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Transform your life with clinical hypnotherapy in Bristol

Clinical hypnotherapy is an evidence-based approach that can effectively relieve the symptoms of various medical and emotional challenges—if you’re ready to actively participate in the process. Whether online or in person, I provide personalized sessions tailored to your unique needs, helping you achieve real results.

Interestingly, although there are over 70,000 research references supporting hypnotherapy worldwide, it is still often misunderstood by the public. Surprisingly, many believe hypnosis involves “going under” or losing control, but that’s far from the truth. In reality, you’re fully in charge throughout the entire process, allowing the change to happen naturally.

What is hypnosis?

Hypnosis is a natural state of mind, similar to when you’re daydreaming, reading a book, or driving a familiar route. It is not about being in a trance or sleep-like state, as some might think. As a matter of fact, when you’re in a hypnotic state, your brain waves slow from a Beta state to an Alpha state, and sometimes, in deeper hypnosis, to a Theta state. This is akin to the level of relaxation experienced during meditation.

How hypnosis works in therapy

In the context of clinical hypnotherapy, hypnosis is a powerful tool used to bypass the critical mind and directly engage the subconscious. Consequently, this allows you to reprogram unwanted patterns or behaviours, paving the way for lasting change. In my Bristol based hypnotherapy clinic we use this approach to help you overcome anxiety, stress, and other challenges, enabling you to lead a more fulfilling life.

How our hypnotherapy clinic in Bristol can help: conditions and benefits

Hypnosis is a versatile tool that can be used for a wide range of purposes—from relieving symptoms of medical conditions to improving performance, confidence, and overall well-being. Hypnotherapy can help individuals make positive, lasting changes in their lives, whether it’s breaking unwanted habits, managing stress, or enhancing personal and professional performance.

Many world-renowned clinics, including the Mayo Clinic in London, have recognized the value of hypnotherapy as a complementary therapy. It is commonly used to support anxiety management, addiction recovery, and pain relief.

Hypnotherapy can help with the following issues:

• Fears and phobias
• Anxiety and stress
• Social anxiety
• Anger management
• Motivation
• Public speaking
• Sports performance
• Sleep problems
• Insomnia
• Habits
• IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
• Panic attacks
• Low self-esteem
• Low confidence
• Exam nerves
• Binge eating/drinking

Although hypnotherapy can be incredibly effective, it is important to note that it is not intended to replace professional medical advice. Some of the conditions listed may require prior consultation with a healthcare provider to ensure hypnotherapy is the right course of action. Want to know more? Fill in this form and I’ll be in touch shortly.

What is solution focused hypnotherapy?

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH) is a mind focused therapy that enables you to make sense of both neuroscience and the workings of the brain, as well as their practical application in everyday life. This type of hypnotherapy looks to the future rather than the past.

During our hypnotherapy session I will encourage you to visualise a more positive future and to apply your own skills and resources to finding solutions to the problems that concern you. It is an empowering technique that will build up your confidence and positive expectations.I will show you how you can train your mind to adopt new habits and decisions.

These techniques will reduce your stress levels and consequently alleviate the physiological processes that cause distressing symptoms. Solution focused hypnotherapy is effective on many levels as it encourages us to think and act in a positive way, have a healthier lifestyle, sleep better, control or change our habits and overall, achieve a balance in all aspects of our life.

How does hypnosis work?

During hypnosis a client achieves a state of focused attention. This state is also called a trance as the person experiencing it is focused solely on specific thoughts or tasks while everything else going on in the person’s surroundings is temporarily ignored. This state helps the client to bypass the critical faculty of the mind and update unhelpful subconscious programming. The best illustration of this is when someone pays us a compliment or we get praise for our work but are not able to accept it due to other unhelpful beliefs. In hypnosis, however, this filtering is removed so we become receptive to change and update our subconscious programming.

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