Have you struggled for years to maintain your weight within a healthy range? Have you tried eating healthily and exercising, but aren’t getting the results you need? Do you have issues with overeating? Want to get the benefits of a gastric band procedure without the danger of surgery? Then virtual gastric banding hypnotherapy may be for you.
Virtual gastric banding is the name for an approach to hypnotherapy which focuses on a client’s overeating, overactive appetite, and overall relationship with food. Beginning with a general discussion of the issue at hand, the therapist asks specific questions designed to help develop an outline of the client’s background, needs, desires, and goals. Later in the session, or in a subsequent session, the therapist will induce a hypnotic state in the client, in which powerful ‘suggestions’ can be made to their subconscious to help break their current behaviour patterns and instil new ones.
When it is done correctly, it results in the client feeling full soon after eating, reduced cravings, and dramatically improved ability to control impulsive eating. Essentially, the client’s mind is ‘retrained’ to be satisfied with less food.
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Hypnotherapy techniques we use for our virtual gastric banding program
What makes this weight loss program unique is that it's not just about doing a version of gastric band surgery version using hypnosis. We will also look at the underlying causes of emotional eating, getting you in the mindset to install healthy eating habits and other techniques to make it easier to avoid negative eating habits. Sometimes this is about making changes in your timeline, doing parts therapy and helping you to let go of non helpful emotions or stories that are keeping you stuck.
Our virtual gastric band treatment process
In the first session our hypnotherapist Gary will get your history and really dig into your relationship with food and how weight is an issue for you. In the very first session, after gathering data you'll enter a hypnosis session where you'll use your subconscious mind to work on the issues at hand. Because the process is individualised, the initial session could be installing the virtual gastric band or it could be working on other issues first. Your success is the number one priority and our success rates are high because of this tailored approach.
If you were thinking about a surgical procedure for weight loss like a gastric band or gastric sleeve, virtual gastric band hypnosis is a much safer place to start and in most cases leads to much better weight management.
Why choose Shift for virtual gastric band therapy in Brisbane?
Our Australian hypnotherapists are qualified and work holistically
You also have access to our nutritionists to work on developing a healthier relationship with food without feeling deprived, if needed
It's a positive way to address weight with no side effects
Hypnotherapy can feel scary, and with Shift we ensure every step of the way is easy and stress free.
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What to expect from our virtual gastric band program in Brisbane
This fall into our weight loss program – for more details click here.
If you’re attending in person in our Brisbane clinic, please arrive a few minutes beforehand just to ground yourself and grab a tea or water. Parking is on site, or nearby.
Gary Cosier is a leading hypnotherapist and you’ll love his thorough and caring nature.
The program is 4 sessions in total
It’s usual to feel very relaxed after hypnotherapy sessions so don’t go rushing into anything too extreme. You may feel lighter after your treatment, or of Gary worked on releasing emotions or trauma then you may process this in the coming days too.
After your final session we recommend you check in in a couple of months in case anything new comes up. Hypnotherapy sessions are a great adjuvant to your wellness routine and many of clients check in once every few months just to work through anything that they need to.
What our clients say...
Megan Usher2024-03-27 I can’t speak highly enough of Katherine and her team. Since my husband and I have been seeing Katherine, our physical and mental health has rapidly improved. Which has impacted our relationships and the general mood of our household. I have personally seen many doctors for my symptoms, but it wasn’t until I started to see Katherine that I truly began to understand my body and start the healing process. I have experienced a dramatic improvement after taking the herbal medicines. My husband had been told by every doctor and specialist that he was totally healthy, and yet he was severely struggling with his symptoms. Katherine was able to identify the reasons for his symptoms very quickly, and he too has experienced a big improvement. I know we still have a way to go, and changing habits can take time. But we are so grateful to have found the Shift Clinic and to finally feel like we are getting somewhere with our health. Katherine’s podcast ‘The Shift with Katherine Maslen’ is also an eye opener and very informative! I have learned so much about the women’s body through listening. Di Bailey2024-01-29 My daughter referred me to Vanessa Coben as I was experiencing gut issues and was unable to detect or remedy my problems. Vanessa advised me to take on challenges in gut testing and bloods to determine the direction I needed. Vanessa's regular appointments, diagnosis and herbal formulas have exhalted my confidence in a healthy gut. Vanessa is professional, caring, understanding and a very gentle soul. I recommend her to anyone experiencing same problems as I had. I also recommend Shift at Brisbane Natural Health as their staff and administration are warm and friendly inviting a welcoming atmosphere to clients. All the best to everyone at Shift. Michon van Staden2024-01-12 Katherine and the team at The Shift Clinic were super supportive, friendly and welcoming. After 6 months of treatment with Katherine, my energy is back and my immunity is stronger! Vicki Machan2023-10-22 I stumbled across Katherine Maslen and her aptly named Shift Clinic through a podcast by Shelly Craft of The Aging Project. Katherine spoke with passion about gut health, which was an area I have struggled with for over a decade. I looked her up and booked an appointment for an assessment and couldn’t get there fast enough ! I was excited and confident that this time I was going to see a change. I wasn’t wrong. The most amazing thing about the Shift Clinic is their team, who are embracing and supportive and work as a collaborative unit. I was ‘project managed’ through months of healing, both physically and holistically. I was introduced to a form of ‘therapy’ I’d never even considered when I met Jess, the clinics Intuitive Healer, who helped me unpack and resolve some personal issues that were roadblocking my emotional progression forward. This complemented my gut healing progress that was being managed so well by both Katherine and Vanessa. I would never have found Jess if not for Katherine, or entertained the idea of something so ‘left field’ for me. The whole experience of being with Shift has been healing, nurturing and uplifting. I’ve progressed on a physical and spiritual level, they’ve educated me on myself, and the team are now an integral part of my life I won’t be leaving behind. I enjoy immersing myself in the tranquility of the clinic, the genuine warmth of the girls at reception when I arrive, the soft music, the herbal tea brewing. It’s like a big, warm hug. I can’t thank them enough or recommend them to enough people. They have changed my life ! Nicole Ann2023-07-28 There probably isn't enough space to write the long review that Katherine and the whole team at The Shift Clinic truly deserve but I'll start with this. You saved my life. Words will never be enough to express how grateful myself and my family are for the journey that I continue to be on with my healing and growth. The Shift membership is one of the best health models on offer in the world and when things were incredibly dark at my lowest, I was able to receive the help needed from all of my practitioners at the clinic who all knew my history at every appointment without having to continually tell my story from the beginning. It is so beneficial as a patient that all of you work together to heal people. Not only have you all helped lead me towards the light of health, you've been giving me the tools needed to understand how to grow and heal myself. The added bonus I wasn't expecting is how I'm now healing my own home too. The work you all do is changing lives. Thank you for changing mine. I am eternally grateful. Xx Steven Creevey2023-04-18 I started seeing Shift during the Covid pandemic and I was struggling with my overall health. I found the team to be very supportive and focused on the job of assessment, ongoing regular support and providing me with the best supplements and advice for my various health challenges. Thank you Shift and Vanessa for all of your help and guidance. Brendan Vasen2022-12-09 Katherine is wonderful and helped me get on the right track with my diet and healthy eating definitely Recommend Izzy Tanzer2022-12-05 I couldn’t recommend The Shift clinic and especially Dr Vanessa. After being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease my body felt like it was crashing and I needed help. I would not be where I am today without the help from Dr Vanessa and the knowledge she has passed onto me. She made the process easier and was always there for support when I needed it. The clinic is such a beautiful space and you feel calm as soon as you walk in. The receptionists were always so lovely and helpful and explained the membership process easily. Thank you so much Shift Team x Cath 712022-07-04 It would be fair to say that the last two years, in particular, have been a challenge for me personally. After battling with any number of illnesses over a long period of time, my partner of six years entered a period of rapidly declining health and was deemed a multimorbidity patient. As a result, our planned wedding happened much quicker than expected & I gave up my job to become his full-time carer before he passed away. During his decline my sole focus was him, in some ways to the detriment of my own health and whilst I acknowledge that grief played a major part in some of my weight gain, I also know that I’d developed bad habits over many years; snacking, emotional eating, convenience eating, living a mostly sedentary lifestyle to name just a few. If the loss of my husband taught me anything it is that life is too short and that our health matters! I needed to find something to help me rediscover joy in my life and to help me feel like my old self again. Following a personal recommendation and some google research of my own I came across The Shift Clinic. Having always been an advocate of natural therapies I thought this could be just what I needed to help me find my way back to lightness – physically and emotionally. I joined the 8-week weight loss challenge and I’ve not looked back. My appointments with Hypnotherapist, Rebecca and Naturopath & Nutritionist, Carolyn have provided me with the tools to; identify self-sabotaging behaviours, acknowledge all parts of me, start small, set realistic and achievable goals, feel supported, get back up when I fall, move – even if it’s only for 10 mins at a time, celebrate small wins, stick to the plan and remember that anything is possible. 8-weeks down the track I’m just under 10kg lighter physically. I’ve still got more weight to lose but for the first time in a long time, I know I’ll achieve it because the biggest ‘shift’ for me has been in how I think and how I feel, the routines & rituals I’ve put in place and the way I speak to myself. The Shift Clinic really can help you ‘shift’ you just have to be willing to let it.
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Virtual gastric band FAQs.
In our experience, patients who undergo a program of virtual gastric banding with a clinical hypnotherapist at Brisbane Natural Health achieve an average weight loss of 1-2 kilos per week whilst undergoing treatment, and an average of 20 kilos after successfully completing a program. Clinical studies of gastric banding have shown average weight loss of 2-3kg in the first week, and then 1kg per week thereafter.
Our program includes 4 sessions. ths is enough time to work on emotional eating habits, trauma that could have led to the issue and also installing the virtual gastric band itself.
Total investment by you: $1,300 upfront (saving of $100 if you pay in full).
You can also choose to make 8 weekly payments of $170 per week if you prefer weekly payments.
Appointments are 2 weeks apart, with our nutritionists support in between.
Unfortunately virtual gastric band therapy is not covered by medicare of health funds.
No, just give us a call and we will find a time that suits you.
Call us on 07 3367 0337. If you’re not ready to embark on the full program – you can also book an initial hypnotherapy session to meet Gary and get some support before deciding to jump in fully.
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