Rebecca Smith
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Rebecca has run her practice from Newport, since 1994, starting as a Systematic Kinesioigist and quickly adding Hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming to her list of qualifications. She has built a credible reputation over the years in Newport and surrounding towns and villages, with clients also travelling from much further afield. Rebecca trained with the Association of Systematic Kinesiology (ASK) in London, being fortunate enough to be tutored by Brian Butler, one of the first people interested enough in Kinesiology, to introduce it into the U.K from America. ASK continues to thrive, constantly adding to its list of professional members, Rebecca being one of them. |
Rebecca uses Systematic Kinesiology to restore energy balance to the body. She says, ”People forget that the body, if given the adequate requirements of water, nutrition, exercise and rest, will work at its optimum levels, free from pain and disease. The body is a self-cleaning, self-healing organism and to remain that way, needs regular attention. If this process is interrupted, then you can expect the body to be come diseased, often fatally." Kinesiology uses gentle non-invasive muscle testing to discover imbalances and depending on the responses obtained, a variety of treatments may be used to rectify the systems problems. Systematic Kinesiology is truly holistic in its approach which is important, as it ensures that the whole body system, structural, chemical and emotional is treated and not just the symptoms. This allows the treatment to be individual. As Kinesiology addresses the body as a whole, most conditions can be substantially helped and relief obtained. “I can use Kinesiology to help the youngest of babies, children and adults all very safely"
Rebecca has had good success using Kinesiology with:
| •Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) •Constipation •Diarrhoea •Bloating •Stomach pains •Colitis •Chrons and other inflammatory bowel diseases |
•Tired all the time syndrome (TATT) •Chronic fatigue •Feeling burnt-out •Post viral fatigue syndrome |
•Indigestion •Heartburn •Acid reflux •Belching •Wind |
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| •Skin disorders •Eczema •Acne •Psoriasis |
•Emotional states •Relationship problems etc. |
•Food sensitivities •Allergies |
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| •Hormonal conditions •Pre-menstrual syndrome •Menopause •Period problems. |
•"I just don't feel well" conditions •Stress |
•Hyperactivity •ADD •ADHD etc. |
After initial training in Kinesiology, Rebecca went to The Proudfoot School of Clinical Hypnosis and Psychotherapy in Scarborough, feeling that she needed to offer more to her clients in the way of emotional support. ”Life is becoming more stressful and I noticed that more and more clients were presenting with emotional issues. Some schools of thought believe that ALL illnesses have their roots in emotional issues, and I felt Hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming fitted the bill!" And many years later, these two therapies are an integral part of the service Rebecca provides at Newport Complementary Health Clinic.
Hypnotherapy allows the client to access their sub-conscious minds, the part of the mind that is running the body. The sub-conscious is the "guy who's running the show" and it’s that part that needs to be worked with to enable the client to makes the changes that they want. The sub-conscious mind can be compared to a vast memory bank of information which through hypnosis, allows the client to access it and remove the root emotional cause of their problems. "While hypnosis allows for new suggestion to become automatic process, dealing with significant emotional events causing the symptoms can provide, not only huge relief for the client but enables the change to be long lasting. I consider all areas of a person’s life in a hypnotherapy session, adult, adolescence, childhood, birth and time in the womb before birth. Past lives often hold significant traumas that "mirror" or have connections and parallels to current lifetime events and if relevant, I use techniques to help a client be free from emotions in those lives. Not in everybody's belief system maybe, but all I ask is for my clients to be open minded."
Also hugely significant, but slightly more unusual, is the area of Genealogical events. These are significant emotional issues, which can be passed down to us through our genes, from our ancestors. Although this is a relatively new area of research, it is thought we can inherit emotional traumas through the bloodline of our relatives, from our parents, grand-parents, great grand-parents etc. "In my experience, releasing events in this area can be the end to many years of pain and misery."
Neuro-Linguistic Programming is used as a stand alone set of techniques or combined with Hypnotherapy to provide a client with the resources to be the person that they want to be "the results are often instantaneous with a client feeling immediately relieved"
Rebecca has helped many people using Hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming with problems such as phobias, stress, confidence and self esteem, relief from smoking, public speaking, eating disorders, weight issues, obsessive compulsive disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, panic, unwanted habits etc etc.
"To be a recognised, credible practitioner is very important to me and I have had to undergo strict professional training and continue to adhere to specific criteria, allowing my name to appear on various professional registers. As a Kinesiologist I am a member of the Association of Systematic Kinesiology, www.systematic-kinesiology.co.uk, allowing me to use the letters A.S.K after my name. I am recognised as a Senior Qualified Hypnotherapy Practitioner with The General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR), www.general-hypnotherapy-register.com, which is seen as SQHP. My registration with The UK Guild for Hypnotist Examiners (UKGHE), www.ukguild.com, a governing body for hypnotherapy and NLP, shows as C.M.H, C.Hyp, P.N.L.P. To remain a member of these 3 professional establishments, I have to participate in Continual Professional Development (CPD), to keep up to date with current techniques and procedures, allowing me to offer my clients the very best treatment that I can.

