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Lose and control your weight easily with Hypnosis at the Maldon Hypnotherapy Clinic, Essex with Alice a Professional weight loss Hypnotherapy specialist. See which one of the 3 different weight loss approaches would suit you.

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2: Weight loss hypnotherapy & changing limiting beliefs work tailored to your individual needs. Best suited to those looking to lose a few pounds to a stone, by revamping their eating behaviours and exercise routines. Suitable for those with low levels of anxiety or stress and no severe underlying emotional problems wanting a boost to their slimming. Often uses the DREAM technique to retrain the mind out of negative unhelpful thinking and habits as well as hypnotherapy to instill healthier desires and actions. See this Daily Mail article where Liz from Atomic kitten lost a stone through weight loss hypnotherapy.

3: Hypnoanalysis When emotional stresses are of a more severe nature then it is necessary to find the cause of the bottled-up emotion that is creating the eating disorder. In addition to your eating issues being resolved at the conclusion of therapy you can also expect freedom from most if not all of your other related issues such as low self esteem, social anxiety, phobias, fears, general anxiety, depression, sleep problems, obsessions and compulsions etc.

Obesity is now the nation's chief health concern. Hypnotherapy is a tremendously successful tool for weight loss and weight management as it helps break those bad habits concerning food intake. There are various forms of common emotional eating patterns/disorders that all cause their own problems:

Comfort eating/binge eating when a person over eats to satisfy a sense of loss or general dissatisfaction in their life. Often accompanied by

Yo-Yo dieting where a significant weight loss is achieved but then quickly the weight is put back on in abundance.

Anorexia Nervosa when the individual has an obsession with controlling weight by calorie restriction leading to severe loss of weight that's not accepted as such by the individual.

Bulimia when an individual swings from bingeing through to purging by vomiting due to their resultant feelings of guilt.

It's often a surprise for sufferers of the above to find that it's not their eating habits themselves or their "weakness for chocolate" that cause their weight issues but actually underlying emotional problems. Their weight issue is in fact only a symptom of a deep seated problem that's expressed through over consumption or restriction of food intake. Often those with weight problems are also depressed, anxious or have low self esteem. So even the most trendy, scientific or "easy" diet is destined to fail in the long term as the true answer lies at an emotional level.

"I can only diet if my head is in the right place and it hadn't been for some time, 18 months to be exact. So when I saw an article about Alice in the East Anglian Daily Times, I thought this could be the answer for me. And it was. I really wanted the therapy to work and was very focused. I lost over a stone in about 6 weeks and still continue to lose. I also seem to have a different attitude to food now, smaller portions, healthier not very much bread and I like apples ... a lot, which I didn't before I preferred pears. And I go to the gym three times a week, which is twice more than I used to go. I would really recommend Alice, I have already given her number to three people I know already. It can work for you but you really need to want it to work for you, then you will be able to get your head in the right place, just like mine is. Tina, Harwich, Essex ( Suggestion Therapy and the DREAM technique) June 2010

"I have lost 8lbs in 5 weeks and still losing! It's incredible I see the food I used to eat and I just don't want it. My energy levels have doubled and I feel more focused and calm. Thank you!" Pat, Huntingdon (Suggestion Therapy)

" Hi Alice, Hope you're well! Just thought I'd give you an update on the progress so far...it's all good! I weighed myself on Friday, exactly a week since I saw you. I've lost 2.5kg. Amazing. People can't believe that I'm full when I've only eaten 2/3 of my dinner or whatever and that I'm not eating any chocolate or snacks in between meals! I'm drinking loads of water, I've only had two cups of tea since when I saw you and I would normally drink about 2 a day with accompanying biscuit of course! It's all fabulous! I'm looking forward to this Friday to see the latest losses! It's just so easy, I don't have to think about it and I feel great! My boyf thinks I look better already which is always nice and lots of people are excited to see how I get on. Hurrah hurrah hurrah! All fabulous, thank you so much! Shall give you another update soon!" ....and a few weeks later... "Hi Alice, Hope all is going well with you! All well here, just giving you a bit of an update on how it's going. It's been just over 5 weeks now and I've now lost just over 6kg, almost a stone, fabulous eh?! People at work are starting to notice which is nice and all my clothes are feeling looser...it's changed my mind set so I still don't want the bad stuff!" Moina, Cambridge (Weight loss Suggestion Therapy)

Check your BMI here to indicate your health risks.

BMI 18 - 25 = Normal; BMI 25 - 30 =Overweight; BMI between 30 - 40 = Obese; BMI over 40 = Morbidly Obese

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It's not just that obesity shortens life expectancy due to being responsible for Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, strokes, heart attacks, cancers, osteoarthritis etc. it often affects day to day movement, affects sleep quality, damages self esteem, limits opportunities even in a politically correct world and can attract disrespect, insults and judgment from others, amongst other problems.

More about Weight Loss Suggestion Therapy...

Really want to fatten down and fitten up? Well if you're honestly eager to slim down and lose those extra stones/pounds and want to revamp your life towards naturally, effortlessly eating healthily and enjoying it (not just knowing it's good for you and hankering for chocolate!) well Weight Loss Hypnotherapy is your reliable, enjoyable and easy answer!

Weight Loss Hypnotherapy using clinical suggestion therapy will dramatically change your existing eating and exercising behavioural patterns in as little as ONE-THREE SESSIONs! Become slimmer, without the bind of counting calories. From the first relaxing session a dedicated client will dramatically change their eat habits to a healthy diet. Additional sessions for reinforce the first, and can also help also supercharge exercise motivation, boost day to day confidence, enhance general relaxation, promote positive thinking, boost your ego and confidence, achieve goals at work, grades in exams...and so on, the list goes on! You learn how to keep it up yourself, so no need to "keep coming back for a top up".

Remember...that thing that you always thought was going to be difficult, is now going to PROVE to be remarkably easy! -Just call Alice direct to arrange your FREE pre session chat (30-60mins) that will prepare you for your very own personally tailored Weight Loss Hypnotherapy session Tel: 07906 059022, Email: alice@alicepinion.com

"Hi Alice I saw you two weeks ago at Lavender Barn for suggestion therapy for healthy eating and weight loss. I am now half a stone lighter, eating plenty of fruit and vegetables and other healthy foods. Hurrah! Am feeling great, losing weight at a reasonable pace and have no longer got a hang up over carbohydrates – I just have the healthy ones in sensible quantities. I'm not bothered by wanting to have chocolate, or anything else which is unhealthy, I'm drinking water like there's nothing nicer and although my husband jokingly says I've been brainwashed, he is actually quietly impressed – though he'd never admit it! THANKYOU, I feel great. Am recommending you to lots of people". Karen, Great Dunmow, Essex (Weight loss Suggestion Therapy)

Alice's unique Weight Loss Suggestion therapy sessions are completely tailored to your personal goals and desires - here are some examples of what you can do for your long term health and happiness via your personalised Hypnotherapy session(s):

Be genuinely more motivated to exercise whether it be the gym, jogging or just walking a little further and faster with more of a spring in your step
Get a kick out of leaving food on your plate and an even bigger one when you pop it into the bin (or the recycle, or the dog!)
Eat slowly and consciously and savour every low fat, highly nutritious, healthy mouthful and be super happy to finish eating the moment your body has taken in just what it needs to remain healthy and slim
Only desire good, healthy, lean but nutritious foods in the right amounts that will help you to lose weight
Avoid (willingly!) high fat, un-filling unhealthy foods that typically prevent people from losing the weight they want to lose (cheese, sweets, chocolate, crisps, fatty, fried foods etc)
Really enjoy drinking lots more water in preference to any other liquid
Achieve your target weight. Go for it here now! How much do you really want to get down to?
Feel absolutely great about yourself! Proud and happy to be that healthy, slim person you've always wanted to be!

etc etc etc...you think about what you want and bring it along to your first FREE informal meeting with your highly qualified and professional hypnotist Alice - where we put together your very own session.

IMPORTANT NOTE - These Weight Loss Hypnotherapy sessions are suitable for those looking to lose a few pounds and manage their healthy weight for the long term also as long as there aren't other deeper rooted anxieties (e.g. depression, deep rooted fears, phobias, general anxiety etc - see the Pure Hypnoanalysis section on this web site for your solution to these other problems). Alice will assess in your first meeting whether suggestion therapy is suitable for you or whether you would be better suited to another approach. This will also be fully discussed in your initial FREE consultation.

So, if you're really wanting to change for good and will thoroughly enjoy developing a healthy, happy, energetic lifestyle from the moment your session finishes and you walk outside of Alice's Maldon Hypnotherapy Clinic then just give her a call for your free initial consult Tel: 07906 059022 Email: alice@alicepinion.com

"The session certainly worked – within a week [I] had lost ½ a stone! Mr Anon, Takeley (Weight loss suggestion therapy)

Recent (summer 2011) Hypno-band testimonials from the Hypno-band Maldon Clinic.

"I've lost over a stone already, have never slept so well nor got so much done! I'm so pleased...I feel 20 years younger! J, Chelmsford, Essex Hypno-band July 2011

"I've lost 17lbs so far and happily haven't had alcohol in 5 weeks, I don't miss it at all and and my skin, hair and energy are all great!" R South Woodham Ferrers, Essex Hypnoanalysis June 2011

"I've lost a whole stone already, only 2 more to go and I can have my hip operations and get out and about more! Thanks Alice" Carol, Mayland, Essex Hypno-band May 2011

"WOW, I never thought it would be so relaxing, I'm sleeping so well, full of energy, and not snacking at all and it's only the second session. I never thought it would feel so easy to change my habits of a lifetime" Mr R, Chelmsford, Essex Hypno-band May 2011

"After the first session, I couldn't finish a whole meal, I don't know who's more amazed me or my family! I can't wait to see how I am after my surgery session, those size 12 jeans at the back of my wardrobe are only a few weeks away :) Mrs S, Maldon, Essex Hypno-band June 2011

"A stone and half lighter now, it's so easy to leave food, not be on a diet...everyone around me is in shock and I'm just happy!" E, Chelmsford, Essex Hypno-band July 2011

"I've lost 6lbs in 2 weeks, and I'm so proud of myself and glad I found you Alice. Even more important is I lost this weight during one of the most stressful times - a time when normally I'd go for it with eating everything! Thank you so much" M Romford Essex Hypno-band Aug 2011

"I've lost a stone now and dropped 2 dress sizes, I know I can lose the rest - it's great for me and my husband too is eating better :)" C Colchester Essex Hypno-band Aug 2011

A brief review of the Evidence of the success of Hypnosis for weight loss:

Hypnosis Over 30 Times as Effective for Weight Loss

Investigated the effects of hypnosis in weight loss for 60 females, at least 20% overweight. Treatment included group hypnosis with metaphors for ego-strengthening, decision making and motivation, ideomotor exploration in individual hypnosis, and group hypnosis with maintenance suggestions. Hypnosis was more effective than a control group: an average of 17 lbs lost by the hypnosis group vs. an average of 0.5 lbs lost by the control group, on follow-up.

Cochrane, Gordon; Friesen, J. (1986). Hypnotherapy in weight loss treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 54, 489-492.

Two Years Later: Hypnosis Subjects Continued To Lose Significant Weight

109 people completed a behavioral treatment for weight management either with or without the addition of hypnosis. At the end of the 9-week program, both interventions resulted in significant weight reduction. At 8-month and 2-year follow-ups, the hypnosis subjects were found to have continued to lose significant weight, while those in the behavioral-treatment-only group showed little further change.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1985)

Hypnosis Subjects Lost More Weight Than 90% of Others and Kept it Off

Researchers analyzed 18 studies comparing a cognitive behavioral therapy such as relaxation training, guided imagery, self monitoring, or goal setting with the same therapy supplemented by hypnosis.

Those who received the hypnosis lost more weight than 90 percent of those not receiving hypnosis and maintained the weight loss two years after treatment ended.

University of Connecticut, Storrs Allison DB, Faith MS. Hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for obesity: a meta-analytic reappraisal. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1996;64(3):513-516.

Hypnosis More Than Doubled Average Weight Loss

Study of the effect of adding hypnosis to cognitive-behavioral treatments for weight reduction, additional data were obtained from authors of two studies. Analyses indicated that the benefits of hypnosis increased substantially over time.

Kirsch, Irving (1996). Hypnotic enhancement of cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments--Another meta-reanalysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64 (3), 517-519.

Hypnosis Showed Significantly Lower Post-Treatment Weights

Two studies compared overweight adult women in an hypnosis-based, weight-loss program. Both achieved significant weight losses and decreases in Body Mass Index. Follow-up study replicated significant weight losses and declines in Body Mass Index. The overt aversion and hypnosis program yielded significantly lower post-treatment weights and a greater average number of pounds lost.

Weight loss for women: studies of smokers and nonsmokers using hypnosis and multi-component treatments with and without overt aversion. Johnson DL, Psychology Reprints. 1997 Jun;80(3 Pt 1):931-3.

Hypnotherapy group with stress reduction achieved significantly more weight loss than the other two treatments.

Randomised, controlled, parallel study of two forms of hypnotherapy (directed at stress reduction or energy intake reduction), vsdietary advice alone in 60 obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea on nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment.

J Stradling, D Roberts, A Wilson and F Lovelock, Chest Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK

Hypnosis can more than double the effects of traditional weight loss approaches

An analysis of five weight loss studies reported in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology in 1996 showed that the "… weight loss reported in the five studies indicates that hypnosis can more than double the effects" of traditional weight loss approaches.

University of Connecticut, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology in 1996 (Vol. 64, No. 3, pgs 517-519).

Weight loss is greater where hypnosis is utilized

Research into cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments established that weight loss is greater where hypnosis is utilized. It was also established that the benefits of hypnosis increase over time.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1996)

Showed Hypnosis As "An Effective Way To Lose Weight"

A study of 60 females who were at least 20% overweight and not involved in other treatment showed hypnosis is an effective way to lose weight.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1986)

Alice also successfully helps with other related problems including (but certainly not exclusively):