Hypnotherapy for Skin Conditions
You can’t get rid of your chronic skin condition, but you can change your mindset. Learn to live your life, despite the flares. Don’t let your skin dictate your social plans, goals and confidence. Gain back control in hypnotherapy, with a therapist who has been through it too!
Were you told you would ‘grow out’ of your eczema as a child? Yeah, me too.
It just got worse. Making me more susceptible to infections and more reliant on steroid creams. Travelling and sleep become difficult. Exercise and showering were painful. Changing seasons and social events became scary. So I used more steroids. My skin became addicted. I lost my job and became bed bound.
Dermatology, work and GPs never offered mental health support. I developed phobias & suspected PTSD, insomnia, anxiety, skin picking and depression.
I had cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance & commitment therapy, sex therapy and finally hypnotherapy. What I really needed, was a combination of all these with someone who truly understood TSW and the mental impact of skin conditions.
So I decided to create this myself.
Mind Over Skin:
9 Weeks to Calm and Confident Living
A unique 1-2-1 hypnotherapy programme specifically for the mental impact of skin conditions.
“It has been invaluable to have a therapist who personally understands skin conditions. I didn’t think anyone out there was offering anything like this, I feel very lucky to have found her.”
Hypnotherapy cannot cure a skin condition, but it can:
Reduce the itch
Break habits (scratching & skin picking/checking)
Reduce stress, anxiety & fear
Reduce inflammation & pain
Improve sleep & resilience
Help process grief, trauma & anger
Improve confidence & self-esteem
Research shows stress and anxiety are one of the main causes of skin conditions. They can cause flare-ups and worsen pre-existing flares/conditions.
Then we get stuck in a vicious cycle, where our skin condition makes us more stressed. This decreases sleep and can cause isolation, which makes it worse. Before we know it, our skin condition is dictating our actions and taking over.
Stress drives hormones and causes inflammation. It weakens the immune system and the skin barrier. As hypnotherapy addresses stress, it can bring some relief for skin conditions. This can result in flares having less impact on your life, and occurring less often.
Check out my blogs:
'How can therapy help a skin condition' for more information
‘Practical eczema and TSW tips’ for recommendations and resources
Client photos 1 hour apart
I also recommend you join the itchy community, to talk to others who understand.
A great place to start is ‘Itch N Bitch’ by Katie, who is on a mission to normalise normal skin and raise awareness for eczema and other skin conditions. She has a brilliant Instagram, a blog, a podcast, and organises meet-ups to bring people together. Check out her website here.
A 1995 study of 38 participants demonstrated hypnotherapy as an effective treatment for eczema. 37 of the clients reported immediate improvement in symptoms, e.g. itching and sleeping. For most participants relief lasted until the follow-up study, 2 years later.
A 2020 trial of 27 people with eczema received an average of 6 hypnotherapy sessions. Before sessions people had an average eczema area and severity index score of 12 (moderate). After 6 sessions clients had an average score of 2.8 (mild).
“Thanks to Jen, my itch attacks are now few and far between, and when they do happen, I no longer panic, which allows me to stop them much quicker. Even more incredible, I’m now enjoying 8-10 hours of blissful, unaided sleep almost every night! My creativity has returned, and my focus at work has improved dramatically - I finally feel like myself again. Jen’s expertise, empathy, and unique understanding of TSW, coupled with her clear and insightful explanations, have made all the difference in my healing journey.”