Discover how hypnotherapy can help you

At Fireside Hypnotherapy, I believe in empowering you to achieve a calmer, more confident, and happier life. Explore my range of services designed to support your wellbeing journey.

My core hypnotherapy services

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy centres on positive future pacing, enabling you to bring about beneficial changes in many aspects of your life. Imagine feeling more confident, happier, or simply calmer. What if anxiety or fear no longer held you back, and you woke up energised after a good night's sleep? I'm here to enable you achieve just that.

 

  • Anger 

  • Anxiety 

  • Confidence and self-esteem

  • Depression 

  • Eating disorders and carers

  • Exams

  • Fears / phobias

  • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

  • Pain control

 

 

  • Panic attacks

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

  • Presentation / interview nerves

  • Public speaking

  • Sleep

  • Sports performance

  • Smoking / vaping cessation

  • Stress management

  • Weight management 

 

Anxiety and stress relief

Boost your self-esteem and find the motivation to achieve your goals, improving performance in various areas of your life.

Confidence and motivation

Sleep improvement

Address sleep disturbances and establish healthy sleep patterns for energised mornings and restful nights.

A unique approach focused on you

At Fireside Hypnotherapy, the focus is solely on you. Together we create a completely non-judgmental environment where you can freely express your thoughts, ones you might normally censor in your everyday life. This personalised approach ensures that your journey to wellbeing is tailored specifically to your needs.

 

Because hypnotherapy relaxes the conscious mind to make the subconscious more receptive to suggestions, it alters how the brain processes thoughts, habits, and physical pain.

The exact outcomes depend on your specific treatment goals, but they typically manifest across several key areas:

 

1. Immediate Post-Session After-Effects

Directly following a session, most clients experience distinct physical and mental shifts as they transition back to full alertness:

  • Deep Relaxation: A profound sense of calm, mental clarity, and reduced physical tension that can last for hours or days.
  • Somatic Releases: Physical signs of emotional processing, such as tingling, light shivering, yawning, or an emotional release like crying.
  • Temporary Drowsiness: Feeling slightly heavy, lightheaded, or spaced-out, which quickly fades with a glass of water or a short walk.

 

2. Long-Term Behavioural and Habit Shifts

Over multiple sessions, hypnotherapy helps you rewire automatic subconscious patterns. Common clinical results include: 

  • Breaking Addictive Habits: Increased willpower and fewer cravings when using hypnosis as a tool for smoking/vaping  cessation or changing eating habits. 
  • Reframing Negative Thought Loops: Overcoming phobias, reducing automatic panic responses, and replacing self-doubt with enhanced confidence.
    • Improved Sleep: A reduction in insomnia symptoms by training the mind to enter a restful, meditative state easily. 

  • 3. Medical and Physical Symptom Management

    Clinical trials show that hypnotherapy can significantly alter how the brain perceives physical distress: 

    • Pain Reduction: Redirecting the brain's attention away from chronic pain signals, making conditions like fibromyalgia or arthritis more manageable.
    • Gastrointestinal Relief: Highly effective in reducing the severity of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) flare-ups.
    • Symptom Easing: Lowering the intensity of hot flashes during menopause and reducing nausea triggered by chemotherapy. 

     

    Clinical Reality vs. Fiction

    Unlike entertainment or stage hypnosis, the results of clinical hypnotherapy does not involve a loss of control. You remain fully aware of your surroundings, you cannot be forced to do anything against your will, and you will remember the session afterward, leaving feeling relaxed and refreshed.