What is Solution Focused Hypnotherapy?

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is a modern talking therapy that also uses the power of hypnosis. It is brain and evidence based, drawing on the latest findings in neuroscience.

As the name suggests, Solution Focused therapy focuses on solutions for the future rather than analysing problems of the past. In the talking part of the session I use Solution Focused questioning techniques to help clients identify their way forward.

This positive psychotherapy work is enhanced by the application of hypnosis, a wonderful state of relaxed awareness. Brain waves change during this process, allowing you to see solutions to problems more easily and to effect positive change with greater ease and rapidity.

What to Expect

Many people believe that hypnotherapy is something that is “done” to them, that they explain their issue to the therapist who then simply hypnotises their problem away, as if by magic.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is much more of a joint process. I work in partnership with you to help you achieve significant positive change. It’s important to understand that change happens because you want it to and because you are prepared to take the necessary steps to allow it to happen.

Initial Consultation

The initial consultation is an essential element of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy. It’s designed to assess what you want to achieve, how hypnotherapy can help you and how many sessions you are likely to need. I’ll explain how the brain works in relation to whatever issue is bothering you and how the hypnotherapy process works. I’ll also give you a hypnosis relaxation track to listen to at home between sessions.

Subsequent Hypnotherapy Sessions

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy involves much more than hypnosis. During the first part of each session we’ll talk about the progress you have made and I’ll be encouraging you to focus on solutions rather than dwelling on problems. I’ll help you to imagine your preferred future, a future where you have a more useful perspective on the quality of your life. I will then guide you into a relaxed state of hypnosis to reinforce what we have discussed.