Frequently asked questions

Booking a free 15-minute consultation is a great way to find out how hypnotherapy can help you. These telephone consultations allow you to understand if hypnotherapy is right for you before booking a full initial consultation. You can book your free consultation here: Free 15 minute consultation

The initial consultation is the most important session and take about an hour. The first part of the initial consultation consists of information gathering. We establish how you want me to help you and what you want to achieve. I also gather Information about ways in which your issue affects you and what you are hoping for. After that, I will explain to you how the brain works, how this is relevant to your situation and how I can help you with solution focused hypnotherapy/sleep therapy or gut directed hypnotherapy or other techniques as appropriate for your issue. I will use this session to design a treatment plan for you that will help you achieve your goals. This session is the most important session as insights are gained into how the brain works and how that may be affecting you. We will have a common understanding on how the techniques I used will work and will be used to help you. I will also provide you some tools so you can get started straight away before our next session.

I cover reducing anxiety/stress, insomnia, IBS, addiction, workplace performance, sports performance and exam anxiety in addition to depression as well as fears and phobias. I use other techniques such as gut directed hypnotherapy, CBTi and Muss Rewind for trauma as well as hypnotherapy.

Solution focused hypnotherapy works very quickly compared to a lot of talking therapies. Most clients need around 6-8 sessions but it's up to you. You will let me know when you want to finish and there is never any pressure to continue beyond what you think is useful. Tackling specific fears and phobias may need fewer. You will decide when you have a reached your goals so you have as many sessions as you feel you need. You decide from session to session if you would like to continue and there is never any pressure to return if you feel you are finished. Just let me know when you are having your last session so I can round things up with you and make sure you have everything you need.

Online sessions work much like face-to-face sessions, but you join from wherever suits you best. You just need a computer or tablet, a stable internet connection and a private space where you can relax. I send you a secure video link that only you can access. I work with clients in the UK and internationally, and many people find online hypnotherapy just as effective and much more convenient.

Trance is a very ordinary state that we enter many times a day, such as when driving or watching television. In hypnotherapy, trance is a focused state of awareness used to achieve specific goals. It occurs when two minds focus on the same thing, allowing access to the subconscious mind, which is open to developing solutions. Trance is very safe, and you cannot be harmed if it is interrupted. You are in control during trance and will only accept suggestions that your subconscious mind agrees with. I cannot make you do anything against your will or values.

Yes, hypnotherapy is a complementary therapy. This means it can be used alongside any other therapy or medication that you are using or may use in the course of hypnotherapy. Many of my clients are using medication prescribed by their medical team and may also be using other therapies such as physiotherapy at the same time as seeing me.

Your privacy is fully protected during hypnotherapy sessions. Online sessions are not recorded, and notes are securely stored in compliance with GDPR. If you disclose intentions to harm yourself or others, I am legally obligated to inform the relevant authorities, but I will always discuss this with you first. You can find my full privacy policy here.

Solution focused sleep therapy combines the powerful elements of CBTi and solution focused hypnotherapy to create positive behavioural change and the best state of mind to help with insomnia and other sleep related disorders. The first step is a thorough assessment to find out which combination of elements of CBTi and hypnotherapy will help you best. Subsequent sessions will involve talking therapy and hypnosis tailor made for your situation. Most people need around 8 sessions. I offer sleep therapy in Whitstable or Herne Bay in Kent, Harley Street- London and Online.

I work with teenagers and young adults from the age of 14. I have worked with confidence, anxiety, ARFID/restrictive eating disorders, IBS and school refusal/anxiety. I also regularly work with young people using hypnotherapy during exam preparation to help them feel more relaxed and less anxious about A levels and university exams,

Gut-directed hypnotherapy combines hypnosis and psychotherapy to help alleviate IBS symptoms. It usually begins with an initial consultation, followed by six sessions, with more if needed. This approach aims to improve gut health and effectively reduce IBS symptoms.

I work in different locations, which have different costs according to travel time and room costs. Please get in touch with me to find out how much costs are in your location.

Yes, I also work as a walk and talk therapist using solution focused therapy combined with walking in nature. You can find more information here: www.walkingtherapy.co.uk

In any therapy model results may vary and cannot be guaranteed..

Clinical hypnotherapy can use a number of different techniques to help you. It is important for you to understand what we are doing and why we are doing it. I will explain any techniques and the theories behind it as I believe that this helps you. Some of the techniques I use are: CBT and CBTi NLP Rewind Therapy Relaxation techniques Trance/hypnosis Self Hypnosis Reframing Gut directed hypnotherapy