Everyone gets nervous and apprehensive at certain times in their life. ...

We all recognise the feelings..shortness of breath, increased heart rate, sweaty palms, a churning feeling in the stomach, among others.

If the situation that is making you feel anxious is a hungry lion bearing down on you, then these reactions are just the thing you need to save you. The body preparing itself for an instantaneous and short burst of intense activity.

However in today's modern world, the situations that cause us anxiety are very different: Financial worries, exam nerves, certain social situations for example. Yet, our body still reacts in the same way as if it was faced with a more primeval threat. Now, those same responses, so beneficial in facing a short term threat, can actually become harmful - reducing our immune response, digestive system and leading to a permanent feeling that 'something bad is going to happen'.

This is where hypnotherapy can be so helpful. The first stage in helping anyone suffering from anxiety is to help the person to relax. If you are feeling anxious, you tend to only see things in 'black and white' (fight or flight), missing out on the 'shades of grey' where solutions to more complex problems always lie.

If you have been suffering from anxiety, contact me. I can make you feel more relaxed after the first session, and begin to guide you the solutions that will help you loose those anxious feelings for good.