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1. Friends actress Jennifer Aniston sees confidence coach for hypnotherapy

   Posted on 10:23am Monday 9th Jun 2014

   Friends actress Jennifer Aniston, who is engaged to Justin Theroux has been seeing a "confidence counsellor" and having hypnotherapy for anxiety ahead of George Clooney's wedding, as reported in Grazia Magazine.

   Aniston is said to be nervous of coming face-to-face with her ex-husband Brad Pitt and his fiancee Angelina Jolie when their mutual friend George Clooney ties the knot with lawyer Amal Alamuddin later this year, so she is doing everything she can to put her anxieties and worries to rest.
   
   

   A source said: "Jen's no stranger to therapy, so she decided to seek some help. At the wedding, she'll have Justin there for support, but the thought of seeing Brad and Angelina is quite overwhelming. The therapist has been helping to build her confidence and eliminate the fear she seems to have built up about coming face-to-face with them. She has also been having hypnotherapy,"  

   Though Jennifer has seen Brad and Angelina only once, at the 2009 Oscars, since they divorced nine years ago, she is said to be particularly concerned about the wedding as it will be so intimate. The Oscars were one thing, but George's wedding will involve being in a smaller, far more intimate group where they won't be able to avoid one another. Jen wants to be as happy anc comfortable as possible.

   "She has been doing role plays with her confidence coach and will be as prepared as she can be." said her friend.

   It is interesting to see that she is taking steps to handle what could be a difficult situation for her. Rather than just live with the worry she is doing something about it. Isn't that the best way to be?

2. Hypnosis is the way to sleep soundly

   Posted on 2:46pm Thursday 5th Jun 2014

   Hypnosis for a good night's sleep

   This article appeared in the journal "Sleep" and involves research to show how you can end insomnia and sleep well.

   Researchers have demonstrated that restorative slow-wave sleep, or deep sleep, can also be increased without medication - using hypnosis and hypnotherapy, as it is a method that can influence processes which are very difficult to control voluntarily.

    

   The study involved 70 healthy young women who came to the sleep laboratory for a 90-minute mid-day nap.

    

   Before falling asleep, they listened to a special 13-minute slow-wave sleep hypnosis tape over loudspeakers, developed by hypnotherapist Angelika Schlarb, a sleep specialist, or to a neutral spoken text.

   "It opens up new, promising opportunities for improving the quality of sleep without drugs," said biopsychologist Björn Rasch from University of Zurich in Switzerland.

    

   Highly suggestible women experienced 80 percent more slow-wave sleep after listening to the hypnosis tape compared with sleep after listening to the neutral text.

    

   For older adults and patients with sleeping problems, the results could come as a sigh of relief as in contrast to many sleep-inducing drugs, hypnosis hardly has any adverse side effects.

    

   As a clinical hypnotherapist who first stumbled on hypnotherapy to help me sleep over twenty years ago I know exactly how well the techniques that I use work. There really is no need to lie awake worrying about not being able to sleep. You can fall asleep and sleep well every night. It is so much easier to learn than you may imagine. Just give me a call or drop me an email if you would like to find out more. Most clients who see me for insomnia visit only three or four times and then never need to see me again.