At Andrea’s Healing & Wellbeing Centre, every journey begins with compassion and understanding. When anxiety, stress, or old habits begin to take over, it can feel as though life is happening to you rather than with you. But change is possible. Through Hypnotherapy or Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH), you can regain control, find calm, and reconnect with a sense of balance and confidence.

Both approaches are powerful in their own way, and you can choose the one that feels right for your personal journey.

Hypnotherapy uses a gentle, guided trance state to access the subconscious mind—the part of you that stores deep-rooted habits, emotions, and beliefs.

This is not stage hypnosis or loss of control. It’s a natural, relaxed state of focused awareness, similar to daydreaming or getting lost in a good book, where your mind becomes more open to positive suggestions and healing. You remain aware and in control throughout.

Hypnotherapy can help you:

• Overcome fears and phobias
   
• Manage stress and anxiety
   
• Build confidence and self-esteem
   
• Break unwanted habits or addictions
   
• Support weight loss or emotional eating
   
• Heal from past experiences or emotional tension
   

It’s a deeply restorative process that supports change from the inside out, helping you reconnect with inner calm and clarity.

CBH is a non-trance approach that combines the principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) with structured, solution-focused coaching. Instead of entering a trance state, you remain fully conscious and actively engaged while exploring how your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours interact.

Through guided reflection, discussion, and evidence-based strategies, CBH empowers you to:

• Manage anxiety and stress more effectively
   
• Build resilience and emotional balance
   
• Challenge unhelpful thinking patterns
   
• Develop healthier habits and coping strategies
   
• Strengthen confidence and motivation
   
• Create lasting behaviour change
   

CBH is ideal for those who prefer a hands-on, conscious approach to personal growth and emotional wellbeing.

Anxiety can feel frightening — but it is rooted in the body’s natural survival system. When your brain perceives danger, it activates the fight-or-flight response, releasing hormones like adrenaline (epinephrine) to prepare you to react quickly.

Adrenaline:

• Speeds up heart rate
   
• Increases alertness
   
• Shifts blood to muscles
   
• Sharpens focus
   

Adrenaline is so powerful that it is even used in hospitals during emergencies — such as severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) or cardiac arrest — because of its strong effects on the heart and circulation. So while anxiety symptoms can feel intense (racing heart, shakiness, tight chest), this response is your body trying to keep you safe.

The problem arises when this system activates too often, or when there is no real danger present. That’s where Hypnotherapy and CBH can help — by retraining how the mind and body respond, regulating the nervous system, and restoring balance.

Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is one of the most common anxiety conditions. It often shows up as persistent worry, restlessness, and tension, even when there is no obvious reason to feel anxious.

Interestingly, people with GAD can become so accustomed to living in a heightened state of alert that their bodies stop showing the dramatic physical spikes (like sudden racing heart) that many people associate with anxiety. Because their baseline stress response is already elevated, changes in heart rate can be subtle or go unnoticed. This adaptation can make anxiety feel confusing and exhausting.

Both Hypnotherapy and CBH are highly effective approaches for supporting GAD. By calming the body’s stress response and reshaping unhelpful thought patterns, they help restore a sense of control, clarity, and peace of mind.

At Andrea’s Healing & Wellbeing Centre, every session — whether Hypnotherapy or CBH — is a safe, supportive space where you can explore your thoughts, express freely, and work through challenges at your own pace. You’ll be guided with empathy and understanding as you take meaningful steps toward the life you want to create.

✨ This is your time to reconnect, heal, and grow. Whether through the deep relaxation of Hypnotherapy or the practical tools of CBH, we’re here to help you move forward with confidence, clarity, and calm.