Using Hypnotherapy to Achieve Peak Performance
When you feel like you are at the peak of your ability without negative thoughts hindering your performance, you feel in control of the situation. Achieving peak performance can maximise your potential. Whether you’re having difficulty at work managing stress, anxiety, or struggling to speak in front of a large crowd of people, learning strategies to manage your emotions in that situation can help you achieve a peak mental state.
Where does the problem come from?
If you’re already an expert in your field but are conscious of your strengths and weaknesses, you already have good self- awareness. Knowing the precise areas where you feel stuck and wanting to improve on them are your first steps in dealing with the problem. More often than not, our subconscious thoughts and behaviours are hindering our performance.
How Hypnotherapy can help
If you have a desire and motivation to improve, then Hypnotherapy can help break barriers to achieve success. Hypnotherapy can help you deal with the pessimistic thoughts and behaviours caused by stress and anxiety that may be preventing you from being focused and engaged in and outside of work. It guides the person to create constructive thought patterns that ultimately lead to a successful performance.
Annette Sloly’s Hypnotherapy strategy uses the tools of performance psychology, which includes managing self-talk, creative visualisation, goal setting, raising awareness, building self-trust, managing thoughts and mental rehearsal to develop positive expectations and belief which will help increase skills, stay focused, emotionally balance and improve performance.
There are multiple reasons why someone may turn to Hypnotherapy to help overcome certain personal issues and improve their overall well-being. With relaxation in mind, Hypnotherapy is often used as a method of dealing with cases of anxiety and depression. It can also be extremely beneficial when looking to conquer persistent fears and phobias, including fear of public speaking. This can be particularly useful for jobs that require you to perform and give presentations on a regular basis. Hypnotherapy can significantly benefit your overall mental well-being, therefore, helping to encourage positive thinking, improve self-confidence, and deal with stress. There are also some physical issues that can be treated through a course of Hypnotherapy including IBS and Weight Management as well as medical conditions that are made worse by anxiety such as Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Hypnotherapy uses the power of positive suggestion to influence a change in our behaviour and the way we respond to our thoughts, feelings and emotions. It is a form of complementary therapy that uses talking therapy and hypnosis to help people make positive change, promote relaxation, and have a better quality of life. A recent ‘Clinical Review’ of hypnosis and relaxation therapies published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) looked at the existing research on hypnosis and concluded, ‘There is good evidence from randomised controlled trials that both hypnosis and relaxation techniques can reduce anxiety […]’, the same report also concluded that hypnosis was proven to be effective in treating panic attacks and phobia. (Vickers & Zollman, ‘Hypnosis and relaxation therapies,’ BMJ 1999;319: 1346-1349)
Annette Sloly is an experienced, Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist based in Clifton Bristol. Over the years, she has worked with everyone from professionals suffering from stress to world-class artists looking to improve their performance. If you are ready to reach peak performance, then take the first step and book a consultation to see Annette at Comfort Health Clinic in Clifton, Bristol. Please contact hello@annettesloly.com or 0117 214 0706 to make an appointment. Read about the sessions, recent testimonials and keep up to date with recent blog posts here.
