Weight Management
Anyone who has ever struggled with losing weight should consider trying Hypnotherapy. Many people have attempted to gain control of their weight by starting a new eating program determined that this time it is going to work.
Then…someone at work brings in a slice or cake, the one you have had before and really liked, and without even realizing what you’re doing, you are back at your desk licking the icing off your finger tips.. Or in the middle of your favourite television program you discover a bowl of ice cream on your lap. How did it get there?
During these times you are expressing an unconscious desire to eat. A part of you wants to eat and will find any excuse to do so no matter how justified your reason for dieting or how strong your resolve to lose weight.
Self sabotage is the biggest impediment to anyone who has ever tried to lose weight and keep it off. You inner voice will pound in your ear, “just a little taste, one is not going to hurt”, and one becomes two and before you realise it you think “what the hell” and decide to start again tomorrow – does this sound familiar?
Hypnosis has been a tried and true method of therapy for several generations and today weight loss is one of many areas that it has been used over and over again very successfully.
Please contact our friendly staff and we will be happy to chat to you about how hypnosis can help you achieve your goals.
How does Hypnotherapy work for weight loss?
In order to successfully lose weight and keep it off you need to know what the core issues are. In other words what is the real reason why you eat too much, eat the wrong things etc. Through a series of sessions moving from the Past, to the Present and then to the Future your Hypnotherapist will work with you through each stage and together, will uncover that core issue.
Supporting Research of Hypnotherapy and Weight Loss
Hypnosis Over 30 Times as Effective for Weight Loss
Investigated the effects of hypnosis in weight loss for 60 females, at least 20% overweight. Treatment included group hypnosis with metaphors for ego-strengthening, decision making and motivation, ideomotor exploration in individual hypnosis, and group hypnosis with maintenance suggestions. Hypnosis was more effective than a control group: an average of 17 lbs lost by the hypnosis group vs. an average of 0.5 lbs lost by the control group, on follow-up.
Cochrane, Gordon; Friesen, J. (1986). Hypnotherapy in weight loss treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 54, 489-492.
Two Years Later: Hypnosis Subjects Continued To Lose Significant Weight
109 people completed a behavioural treatment for weight management either with or without the addition of hypnosis. At the end of the 9-week program, both interventions resulted in significant weight reduction. At 8-month and 2-year follow-ups, the hypnosis subjects were found to have continued to lose significant weight, while those in the behavioural-treatment-only group showed little further change.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1985)
Hypnosis Subjects Lost More Weight Than 90% of Others and Kept it Off
Researchers analysed 18 studies comparing a cognitive behavioural therapy such as relaxation training, guided imagery, self monitoring, or goal setting with the same therapy supplemented by hypnosis.
Those who received the hypnosis lost more weight than 90 percent of those not receiving hypnosis and maintained the weight loss two years after treatment ended.
University of Connecticut, Storrs Allison DB, Faith MS. Hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for obesity: a meta-analytic reappraisal. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1996;64(3):513-516.
Hypnosis More Than Doubled Average Weight Loss
Study of the effect of adding hypnosis to cognitive-behavioural treatments for weight reduction, additional data were obtained from authors of two studies. Analyses indicated that the benefits of hypnosis increased substantially over time.
Kirsch, Irving (1996). Hypnotic enhancement of cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments-Another meta-reanalysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64 (3), 517-519.
Hypnosis Showed Significantly Lower Post-Treatment Weights
Two studies compared overweight smoking and non-smoking adult women in an hypnosis-based, weight-loss program. Both achieved significant weight losses and decreases in Body Mass Index. Follow-up study replicated significant weight losses and declines in Body Mass Index. The overt aversion and hypnosis program yielded significantly lower post-treatment weights and a greater average number of pounds lost.
Weight loss for women: studies of smokers and non-smokers using hypnosis and multi-component treatments with and without overt aversion. Johnson DL, Psychology Reprints. 1997 Jun;80(3 Pt 1):931-3.
Please contact our friendly staff and we will be happy to chat to you about how hypnosis can help you achieve your goals.
