There are some misconceptions about hypnosis..

MYTH: Hypnosis is like being asleep or unconscious.
TRUTH: Hypnosis is a state of focused awareness. You’re fully awake, just deeply relaxed and tuned in.

In hypnotherapy we use guided imagery to help people change their reaction, and to help them reach their goal. Let me give you an example. An imagined lemon can make our mouth water. Try imagining a lemon: Picture the bright yellow colour, imagine the strong lemon...

Feeling anxious a lot of the time? Our fear learning can go into ‘overdrive’, almost like an oversensitive smoke alarm. If this resonates with you and you feel that you have heightened anxiety then here is good news: we can learn safety too. Research into...

Hypnosis is a state of focused attention, very similar to daydreaming or being so absorbed by the book you're reading you almost lose track of time. Think of the feeling of being 'lost in thought'. In hypnosis you're awake, aware, and in control, just more inwardly...

When we have a phobia avoiding our phobia feels like a good plan, but what we avoid then ends up controlling us. Avoiding spiders, flying, or whatever the phobia is, actually makes it stronger. Avoiding the scary thing doesn’t stop those fearful thoughts. However,...

Solution Focused Therapy is about exploring and valuing your own way of viewing the world. It is not about persuading you that the therapist’s perspective is the ‘right’ one. In Solution Focused Therapy, I’m not here to teach you to think like me. I’m here to listen...

As summer settles in, it’s a great chance to pause and ask ‘What would I like to achieve by the end of summer?’ In Solution Focused Hypnotherapy, we focus on what we hope for, what we want for ourselves. We imagine our preferred future and use relaxation and...

When clients come to a session they often carry tension related to stress and this can be both physical and mental. Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) works by guiding them to relax different muscle groups…

As we feel the freshness in the air, and signs of colour change in the trees, what can the changing seasons teach us? Autumn is nature’s way of taking a deep breath, in and out. As we breathe out with the natural world, we too can release the stresses we no longer...