POSITIVE MATTERS

Your No. 1 Online Resource For Self-Help

Here at positive matters our goal is to offer you a range of high quality self–help programs and courses covering a wide range of subjects designed to give you the practical help you need to make real changes in your life. During the first quarter of 2008 we will be expanding our range of mp3 downloads and adding a coaching course.

All of our programs and courses are designed to give you the practical help you need to make real changes in your life.

To be kept up to date on these exciting developments just send your name and email address to the following address: up2date@PositiveMatters.co.uk

What’s So Special About Positive Matters Programs?

Positive matters programs are not just relaxation or positive thinking recordings. They consist of some of the most up-to-date and clinically proven techniques used by therapists today. It’s a bit like having your own therapist on a CD or iPod.

Some of the techniques include:

• Self-hypnosis and Guided Imagery. You will be taught how to use your subconscious mind and imagination to help you overcome your problems and achieve your goals.


• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Your thinking affects the way you feel and behave. You will be taught how to identify and uproot negative thinking patterns and substitute more helpful ones so that you can change the way you feel.


• Practical Skills. Instead of being told what you should be doing, you will instead be taught how to do it, so that you can do rather than stew.
  

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Meet The Therapist

With over 20 years of clinical experience, Michael Cohen brings a wealth of knowledge to his Positive Matters programs. Originally a Samaritan, he went on to train in counselling, clinical hypnotherapy and cognitive therapy. He sees clients for one-to-one therapy and runs workshops on topics such as stress management, developing a positive attitude and self-hypnosis. He has served as Chair of The Association of Professional Therapists, and edited their journal 'Suggestions.'

His clients have included:

• Dixon's Store Groups PLC
• Reed Business Publications
• The Home Office
• B.U.P.A. psychological services

He is a registered member of the National Council for Hypnotherapy.

For more information about Michael Cohen, please visit his therapy website: www.hypnosisandhealing.co.uk

Programs Available For Download, Or On CD

All of our programs are available as mp3 downloads or in CD format and are sent post free in the UK. You can listen to the programs on your computer or CD player, load them onto your iPod, iPhone or any device that plays mp3 files.

Links to the extensive selection of programs:

PM001 - Relax With Ease
PM002 - Practical Self-Hypnosis
PM003 - Detox Your Attitude
PM004 - Having The Courage To Be Imperfect
PM005 - I’d Like To Stop, But…
PM006 - Breaking Through The Obstacles To Feeling Good
PM007 - Your First Aid Kit To Overcoming Fear, Anxiety And Worry
PM008 - Positive Stress
PM009 - Hypnosis And Healthy Eating
PM010 - Sleep
PM011 - Pain Control For Your Back
PM012 - Taking The Fear Out Of Flying

Read Testimonials

PM001 - Relax With Ease

If you find it hard to relax and let go of tension then this program can help. Packed with different methods of relaxation from a 25 minute guided meditation to mini-relaxation techniques that you can use throughout your day.

With this program you will learn:

• Breathe your stress away
• Picture your stress away
• Scan your stress away
• Relax with self-hypnosis
• and so much more...

You will also learn the difference between positive and negative stress and how to tell the difference.

PM002 - Practical Self-Hypnosis

There are few areas of knowledge as badly represented and rampant with misconception as the field of clinical hypnosis. This workshop will help dispel the myths and teach you that self-hypnosis has the power to enhance the quality of your life. You will be taught powerful techniques of self-hypnosis and how to apply the techniques for your particular goals.

With this program you will learn:

• 3 powerful methods of Self –hypnosis.
• How to use self-hypnosis to improve your confidence and self-esteem.
• How to set and achieve goals using self-hypnosis.
• How to change your negative thinking into practical action orientated positive thinking.
• How to apply self-hypnosis to become more productive.
• How to use self-hypnosis to improve your sports performance.
• Self-hypnosis for pain relief.
• Self-hypnosis for a good nights sleep.
• and so much more...

You will also learn what negative self-hypnosis might be doing to create depression, fear, anger and self-doubt and how to change it.

PM003 - Detox Your Attitude

It is sometimes hard to keep a positive attitude in a world that seems full of obstacles yet the experience we have of life depends so much on our attitude towards it. our attitudes are shaped by our beliefs. If our attitudes are unrealistic we experience emotional pain that blocks us from getting joy out of life. However if our beliefs are realistic and positive, we function well and achieve our goals.

With this program you will learn:

• The ten negative attitudes that block you from getting joy out of life.
• Powerful, practical strategies for breaking through negative attitudes and moving forward in life.
• How to accept yourself unconditionally.
• A whole new “toolbox” of effective techniques to help you achieve your work and personal goals.

This program is fun Practical and action-orientated.

PM004 - Having The Courage To Be Imperfect

Unrealistic demands are the major downfall of the perfectionist. You’re tough on yourself and on others. Perhaps you worry excessively about failing at work, at university or letting others down If this is the case then this program can help you to.

With this program you will learn:

• The difference between perfectionism and the healthy pursuit of excellence.
• The eight kinds of perfectionism that make you unhappy
• How to stop worrying about failing in your work and personal life
• The common attitudes that lead to perfectionism and how to change them
• Why some things only need to be “good enough”

This program can help you to achieve your personal best without hurting yourself in the process.

PM005 - I’d Like To Stop, But…

Most smokers are experts at stopping smoking. They have done it hundreds of times. The skill is staying stopped and this is a skill you can learn. During this smoking cessation program you will not be lectured about the dangers of smoking and no one will try and force you to stop. That rarely works. Instead, you will learn that stopping smoking is a choice you can make.

With this program you will learn:

• to stay off cigarettes without feeling deprived, irritable, anxious or depressed.
• to deal effectively with crises and other stresses that may have driven you back to smoking in the past.
• not to substitute by overeating etc.

Clinical hypnotherapy is a gentle process that is so effective in helping people to stop smoking.

This program is based on Michael Cohen’s smoking cessation course that has helped hundreds to stop smoking over the past 21 years.

PM006 - Breaking Through The Obstacles To Feeling Good

Depression is the number one mental health problem in the world today. It has increased more than ten-fold since 1945. The good news is that depression can be cured and very often without the need to resort to drugs. While not claiming to be a cure in itself, this program will introduce to you the fast acting technology of mood modification called Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. You will be taught powerful practical techniques that you can learn to apply for yourself.

With this program you will learn:

• to recognise what is causing your moods to swing.
• to deal with negative feelings.
• to deal with guilt
• to overcome the dire need for love and approval
  
• to build self-acceptance

This program can help you overcome the symptoms of depression and help you experience personal growth. You will learn to minimise future upsets and cope with depression effectively now and in the future

PM007 - Panic Buster, Your First Aid Kit To Overcoming Fear, Anxiety And Worry

Are you a constant worrier? Do everyday fears and anxieties interfere with your peace of mind? Do you sometimes experience panic attacks? If you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired then this program will help you.

With this program you will learn:

• Overcome a panic attack before it overcomes you
• Challenge your catastrophic beliefs
• Overcome shyness and self-doubts
• Free yourself of anxiety and worry

Along with mental coping strategies you will learn the latest state of the art physiological techniques to help you relax and reduce anxiety. Does that sound impossible to you? Then prove yourself wrong with this dynamic program.

PM008 - Positive Stress

Stress management is about minimising distress and feeling good again. Whether you experience stress at work, at home, in relationships or other situations, this program will teach you powerful strategies.

With this program you will learn:

• Make stress management work for you
• Manage the changes in your life
• Have clear and realistic goals
• Relax your mind and body
• Act assertively in your dealings with others

This program show will give you powerful strategies for making the most of whatever life throws at you.

PM009 - Hypnosis And Healthy Eating

Fad diets don’t work. If they did you would have probably lost that excess weight long ago. Instead, this program will help you make the necessary psychological changes that are important in establishing good healthy eating patterns which usually result in weight loss.

With this program you will learn:

• Overcome your emotional eating
• Talk yourself into sticking to your healthy eating plan
• Overcome your self inflicted obstacles
• Challenge and change your negative self-talk

You will also experience the peaceful state of hypnotherapy and learn self-hypnosis helping to motivate you into healthy eating.

PM010 - Sleep

It’s the early hours of the morning your bed has become a battleground, you have work the next day and you can’t sleep. If this sounds familiar, then this program is for you.

With this program you will learn:

• The basics of sleeping well
• How to deal with particular sleep problems
• Overcome the blocks to managing your sleep
• Positive attitudes to sleep by

As well as teaching you valuable techniques for inducing sleep, you will also experience the peaceful soothing state of hypnosis as you absorb suggestions for drifting off into a peaceful restful sleep.

PM011 - Pain Control For Your Back

Back pain affects nearly every one of us at some stage in our lives. It is one of the most common ailments of modern living.

With this program you will learn:

• Mind body hypnotic healing
• Imagery techniques to reduce your back pain
• How to reduce your back pain using self-hypnosis
• To overcome the blocks to relaxation
  

You will also experience the peaceful soothing state of hypnosis that can help to reduce the extreme discomfort and tension of back pain.

PM012 - Taking The Fear Out Of Flying

Fear of flying is a common problem that affects millions of adults across the world; this program will show you how to deal with the fear to take it on and stop it restricting your life.

With this program you will learn:

How to challenge and change your fear of flying thoughts

• To develop your relaxation flight plan
• Coping with takeoff and landing
• Coping with turbulence
• Experience a dress rehearsal flight in your mind
• Tips and strategies for coping with a long flight

Discover how to put yourself into a relaxed state before boarding the aircraft and gently guide yourself away from a fear of flying.

Testimonials

I really enjoyed the Relax With Ease CD. The five shorter techniques are ones that I will find very useful when I'm `on the go' and the longer, progressive relaxation was wonderful. I found the imagery suggestions extremely helpful and felt so relaxed that I half expected to open my eyes and find I was still in the garden I had been visualising.

J.P. - Surrey

Just a note to say how much I enjoyed your self –hypnosis program, It has proved to be part of a growth process and a source of inspiration also.

J.M. - London

Thank you for the CD. I am very impressed with your style and presentation. Your voice is very caring and soothing. It helped me to very easily relax.

C.R. - Bournemouth

I am very very grateful for your CD. It has helped me to overcome my fear and panic. I really believe I wouldn’t have passed my exam without the support I got from your CD

S.M. - South London

I found your CD very relaxing and the visualisation was the right kind for me to practice. The wording is lovely and the background music just right. I love your voice. I could listen to you for hours.

S.B. - Malta

I am writing to buy another CD as my mother has my one on permanent loan.

J.A. - Southwest London

If you have any queries to the suitability of a program for your circumstances, please email: help@PositiveMatters.co.uk

IMPORTANT INFORMATION about our recordings
The Site lists and describes a number of downloads and C.Ds utilizing hypnosis and other therapeutic techniques which may be purchased online by following the simple instructions on the Site.

The Site is intended to help you to benefit from the positive effects of hypnosis and other techniques described on the website to help you in your quest for optimum health and happiness. Whilst Positive Matters Programs are known to have achieved exceptional and consistently successful results in the ways described on the Site, they should not be used as a substitute for your doctor's role in monitoring your health or as a substitute for face-to-face therapy. The Site has not been evaluated by any government or official body. Nothing offered on or offline is intended to diagnose, cure or prevent any disease or disorder of any kind. If you are in any doubt over your health or emotional issues, you should seek the advice of your GP, professional advisor or therapist. (You must be 18 years of age or have parental consent before using this website.)

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