The team of specialists at 132 Harley Street in London are pleased to offer hypnotherapy at their busy practice. The clinic treats many kinds of gynaecological problems from endometriosis and fibroids to vulval pain disorders. As some of the women who visit Harley Street are living with a long-term chronic condition, they also deal with the pain that comes with that. Sometimes medication is required to manage symptoms so that the woman can live as full a life as she is able to (for instance, vulval pain disorders may be treated with gabapentin, an anti-seizure drug that also modifies nerve signals).

Unfortunately all medications have side-effects and in addition to putting up with these unintended effects, people living with ill health may struggle emotionally too, particularly if their condition has an impact on their ability to enjoy intimacy or fulfil another aspect of their life that is important to them. It is known that if a person has a diagnosis of a long-term condition they are more likely to feel stressed or have depression and that in some cases an inflammatory problem can be a biological trigger for depression.

Hypnotherapy at Harley Street

Now, doctors at 132 Harley Street have developed a truly integrated and holistic solution to this problem. They provide a hypnotherapy service to any patient that wants it, regardless of what they are being treated for. Hypnotherapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses guided relaxation techniques to put a person in an altered state of consciousness. In this altered state, they have heightened suggestability, making it an ideal therapy for giving up unwanted habits like smoking, addiction to pain medications or even for modifying the perception of pain so the person feels less pain after treatment. It reduces blood pressure and anxiety by creating relaxing brain wave patterns and it can even lessen adverse reactions to drugs. This is why some women find it to be a useful tool during childbirth and they report faster labours with less pain.

It has been shown to reduce side-effects of nausea and vomiting in cancer patients having chemotherapy or surgery as well as reducing the amount of distress a person feels when undergoing such procedures.

It can also boost the immune system by increasing white blood cell activity which could limit the severity of auto-immune and inflammatory diseases as well as protecting the immune system during times of acute stress.

If you would like to have hypnotherapy at Harley Street in conjunction with your treatment or to break an addiction, contact Mr Hammond, resident hypnotherapist.