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You don’t need to get rid of anxiety. You need to stop letting it run your life.
Anxiety isn’t the enemy. A certain amount of it keeps you prepared and safe. It’s the reason you check the road before you cross it. The reason you prepare before an important conversation.
But somewhere along the way, yours stopped being useful. It stopped showing up for the moments that needed it and started showing up for everything. The ordinary Tuesday. The phone call. The thought you can’t quite catch before it spirals into ten more.
Your nervous system is doing exactly what it was designed to do – it’s just got the volume stuck on high.
That’s what we work with.
How hypnosis actually works
Hypnosis isn’t about being put to sleep or losing control. It’s a guided state of deep, focused relaxation – and in that state, something genuinely different happens in the brain.
A 2016 scientific study using brain imaging with around 60 participants showed measurable changes in the areas of the brain linked to emotional regulation and anxiety responses during hypnosis. In other words, this isn’t about positive thinking or willpower. It creates real, observable neurological shifts in the way your brain processes threat.
What that means for you practically: your nervous system learns, at a neurological level, that the thing it’s been treating as dangerous isn’t dangerous.
Anxiety issues include:
| Generalised Anxiety Disorder | Panic Disorder | Phobia | Social Anxiety Disorder |
| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | Separation Anxiety Disorder |
What anxiety actually feels like
Anxiety shows up differently for every person. For some it’s constant background noise. For others, it’s sudden, overwhelming, and physical. Some people have carried it for so long they’ve forgotten what it feels like to have it.
Here’s how it tends to show up – and how I work with each one.
Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Your brain won’t switch off. Logically you know the the worry isn’t proportionate but knowing that doesn’t stop it. You anticipate the worst even when everything is fine. Getting through an ordinary day can feel exhausting.
Separation Anxiety Disorder
The distress that comes with being separated from someone or something that feels like safety. In children this is common and developmentally normal – but when the fear is excessive for the situation, or when it’s limiting a person’s ability to function, it’s worth addressing.
Social Anxiety Disorder
This is much more than shyness. It’s the dread of being judged, humiliated, or getting it wrong in front of others. Shopping. Phone calls. Rooms full of people. Things that look effortless for everyone can feel like a genuine ordeal. Over time, avoidance shrinks your world.
PANIC DISORDER
It hits without warning. Your heart races, your breathing tightens, the world feels suddenly unreal. Panic attacks are terrifying precisely because the body’s response is so physical – hyperventilation causes you to exhale carbon dioxide too quickly. This drop in CO2 causes your blood vessels to constrict, actually reducing the amount of oxygen that successfully reaches your brain and tissues, which intensifies the sensations and makes the panic worse. Breaking that cycle is exactly what we work on.
PHOBIAS
You know the fear is out of proportion. You might even feel embarrassed by it. But in the moment, the fear and anxiety are completely real and completely overwhelming – and the instinct is to avoid the thing entirely, which just gives the fear more power over time.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Intrusive thoughts that won’t leave, paired with behaviours designed to manage the anxiety they create. Checking, repeating, following specific patterns. It offers temporary relief – and then the thought comes back, louder. OCD becomes a disorder when the cycle is taking up significant time each day and interfering with how you want to live.
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
Something happened. And even though it’s over, your nervous system hasn’t got the message. Flashbacks, nightmares, hyper vigilance, avoidance – the body stays in survival mode long after the threat has passed. PTSD can surface immediately after a traumatic experience or emerge months, sometimes years, later.
Ready to turn the volume down?
If you recognise yourself in any of this, you don’t need more information about anxiety. You’ve probably read enough. What you need is for something to actually shift.
That’s what the work we do together is about.