Solution Focused Hypnotherapy

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is a combination of the use of ‘talking therapy’ and trance/hypnosis to help bring about positive and lasting change into each individuals life.

Hypnosis or ‘trance’ is a very natural, relaxing state, encouraged by using guided relaxation, where the mind can relax and then focus on thoughts and suggestions that might be useful. Everyone will go through trance several times a day without realising, just like daydreaming. It's like daydreaming with a purpose and is a powerful tool when you are determined to achieve change.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy uses practical, structured, and well-researched strategies to help people make significant, positive changes in their lives in a relatively short period of time. During each session I (the therapist) look at what you (the client) wants to achieve (the solution) rather than at whatever prompted them to seek help (the problem) which helps to make those positive steps to move forward and reach your goal rather than looking back at negative thoughts from the past.

The combination of conscious change (throughout talk therapy) and subconscious change (throughout hypnosis) and many other tools I use, helps you take all the steps you need move forward.

Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP)

Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is a set of principles and techniques aimed to enhance self-awareness, increase confidence, build communication skills, and motivate positive social actions.

Through each individuals sensory experiences, it enables you (the client) to develop your own preferred representational system (PRS) or unique way of viewing the world. I (the therapist) employ NLP techniques to identify specific PRS and work with communication style and therapeutic goals accordingly.

Some common NLP techniques include but are not limited to:

• Anchoring: associating an external or internal trigger with a healthier response until it becomes automatic

• Belief changing: replacing negative thoughts or beliefs that prevent the client from achieving their desires

• Re-framing: putting a situation in a different context to bring to light an adaptive reaction instead of following the same maladaptive behavioural patterns

• Visualisation: forming a mental image of something the client wants

• Visual-kinesthetic dissociation: guiding the client in reliving trauma by evoking an imaginative out-of-body experience

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy that helps individuals to manage problems by encouraging them (the client) to recognise how their thoughts can affect their feelings and behaviour. CBT combines a cognitive approach (examining thoughts) with a behavioural approach (the things we do). It aims to breakdown overwhelming problems into smaller parts, making them easier to manage.

CBT combines two approaches for a practical and solution-focused therapy. CBT helps you (the client) understand how your thoughts and behaviours influence each other by changing the way we think or behave in a situation, can change the way we feel about life. The therapy explores learnt behaviours, habits and negative thought patterns and helps to adapt them to become more supportive.

‘According to the American Psychological Association, the core concepts of CBT include:

1. psychological issues are partly based on unhelpful ways of thinking

2. psychological issues are partly based on learned patterns of behaviour

3. those living with these issues can improve with better coping mechanisms and management to help relieve their symptoms’

How I can help you….

Along with your commitment to change, therapy will help you make the lasting and sustained change you want.

I have helped many clients with a range of different conditions or issues, such as anxiety, low mood, sleep, weight management, irritability, menopause symptoms, the list goes on….

If you are ready to move forward and find your solution or want to know more, get in contact or book a FREE Discovery Call today.

Booking & Prices

All session are available in person or online

Initial Consultation (45 minutes) - £30

Includes FREE relaxation download

Note: This session doesn't include any therapy but is a prerequisite for subsequent therapy sessions with the exception of Fears and Phobias and Smoking/Vaping Cessation.

Therapy Package 3 Sessions - £150

Therapy Package 6 Sessions - £300

Each session up to an hour

Note: You must have attended an Initial Consultation prior to booking a therapy appointment.

Therapy for Fears and Phobias - (4 sessions) £175

Each session up to an hour

Note: A separate Initial Consultation session is not required.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy for Smoking/Vaping Cessation (90 mins - 2hrs) - £150

Note: A separate Initial Consultation session is not required.