My background

I have lived with psoriasis since I was 9 years old. I know what it's like, how it feels, how frustrating it can be, how we spend so much time trying to hide it.

It is psoriasis that got me interested in alternative therapies, especially hypnotherapy. I have always been seeking the elusive 'cure'. I've used all the prescription creams, had UVB etc, tried all sorts of alternative creams.....

Hypnotherapy has helped me to manage psoriasis a hell of a lot better. Oh yes it can still come and go but I now think very differently about it.

I now specialise in psoriasis and it's management.

How can hypnotherapy help you?

Your skin is the largest organ in your body and as an organ it is controlled completely by your sub-conscious mind. As an example, if you were to become embarrassed the skin on your face will become red with the increased blood flow to the skin. If I asked you to do that with your conscious mind you could not do it. The same thing happens during illness and grief where a wan and pale expression is quite common. This means that through hypnosis we can educate and reprogram your sub-conscious mind to make alterations to the signals that are sent to the skin.

Plaque Psoriasis

The top layer of skin is much thicker in Psoriasis. It gets this way because the normal growth cycle of skin cells has been accelerated to 3 or 4 days, compared to 28-30 days in normal skin. Skin cells accumulate at the surface. The white, flaky build-up that sheds from the skin is actually dead skin cells. The epidermis is about twice as thick as normal in Psoriasis. The bottom level of the epidermis where cells multiply is particularly active (cells are proliferating 28 times faster than normal skin). The blood vessels of the skin expand in Psoriasis. There is also increased blood flow in psoriatic skin, necessary to bring nutrients to the rapidly growing skin cells. This combination leads to the redness of the Psoriasis lesions. The dermis is where the inflammation originates. Immune system cells are drawn into the dermis as part of the immune response that takes place in Psoriasis and these cells send inflammatory signals to the skin cells.

What will we do?

Within hypnosis we will work with visualisations, self-hypnosis and stress management in cases where stress and anxiety are thought to be a factor. We will work on your negtive thought patterns surrounding psoriasis.

We will also work on motivation to keep up the maintenance of creams etc which I know can be so boring to keep on doing each day.

 

Call 01297 55 22 19 or 07584 320 247 to book an initial consultation or click here to send me an email mailto:zeldav@hotmail.co.uk   

Hypnotherapy for Exeter and East Devon: Honiton, Axminster, Seaton, Sidmouth, Beer, Colyton, Ottery St Mary and the surrounding areas. 

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