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Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy (CBH) is an integrated psychological therapy employing the strong evidence based schools of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and clinical hypnosis. The combination creates greater understanding and knowledge which facilitates emotional, behavioural and symptomatic change.

CBH is an extremely elegant and effective model of therapy that examines how our thinking, attitudes, beliefs, opinions and behaviours are formed, how they affect our success, lives and feelings, and how changing them impacts on our performance and happiness.

The knowledge in the CBH model stems from both ancient and modern philosophical thinking, science, psychology and common sense. It is a very unique and safe experience. Hypnosis can be used as an influential and helpful communication tool which can enable profound insights and increase the effectiveness of therapy. Research supports the greater improvement noticed in clients receiving a combination of the two therapies.

Hypnosis has sometimes has been disregarded in the psychiatric and psychological worlds due to its misuse as a vehicle for entertainment, however with the British Medical Association (BMA) recognition in 1955 and the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) having an entire section devoted to hypnosis and psychosomatic medicine, there are large bodies of research and evidence in support of its efficacy when applied within a therapeutic framework such as CBT.

When these two powerful approaches are combined into one unique integrated approach, cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy (CBH), creates an understanding and knowledge that informs sustainable change for the individual.

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