Some Advanced Hypnotherapy Case Studies
These actual cases are representative of just some of the many concerns that are presented to us and the results that were achieved. Our clients’ details are strictly confidential and actual identities and personal details have been restricted for obvious reasons
Smoking Addiction:
Male aged late 20’s who had been smoking since he was 10 years of age (having had easy access to his smoking family’s constant supply of cigarettes). He found that giving up smoking was too difficult even after many attempts to go “cold-turkey” and using patches and gum. In his occupation as a builder he was always surrounded by other smokers. Following our first hypnotherapy session he immediately stopped smoking and has over a period of time referred many other smoker friends who have also become non-smokers.
Female aged 67, addicted to cigarette smoking for 52 years. She stopped smoking from the first session.
Female & Male in their twenties were able to stop smoking from the first visit - email received "Well just wanted to say another big thank you for helping me and xx quit smoking. Its been 1 year and 2 months now and its been amazing. I feel so much healthier. We are actually expecting our first baby. I'm 4 months pregnant now and am so glad I quit when I did as I would hate to think of the effects it would have had on me and the baby. " MB
Female aged 59, smoking for 42 years. She had tried various methods without long term success and her weight increased with every attempt. She stopped smoking from the first session and has been able to maintain her weight level.
Female aged 42, smoking heavily (75 cigarettes per day average) for the past two years following a stressful divorce. She stopped smoking from the first session.
Male aged 50, smoking between 80 to 100 cigarettes per day. His doctor referred him to us as he required a series of operations for damage to his lungs and blocked femoral arteries. He reduced his cigarette smoking to 6 per day after the first session and then stopped completely following the second consultation.
Female aged mid 40's - This lady is actually a sales representative for a cigarette company. She receives a regular carton of cigarettes as an incentive and smokes a pack a day. She had tried all types of methods to quit but was unsuccessful. With the first hypnosis session she stopped smoking and achieved it in a calm and relaxing fashion with no cravings at all.
"P.S. I'm still off the smokes." SY - email received from male who had been smoking for many years
Many more examples are available concerning the successful outcome to stop smoking.
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Drug Addiction:
Female aged 36. She had been a heroin and marijuana addict since her late teens. She actually went cold turkey to get off heroin but has never been able to quit marijuana. This habit was costing her $120 per week. She stopped from the first hypnotherapy session. On her final visit about 5 weeks later, she commented that she had no thoughts for marijuana at all.
Male aged 39. Addicted to pot since 19 years of age. He is a leading public figure and was desperate to get off this insidious drug. This happened from the first session. His comment at the third session - "I don't know what you did but I have not had any cravings at all".
Female aged 57. She was a cocaine addict for a decade following a wild party overseas using cocaine for the first time. It had taken control of her life and in her words was costing her a small fortune. She was able to limit her usage from the first visit and by the third visit had actually stopped.
There are many more cases involving various types of drugs.
Weight Issue:
Female aged early 50’s weighing 15 kilos over her desired weight. She was unable to resist food, especially cakes and pastries in between meals. She did little exercise and had lost motivation to control her food intake. At the end of three hypnotherapy sessions, she had lost 5 kilos and was walking both in the morning and evening, enjoying her “quiet time”.
Female weighing 150 kilograms. She was able to lose 40 kilograms with hypnotherapy, a diet supervised by a qualified dietician and a referral to a personal trainer for a special exercise program.
Male weighing 19 kilos over his desired weight. He couldn't resist the lavish meals served in his company's bistro which were provided as part of his salary package. At his last visit, he had lost 6 kilos and had started exercising in the company gym.
Male aged 51 with high blood pressure and weight related problems. He was able to lose 5 kg in a three week period. He has since reported back that his health problems have improved and he has continued to lose weight
"I got back from your place and I left the car out in the street. I have now, just got back from the pool" - Email from female aged in her 60's for motivation to lose weight and exercise.
Female in her late 20's was unable to lose weight due to her "addiction" to sweets and rich foods. She was unable to pass any confectionery aisle in supermarkets without buying herself a "reward". Hypnotherapy enabled her to find the reason for her overindulgence and allow a release. She was amazed that from her second consultation that she was unable to eat any more of these foods and instead prefers healthy foods.
Weight Issue Binge Eating / Addiction to Confectionery, Unhealthy foods:
Female aged mid 30’s who was eating healthy food with her family but between meals was eating large quantities of confectionery hidden around the house. Hypnotherapy helped her to discover that she was secretly “rewarding” herself resulting from her early teen years when she was left to fend for a young family by neglectful parents. After three hypnotherapy sessions she had resolved and come to terms with her hidden feelings. She no longer eats any confectionery.
Female aged mid 20's - always hungry during the day working in the office and developed a habit of going to the vending machine and to supermarkets to buy chocolates. She would also buy unhealthy fast food. She stopped this from the first visit - this is part of an email received from her: -
“Hi Barry
Its BW here - I came to see you on Monday night. I’m not 100% sure what you did but it has worked! The whole eating situation has improved 1000 fold - NO VENDING MACHINE! And I just have a different perception on life it’s very strange but good I have not been this positive in such a long time.”
Another email received from a client regarding binge eating - "Hi Barry, I just wanted to let you know that my binge eating is under control now. The therapy has been successful and I’m doing all the right things". .Amy E
Sports (Performance & Anxiety):
Male aged mid 30's - an amateur golfer unable to get his game together and going from a 3 to a 7 handicap. Email received "In the 4 round club championships I finished SECOND. Absolutely ecstatic...on the final green was 180m out and went for it...ended up next to the flag...a real crowd pleaser" MK
Female aged mid 20's - an amateur boxer suffering greatly from anxiety and nerves leading up to her first exhibition boxing match. She sought help to calm down and to perform well - and we had time for only one session. This is an email received from her following the match -
Hi Barry,
I won : Thanks for your help - the other boxers who were fighting that night described me as "disgustingly calm".
JG
Self Esteem:
Female aged 16. She was the Dux of her school in every class from kindergarten. The previous year she had slipped to the bottom of her class and had not done any assignments that year. This followed her parent's divorce and her mother unable to cope with day-to-day activities. The girl had lost the closeness of a father she dearly loved. Under hypnosis, she was able to relive the joy of achieving at school and responded well to self esteem strengthening. Last year she sat for her School Certificate and achieved an overall score in the mid 90% range. She is determined to take back her Dux status this year.
Male aged 32. He was overweight during his teenage years and was the target for bullying at school. He had not been able to have a normal relationship with females. Finally, he sought help with hypnotherapy and was able to build up his confidence to the point where he started ballroom dancing lessons and had joined a social club, something he would normally have shunned.,
Female aged 28. "Hi Barry, How are you? A HUGE thanks again for all the help you've given me" DT - Self esteem and confidence issues.
Male in early 40's, had an accident while at an all boys' school and became the butt of jokes from fellow classmates. He eventually married but always felt inadequate around men in social situations. Hypnotherapy helped him relax and build up his self esteem. He is now able to attend gym, sporting events and social functions where men are present.
Sexual Problems:
Female aged in her mid 30's who had never experienced an orgasm in spite of being happily married and having an active sexual relationship with her husband. Hypnotherapy allowed her to discover an early incident in her life that had unconsciously been troubling her. Once she released this, she started to notice improvements in her sexual feelings.
Male aged 31 who could not achieve an erection. His partner was threatening to leave him. Under hypnosis he was able to trace his problem back to an evening when he had been exhausted following a stressful day at work. He was unable to satisfy his partner that evening and she had made a demeaning remark to him. His sexual performance has now improved.
Male aged 28 who had a premature ejaculation problem. He found that he could not control his ejaculation once foreplay commenced. Following hypnotherapy, he was able to prolong his performance by using non sexual visualizations until he was ready for ejaculation.
Male aged 49, married with two children. He was frequently visiting massage parlours for sexual gratification, particularly when undergoing stress at his work. Over a long time period, the visits had increased to around three to four per week and were becoming a major financial and emotional problem. With hypnotherapy he was able to discover the reason for his addiction. He has since stopped the visits and replaced them with a genuine remedial massage once a month and follows a stress reduction program.
Stuttering and Self Esteem:
"You eased the anxiety I felt in everyday life, so i could restart functioning in society once again, its not an instant fix. but without your help I wouldn't enjoy the life and indeed the progress that I do now. I just wanted to say thanks, I'm too busy for a personal visit at the moment.. I hope you're doing well and indeed your business. I wish you all the best in the future with your work and indeed to keep on helping people.. you do what you do well." - TB -
Male aged early 30's, stuttering for most of his life. He was able to build up his self esteem and has since reported that he is now employed and leading a normal life. He is able to talk to his friends by telephone now and not rely on his emails to communicate to the outside world.
Chronic Pain:
Male aged early 70’s suffering from pain for 20 years without any identified medical cause other than it had originated from the time of an operation for a nerve problem. His many medical doctors over the years had told him it was just an imagined pain but whether this was true or not, he was suffering in his mind from real pain. With three hypnotherapy sessions he had lost all of the pain sensation and is now leading a life free from this pain.
Male, late 50's, suffering from Trigeminal Neuralgia, the "suicide pain". Surgery to the trigeminal nerve (facial / jaw area) had improved his condition but he retained a chronic pain problem which interfered with his sleep. Using self hypnosis, he was able to relax before bed and his sleeping pattern improved.
Nail Biting:
Male aged mid 20's had been biting his nails since his adolescent years. He stopped this habit after the first hypnotherapy session and now regularly manicures his strong and healthy nails.
Email received from male aged late 40's:-
Dear Mr Shirley. I saw you at the start of last year about my finger nail biting habit. I saw you once and made a second appointment but never made it and never made another appointment. Well, I have to be honest, I thought it was all hocus pocus, but to my surprise I stopped biting my nails almost immediately. I wanted to contact you on my one year anniversary but I didn’t want to jinx myself. I think I’m pretty safe now as it has been one year and five months and seven days. I sometimes have a little nibble at one or two but because I know they will grow back. I don’t panic about it and sure enough I leave them alone and they grow back. My nails and hands have never looked better and I don’t have to be embarrassed anymore. I would like to thank you for your help. I’ll never be a skeptic again and will definitely recommend you to anyone and everyone that is looking for some sort of help. Again, thank you. - AF
Female aged 33. She had been biting her fingernails for as long as she could remember and dearly wanted to stop. From the first visit she has not bitten her nails and is consciously aware every time her hand heads toward her mouth. On the third visit, her nails were actually showing signs of growth. She is looking forward to manicuring them when they have developed further.