What is Hypnotherapy?
Solution Focused Hypnotherapy uses two main modalities: talking therapy (psychotherapy) and hypnosis.
Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is a positive, forward-looking approach that can help to break negative cycles such as stress, anxiety and low mood, allowing you to regain a sense of balance and control in your life.
By combining positive psychotherapy with hypnosis, we use practical and well-researched strategies, drawing on the latest understanding of neuroscience, to support positive and lasting change.
The focus is on the present and the future, helping you to identify solutions and take small, achievable steps towards your preferred future, rather than concentrating on the past.
As you begin to understand how your brain works, alongside gentle questioning and guided relaxation, you can start to change unhelpful patterns and build more positive ways of thinking and behaving.
Over time, this allows you to create your own toolkit of strategies to support long-lasting, positive change.
I would love to support you on this journey, helping you to move forward with greater confidence, clarity and control. Many clients leave sessions feeling calmer, more relaxed and more positive.
Taking the first step can feel difficult, but you don’t have to do it alone.
Talking Therapy
The first part is talking therapy, where you gain a clear and simple understanding of how the brain works and why you may be experiencing certain thoughts, feelings or behaviours. This can help you to see your situation from a new and more positive perspective.
In Solution Focused Hypnotherapy, we explore your preferred future and discuss how you can begin moving towards it one step at a time.
You will learn how the brain works, why certain patterns of behaviour develop and how these can begin to change. By taking a step-by-step approach, focusing on progress and positivity, and following this with trance, we can support the brain in developing more helpful patterns and implementing realistic and achievable changes.
The focus is on solutions and moving forward, rather than dwelling on the past.
This is a collaborative process. We work together during the sessions, and the best results come from engaging with the process, gently working towards your goals and listening to the MP3 regularly between sessions.
Trance
The second part is hypnosis, or trance. This is a deeply relaxing state, similar to guided meditation, where you remain aware and in control. You can go as deeply into relaxation as you feel comfortable.
Trance is a very ordinary and natural state, and we all experience it in everyday life. For example, when you are reading a book, watching television, exercising or driving a familiar route and suddenly realise you have not noticed part of the journey. This is a form of trance.
During trance, your mind can become more receptive to positive change, helping to reinforce the changes you would like to make.
I will guide you through relaxation, helping your muscles soften and your body become calm and comfortable. As you relax more deeply, I use gentle language, imagery and metaphors, allowing your mind to respond in the way that is right for you and supporting you in taking small steps towards your goals.
Many clients find the trance part of the session to be their favourite part, as it is often deeply calming and restorative.
You will be given access to my relaxation MP3, which I recommend listening to each night as you go to sleep. This helps to reinforce the positive changes you are working towards and support your progress between sessions.