Hypnosis for sports performance, motivation and success

 

Hypnotherapy, NLP & EMDR for performance enhancement in sport, education, relationships, business and the arts

 

Before Roger Bannister ran the four-minute mile in 1956, it was considered an impossible achievement. Many sportsmen and sportswomen now employ techniques of mental rehearsal to enhance their performance and achieve a PMA- positive mental attitude.

 

In fact, hypnosis has been used in sport for at least 50 years, first coming to public attention during the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, when the Russian Olympic Team used hypnotists to held them visualise success.

 

In the 1988 Seoul Summer Games, Olympic diver Greg Louganis hit his head on the board while performing a complicated dive during the 3 meter final. Louganis, his head gushing blood, had the wound treated while he put earphones on to listen to hypnosis tapes. And then went out to score a perfect dive the second time, earning him the gold medal!

 

Sports Hypnosis combines hypnosis with traditional sports psychology to help with building confidence, overcoming poor past performances, and visualising future successes. It can help with anxiety, lack of motivation, mental blocks and goal setting.

 

Sports Hypnosis is particularly effective for:

Removing self-imposed obstacles

Visualising goals

‘Test Anxiety’

Instilling confidence

Concentration and focus   

Coupled with NLP and EMDR, we can offer the ideal solutions for anyone needing help with a wide variety of performance and sports-related issues, such as: (these are ALL issues we have worked with over the last 20 years)

However, hypnosis is not simply an effective tool for sports performance. It is well known that many individuals consult therapists for help with public performances of all kinds, whether to enhance presentation skills or to gain confidence when called upon to give a ‘best man’ speech.

Horse riding

Writers Block

Public Speaking

Golf

Weight Training

Presentation Skills

Artistic Expression

Best Man speech

Examination Nerves

Martial Arts

Team Sports

Driving Test

Sales Techniques

Tennis

Athletics

Confidence

Anger Management

Coaching for Success

Wedding Nerves

Teaching

Studying

Learning a Language

Improved School Performance for Children

Stress Management

Improved Reading

Stage Fright

Enhanced Musical Ability

Relationship & Sexual Issues     

EMDR FOR PERFORMANCE A development of the basic EMDR protocol has been developed for enhancing performance both in the workplace, to aid in the reduction of performance anxiety experienced by creative and performing artists, and for athletes. Known as Peak Performance EMDR, the therapy emphasises the positive whilst dealing with any negative beliefs and issues, such as stage fright, writers block, sports injuries, fear of failure and procrastination. It can be used with writers, musicians, artists, performers of all kinds, sports men and women and is also used in executive coaching. Carole is one of the few fully qualified EMDR therapists to have trained in this effective technique with its founder, Dr Sandra Foster     

 

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