Dr Gordon F Gatiss (PhD, MA, PGCE, PGDHP)
Existential People Centred Psychotherapist
Hypnotherapy, Hypnotherapist, Hypnosis, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapist, Counsellor, Counselling
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Tel: 01207 593 679

Established Since 2002

 



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I am an existential psychotherapist, providing psychotherapy & hypnotherapy to the North East area encompassing Newcastle, Sunderland, Durham and Darlington.

 

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Different Types of Stress
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I have developed a Tool which records the client's feelings at the start of therapy, the higher the score the greater negativity and time spent in that modality. This enables me to measure the effectiveness of my therapeutic programme in a dynamic and powerful way throughout the process. This is hard evidence that my programme of healing and change really works in a short time frame of 6 weeks. All it takes is full participation in the programme.

The following table is an extract of data from clients with initial issues of stress, anxiety, depression, various addictions including weight issues, IBS, relationship and bereavement issues, as well as work related, lack of confidence and self-esteem, and academic related issues, who completed my 6 week therapy programme between February 2008 and June 2009. The table shows significant improvements in 8 key areas.

 

 
Average score at start of therapy.
Average score after 4/6 weeks of therapy
% improvement
Trying to please other people.
68
29
57%
Thinking about the past.
66
25
62%
Thinking about the future.
65
55
16%
Thinking about revenge.
22
10
55%
Thinking negative about self.
71
25
64%
Thinking about regrets & failure.
59
20
66%
Worrying.
77
34
56%
Trying to control other people.
39
18
53%

The small improvement in 'Thinking about the future' is infact a mixed result, in that many clients report that their thoughts about their future after the 6 week therapy programme is brighter and more positive; whereas the score at the start of therapy was from a negative view point.

We run training courses for Individuals, Groups, Corporate, Education, and Private organisations. Please make contact so we can work specifically on the issues that relate to your needs.

Stress
Stress is the response to the situations we find ourselves in. Certain amounts of pressure provide healthy stimulus, but too much or too little pressure can lead to anxiety and unhealthy personality changes. Relieve the pressures of work by educating the mind and body. Understand how to accentuate the good and make the bad proportionately less important. Learn techniques that you can adopt and use every day in most situations. How? Read on.

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 Panic disorder
What is it? It is recurrent and unexpected attacks of acute anxiety, usually coming to a peak within 10 minutes. Such panic attacks may occur in a familiar situation such as a crowded elevator or on a crowded bus. What to look for: Look for palpitations, chest pains, sweating, chills or hot flushes, trembling, shortness of breath or choking, nausea, light-headedness or feeling of unreality. Sometimes a panic attack can emanate in the fear of loosing control or dying. Three or more of these symptoms in at least two discrete episodes could spell trouble. The condition responds to treatment provided you seek help.

Specific Phobias
What is it? It is a consuming fear of a specific object or situation, often accompanied by extreme anxiety symptoms. What to look for: Do you come up with elaborate ways to avoid the object or situation? Do you dread the next possible encounter? Are you aware that the fear is excessive but you are unable to control it? Does just thinking about the thing you fear make you anxious? You should not worry if you simply hate snakes or heights or crowds. The thing to notice is how powerful your feelings are, and are they hindering you in what you want to do. The condition responds to treatment provided you seek help.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
What is it? It is repeated, anxious reliving of a horrifying event over an extended period of time. What to look for: After witnessing or experiencing or hearing about an event that caused or threatened to cause serious injury you may: Have recurrent recollections or dreams about the experience? Feel emotionally or physically as if the event were still happening? Experience intense anxiety when something reminds you of the event? Try to avoid thoughts, feelings, activities or places associated with the event? Have difficulty recalling details of the event? Experience anxiety symptoms such as irritability, jumpiness, difficulty sleeping, feeling of detachment from others, diminished interest in things, feelings that your future is in some way limited? Often this disorder will not appear until sometime after the event. The condition responds to treatment provided you seek help.

Generalised Anxiety Disorder:
What is it? It is excessive anxiety or worry occurring on a regular basis over a six month period. What to look for: Look for restlessness, difficulty concentrating or sleeping, irritability, tiredness and muscle tension. If you have two or more of these symptoms for six months then seek help as the condition responds to treatment.

Complete two Stress Questuionnaires to assess your state.
Click on link below for printable copies of questionnaires

Life Stress Questionnaire

Personal Stress Questionnaire

Treatment for all these self inflicted conditions has a basic foundation.

Mediate … learn to meditate and make it something that you do every day of your life. Meditation is the one of the most powerful healing processes.

Cut out unhealthy and fatty foods. Food affects behaviour: See the following books.
‘The SCREWEDUP Letters: Your Past Does Not Equal Your Future.’
‘The SCREWEDUP Letters: Why you should lose your weight to lose your mind.’

Stop drinking alcohol. What you put in to your body affects your behaviour. All food and drink ingested has a chemical reaction on the cells in your body.

Stop smoking or taking drugs. It is fact that these activities will damage your health and shorten your life.

Exercise regularly. Your body needs regular exercise to improve blood circulation and healthy organs. You are responsible for your body … no one else. Take responsibility.

This is not a prescription for not enjoying yourself … ask yourself the question how can you enjoy yourself if you are constantly stressed and anxious? Did you know that it is now accepted by scientists and doctors that genetics cause less than 2% of illness? Most illness and disease is self inflicted, and most of it has a link to stress. You owe it to yourself to live the best life you can; and you can only do that if you have your health and are at Peace with yourself.

Do not take drugs of any sort to relieve stress … stress is a self inflicted condition and the cure is to change your life style and belief system. Do not make excuses your past does not equal your future, so whatever you think you are, that is not the case … that is who you were; because as of this moment you can be what you desire to be.

At Mind For Life we have a unique programme that has helped many people who were stressed. The corner-stone of the programme is the Dynamic Thought Transfer Technique TM and our methods of teaching. We do not have any magic formulas or special powers, we do not tell people how to live their lives … what we do is guide, teach, support, and encourage; if the client fully participates in the programme then they will develop love, value and respect for themselves.  Every person who has fully participated in the programme has changed their behaviour and created new opportunities in their lives … without exception.

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Mind For Life is a well respected Hypnotherapy, Hypnotherapist, Hypnosis & Psychotherapy, Psychotherapist practice, originally serving Cheshire and Manchester; we are now based in Moorside, Consett. Clients come from all over the country, and we have even had a client from New York fly over several times, to spend days with us experiencing the new and powerful techniques and processes that we have developed. Many clients come from Annfield Plain, Barnard Castle, Birtley, Bishop Auckland, Blaydon, Brandon, Burnopfield, Carlise, Castleside, Chester le Street, Consett, Corbridge, Cornforth, Crook, Darlington, Dudley, Durham, Easington, Felling, Ferryhill, Gateshead, Gosforth, Haltwhistle, Hartlepool, Haswell, Heburn, Hetton le Hole, Hexham, Houghton le Spring, Jarrow, Lanchester, Leadgate, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newton Aycliffe, North Shields, Peterlee, Ponteland, Prudhoe, Rowlands Gill, Ryton, Sacriston, Seaham, Shildon, South Shields, Spennymoor, Stanley, Stockton on Tees, Sunderland, Thornley, Trimdon, Tynemouth, Wallsend, Washington, Wheatley Hill, Whickham, Whitburn, Whitley Bay, Willington, Wingate, North East

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