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HYPNOTHERAPY
A focused way of working with habits, fears, responses and patterns that can be difficult to shift through conscious effort alone. Hypnotherapy combines focused attention, relaxation and therapeutic suggestion to help you explore and respond differently to patterns that may be getting in the way.
WORKING WITH PATTERNS BENEATH CONSCIOUS THOUGHT
Sometimes we understand a pattern perfectly well and still find ourselves repeating it. We know the fear is disproportionate. We know the habit no longer helps. We know the response is automatic. And yet insight alone does not always change what happens next.
Hypnotherapy offers another way of working, using focused attention and guided relaxation to explore the associations, habits and responses that may sit beneath everyday conscious thought.
The purpose is not to take control away from you. It is to help you work with your own responses more deliberately.
WHAT IS HYPNOTHERAPY
Hypnotherapy uses hypnosis alongside therapeutic techniques.
During hypnosis, attention becomes more focused while the body is often more relaxed. You remain aware of what is happening, can hear what is being said and remain able to stop or reject suggestions.
It is not sleep, unconsciousness or a loss of control.
In that focused state, therapeutic suggestions, imagery and reflective techniques can be used to support changes in habits, responses or ways of thinking.
Depending on what you are bringing, the work may include suggestion-based techniques or more exploratory approaches aimed at understanding what may be maintaining a particular response or pattern.
WHAT HYPNOTHERAPY MAY HELP WITH
Hypnotherapy may be useful in a number of areas. Some of the issues people choose to explore include the following.
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Hypnotherapy may be used as part of work with specific fears and phobias, including fears connected with animals, flying or particular situations.
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It can be used to work with habits or automatic responses you want to change, especially where the pattern feels difficult to interrupt through willpower alone.
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Hypnosis can create a deeply focused and often calming state, which some people find useful when working with stress, anxious responses or tension.
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Hypnotherapy can also be used around confidence, concentration, performance anxiety and preparation for situations that feel demanding.
WHAT A SESSION IS LIKE
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Before
We begin with a conversation about what is bringing you to the session, what you would like to change and any relevant background information.
This helps me understand what you are experiencing and decide whether hypnotherapy is an appropriate approach.
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During
I will guide you into a focused, relaxed state using techniques such as breathing, imagery and directed attention.
You remain aware throughout the session. Depending on the issue, we may use therapeutic suggestion, imagery, reframing or exploratory techniques.
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After
We allow time to come back to ordinary awareness and reflect briefly on the experience.
Where useful, I may suggest something to notice, practise or reflect on afterwards.
A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
I do not approach hypnotherapy as something that is done to you. The work is collaborative. We agree what you want to explore, the language that feels appropriate and the direction of the session.
You remain in control throughout.
My wider work is informed by psychology, coaching, embodiment and authenticity research, but within a hypnotherapy session the focus stays on the specific issue you have chosen to bring.
No technique becomes more important than your own experience of what feels useful, appropriate and safe.
IS HYPNOTHERAPY RIGHT FOR YOU?
Hypnotherapy is not suitable for everyone or every situation.
Before booking, please let me know about any significant physical or mental health conditions, current treatment or medication that may be relevant. This is particularly important for people suffering from schizophrenia or a history of psychosis, and for people with epilepsy.
Hypnotherapy is also not a substitute for medical or mental-health assessment or treatment where those are needed.
If I believe another form of support would be more appropriate, I will say so.
HYPNOTHERAPY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Hypnotherapy may also be used with teenagers and younger clients where it is appropriate to their age, circumstances and the issue being explored. Areas sometimes explored include specific fears(spiders, flying, bugs etc), exam-related stress, confidence, sleep-related routines and unwanted habits. Sessions are adapted to the young person and remain collaborative throughout.
For under-18s, parental or carer consent is required alongside the young person’s own agreement to take part.
WORKING WITH DIANA
My approach is calm, collaborative and grounded in understanding the person behind the presenting issue.
Alongside my hypnotherapy training, my wider work draws on psychology, coaching, embodiment and research into authenticity and self-understanding.
That means I am interested not only in the pattern itself, but in how it sits within the wider context of your life.
Where hypnotherapy is the right tool, we use it. Where the work calls for a different approach, I will be clear about that too.
You do not need to understand exactly why a pattern is there before you begin. You only need to know what you would like to explore differently.
Hypnotherapy Session
£222
Individual session tailored to the issue you would like to explore.
BEGIN WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE
FAQs
about Hypnotherapy
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People experience hypnosis differently. Many describe feeling physically relaxed while mentally focused. Others simply notice that their attention becomes narrower and more absorbed.
There is no single “correct” feeling, and you do not need to feel deeply hypnotised for the session to be useful.
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No. You remain aware and in control throughout the session and do not have to accept any suggestion you do not want.
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No. Hypnosis is not the same as sleep or a general anaesthetic. You remain conscious and able to respond throughout.
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There is no fixed number. Some issues may be explored in one or a small number of sessions, while others may benefit from longer work.
We will review what is useful rather than assuming you need an ongoing programme.
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Yes. Sessions can be held online as well as in person, provided you have somewhere private and comfortable where you will not be interrupted.
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The first session will be the initial consultation, allowing me to gain an in-depth knowledge of the issue that you are experiencing or the changes you wish to make.
This session will mean we can immediately get started on making those changes and also gives me the information I need to tailor your future sessions to your individual needs.
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No. Suitability depends on the individual and their circumstances.
Please tell me about any significant medical or mental-health conditions before booking. Hypnotherapy may not be appropriate for people with schizophrenia or a history of psychosis, and NHS guidance also advises caution for people with epilepsy.