Fast Track Hypnosis – A part of my Life!

Whenever I commenced in practice over 24 years ago in Belfast, I never dreamed that I would also have clinics in Spain as well. People would often ask me why my style of Hypnosis/Hypnotherapy is different from the conventional way. It all stems back to my early years as a Hypnotherapist in Belfast in the early 80's.

Back then Hypnotherapy was a new Alternative treatment and many people viewed it with scepticism. Having trained as a Hypnotherapist, I then opened a small office in Belfast. One of the Sunday newspapers then did a feature on me, and word started to get around that there was this guy who could help to sort people out with their problems. It just started to grow from there. I saw the employed, unemployed, multi millionaires, TV, Radio and sports personalities, people from every walk of life (to date I have seen well over 50,000 + people).

In a short space of time I had 7 Clinics throughout Northern Ireland and working 7 days a week flat out. People were coming to see me for various reasons and problems, along with the common ones such as Stop Smoking or to Lose Weight. However, in Northern Ireland it was completely different from Mainland UK due to the many victims of the troubles. In those early years counselling was very limited so I had to help thousands of people caught up in the conflict. Such as rescue service personnel who had to go into the aftermath of bombings or even the people caught up in bombings, shootings, bomb scares, armed robberies, the list is endless.

For example, a women who came to me with chronic insomnia, woke up one night in bed  and there were 4 gunmen standing around her, or the survivor from the Kegworth air disaster who needed to overcome their fear of flying. There were countless more stories like these, and I am sure that no other Hypnotherapist ever had to do what I had to! Sadly, I am still getting these types of people coming even now, to my Northern Ireland clinics. It was because of this, that I came away from my conventional training whereby people would normally be regressed into their childhood to try to recall the originating cause of their panic attacks, or other problems. This could take up to 15 sessions to achieve, when clearly it wasn't in their childhood at all, it had happened right then!

These people had suffered enough and just wanted it sorted out as quickly as possible so that they could get on with their lives. And that is exactly what I did
I came away from conventional Hypnotherapy and developed my own techniques, (also introducing specialised equipment from America to speed the whole process up) plus cutting everything down to the fastest way possible, without losing any effectiveness to get these poor people sorted out. Having developed these techniques I then called it Fast Track Hypnosis and I have been using this method ever since. I then developed my own FastTrack Stop Smoking and Weight Control sessions. By dispensing with the unnecessary parts of a traditional session, eg I don't waste part of a session telling the person all about the health risks associated with smoking - everybody already knows that! It’s straight into the session, thereby saving the client time and money.

When I started doing these new techniques the media (TV, newspapers and radio) wanted to know if it really did work, so they started putting me to the test. I proved my "Fast Track Stop Smoking in 30 minutes" twice on TV. On another programme I had to help a psychologist get over her agoraphobia, which I did in 4 sessions. On another occasion a programme featured me helping a company director overcome their fear of flying, then the cameraman who was in the studio filming it came along to get over his flying phobia as well! . Another programme showed me helping a young boy of ten years of age, who was having panic attacks. (He did not want to go to school because of these attacks, and tried to throw himself out of a car at 40 mph). Again all these problems were resolved in a very short space of time (only 4 sessions were required).

Over the years I have received many letters from people who I have helped and you can read some of them on my web site. There is a great deal of satisfaction in my job and people would also ask me if I ever use hypnosis for myself. Of course I do, and have done so throughout my career! I have seen Hypnotherapists advertising Hypnosis as a completely new way of helping women when giving birth to their babies. In fact my 3 children were all born under Hypnosis and my eldest is now 19 years of age! It was used on my wife for each one of them, no pain relief was needed.

All my equipment was taken to the hospital and used there, along with a crowd of doctors and nurses watching everything that I did. It was also used for their exams and accelerated learning, and when they were getting their inoculations. Our family doctor thought it was hilarious that the kids would be standing laughing as he gave them their injections. I had to show numerous medical students this very quick technique.

The children were also into Horse riding, and with the use of hypnosis for sports motivation and also confidence, each one of them attained the status of Champion Riders of the Year! And me, I would use Autohypnosis to simply chill out between sessions! If you want to do just that then go on to my web site and listen to a complete relaxation session free of charge.

Fast Track your way to a healthier life style.

Alan holds his Fast Track Hypnosis sessions in Cabo Roig, Guardarmar, and Benidorm. For an appointment, Brochure, or free of charge initial consultation, contact
Alan Gilchrist on 659229408. Or visit his all new web site alangilchrist.com.

Slim From Within using Fast Track Hypnosis

Fast approaching is that time of year that we all love-the start of the holiday season, back to the beaches, and back to looking after our health. All the partying, over indulging in food and drink has resulted in the inevitable increase in weight!  It is at this time of the year that I am in constant demand to help people get their bad habits back under control by eating healthily, and to lose that excess weight.

Too many people confuse hunger with appetite. Hunger is a real need whereas appetite is only a habit. The two are not the same! Appetite is provoked by suggestion while hunger is the message we send to our brain whenever the body needs essential nourishment. There are various reasons why a person can be overweight:

People who overeat because of early programming by parents. How many times were you told ”eat it all up and you will grow up to be a big healthy girl or boy” or ”think of all the starving children in the world and you are leaving that on your plate”.

People who overeat by comfort eating. Again by programming from early years, ”don’t cry, here is a piece of chocolate, when you eat it you will feel better”.

If you want to lose weight, then using these Fast Track techniques, it can be a very successful way of helping you on you way to achieve your target weight in ONE simple 30-minute session.  Also included in the session is Laser Therapy. The theory behind Laser Light therapy is based on the acupuncture principle, (at this point it should be stressed that no needles are involved and the procedure is completely painless) and optional if the client so wishes.

In simple terms, a small beam of light is placed over the acupuncture points on the client's outer ear. By applying this, it enhances the production of the body's own natural endorphins (an anti-stress chemical that creates an elated feeling) which then increases the client's own will and determination to quit smoking or lose weight with little or no withdrawal symptoms.

CD’s are also provided so that by the constant repetition of positive suggestions the subconscious mind will be influenced and the bad eating habits will replaced by good eating habits and helping to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The heaviest man that I have ever asked to help was over 40 stone in weight and the heaviest woman was 34 stone. With the calming effect of hypnosis, suggestions are then implanted into the subconscious mind such as” high calorie foods will no longer have the same appeal to you and that you will enjoy low calorie foods. You will take a lot more interest in your own shape, fitness and vitality, etc”

The only way to lose weight is through a correct diet and exercise. Over the years I have seen and heard advertisements making wildly exaggerated claims about losing weight, but in reality it is only through a healthy life style that this can be achieved and this is where Fast Track Hypnosis come in. I never put a person on a specific diet simply because most overweight people already know every diet there is, and have their own likes and dislikes. My job through Fast Track Hypnosis and Laser Therapy is to help the person to listen once again to their own appetite control centre and use it to their great advantage. 

“ Dear Mr Gilchrist,
I received hypnotherapy last March ( Last Year) for a weight problem. At the time I weighed 15 ½ stone and had spent my entire life from the age of 16 on freak diets, which failed to work in the long term. I consulted you as a last ditch- I mean no disrespect, but I didn’t believe that hypnotherapy could help me, however as I had unsuccessfully tried just about everything else, it was all that remained and I reluctantly decided to give it a go. As I left your clinic after that session, I must confess that I felt no different from when I went in, although politeness prevented me saying so.

I did, however, want to be fair, and so I carried out your instructions. From the morning following my hypnotherapy, I found that somehow, I only wanted to eat sensible food. Sweet shops and bakeries might as well have been selling bits of wood – like magic, their hold over me was gone. I have to date lost 4 ½ stone by eating three sensible meals a day and snacking, if I feel I want to, on fruit or a slice of brown bread. Needless to say I am now a confirmed believer in the efficacy of Hypnotherapy.
With gratitude. Mary…..”

Tip. If you want to lose weight a good tip is to drink a pint of water about 15 minutes before each meal. This gives a feeling of fullness in the stomach. Then divide your meal into 2 pieces, eat one portion, wait 5 minutes and then decide if you want the other half.
It takes time for the stomach to send the message of fullness to the brain.

Stop Smoking – the Fast Track Way!

So you want to stop smoking? You tried before and failed miserably or you had put on too much weight and went back on them to keep the extra pounds off. You’ve tried patches, gum and goodness knows what other methods, but at then end of the day you are back smoking! Does all this sound familiar?

Alan hears this thousands of times from people who just can’t manage to quit using their own will power.

And that’s what is all about “Will Power”. If you look at the numerous adverts to stop smoking using various methods such as patches or gum on TV , and in the press, they almost inevitable state that “Will Power is also required” So if you still need will power why do you need the patches or gum as well?

This is where Alan Gilchrist the Costa Blanca’s Top Hypnotherapist comes into his own. By using a unique combination of Fast Track Hypnosis and Laser Therapy he will help you to quit smoking WITHOUT the need for these medications, and it is all done in one 30-minute session. No stress, no weight gain, no withdrawal symptoms. How is all this done? By using a completely new technique which he introduced into Northern Ireland and now Spain called a Mindseye Courier.  This is a revolutionary relaxation system from America, which harnesses light and sound science. This computerised audio-visual system very rapidly creates the state of deep relaxation used in Hypnosis, produced traditionally by much slower techniques used by other Hypnotherapists, and also by meditation, yoga, visualisation, etc.  Through synchronised light and sound patterns scientifically programmed, the Mindseye Courier helps with behaviour modification involving Smoking, Relaxation, Weight Control, Phobias, Stress, Blushing, etc.

He was asked to prove that his new Fast track System worked, and was put to the test by a consumer programme on TV. This new method was tested using a volunteer who wanted to quit smoking. As Alan expected this was successful and at the end of the series they contacted the “Non Smoker” again just to check he was still off them – which he was! The heaviest smoker that Alan ever had to help quit was on 160 cigarettes per day and the youngest was only 9 years of age!

Still wanting to improve his methods even further, and as a further aid to the already very high success rate of the Fast Track Stop Smoking and Weight Loss methods, used exclusively by Alan, he then introduced into the sessions (in addition to the Mindseye Courier) another new American concept called Laser Light Therapy. The theory behind laser therapy is based on the acupuncture principle, (at this point it should be stressed that no needles are involved and the procedure is completely painless). In simple terms, it would be like shining a small beam of light onto the acupuncture points on the client's outer ear. This then enhances the production of the body's own natural endorphins, (an anti-stress chemical), which in turn also enhances the client’s determination to quit smoking or lose weight with very little or no withdrawal symptoms.

Once again Alan was back in the TV studios to prove that this newer version was even more successful than the previous one, but on a different consumer programme, and this time with a difference. He was put up against two other stop-smoking methods both using different medications. Again the whole Fast Track and Laser process as well as the others was filmed, and it was only Alan’s method that was successful!

Not only was Alan prepared to put his reputation on the line and to prove that his Fast Track methods worked, he did it not once but twice- and he is still using these same techniques today, in ONE simple 30 minute session! That’s Fast Track Hypnosis!