Showing posts with label Neil Foster Liverpool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Neil Foster Liverpool. Show all posts
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
We've moved to Hanover House, Hanover Street
Well its been a while since I ve written on my blog, however, I will be posting more often to keep you all up to date with what has been happening with my practice, general news about Hypnotherapy, NLP, Coaching and Psychotherapy.
Here are a couple of things that have happened and are happening at the moment, the first thing to tell you all is that we have moved from 88 Rodney Street to Hanover House. We listened to a number of our clients and their comments regarding our previous office and decided to move the practice to the 5th Floor, Hanover House. We have been here a couple of weeks now and have settled in really well. Our clients can expect a warm welcome from the reception staff here and we will be developing our new office over the coming months, I will keep you all posted.
The Transformation Hypnotherapy website is in the process of being updated and will include my new list of qualifications, one of which is a Certificate in Professional Coaching. Although I ve not really advertised my service as a Coach, apart from a small page on my website, I have combined my unique management skills, my NLP qualifications and now my coaching certification to ooach a number of Executives, Heads of Department and Business Owners over the last year or so. However, my coaching skills are not just limited to Business Coaching. I am combiniing my skills and experience to help a number of people wanting to achieve for themselves. One of the most popular services both Jane, Jane Ezra Personal Training and myself have been working on is a combined weight loss package. The package includes Personal Training, Weight Loss Hypnotherapy and Coaching - We've had some truly amazing results! If you would like to know more why not give me a call on 0151 201 8167 or email me - neilfoster@transformationhypnotherapy.co.uk.
Over the next 6 months, I will be extending the range of services I offer to my clients, again I will keep you posted as and when they are beginning to happen.
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
The World Cup and Anger Management
Well its the big game tomorrow. Will England do it or not?
Obviously, it can go one of two ways. What if it goes the wrong way and the unmentionable happens?
Research has shown that incidences of domestic violence rise when the World Cup is on.
Originating from Liverpool, and from a family that was divided between the blue side and the red side of Merseyside, I can fully understand the highs and lows of football. Isn't that what makes the beautiful game so great?
However, what can we do to stem the rise of those unwanted emotions, such as anger.
Anger is our bodys reaction to a percieved danger. It comes not only with psychological reactions but also physical reactions, such as increased blood pressure and increased adrenalin flow.
Over the years I have learnt a number of techniques that can help us change our emotional state, which I will share with you all:
1. Change the environment - Go for a walk, get out of the house, bar or wherever you are until you calm down.
2. Find a safe place to vent your anger - go somewhere quiet and shout out loud, stamp on some soft drink cans, break a cup or plate (obviously do it as safely as you can!). I have a punchbag at home which is excellent for reducing any anger.
3. Exercise - Exercise is a fantastic way of eliminating anger, as long as it is done in a safe way.
4. Count to 10, this actually does work! It helps you step away from the situation before you speak or take action you will later regret (perhaps Wayne Rooney should try this one).
5. Reframe your anger, take a step back and learn from it, or change it into a postive. For example, the England Players will be fresher for the start of the Premiership when it starts in August.
If anger becomes an unmanageable emotion in your life, it may be time to seek the help of a professional. Hypnotherapy and NLP are excellent ways of assisting clients deal with anger issues.
I hope we will all be celebrating an England victory tomorrow.
Until next time
Neil
Obviously, it can go one of two ways. What if it goes the wrong way and the unmentionable happens?
Research has shown that incidences of domestic violence rise when the World Cup is on.
Originating from Liverpool, and from a family that was divided between the blue side and the red side of Merseyside, I can fully understand the highs and lows of football. Isn't that what makes the beautiful game so great?
However, what can we do to stem the rise of those unwanted emotions, such as anger.
Anger is our bodys reaction to a percieved danger. It comes not only with psychological reactions but also physical reactions, such as increased blood pressure and increased adrenalin flow.
Over the years I have learnt a number of techniques that can help us change our emotional state, which I will share with you all:
1. Change the environment - Go for a walk, get out of the house, bar or wherever you are until you calm down.
2. Find a safe place to vent your anger - go somewhere quiet and shout out loud, stamp on some soft drink cans, break a cup or plate (obviously do it as safely as you can!). I have a punchbag at home which is excellent for reducing any anger.
3. Exercise - Exercise is a fantastic way of eliminating anger, as long as it is done in a safe way.
4. Count to 10, this actually does work! It helps you step away from the situation before you speak or take action you will later regret (perhaps Wayne Rooney should try this one).
5. Reframe your anger, take a step back and learn from it, or change it into a postive. For example, the England Players will be fresher for the start of the Premiership when it starts in August.
If anger becomes an unmanageable emotion in your life, it may be time to seek the help of a professional. Hypnotherapy and NLP are excellent ways of assisting clients deal with anger issues.
I hope we will all be celebrating an England victory tomorrow.
Until next time
Neil
Monday, 7 June 2010
Sports Hypnosis
Sports Performance
Professional or Amateur – are you getting the best out of your game?
Sport in the 21st century is moving into a new era, where an athlete’s mental performance is as equally important as their physical performance. The difference between winning or losing, between enjoying the game or struggling to achieve a satisfying result, depends on it!
For the average person hypnosis cannot turn you into a world champion. Other things other than mental training are involved such as skill, physical attributes. However, no matter what your sport is, hypnosis can you help you achieve better results.
Power of the Mind
As we learn more about the human brain, we begin to appreciate just how strong out mental skills need to be to support our physical skill, Every thought and every action emanates from our brains, and how we think and how we act is determined by what happens in our heads. Which is why it pays to devote the time and effort to improving our mental performance, as well as working on our physical conditioning.
To train the body to the limits of its capabilities without simultaneously training the mind is to invite, at best, mediocrity. Sports psychologists have claimed that forOlympic teams, 80 percent of an athlete’s performance is in the mind. This belief has been echoed by championship players in virtually every form of competition.
What the Mind can do
Mental rehearsal, also termed visualization, can create and reaffirm the confidence necessary to achieve top performance. The picture visualized in the mind can
convince the subconscious that achievement is possible. The automatic nervous system performs in exactly the same manner followed during a physical rehearsal. Neuro muscular coordination improves. What your mind can conceive, you can achieve. If you can think it and see it in your mind, you can do it !
What can be accomplished through the powers of the mind ? Perhaps most important is the development of positive attitudes. Negative thoughts pertaining to
performance skills can be changed or eliminated. Enjoyment of the sport will be enhanced to a major degree as skills improve to the point where intermittent
incidents of poor performance no longer arouse irritation, anger, discouragement or detrimental emotional reaction. Concentration, coordination, technique all can improve as well as awareness of proper form and posture. Sports enthusiasts face the same stumbling blocks that people have to deal with in other areas of life – business,personal relationships, achievement of goals and ambitions. The biggest of all is fear, and fear comes in many forms. Fear of failure is always restrictive and is very common in sports, as is its hidden partner, fear of success – an apprehension that success can create the expectation (among others) of further improvement. Fear of humiliation can be strong. Many golfers experience near terror on the first tee where people may be watching. The first drives. Competition can produce sensations of intimidation resulting in deterioration of skills.
Hypnotherapy, or properly learned and applied self –hypnosis, can work to reduce or eliminate the mental obstacles to peak performance in sport activities. This is
an area in which the truth of the phrase “what the mind can conceive, the body can achieve” becomes highly evident.
The Steps to Achievement
The goal of hypnosis in its applications is not learning or acquisition of the basic skills involved, though these could be helped through hypnosis as used in enhancing
learning skills. The goal is to enable the athlete to achieve the best personal level, performing at peak. As with virtually all hypnosis, the first step must be
relaxation. Relaxation to a level appropriate for the implanting of hypnotic suggestion is not really resting. It is deep, and can be brought about through a hypnotherapist. Goal – setting is essential. Without having an objective, it is pointless to begin a task, project or trip. Athletes, coaches or therapists or a combination there of may set goals. It is important for goals to be specific, focused on the area in which improvement is desired. Playing better tennis is not a valid goal. Improving a serve or backhand is a goal. Goals must be short – term Achievable and step-by-step, so that both success and completion are experienced. Concentration is vitally important, and sometimes
difficult to develop. Hypnotherapy has long been an effective means of improving concentration capabilities. Distractions must be eliminated. Post –hypnotic cues may prove useful in stimulating both concentration and specific skills. Visualization, not just in mental rehearsing, but at the moment of performance can produce dramatic results. Finally, mental rehearsal is the ultimate key to superlative performance. It can prove more productive than physical practice. Imagery is not merely visual in nature; it can include all the senses. In a diving competition, the form of the dive is visual; the smell of the chlorine water is olfactory; the wetness of the entry is sensory, the cheers of the crowd are auditory. Perfection requires the use of all senses.
My Approach
I employ a fresh, new approach to the ‘mental game’, utilizing the athlete’s own internal resources. It combines the latest thinking in sports psychology with Hypnotherapy, EFT and NLP techniques that stimulate the subconscious mind, mobilizing its tremendous power to unlock the door to successful performance.
Every athlete, whether a champion or not, has internal resources. The secret to fulfilling your potential is to access those inner resources and put them to work. Employing Sports Hypnosis techniques leads to improved performance and the opportunity to play to your true abilities. With sufficient effort, it enables an athlete to play consistently ‘in the zone’.
Why not give me a call or drop me an email to see if I can help you improve your game.
Until next time
Neil
Professional or Amateur – are you getting the best out of your game?
Sport in the 21st century is moving into a new era, where an athlete’s mental performance is as equally important as their physical performance. The difference between winning or losing, between enjoying the game or struggling to achieve a satisfying result, depends on it!
For the average person hypnosis cannot turn you into a world champion. Other things other than mental training are involved such as skill, physical attributes. However, no matter what your sport is, hypnosis can you help you achieve better results.
Power of the Mind
As we learn more about the human brain, we begin to appreciate just how strong out mental skills need to be to support our physical skill, Every thought and every action emanates from our brains, and how we think and how we act is determined by what happens in our heads. Which is why it pays to devote the time and effort to improving our mental performance, as well as working on our physical conditioning.
To train the body to the limits of its capabilities without simultaneously training the mind is to invite, at best, mediocrity. Sports psychologists have claimed that forOlympic teams, 80 percent of an athlete’s performance is in the mind. This belief has been echoed by championship players in virtually every form of competition.
What the Mind can do
Mental rehearsal, also termed visualization, can create and reaffirm the confidence necessary to achieve top performance. The picture visualized in the mind can
convince the subconscious that achievement is possible. The automatic nervous system performs in exactly the same manner followed during a physical rehearsal. Neuro muscular coordination improves. What your mind can conceive, you can achieve. If you can think it and see it in your mind, you can do it !
What can be accomplished through the powers of the mind ? Perhaps most important is the development of positive attitudes. Negative thoughts pertaining to
performance skills can be changed or eliminated. Enjoyment of the sport will be enhanced to a major degree as skills improve to the point where intermittent
incidents of poor performance no longer arouse irritation, anger, discouragement or detrimental emotional reaction. Concentration, coordination, technique all can improve as well as awareness of proper form and posture. Sports enthusiasts face the same stumbling blocks that people have to deal with in other areas of life – business,personal relationships, achievement of goals and ambitions. The biggest of all is fear, and fear comes in many forms. Fear of failure is always restrictive and is very common in sports, as is its hidden partner, fear of success – an apprehension that success can create the expectation (among others) of further improvement. Fear of humiliation can be strong. Many golfers experience near terror on the first tee where people may be watching. The first drives. Competition can produce sensations of intimidation resulting in deterioration of skills.
Hypnotherapy, or properly learned and applied self –hypnosis, can work to reduce or eliminate the mental obstacles to peak performance in sport activities. This is
an area in which the truth of the phrase “what the mind can conceive, the body can achieve” becomes highly evident.
The Steps to Achievement
The goal of hypnosis in its applications is not learning or acquisition of the basic skills involved, though these could be helped through hypnosis as used in enhancing
learning skills. The goal is to enable the athlete to achieve the best personal level, performing at peak. As with virtually all hypnosis, the first step must be
relaxation. Relaxation to a level appropriate for the implanting of hypnotic suggestion is not really resting. It is deep, and can be brought about through a hypnotherapist. Goal – setting is essential. Without having an objective, it is pointless to begin a task, project or trip. Athletes, coaches or therapists or a combination there of may set goals. It is important for goals to be specific, focused on the area in which improvement is desired. Playing better tennis is not a valid goal. Improving a serve or backhand is a goal. Goals must be short – term Achievable and step-by-step, so that both success and completion are experienced. Concentration is vitally important, and sometimes
difficult to develop. Hypnotherapy has long been an effective means of improving concentration capabilities. Distractions must be eliminated. Post –hypnotic cues may prove useful in stimulating both concentration and specific skills. Visualization, not just in mental rehearsing, but at the moment of performance can produce dramatic results. Finally, mental rehearsal is the ultimate key to superlative performance. It can prove more productive than physical practice. Imagery is not merely visual in nature; it can include all the senses. In a diving competition, the form of the dive is visual; the smell of the chlorine water is olfactory; the wetness of the entry is sensory, the cheers of the crowd are auditory. Perfection requires the use of all senses.
My Approach
I employ a fresh, new approach to the ‘mental game’, utilizing the athlete’s own internal resources. It combines the latest thinking in sports psychology with Hypnotherapy, EFT and NLP techniques that stimulate the subconscious mind, mobilizing its tremendous power to unlock the door to successful performance.
Every athlete, whether a champion or not, has internal resources. The secret to fulfilling your potential is to access those inner resources and put them to work. Employing Sports Hypnosis techniques leads to improved performance and the opportunity to play to your true abilities. With sufficient effort, it enables an athlete to play consistently ‘in the zone’.
Why not give me a call or drop me an email to see if I can help you improve your game.
Until next time
Neil
Friday, 23 October 2009
A Cat Registered as a Hypnotherapist
Did you see the recent BBC article about a cat being registered as a Hypnotherapist with what the cat owner says are leading Hypnotherapy Organisations? The Organisations mentioned in the article are the British Board of Neuro Linguistic Programming, The United Fellowship of Hypnotherapists and the Professional Hypnotherapy Practitioner Association.These are NOT ‘leading’ Hypnotherapy Organisations. However, it is a sad fact that there are vast differences in the level of qualifications and skills between UK hypnotherapists. This is both damaging to the general public who use the services of one of these poorly qualified Hypnotherapists and the Hypnotherapy profession as a whole. Some people can train for a few days or take online courses to qualify as hypnotherapists, which is frightening when you think about the damage it can cause to the unsuspecting public who come to them in all good faith.
A lot of you will know how passionate I am about my work and hypnotherapy as a whole, as well as the ethical guidelines I practice. Along with this story, there are a number of things currently happening within the Hypnotherapy profession that just don’t sit well with me, such as unethical practitioners claiming ‘guaranteed’ cures which I’ll cover in future blogs.
So how do you choose an ethical, qualified hypnotherapy practitioner?
As a minimum, look at the qualifications the practitioner holds, where they got them from and how long they studied for. With so many hypnotherapy ‘qualifications’ available, it is hard to know which ones are legitimate. You can claim to be a ‘master’ hypnotherapist but only ever have trained for 4 days. Look for a nationally recognised qualification such as the HPD (Hypnotherapy Practitioners Diploma). This diploma is externally marked, rather than by the training establishment where the student trained.
I would also want see if the Therapist is a member of any of the recognised leading Hypnotherapy Organisations such as the National Council for Hypnotherapy. They have a strict code of ethics, a formal complaints procedure and strict entry requirements. Practitioners who are members of the NCH are required to have completed and passed the HPD before they allowed membership.
Before I join any organisation, and I am a member of most of the Leading Hypnotherapy Organisations, I ask myself if the terms of their code of ethics is something I can agree with. The organisations I am a member of are The LEADING ORGANISATIONS in their field with a strict code of ethics and a strict application policy. The reason I am involved with these organisations is that I fully agree with their ethics and standards.
I offer prospective clients a free 20 minute meeting where they are encouraged to ask questions in order to help them make the decision if I am the right therapist for them. There is no obligation or pressure in these meetings and I quite often ask people to make their decision after they have left the office, to alleviate any pressure they may feel.
It’s such a shame that ‘cat becomes hypnotherapist’ is in the news, when there is so much positive research going on into the results of Hypnosis and how it can help issues such as IBS and dementia.
Regards,
Neil
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
New Wirral Office
Due to demand, I am now spending more time helping my clients over on the Wirral. Requests have become more and more frequent from clients asking for help from the Wirral, especially those affected by the recession.A lot of people are now finding themselves in unchartered waters with the worst economic downturn in living memory and many have mentioned how much more convenient it would be if they didn’t have to travel into Liverpool for our sessions.
To help meet the needs of our clients, we are renovating an office at our home on the Wirral to ensure that local receive the same quality experience and comfortable surroundings as our main office in Rodney Street.
The new office will have state of the art facilities including recording facilities to allow clients to purchase a bespoke CD for them to further strengthen the hypnotic parts of the treatment in between sessions and CCTV cameras are being fitted to record all child therapy sessions. This provides great peace of mind for parents and also enables them to observe their children in therapy without interrupting their son's or daughter's concentration.
Using NLP, Hypnotherapy and Coaching, clients are able to start taking control of their lives and get a clear picture of where they are and where they need to be. The emphasis of these sessions is to encourage my clients to take the necessary steps to help themselves out of a difficult situation.
We are striving to offer a first class environment for each and every client, as well as offer a Hypnotherapy, NLP, Psychotherapy and Coaching service which is second to none.
If you would like further information about the kind of services we offer or how hypnotherapy works, please visit our website at http://www.transformationhypnotherapy.co.uk.
This new project really excites me and I look forward to working with many new clients from the Wirral area.
We hope to keep everyone informed of the renovations by posting regular updates and pictures, so we’ll bring you more news soon.
Regards,
Neil
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