My services

Some clients know what they want when they contact me. Be assured that your wishes will be respected. Most clients know they need some help and seek advice. After taking a detailed case history I will advise you of your options and will be happy to discuss the best possible way forward for you. An eclectic approach is often preferable to a single one.

While trance can be a useful medium to explore the past, my emphasis is to help you create the future you want and so the work you do with me will be outcome-oriented. I offer a range of therapeutic approaches that are very effective in therapeutic work or personal development. These include:

• Traditional hypnosis and clinical hypnotherapy  

• Solution-focused hypnotherapy

• Modern, permissive hypnotherapy

• Neuro-linguistic Programming, NLP

Any of these services are of value to anyone seeking to resolve specific problems, or for personal development. All of them will help you:

•  Move towards a more positive outlook on life with a greater sense of motivation.
• Gain more useful perspectives around your particular problem.
• Feel more and more in control of your issue.
• Defeat negativity and feel a greater sense of well being and success.
• Maintain momentum and continual improvement.

Hypnosis  

You can find a brief history of hypnosis and hypnotherapy click here and for information about what hypnosis is please go to the FAQs page.

Hypnotherapy

Clinical hypnotherapy is the use of trance (an altered state of consciousness) to alleviate medical conditions. This may be simple relaxation to relieve stress, or headaches, to learning techniques to alleviate pain, to sleeping better, to working together with medical teams in cases of eating disorders for example.

Traditional or modern Ericksonian style hypnotherapy are powerful means of change, simply because trance states are powerful learning places. Whether the issue is anxiety or depression, behavioural like addiction or bullimia, or relational like social anxiety, the primary goal of therapy is to help you find solutions to the problems we identify as important to you.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming, NLP

NLP is not a therapy as such but more to do with how we ‘tick’; how we understand ourselves and others. In other words it is a model of communication. However, from this study of human excellence, a wide range of highly valuable tools have been developed that are widely used in all areas of life including therapy. So NLP is a core component of modern hypnotherapy.

Powerful NLP models include EMI, eye movement integration, and time-line therapies. 

So, what happens if you want a consultation?

You can request one of the following:

• A personal consultation at Life Choices

• A telephone consultation

• A breakthrough session at Life Choices

A personal consultation.

Traditional, one-to-one therapy sessions take place at Life Choices’ premises in Wakefield. If you are unable to travel, local visits can be arranged at additional cost. On receiving your phone call or e-mail, I will contact you to briefly discuss your issue and arrange an assessment session.  When your session is booked you can, if you wish, pay here. When you arrive you will have 60 minutes to discuss your problem with me in warm, comfortable surroundings over a cup of tea or coffee. I will work with you to identify the patterns you are living by and help you begin to find new perspectives from your own resources and abilities to develop new and more appropriate behaviour patterns for your life. I will advise you of the options for therapy available to you.

Telephone consultations

Personal breakthrough sessions