Hypnosis for confidence Sheffield
Our skilled hypnotherapists are here to guide you through confidence hypnosis, helping you to build and keep up your confidence by sorting out those deep-rooted beliefs and forming positive, long-lasting habits. With personalised sessions of hypnotherapy for confidence, we're all about helping you hit your targets and lifting your overall self-esteem.
What is self-confidence and self-esteem?
Self-confidence is having a positive attitude about your skills, qualities, and abilities. It means that you have an assured knowledge of your strengths and weaknesses and allows you to view yourself positively, trust your instincts, and lead a motivated life.
Self-confidence also works in tandem with self-esteem, where you appreciate your mind and body and know your personal value.
Self-confidence is important to your psychological well-being, as with belief in your aspirations, you can become more successful in your personal and professional life and be more accepting of criticism.
What causes low self-confidence?
The most important thing to know about having low self-confidence is that it is not your fault. Often, low self-confidence can be attributed to many different factors, and it affects each person differently.
Life experiences
Previous unpleasant life experiences can leave you feeling insecure or even worthless, contributing to your low self-confidence. Some examples include:
- Upbringing: Our family shapes who we are and who we become. If you have ever been consistently bullied, mocked, or criticised by a parent or sibling, you may start to doubt yourself and feel worthless.
- Trauma: Physical, sexual, and emotional abuse can significantly impact our feelings of self-worth. If you feel anxious, helpless, guilty, or even ashamed of your past experiences, the trauma has likely caused your low self-confidence.
- Bullying: Humiliation or harassment in childhood or adulthood can significantly influence your confidence, particularly your self-perception and belief in your intellectual and athletic abilities. If you are constantly disrespected, it will make you less willing to pursue your ambitions.
- Gender, race, and sexual orientation: Studies have shown that women and transgender people are programmed to worry about how they are perceived, and so, they are less likely to have the confidence to pursue their goals. Also, if you have been subject to prejudice or discrimination because of your race or sexuality, you may have internalised these negative stereotypes or opinions, leading to a lack of self-confidence.
- Perfectionism and Social Media: Do you want everything in your life to be flawless? Well, you are likely a perfectionist, and this obsessive worry about whether you are enough can affect your self-confidence. Also, social media is harming our self-esteem, as we are constantly fed media messages which make us feel as though we are lacking.
- Anxiety or Depression: If you suffer from anxiety or depression, you will likely struggle with self-confidence. This is because living with high levels of anxiety or constantly feeling like you are worthless can cause you to doubt yourself and your capabilities.
Genetic makeup and natural disposition
Some people have a natural tendency to be sceptical and indecisive, particularly when approaching unfamiliar situations. This is commonly known as behavioural inhibition, which means that you have a consistent tendency to show fear and withdraw when confronting novel situations. Sometimes it is good to be cautious, but this lack of assurance can often link to low self-confidence. Additionally, you’re likely to have low-self-confidence if your brain doesn’t have access to enough “happy” chemicals, such as serotonin and oxytocin.
How does hypnotherapy increase self-confidence?
At Focused Hypnosis, we will partner you with a qualified hypnotherapist who will help you access your unconscious mind and address your negative perceptions of yourself. By using self-affirmation techniques, your hypnotherapist will encourage you to think positively about yourself, your goals, values and interests, and will help you tackle the cause of your low self-confidence.
Hypnotherapy works to increase self-confidence by directly accessing the subconscious mind, the part of our brain where deep-seated beliefs and behaviours reside. During hypnotherapy sessions, positive suggestions and affirmations are introduced, designed to challenge and reframe negative thought patterns that may be holding one back.
Over time, these new patterns can help to build a stronger, more positive sense of self, instilling a greater level of self-confidence. The result is a more empowered individual who believes in their own abilities and is more resilient to life’s challenges.
What are the benefits of improving confidence with hypnotherapy?
- Hypnotherapy offers you the tools and empowers you to think about yourself more positively, which will allow you to gain confidence and improve your self-esteem
- Unlike many other forms of psychological treatment, you have the power when under hypnosis, as you can control the methods that your hypnotherapist will use, and you can bring yourself out of the hypnotic state whenever you want to
- Hypnotherapy allows you to directly influence your future, as it delves into your unconscious to treat the cause of your low self-confidence so that the issues do not re-surface later in life
- Hypnotherapy is all-natural and has little side-effects or complications
- Hypnotherapy is cost-effective and a cheaper option for psychological treatment, as it only requires around six sessions
- Hypnotherapy teaches you self-sufficient methods that can be practised when you are struggling with low self-confidence
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We offer a free and friendly call back option so you can book a time that is convenient for you to talk through your issue, find out more about hypnosis and how we could help you change your life.
We would love to help you so whether you have a question, would like some more information about hypnotherapy or how we can help you, please get in touch.
We would love to help you so whether you have a question, would like some more information about hypnotherapy or how we can help you, please get in touch.
Focused Hypnosis
635b Abbeydale Rd
Sheffield
S7 1TB
What to expect from a confidence hypnotherapy session?
During your first confidence hypnotherapy session, your hypnotherapist will begin by explaining how hypnosis works. After that, you’ll have a conversation to establish why you want to gain more confidence and agree on the methods that your hypnotherapist will use.
Once the initial groundwork is set, your hypnotherapist will guide you into a deeply relaxed state known as hypnosis. During this state, your conscious mind takes a step back, allowing your subconscious mind to become more receptive to positive suggestions.
Then, the hypnotherapist may:
- Use guided relaxation techniques to help you achieve hypnosis
- Use your agreed method to help you achieve your goal. For example, using self-affirmation techniques to help you believe in yourself
- To conclude the session, your hypnotherapist will gradually bring you out of your trance-like state
Tailored specifically for you, these suggestions aim to change your thought patterns around confidence, self-worth, and personal ability. As you emerge from the sessions, you should feel relaxed and positive, carrying these new empowering beliefs into your everyday life.
What are the most common causes of low self-esteem?
- Unhappy childhood where family members, teachers, or friends were very critical
- Poor performance at school or work, which can make you feel worthless
- Mental illnesses, such as anxiety or depression
- Emotional, physical, or sexual abuse from partner, parent, carer, or friend
- Chronic medical problem or physical disability
- Body image
- Stressful life events, such as family death, relationship breakdown, financial issues
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Frequently asked questions
We’ve gathered our most frequently asked questions about hypnotherapy in Sheffield, putting them all in one place for your convenience. We understand that there are many curiosities surrounding hypnosis and its role in therapy so we’ve pulled together this compilation to provide you with accurate information. Take a look, and if you can’t find the answer you’re looking for, feel free to reach out and ask us directly.