The programme is divided into a number of sections:
- Your Free Initial Consultation - where a full assesment of your suitability for the programme will be assessed. You will also be able to ask all the questions you may have about the programme, all without any obligation to proceed. Only when you are completely happy will we proceed with the programme.
- Pre-Gastric Band (sessions 1-3):
- Hypnotherapy work will be undertaken to discover what food really means to you.
- Realise when and why you eat.
- Recognise the events of life that trigger emotional eating.
- Learning to eat food more slowly.
- How to tune into hunger signals.
- Dietary advice.
- Includes Food diaries and an audio CD you can use at home.
- Includes suggested diet plans for the two weeks after the gastric band is fitted.
- 'Fitting' the Gastric Band (session 4):
- Using a special hypnotherapy session that mimics hospital surgery, but without the associated dangers.
- Use the power of your subconscious mind to shrink the size of your stomach so that you will eat less.
- Post Gastric Band (sessions 5-6):
- Approximately 8 weeks and 16 weeks after session 4.
- Hypnotherapy to support your new eating patterns.