TESTIMONIALS & PRESS
WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY…
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Harper’s Bazaar
MID-YEAR RESOLUTIONS
‘Take a mental Polaroid of your body at its best on that sunlounger, recording how good you look, what you can smell and hear,’ says Adore Yourself Slim author Lisa Jackson. ‘Every night, relax deeply by breathing in for four counts and out for eight, for two minutes. Hold that image in your head and run through what is stopping you keeping that body (choosing a drink over the gym). Mentally rehearsing this imprints the right choices in your mind.’
Psychologies
‘Visiting Lisa for our sessions was like a sanctuary, re-energising and rebooting me each time. After each session, I put into practice techniques she taught me, helping me to change patterns of behaviour that weren’t serving me or my efforts to get pregnant and I began to rediscover my ‘self’ that I had lost in the fog of trying for a baby. I grew in strength, resilience and optimism. Entering into IVF with hypnotherapy skills by my side, which I used daily, I felt fully prepared mentally and physically to embrace the experience. I cannot thank Lisa enough for her kindness, generosity of spirit and unwavering faith. I want others to know that hope can be found in even the darkest of times and that optimism can be felt even when you haven’t reached your end goal – in my case, a baby.’
Zest
THE THERAPY Hypnotherapy
THE GUINEA PIG Tabitha McDonald, 29. She’s been smoking for 15 years and gets through ten to 20 cigarettes a day.
WHAT DID IT INVOLVE? ‘The session started with a 90-minute chat about what to expect and why I wanted to stop smoking. I explained that I wanted to quit for health reasons and that my main trigger is boredom – cigarette breaks punctuate my day and I consider my mid-morning and mid-afternoon cigarettes rewards for hard work. I also socialise with smokers a lot, which doesn’t help. The hypnotherapist, Lisa Jackson, explained that hypnosis works by implanting suggestions into your unconscious mind that you no longer want to smoke.
DID IT WORK? ‘Much to my surprise, it really did! Despite going on a group holiday with six smokers, I’ve managed not to smoke for a month. I did feel a little grouchy for the first few days, and I’m fidgeting a lot, but find that every time I think of having a cigarette, an image of a sad, old, wrinkly smoker pops into my mind – which must be down to the hypnosis!’
Health & Fitness
‘HYPNOTHERAPY HAS HELPED ME LOSE A STONE’
Elaine Swaby overcame her sugar addiction and regained control of her weight with the support of hypnotherapist Lisa Jackson
‘There was an instant rapport between Lisa and myself and, because she’s so approachable and trustworthy, I felt I could confide in her. When she started to hypnotise me, her soothing voice made me feel calm, relaxed and at ease. As soon as the session was over, I found myself in Tesco stocking up on healthy food, Lisa’s voice in my head reminding me that I could make healthy choices.
‘The best thing I got from having hypnotherapy was the ability to be totally in control of my chocolate addiction. It’s three months on and I’ve never felt better – I’ve lost a stone after having the therapy and I even managed to avoid the dreaded three o’clock sweet cravings!’
Women’s Running
MIND OVER MARATHON
Rhalou Allerhand enters a trance-like state of altered consciousness to ease her running fears
‘I called upon the services of the inimitable Lisa Jackson, a clinical hypnotherapist who happens to be a keen ultrarunner, too! I visited Lisa in her Croydon clinic and within half an hour felt a renewed lust for the sport before she’d even hypnotised me.
‘I was sceptical to begin with, but after my first session with Lisa, I promptly laced up my trainers, dashed out the door and ran all the way to work (12.5 miles no less)… By session two, I felt ready to conquer the world, so come race day, I’ll surely be ready to take on 26.2 miles.’
Women’s Fitness
SNEAKY STAY-SLIM SECRETS
Drink smart
Alternate your alcoholic drinks with water to ease the blow to your waistline (and head!) ‘Double ordering is the way to go,’ says weight-loss expert Lisa Jackson, author of Adore Yourself Slim. ‘Every time you order a drink, ask for a pint of water and vow that you won’t go back to the bar till you’ve finished both.’
Refinery 29
OBESSIVELY PICKING AT MY SPLIT ENDS TOOK OVER MY LIFE
Lisa Jackson sees clients who have been picking their hair for decades, as well as others for whom it’s a new and worrying habit they want to curb. Lisa says: ‘I aim to remove the unhelpful habit but at the same time work together with my client to find something else that will give them a sense of comfort. That might be anything from taking regular sips of tea to playing with a stress ball to popping bubblewrap. We also agree on practical strategies such as wearing a hat or headscarf, to put a physical barrier between them and the bad habit.
‘Hypnotherapy aims to bring the unhelpful unconscious habit into conscious awareness. While they’re hypnotised, the client isn’t told they won’t do these things, rather they’re told that whenever they’re about to do these things they will immediately stop, and then only be able to carry out that behaviour by making a conscious decision to do so. This is a way to counteract many people’s resistance to being told not to do something. The hypnosis session is then reinforced at home with the client mentally rehearsing times when they formerly would have turned to the unhelpful habit but instead see themselves performing the new, alternative strategy. It can be treated in as few as three hypnotherapy sessions, provided they don’t reveal very serious emotional issues.’
