Hypnotherapy for conception, pregnancy, birth and motherhood
BirthFriendly offer specialised women's hypnotherapy services - based in Saffron Walden – serving Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire & Suffolk.
Are you ready to change your life?
-Would you like to boost your fertility?
-Would you like to overcome a previous bad birth experience?
-Would you like feel great during pregnancy?
-Would you like to give birth free from fear, in control, in comfort?
-Would you like to breeze through the newborn period feeling confident and calm?
-Would you like to parent positively? Overcoming any childhood trauma of your own?
BirthFriendly's Hypnotherapy Service can help you.
What is Hypnosis?
Hypnosis is, very basically, a tool to Help you gain access to the subconscious part of your mind. The subconscious mind is what makes you “you”, it holds your beliefs, dreams, desires, nightmares, habits, long term memories and so on, but it holds them deeply and it likes to hold on to them! Occasionally letting them pop up when they aren't wanted, driving your behaviour and creating tension and anxiety which can have not only a psychological effect – but a physical one too. In order to achieve change we need to access and work with our subconscious mind. Any information that accesses your subconscious mind is accepted literally – and quickly
Hypnosis is perfectly Natural and Safe. We utilise a normal and naturally occurring state that everybody experiences every day. In fact if you have ever daydreamed, read a book and laughed or were scared, got engrossed in a film or drove somewhere on autopilot you have already experienced hypnosis!.
Hypnosis utilises something called “Alpha State”. Alpha state is a natural brainwave pattern – roughly translated into layman's terms that means how fast all the bits and bobs and connections in your brains fire (ever seen those squiggly line print outs from an EEG machine where people are wired up with sticky electrodes on their heads? - well they're measuring brainwaves!). In alpha state, you are very much awake, you're just deeply relaxed (think about the daydreams I mentioned above!) and when you are deeply relaxed you become less critical and analytical, you drop the guard to your subconscious mind (known as “the critical factor” in hypnosis) and together, whilst you are deeply relaxed, we can work to change any thoughts and behaviours that are limiting your life in some way.
Anyway, enough of the “science bit” already! All you really need to know is that in hypnosis:
- You Hear everything said to you.
- You can Speak if you want to.
- You Can move, cough, itch etc without affecting your hypnotic state.
- You are in Complete Control. Nobody can do it to you or for you.
- You will Remember everything that is said in the session if you want to.
- You Cannot get stuck in hypnosis.
- You Cannot be made do anything against your will.
- There is No such thing as a ‘hypnotised feeling’: some people might feel a tingling in their body, or you might feel heavy, light, warm, or cold but other than that there is no physical feeling in hypnosis.
- The benefits won’t ware off. Changes brought about under hypnosis will become stronger over time.
What can you help me with?
As already mentioned. BirthFriendly specialises in homeopathy for women. Particularly issues surrounding the childbearing years, including:
- Hypnosis for fertility
- Hypnosis for morning sickness
- Hypnosis for birth preparation
- Hypnosis for birth trauma resolution
- Hypnosis for confident parenting
- Hypnosis for self acceptance and self confidence.
BirthFriendly Birth Hypnosis Workshop
BirthFriendly recognise that not all mums to be can spare the time to complete a full antenatal course, therefore we have devised our own three hour long Hypnosis for Birth workshop. This workshop, intended for both the mum and birth partner will introduce you to the concept of hypnosis and why so many women are choosing to use it during their birthing. You will be provided with a CD, created by BirthFriendly, tailored to your own needs for you to listen to in the run up to your birthing day.
BirthFriendly Birth Trauma Workshop
As a survivor or birth trauma herself, Sarah knows how limiting this condition can be on your everyday life, not to mention its effects on bonding with your baby. In this special three hour session Sarah will first spend some time listening to your story and then working together, she will help you to release any negative feelings surrounding the birth and if you are planning on more children, helping you to look forward to your next birth with confidence and trust.
BirthFriendly Confident Parenting Workshop
As a mum of four young children herself, Sarah knows how important it is to stay calm and in control. In this 3 hour workshop we will explore ways in which you can feel confident about your parenting choices and in your abilities as a mother, as well as some special techniques which will help to keep you calm when you are faced with the challenges of modern day motherhood. A special CD is prepared for you to use after the session has finished.
The Hypno-Homeopathy Experience
This is the ultimate treatment. Lasting for around three hours and tailored personally to you and your conditions or worries. Sarah uses her skills as a qualified homeopath to find you your constitutional remedy, a homeopathic remedy that is just for you and will help heal you holistically, inside and out, both mentally and physically. After the homeopathic consultation she will then end on a personalised hypnosis session to complete the cathartic experience.
The ultimate in total body/mind health and unique to BirthFriendly!
How Much Does it Cost?
Hypnosis for Fertility session £50 ( 4 treatments are usually recommended)
Hypnosis for Morning Sickness £30 (1 treatment usually recommended)
Hypnosis for Breech Presentation £30 (1 treatment usually recommended)
Hypnosis for Birth Workshop £75 (one off 3hr session with CD)
Hypnosis for Birth Trauma workshop £60 (one off 3hr session)
Hypnosis for Parenting workshop £75 (one off 3hr session with CD)
Hypno-Homeopathy Experience £100 (including homeopathic remedy)
Where are Sessions Held?
Sessions are held in BirthFriendly's purpose designed & furnished comfortable consulting room in Saffron Walden, Essex (not a couch or pendulum in sight!).
When are Sessions Held?
Sessions are usually held on the following days/times, although it may be possible to arrange alternative sessions if these do not suit:
Wednesday 7pm-10pm
Thursday 9am – 1pm
Saturday 9am – 1pm
About Your Hypnotherapist.
Sarah has been a student of Psychology since 1992, she therefore has over 15 years worth of experience and knowledge of the subtle workings of the human mind and many different approaches to therapy including the use of hypnosis as a tool to aid this healing.
Unlike many other hypnotherapists working in the area, she is special and unique in 3 ways:
1) Firstly she has an honors degree in Psychology, taking her training way over and above the standard 18months training most hypnotherapists usually follow.
2) She has a unique interest and insight into women's issues, particularly those of the childbearing years. Sarah has four children herself and has been a qualified HypnoBirthing practitioner since 2005, since then she has helped over one hundred women to birth their babies easily and smooth the transition into motherhood, alleviating many fears, overcoming many phobias and realigning quite a few babies!.
3) Sarah is a homeopath, specialising in the care of women. She also worked in a medical setting for five years before becoming a homeopath. She therefore has an in depth knowledge of the pathology surrounding many medical issues her clients present with. She has a particular interest in female hormones and their effect on fertility and birth (especially endometriosis, PCOS, infertility, dysmenorrhoea and labour and childbirth).
Sarah is fully insured and qualified for her work and works from purpose designed practice rooms. She also holds a current CRB check and first aid certificate.