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hi nick,

i am suffering with very bad bruxism?its got worse as each time i seem to deal with death,and it doesnt seem to stop,its got to a stage i carnt eat or drink properly?any suggestions on solving it.

yours barbara

Hi Barbara

I have worked with a lot of success with this kind of issue and a lot of success. Many therapists ask with the question "Why do they have the problem?" rather than the more useful question "How are they creating the problem?"

With bruxism the physical end result is created by the way in which the person is thinking, which then creates the feeling which then creates the physical response. Other useful questions are

"What makes it better?" and "What makes it worse?"

By using hypnosis and other approaches I get the clent to pay attention in a different way and change the state that creates the physical response. Every client is different and needs to be treated as such, which is why I ask for a completed set of notes before the session. In my experience this is a 2 - 3 session sort