How Clinical Hypnosis Can Help You Lose Weight and Eat Healthily

Many people benefit from just one visit to a clinical hypnotherapist to help refocus their desires and nurture better dietary habits for sustainable weight loss.

We live in a world of fad diets and quick fixes that can make the search for a healthier lifestyle overwhelming and disheartening. But each of us has a secret weapon nestled within our minds, with which we can transform our approach to wellness, health, and weight loss in simple and empowering ways.

The answer lies in clinical hypnotherapy, a powerful therapeutic technique that has gained attention for its potential to harness the power of the mind. It works by aligning our desires, boosting our determination to succeed, and using our imagination to communicate this message directly to the unconscious mind.

The Science Behind Hypnosis for Health & Weight Loss

Beyond Entertainment: Evidence-Based Clinical Hypnosis

Research has firmly established clinical hypnosis beyond the realm of entertainment and mystery, transforming it into a recognized, evidence-based method now available in hospitals, therapy centers, and classrooms.

A recent study published in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis vividly demonstrates the efficacy of clinical hypnosis for weight loss. It shows that individuals who include this powerful technique in their weight-loss journey shed twice as many kgs. Clinical hypnosis excels at helping to break unwanted cravings, teaches people how to genuinely enjoy their food, and significantly motivates them to stick to their exercise routines.

Furthermore, other studies on clinical hypnosis highlight its lasting impact, noting that its benefits can persist even two years after therapy concludes. A key reason behind this enduring effectiveness is its ability to utilize the unconscious mind to uncover the root causes behind unhealthy eating patterns. It also empowers individuals to form positive, good attachments to food and to cultivate a more positive self-image and self-talk.

Indeed, clinical hypnotherapy is widely recognized as a treatment for an extensive list of medical and psychological conditions, including chronic insomnia, depression, and chronic pain.

About 90% of individuals can easily experience a state of hypnosis – in fact, you probably experience it every day when you become absorbed in a movie, enter a pleasant daydream, or just before you fall asleep. This very natural experience offers profound benefits because it helps you relax, metabolizes your stress response, and facilitates clearer communication between the different parts of your brain.

Harnessing Your Mind for Sustainable Weight Loss

When it comes to diet and weight loss, clinical hypnosis can profoundly help you change your attitude towards previous and future outcomes.

Transforming Your Relationship with Food

Often, when people decide to lose weight, they struggle with the idea of giving up the foods they enjoy. They remember past enjoyment and associate a change in diet with feeling deprived. Getting healthy is frequently linked with a sense of loss rather than gain.

Using clinical hypnosis fundamentally changes this experience. A clinical hypnotherapist will guide the client to shift focus away from past struggles and instead vividly imagine a future where they have already achieved their desired weight. The therapy incorporates carefully chosen words and powerful images that make this future image feel realistic and intensely vivid.

By engaging their imagination so fully, the client can truly experience this desired future as if it already exists. This process powerfully helps them move their focus away from unwanted habits and towards their new, desired healthy outcomes.

A study by the British Psychological Society further confirms that individuals who incorporate clinical hypnosis make better dietary choices, exercise consistently, and are more capable of maintaining their new, healthy lifestyle long-term. Other research indicates that they gain better control over emotional triggers and develop new, healthier responses to food.

The result is a transformation where motivation requires a lot less effort, unhealthy cravings naturally fade away, and willpower becomes your strongest ally in your journey to long-term weight management.

Sheila Menon is the Principal of the London College of Clinical Hypnosis (LCCH) in Asia and Australia, and the CEO of the LSCCH Therapy Centre.

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Sheila Menon is the Principal of the London College of Clinical Hypnosis (LCCH) in Asia and Australia, and the CEO of the LSCCH Therapy Centre.