MIND | BODY | SOUL
£60 per 1 hour session (can be booked as single or block booking)
Available in St Andrews and Dundee
Available in St Andrews and Dundee
Our specialist programme, Gaia: The Nature of Women, focuses on healing from within and creating a positive change to help you take back control of your life, habits and behaviours. Nicole's therapeutic technique addresses the mental, emotional and physical factors that can effect women's health and offers you a bespoke programme of treatment developed specifically to your individual condition.
Using clinical hypnotherapy, guided imagery and other mind-body approaches to enhance women's health and empower women to deal more successfully with life-stage changes, fertility and related female disorders.
Therapy in the City offer an open-minded, understanding and caring approach to women's health issues and will work with you to create a happier, healthier state of mind and body.
Infertility, IVF and Conception |
Weight and Eating Disorders |
UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY AND CONCEPTION ISSUES
Studies have shown that hypnotherapy increases natural conception by 50% and recent evidence suggests that hypnosis can double the success rate of IVF.
When a couple decides to start a family and nothing happens, stress is often one of the main obstacles they need to overcome. If ignored, anxiety and stress builds and can affect your whole body, including your reproductive system. Stress hormones can suppress ovulation, sexual activity and sperm count, and this can actually add to the problem by interfering with the normal functions of your reproductive system. In extreme cases, depression can develop and this in particular can lead to the release of unviable immature eggs.
At Therapy in the City we can help to change this and the negative effects it results in by:
When a couple decides to start a family and nothing happens, stress is often one of the main obstacles they need to overcome. If ignored, anxiety and stress builds and can affect your whole body, including your reproductive system. Stress hormones can suppress ovulation, sexual activity and sperm count, and this can actually add to the problem by interfering with the normal functions of your reproductive system. In extreme cases, depression can develop and this in particular can lead to the release of unviable immature eggs.
At Therapy in the City we can help to change this and the negative effects it results in by:
- Identifying and resolving unconscious and conscious issues that may be preventing conception, such as fears about pregnancy and birth, unresolved trauma, previous miscarriage/still birth, unresolved issues from childhood. Emotional Support and building coping skills
- Restoring physical, mental and emotional balance and wellbeing through changing limiting beliefs, relaxation and changes to lifestyle. Restoring trust in your body, self-esteem and self-worth. Reducing stress and anxiety, increasing feelings of calm and relaxation.
- Preparing couples for conception by improving intimacy (for natural conception), restoring menstrual health, helping couples make the necessary lifestyle changes (diet, smoking) and preparing couples for IVF or other fertility treatment. Reducing negative effects of fertility treatment medication.
PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
Bringing a new baby into the world is a life changing experience for all mothers and the nine months of waiting for your new arrival can be an exciting yet daunting process for many. At Therapy in the City our therapies can help to overcome negative emotions and fears by creating a sense of confidence, relaxation and well-being in all mummies to be. This is achieved through our treating of individual concerns such as:
Hypnotherapy for Childbirth - teaching you self-hypnosis, relaxation and breathing techniques that can be used for pain relief during labor and childbirth. Helping you to achieve a calmer, easier, more comfortable birth where you are in control.
- Tokophobia (fear of childbirth)
- Body and weight
- Changes to lifestyle and relationships
- Smoke Free Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Relaxation
Hypnotherapy for Childbirth - teaching you self-hypnosis, relaxation and breathing techniques that can be used for pain relief during labor and childbirth. Helping you to achieve a calmer, easier, more comfortable birth where you are in control.
relationship issues
The relationships you have with other people are a reflection of your own relationship with yourself. Relationships are like mirrors, reflecting you and if you hold negative beliefs about yourself you will attract those type of relationships into your life. How you feel about 'You' can impact your current and future relationships... ever wondered why you always attract the same type of person that never turns out to be good for you?
If you want to change your relationships, you need to first start with yourself. Learn to love yourself and let go of those negative emotions and beliefs.
Relationship issues you may be experiencing include:
Hypnotherapy can help you love from the inside out and work through and release those internal conflicts that have been detrimental to those important relationships in your life. Building your confidence, helping you get in touch with your inner fears and anxieties and creating new and positive changes. Your sessions will enable you to:
If you want to change your relationships, you need to first start with yourself. Learn to love yourself and let go of those negative emotions and beliefs.
Relationship issues you may be experiencing include:
- Divorce or Separation (see below)
- Feelings of insecurity.
- Feeling trapped in a relationship.
- Trying to recover from a Toxic Relationship
- Feeling confused about whether or not to stay in your relationship.
- Trying to deal with your partners infidelity.
- Feeling frustrated by a poor physical and sexual relationship.
- Wanting to improve your current relationship.
- Working on communication skills.
Hypnotherapy can help you love from the inside out and work through and release those internal conflicts that have been detrimental to those important relationships in your life. Building your confidence, helping you get in touch with your inner fears and anxieties and creating new and positive changes. Your sessions will enable you to:
- Release negative emotions
- Change your limiting beliefs on past, current or future relationships
- Help you gain a new perspective on your relationship
- Recapture the lost feelings of love, friendship and commitment.
- Re-experience past memories in a more positive way.
- Learn relaxation techniques allowing you to be calm around each other.
- Develop a self belief that builds on your confidence and ability to create new and successful relationships.
EMPTY NEST SYNDROME
'Empty Nest' Syndrome is the name given to a psychological condition that psychiatrists have claimed is one of the most traumatic events in a women's life with the exception of birth and death.
The syndrome refers to the feelings of depression, sadness and/or grief experienced by parents after children come of age and leave the childhood home due to university, gap years, marriage etc... Women are more affected than men, although it should be noted that fathers do experience the syndrome to a lesser degree.
A mother's role of caring and nurturing her children starts from the time they are born and from that moment her entire life revolves around her children. Therefore, it's not a surprise to find that once her children leave home, she feels she is no longer needed in the same way and has been left behind! In addition mothers can also be going through other significant life changes such as the Menopause that can make the transition more difficult.
So what is normal and when should you seek help? If you find yourself after your children have left home from time to time weeping or even going and sitting in their bedroom and spending time there, don't worry... that's a perfectly normal reaction. However, crying excessively and spending prolonged time in their rooms would be of concern.
Symptoms - if you experience one or more of these, please consider booking a session to discuss this condition and how I can help you:
Marriage Problems? When children leave home, some couples find that their partnership ends with couples divorcing once children leave the family home. This may be due to the last two decades being held together by discussions of school, jokes about children, success, sadness and watching your children grow over the years. Once your child leaves, you both realise that over time you have grown apart and are not the same people you were when you got married.
Alternatively, for those who are in a second marriage this may be the first time you have been alone together and your relationship needs to adjust to this change. This can be an exciting time for you both and a way to discover a new direction in your relationship. Whether it's a first or second marriage, take time to re-introduce yourselves to each other and actually spend time talking.
You may also notice anger is an emotion you feel when dealing with the grief and sadness after your child has left. It's important to remember that anger is an integral part of grief and both you and your husband/partner may feel it and subsequently take this frustration and anger out on each other.
Letting Go! Working with me during your sessions you will overcome the associated symptoms that accompany 'Empty Nest' Syndrome and develop your ability to nurture the creativity inside you. You can look forward and embrace this new found freedom and new possibilities that await you. Find the confidence to take the first steps on a new path with the comfort of knowing the relationship with your children is not over but instead part of a beautiful transformation in your life!
The syndrome refers to the feelings of depression, sadness and/or grief experienced by parents after children come of age and leave the childhood home due to university, gap years, marriage etc... Women are more affected than men, although it should be noted that fathers do experience the syndrome to a lesser degree.
A mother's role of caring and nurturing her children starts from the time they are born and from that moment her entire life revolves around her children. Therefore, it's not a surprise to find that once her children leave home, she feels she is no longer needed in the same way and has been left behind! In addition mothers can also be going through other significant life changes such as the Menopause that can make the transition more difficult.
So what is normal and when should you seek help? If you find yourself after your children have left home from time to time weeping or even going and sitting in their bedroom and spending time there, don't worry... that's a perfectly normal reaction. However, crying excessively and spending prolonged time in their rooms would be of concern.
Symptoms - if you experience one or more of these, please consider booking a session to discuss this condition and how I can help you:
- Feel your useful life has ended
- Crying excessively
- No longer feel needed
- So sad you don't won't to mix with friends or go to work
- Sadness overwhelming you
- Finding it difficult to maintain your relationship with your husband/partner
Marriage Problems? When children leave home, some couples find that their partnership ends with couples divorcing once children leave the family home. This may be due to the last two decades being held together by discussions of school, jokes about children, success, sadness and watching your children grow over the years. Once your child leaves, you both realise that over time you have grown apart and are not the same people you were when you got married.
Alternatively, for those who are in a second marriage this may be the first time you have been alone together and your relationship needs to adjust to this change. This can be an exciting time for you both and a way to discover a new direction in your relationship. Whether it's a first or second marriage, take time to re-introduce yourselves to each other and actually spend time talking.
You may also notice anger is an emotion you feel when dealing with the grief and sadness after your child has left. It's important to remember that anger is an integral part of grief and both you and your husband/partner may feel it and subsequently take this frustration and anger out on each other.
Letting Go! Working with me during your sessions you will overcome the associated symptoms that accompany 'Empty Nest' Syndrome and develop your ability to nurture the creativity inside you. You can look forward and embrace this new found freedom and new possibilities that await you. Find the confidence to take the first steps on a new path with the comfort of knowing the relationship with your children is not over but instead part of a beautiful transformation in your life!
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