What to Expect

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Personalised Hypnotherapy Starts with Understanding You

When you come to see me, the first thing I want to do is understand you.

I don't believe in using the same hypnotherapy script for every person. We all have different experiences, habits, environments and ways of communicating, so your hypnotherapy should reflect that.

Your first session gives me the opportunity to learn your language, your habits, your environment, your triggers and what you would like to change.

It also gives me the opportunity to help you recognise some of the habits and automatic responses that may have become such a natural part of your life that you don't consciously notice them anymore.

We can then look at what you would like to do instead, replacing old responses with new habits and behaviours that work better for you.

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Learning Your Language

I'm interested not only in what you tell me, but how you tell me.

As part of your new client information, I use a short communication questionnaire to help me understand whether you tend to communicate more through visual, auditory or kinaesthetic language.

Most people use a combination of all three.

For example, you may naturally say:

Visual: “I can see what you mean.” or “I can't picture myself doing that.”

Auditory: “That sounds right.” or “I hear what you're saying.”

Kinaesthetic: “I feel stuck.” or “That doesn't feel right.”

These little differences can tell me a lot about the language that feels natural to you.

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Using Your Language in Hypnotherapy

The information I gather helps me build your personalised hypnotherapy.

Your own words, expressions and even the metaphors you naturally use can help shape the language within your session.

You might tell me:

“I feel like I'm carrying this around with me.”

“I keep going around in circles.”

“I just can't see a way forward.”

These aren't just words to me. They help me understand how you experience the problem.

Where appropriate, I can use language, imagery and metaphor that relates to your world and your experiences. My aim is to communicate with you in a way that is meaningful to you, both consciously and at an unconscious level.

This is one of the reasons your hypnotherapy is personalised rather than generic.

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Your Personalised Hypnotherapy

Once I have a better understanding of you, we can begin working with the habit, behaviour, feeling or response you would like to change.

My approach may bring together Hypnotherapy, CBT, NLP and neuroconscious approaches, depending on you and what we are working towards.

Rather than concentrating only on what you want to stop, we also look at what you want to replace it with.

What would you like to think, feel or do instead?

That gives us a direction for change.

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Your Personalised Audio

Where appropriate, I can create a personalised hypnotherapy audio for you to use between sessions.

The language within that audio comes from what I have learned about you — your goals, your communication, your words and the changes you want to make.

It isn't simply a generic recording made for thousands of people.

It is part of continuing the work we have started together.

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What Happens Next?

Your journey starts with a conversation.

You don't need to arrive knowing exactly why you do something or how to change it. That's what we begin exploring together.

My job is to listen, gather information, understand your patterns and then use that knowledge to make your hypnotherapy as personal and relevant to you as possible.

Understand the person. Understand the pattern. Then work towards the change.

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Personalised Support – In and Between Sessions

I deliberately don't take on a large number of clients at one time.

Why? Because my support doesn't stop when your session finishes.

When I work with you, I want to have the time to work with you during your session and check in with you between sessions. I want to know how you're progressing, what you're noticing, what's changing and where you may need some additional support.

Sometimes the smallest change between sessions can give us valuable information for our next session.

This ongoing communication also helps me understand more about your habits, your environment and the situations that trigger your automatic responses in everyday life.

For me, personalised hypnotherapy isn't simply creating a personalised script.

The support is personalised too.

I prefer to work with a smaller number of clients so I can give each person the individual attention and support that is an important part of the way I practise.

You are not just an appointment in my diary.

We are working together towards the change you came to see me for.