What to expect from a Hypnotherapy session

If you’ve never tried hypnotherapy before, it can be difficult to know what to expect. If you’d like to know more, then please do book a free discovery call where we can chat about whatever challenges you may be facing and you can get a feel for how I work.

Before your first appointment, you’ll be sent some welcome instructions and a form to fill out and send back.

In your first session, we’ll start by having a chat about what you’d like to achieve, what you might have tried before and go from there.

We’ll explore some gentle relaxation exercises and I’ll teach you some techniques you can use on your own.

I’ll take you through a short visualisation, much like a guided meditation, so that you can deeply relax into what we call trance - this simply means a state of deeply relaxed focus. You’ll be in charge and you will be able to communicate with me at any time. By being more relaxed, the logical and analytical part of the brain can rest and we can talk to the unconscious mind, where changes happen. It’s a very collaborative process.

Let’s say for example that you’d like to give up smoking. I know that smoking is serving a purpose for you, such as relieving stress, and that is something we will chat about in our initial session. With your permission, I’ll ask the unconscious part of your mind, the part that is keeping you stuck in addiction, to find new ways of meeting those needs, such as stress relief, without the need to smoke. There are lots of different ways to do this and you don’t need to work at a conscious level - you can stay relaxed and simply be guided by my voice.

I’ll be monitoring you the whole time, so if you are unsure about anything or you’d like a different approach, you’ll be able to say so.

At the end of the session, I will bring you back out of trance, feeling refreshed and alert but remaining relaxed.

For more information, please see my F.A.Q.s or book a no obligation, free discovery call.