Hypnosis is a state of altered awareness, accessed by the lower brain waves, during which our subconscious mind is more open and receptive to suggestions that are given. We drift in and out of different levels of awareness many times a day, absorbing information on a subliminal level as well as a conscious one – as all hypnosis is 'self hypnosis'.  Everyone also engages within these states on waking and falling asleep. Additionally, we will engage your imagination to help you to achieve your goals.

Every person is unique and different. Some people say that their body feels like a lead weight, others say they feel as though they're floating away. Most people will agree that it's a lovely feeling because they are more relaxed than they have ever been before.

You will be aware of everything that is happening and what is being said the whole time, however, you will be so deeply relaxed that you may find yourself drifting into different levels of awareness. Remember, your subconscious mind is active throughout and it is this that we will be working with.

That depends how deep in hypnosis you are, but generally most people do remember either everything or certain parts of the experience and the session will be recorded. You will find that suggestions which have been given to you in hypnosis will resurface in your conscious - thinking mind - after your hypnosis session, these will be the thoughts that produce changes in your behaviour or way of thinking and feeling.

Not necessarily, but if the cause of your problem is a repressed memory (one that you are unable to remember consciously), then bringing it back into conscious awareness can help you view the problem from a different perspective, thereby feeling different about it. If you find the idea of revisiting old memories painful then I will help you to dissociate from them so that you can remember the experience without experiencing the emotions associated to them.

No, you won't say or do anything at all that you don't want to. If you were given suggestions that you don't morally agree with, you would come out of hypnosis or disregard the suggestions.  It is about syncing or recalibrating a 'whole' person.

No-one has ever remained in hypnosis indefinitely. Even if something were to happen halfway through the session, you would still 'come out' of the trance state.  Remember, you enter a hypnotic state each day going to sleep and upon waking so you are completely familiar with this process.

The only side effects are the beneficial ones of feeling more relaxed afterwards and feeling more positive about whatever it was you sought hypnotherapy for. Hypnosis is a perfectly natural state. 

Anyone can resist hypnosis during a session and it won't work, however the question remains as to why someone would seek hypnotherapy if they didn't want it to help them. Hypnosis requires cooperation and trust between two people and the guidance it seeks.         I will show you the way and you can choose if you want to go there or not.

If you are not prepared to accept that hypnosis can benefit you, then your best option would be to seek alternative treatment – however, in my own experience - sceptics are very often so greatly surprised at the benefits.

Two common reasons for failure to induce trance is a lack of rapport with the therapist or that a person doesn't trust what they see and do not invite the suggestions. If you are having difficulty, there are practices to be done ahead to aide the process.

You can - if they are related issues, however because hypnosis requires a complete focus of attention it is far better to concentrate on one problem at a time.  For example, people wishing to stop smoking, and are afraid of doing so as they may gain weight, can be helped with the correct approach. This is because many experience 'symptom substitution' - substituting one addiction for another, which requires dealing with the issue at its core.