Guides
Hypnotherapy guides and practical exercises
Understand a difficulty, try an exercise or find out what to expect from sessions.
Browse the guides
These articles are free to read. Choose a situation you recognise, a practical question about sessions or a closer look at the research.
Worry, sleep and confidence
- How to stop overthinking
Recognise a repeating worry and try giving it a specific time and place.
- Anxiety in your body and mind
A gentle practice for physical tension, and when symptoms need assessment.
- When your mind won’t settle at night
Look at bedtime worry, unfinished tasks and the pressure to sleep.
- Still tense after the day is over?
Notice where you’re holding tension and try a clearer end to work.
- When positive statements don’t feel convincing
Explore self-doubt using specific occasions you’ve handled well.
A particular difficulty
- Understanding a phobia
How fear and avoidance can develop, and what a gradual plan involves.
- Why a habit returns on difficult days
Use a lapse to understand the trigger and make a more workable plan.
- IBS, stress and symptom-related worry
The gut-brain connection and the distinction between coping support and clinical care for IBS.
Before you book
- What happens in a first session?
The consultation, agreed goals, hypnosis and time to review.
- How many sessions will I need?
How we plan appointments, discuss cost and decide whether to continue.
- Hypnotherapy, counselling or CBT?
Compare the approaches and prepare questions for a practitioner.
- Anxiety support in Rugby: what to expect
Practical details about in-person and online work, and checking suitability.
Questions about the evidence
- Does hypnotherapy work?
An overview of the evidence and why the particular concern matters.
- What does the research say?
Named studies, their findings and the limits of applying them to an individual.
- What do success-rate claims mean?
Where familiar figures come from and how to question them.
- Hypnosis, attention and learned responses
What brain imaging can show, and what it cannot establish about the benefits of an approach.
Before, during and after an interview
Start with the part you want to handle differently. These three guides connect preparation, recovery and review.
- Interview nerves: a practical way to prepare
Before the interview: one practical part of the interview experience.
- What to do when your mind goes blank in an interview
During the interview: one practical part of the interview experience.
- How to review an interview without replaying it all evening
After the interview: one practical part of the interview experience.
Try the switching-off questions
Nine optional questions about your evenings, with a personal summary and one thing to try tonight. Free to use, with no email needed.
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