What To Expect
Solution Focused Hypnotherapy Sessions
Solution Focused Hypnotherapy sessions are relaxed, informal and focused on the exploration of a life, your life, beyond therapy.
Your best hopes, your preferred outcomes, and how you would like to live your life going forward.
But there’s much more happening behind the scenes than just a comfortable chat and 20 minutes of shut-eye on the hypnotherapy couch, even though that’s how it might seem.
In a solution focused hypnotherapy session, from the outset, you can expect to experience a collaborative, goal or direction-oriented approach that focuses on your present and future, rather than delving into past concerns or problems that may have had an effect on the way you feel, or the circumstances you are dealing with.
Often, presenting concerns are a part of someone’s bigger picture, and in solution focused hypnotherapy the approach focuses on you, as a whole person, and your potential to further create the life of your best hopes, moving on from the negative circumstances that may be holding you back.
Solution focused hypnotherapy helps people move forward, comfortably, and seamlessly, and is a catalyst for change at an accelerated rate.
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What Happens in the Session
In a solution-focused hypnotherapy session, from the outset, you can expect to experience a collaborative, goal or direction-oriented approach that focuses on your present and future, rather than delving into past concerns or problems that may have had an effect on the way you feel, or the circumstances you are dealing with.
Often, presenting concerns are a part of someone’s ‘bigger picture’, and in solution focused hypnotherapy the approach focuses on you, as a whole person, and your potential to further create the life of your best hopes, moving on from the negative circumstances that may be holding you back.
Solution focused hypnotherapy helps people move forward, comfortably, and seamlessly, and is a catalyst for change at an accelerated rate.
Inside a Typical Hypnotherapy Session
It’s always good to remember that solution-focused hypnotherapy is a collaborative process and that my role as a therapist is to make efforts to help empower and guide you towards your desired outcomes.
The focus is on creative solutions, the building of strengths, and learning to imagine life with a more hopeful and positive future.
Setting clear directions, aims and goals
Discussing your strengths and resources
Exploring the present situation
Hypnosis, using relaxation techniques
By guiding you through the relaxation practice of hypnosis you can begin to enter a comfortable and calm state of mind, turning down the volume of the day-to-day noise we all absorb in our lives.
During the early moments of hypnosis, the emphasis is on relaxation, switching off your fight/flight response, and promoting a calm and positive mindset.
Visualising positive outcomes
Encouraging solution-focused thinking
Throughout the session there is a high degree of encouragement, guiding you to explore potential solutions, coping strategies, and positive changes that align with your best hopes.
Positive language and affirmations
Developing coping skills
Measuring progress
For some, observing your outcomes through a simple feedback scale to track your progress over time can help to ensure that the therapy is effective in achieving your preferred outcomes. Equally, it can give us a view of what works, or what may require additional effort in order to see the progress you desire.
Assigning tasks for home practice
Continuous collaboration
Teamwork is dreamwork as is said, and together, we will continuously collaborate, adjusting and adapting sessions based on your progress and any new insights you gain during our time together.
Ending on a positive note
It’s always considered in solution focused hypnotherapy to end the session on a high note which can allow you to leave the practice room, or end the online session, with a positive frame of mind and a keenness for the days ahead.
I have been working with Nick for several months now and find him to be extremely professional, supportive and motivational. Each of our sessions were positive and enjoyable and despite being slightly apprehensive at first, I began to feel the benefits almost straight away and continue to do so now. With Nick’s help and support I have become more positive and self confident, managing to deal with my negative self beliefs once and for all, after years of letting them control my life. I would recommend Nick to anyone.
I can’t recommend Nick enough. I wasn’t too sure whether he could help but he definitely did! I saw him as, after a nasty incident, I was having panic attacks during open water swim races and they are completely gone now. Nick has a great manner about him which puts you at ease and I think it really helped that he’s a keen sportsman himself. Thoroughly recommended!
Nick has been the best therapist that I have had. A great guy, and I recommend him to anyone going through something and trying to make it better. Cheers Nick.
I have been seeing Nick now for 9 sessions and I cannot recommend him highly enough. From the first session he made me feel at ease and I have really enjoyed the experience. It has helped to improve my sleep patterns as well as my patience! I would like to take this opportunity to thank Nick for all his work so far – I know that we have even bigger plans in the future to help with self development and I am really excited by this!
Working with Nick was a fantastic experience from start to finish. Slightly hesitant/sceptical of hypnotherapy to begin with, Nick put me at ease from the outset and made truly transformative changes to my thinking and approach to certain day to day activities that I was struggling with. Would recommend!
I had bad anxiety and was always overthinking. But after just one session I started to notice a difference. Never thought hypnotherapy could help me with my anxiety AND insomnia but all have changed and I’m now doing so much better all round.
The best hypnotherapist I have been working with. Nick is compassionate, present and will certainly help you relax and feel nourished. Highly recommended!
Grazie Nick!
As soon as I spoke to Nick on the phone, I knew things were about to start being better. His enthusiasm for your progress is infectious and that is a huge part of the process. As a therapist you can be the best deliverer of trance scripts but if the rapport is not there, the therapy will go nowhere. With Nick you immediately get the impression you are being professionally listened to, intensely, and that is so reassuring. He pushes you along and upwards into the right zone, until to get you where you want to be. The sessions were all a delight and they were the highlight of my week!
Cannot recommend Nick enough. I saw him for low mood and low self esteem. Since he treated me I have gone on to start my own business and it’s going really well. I don’t believe I would have been brave enough to do this without Nicks help. He’s a game changer. And a really lovely guy.
Got a question?
It’s completely normal to have questions before starting hypnotherapy. Feel free to reach out. I’m happy to chat and answer anything you’re unsure about.
Hypnotherapy FAQs
I’ve put together some of the most common questions people ask about hypnotherapy sessions. The aim is to give you clear, straightforward answers so you can feel more informed and at ease. If there’s anything else you’d like to know, you’re always welcome to get in touch.
Through taking hypnotherapy sessions, I would hope you experience something of an immediate response in some way.
Additionally, to potentially accelerate progress, there are a few helpful factors that may be a catalyst for change.
Factors:
– a constant level of engagement within the session
– maintenance of consistency beyond the therapy room
– a high degree of hope and expectation
Beyond any possible initial improvement, we’d be hoping to see a notable change within 3 to 6 sessions and a significant and lasting change between 6 and 12 sessions.
Of course, should you want, you can continue with sessions if you feel you are continuing to make further progress, or alternatively if you wish to look at new directions.
I do however offer a simple method to measure outcomes so that we can observe your progress regularly and monitor what may be having the greatest impact.
I also guarantee to offer you my every effort, alongside my knowledge and experience, to help move you towards where you would like to be in the briefest time.
Central London prices for a professional hypnotherapist range between £100 to £400 per session.
Smoking cessation hypnotherapy courses range between £200.00 to £500.00 approx.
The price at London Hypnotherapy is £150.00* for a single hypnotherapy session and for initial consultations.
Promotional reductions are available every 3 months.
*Reductions for NHS staff and full-time carers are available throughout the year.
Online hypnotherapy is something I’ve been offering for many years, even before the pandemic!
Access is simple and the outcomes are as effective as face-to-face sessions.
This option also allows for people who struggle with agoraphobia, have difficulty using public transport or driving, or have a physical disability that may prevent them from coming to the practice.
Read about Online Hypnotherapy for more information.
The closest stations are:
Farringdon – (circle + district) 0.5 miles
Chancery Lane – (central) 0.5 miles
Angel – (northern) 0.7 miles
Kings Cross – 0.9 miles
And bus routes 63, 38, 19, 243.
The practice is set in a peaceful courtyard where you can sit when the weather is good, and a waiting room with toilet facilities.
Hypnosis is a natural frame of mind that, to some degree, anyone can enter during the day, by removing all distractions and losing themselves in the task at hand.
Willingness is the key to successful hypnosis – for you can only experience hypnosis if you choose to.
Plus you’ll take a few minutes at least to get into the land of nod, so really we’re talking 10 – 15 minutes give or take.
Drowsiness is considered to happen when we enter into a state of sleep inertia, which is generally experienced beyond 24 minutes (as per NASA report c.1995).
Often people remark how much more alert they are following a session, and the NASA report also states alertness can actually increase by approx. 50% after a nap.
But before you leave the session we will always engage in conversation to bring you back into full consciousness.