What happens during the Free Initial Consultation?
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What to expect: A complimentary 45–60‑minute session designed for us to meet and discuss how Solution-Focused Therapy and hypnotherapy can address your goals—such as overcoming unwanted habits or anxiety.
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How your brain works: I’ll explain how the mind responds to triggers and how you can regain control using simple, evidence-based techniques.
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Included resource: You’ll receive a free MP3 guided relaxation recording to use before bed, promoting restful sleep and reinforcing our work together.
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Early benefits: Many clients report feeling calmer, more positive, and empowered within just a few days of the consultation and using the recording.
⏱️ How long is the Duration of Therapy?
Solution-Focused Therapy is efficient and goal-orientated; many clients achieve meaningful change within 6 to 12 sessions, depending on individual needs.
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Flexible options: Choose between our value-for-money package—six sessions for the price of five—or our convenient pay-as-you-go plan.
💻 Online v Face-to-Face Therapy
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Equally effective: Research shows online therapy (via video or phone) is just as effective in reducing anxiety, depression, and emotional distress as traditional face-to-face settings
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Benefits of online:
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Greater accessibility—ideal for remote or mobility-restricted clients
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Convenience—no travel time or childcare hassles
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Comfort—many feel safer opening up from their own environment
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🧭 Do I Need to Discuss My Past?
No—not in any detail. The beauty of Solution-Focused Therapy and why so many clients love it is that it focuses on the present and the future and not painful memories helping you build future goals and actionable steps rather than unpacking past events
🌀 What Is Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy—and Is It Safe?
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Safe and natural: This approach uses the same mild trance states we all experience daily—like getting absorbed in a book, watching TV, or daydreaming.
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Present- and future-focused: Rather than revisiting past trauma, it concentrates on your current objectives and desired future outcomes.
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Structured and collaborative: You remain fully aware and in control; whilst given suggestions that align with your own goals and values.
✅ Can Hypnotherapy Control My Actions?
Absolutely not. You stay in full control during sessions—fully aware, and able to accept or reject suggestions. It’s a guided approach, not coercive. Think of it as a movie—you’re choosing what to watch and how to respond—empowering you to create change.
🔁 What Is the Rewind Technique?
The Rewind Technique is a refined method, originating from NLP and adapted for trauma work by the European Therapy Studies Institute.
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How it works:
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While in a calm, relaxed state, you mentally “rewind” a distressing memory until it feels neutral.
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This shifts the memory’s encoding from the emotional brain (amygdala) to the thinking brain (neocortex), re-framing it as non-threatening.
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The result: the memory becomes a manageable story—no longer triggering intense emotional or physical responses.
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