http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog Dave Sabat of Exuberance Clinical Hypnotherapy posts useful, informative & sometimes controversial views about the world of hypnosis & matters of the mind. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:01:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/12/hypnosis-shown-to-improve-the-quality-of-life-for-dementia-sufferers/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/12/hypnosis-shown-to-improve-the-quality-of-life-for-dementia-sufferers/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:38:30 +0000 Dave Sabat http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=524 A scientist at the University of Liverpool has found that hypnosis can slow down the impacts of dementia and improve quality of life for those living with the condition. See the article Dr Dan Nightingale, co-author of the research and leading dementia consultant at the Abacus Clinic in Newark, added: ‘Evidence to date has shown [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/12/hypnosis-shown-to-improve-the-quality-of-life-for-dementia-sufferers/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/10/richard-lee-talks-about-hypnosis-for-improved-sports-performance/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/10/richard-lee-talks-about-hypnosis-for-improved-sports-performance/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:45:55 +0000 Dave Sabat http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=413 Professional goalkeeper Richard Lee has recently seen his sports and football performances improve for the better quite dramatically by using hypnosis and hypnotherapy with me, Dave Sabat. This is no exageration; in the four matches played since working with me he has been involved in two cup penalty shoot-outs, making fantastic saves to take his team [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/10/richard-lee-talks-about-hypnosis-for-improved-sports-performance/feed/ 2 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/08/hypnosis-football-and-gloucester-city/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/08/hypnosis-football-and-gloucester-city/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:09:25 +0000 Dave Sabat http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=403 A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Hypnosis has been around for thousands of years in its various guises but during the last 30 years or so it seems to have been given even more different terms, titles and disguises. Virtually every sportsman uses a mental rehearsal process, notice the start of [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/08/hypnosis-football-and-gloucester-city/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/05/lose-weight-while-you-sleep-with-hypnotherapy/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/05/lose-weight-while-you-sleep-with-hypnotherapy/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 16:57:28 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=311 Yet again, the national newspapers are reporting the effectiveness of hypnotherapy with weight loss. This lady lost weight, she slimmed from a size 22 to a size 11, using the power of hypnosis. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1280682/I-lost-stone-month-exercising-I-slept-How-hypnotherapy-helped-woman-size-22-14.html If you want to become your ideal weight, shape and size, give me a call on 01923 243500 now. Not tomorrow, [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/05/lose-weight-while-you-sleep-with-hypnotherapy/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/what-is-informal-hypnosis-or-conversational-hypnosis/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/what-is-informal-hypnosis-or-conversational-hypnosis/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:40:45 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=303 Even in 2010 the definition of hypnosis cannot be agreed upon, even by those who use it, but here is my two bobs worth on informal or conversational hypnosis. Please remember that this is my opinion and, no doubt, some will agree and some will disagree. Informal hypnosis is sometimes referred to as conversational hypnosis and some [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/what-is-informal-hypnosis-or-conversational-hypnosis/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/01/mum-loses-weight-easily-with-hypnosis/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/01/mum-loses-weight-easily-with-hypnosis/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:49:29 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=299 It's really great when people openly talk about the positive results they get when losing weight with hypnotherapy. This food writer “gave it a whirl” and astonished herself with the wonderful results. Weight loss results for mum are mesmerising

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/01/mum-loses-weight-easily-with-hypnosis/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/hypnosis-gastric-band-hypnotherapy/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/hypnosis-gastric-band-hypnotherapy/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 11:56:03 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=275 Ever thought about what a hypno-diet is? And, does it work? In the papers this week was the story about a woman who had five sessions of hypnotherapy in which she was hypnotised to believe that she had undergone an operation to fit a gastric band. After the hypnosis she lost four stone. Part of the “procedure” involved [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/hypnosis-gastric-band-hypnotherapy/feed/ 1 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/04/does-your-memory-worsen-with-age/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/04/does-your-memory-worsen-with-age/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:35:05 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=268 The absolute cornerstone to everything I do as a clinical hypnotherapist is that “We are as we believe ourselves to be”. If we believe we can, we probably will. If we believe we can't, we probably won't. Scientists at the North Carolina State University discovered that pensioners who believe that the elderly should perform poorly [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/04/does-your-memory-worsen-with-age/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/02/itv-this-morning-hypnotist-fears-phobias-with-hypnotherapy/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/02/itv-this-morning-hypnotist-fears-phobias-with-hypnotherapy/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:35:00 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=262 On ITV's This Morning show today was a lady who had an intense fear of toilets, it wasn't the germs or sitting on them that frightened her, just the toilet itself. She spent an hour with a hypnotist and after the hypnotherapy she opened the door to a toilet, lift up the toilet seat and act [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/02/itv-this-morning-hypnotist-fears-phobias-with-hypnotherapy/feed/ 3 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/hypnotherapy-hypnosis-for-dementia-university-of-liverpool/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/hypnotherapy-hypnosis-for-dementia-university-of-liverpool/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:26:08 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=241 A recent study at The University of Liverpool has shown that people suffering from Dementia have benefited greatly by having hypnotherapy sessions. Many areas of their lives were improved including concentration, memory and social skills. Hypnosis therapy for Dementia – University of Liverpool study This is wonderful news as many people refuse to accept the [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/hypnotherapy-hypnosis-for-dementia-university-of-liverpool/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/waking-hypnosis-with-children/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/waking-hypnosis-with-children/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:40:00 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=233 Waking hypnosis is when no formal induction is used but the critical factor (common sense) of the conscious mind is bypassed. Most children's critical factors do not fully develop until they are between 6 and 9 years old. Parents, you can tell when your child's critical factor has appeared when your littl'un stops believing in [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/waking-hypnosis-with-children/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/can-hypnotherapy-help-you-to-stop-smoking/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/can-hypnotherapy-help-you-to-stop-smoking/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:30:17 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=209 Yesterday in the Daily Mail was an extract from a book written by a couple of scientists investigating whether alternative therapies work. For a start, I 've always considered hypnotherapy to be complimentary as opposed to alternative, and I'm all for hypnotherapy distancing itself away from some of the other alternative therapies out there such [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/can-hypnotherapy-help-you-to-stop-smoking/feed/ 1 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/01/have-you-spent-150000-trying-to-lose-weight/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/01/have-you-spent-150000-trying-to-lose-weight/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:16:33 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=182 An article in the Daily Mail recently reported the fact that recent research has shown that women will spend an average of £150,000 in their lifetimes on diets and dieting, with most of them not actually reaching their ideal weight and size and managing to keep the weight off, despite their massive investment. See the [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/01/have-you-spent-150000-trying-to-lose-weight/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/01/hypnosurgery-live-hernia-operation-with-hypnosis-only/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/01/hypnosurgery-live-hernia-operation-with-hypnosis-only/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:49:13 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=177 Hypnotherapy in its various forms has been used effectively as a powerful alternative to traditional anaesthetic for hundreds of years. This video clip is of a programme on More 4 which featured a man having a hernia operation using only the power of his mind to control the “pain”. It's extremely interesting, is pretty well balanced [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/01/hypnosurgery-live-hernia-operation-with-hypnosis-only/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/12/hypnotherapy-for-children-with-abdominal-pain-fantastic-results/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/12/hypnotherapy-for-children-with-abdominal-pain-fantastic-results/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:26:05 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=168 A recent study set out to determine whether hypnotherapy is effective for children who suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) or Functional Abdominal Pain (FAP). Researchers enrolled 53 children, ages 8 to 18, who'd had abdominal pain for at least a year, and split them into two treatment groups. The first group received standard medical care [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/12/hypnotherapy-for-children-with-abdominal-pain-fantastic-results/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/11/lily-allen-weight-loss-hypnotherapy/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/11/lily-allen-weight-loss-hypnotherapy/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:25:00 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=160 Lily Allen recently lost weight, slimmed down from a size 12 to a size 8 and claims it's all down to hypnosis. She apparently had three sessions of hypnotherapy and now says “I've never been happier”. She claims to be more motivated to go to the gym and now enjoys eating healthy food. So how does [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/11/lily-allen-weight-loss-hypnotherapy/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/09/hypnosis-for-breast-cancer-patients/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/09/hypnosis-for-breast-cancer-patients/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:54:25 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=140 Hypnotising breast cancer patients can reduce the pain they feel in surgery, a study has found. Women hypnotised an hour before their operation needed less anaesthetic, scientists have discovered, reducing both the time and cost of the procedure. The study, published in the Journal of the National Care Institute, found that those in the hypnosis [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/09/hypnosis-for-breast-cancer-patients/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/03/hypnotherapy-for-breast-enlargement/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/03/hypnotherapy-for-breast-enlargement/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:53:00 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=68 There was an interesting article in yesterdays Daily Mail about some women who had increased their bust size with the use of hypnotherapy. Both had achieved gains of a couple of cup sizes, and both were over the moon with the results. Breast augmentation with hypnosis is not a new technique, in fact it was [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/03/hypnotherapy-for-breast-enlargement/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/03/stage-hypnosis/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/03/stage-hypnosis/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:10:23 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=61 One of the things I have to explain to my clients is that I cannot make anyone do anything that they don't want to do. I can't “make” someone stop smoking, if they have the desire, commitment and motivation to do so, I can make it much easier for them to stop. If I could [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/03/stage-hypnosis/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/02/hypnotherapy-to-stop-nail-biting/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/02/hypnotherapy-to-stop-nail-biting/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:16:17 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=56 I have had several clients come to see me this year for help to stop biting their nails. Nail biting is usually an automatic habit, the “biter” is usually completely unaware that they are doing it until someone shouts “stop biting your nails.” Most automatic habits can be overcome with one session of direct suggestion [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/02/hypnotherapy-to-stop-nail-biting/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2006/12/are-you-ready-to-quit-smoking/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2006/12/are-you-ready-to-quit-smoking/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:24:38 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=24 Here is a quick and simple test which is surprisingly accurate. Ask yourself, on a scale of one to ten, if one is that you are quite happy to smoke & enjoy smoking, and ten is that you absolutely want to stop, where would you put yourself? Remember your immediate answer. If someone wants to stop smoking [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2006/12/are-you-ready-to-quit-smoking/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2006/10/cannabis-and-mental-illness/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2006/10/cannabis-and-mental-illness/#comments Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:01:54 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=8 A recent inquiry in to the effects of cannabis smoking and mental illness has shown that 8 out of 10 first episode psychiatric disorders occurred in those who were heavy cannabis users. The report listed no fewer than 400 different scientific studies that point to links between use of cannabis, illness and destructive behaviour. Can hypnotherapy help? [...]

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