The conditions and symptoms I can help you with are many and varied. I can provide professional and confidential help with most mind related matters. You can contact me concerning your issue or problem by e-mail on renata@therapystepbystep.com. We can then arrange an initial free consultation to establish which treatments would best suit your issues.
NB. Some conditions may require medical consultation and/or GP referral before therapy starts.
Misophonia is recognised as an acquired condition that can be activated by any of the five physical senses. It is a severe sensitivity, most commonly to specific sounds and / or visual triggers / cues, that cause an immediate strong emotional reaction, (e.g. hate, anger, anxiety, rage and resentment) and involuntary physiological reflexes. Triggers may include the sounds of people chewing, sniffing, slurping and lip-smacking, and visual triggers such as hair curling, toe tapping, gum chewing, to mention but a few.
I provide a therapy known as Sequent Repatterning Therapy (SRT) which has been developed to help people with Misophonia relieve their symptoms. It includes elements of hypnotherapy and is a tested therapy framework based upon the best, evidence-based treatment of Misophonia. It is founded on neuroscientific theory that underpins our understanding of Misophonia and our experience of the condition. Sequent Repatterning is a form of neuropsychotherapy.
It is all the same thing…. anxiety. Or as Carl Gustav Jung once said, ‘fear spread thin’ and that is what it is, fear. It can be triggered by redundancy (a common event in this day and time), moving house, retirement, illness, moving country, money issues, or more serious situations such as bereavement, anxiety before surgery, divorce, or being threatened by violence.
I have a methodology which utilises Hypnotherapy, Parts Work, BWRT® and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy exercises which are effective in helping you to banish your anxiety and are tailored to your specific needs.
Is it a fear or a phobia?
A qualified therapist can determine whether you suffer from a fear or a phobia leading to the right therapy approach. It doesn’t matter if there is no rational reason for your fear/phobia, if it important to you, it is important to me.
Life can be debilitating when one suffers from fears or phobias. Hypnoanalysis is a powerful tool for change, helping you to gain inner realisation of causal events. Other useful methodologies are BWRT®, Parts Work and Ego State Therapy.
Social phobia can present itself in various guises such as shyness, blushing, emetophobia* (a fear of being sick or vomit), agoraphobia (fear of open spaces) , hodophobia (fear of traveling) and other ailments or conditions. It can be extremely debilitating, causing anxiety and emotional turmoil that is completely disruptive to the sufferer’s ability to function, making them feel isolated.
The therapy I offer is a personality-orientated hypnotherapy tailored to your needs. Hypnoanalysis will help you discover why you feel the way you do and help you to change your perspective and negative beliefs, while Suggestion Therapy will offer you coping mechanisms. BWRT® (Level 2) is also a useful treatment for social phobias.
* Emetophobia is also viewed as an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and can be treated by using BWRT®, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), psychological destimulation or Ego State Therapy.
Unwanted habits and behaviours as diverse as nail biting through to anger can become ingrained and difficult to quit. We tend to start biting our nails or form other habits whenever confronted with a stressful event or during an anxious moment. Hypnotherapy (Suggestion) can help you break the habit and replace it with something better.
An alternative approach may be to apply Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, using changed thoughts and reversal of movement techniques.
BWRT® (Levels 1 & 2) is also a useful treatment for unwanted habits & behaviours.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a common anxiety disorder which is characterised with recurring unwelcome thoughts, fears, worries, (obsessions). People with OCD feel driven to repetitive activities (compulsions) to reduce the anxiety caused by the obsession.
These compulsions such as washing hands, counting, checking that doors are locked and other repetitive behaviours can interfere with a person’s daily life.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and can be treated by using BWRT®, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), psychological de-stimulation or Ego State Therapy.