Therapy Services
Cognitive Hypnotherapy in Hull, Hornsea & Pocklington
Change the thought, change your life.
Cognitive hypnotherapy brings two things together. The cognitive side looks at the thoughts you are having, where they came from and what they are costing you. The hypnotherapy side uses deep relaxation to work with those thoughts at the level where they actually sit, rather than only talking about them.
Most of what shapes a day happens below conscious thought. You do not decide to dread a meeting, or to reach for a cigarette, or to assume the worst. The reaction arrives already formed. Cognitive hypnotherapy is about getting underneath that reaction and giving it something different to do.
What actually happens in a session
You stay awake, aware and in control throughout. Hypnosis is not sleep and it is nothing like stage hypnotism. It is closer to the state you are in when a film absorbs you completely, or when you drive a familiar route and arrive without remembering the journey.
We begin with relaxation and breathing. Once you are settled, I use language, imagery and suggestion built around the specific thing you came in with. Nothing is generic, and nothing is done without explaining it to you first.
You can come out of it at any moment you choose. Most people find the state itself pleasant, and say the hour goes quickly.
This may be for you if
- A reaction that fires before you can think
- Thoughts that loop and will not settle
- Knowing what you want to change but not managing it
- Habits that survive every attempt at willpower
- Confidence that disappears at the worst moment
- Feeling stuck in a pattern you can see clearly
Where we would meet
Sessions run at all three consulting rooms. Choose whichever is easiest for you, or ask at the consultation and we will work it out together.
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Your first appointment is 90 minutes: a free 30 minute consultation followed by a full hour of therapy at the usual rate. Call, text or send an enquiry and I will get back to you.