Hypnosis for anxiety
Hypnotherapy has been used to treat anxiety, fears and worries for many years and it has substantial research evidence showing its effectiveness.
Anxiety is a subconscious process - you do not ‘decide’ to feel anxious, this is happening on a deeper level of your mind thus it stands to reason that the work that needs doing should also take place at a deeper, unconscious level.
Everything that we do when working in sessions together will be aimed at reducing your levels of anxiety, improving your day to day moods and ensuring that you have the skills to move forwards with your life. Our sessions are a collaborative effort where we will tease apart the strands of what has been happening and get you back to a confident and happy state of being.
I offer one-to-one sessions from my clinic in Clapham.
A large study published in the Lancet in 2021 also clearly showed a further rise in anxiety disorders associated with the Covid global pandemic.
And we know that while anxiety disorders are fairly common across the world, not everyone who needs treatment receives it. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America only one third of people with an anxiety disorder get treatment.
We know that suffering with anxiety will affect those around us. We also know that children of anxious parents have a higher incidence of anxiety disorders themselves.
Anxiety is something that deserves our attention.
According to the World Economic Forum, in 2019, ‘An estimated 275 million people suffer from anxiety disorders. That’s around 4% of the global population, with a spread of between 2.5% and 6.5% of population per country. Of those suffering from anxiety around 62% are female — 170 million, compared with 105 million male sufferers.’
How anxiety affects us
Anxiety will affect most of us at some point in our lives. You may be feeling overwhelmed, nervous or tense. You may have found yourself breathing rapidly with a pounding heart. You may be feeling panic or an overwhelming sense of doom. It might feel as though just one more small thing may break you.
Your gut may tighten as an email from your boss lands, your mouth may go dry at the thought of household chores or going to a shopping centre. Even the smallest daily bumps in the road may have you wanting to curl back up under your duvet.
You are trying to get through each day as best as you can but telling yourself to buck up, move forwards, get over it, just try harder and to put more effort in is having little to no effect.
I see you. I know that you’ve been struggling. And I am glad that you are here.
How Will We Work Together?
I have a 3 stage format when working with clients who wish to rid themselves of anxiety, fear and panic.
STAGE ONE:
Reduce all tension and stress. I will teach you straight away how you can reduce feelings of anxiety swiftly whenever or wherever you are. This is so important as it will serve as the backbone for all of the work that we will do.
It will prove to your mind and body that you can control anxiety in the short-term and immediately begin to feel better so that we can move forward to establish what has been happening and why.
STAGE TWO:
The intervention. Work together to establish that your basic human needs are being met. If your human needs are not being met appropriately you will be suffering from distress leading to anxiety, anger and depression.
Our basic human emotional needs are: Security, attention, a sense of autonomy, emotional intimacy, having community around us, privacy, a sense of status and competence as well as meaning and purpose in our lives.
In this stage we begin to peel back all of the layers that have built up over time and are preventing you from living happily. We will then work upon improving your innate resources and your ability to move through life pragmatically, rationally and with greater confidence in who you are and what you need.
If you have suffered from trauma in your past and we believe that this is now the reason for your current anxiety we will use hypnosis, the Rewind or EFT Tapping to un-hook the emotional response from that trauma, so that you will be able to move forward with your life unencumbered by that experience.
STAGE THREE:
The ego boost! This is where we spend time making you feel good about yourself again. It is all about improving confidence, self-appreciation, self-assurance, positiveness and belief in yourself.
Being in a state of anxiety and worry for extended periods of time can lead to anger and depression as well as low self-esteem. Now is the stage for blowing away those old cobwebs of belief using hypnosis and EFT Tapping. These sessions give you back your love of self and confidence about who you really are. I absolutely make sure that you are aware of your capabilities, likeability and give you belief in yourself again.
How Long Does Hypnotherapy For Anxiety & Panic Take?
We will usually spend a couple to a few sessions on each stage so you should expect the course to last from 6 sessions up, it really depends upon your needs and requirements though.
Some clients who have intense work or home environments like to continue seeing me following our original appointments, at regular intervals, to just feel on top of their experiences and have someone with whom they can talk through and share their thoughts and feelings. They just book follow ups when works for them.
Our meetings will take place in my clinic in Clapham with appointments in Wimbledon available upon request.
Treatment Prices
Initial appointment
90 minutes.
Subsequent appointments
Either 90 minutes or 55 minutes as required.
90-minute sessions are £110 and 55 minute sessions are £75 each.
