In-person anxiety therapy Spalding, Lincolnshire & online anxiety therapist worldwide
Why I'm not a "solution focused hypnotherapist" (or how I learnt to stop reading scripts and start helping people instead)
Oh, you've found this page, have you? Let me guess - you've been Googling "solution focused hypnotherapy Spalding" and somehow landed here. Well, buckle up - this might not be what you were expecting.
The script reading years (Or: My brief career as a very expensive audiobook)
Rewind a few years and you'll find me, clutching my shiny new hypnotherapy certificate like it was the golden ticket to Willy Wonka's factory. Oh, how I excited I was! Just pop anxious clients into a lovely trance, read them a nice story about their "happy place", and boom - anxiety gone forever!
Bloody hell, was I in for a surprise.
Why I changed direction (because reading scripts is about as personal as a supermarket self-checkout)
Here's the thing about solution focused hypnotherapy - it's like trying to fix a broken leg with a motivational poster. Sure, it might make you feel better for a bit, but you've still got a broken leg, haven't you?
The problem is that solution focused hypnotherapy assumes that everyone's anxiety works the same way. That your panic attacks in Sainsbury's can be fixed with the same script as Sandra's fear of giving presentations. It's like prescribing one-size-fits-all shoes... someone's going to end up with blisters.
Don't you deserve better than a pre-recorded "hypnotherapy MP3"?
These days, I use approaches that actually work:
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Provocative Change Works (think therapy with a backbone and a sense of humour
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Eye Movement Techniques (looks strange, works brilliantly)
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Strategic conversations that don't involve me reading anything while trying to sound mystical
But what about "going to my happy place"? (Spoiler: Your anxiety followed you there anyway)
Look, if visualising your happy place actually fixed your anxiety, we'd all be mental health professionals by now. Just imagine - millions of people solving their problems by thinking about beaches while whale songs play in the background.
But sadly, your anxiety's not impressed by the imaginary beaches. Its packed its bags and followed you there, probably complaining about sand in its shoes and the risk of shark attacks.
A note about hypnosis (because someone's bound to ask)
Do I use hypnosis? Sometimes... yes.
But here's the difference - I create it fresh for you, based on what you need right there in the moment. No dusty scripts pulled from page 47 of the "Generic Hypnotherapy Scripts" manual.
It's like the difference between a microwave dinner and a fresh-cooked meal. Both are technically food, but one's been mass-produced and frozen, while the other's made specifically for you with fresh ingredients.
My hypnosis is part of a bigger approach - like adding the perfect seasoning to a well prepared meal, rather than hoping a ready meal with fix your hunger for the week.
The bottom line (because we've all got things to do than pretend scripts are personalised)
If you're dead set on solution focused hypnotherapy, I'm not your person. The Hypnotherapy Directory can help you find someone who specialises in that. They're lovely people who genuinely believe in what they do.
But if you've already found out that there's no permanent solution in a temporary trance (or you just want to try the good stuff first) - then we should talk.
DEEP & MEANINGFUL MOMENT:
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
Albert Einstein (clearly never tried reading the same script to different clients)