How Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy Helps

​The brain is incredibly complex, but in Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH), we use a simple model to help you understand why you feel the way you do — and how we can change it.

We talk about two key areas of the brain: the intellectual brain and the emotional (or primitive) brain.

The intellectual brain helps you think clearly, make plans, solve problems, and interact calmly with the world.
The emotional brain deals with old patterns, habits, and reactive responses like anxiety, anger, or low mood. It’s designed to keep us safe — but it often overreacts in modern life.

In SFH, the goal is to help you shift from emotional thinking to intellectual thinking — from stress and reactivity to calm, clear-headed progress.

 

Why You Might Be Feeling Stuck

​When stress builds up, even gradually, it becomes harder to access your full potential. You might find yourself:

• Repeating old habits, even when they’re not helping

• Reacting emotionally instead of thinking clearly

• Feeling overwhelmed, anxious or unmotivated

• Getting in your own way, even when you know what you want

This isn’t about being broken — it’s just how the brain responds when your internal systems are out of balance.

 

The Stress Bucket

​Imagine that every time you feel overwhelmed or think a negative thought — whether it’s a big worry or a passing doubt — a drop of stress goes into a mental bucket. We call this your stress bucket.

When your bucket is full, it only takes something small to tip it over. That’s when you might feel stuck, snappy, drained, or anxious.

The brain has a natural way of emptying this bucket: REM sleep. But if stress builds too quickly, or sleep is disrupted, the bucket stays full — and the emotional brain takes over.

 

Resetting the Balance

​SFH works by calming your stress response and rebalancing your thinking. You don’t need to revisit painful memories. Instead, we focus on what’s working, what’s possible, and how you want life to be.

This approach can help you:

• Reduce anxiety and improve sleep

• Build better habits and patterns of thought

• Regain confidence and motivation

• Handle pressure and perform at your best

• Reach for goals that feel just out of reach — because your stress response or old ways of thinking keep holding you back

Whether you want to manage daily stress better or perform with clarity and confidence under pressure, SFH helps you access the best version of yourself — and keep showing up that way.

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Please click here to see examples of clients I've helped make real shifts in mindset, performance and wellbeing.

 

The Role of Trance

​Trance is simply a relaxed, focused state — similar to being absorbed in a book, a run, or a daydream. In this state, your subconscious becomes more receptive to positive ideas and change.

In sessions, we use this natural state to reinforce what you want — not what you’re trying to avoid — helping new patterns take root more deeply.

 

What to Expect

It all starts with an Initial Consultation — a relaxed, informative session where we’ll talk through how the brain works, why you might be feeling stuck or reactive, and what we can do about it. You’ll receive a relaxation audio to start using straight away.

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Most clients see meaningful shifts within 8–12 sessions.

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