About Me
Hello! I'm Ruth Allen
My name is Ruth Allen and I'm a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Psychotherapist, Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, Counsellor and Fertility Coach. My goal is to help you achieve your goals, in the shortest time possible, working at the root of the problem to produce long lasting change. All my work is client focused and I view our time together as a partnership. You are unique and so your therapy will be too.
Hypnotherapy you can trust
Why choose me?
Your session and our time together is 100% confidential. Confidentiality allows for the free flow of information between the client and therapist. I provide a safe environment in which to talk.
Client safety and quality of service is very important to me. I adhere to the Code of Ethics and Standards set down by the Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy.
I am constantly upgrading my training to ensure ongoing professional development. I attend regular supervision to optimise the therapeutic process for my clients.
My Philosophy
I use a variety of psychotherapy modalities to restore balance to the mind. Creating change is easier with hypnosis, it allows us to create new neural pathways within the brain. With consistent behavioural repetition of new rehearsed responses to previous difficult situations, new neural pathways are established with relative ease. Hypno-psychotherapy, is possibly the most effective Talk Therapy that exists in behavioural medicine. I believe that a Client needs to move gently to a state of empowerment, harmony, balance and ultimately enlightenment. In this state there is a good chance of achieving and maintaining a high state of personal Wellbeing.
I understand how connecting with the body as part of a greater whole, allows the integration of the personality; that is to unite the emotional, cognitive, behavioural, and physiological systems within the person. The reaction to any given situation is governed by the mind’s overall perception of threat or safety. The Vagus nerve with its sensory and motor pathways is the prime component of interceptors' in the heart, stomach, liver and other organs and accounts for some 80% of the para-sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system. Learning to understand the signals from the body leads to greater understanding and control of SELF.
Unlike machines humans are conscious. We are aware of our experience and we are aware that we are aware! The brain consists of many “expert” systems some of which process colour, some sound, some touch and etc. Consciousness is able to integrate these system outputs and see the whole. Hypno-Psychotherapy as a whole can be viewed as a path towards a more developed and integrated personality.