why choose online hypnotherapy?
Choosing online hypnotherapy means you get the same depth of work as sitting in the same room together, without the commute – and it’s not just convenience: recent research on hypnosis delivered remotely backs this up. Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy combines the structure of cognitive behavioural therapy with the depth of hypnosis, working with the subconscious patterns and beliefs that keep old habits of thought running on autopilot. My hypnotherapy services give you a set of tools you can use consciously, between sessions.
what online hypnotherapy can help with
Navigate life’s challenges with clarity and assurance
Anxiety
Anxiety can show up as a racing mind before a big moment, or as a low hum of unease that never quite switches off. This includes performance anxiety – the kind that shows up before auditions, presentations or any moment you feel watched – and imposter syndrome, the sense that you don’t quite belong where you’ve ended up.
Phobias
A phobia is a fear that’s grown out of proportion to the actual risk – flying, public speaking, needles, heights. Hypnotherapy works with the automatic response underneath the fear, rather than asking you to push through it.
stress management
Stress doesn’t stay in your head – it shows up as tight shoulders, a mind that won’t switch off, and nights where sleep doesn’t come easily. As a stress management practitioner registered with the International Stress Management Association, I work with both the thought patterns behind it and the relaxation techniques – sleep included – that ease its grip on the body
Online hypnotherapy services to embrace your authentic self
Celebrate your authenticity and navigate challenges with compassion
overcoming shame
Shame doesn’t come from what happened to you – it comes from carrying it alone. Whether it is traumatic life events, how we look or how we love, we learn to edit ourselves, hiding what might make us unacceptable, because no one was there to witness it and say otherwise. My goal in our work together is to act as an unshaming witness, so those edited-out parts get to be seen and heard rather than carried alone.
building self-confidence
Low confidence often isn’t really about ability – it’s about the inner critic that discounts what you’ve already proven. That same inner critic often shows up around body image too, pointing the camera at how you look rather than what you’ve actually done. Our work together takes on that inner commentary directly, so what you’ve actually achieved starts to count for something again.
identity and belonging
Knowing who you are, or where you belong, can mean holding two different versions of yourself: the one you show, and the one underneath. This often shows up around gender, sexuality and relationship diversity, where being fully seen isn’t always safe – but it isn’t limited to that. When we work together, we find space to explore that gap, without needing it resolved before you walk in.
breaking the chains of habits and tension
Navigate old patterns and find steadier ground
habit change
Our lives are shaped by habits more than we realise. When you learn something, the brain packages it into a habit – a shortcut that cuts the effort needed to repeat it next time. That’s how habits like nail-biting, procrastination or smoking take hold: not weakness, just an efficient brain doing what it’s built to do. Hypnotherapy works with the subconscious patterns underneath these habits, so change doesn’t have to rely purely on willpower.
body-focused repetitive habits
Stress and tension often show up physically – through skin picking, hair pulling, nail biting, jaw clenching and teeth grinding – almost without you noticing. They’re not really about the habit itself so much as the body finding somewhere to put tension that has nowhere else to go. Online hypnotherapy addresses the root causes of this tension while teaching relaxation techniques that ease your mind and body.
limiting thoughts and beliefs
Anxiety itself can become habitual in the same way – a stress response that fires often enough starts to feel automatic, hardening into the same scripted reaction each time a similar moment arrives. These are the thoughts and beliefs running on autopilot, the lines you recite without noticing you’re reading from a script. Hypnotherapy helps you spot the pattern and start writing new lines.
Gavin’s consultation style is relaxed, caring & supportive. He is an exceptional listener who has great sensitivity and emotional intelligence.
Catherine, London
