Hypnotherapy & CBT in Croydon, Caterham and Surrey

Not all hypnotherapy is the same. I practise Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy, which uses evidence-based techniques supported by scientific research. I am also a qualified Life Coach and NLP practitioner. I use mindfulness and meditation techniques alongside Hypno-CBT and have a keen interest and in-depth knowledge of philosophy and spiritual teachings. You get a multi-component or an integrative therapy approach, where we can cover things from a multitude of angles. We examine which of your thoughts, behaviours and beliefs might be holding you back and look to see how we can replace them with more helpful, positive ways of being. In my experience, the more you can come to understand your problem, the better your chances of overcoming it.

A key question of course – and yes it does. Barrios, Ph.D presented a review in American Health magazine in 2007 that measure it as having a 93% success rate after an average of 6 sessions, which would make it the most effective and fastest therapy there is. Of course other studies vary for different issues and say that the effectiveness varies from person to person. It seems science is still catching up with what Hypnotherapy is and what it can do and evidence is building as more trials are undertaken and accepted by the scientific community. There are certainly many variables, but when combined with an approach such as CBT, the evidence is pretty overwhelming.

It depends which session we’re in and what we’re tackling (Stopping Smoking is a separate programme).  But in general the first is different to further sessions. In that first session we combine talking with assessment – getting to know you and your issue and goals more thoroughly. Then agreeing those goals and me forming an effective treatment plan. I will then let you know how many sessions to expect. My work is always outcome and process driven so we don’t talk forever about the past and how you may have arrived at the challenge you’re facing. I always record the actual process, script or meditation element for you to keep for life. Subsequent sessions involve assessing your progress, doing more processes, setting homework for between sessions and sometimes resetting goals.

Yes. It has been proven to work very effectively on Zoom, Teams and Facetime. Remote therapy or online therapy is very helpful for clients who are very busy or live further afield. I have helped many clients in all parts of the UK and the US.

It’s almost certain you are. Have you got any imagination? Do you get carried away in a film or novel? With imagination and a willingness to learn you will be surprised at how quickly you can hypnotise yourself. You probably already do.

I’ll have a go! But, to be serious, it’s unlikely you’ll experience any change in yourself straight away. Hypnosis works differently for different people. And there are even different forms of hypnotic approach. Hypnosis with NLP is different to hypnosis with CBT, for instance. The idea of being swiftly ‘hypnotised’ comes from the stage hypnosis we’ve all seen and enjoyed as entertainment. This is misleading and builds unrealistic expectations.

Snapping someone into doing something or acting in an unusual way is arbitrary and highly random, even though some subjects are more suggestible than others. If you’d like to be more sociable, or better at tennis – or highly attractive to members of the opposite sex (or the same come to that), then these things usually take work and practice. Of course hypnosis, in the more trained form of hypnotherapy, can help greatly. But to change, to be better at something or to rid yourself of the blocks to success in anything will require some added work which is why you will likely need more than one session and more than hypnosis to help you succeed. I can certainly help with this.