Bipolar Disorder Therapy Edgbaston Birmingham

25/01/2025

Bipolar Disorder Therapy Edgbaston Birmingham
Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression, is a condition that affects your moods, which can swing from one extreme to another.
People with bipolar disorder have periods or episodes of:
depression – feeling very low and lethargic
mania – feeling very high and overactive (less severe mania is known as hypomania)
Symptoms of bipolar disorder depend on which mood you're experiencing. Unlike simple mood swings, each extreme episode of bipolar disorder can last for several weeks (or even longer), and some people may not experience a "normal" mood very often.
Depression
You may initially be diagnosed with clinical depression before having a future manic episode (sometimes years later), after which you may be diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
During an episode of depression, you may have overwhelming feelings of worthlessness, which can potentially lead to thoughts of su***de.
Mania
During a manic phase of bipolar disorder, you may feel very happy and have lots of energy, ambitious plans and ideas. You may spend large amounts of money on things you can't afford and wouldn't normally want.
Not feeling like eating or sleeping, talking quickly and becoming annoyed easily are also common characteristics of this phase.
You may feel very creative and view the manic phase of bipolar as a positive experience. However, you may also experience symptoms of psychosis, where you see or hear things that aren't there or become convinced of things that aren't true.
You are aware of what is going on at all times and are always in control. Relaxation, self hypnosis, regression, visualization and imagery are some of the many tools I may use to help you.

The high and low phases of bipolar disorder are often so extreme that they interfere with everyday life.
What causes bipolar disorder?
The exact cause of bipolar disorder is unknown, although it's believed a number of things can trigger an episode. Extreme stress, overwhelming problems and life-changing events are thought to contribute, as well as genetic and chemical factors.
Who's affected?
Bipolar disorder is fairly common and one in every 100 adults will be diagnosed with the condition at some point in their life.
Bipolar disorder can occur at any age, although it often develops between the ages of 15 and 19 and rarely develops after 40. Men and women from all backgrounds are equally likely to develop bipolar disorder.
The pattern of mood swings in bipolar disorder varies widely between people. For example, some people only have a couple of bipolar episodes in their lifetime and are stable in between, while others have many episodes.

I help you access the infinite resources of your subconscious mind in order to bring about the therapeutic changes you desire.
Research has shown that our unconscious mind makes 90% of our decisions and that behaviors are established at a very young age. The unconscious mind’s primary function is to protect us. However, behaviors learned at a young age are not always helpful in dealing with issues that we face as adults. Although our conscious mind knows how to deal with situations rationally, the unconscious mind which is the driving force, can create a raft of limiting and unhelpful behaviors because of early programming.

Life changes, and so can you!

Call Stuart: 07825 599340
stuart@hypnotherapy4freedom.com

I’m an expert hypnotherapist offering clinical hypnotherapy & online hypnosis across the UK from London to Birmingham, and internationally.

04/06/2022

Separation and attachment anxiety
If your child has separation anxiety, he/she might have recurrent and excessive distress about anticipating or being away from home or loved ones, he/she might refuse to go to school, get repeated nightmares about separation, or even have headaches, stomach aches or other symptoms when he/she separates from you or other loved ones. There is a danger in not treating separation anxiety in children, as it can be misread by teachers as a lack of ability to focus in the classroom.Hypnotherapy for separation anxiety for children is effective as it trains the thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. Within a few hypnotherapy sessions, they will be able to adapt themselves to the new situation. Many parents have reported that it is far more effective than conventional talk therapy, which doesn’t treat the problem where it arises
Early attachment interactions are thought to shape people’s attachment patterns later on in adult life. For example, a secure adult has a similar relationship with their romantic partner, feeling secure and connected, while allowing themselves and their partner to move freely. On the other hand, a loss of a romantic partner such as divorce may trigger depression among people high on attachment anxiety, because their anxiety relates specifically to separation and abandonment. Those who suffer from panic attacks often have a history of childhood separation anxiety. The sudden arousal of the social separation can lead to panic attacks. The panic attacks and separation anxiety make one feel as if the center of one’s comfort or stability has been abruptly removed.

It's not unusual to have some degree of separation anxiety as an adult at certain points in your life (e.g., after the death of someone close to you or when experiencing other losses). This would be considered episodic separation anxiety. However, adult separation anxiety disorder is a recurrent and persistent problem that is not linked to anything objective that is going on in a person's life at the time.

Typical symptoms of adult separation anxiety disorder are:
Recurrent excessive worry about separating from a place or a person that you are close to (like a spouse)Persistent and recurring fear about losing people close to you or that something bad will happen to them (when there is no objective reason for feeling this way)Recurrent reluctance to go to school or work or go elsewhere due to fear of separating from someone close Persistent and excessive fear of being alone Persistent and excessive fear or reluctance of going to sleep without having someone who is close to you in the house or nearbyRepeated complaints about headaches and other physical symptoms when you are separated from the person or people that you are close to Recurrent nightmares about separationThis anxiety causes significant impairment in one or more major areas of your life (e.g., your relationships, work life or in other significant areas).These symptoms last a month or more, and they are not attributable to any other physical or emotional causes.

There are many ways to treat adult separation anxiety. Clinical hypnosis is a safe and effective form of therapy. It allows you to relax enough to get to the unconscious causes of the problem. You maintain a dual awareness of the here-and-now as well as whatever comes up in the clinical hypnosis session. It also allows you to discover if you are being triggered by other prior events in your life.
Fortunately, research shows that a person’s attachment system, along with his or her sense of security, can be changed for the better. For example, a relationship partner who acts as a reliable security figure can restore a sense of felt-security and help the person function more securely. Effective treatment via reflective awareness and cognitive re-appraisal can facilitate neuroplasticity changes in the patient’s non-conscious mind and increase capacity for secure attachments.
With Clinical Hypnotherapy, I will help you to break down the walls of this self-created prison – with rapid results.
You will achieve all that you desire, no more living in the shadows of life.
You’ll release your mental block, laugh more often and become the person you knew you could always be.
You will grow greater self–confidence, self assurance ,create opportunities, express yourself, realize your ambitions, goals and dreams… become the person you always knew you could be.
Become the Person You Always Knew You Could Be.

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02/06/2022

Bipolar Disorder and Hypnotherapy
It can sometimes feel like you’re completely at the mercy of unpredictable, dramatic mood and energy changes.Life with bipolar disorder is a pretty major challenge. Everybody’s moods fluctuate but when you have ‘manic depression’ the highs and lows are so much higher and lower, with good moods where you feel like you rule the world and bad moods where you feel like the world has completely crushed you.
Typically, when those euphoric moods get going, you feel like you can do anything, like there cannot possibly be any bad consequences of what you do. You lose all sense of perspective and rational judgment, leading you to behave in ways which have disasterous results.
When the downward swing starts, it all heads off in the other direction. Everything is terrible and the whole world is against you and what’s the point of getting up in the morning, or indeed anything? Once again, you have lost your perspective.

Learning to read storm warnings

Although other people can see the signs of these moods coming on, and developing into full blown emotional hurricanes, it can seem as if there’s no way for you yourself to tell that it is happening and that it’s time to take preventive action.

But overwhelming and insurmountable though these patterns might feel, it is actually possible to get more control, to learn to spot the danger signals, and take action to avoid getting derailed – again.
The goal with hypnosis for bipolar disorder is to reduce the client’s stress levels and help them to focus on the positive aspects.
Call Stuart 07825 599340 to discuss how hypnotherapy can bring balance back to your life .
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02/06/2022

Bipolar Disorder and Hypnotherapy
Bipolar disorder, which was earlier referred to as manic depression, is a mood disorder marked by the presence of manic episodes i.e. exaggerated arousal state that can be highly disruptive; with the possibility of alternations with major depressive episodes.
A person with bipolar disorder often vacillates between the euphoric and the dysphoric states
Emotional turmoil, mood swings, depressive episodes can all be addressed with hypnotherapy and integrative therapy .
Call Stuart - 07825 5993430 to discuss how therapy can help achieve more balance
stuart@stuartdowning.co.uk
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Birmingham based hypnotherapist Stuart Downing offers two clinics in the Birmingham area for a range of hypnotherapy services. Take that first step today.

09/02/2022

Eating Disorder client review posted today regarding restrictive eating issues .

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I struggled through the second lockdown and used food as a coping mechanism. To cut a long story short, I ended up suffering from an eating disorder, feeling anxious about the future and feeling totally lost. Finding Stuart was the best thing that could have happened at that point in my life. He tau...

30/01/2022

28/01/2022

Recent client review regarding successful eating disorder therapy .
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Stuart is a most caring, understanding therapist who has helped enormously. Through therapy I have come to understand the reasons for my issues and how to deal with them. Therapy has helped to manage emotions and worry, and how to make changes. Stuart's patient support have helped so much.E

20/10/2021

Sleep Issues / Insomnia -Client review
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When I came to Stuart I was suffering with a period of extreme insomnia and had become very fearful of going to bed at night, for fear of not sleeping. I found the 3 sessions I had with Stuart really helpful, and it was absolutely the right investment to make; Stuart instantly put me at ease, made m...