the limbic hypothalamic system.
This system is thought to act as a transducer; that is it converts information from one form into another. In this case sensory information recieved is converted into emotional information which is then transduced, usually by the autonomic system into various types of other information such as hormonal or immunological. The limbic hypothalamic system is therefore implicated as acting like some sort of bridge between mind and body- converting what happens in the mind into bodily effects- such as inflammation, cancer, psychosomatic sickness, and delayed healing and pain syndromes.
An example of a case study whereby hypnotherapy was used to facilitate healing can me seen below;
Client X decided to engage with hypnotherapy following a lengthy stay in hospital after falling from a two storey building. His injuries were severe- he had smashed his left hip, suffered multiple fractures to the spine and had puntured his left lung. He was suffering from depression and despite having been out of hospital for 6 months his movement was still severely limited and was unable to sleep due to excruciating pain through his injuries. His general self care was clearly very poor and was in high state of obvious self neglect.
Client X started using hypnotherapeutic methods as a means of improving his health and facilitating his recovery which has seemed to have plateaued after leaving hospital. As well as the work undertaken during his sessions, client X was taught self hypnosis techniques to do every night in bed before falling asleep.
Session by session the progress was remarkable. Each week brought with it a new improvement that was surprising to both client and therapist. Client X's mobility vastly improved was soon able to get around with ease. He no longer had to rely on hospital patient transport and was able to travel long distances entirely independently. His sleep became much better and reported a favourable change in mood.
Client X was also well enough to enrol on a course of study as part of a career change he was interested in pursuing.
this is an example of the sort of results that could be expected from work such as this. Once client X was able to enter a state of self hypnosis he was able to dramatically influence his physical healing via the effects of these exercises on his nervous system.
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Christos Christophy BSc (Hons) Psych, MSc, MPhil, Dip.Hyp/Psych, MGHR, MBPsS
Service Categories
Hypnotherapist, Weight Loss
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