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Smiler
26-08-2009, 08:43 AM
Hi!

I'm pleased to announce that I am now taking on clients for Hypnotherapy.

Obviously, I can handle all the usual treatments/courses such as for weight loss, smoking, habits, pain management, and various elements of personal development and behavoural change.

But as a professional fighter with a wealth of experience to draw from I am also very well placed to assist in fighter's training and fighting, indeed for any sportsperson's improvement from deliberate practice through to competition.

I can help with elements such as the following, for example:

- Sensory awareness;
- Increased concentration;
- Reducing the external (and internal) distractions;
- Control of anxiety, anger and other emotions;
- Enhancement of motivation and enthusiasm;
- Enhancement of performance skills;
- Positive state of mind;
- Removal of blocks, such as the fear of taking certain steps;
- To name but a few.

A couple of examples:

In my own career, watch me v Julius Francis. I did not, under any circumstances, want him to punch me. I have a habit of 'testing myself' rather than going for a win, and it nearly cost me against Tank Abbott! So I had hypnotherapy myself prior to this fight, firstly to stick 100% to strategy, which I did completely, and that's why I didn't attempt to finish the fight earlier despite the possibility of doing so. A no risk win achieved.

But if he had hit me, we had anchored it for me to recognise it, to strike back instantly with the appropriately selected shot, and his punch would have 'increased my level of awareness, internal, and physical strength'.

As I've been testing some hypnotherapy techniques, I've also been doing some work with a leading British fighter. Firstly I increased his awareness of his opponent and environment considerably. Then dragged him into his best state, then catapulted him through to the best he's ever been, and anchorred his state so he could return to it at will. When these two states were tested a little later he produced by far the best sparring we had ever seen him have. It was like he had become Neo from the Matrix - aware, reactive, cool, focused and in control. The change actually totally amazed both myself and another leading coach who were analyzing his performance.

Apart from my own extensive sporting career to pull from, there's one other unique selling point for my services. I know that I can never stop learning, and will continue to study, test, evaluate my methods, all the time to become the best therapist I can be. In this way you can be safe in the knowledge that I am performing to the best I can be.

So if you are interested, don't hesitate to contact me and I can book you in!

Best regards,

Smiler

Joat-Mon
27-08-2009, 05:08 PM
Good luck Gary, sound awesome!

I was wondering what's your opinion on hypnosis tapes or mp3s?
Have you come across any you think are ok or would you always advise seeing somebody one on one?

I'm asking because I've seen about 4 very expensive hypnotherapists with loads of letters after their names & got no benefit whatsoever.

I've dabbled with NLP stuff & got great results using the swish pattern but never made it stick, if you know what I mean.

Cheers

Smiler
28-08-2009, 08:14 AM
Hi!

One on one is always best...

Liken the MP3's to doing a fitness video...you can get the idea...get some benefit...but a real coach is always better! I know there are some better CD's out there...

Hypnotherapy needs to be tailored to the individual, so it could be that the tapes don't 'fit' your psychology, so you'll have to hunt until you do!

What did you have hypnotherapy for?

Joat-Mon
28-08-2009, 08:40 AM
I had it because I'm a terrible procrastinator & it was really driving me mad!

Also had to to help me relax when I was playing drums in a band, I used to find myself tensing up too much & my arms ached after every gig. I ended up having a couple of beers to loosen up but this didn't do my playing any good...

Smiler
28-08-2009, 11:24 AM
Did they address the root cause? Usually things like procrastination is just a symptom of a deeper root cause...that's where hypnotherapy is really good...

For example, stopping someone smoking is easy. But often the smoking is a symptom of something else, and if you remove the beneficial gain they get from smoking, often you'll end up with another symptom....like over-eating...

So you adress the root cause...or replace the symptom of smoking with another alternative thats more appropriate...

Anchoring for relaxing on the drums may also have been a better approach than swish patterns...

Smiler

Joat-Mon
28-08-2009, 01:08 PM
Didn't really address anything to be honest, I felt like I wasn't properly "under" & my conscious mind wouldn't switch off...

Will definately look into the NLP further, seems to get some positive feedback from a lot of people.

I recently bought Psycho Cybernetics by Maxwll Maltz http://www.amazon.co.uk/Psycho-cybernetics-Maxwell-Maltz/dp/0735202850

Seems pretty good from what I've read so far.

Cheers

Smiler
29-08-2009, 08:20 AM
Hey!

Trance does feel like a normal, natural state, so you could have been under without realising, its possible to talk to the unconscious mind in the waking state...basically and simply...

Mild hypnosis the conscious is still there...
Medium the conscious knows but direct talk to the unconscious...
Deep you can give amnesia and not remember at all...

A hypnotherapist can give certain convincers for you to know you are in a trance, little tests, so you possibly were down but not realising it...just no tests were given to 'prove' it to yourself...

Did you have a meeting before the therapy? Each session needs to be 100% tailored towards the individual...

NLP is powerful stuff, and although not qualified in it, I've done around 150hrs of research and learning into it this year alone, and incorporate some elements into my hypnotherapy, but only the elements I fully understand and know how to practice. When I get some money in I'll be doing my Practitioner and Master Practitioner Training Courses.

For NLP, look towards fighters too, such as Vinnie Shoreman, or Richie Cadden, they fully understand us as they are fighters too!!! And they are very, very good at what they do.

Cheers for the link, I'll have a look later!!

Best regards,

Gary

Joat-Mon
29-08-2009, 12:13 PM
Hi Gary

I didn't have any meetings before I was hypnotised. The problem is I know a wee bit about the subject so my brain was going "Oh, this is the induction" & "Right, this is a deepener" etc. A running comentary of what was going on if you like.

Someone told me I was probably not very suggestable so I looked into subliminal stuff but there doesn't seem to be any evidence that it works. I then started looking into the NLP stuff.

One CD that was very weird is the Bandler Neurosonics. I could really feel my state change while I was listening to that but didn't notice any change in my thinking or behaviour afterwards.

I'm gonna learn what i can about NLP, I've got two friends who are both master practitioners so I'm gonna see if I can trade them for kick boxing lessons!

Good luck with the practice, Im SURE it WILL be a great SUCCESS ;)

Thanks again.

Smiler
29-08-2009, 02:16 PM
Cheers mate! Hope it will be!

The reason for the meeting beforehand is to elicit as much information about the presenting problem as possible, therefore enabling the therapy to be 100% congruent, or as close as, to you as a person. If its not tailored, it will really drop off in effectiveness.

If you've been hypnotised before, or even know the processes (as you do) its actually easier for you to be hypnotised - you can just access the same state again yourself...makes hypnotherpists job easier!

There's no such thing as a resistant client, just a resistant communicator...

Sublimal works, and works BIGTIME! Every successful salesman and marketing campaign uses it...there's lots of evidence it works!

Bandler, with Grinder, were the creators of NLP, and anything that Bandler gives out is usually really good.

DEFINATELY get with your friends, they'll be able to help you with belief and values changes, the key to making any change that you want...together with every other technique that can make changes at a smaller level, often life changing...

Even the army study NLP, and their leadership is based on it...

Let me know how you get on!

Smiler

darthcrab
29-08-2009, 03:07 PM
how about the fear of flying? my wife is terrible

Smiler
29-08-2009, 03:51 PM
Hi,

Phobias and fears are simple ones...

Quite simple to change the reaction from an unreasonable one to a reasonable one, changing your state of mind in the circumstance, removing the reaction to the trigger point of flying...

And getting the unconscious mind to work out what secondary gain it is getting by allowing you to have the phobia/fear...so you can address the higher issue too...

Hope this helps!

Smiler

elliot101
31-08-2009, 10:38 PM
For anyone questioning it Hypnosis is extremely effective.

I've had great success with hypnosis and it changed my relationship with alcohol within a couple of sessions.

I was so impressed I've signed up to a course with the RBCCH so I can help others.

good luck with your new business, im looking forward to starting my own as of July next year :o)

cheers

Elliot

Smiler
01-09-2009, 09:59 AM
Hey that's great news!

Let me know if you want any help or recources, and I can help point you in the right direction!

May I ask how your treatment progressed, whether through metaphors or direct suggestion?

Best regards,

Smiler

elliot101
01-09-2009, 12:10 PM
Hello

Thank you for the offer, the course starts in October and will let you know how I get on, if you could recommend any reading around the subject prior to then I would be greatful.

In my case the first session was direct suggestion, and second went into possible causes (childhood memories) it worked well and made a big difference in my control of alcohol consumption.

Cheers Elliot

Smiler
01-09-2009, 01:17 PM
Wahay!

I'll pop you a PM over...

For direct suggestion to work you need to go quite deep, so you must have been very suggestible to go down nice and deep the first session. Did the second one regress you back to childhood, or did the hypnotherapist get your unconscious mind to remember it?

Great that you had success!

Best regards,

Smiler

elliot101
01-09-2009, 01:22 PM
Its difficult to know whether was regression or unconscious memory,

She was using terms like "where are you" so I guess it was a regression but not 100% on terminology yet.

I found it an interesting experience and I'm looking forward to getting my teeth into the subject

Cheers

Elliot