Hypnotherapy for work related issues

 If you have a work related issue that you think is holding you back then this short post is for you.

Perhaps anxiety and fears are negatively impacting your work or maybe a lack of confidence. Or as in the case of a recent client her perceived lack of resilience, focusing a lot of her attention on what went wrong before.

Hypnotherapy can help with most work related issues that have a subjective personal element. 

This is because about ninety percent of the mind is subconscious. The subconscious is accessed though a process of relaxation or hypnosis. This feels like day dreaming when you lose track of time until something jolts you out of that state such as a raised voice. This process is natural and safe as we go into hypnosis or trance many times during the day, often when we are completing routine tasks, familiar journeys for example or reading a book.

Once relaxed we can talk to your subconscious, feeding in suggestions that are relevant to what you need such as confidence or resilience. Your conscious critical mind has stepped to one side and your subconscious absorbs these helpful suggestions like a sponge.

If this is something that you would like to explore further please get in touch via my website www.westofenglandcoachingandcounselling.co.uk or call me on 07712 716602. Best wishes, Pam Madden

Professional 1:1 coaching and mentoring. If you are interested in CPD or Continuous Professional Development and have a Personal Development Plan for work then this blog is for you.

We all have professional development needs whatever stage we are at in our career. Addressed, we will continue to develop and grow in our professional life. Some of these needs can be addressed by a course or reading. Increasingly, professionals are looking for a tailored one to one approach and this is where professional coaching and mentoring comes in.

I thought that I would write about the 3 most common development needs that clients have been using me for as their coach and mentor.

1. Confidence and resilience bouncing back from difficulties. Belief in your ability to achieve a specific outcome. For example, I am working with a client who wants to trust herself to answer tricky client questions rather than needing reassurance and deferring to senior colleagues. The work we are doing started with her practising state management tools until these became a habit or unconscious competence. Now we are working on response strategies and options rather than a reactive "I don't know. I will get X (senior colleague) to call you." To develop her resilience we are literally developing her mind and body strength in a few ways so that she is ready to act in the busiest of times and trickiest of scenarios. We are also using NLP or Neuro-Linguistic-Programming for belief change work.

2. Developing presence. Here I am working with clients on a number of areas including body language, tonality especially word emphasis and avoiding monotone delivery, impactful behaviour and presentation. Clients enjoy resetting or establishing their brand and practising ways to encourage interest from key stakeholders. The key thing here is for it to work as well as being authentic and comfortable for you.

3. Being strategic and decisive. In this area we start with defining what this looks like and the behaviours involved. For example, not micromanaging and planning ahead. We also practice using a number of strategic frameworks and decision making tools.

The point is that we all need to be honest with ourselves and talk about where we are falling short of our potential. By getting real and identifying our development areas specifically, we can address them and get better results. Having discussed this with a number of clients we all agree that when we do this we are honouring ourselves, having self-respect and staying away from the sloppy end of the spectrum!

 

Make Choices & Feel Understood

One of my clients told me recently that the best thing about coaching with my support was that she now felt understood and able to make choices. I wanted to explore this further with her which she agreed to.

My client said that saying her thoughts out loud and having me listen and say that I understood was a big relief. When she had done this with friends in the past they had listened without saying anything and then went on to talk about their own experience in this area. As a result of this she had stopped sharing her thoughts with friends and had felt increasingly overwhelmed by them. Her feelings had been fearful, panicky and anxious for years.

Being understood is one of our major needs as humans, along with giving and receiving love and making choices. 

Sharing that being understood made her feel safe and secure to express her true thoughts.

My client said that once she felt understood she felt that she could identify her choices and be self-directing in her life.  She suddenly felt a massive energy surge that replaced a feeling of helplessness.

We cannot control our feelings. We can control our thoughts. A good coach will work with you to help you to understand and control your thinking in most cases and in turn help you to experience more positive feelings.

If you are feeling like my client was please get in touch to discuss your needs using pam@westofenglandcoachingandcounselling.co.uk or 07712716602.