Dear Sir

I read ‘Either/Or’ and various Kierkegaard when I was at school and got really into it. Oli and I used to rush to the library after our philosophy class in order to look up some of the theories that our teacher had talked about. I also read Nietzsche too. What I found fascinating is that many of us live in society and are bound by societies rules and modes of action. I began to challenge these rules and to think more liberally about rules and laws. I realized very early that living a purely hedonistic or anarchic life would only cause me problems. I found that becoming aware of your personal freedom, one only realizes what one can’t do. However, I have lived my life challenging perceptions which are just accepted by some people. Indeed, there seems to be a collective conscious book of laws that even bridges across from culture to culture. I challenge these.

The thought that humans are basically alone in the world is very negative. And, I don’t agree. Existential therapists feel that it is are connection with others that makes are lives bearable. So, we are not alone. Existential therapist would disagree with me there, and say that the search for meaning and contentment must come from inside rather than from others. I disagree with this fundamentally. However. in Albert Camus’  ‘L’Etranger’, the protagonist (hero/anti-hero) does reject his pre-existing theories on human existence and morality, and invents his own, subjective modus vivendi.

Subjectivity is at the heart of this philosophy. The concept of the ‘good life’ is something that I have had in the back of my mind since I learnt about this philosophy at school. It means that one is prepared and has the courage to lead one’s own life and take responsibility for the consequences. One creates meanings for one’s self. By creating and asking questions; by building and enjoying one’s own-crafted adventure, one is happy in fulfilling one’s own personalized potential.

During existential therapy, clients are encouraged to feel that their lives our coincidental and attention is focussed on the present. One begins to have a more dissociative idea about one choices in life, and one becomes freer to make choices. By accepting that one has no destiny, the idea is that one may become more accepting about life and the freedom of choice.

For more information on the use of hypnosis to help control pain please click HERE.

On the 6th of June 2011, Dr Kraft will be giving a presentation on the use of hypnosis for smoking cessation. David will present a case study which illustrates that hypnosis can be used effectively to help individuals stop smoking in one hour. The case study looks at a 33 year old man who had been a heavy smoker for over 20 years. He gave up smoking after one hour and did not smoke one cigarette for then on. At the year follow up, Philip, was still smoke free.

Dr Kraft will talk about the importance of building rapport while booking the session and building expectation on the phone. He will then describe his unique approach to treatment which incorporates the use of aversion, chaining suggestions, poetic repetition, response sets, split screen imagery and the ‘Non Smoker Walk’.

Smoking Hypnotherapy with Dr Kraft is a highly effective form off treatment which has no side effects.

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Dr David Kraft is a psychotherapist who also uses psychodynamic psychotherapy with hypnosis. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, a member of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section and a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH). He has published several articles in both national and international journals on subjects including: anorexia, bulimia, sleeping disorders, sexual disorders, hyperhidrosis, agoraphobia, social phobia, alcoholism, cover sensitization, driving phobia, mouse phobia and anxiety. David runs a successful practice in Harley Street, London, UK.

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On 6th of June Dr David Kraft will be giving a presentation on his approach to smoking cessation. Smoking has a deleterious effect on nearly every organ in the body. Dr Kraft has spent a considerable time helping many people give up smoking; many individuals that have given up smoking say that they feel the immediate effects of being a non smoker. David has had a considerable success helping people to give up smoking and many have given up in one session. The smoking cessation programme is a complete abstinence programme. It is important that clients work together with the therapist and make a verbal contract that they will never smoke a cigarette again. The treatment is a powerful one. It reduces or, in some cases, eliminates cravings, and the use of aversion is a particularly helpful strategy. Dr Kraft also uses a split screen imagery approach which encourages clients to choose the healthy option, and to give up smoking.

David Kraft is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section. He is also a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH). David has a diploma and an advanced diploma in clinical hypnosis and a diploma in clinical psychology. He has published several articles in the field of hypnosis and integrated psychotherapy in both international and national journals. David runs a successful practice in Harley Street.

Dear sir

I have been meaning to write to you regarding my smoking. I have tried to give up on numerous occasions and have failed o give up smoking. I wondered whether hypnotherapy will help me to achieve his task. All I want to know is whether I can book a session with you directly.

Thanks

Briony

Dear Briony

You can certainly book a session with me by ringing the office on 07946 579645. I look forward to hearing from you.

David Kraft

Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist.

David Kraft is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in private practice. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis. He is also on the General Hypnotherapy Register, holding the GQHP. David has a diploma in clinical psychology and two diplomas in clinical hypnotherapy.

Dr David Kraft is the managing director of both London Psychotherapy and London Hypnotherapy UK. He has had a great deal of experience treating the full range of psychological conditions, and his practice is based at 10 Harley Street in central London. This year, he has treated a number of clients to help them stop smoking, and, so far, all his clients have given up smoking in one session. Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy is a fast evolving treatment programme, and Dr David Kraft uses the following techniques during the process: aversion therapy (covert sensitization), indirect and direct suggestions, future orientation in time, as well as many of the principles of healthy living (psychoneuroimmunology). Over the years, he has helped many people give up smoking in a very short period of time; the effects are long lasting. Nowadays, smoking is not as socially acceptable as it was in, say, the 1940s. Dr David Kraft points out that many physical conditions occur as a result of smoking including,  cardiovascular disease, emphysema,  chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, shortness of breath, bladder problems, cancer of the oesophagus, kidneys complications, cancer of the pancreas and cervical cancer.

It is time to stop smoking now.

For an appointment, please ring Dr David Kraft at London Hypnotherapy UK on 0207 467 8564.

Dr David Kraft is a specialist hypnotherapist and psychotherapist  with a successful private practice in Harley Street, in central London. He specializes in phobic anxiety, sleep disorders, PTSD, psychosomatic pain and generalized anxiety disorder. Recently, he has had a considerable amount of success helping patients who are about to, or have undertaken cardiac surgery–in particular coronary, valvular and aortic surgery and ‘redo’ procedures. He has also worked in conjunction with gynaecologists helping patients to overcome anxieties in relation to having had hysterectomies: further, using hypnotherapy, he has helped to reduce flooding and clotting, and has helped patients suffering from vaginismus and dispareunia. This year, Dr Kraft has help a number  of clients to stop smoking, and, in all cases, clients have given up in one session.

Dear hypnotherapist

I am looking for a psychotherapist as well as a hypnotherapist, and I wondered whether you might be the answer because you do both. I looked for a centre for Psychotherapy, and I centre for hypnotherapy and I found this one–London Psychotherapy, and I was impressed by the webbsite. How many psychotherapists use hypnosis here in London? There can’t be many. I have been suffering depression for some time now and I also have terrible problems with all sorts of aches and pains around my body. I worry about my legs and whether I have got some sort of muscular disease. I get thrush. I worry that I am not producing the right amount of fluid in my vagina, and this really worries me because I am on 30. There is masses of fluid and I have no problems masturbating, or having sex, but I still worry. When I am down, and really depressed, I think about suicide, and I also worry about my eyes. My eyes itch all the time, and I can’t stop thinking about them. I need a psychotherapist or a psychiatrist now. I also get headaches and feelings of being bloated, and period pains, and pains in my anus. But all of these symptoms alternate with each other, and it is driving me mad. I heard that hypnotherapy can help to control pain, but I realize now that a lot of these worries are psychological. I need to find a good counsellor or psychotherapist who can help me with these problems. I want to talk to somebody who is caring and considerate. I have been taking anti depressants for my depression, but this form of treatment does not help. I need a psychotherapist! I also need a hypnotherapist, and one in London. My depression has worsened recently, and so many friends of mine have seen good results with hypnotherapists here in central London. Also, another friend of mine trained as a counselor and then started to use hypnotherapy on herself, and she has seen great results too. She is her own psychotherapist now, and her own hypnotherapist. How cool is that?! I also looked at this new ‘In Treatment’ programme on HBO, and thought that this is exactly what I need. In Treatment is a wonderful programme, and each client is given space to work out their problems. Are you like the person in ‘In Treatment?’ If you are caring and like the person in the television programme, please give me a session. I want to see you every week, and watch how I develop. Wow-In Treatment. This is so exciting, and empowering. I feel that my depression is going already.  

Lisa

Dear Lisa

You are welcome to book an appointment. Please phone 0207 467 8564 today, and I will put you on the books. Once you are registered, we can book you a session.

David Kraft

Dr David Kraft

Psychotherapist & Hypnotherapist

 Dr David Kraft is the managing director of both London Psychotherapy and London Hypnotherapy UK. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section. He is also on the General Hypnotherapy Register and a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis. He has written several papers on hypnosis and psychotherapy integration and has published in Contemporary Hypnosis and the Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. David runs a highly successful practice in Harley Street.

Address: 10 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF

Dear Dr Kraft

I would like to thank you for everything that you have done for me. I took the medication my ophthalmologist gave me, and with your help, I have now got rid of my blepharospasms, the chronic uveitis and the recurrent iritis. The Meibomian glans are also much better, and I am not scratching my eyes at all.

Thanks

Beth

Dear Beth

Thank you very much for e-mailing me with this great news. Good luck for the future.

Dr Kraft

In Treatment with Dr David Kraft

Dr David Kraft is a specialist psychotherapist and hypnotherapist working in central London. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the Section of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine. He is also on the General Hypnotherapy Register and a member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis.