Be Free from Depression

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Depression is created by how we think and behave, it is something we do.  Let me explain; when you keep having miserable thoughts you feel miserable. When you choose to have happy thoughts you feel happy.  Sounds simple doesn’t it.  It is true, just sometimes we don’t realise the choice we have. Now with a combination of modern highly effective therapies you can ‘drop the baggage’ and put the past behind you, learn how to retrain your thoughts and behaviours and be free to enjoy a positive happy future.

“Life does not consist mainly, or even largely of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought that is forever flowing through ones head.” Mark Twain

Depression is one of the most common emotional problems in our society today, and can affect anyone regardless of their life circumstances. It is a debilitating and overwhelming condition which appears to control your life, essentially everything seems too much effort. Many treatments are about managing the symptoms and helping you to learn to live with it, rather than addressing the beliefs you have about yourself which underpin depressive thoughts/feelings. By changing these beliefs, strengthening your confidence and self esteem, and creating a positive future you are able to recover, and to learn skills to prevent yourself from becoming depressed again. Recovery from depressive thoughts/feelings is possible with TFT, NLP and Hypnotherapy.

Symptoms of depression include:

• unhappiness
• crying
• a sense of hopelessness/failure
• exhaustion, change in sleeping habits (can be more or less)
• loss or increase of appetite
• low self esteem
• feeling irritable, guilty, agitated, angry, frustrated
• loss of concentration
• feeling lonely, isolated, worthless, ashamed
• unable to find pleasure in previously enjoyable pursuits

Depression is created and maintained by negative thought processes and beliefs. I will work with you using TFT, NLP and Hypnotherapy to change the way you think, replacing negative thoughts and beliefs with positive ones so you can be happy again.

Depressive behaviour is a mindset that is incredibly difficult to understand unless you have experienced it. Often people tell you to ‘pull yourself together’ or to ‘snap out of it’ or ask ‘what do you have to be depressed about?’ These sorts of comments are extremely unhelpful – let’s face it if you could snap out of it you would. I write from personal experience, I suffered from depression and made a full recovery with the use of NLP, TFT and Hypnotherapy. Subsequently, I trained in these techniques to enable me to help others.

Allow me to empower you to be happy again.

What would it be like for you, or for your loved one, to be free from depression, to be happy again, to have left the past behind you, and to be living the life now that you really want?

In your sessions I will use a combination of hypnosis, NLP and TFT depending on your individual needs.  The exact number of sessions required depends upon the individual and the complexity of the situation.  You can book individual sessions, however over the years I have found I often see clients who feel depressed for three sessions, therefore I have a special offer online price for a three session package.  During these three sessions, initially we work together to address the cause of the problem and deal with any ‘emotional baggage’ that may be impacting on it, and then we work together to boost your confidence/self esteem and spend some time teaching you techniques to use at home for ongoing happiness. 

If you are taking medication for depression it is not ethical for me to advise you in this respect. It is necessary for you to continue to see your doctor to discuss your medication; however I can still work with you to achieve relief from depressive thoughts and feelings.

Before you decide if you want to make an appointment, it might be helpful to read the following testimonial from a lady I had the pleasure of working with.

An Amazing Testimonial from Jane

I am writing this testimonial to try to express the gratitude I feel because I sincerely believe that Susan Smith has changed my life in just four sessions. I have suffered with depression and anxiety for over 20 years, had two nervous breakdowns and have tried every kind of conventional “therapy” including counselling, CBT and psychotherapy where I just never really believed that reliving all the pain and hurt from the past over and over again could possibly help me. I used to say to myself what can they tell me that I don’t already know, but unfortunately that was all they could offer, that and telling me that I would be on antidepressants and beta blockers for the rest of my life. All this was just “managing” my condition, but not getting rid of it. I would feel better for a while and then the slightest bit of pressure and my world would turn upside down.

On top of all this, I nursed my father and watched him die of cancer four years ago which burned a terrible image into my memory which I could not get past. I have two small children who were suffering with my terrible moods, never really knowing where they were and what they were doing wrong. Things came to a head in May when I tried to end my life as I just could not take any more, I felt worn out by constantly feeling so out of control and always tired. Luckily I was found in time and it was then I decided to try alternative therapy. Something drew me to Susan and I am so grateful. In just one session of a combination of TFT, NLP and hypnotherapy, I felt a big weight had been lifted and all the “baggage” from the past that used to bother me so much was still there but so far at the back of my mind, that it didn’t hurt any more.

My second session, we worked on the death of my dad and now I can think of him when he was happy and healthy and all those awful images are again somewhere a long way in the distance. Also October is a really bad time of year for me when the clock changes and the nights pull in, but this year it hasn’t bothered me! I have seen Susan another two times to sort out my phobias and my addiction to coca cola, but really I think two sessions would have sorted me out.

I am now unrecognisable from that terribly sad 42 year old who walked into Susan’s room less than two months ago. My husband cannot believe the transformation and keeps waiting for the “bubble” to burst, but for the first time I truly believe that my depression will not come back and my doctor has already started to reduce my medication. I joked with Susan that if she had been around 100 years ago, she would have been classed as a “witch” as her expert therapy is like magic as it is so instant. I feel my demons have finally been put to rest and I can now live a happy life with my husband and two children. My four year old even said the other day “mummy you haven’t been angry for ten years” bless him.

I cannot stress highly enough that if Susan can help me, she can help anyone. She is a really lovely person who I feel I have known forever and I really hope we will remain friends. I am so impressed by the therapy and feeling so wonderful and happy that I feel I want to heal the world myself! If anyone out there is feeling like they have had enough and that everyday is a struggle, then please contact Susan as you do not have to waste any more time feeling so terrible. Thank you Susan from the bottom of my heart, Jane

Blog post ‘Tips to Feel Happier and More Positive’ here http://www.empoweringminds.co.uk/2010/03/23/blog/

Blog post ‘Social Media Eases Depression Loneliness and Increases Happiness’ here http://www.empoweringminds.co.uk/2010/06/15/social-media-eases-depression-loneliness/

Take your first step to happiness now call 07505 884807 or email susan@empoweringminds.co.uk