Articles

Hypnotherapy is often misunderstood. This article explores common myths and facts about clinical hypnotherapy, including control, awareness, evidence, anxiety, phobias, habits, and the therapeutic use of focused attention.

Progress does not always mean feeling completely calm. Sometimes progress is noticing the fear earlier. Sometimes it stays for a few seconds longer. Sometimes it is leaving the situation without attacking yourself afterwards. Sometimes it is saying, “That was hard, and I am learning.” With claustrophobia, small, steady steps are often more helpful than pushing too quickly. Your nervous system needs enough safety to learn something new.

A reflective article on the risk of diagnosing people from a distance, the performance of certainty, and why therapy needs relationship, humility and time.

Fear of flying often begins long before take-off, driven as much by uncertainty and loss of control as by the aircraft itself. This article explains how the nervous system can react as if danger is present-triggering symptoms like racing heart, tight chest, nausea, and an urgent need to escape-especially when fears centre on panicking and not being able to leave. It offers practical grounding strategies that restore small moments of choice and outlines how hypnotherapy can help you rehearse steadiness and build confidence in coping, one moment at a time.