What is it?
Hypnotherapy isn’t like what we see in the movies. No pocket watches swinging on a pendulum, no dramatic triggering questions that will send you into an unconscious abyss, and no chez lounge.
In fact, hypnotherapy is quite the opposite. As Fiona Lamb, certified advanced clinical hypnotherapist describes, hypnotherapy is a guided meditation. It strives to make shifts in the mind on an unconscious level to bring about changes in people’s lives, whatever the problem may be. Subconscious therapy begets ability to control unwanted thoughts and thought patterns that affect people on a conscious level, progressing lives forward in a happy, healthy, burden-free way.
Using techniques that have proven long-lasting results, hypnotherapy can help with problems anywhere from anxiety, depression, confidence, and phobias to eating disorders, relationships, smoking and weight loss.
What happens?
Typically, hypnotherapists will sit down for a consultation session with you and discuss goals, prices, and treatment time.
At Fiona Lamb’s practice in High Street Kensington (she also practices out of a Harley Street office), consultations begin at £200 and subsequent sessions are priced at £150. Fiona offers online programs and Skype/Zoom calls for those that aren’t able to travel to her London-based clinics.
Upon your session with Fiona, patients are invited to get comfortable on a sofa strewn with pillows and blankets. Whether you’re lying down or not, it’s imperative to the process to feel as comfortable as possible. A brief chat goes over the issue you’d like the work before you begin your session.
Next, accompanied by the calming lull of soft music, Fiona eases you into what can only be described as a half-comatose state. She talks you through a series of imaginative situations that put your mind and body at ease, counting down as she goes, eradicating any tension and stress that you might be unaware that you’re gripping onto.
From here, Fiona speaks to you, asking you questions, encouraging you to recollect memories and describe any feelings you may have associated with them. Layers are peeled back in your mind, like you’re watching your memories on a screen. As your physical being is so heavily relaxed, replying to Fiona is almost out of body.
This goes on for an hour. It can reach emotional heights, some unanticipated. You are brought back the same way you were brought in, following Fiona’s instructional direction, until your eyes open and you debrief.
