WEIGHT LOSS AND HYPNOTHERAPY

ANNA YATES

How does hypnosis work?

• Working with subconscious vs conscious mind

• Enables therapist to reprogram faulty and outdated patterns of behaviour and beliefs

• State of calmness and relaxation• Natural state – just like day-dreaming

Convince the client that something has changed within their mind and/or body using NLP and CBT

Release self limiting beliefs

Rebuild self-esteem and self-confidence

Rebuild a healthy relationship with food

Show them how to make better food choices

Help them to feel more relaxed around food

How hypnotherapy

works

1. Identify issues and goals

2. Educate client on HOW to eat:1. How much2. Where3. When4. Why

3. Look at all other aspects of the client’s life-style

4. Give tools and motivation to enable them make the right choices

5. Reinforce with hypnosis

SUCCESS FACTORS

MOTIVATION

BELIEF

COMMITMENT

REALISTIC GOALS

MONITORING

ONGOING SUPPORT

LISTENING TO THE HYPNOSIS!!

FIRST QUESTION: WHY DOES THE CLIENT HAVE A WEIGHT ISSUE?

• LOSS OF IDENTITY?• LEARNED BEHAVIOUR?•HABIT?•COMPENSATORYBEHAVIOUR?• SECONDARY GAIN?• STRESS RELATED?• EMOTIONAL EATING?•HEALTH/GENETIC RELATED?

FAULTY TRIGGERS AND

EMOTIONAL EATING

Just some of our

faulty triggers:

Emotions

Smells?

TV/Instagram etc?

Magazine?

Time of day?

Seeing others eating?

Hunger

or

Dehydration

?

• Beware!

Orange juice can contain

as much sugar as a

can of Coke!

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3 MEALS A DAY, FASTING IN BETWEEN

DO NOT TO EAT LATE IN THE EVENING

INCREASE PROTEIN INTAKE

AVOID EMPTY CALORIES AND WHITE AND BEIGE FOODS

SEE FOOD AS A FUEL FOR YOUR BODY

Treat your body with the same respect

you treat your car!!

Positive actions and thinking!

•Post-it notes and pictures

•Vision board

•Analyse and banish negative thoughts

•Separate self from ‘fat’ label

•Keep a food diary or journal

•Write down goals and rewards

•Put outfit where you can see it

•Buy an activity tracker

‘Live as if’ you have already

achieved your goal!

Overweight and obesity are linked to more

deaths worldwide than underweight.

Globally there are more people who are obese

than underweight.

Worldwide, obesity nearly tripled between

1975 and 2016!

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Obesity and Overweight World-Wide Statistics 2016 (WHO)

•650 million adults were obese.

•1.9 billion (39%) adults (18 years and above) were overweight.

•340 million children and adolescents (aged 5-19) were overweight or obese.

•41 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight or obese – nearly 50% of which live in Asia.

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•50% approx reach target weight

•15% approx return for different therapy after reaching their target weight

•50% approx do not return for follow up sessions/weigh ins

•70% approx of our weight loss clients are referrals from successful clients

So, does

hypnotherapy work for

weight loss?

Figures based on

experience of

Mind Solutions Therapists

Effects of Self-Conditioning

Techniques (Self-Hypnosis) in Promoting

Weight Loss in Patients with

Severe Obesity

• OBJECTIVE:

• This randomized controlled trial evaluated whether self-conditioning techniques (self-hypnosis) added to lifestyle interventions contributed to weight loss (primary outcome), changes in metabolic and inflammatory variables, and quality of life (QoL) improvement (secondary outcomes) in severe obesity.

• METHODS:

• Individuals (with BMI = 35-50 kg/m2 ) without organic or psychiatric comorbidity were randomly assigned to the intervention (n = 60) or control arm (n = 60). All received exercise and behavioral recommendations and individualized diets. The intervention consisted of three hypnosis sessions, during which self-hypnosis was taught to increase self-control before eating. Diet, exercise, satiety, QoL, anthropometric measurements, and blood variables were collected and measured at enrollment and at 1 year (trial end).

• RESULTS:

• A similar weight loss was observed in the intervention (-6.5 kg) and control (-5.6 kg) arms (β = -0.45; 95% CI: -3.78 to 2.88; P = 0.79). However, habitual hypnosis users lost more weight (-9.6 kg; β = -10.2; 95% CI: -14.2 to -6.18; P < 0.001) and greatly reduced their caloric intake (-682.5 kcal; β = -643.6; 95% CI: -1064.0 to -223.2; P = 0.005) in linear regression models.

• At trial end, the intervention arm showed lower C-reactive protein values (β = -2.55; 95% CI: -3.80 to -1.31; P < 0.001), higher satiety (β = 19.2; 95% CI: 7.71-30.6; P = 0.001), and better QoL (β = 0.09; 95% CI: 0.02-0.16; P = 0.01).

CONCLUSIONS:

• Self-hypnosis was not associated with differences in weight change but was associated with improved satiety, QoL, and inflammation.

• Habitual hypnosis users showed a greater weight loss and greatly reduced their caloric intake.

• © 2018 The Obesity Society.

Acknowledgements/References

• Photos and GmB related information: Martin and Marion Shirran, Elite Clinics, Calle España 1, Edificio Buendia 1, Office 3A, Fuengirola, 29640, Malaga, Spain

• Additional material from Sheila Grainger, UK

• Obesity statistics 2016: World Health Organisation

• Effects of self-hypnosis on obesity study: Bo S1, Rahimi F2, Goitre I1, Properzi B3, Ponzo V1, Regaldo G4, Boschetti S2, Fadda M2, Ciccone G5, Abbate Daga G6, Mengozzi G7, Evangelista A5, De Francesco A2, Belcastro S1, Broglio F1. © 2018 The Obesity Society.

• Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

• Unit of Clinical Nutrition, Hospital of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy.

• Unit of Internal Medicine, Hospital of Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy.

• Obstetric Department, Hospital of Ciriè, Turin, Italy.

• Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, CPO, Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital of Turin, Turin, Italy.

• Division of Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

• Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Hospital of Turin, Turin, Italy.

Thank you!ANNA YATES

Mind Solutions

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me after the presentation!