Stratford upon Avon Hypnotherapy Practice - Stratford-upon-Avon

Jon

I needed to resolve a problem I had with white coat syndrome. That is my blood pressure was around normal at home but high at the Doctor's surgery and also high at Hospital, resulting in me being prescribed medication that gave me unpleasant and debilitating side effects. This eventually built up to become one of those inexplicable and puzzling neuroses that became completely stubborn in resolving itself.

I knew about curative hypnotherapy and that it was possible to get to the root of an issue deep in the subconscious. So I asked David Grinnell at the Hypnotherapy Practice if he could help and I'm glad I did.

I must say at this point that there are many myths surrounding hypnotism and hypnotherapy. However, the reality is that the person being hypnotised is never out of control unless there is a wish to be and the person gives the hypnotherapist as much control as is comfortable.

I found curative hypnotherapy to be a state of relaxation that I voluntarily went into under a calm mantra from the therapist. Ultimately I could choose to relax or not, or go as deep into relaxation as I wanted. In practice I never went that deep always conscious of my surroundings, but it was deep enough to remove mental clutter and allow my mind to remember and evaluate the emotions of suppressed past issues that had been somewhat difficult. With David's techniques of using EMDR with hypnotherapy I was able to completely process those issues.

Although this took some months to achieve, in the end I felt much calmer and more relaxed generally which resulted in reducing the white coat syndrome to a level that was manageable and now allows me obtain lower blood pressure readings than I had before the therapy.

I really am thankful to you David, for being instrumental and an excellent enabler by using your experienced hypnotherapy skills in helping me to resolve this challenging issue. My grateful thanks indeed.