CBT and Hypnotherapy Blog By James Thomas

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and hypnosis for GCSE exam stress

This can be an emotional time. Everyone - it seems - is more sorted than you. There’s always someone in your group who boasts about how little revision they’ve done. There’s always someone in your group who boasts about how much revision they’ve done. It can be the first time in your life you’re facing […]

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and hypnosis for A-Level exam stress

This can be a rollercoaster of a time. All you’ve ever known is school and the end is in sight. You can see your dream career starting to take shape. After the exams do you and your girlfriend/boyfriend split or stay together? Will university mean you miss home? Everyone - it seems - is more […]

Does hypnosis work?

Does hypnosis work? Simple answer is yes. Although it depends on a couple of factors. Nothing too hard though What is Hypnosis? Hypnosis is a state of deep relaxation that you allow yourself to enter. It’s in this state of concentration and focused attention you can: talk and think your way out of thoughts and […]

Reduce stress in pregnancy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and hypnosis

What is this about? In the last 20 years, understanding of babies' emotions in and out of the womb has increased - the sadness, anger and happiness. There is now more knowledge on how a foetus behaves. Maternal stress is a big part of this. Antenatal stress and the effects on the foetus and child […]

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and hypnosis and nine rules for a better life

If these rules look familiar they are. They’re 2,000 years old. They’re from the Stoic Code. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and hypnosis have shamelessly stolen them. All these nine points are really the backbone of everything I do with my clients. CBT and hypnosis are simply tools to land these points. 1. Wake up early. […]

Hypnosis and hypnotherapy for children, adolescents, and students

For children, adolescents and students it’s all about interpreting ‘new’. For children, everything they learn is new - changing school and making new friends, for example. It’s the same for adolescents. Still learning new things but with added thoughts and feelings. Most commonly that they’re out of their depth, or they think they know it […]

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Hypnosis for dealing with bastard and bullying bosses

On the whole, most of us do what we can to fit in at work. After all, we all need to make a living. But the workplace can tolerate all sorts of behaviours. Liars, cheats, laziness - and bullying. And this is what I want to talk about. Before I go any further there are […]

How does Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy work?

Okay, so my official title is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist. But first and foremost I’m a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) - hypnosis is just one of many techniques used in CBT and the one I favour to ‘land the message’. And CBT is a talking therapy that can help you manage your problems by changing […]

Hypnobirthing - using hypnosis for a calmer, kinder birth

Why? Mothers come to hypnobirthing for a more comfortable and natural birth. If birth is more comfortable and natural and drug-free for you, then it’s also more comfortable, natural and drug-free for your baby. And that’s just the start. If a child enters the world gently and easily to be greeted by a mother who […]

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