A few weeks ago I had my fourth session with Celia, this also proved to be my last. For now! By this time I really felt I was making headway in managing my anxiety with the tools Celia had given me (see previous posts for more info on these). In the days prior to this … Continue reading Fourth and Final- Clinical Hypnotherapy Session Four
Category: mental health
The Magic Anchor- Clinical Hypnotherapy 3rd Session
I feel like I'm lagging with my hypnotherapy blogs. I meant to write them in 'real time' but that hasn't happened. Maybe it's because there was someone who was meant to read what I'm about to write now rather than a few weeks ago when I had intended this to be done. I have also … Continue reading The Magic Anchor- Clinical Hypnotherapy 3rd Session
The Importance Of The Right Question
In my last post I mentioned how great it was to have Celia to help me through my first session using Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as a tool to cope with my anxiety. I was thinking about this after I published the post and felt I wanted to explain a bit more about how key … Continue reading The Importance Of The Right Question
Tapping into Magic
During my second session with Celia, we did a lot of something called 'Emotional Freedom Technique'. I believe there are a few variations of the name but they're all shortened to "EFT". Celia wanted to use this to help calm down my physical (over) reaction to my triggers before we tried any form of hypnotherapy. … Continue reading Tapping into Magic
No Luckity
Many of my issues in life come from basically caring far too much about other people and not enough about myself. I put other people first. Always. But I'm learning! My eldest son is notorious for basically not giving a shit about anything. This is probably down to a split between his age (18) and … Continue reading No Luckity
Walking For The Win
I've had a brilliant break over Christmas (and I really hope you did too). I'd say it took me the best part of the first week to calm down and manage to switch off from work after some pretty pressurised stuff happening immediately before the holidays, as well as everything else that happened in 2020. … Continue reading Walking For The Win
My First Coping Tool- Breathing!
The main thing I want to get out of seeking professional help for my anxiety is a "toolkit" of coping mechanisms. I know that anxiety isn't just going to disappear for good and the chances are that there will be things throughout life which will crop up and trigger me and I want to be … Continue reading My First Coping Tool- Breathing!
“You Can’t Think Your Way Out Of This”
This week Celia told me these magic words, "Kirsten, you can't think your way out of this" and honestly, I've never felt so relieved. I'm a believer in mindset, the power of positive thought, affirmations etc. but sometimes, I find it really hard to change the way I'm thinking about or perceiving something. More than … Continue reading “You Can’t Think Your Way Out Of This”
The Drama Triangle!
During Fridays session, Celia was prompted to ask me, "have you ever heard of the 'drama triangle'?". My answer was, "no, but I feel like I'm right in the middle of it!". I wanted to write a separate blog about this because I just KNOW so many people will relate so closely to it and... … Continue reading The Drama Triangle!
Clinical Hypnotherapy- Session 1
On Friday 11th December I had my first 'proper' session of Clinical Hypnotherapy with Celia Clark. I wanted to wait a few days before writing this to let the experience sink in and to reflect on it. She gives you lots of info before going into the session so you kind of know what to … Continue reading Clinical Hypnotherapy- Session 1
Hygge For Happy 