Hypnosis is a state of relaxed, inward focus which is, in fact,  experienced naturally every day. Hypnotherapy helps people to enter this pleasant and relaxing state for a therapeutic effect.

Hypnotherapy works with the subconscious mind, which cannot be consciously controlled, yet drives our habitual patterns and behaviours in an 'automatic' way. The subconsious stores the memories of everything that has happened to us and triggers similar thoughts, reactions and emotions based on past experience. This past response may have been helpful at some point in our life but is often outdated and can prevent us from being able to make, more mature choices of response to challenging situations, and block progress.

During hypnosis, the subconscious becomes receptive to new ideas and suggestions which encourage more sensible and balanced attitudes to reality. Hypnotherapy can help us put things into perspective so that our experience of life changes for the better. Hypnotherapy can be used to address conditions such as stopping smoking, improving confidence, managing weight, overcoming fears and phobias, anxiety, problems with sleeping, relaxation, decreasing the effects of stress, public speaking, performance anxiety and more besides.