Hypnotherapy

Anxiety, stress and depression

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is a brief, evidence-informed approach that supports individuals experiencing anxiety, stress, and symptoms of depression by encouraging positive behavioural change and reducing emotional overwhelm. Rather than analysing past events, it focuses on present strengths and future goals, promoting a shift toward more adaptive thinking patterns.

The combination of solution-focused dialogue and guided trance helps regulate the autonomic nervous system, reduce cortisol levels, and improve emotional resilience. Clients often report improved sleep, reduced anxious thoughts, and a greater sense of mental clarity and stability.

OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterised by intrusive, distressing thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviours or mental acts (compulsions) performed to reduce anxiety.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy offers a supportive, forward-looking approach that helps reduce the emotional intensity linked to obsessive thinking and compulsive patterns. Rather than focusing on the content of the obsessions, this method works to calm the stress response, support emotional regulation, and encourage the development of healthier, more adaptive coping strategies.

By combining focused talking therapy with trance techniques, clients often experience a reduction in anxiety and an improved ability to shift their focus away from obsessive thought cycles.

Phobias

Phobias, whether simple (such as a fear of flying or spiders) or more complex (such as social phobia or agoraphobia), can significantly impact daily life and emotional wellbeing. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy offers an effective and structured approach to reducing the intense emotional responses associated with phobic triggers.

By combining forward-focused therapeutic conversation with calming hypnotic techniques, this approach helps desensitise the fear response, reduce anticipatory anxiety, and build new, more rational associations. Clients are supported to regain a sense of control and confidence, enabling them to respond to previously feared situations with greater calm and resilience.

IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder often linked to stress, anxiety, and dysregulation of the gut-brain axis. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy has been shown to be an effective complementary approach for managing IBS symptoms, including abdominal pain, bloating, and altered bowel habits.

By promoting deep relaxation and reducing stress-related triggers, hypnotherapy helps to calm the autonomic nervous system and support more balanced digestive function. The solution-focused framework also empowers clients to develop healthier coping strategies, reduce symptom-related anxiety, and improve overall quality of life.

This approach is informed by research, including clinical guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which recognise gut-directed hypnotherapy as a recommended intervention for IBS.

PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can develop following exposure to overwhelming or life-threatening events, and is characterised by symptoms such as flashbacks, hypervigilance, sleep disturbances, and emotional numbing. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy provides a calm, structured, and future-oriented approach to support individuals affected by trauma.

Rather than revisiting the traumatic event in detail, this therapy focuses on reducing emotional intensity, restoring a sense of safety, and building resilience through positive visualisation and goal-oriented dialogue. By combining guided trance with solution-focused strategies, you are supported in regulating the stress response, improving emotional stability, and gently re-establishing control and confidence in in your daily life.

Weight management, body dysmorphia, anorexia, and bulimia.

The above can be influenced by complex interactions between thoughts, emotions, self-image, and stress. Individuals may experience persistent negative beliefs about their body, cycles of control and guilt around food, or a sense of disconnection from physical and emotional needs. These patterns are often maintained by anxiety, low self-worth, or a heightened stress response.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy offers a gentle, supportive, and forward-looking approach that prioritises emotional safety and wellbeing. Rather than focusing on weight, food rules, or past behaviours, the therapy works to reduce anxiety, calm the nervous system, and strengthen a healthier relationship with the body and self. Through guided trance and solution-focused dialogue, clients are supported in developing self-compassion, improving emotional regulation, and building confidence in making balanced, supportive choices. This approach can complement medical or nutritional care and helps individuals move toward greater stability, self-trust, and long-term wellbeing.

PAIN MANAGEMENT

Pain management concerns both physical discomfort and the emotional impact that ongoing or recurrent pain can have on daily life. Persistent pain can heighten stress, disrupt sleep, affect mood, and reduce confidence in the body’s ability to cope, often creating a cycle where pain and anxiety reinforce one another.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy offers a calm, supportive, and future-oriented approach to managing pain by working with the mind–body connection. Rather than focusing on the pain itself or its origin, the therapy aims to reduce stress-related amplification of pain, promote relaxation, and strengthen the body’s natural coping mechanisms. Through guided trance and solution-focused dialogue, clients are supported in calming the nervous system, shifting attention away from discomfort, and increasing a sense of control and resilience. This approach can complement medical care and may help improve comfort, emotional wellbeing, and overall quality of life.

PERFORMANCE

Performance challenges—whether in sport, business, academics, or personal life—are often influenced as much by mindset as by skill or experience. Pressure to perform, fear of failure, self-doubt, stress, or past setbacks can interfere with focus, confidence, motivation, and consistency, limiting an individual’s ability to perform at their best. Over time, these mental barriers can create habits of overthinking, avoidance, or reduced belief in one’s capabilities.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy provides a calm, supportive, and future-oriented approach to enhancing performance and personal effectiveness. By working with the subconscious mind, the therapy helps reduce unhelpful stress responses, quiet mental distractions, and strengthen positive thought patterns that support confidence, focus, and resilience. Through guided trance and solution-focused dialogue, clients are supported in clarifying goals, accessing inner resources, improving emotional regulation, and developing a strong sense of self-belief. This approach can help individuals perform more consistently under pressure, adapt to challenges, and move forward with greater clarity, motivation, and confidence across all areas of life.

SMOKING OR VAPING

Smoking and vaping are often maintained by a combination of habit, emotional reliance, stress relief, and subconscious associations rather than physical addiction alone. Many people find that smoking or vaping becomes linked to routines, social situations, or coping with emotions such as stress, anxiety, boredom, or low confidence. Over time, this can create a cycle where the behaviour feels automatic and difficult to change, even when motivation to stop is strong.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy offers a calm, supportive, and future-oriented approach to stopping smoking or vaping through a structured one-off session. Rather than focusing on past attempts or failures, the session is designed to strengthen motivation, reduce cravings, manage triggers, and build confidence in the ability to change. Through guided trance and solution-focused dialogue, clients are supported in retraining the subconscious mind, reducing emotional dependence, and developing healthier coping strategies. This focused approach can help individuals feel more in control, break unhelpful habits, and move forward towards improved health, wellbeing, and freedom from smoking or vaping.