Many people have problems at some time in their lives, with anything from difficult relationships, lack of 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 with clients from Swindon, Cirencester, Marlborough, Tetbury, Wantage, Faringdon, Highworth, Oxford, Cheltenham, Witney, Chippenham, Bristol and surrounding areas in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Avon and Oxfordshire, I use a combination of approaches to tailor treatment to each and every client individually.  

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you- rather like being on “automatic pilot” when you’re driving, This allows access to the subconscious mind, where old outdated patterns of behaviour can be changed.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 wrongly interpret situations, 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 enormous 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.

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.

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.

A free initial consultation 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.

Updated 19.07.08