Hypnotherapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (O.C.D.)

What is obsessive compulsive disorder?

Obsessive compulsive disorder is when the sufferer has a compulsion caused by an obsession. The obsession can be of anything but, for example, if the obsession is of cleanliness and making sure there are no germs anywhere this will compel the sufferer to be constantly cleaning or hand washing etc.

Other common obsessions are locking doors, switching electrics off, switching taps off and making sure that their job is done to perfection, but the list is endless.

The sufferer will feel that if they should fail to fulfil the compulsive behaviour then consequences will be disastrous. This can cause them to develop rituals that they must complete to feel satisfied that all has been done that should be done.

These rituals mean the obsessive compulsive disorder can totally control their lives. They have to clean their house many times during the day, spend hours a day washing their hands over and over again or taking an hour or two to leave the house due to checking many times that everything is done to their satisfaction.

Very often the sufferer has a very low opinion of themselves. The obsessions, compulsions and rituals only make this feeling of self worth worse.

How hypnotherapy can help obsessive compulsive disorders?

Hypnotherapy can help the sufferer to become more relaxed in their every day life. Through autosuggestion they can change the way they think of things. In that lovely state of relaxation they can learn how to replace their tense and anxious feelings about their obsession with calm and relaxed feelings. They can start to feel more positive. As they start to improve their self worth grows and the healing cycle begins.

Important Note.

Although the above applies to cases of obsessive compulsive disorder in some way or another, it is a generalisation. We are all individuals and we act and react in different ways. Every one of us has different problems, therefore we must look at each person's problem with an open mind and therapy must be tailored to fit the individual.

Therapies available for OCD

Therapy 1 - Personal hypnotherapy and counselling.

This starts with a free consultation when you can tell me about your OCD followed by a hypnotherapy session and a hypnotherapy CD to remove the obsessions.

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Therapy 2 - A tailored and personalised hypnotherapy session on mp3. to help you overcome your obsessive behaviour.

All you have to do is fill in a form which will tell me all about your OCD. I then produce an mp3 especially to help with your OCD.

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