Hypnosis is fascinating! It may surprise you to learn that we all experience trance states often during our lives and even several times each day. Just losing yourself in a good book or drifting into ordinary sleep both involve a kind of trance state. As a trained hypnotherapist, I will endeavour to assist you to achieve a trance state which can then be used to make deep and long lasting changes to to thoughts, feelings and behaviour.

Hypnosis that you may have seen on the TV or on stage, while perhaps entertaining, bears little or no resemblance to the use of hypnosis in therapy where the therapist is working in collaboration with you towards a desirable outcome. No - one can be hypnotised against their will and and you will not lose control. You are likely remember most, if not all, of what was said and while in trance you will remain aware of your surroundings.

Hypnosis is a natural and effective way of making contact with the unconscious self and i will take time with you to fully understand your difficulty and to agree with you a realistic outcome or required result before proceeding with hypnotherapy. I usually allow up to 90 minutes for an initial session to allow time for this then future sessions last up to one hour. Initial sessions come with a CD to keep and use at home.

Hypnotherapy tends to work extremely well with children and young people as it fully utilises their creativity and imagination. I am a qualified youth worker and am happy to work with children from the age of ten upwards. I have an enhanced Criminal Disclosure Check (February 2009) available for you to see. Young people don't always choose to have their parent present for the whole session but when they do, the parent usually feels the benefit of the hypnosis too!

Hypnotherapy is accepted to benefit the following: