If you have a phobia that impacts significantly on your life, that leads to you avoiding situations, feeling overwhelmed or highly anxious, then you may be interested in this article about an NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) technique I have found this treatment technique, at my NLP and Hypnotherapy practice, Edinburgh, very useful in helping people recover from intense and impairing phobias

Most of us experience stress at times in our lives and often this is a perfectly healthy reaction to external factors such as having a new job or moving house Sometimes, there are no major events going on in your life, you are just very busy and have begun to notice that you feel anxious more often or there have been some changes in bodily sensations such as an increased heart rate or shoulder tension

Having trouble sleeping can be really distressing and frustrating You go to bed, wishing for a good nights sleep and then lay awake for hours, tossing and turning, becoming more and more anxious about getting to sleep

Confidence can be hard to pin down at times Most people have had the experience of observing someone they know at a party or in a work situation, communicating with ease and naturally, without a hint of self-consciousness and have thought, “Why cant that be me

Changing the way you think in order to improve the way you feel, forms the basis of cognitive approaches to mental-wellbeing Cognitive therapies recognize that our thoughts can affect our understanding of the outside world

When a person is experiencing psychological or emotional difficulties (hereafter called “mental health problems”), they may well attend their GP The GP will interview them and based on the nature and severity of the persons symptoms may either recommend treatment himself or refer the person on to a specialist

NLP therapists, Hertfordshire, often support people in developing self-knowledge and having a better understanding in who they are through the process of eliciting the persons values Are values are very important

Worrying can make you physically anxious for example, increase in heart rate, butterflies and feeling tense When people experience the physical symptoms of anxiety, this usually leads to more worrying about the symptoms, creating a vicious cycle

OCD is a common problem that can be overcome with CBT, either by using a CBT based self-help book or via more intensive therapist support, depending on its severity OCD is characterised by obsessions and compulsions

Health anxiety refers to having a preoccupation with a fear of having a serious illness or disease, despite medical investigations that show the person is healthy A person with health anxiety will often misinterpret normal physical sensations as a sign of serious illness