Treatment for Excessive Sweating

Excessive sweating is a very common problem, and I see many clients for this at my Leeds and Manchester Hypnotherapy practices. It’s important to eliminate any medical reasons for this condition, and once we have done so and the client has returned their client notes, we can explore the thinking and feeling processes that have created this problem. If there are no medical reasons for this experience, then the problem is being created by how a person thinks and feels.
When I check the returned client notes, one of the first things I look for is when the condition is better and when it is worse. Often, a person anticipates having the problem, and this anticipatory feeling is the trigger for it! Instead of being “cool, calm and collected”, often the client’s worrying creates the opposite effect. Excessive sweating often occurs when a person feels they are under the spotlight or in other situations that make them very self-conscious. The process by which this problem occurs, in my experience, is very similar to the experience of blushing. In this particular instance, the end experience is different, but in both examples, the person literally overheats, and the body responds accordingly.
During the sessions, we explore the thinking process that creates the feeling that leads to excessive sweating. The clue here is the term “excessive.” Everyone will naturally sweat in certain situations, but when clients report excessive sweating, this means the sweating is far more than what would normally be expected. The pattern of thinking is always the same for each client when this experience occurs. Once we identify how this thinking occurs, we can make the appropriate changes to achieve a different end experience.
By changing thinking patterns, we can alter the end behaviour, so each client experiences a newfound freedom.