Negative emotions such as worry, guilt, jealousy, anger, hate, regret, apathy, fear and blame don’t achieve anything. They just make situations harder to deal with and can harm you both mentally and physically! The anxiety caused by these feelings cause your body to go into “fight or flight”. During this process, your heart rate and blood pressure increase, your body makes adrenalin that isn’t going to be used, your immune system lowers and your digestive system slows down.

This one day workshop is based on techniques Gary uses successfully with clients suffering from anxiety, depression, and confidence problems but is a workshop everyone can benefit from.

You will learn how to reframe situations and therefore be able to control or eliminate the aforementioned emotions.

You will learn how to relieve stress so that you can see things in their true perspective without unnecessary anxiety.

You will find that when you are free from the limits of these emotions, as well as from your own limiting beliefs, you will be able to do the things that you have known for a long time that you ought to be able to do. This will enable you to reach your full potential in life.

The course is run by Gary Oke of Oke Hypnotherapy. Gary holds diplomas in Hypnotherapy and Stress Management, Advanced Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Life Coaching, Emotional Freedom Technique, Complete Mind Therapies, and is a British Ethical School of Therapies Master Practitioner in Applied Clinical Hypnosis as well as being a member of the British Institute of Hypnotherapy and the General Hypnotherapy Register. Gary also teaches hypnotherapy at British Ethical School of Therapies where he was originally a student.

In addition to his experience as a hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner and Life Coach, Gary has trained and managed sales and telesales teams on a national level. This work includes motivational training, sales training, interpersonal skills and time management. Gary has also worked alongside management consultants on “Commitment to Excellence” and “World Class Business” programmes.

Gary was also on Duncan Bannatyne’s team of experts for the recent television show on Virgin One “Duncan Bannatyne’s Seaside Rescue” where Gary coached and produced a cast of actors as part of the improvements made to the Newquay tourist attraction “Tunnels Through Time” (now Buccaneer Bay). Some of the cast had no previous acting experience but were “camera ready” in under a week, from both performance and confidence perspectives!

The cost of the course is £99.00 per person. Discounts are available for groups of four or more.

Places must be pre-booked as numbers are restricted. To book a place on this course, please call 0800 197 2775 or email gary@okehypnotherapy.co.uk.

The programme utilises Hypnotherapy, NLP, EFT and Lifestyle Coaching techniques. There are no weigh-ins, no awful weight loss diet plans and, because of the mind therapy techniques used, the effects are long-lasting and in most cases, permanent! Unlike certain slimming clubs and diet plans where a lot of people might lose weight to begin with but it soon returns when they go back to their normal eating habits.

The programme is also a lot more cost-effective than one-on-one therapy (although that is also available for those who prefer it). In just six weeks, you could change the way you eat (and exercise) forever!

The next group is starting on 10th January 2010. The sessions are held at Forsyth Business Centre at The Triangle in Manchester City Centre. There are plans to also run this programme in Sheffield, Glossop and later, Liverpool.

For further information please visit www.healthymind-healthybody.co.uk

As well as treating several more Borderline Personality Disorder cases with hypnotherapy, both with local clients and those who have travelled a long distance, I have spoken to many other people who have been diagnosed with BPD who are either overseas or who are unable to travel the distance to my hypnotherapy clinics in Manchester, Glossop and Sheffield.

I am currently in the process of moving my Manchester premises to the business center above the Triangle shopping centre. This means that I have more flexible premises and meeting rooms for group therapy more readily available. With this in mind, as well as the number of people who have been unable to afford to travel the distance and see the therapy process through, I have now produced an intensive group therapy programme for Borderline Personality Disorder. Operating this on a group therapy basis means that I can lower the cost per person substantially and make the travelling costs more worthwhile/lower by offering this scheme on an intensive basis.

The new programme is designed as an interactive 6 day course of treatment utilising techniques from hypnotherapy, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Coaching and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). Although it is very difficult for me to free up six consecutive days for this programme, it is possible at certain times of the year (Early January, August and October being the easiest).

If you are interested in this programme, please contact me. The intention is to start this programme in January 2010. Obviously, this is dependant on the number of people wishing to attend, the groups need to be small enough to be workable but large enough for me to be able to offer the substantial saving on the treatment cost.

In my experience, clients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder require ten to twelve sessions at £65.00 per session (2009 prices). In other words, this costs between £650 and £780. The programme is designed to make this more affordable, particularly for those travelling a distance. Depending on the level of interest in the programme, I am estimating the cost to be between £325 and £450. In other words, for those travelling a distance, your hotel costs should be offset by attending the programme rather than attending one on one sessions.