Welcome to Alex Coppock-Bunce
Hypnotherapy & Counselling

 People often have problems at some time in their lives, with anything from difficulties with relationships, low self esteem, wanting to quit smoking, weight problems, lack of confidence, grief, bereavement or loss, phobias (dentists, flying, dogs, or certain foods), anxiety and stress, to eating disorders (bulimia, anorexia or binge eating) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, addiction or self harm.

I work on a face to face basis with clients from Swindon, Cirencester, Marlborough, Tetbury, Wantage, Faringdon, Highworth, Newbury, Oxford, Cheltenham, Witney, Chippenham, Bristol and surrounding areas in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Avon and Oxfordshire, and I use a combination of approaches to tailor treatment to each and every client individually. I also offer on-line counselling for people who cannot travel  to see me. Please see below for further details.

 What can Hypnotherapy do for me?

 Hypnotherapy enables you to become very relaxed and focussed on what I’m saying to you- rather like being on “automatic pilot” when you’re driving, This allows access to the subconscious mind, where old outdated patterns of behaviour can be changed.

It can help you eliminate unwanted negative habits, like smoking or overeating, or it can improve your ability to achieve your goals.

You can be reassured that you cannot be hypnotised unless you want to be and you can't get "stuck" in hypnosis. You are in control at all times, able to hear what I'm saying, you’re simply just very relaxed and comfortable.

Hypnotherapy within Solution Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, will firstly lower your levels of anxiety, and secondly allow you to understand how your subconscious has learned to interpret situations (often incorrectly), with your behaviour following accordingly. Old unwanted patterns of behaviour that cause you to lose belief in yourself can be changed and your confidence & self esteem is boosted. In fact, improving low self esteem is my speciality and I’ve helped both men and women in all walks of life at all ages with great success.

Usually your course of hypnotherapy will be completed successfully within 6 sessions, one per week. However, the Quit Smoking, Driving Test, Exam Fears or Interview Nerves therapies can be completed within one or two sessions.

At the end of a session people feel very relaxed, calm and usually quite surprised at the length of time that has passed while they've been in hypnosis.

 What is Counselling or Psychotherapy? 

 In counselling or psychotherapy sessions, we explore various aspects of your life together and the feelings connected with them, talking about things freely and openly in a non-judgemental environment - which isn't always possible with friends or family.

I offer four choices for individual therapy sessions, each has advantages:

Face to face counselling. In the face to face sessions, especially where we may be using hypnotherapy, I offer a free initial consultation which gives us the opportunity to find out about each other, to see if we think we can work together and to agree an initial plan of how we want to progress, whether in a limited number of sessions or a more open ended contract. This typically takes around 30 minutes. Call me or email me to arrange an appointment. Click here to contact me. No prepayment is required.

 Email counselling is useful for those unable to travel or who have other commitments. It will not include a free consultation as it will be an exchange of a single email and can remain relatively anonymous. Prepayment is required via Paypal. Your email can be created over a period of time and my reply will be sent within 5 working days and is able to be read at your convenience. Please click on here for more details and the terms and conditions.

Telephone counselling: Calling to book a telephone session will also include an initial brief free consultation to understand the issue. This method is useful in that it requires no travelling but allows a two-way conversation over an hour ( pre-booked and prepaid via Paypal). Please click on the Icon for more details and the terms and conditions.

Chat counselling via Yahoo Messenger. Calling to book a chat session will include a brief free consultation to understand the issue . This is an interactive email dialogue in real time for one hour and requires pre-booking and prepayment via Paypal. Please click on the icon for more details and the terms and conditions.

In each case, no matter which method you choose, you are free to identify and express your real feelings (like anger, grief, anxiety) and to explore the issues that are causing you stress. People come for counselling for a variety of different reasons- which can all be helped by having someone to share thoughts and feelings with.

In order to understand your feelings we may need to look at the past and see where they originated and developed. I use an integrative approach, combining Cognitive Behaviour, Client Centred Therapy, Transactional Analysis and Hypnotherapy to suit you individually and together we can identify & evaluate various ways to resolve your issues or problems. You may also be able to intervene with recognised patterns of behaviour and begin to change associated thoughts or feelings which may have caused difficulties.

Updated 07/05/10