The Hypnotic gastric band weight loss treatment is a non-invasive, psychological technique that uses hypnotherapy to help those who are overweight or obese to reduce their appetite and promote feelings of fullness, mimicking the effects of a surgical gastric band without going through the ordeals of the physical operation. Through a series of guided hypnosis sessions, your subconscious mind can be subtly shifted to a more healthier way of thinking and behaving with a mix of imagery, metaphors, stories, direct commands and instructions.
For the gastric band itself, the individual is walked through an actual gastric band operation and during so, encouraged to visualize a band constricting their stomach, which can help modify eating behaviors, decrease food intake and support weight loss efforts. Although consciously you understand that you have not been to hospital or been through an operation, to your subconscious, it feels real. In fact, it feels so real that many people report feeling sensations in their stomach during and after hypnosis, including a pressure and tightening in their stomach. The usual results seen after the hypnotic gastric band include automatically eating smaller portions of food and feeling full much quicker, allowing for a natural, easy and sustainable weight loss.
A good way to think about it is that you wouldn't currently sit down to a huge banquet with tables laden with food and expect yourself to eat everything there. This is because your mind knows its limits before you even begin to eat. Your subconscious knows what it can and cannot fit into your stomach. And so once it believes your stomach is much smaller, it will automatically know that you need smaller portions and will adjust your eating habits.
Here at West London Counselling, Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy Services, we have gone turned the hypnotic gastric band into a 5 week weight loss programme which currently has over a 90% success rate* with changing peoples eating habits, weight and exercise regimes. As with all our hypnotherapy treatment, we begin with a consultation where we can find out more about the specific areas you struggle with, allowing us to personalise the treatment to your needs. It also allows us to explain more about how the hypnotherapy treatment works and answer any questions you may have. At the end of the consultation, if you would like to go ahead with the treatment, we book you in for your 5 one hour hypnotherapy sessions. We will also provide you with a weight loss information pack which is filled with helpful psychological exercises to help you practice consciously in the waking world what your subconscious learns during hypnosis.
The five 1 hour hypnotherapy sessions are spaced a week apart and usually focus on the following areas:
Session 1 - Developing healthy eating and drinking habits
Session 2 - Breaking unhealthy connections with food and drink
Session 3 - The hypnotic gastric band procedure itself
Session 4 - Increased motivation to take exercise
Session 5 - Food aversion work / Building a healthy self-image
You also receive a hypnotic download after session 3 to help reinforce our work when you’re at home. We also offer a guarantee that if you haven't seen any change in your weight, body size or eating habits, 4 weeks after Session 5, you are guaranteed a free consultation and a 60 minute top up hypnosis sessions to help identify and resolve any other issues which may still be present**.
Initial Consultation - £60 (up to 50 minutes long)
Hypnotic Gastric Band package Cost - £490 (5x Hypnotherapy Sessions, information pack, hypnosis download and guarantee)
“* 90%+ success rate based on the amount of people returning for the free top up sessions
** guarantee only applies if you have attended all 5 of your hypnotherapy sessions and have worked through the information pack and listened to the hypnotic download as directed.”
