Frequently Asked Questions

How many sessions will it take?

I typically work with people for between two to five sessions. A lot can be accomplished within this amount of time, and clients have consistently reported that listening to their hypnotherapy recordings between sessions makes a real difference in speeding up the process of change.

Of course some issues may take longer to resolve, and coaching clients often book regular slots over a longer time-frame, but my aim is always to help you get what you need within the smallest number of sessions.

What is hypnosis?

Hypnosis is a form of communication which allows positive suggestions to become a tangible, embodied experience.

Think of it like this. If I simply ask you to “relax”, and you nod your head and agree that “relaxing” sounds like a good idea, that’s not hypnosis. That’s just an intellectual discussion.

But if I ask you to focus your attention, to take a deep breath, and then to really allow your shoulders to loosen and relax… then those words are more likely to create a direct experience of relaxation in your body.

When words turn into actual experiences, that’s the beginning of hypnosis.

For therapeutic purposes, hypnosis is a very powerful tool for helping you to directly experience states of relaxation, self-acceptance, mental focus and optimism that you can then take with you into your life.

Will I be able to be hypnotised?

If you mean:

“Will I be able to go into a profoundly deep state of hypnosis, where I lose track of time, drift out of my body, and feel like I’ve had an amazing, really unusual experience?”

Then maybe. Some people do seem to naturally go into deeper trance states than others.

Hypnosis can sometimes be like daydreaming on a long train journey, where you’re deeply relaxed, drifting from thought to thought, but you can still hear the words being said to you. It doesn’t necessarily feel like something special and “out of this world”.

But if you mean:

“Willl I be able to use hypnosis to create new mental and emotional habits for myself, where I notice myself naturally responding differently after the session?”

Then very probably. In my experience, just about everyone can use hypnosis as a practical, therapeutic tool to make lasting changes in their lives.