VIRTUAL GASTRIC BAND THERAPY

ANNA YATES

Psychotherapist, NLP Master Practitioner and Hypnotherapist

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WHAT IS VIRTUAL

BARIATRIC SURGERY THERAPY?

A fun, educational, personalised and

permanent

weight loss solution

using the

wonderful power

of the

subconscious mind!

HOW AND WHEN DID VIRTUAL GASTRIC SURGERY

START?

The Daily Mail featured the story of Sarah Hart who achieved a lifelong ambition this year when she completed her first half

marathon.

SARAH HART – 67 KGS

LIGHTER!!

RUTH AND MIKE –LOST OVER 30 KGS BETWEEN THEM IN 4 MONTHS!

Kay started at 144kg (317lbs)After 28 weeks 31.8kg (70lbs) down

After 52 weeks 47.7kg (105lbs) lighter!

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WHO IS VGB APPROPRIATE FOR?

Clients with an unhealthy relationship with food

Clients with portion issues

Clients with emotional eating issues

Clients with sugar addiction

Clients who have struggled with yo-yo dieting

Clients who have serious health issues from excess weight

Clients who have specific goals eg special event, want to start a family, want to do a sky dive

6 – 60KG TEENAGERS - ELDERLY

WHAT DOES GMB/VGB INVOLVE?

• Session 1: Brief overview, goal setting and information harvesting + generic hypnosis

• Sessions 2 and 3: Interactive discussions and visuals covering how, what, when, where, why and how much to eat and all aspects of the clients life-style + personalised hypnosis

• Session 4: Discussion re actual operation and then Virtual Operation in hypnosis

On going support and weight checks until weight loss goal is achieved

4 Sessions of 1 on 1 therapy – approximately 8 - 12 hours in total:

!VGB is therefore a PERMANENT

change of lifestyle –redesigning their future for life!

• We aim to sort out what is going wrong inside the client’s mind – it’s not all about WHAT they are eating but:

• Why • When• Where? • How?• How much?

• Plus all other areas of their lifestyle eg general health, water intake, how much exercise and sleep they are getting, supplements, relaxation, work/life balance, hormonal challenges etc

• LOSS OF IDENTITY?

• SECONDARY GAIN?

❑ PROTECTIVE BLANKET

❑ AVOIDANCE TACTIC

• FEAR OF FAILURE?

• LEARNED BEHAVIOUR?

• HABIT DEVELOPED IN CHILDHOOD?

• OVER NURTURING?

• STRESS RELATED?

• SLEEP RELATED?

•• OTHER HEALTH ISSUES OR GENETICS

• HORMONES

POSSIBLE CAUSES OF WEIGHT ISSUES/OBESITY?

• Rebuild self-esteem and self-confidenceRebuild

• Release self limiting beliefsRelease

• Rebuild their relationship with foodRebuild

•Help them to feel more relaxed around foodHelp

• Show them how to make better food choicesShow

• Enable them to regain their enjoyment of eatingEnable

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The Virtual Gastric Band Operation

•50% approx reach target weight

•15% approx return for different therapy after reaching their target weight

•50% approx do not return for follow up sessions/weigh ins

•70% approx of our weight loss clients are referrals from successful clients

So, does

GMB/VGBwork for

weight loss?

Figures based on

experience of

Mind Solutions Therapists

Pilot Investigation of a Virtual Gastric Band

Hypnotherapy Intervention

• This 24-week-long pilot investigation of 30 men and women with a BMI > 27 kg/m(2) aimed to determine whether virtual gastric band (VGB) hypnotherapy has an effect on weight loss in overweight adults, compared to relaxation hypnotherapy and a self-directed diet.

• There was no significant difference between VGB hypnotherapy as a main effect on weight loss, (X(2) = 0.67, p = .41, df = 1) and there was no evidence of differential weight loss over time, (X(2) = 4.2, p = .64, df = 6).

• Levels of weight loss and gain :

-17 kg to + 4.7 kg in the VGB group

9.3 kg to +7.8 kg in the relaxation group

Results of the study:

• We first looked at age but found no relationship between the age of our participants and the amount of weight that they lost. It seems that people are just as capable of losing weight in their seventies as they are in their twenties.

• We also investigated whether there was a relationship between the weight lost as a result of hypnosis-based treatment and the length of time between treatment and follow up. There was a slight, but weak linear relationship between the two. There was no relationship between the length of time to follow up and the average monthly weight loss.

• Out of the 125 people who did the GMB, 117 lost weight. Of the 117 who lost weight, the average weight lost was 9.67kg. The average weight lost per month was 1.8kg.

• Based on the sample of clients analysed:

• 94% successfully lost weight

• 60% lost more than 5kg

• 30% lost more than 10kg.

Study of 125 people who did GMB

Dr Sarah Clarke CPshychol, PhD

Acknowledgements/References

• Pilot Investigation of a Virtual Gastric Band Hypnotherapy Intervention. (Greetham S1, Goodwin S1, Wells L1, Whitham C1, Jones H1, Rigby A1, Sathyapalan T2, Reid M1, Atkin S) © 2013 The Authors Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics © 2013 The British Dietetic Association Ltd.

• Photos and GmB related information: Martin and Marion Shirran, Elite Clinics, Calle España 1, Edificio Buendia 1, Office 3A, Fuengirola, 29640, Malaga, Spain

• VGB related information: Sheila Granger, UK

• Obesity statistics 2016: World Health Organisation

• Study of 125 people: Dr Sarah Clarke, CPsychol, PhD.

Thank you!

ANNA YATES

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask

after the presentation!