FITNESS MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE ANXIETY
The psychology of sport and fitness motivation is becoming an increasingly popular field where the input of psychologists and hypnotherapists is successful. We have at our disposal many techniques that can be very effective in helping individuals who want to be fit to compete and also for those who want to maintain and enjoy a level of fitness and well being. Hypnotherapy is ideal for helping people get over past failures, utilise their successes and actively create the most beneficial mindset for maximum success and to sustain and enjoy the exercise. Athletes and coaches alike are beginning to fully recognise the importance of mental training and the psychological approach to competition.
Hypnotherapy uses a number of techniques to achieve an enhanced performance, increase motivation and helps the client maintain the impetus after sessions and sets up easy mental and hypnotic routines to practice such as self-hypnosis.
Motivation and Goal Setting
Maintaining and Understanding Focus
Competition Preparation & Technical Rehearsal
Anchoring the Zone (IZOF)
Sports Orientation Intake and Questioning
Dealing with Self Talk
Anxiety Management and Arousal Control
General Performance anxiety includes ‘Glossophobia’ which is a fear of public speaking and affects 70% of the population worldwide. It is a complex fear and includes many components but numerous famous people suffer from it and it can affect any type of speaking, performance, presentations and interviews etc. The fear of failure and the perception of being judged negatively can produce symptoms such as stammering, blushing and sweating and the ‘fear of fear’ and the anticipation can have similar physiological impacts as the event itself.
Hypnotic therapy works well for performance anxiety as does CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and EFT (Emotional Freedom Therapy) which allows the hypnotherapist work with the client to identify self-defeating core beliefs and images and install more constructive beliefs that enable you realise that with practice, rehearsal and motivation you can give a confident performance anytime you wish. Success will become your philosophy in what ever area of performance anxiety related area you might wish to address.
Hypnotherapy uses a number of techniques to achieve an enhanced performance, increase motivation and helps the client maintain the impetus after sessions and sets up easy mental and hypnotic routines to practice such as self-hypnosis.
Motivation and Goal Setting
Maintaining and Understanding Focus
Competition Preparation & Technical Rehearsal
Anchoring the Zone (IZOF)
Sports Orientation Intake and Questioning
Dealing with Self Talk
Anxiety Management and Arousal Control
General Performance anxiety includes ‘Glossophobia’ which is a fear of public speaking and affects 70% of the population worldwide. It is a complex fear and includes many components but numerous famous people suffer from it and it can affect any type of speaking, performance, presentations and interviews etc. The fear of failure and the perception of being judged negatively can produce symptoms such as stammering, blushing and sweating and the ‘fear of fear’ and the anticipation can have similar physiological impacts as the event itself.
Hypnotic therapy works well for performance anxiety as does CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and EFT (Emotional Freedom Therapy) which allows the hypnotherapist work with the client to identify self-defeating core beliefs and images and install more constructive beliefs that enable you realise that with practice, rehearsal and motivation you can give a confident performance anytime you wish. Success will become your philosophy in what ever area of performance anxiety related area you might wish to address.
