What can I help with?

ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS

Anxiety is completely natural human response characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts and physical changes like increased blood pressure and breathing. Anxiety is what we feel when we are worried, tense or afraid – particularly about things that are about to happen, or which we think could happen in the future.

I can help you if you are:

Feeling nervous before a test, a presentation, or a job interview.
Worrying about your health, your finances, or your relationships.
Having trouble sleeping because of racing thoughts or fears.
Experiencing panic attacks, which are sudden episodes of intense fear and physical symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or trembling.
Avoiding situations that might trigger your anxiety, such as social gatherings, public speaking, or flying.

LOW MOOD

Low mood and depression-like states are also a completely normal human reaction, however we all experience them differently and some people are better at coping with them or bouncing back quicker than others; and we will see why this happens and what we can do to make them easier for ourselves too.

STRESS, TRAUMA AND PTSD

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is a powerful form of therapy that combines hypnosis with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Research has shown that cognitive hypnotherapy is more effective in reducing depression, anxiety, and hopelessness than CBT alone. It is an effective tool for achieving lasting positive changes in mindset and behavior. It helps through reducing stress, improving sleep, increasing self-esteem by challenging negative beliefs and creating new associations and responses to traumatic events or situations. For example, if a person has been in a car accident and developed a fear of driving, hypnotherapy can help them to replace their fear with confidence and calmness.

ADDICTIONS

Addictions is another huge area where hypnotherapy can help. It can be stop smoking immediately sessions, or challenging your beliefs around alcohol, drugs, shopping, gambling, internet and phone, gaming, and others. In general, people who are addicted to a certain substance or harmful behaviour, feel powerless and believe that the object of their addiction (sometimes this can be a person) make them feel better, happier, or more fun. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can help blast through these illusions and help you regain the confidence these addictions are masking. All of a sudden you will be looking back at how easy it was to regain your freedom.

PAIN MANAGEMENT

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy focuses on calming, relaxation techniques that change the way pain is experienced and perceived. When we focus the mind on the positive elements of the present and future, reducing stress and relaxing the nervous system, it helps create a steady flow of chemicals that help block the pain.

Experimental studies and uses are now clearly showing how hypnosis can be used instead of anesthetic products during medical interventions and surgeries.

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDERS

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a condition that causes people to have intrusive thoughts and images, which often cause a great deal of anxiety. People with OCD may also feel the need to carry out certain behaviours (known as compulsions) in order to relieve that anxiety. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can help you reduce anxiety and stress and create changes in your thinking patterns that help you regain control back over OCD. actions.

PHOBIAS

Phobias are an extreme and irrational fear of a specific object, situation, or activity. They are classified as anxiety disorders and can significantly impact a person's daily life and well-being. Phobias go beyond normal fears and often lead to avoidance behaviors to minimize or prevent exposure to the feared stimulus. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is highly effective by reducing anxiety, gentle desensitization to the phobic stimulus under a relaxed state and reframing perspectives. This will reduce the intensity of your phobia and help you manage your response.

IBS AND HARMFUL EATING HABITS

Hypnotherapy is now acknowledged within the medical profession as an evidenced-based therapy that can help alleviate the symptoms of IBS. By using positive suggestion, hypnotherapy lessens anxiety and increases confidence and wellbeing; this is believed to reduce sensitivity in the gut and reduce overactivity due to stress and anxiety.

OTHER

Improving performance: work, sport, exams
Regain confidence and self esteem
Increase motivation and concentration
Cope better with the process of grief
Help improve financial behaviours

Overall, solution focused hypnotherapy can help with a wide range of goals. Results may vary and success is not guaranteed. The client will need to want to make the changes and full client commitment is important.