Short answer: No!No. You, the client, retain full awareness and control throughout the session. I cannot make you do anything that you wouldn't do if you were fully awake, aware and active.You'll enter a focused, absorbed state where your mind is free to drift and dream with your thoughts, but this is clinical hypnotherapy... very different from the showmanship of a stage hypnotist.

My main focus is business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals, people who are capable and driven but held back by procrastination, self-sabotage or confidence blocks that strategy alone can't fix.I also work with adults more broadly on stress, anxiety and phobias, whatever chapter of life or business they're in.

Hypnosis is a state of "suspended disbelief." Instead of just analyzing or thinking about a new possibility, your mind shifts into a zone where you viscerally and emotionally feel it as a present reality. This emotional feeling serves as the bridge that safely updates your brain's background software.What most people notice afterwards is feeling clear-headed and refreshed.

I ask you some questions and we talk, but unlike other therapies, this isn't about dwelling on the problem or delving into the past. The latest neuroscientific research suggests that doing so isn't conducive to moving forward, healing and creating change.Instead, we focus on discovering solutions that will help you achieve whatever goals you have in mind. Solution-focused hypnotherapy uses psychotherapeutic methods based on what advances in neuroimaging have taught us... we now know we have neuroplasticity well into old age, meaning we can build new neural pathways and move away from old ones. So as we talk, I help keep you on the track that moves you forward.The other thing that happens in a session is that I share knowledge with you, so each time we meet you build a greater understanding of how your mind works and how to get back in control of your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. That knowledge stays with you for life.

Solution-focused hypnotherapy is a brief therapy. Unlike traditional psychotherapy and counselling, you won't need months or years of sessions to see change.For business owners working through procrastination, self-sabotage or confidence blocks, most clients see meaningful shifts within six to eight sessions... which is why the Business Performance Programme is structured around that timeframe.

Ideally you would have your sessions at weekly intervals. It is usual for the final one or two sessions to be spread over longer intervals to ensure you are able to sustain for yourself the positive changes you are enjoying.

Sessions usually last for around 50-60 minutes.

Yes. Solution focused hypnotherapy is not contraindicated (does not conflict with) any other therapies. Contact me if you would like to know more about the ideal approach to managing hypnotherapy along with other forms of therapy.​

At the moment, I work online only. Clinical hypnotherapy works very well this way, and for busy business owners it comes with some real advantages: