If you’ve ever felt hijacked by anxious thoughts or sensations, you’re not alone. Most people don’t choose anxiety it shows up, uninvited. The racing heart, the tight chest, the spiralling thoughts… it’s not a conscious decision. It’s a felt experience, as if your body is reacting to danger, even when your rational mind knows you’re safe.
You may be wondering: Will I always feel this way? Where has the calm, grounded version of me gone? Am I stuck like this? Let me reassure you: you're not broken and you're not alone. Anxiety is your brain trying to keep you safe, but it’s working overtime. The good news? With the right approach, it can learn a different way.
Why anxiety feels so overwhelming
Anxiety isn’t just “in your head” it’s happening in your whole system. The low, sinking feeling in your stomach. The sense of unease that won’t shift. These aren’t imagined they’re chemical and neurological responses.
Your brain, trying to protect you, triggers the release of stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. These activate your body’s threat response speeding up your heart, tightening your chest, clouding your thoughts. Over time, it becomes a loop: anxious thoughts create physical symptoms, and those symptoms reinforce the anxiety.
It’s exhausting. And it can immobilise you. Work stops. Decisions feel impossible. You cancel plans, withdraw from relationships, and begin to question who you are underneath it all.
If you’re experiencing any of the following, anxiety hypnotherapy can help you:
Constant overthinking or racing thoughts
Physical symptoms like a tight chest, shakiness or nausea
Avoiding social or professional situations
Feeling “on edge” or unable to switch off
Struggling with sleep or waking up tense
Imposter syndrome, low confidence or self-doubt
Panic attacks that feel unpredictable
What I do — and why it works
This approach is grounded in science — but it’s also human and rooted in practical, forward-focused work. I won’t ask you to relive past experiences or analyse everything that’s gone wrong. Instead we will work with how your brain functions in the present. I will help you gently guide your brain out of a constant state of threat and into one of calm and control.
Using hypnosis, I create a safe, relaxed space where your mind becomes more open and receptive to change. In this state, I support you in rewiring how your brain responds to stress building new pathways that replace old, automatic anxious reactions with healthier, balanced ways of thinking and feeling.
Together, we strengthen your ability to respond to life’s challenges with clarity and confidence, rather than overwhelm and fear. This process isn’t about forcing change or dwelling on the past; it’s about working with your brain’s natural adaptability to build a mindset that supports calm, focus, and resilience.
I’ll be there every step of the way to help you make these lasting shifts — so you can move forward with a clearer, steadier mind.
It’s not about the past — it’s about moving forward
Anxiety may have taken hold because your brain hasn’t had the chance to process certain experiences rationally, it’s still holding them with all the emotional intensity of the moment. That emotional weight keeps the nervous system on high alert.
But instead of giving more power to the past, we focus on building a new way forward. A way where you’re not stuck in survival mode. Where your brain learns to respond to life with more clarity, and less chaos.
Because deep down, you already know: you’re ready for change. You’re ready to feel like yourself
Clinical Hypnotherapist & Psychotherapist
Offering In person and online sessions in the UK & Internationally