Hypnotherapy is one of the two methods within Solution Focused Therapy. It uses guided relaxation, a calm, focused state similar to daydreaming, to help your mind take on new, more helpful patterns of thinking at a deeper level. While you're relaxed, the brain is more receptive to positive, solution-focused suggestion, which is why this part of the work can feel so restful and yet so useful. You stay aware and in control throughout. Many people find it the most relaxing part of their week, and a natural complement to the conversation that comes before it.

Psychotherapy is the talking side of Solution Focused Therapy, but not in the way people often expect. Rather than revisiting the past or analysing problems, it's a forward-looking conversation about what's going well, what's changing, and the future you want to build. Using carefully framed questions, we gently encourage your brain's natural problem-solving systems and shift your focus from worry towards possibility. It's warm, practical, and surprisingly uplifting, and it sets up the relaxation that follows.

They're the two halves of how Solution Focused Therapy works, and they're designed to complement each other. The psychotherapy part is the conversation, forward-looking, practical, and focused on where you want to get to. The hypnotherapy part is the guided relaxation that follows, allowing your mind to absorb those positive shifts at a deeper, more lasting level. Think of it as two stages of the same session: first we talk, building clarity and direction, then we relax, letting that thinking settle in. Used together, they help calm the nervous system, ease anxiety, and reconnect you with your own strengths, more effectively than either tends to on its own.

Solution focused hypnotherapy is forward-looking rather than problem-focused. We spend less time analysing what went wrong and more time building towards what you want instead. The addition of hypnosis makes it a uniquely powerful combination, working with both your conscious and subconscious mind to create change that feels natural and lasting. It's also grounded in neuroscience, so you'll understand exactly why what we're doing works.

Lovely, mostly. It's nothing like the dramatic version people imagine, you stay aware, in control, and able to hear everything throughout. Most people describe it as a deeply relaxed, comfortable state, a bit like that drifting feeling just before sleep, or being so absorbed in a book or a drive that the world softens around you. You're simply resting in a focused, calm awareness while I guide the session with gentle suggestion. Many clients say it's one of the most relaxing parts of their week, and that they leave feeling lighter and clearer.

Most people can experience hypnosis to some degree. It's simply a state of focused relaxation, something you've probably drifted into naturally whilst reading, daydreaming, or watching a film. The depth of trance can vary from person to person, but even a light state is enough for the work to be effective.

No, they're very different things. Stage hypnosis is entertainment, carefully designed to produce dramatic effects with a willing audience. Clinical hypnotherapy is a therapeutic tool, used in a safe, calm setting to support genuine, positive change. Think of it less as someone ‘putting you under’ and more as guided, purposeful relaxation that helps your mind do what it's already capable of.

Never. Hypnotherapy isn't about handing over control, it's the opposite. You stay aware and in charge throughout, and I can only ever work with what you're genuinely willing to engage with. If something doesn't sit right with you, we simply won't go there. Think of it as a collaboration rather than something being done to you.

Only as much as you want to. This is one of the things that makes Solution Focused Therapy feel different, we don't dig back through difficult experiences or analyse what's gone wrong. The focus is firmly on where you want to get to and the steps that take you there. You're always in charge of what you share, and you never have to revisit anything you'd rather leave behind.