For many over-eating is a habit and can be changed with hypnotherapy for others the relationship with food may be slightly more complex and emotional perhaps involving a variety of approaches.

We often use food for the following reasons:

• Security – it helps us to feel safe and secure. We may choose foods that remind us of our childhood or perhaps rely on sugar to give us that immediate high.
• Control – as we strive to juggle our many roles in life – obsessing about diet and food creates the illusion that we have things under control.
• Emotional distraction – we often use food to treat ourselves, particularly if we feel down, unloved, stressed or bored. Sometimes the opposite is true, we use it when we feel good, maybe treat ourselves with a chocolate bar or cake. We do the same to our children - rewarding them with goodies when they are hurt, bored, need comfort or do well at school. It's not surprising that we grow up relying on this method ourselves.

Marie cannot tell you exactly how many sessions you may require as it is different for everyone. For simple habit change it's usually 3 sessions, for more complex emotional related issues it can be 6-12 sessions.

Body Image

There is enormous pressure today to achieve the ideal body image. On one level we know how unrealistic this image is yet we continue to carry guilt and remain self critical because we are not the ‘perfect’ physical size or shape. Struggling with diets and cosmetic surgery in an attempt to reach our unachievable goal only increases the pressure both physically and emotionally. Inevitably this leads to feelings of inferiority, unhealthy eating habits, anxiety and depression. There is another way, one which does not include deprivation and negative self-talk but instead reframes what it is to live a healthy and fullfiling life.

Lose Weight successfully with Marie Burns Hypnotherapy Liverpool.