Weight loss

How does hypnotherapy help with weight loss?

Most clients that seek therapy for weight loss are either stuck in habitual overeating for pleasure, chronic dieters at war with themselves or there is something getting in the way of them making change; typically stress. Stress has a huge impact on our ability to lose weight. We produce more cortisol which then encourages fat storage ready for the perceived threat. If stress levels are high the body doesn’t want to let go of fat. If we are sleep deprived, studies show we eat more and are more likely to make impulsive decisions which go against our long term goals. We’re also more likely to get stressed, and if we do manage to lose weight it comes from muscle mass not fat stores.

Firstly, hypnotherapy can help to reduce stress levels and improve sleep patterns which is necessary to gain intellectual control. We focus on the small changes that can become new habits (if we try and change everything at once we usually fail!) and how we can get our feel good chemical fix in other ways aside from eating. We also go through the science behind why diets fail long term (it’s not your fault!) and how retraining ourselves to eat mindfully can change how and what we eat.