Dr. Dodd
Dr Stephen Dodd at 10 Dental on Scarisbrick New Road, Southport was becoming concerned that people are neglecting their oral health due to their phobia and anxiety of visiting the dentist.After completing training by the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis at the University of Salford, Dr Dodd is now fully qualified to treat patients under hypnosis.
He said: “Hypnosis is an altered state of mind in which there is an increase in suggestibility. This state can be produced by oneself or by responding to the directions of a hypnotherapist.”
Dr Dodd uses hypnosis to manage his patient’s anxiety, dental and needle phobia and gagging reflex.
“Clinical hypnosis in no way can be compared to stage hypnosis which in my mind is very damaging to the reputation of medical, dental and clinical hypnosis as it conveys an inaccurate image of what hypnosis actually is.
“The subject is fully in control at all times and knows exactly what they are doing.”
