Fibromyalgia- IBS-Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment in Reading

Client story- From 2010

“I’m S, my friends encouraged me to book in with Jill because my long standing irritable bowel syndrome IBS was out of control. I love my work, but my head had noticed that every couple of weeks I needed to take a couple of days off sick. 

My classroom is at the opposite end of a long corridor to the staff rest room and some weeks my IBS was so bad I simply couldn’t get to the toilet in time. so I took a day off to cope.

One day, my head called me into her office and explained that my absences were putting a lot of pressure on other staff who had to cover for me and that worried me. To the extent that I seriously began to consider stopping teaching altogether and had begun to start looking for a career change. 

Then I called Jill and she listened to my problems and offered a solution.

She suggested a short six week program to include education and practical strategies: teaching about diet, the impact of self-regulation, physical and emotional relaxation and an introduction to hypnosis and stress management. She said if I managed the first stage of hypnosis, we could trial gut focussed hypnotherapy. 

I’d read about gut directed hypnosis and how the reseach showed how good it could be for IBS but was a bit scared of trying it. 

But, Jill was very reassuring and at each session she helped me learn how to control my anxiety. I hadn’t realized how much small things were causing me to feel anxious, and how worrying about an IBS flare was adding to it.

We started the hypnotherapy by Jill teaching me self hypnosis in her room, then she gave me audios to work with at home by myself, with step by step instructions on what to do. It was  the same as we had done together, but with reminders at every step. And she gave me a copy of the same relaxation  music we used in her practice and explained how I would associate the relaxation process with what we did at her practice.

What was most important for me was that Jill is very experienced and she made me feel confident and my confidence helped me relax.

Within a few weeks, friends noticed changes and so did my guts! 

Lets just say, it all worked and best of all I’m still teaching and loving it.

Thank you Jill”