FAQs

It is completely natural to feel nervous when you’re about to do something you’ve never done before. Most clients feel like this, and they are usually surprised at how relaxed they feel by the end of our first session. We will always go at your pace and we won’t do any work until you are happy about going ahead.

I have undergone Cognitive Hypnotherapy myself many times with many different therapists and I always feel nervous. I like to think of it more as nervous excitement about the possibilities for change. I also know how incredible the experience can be and how relaxed and liberated you can feel during and after a session.

“If you want something you’ve never had, you’ve got to do something you’ve never done”

It’s a bit like daydreaming. A hypnotic trance is a safe and natural state that we all go in and out of many times during our day. You must know the feeling of being lost in a book and then coming to and realising where you are, or driving somewhere so automatically that you don’t know how you arrived at your destination: that’s what being in a trance state is. People experience it differently: some report a heightened sense of awareness and others feel pleasantly relaxed to the extent that they may drift off into their own thoughts from time to time. Overwhelmingly, though, clients find it a very relaxing experience and this feeling often continues after the session has finished.

A hypnotherapist has no control over you, and you cannot do anything you don’t want to during one of our sessions. You will be in control at all times, and in fact – if anything – you will be in a state of more heightened awareness than you are normally.

Initial consultations are 90 minutes as I need to find out a lot of information in that first session. Subsequent sessions are 60 minutes.

This varies according to your issue and how deep-seated it is, and also to the amount of effort you are willing to put into the sessions themselves as well as into the time between our sessions. Because Cognitive Hypnotherapy treats the person rather than the issue, each client will have their own unique treatment plan, so it is difficult to say how long therapy will take.

But as a general guide I’d say that most people notice a significant difference in their behaviour and feelings within six sessions. I will always try to keep the therapy as brief as possible, whilst adhering to very high professional standards. My aim is to help you have the life you want in the shortest possible time frame that works for you.

Each session costs £165. This price applies whether it’s a 90 or 60-minute session. It includes email support between sessions, and your own bespoke downloadable recording of hypnotic suggestion to reinforce the work we are doing if I feel it would be appropriate for you.

No, because Cognitive Hypnotherapy is a relatively brief therapy compared with something like counselling. You may only need a couple of sessions, so I think it would be unethical to ask you to sign up for a course of, say, six sessions from the outset. We will just book one session at a time until you are happy you have achieved your goal.

Fees are payable on the day of the appointment, preferably by bank transfer, or by cash (please have the correct amount).

Yes: please give me as much notice as possible of changes or cancellations as I often have a waiting list of people who could take the slot. If you book a session with me and cancel it with less than 48 hours notice the full fee will be charged, except in exceptional circumstances.

On Saturdays between 0900 and 1800.

You can phone 07775 860043 or email me via the Contact Me page. I like to have a chat with potential clients to make sure I’m the right therapist for you, so I can answer initial queries by email but we will make our first appointment by phone.