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I totally get it. Taking the decision to book a session with a hypnotherapist can seem like a big step. Is it going to work? Is it going to be worth the money? Are you going to get roped into 10 sessions that you can barely afford? Starting with the...

More than half of all the people who book one or more hypnotherapy sessions with me do so because they have problems with anxiety. If that isn’t an indication that anxiety is very common, then I don’t know what is! One interesting line of my work is that people will...

In the not too distant past, there was an established way of conducting a hypnotherapy session that was prevalent for many years. The ‘go-to’ procedure involved a client travelling to the practice of a hypnotherapist for an in-person session that would last around 50 minutes. While I tended to deviate...

Before we begin, I want to say a few words about how common anxiety actually is. Those people who suffer from it often think that they are strange or exist in a tiny minority. Nothing could be further from the truth. You have only to scan the news archives to...

‘I’m scared of spiders, can you help?’ ‘Heights make me feel like I’m about to faint, is there anything you can do for me?’ ‘I have a social phobia – what can I do?’ Questions like this are common when you work as a clinical hypnotherapist. I have seen literally...

Having done over 5000 therapy sessions over the last  11 years as a clinical hypnotherapist, I’ve encountered all kinds of clients, and naturally most of them will have asked at some point: ‘Does hypnotherapy work?’. Some people are eager and open to the hypnotherapeutic process, while others are sceptical and...

Who controls your mind? You do – but only up to a point. The mind is a complex bit of machinery – so there’s only so much ‘talking down’ that you can do when trying to calm anxiety. I was talking to a new client a few weeks ago and...

A fear of flying is common – with as many as 40% of people affected by it. But did you know that the biggest cause of your fear could be… you? Here’s what you might be doing wrong. Let me ask you a simple question. If you were scared of...

January 27 is National Fun Day at Work, but the workplace laughs will be thin on the ground for those who suffer from social anxiety. Here’s some thoughts that may help. Have you ever been asked to go out with the team after work but found yourself making an excuse...

Women’s Health magazine is one of the UK’s most respected publications. So when one of their editors asked me if I could help to boost her confidence for an article in the magazine, I said yes.   When I tell people I’m a hypnotherapist, one of the most common questions...

Being an experienced hypnotherapist comes with many highs and the occasional low. But a decade in, I can confidently state that helping people is one of the best jobs in the world… This week was a milestone week for me as I celebrated 10 years as a full-time clinical hypnotherapist. ...

The Observer Effect is a known phenomenon that makes people act differently when they are being observed. In this blog post, we look at why knowing this is critical when conducting a hypnotherapy session online. Have you ever walked past a mirror in a clothes shop and paused to try...