Cognitive Hypnotherapy

It provides a framework (way of thinking, range of therapeutic techniques, ideas and tools) to enable you to achieve your personal outcomes.

Built on four key principles, it is based on the idea that every person is unique and that the best way to help someone reach their full potential is by tailoring the approach to the individual.

We are all doing the best we can under the circumstances, with the tools and resources we have available to us.

We have everything we need to solve our problems within ourselves – we just may not realise it yet.

We create problems in our minds by perceiving things in a certain way. But we can also find solutions by changing the way we look at the problem.

The ultimate purpose of therapy is to help you take charge of how you respond to life, and to support you to feel empowered in doing so.

The drives behind behaviours and our feelings, are powered by unhelpful beliefs, hidden at an unconscious level, out of our awareness. When we are born, we are a blank canvas, and we gather knowledge as we develop. The knowledge that is used to help us function in the world as a result of what we know creates a behaviour, we take an action because we believe it will do something consciously or unconsciously. We do not have anxiety or depression; we DO anxiety and depression and other behaviours as a learned coping mechanism to a trigger or stimulus in your environment.

From there, we’ll come up with a personal plan. Over the course of your sessions, you’ll be given audio recordings to listen to at home. These are personalised to you and will cover some of what we have discussed during our sessions.

from difficulties sleeping, to quitting smoking, improving confidence and self-esteem or overcoming a particular fear.

We often accept the way we see things as reality – but by changing our perception, how we look at a situation or at ourselves, we can begin to take control over how we feel about the situation and in turn how we react to it. Learning to question and shift our perceptions can help us align ourselves with what we truly want. When we start to do this, we begin to respond to our environment in a way that allows us to live more authentically and meaningfully.

I believe that experiencing something difficult or unpleasant is the best way to learn how to deal with it. Using hypnotherapy, we can work together to better understand these feelings.

Cognitive hypnotherapy is a very different process. It involves letting yourself enter a more relaxed state where you can let your mind wander and allow the therapist to guide you. This is similar to the daydreaming we do in everyday life – you’re in control the entire time. The therapist merely acts as the facilitator, helping the client see different possibilities.

Some of the benefits can include (amongst others), improved sleep, feeling less distracted by unwanted thoughts, a general sense of wellbeing, being able to relax and be present.

In my experience, clients who bring these things to our sessions are able to make profound and lasting positive changes in their lives.

Some people find that 3 or 4 sessions is enough while others prefer to meet regularly over a longer period of time. It’s entirely up to you based on what you feel is appropriate and we will of course review your progress as we go.