Clinical Hypnosis
Clinical hypnosis can help shift patterns that persist despite your best efforts to change them.
It involves a focused state of attention in which habitual ways of thinking and responding can become more open to exploration and change. Rather than relying entirely on conscious analysis and willpower, I can use imagination, attention and experience to work with established patterns.
Clinical hypnosis can be used as a focused intervention for a specific concern, such as a habit, fear, sleep difficulty or performance issue, or integrated into a broader course of psychological treatment.
Talk Therapy
Sometimes, talking things through with someone who can see beyond the obvious is a useful place to start.
Talk therapy can help us make sense of recurring patterns, difficult emotions, relationship problems and situations that leave you feeling stuck. We may explore how past experiences shape the present, recognise familiar patterns in how you relate to yourself and others, or find different ways to respond to what life throws at you.
The aim is not simply to talk about problems, but to understand them more clearly and find ways forward.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Some experiences continue to affect us long after the events themselves have passed. They may show up as intrusive memories, heightened alertness, avoidance, distress or reactions that seem disproportionate to what is happening in the present.
EMDR is a structured psychological therapy used particularly in the treatment of trauma-related difficulties. It involves recalling aspects of distressing experiences while engaging in bilateral stimulation, such as guided eye movements, within a carefully managed therapeutic process.
The aim is to help process distressing memories so that they become less overwhelming and have less influence on present-day emotions, beliefs and reactions.
I consider whether EMDR is appropriate for the individual and their circumstances, and integrate it into treatment where it fits the work we are doing together.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Some patterns reinforce themselves. A worrying thought increases anxiety; anxiety changes what you do; and what you do can strengthen the original worry.
CBT helps us identify these cycles and understand what maintains them. We examine the relationship between thoughts, emotions, behaviour and the situations in which difficulties arise. The work may involve testing assumptions, changing unhelpful responses and developing new ways of managing challenging situations.
The aim is to make patterns that once felt automatic more manageable and give you greater choice in how you respond.