Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a challenging condition, but hypnotherapy offers a promising complementary approach to traditional treatments. By addressing the gut-brain axis, reducing stress, and promoting positive behavioural changes, hypnotherapy can significantly improve the quality of life for IBS sufferers. If you’re struggling with IBS, please get in touch to discuss how my 6-week programme combining hypnosis and CBT could help you.

Health anxiety goes beyond the normal concerns about one's health and can significantly impact a person's daily life. People with health anxiety may exhibit behaviours such as frequent doctor visits, seeking multiple medical opinions, and engaging in excessive health-related research. These actions, while driven by a genuine fear of illness, can lead to heightened stress levels and a reduced quality of life. Hypnotherapy can help.

If you find yourself struggling with social anxiety during Christmas, you're not alone. Her are some practical tips and insights to help you navigate and overcome social anxiety, allowing you to truly enjoy the magic of the season.

For many individuals, anger issues are closely tied to anxiety, creating a destructive cycle that can be challenging to break. This blog post explores how hypnotherapy can be a valuable tool in helping individuals manage and overcome anger issues rooted in anxiety.

Emotional resilience is not a trait you're born with; it's a skill that can be developed and strengthened over time. By practising self-awareness, positive thinking, problem-solving, and seeking support when needed, you can build emotional resilience that will serve you well in all aspects of life.

Fear is a powerful and innate human emotion. It can serve as a vital survival mechanism, keeping us alert and ready to respond to threats. However, when fear transforms into an irrational and overwhelming phobia, it can severely hinder our daily lives. The good news is that hypnotherapy offers a unique and effective approach to release phobias, allowing you to live fearlessly. In this article, we'll explore how hypnosis can help you conquer your phobia and regain control over

It's not easy to break the people-pleasing habit, especially if it's something you've been conditioned to do since childhood. People probably know you as the person to ask for help as they know you'll always say yes. So, what can you do to gently start backing away and making more time for yourself? In this blog, I list my five top tips for overcoming the people-pleasing habit.

I think there's a lesson for us all there. Sometimes, when that anxiety is really biting and you can't settle to anything, it's not as easy as taking a few deep breaths and meditating. In fact, many people tell me they really find it hard to meditate when the anxiety is at its worst. So, it's important to have a few other tricks up your sleeve.

Panic attacks are extremely frightening to experience. They are also unpredictable and can seem to happen anywhere...

Symptoms such as lethargy, depression, overeating, irritability, sleep disorders and generally feeling down and anti-social can all be signs of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). We feel our mood slump as the days get shorter and darker, the cold sets in and all the seasonal bugs start attacking. However, we don’t have to give in to those feelings of depression and despondency. Here are my top tips for staying healthy and happy until the welcome warmth of spring returns.

When you think about anxiety and what that would look or feel like, you might imagine someone shaking, sweating and looking tense or nervous. However, anxiety doesn’t always show itself that way. So, I’m going to look at seven less obvious signs of generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). If you’ve been experiencing one or more of these symptoms, you may actually be suffering from GAD and just not realised it.

What is it? We all experience a sense of fear or worry at times. We may feel anxious about an exam, interview or public performance of...

Have you ever had that feeling that you just aren't clever enough, qualified enough, experienced enough or generally good enough to deserve the job or position you hold? It is extremely common. It is known as "imposter syndrome" and can affect men and women of all ages. Read more in this blog post.

I talk a lot about the important connection between our thoughts, emotions and behaviours and how each one has such an important effect...

You may be diagnosed with panic disorder if you have sudden, extreme anxiety attacks or panic attacks that seem to happen regularly and out of the blue. Read my blog to find out more about what you can do to help yourself.

Avoidance is very common but what we have to recognise is that none of these outside factors are the cause of the anxiety. It is all coming from inside. As soon as you avoid one situation or try to take control of your anxiety with a certain type of behaviour, another situation will take its place. Read more about avoidant behaviours and habits...

Many people who suffer from anxiety have a really hard time with uncertainty. They want to know what is going to happen, when and why and find it really difficult to "go with the flow". They want to prepare for every eventuality and find it really hard to just wait and see what happens. Can you relate to any of this? If you find it hard to tolerate uncertainty, you might find yourself always preparing for the worst. Read more...

Anticipatory anxiety is the feeling of worrying about or dreading an event or situation in the future. It often builds as the anxiety-inducing event gets closer and may cause weeks or even months of insomnia and anxiety symptoms. Very often, the anticipatory anxiety is much worse than the actual event, which, if you brave it, is never as bad as you imagined it would be. When you really break it down, anticipatory anxiety is just our minds attempting to travel into the future.

Health anxiety is a condition that causes healthy people to worry that they are seriously ill, even though they may have no symptoms or very minor symptoms. It used to be known as hypochondriasis but as that term has such negative connotations, it is now rarely used. Health anxiety is a serious condition and can have a huge negative impact on the life of the sufferer and their family.

The physical effects of anxiety are known as the "stress response". You have probably heard it described as the “fight or flight” response. It is designed to protect us by preparing our bodies to fight the danger or run away from it. What happens when we perceive a threat takes place very quickly and automatically before we even have a chance to consciously assess the situation.