CFS specialist

I have been specialising in the field on CFS for the last five years and work both independently and as part of the Gupta Amygdala Retraining team.

The Gupta Amygdala Retraining programme is a powerful dvd treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, ME, Fibromyalgia, and associated conditions.

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I operate out the Gupta Programme office in Harley Street every Thursday and my consulting room on the Essex/London borders all other days. I also work on an international basis offering telephone consultations to clients overseas. I can coach individuals specifically on the aspects of the programme but specialise in dealing with emotional issues and identifying self limiting patterns which may be out of the scope of the DVD programme. I am a NLP Practitioner, Hypnotherapist and EFT Practitioner, and use a holistic approach to wellness incorporating the key principles of the Gupta Programme.

N.B. We consider M.E, CFS, Fibromyalgia and PVFS to be all the same condition.

The Science behind it?

I work within Ashok Gupta's hypothesis of CFS and the role of the amygdala. There is a brain structure called the amygdala in the subconscious mind. The amygdala's role is to decide if something threatens us, and to release an appropriate response to protect us, which stimulates the fight or flight response. We can then unintentionally train the amygdala to over protect us causing it to become on high alert. During the onset of CFS the amygdala can negatively react to how to body feels causing an anxiety loop. The body gets stuck and symptoms continue relentlessly. The nervous system becomes chronically over stimulated by the amygdala.

M.E: Similar personalities?

Often M.E. sufferers have a subconscious negative self belief structure, which causes stress on the body. It may take a viral infection, stressful event(s), or some sort of shock to overload the systems in the body, which starts the negative reaction to symptoms and how the body feels.

This common belief structure can sometimes involve: only worth something if they are 'doing', putting other people before them, the desire to be accepted by others, high expectations of themselves, the desire to achieve, feeling responsible for others, inability to express feelings (due to dominant or neglectful parent) and lack of self esteem.

How Therapy Works?

Medical science and other well known therapies often have a one size fits all approach. Sometimes a symptom led diagnosis can produce a symptom led treatment but fails to address the cause.

As a specialist in M.E./CFS, I use an integrative approach using, hypnotherapy, counselling, EFT (Emotional Freedom Therapy) and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), both to seek out the causes but also encouraging the body and mind to resurge alliance, allowing the individual to regain full health.

Hypnotherapy allows us to by pass the conscious mind, revealing to the sufferer their stressful way of looking at the world. This can then be reframed through therapeutic techniques.

So how do I know it works?

If I've done it, you can do it too! I got better through an integrative approach to therapy which combined NLP hypnotherapy and counselling. I am now completely recovered and have been for the last few years, working full time as a therapist, helping people to get well just as I did.

That's not to say it was easy at first - I had to come to terms with why and how I got M.E. in the first place, looking at myself and challenging my self beliefs. My therapist did not 'cure' me but helped me access my inner resources and changing negative thought patterns.

It allowed me to "find my voice" so to speak, remembering again what it was to be ME.

So the question is: are you ready to get well?

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