Solution Focused Hypnotherapy

Typically between 6-12 sessions. Some clients may take longer whereas some clients are comfortable after a single session. It all depends on where you are, and how quickly your mind is ready to change.

As long as you can access a Teams meeting, you don’t need to download any software, the meeting invite will let you into the virtual meeting room and you’re ready to get started.

It’s perfectly safe and one of the least intrusive methods of helping people find the skills & resources they need to make progress. I’m insured with Holistic Insurance including Public Liability Insurance.

The first session is the initial consultation, this involved a confidential consultation for us to discuss what you’d like to work on. We’ll discuss how the mind works, and why it does what it does.

There is no such thing as a hypnotic state. We can’t ‘see’ it on a brain scan. However, we can see the pattern of brain waves slowing down as individuals relax. This supports clients into a more resourceful state where their conscious mind can take a well earned break. Suggestibility increases, and this is why the hypnotherapy works so well with the talking therapy to support you to find your positive path forwards.

You’ll be fully aware during the session, and if you need to, you’ll pop back up and deal with whatever interrupted the session. You don’t need to consciously be aware of the entire session as your subconscious is always listening.

It provides support for a range of symptoms from anxiety, depression, phobias and habit changes (e.g. smoking cessation).

Hypnotherapy and talking therapy are each less effective on their own. Talking therapy is a conversation between the conscious minds of the therapist and client. However, Hypnotherapy is a conversation between the therapist’s conscious mind and the client’s subconscious mind. By combining talking therapy with hypnotherapy you’re able to get the best from both styles, it’s more than the sum of its parts.

This varies, and it all depends on what you need to address and how willing and able you are to adopt the changes. Clients who have built strong resistance take longer to adopt changes. Typically the benefits are felt between 4-6 weeks and most clients have between 8-12 sessions.

Absolutely, in fact more and more people are opting for online sessions because it is just as effective and removes commute times & logistics.

It’s been proven that hypnotherapy cannot make you do anything you don’t want to do. You’re perfectly safe, and the aim of session is to find what positive means for you, and how to take action.

This is a particular style of hypnotherapy bourn from David Newton’s dissatisfaction with the consistency of changes in clients using CBT and analytical techniques. Over time, he has been pivotal in developing the approach. The problem is only discussed in the initial consultation, thereafter it’s all about the solutions!

Yes, studies have shown hypnotherapy is highly effective at supporting clients to reduce their symptoms, severity, duration & reoccurrence.

It’s designed to support those with mental health conditions. The only conditions I can’t support are severe conditions like active psychosis, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. These conditions need medical support from a clinical psychiatrist.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy requires clients to be cognitively present and able to engage in a structured, goal-orientated conversation.

You’ve nothing to lose with a free initial consultation. Finding the right support for you involves a personal decision about whether I’m right for you. If you decide someone else can support you better, that’s absolutely fine.

They can, and I’m happy to sign-post you to another qualified therapist. I work with clients who are 18 years old and above.