HYPNOTHERAPY IN NORTH WALES WITH ALISON BIRD

You have probably attempted to control these problems by dieting, fasting, over-exercising, using slimming pills, laxatives and purging.  This may produce short term results, but usually things become worse because the underlying problems have not been addressed.  Unwittingly, you become trapped in cycles of binge eating and starving, harbouring persistent weight problems or terrified of eating.  These obsessions with food and weight can have far-reaching effects on your physical and emotional well-being, and affect the people who care for you.

As a clinical hypnotherapist and trained Eating Disorders Practitioner with the National Centre for Eating Disorders (their pioneering work is featured extensively on TV, radio and national newspapers and magazines) I am uniquely qualified to help people with all eating and body-image disorders, including Obsessive Dieting, Bulimia, Anorexia, Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder.  My specialist training in the physical, nutritional and emotional aspects of these problems ensures both a caring and professional commitment to your needs.  Unlike many practitioners who work from a single perspective, I am able offer a more holistic approach.  In this way we can work together to address the full range of physical, emotional and nutritional aspects of your problem, bringing you a unique and powerful approach.  Together we can explore your personal eating world and utilise strategies tailored to your personality and lifestyle to help you break free from old fixations and compulsions and create a relaxed and healthy relationship with food.

COMPULSIVE EATING AND WEIGHT CONTROL

My aim is to help you restore control over eating, release you from food addictions, free you from obsessions about food and weight and give you mastery over the emotional triggers and situations which used to make you overeat.  By establishing a healthy relationship with food, you really can achieve weight loss without the need for dieting, willpower or drugs.

BULIMIA

Taking laxatives, exercising excessively or vomiting to deal with overeating can backfire.  You find that the solution evolves into the problem; what seemed like a good idea has become a prison from which you cannot escape.  I am trained to guide you out of the bulimic addiction and teach you how to take care of yourself in better ways.

ANOREXIA

Our first tasks are to learn the extent and degree of control over weight loss and to see if you (or the person you care for) are motivated to accept help.  Then we work together on your goals to create a care plan with you, and your family if appropriate.  Alternatively, we can co-ordinate the assistance of other professionals for the safe management of setbacks or crises.

This therapy aims to restore a strong, effective sense of self, and teach better ways of coping.  With the right support, you really can break free of the need to turn away from food, and go on to lead a normal, healthy life.

IF YOU CARE FOR SOMEONE WITH AN EATING DISORDER, CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN HELP THEM