Perimenopause
& Menopause
Menopause is something we will all experience as women.
In the past, menopause has often been portrayed in a negative light and associated with a loss of identity. Thankfully, those days are gone (or at least they’re heading that way!). The average age of menopause is 51, and some women experience menopause far earlier. “Perimenopause”, or the lead-up to menopause, can continue for many years. Perimenopausal women, most often in their late thirties and forties, are in the prime of their lives. But menopause can be physically and mentally challenging. Some of the symptoms we might be dealing with include mood swings, anxiety, depression, fatigue, aches and pains, hot flushes, night sweats, brain fog and sleep disturbances (I could go on!). Managing a job and other responsibilities, which might include looking after children or helping elderly parents, can feel impossible when dealing with the demands of menopause. HypnoMenopause® is a holistic approach to approaching and going through menopause that ensures this is going to be one of the best phases of your life. Hypnosis can help considerably with the physical symptoms of menopause, including reducing hot flushes and night sweats by over 70%, in addition to helping with improved mood, better sleep and sexual dysfunction (Elkins et al., 2013) Hypnotherapy is about so much more than helping you manage the physical symptoms of menopause. It helps you redefine this as an empowered, creative period in life which is full of potential. Many women find the perimenopausal and menopausal stages in their lives overwhelming and confusing, and hypnotherapy can help you find a way through the maze. Some women choose HypnoMenopause® as an alternative to HRT, either because they are advised against HRT for medical reasons or because they prefer not to see menopause as a medicalised condition. Given its effectiveness in treating physical symptoms, this is a valid and effective choice. Others choose to access HypnoMenopause® alongside taking HRT and find that, whilst HRT helps alleviate physical symptoms and may have longer-term health benefits, HypnoMenopause® allows them to shape the lives they desire in a way that HRT cannot. As a complementary therapy, HypnoMenopause® considers your menopausal journey from a very different perspective.
Perimenopause
& Menopause
Menopause is something we will all experience as women.
In the past, menopause has often been portrayed in a negative light and associated with a loss of identity. Thankfully, those days are gone (or at least they’re heading that way!). The average age of menopause is 51, and some women experience menopause far earlier. “Perimenopause”, or the lead-up to menopause, can continue for many years. Perimenopausal women, most often in their late thirties and forties, are in the prime of their lives. But menopause can be physically and mentally challenging. Some of the symptoms we might be dealing with include mood swings, anxiety, depression, fatigue, aches and pains, hot flushes, night sweats, brain fog and sleep disturbances (I could go on!). Managing a job and other responsibilities, which might include looking after children or helping elderly parents, can feel impossible when dealing with the demands of menopause. HypnoMenopause® is a holistic approach to approaching and going through menopause that ensures this is going to be one of the best phases of your life. Hypnosis can help considerably with the physical symptoms of menopause, including reducing hot flushes and night sweats by over 70%, in addition to helping with improved mood, better sleep and sexual dysfunction (Elkins et al., 2013) Hypnotherapy is about so much more than helping you manage the physical symptoms of menopause. It helps you redefine this as an empowered, creative period in life which is full of potential. Many women find the perimenopausal and menopausal stages in their lives overwhelming and confusing, and hypnotherapy can help you find a way through the maze. Some women choose HypnoMenopause® as an alternative to HRT, either because they are advised against HRT for medical reasons or because they prefer not to see menopause as a medicalised condition. Given its effectiveness in treating physical symptoms, this is a valid and effective choice. Others choose to access HypnoMenopause® alongside taking HRT and find that, whilst HRT helps alleviate physical symptoms and may have longer-term health benefits, HypnoMenopause® allows them to shape the lives they desire in a way that HRT cannot. As a complementary therapy, HypnoMenopause® considers your menopausal journey from a very different perspective.
Miscarriage &
Loss of child
Losing a baby at any stage represents a loss of hopes and dreams.
Having a miscarriage or stillbirth is one of the worst experiences that women and their birth partners can experience. Despite it being common, particularly in the earlier stages of pregnancy, when you experience it as an individual it can make you feel completely isolated and alone. Losing a baby at any stage represents a loss of hopes and dreams, which sometimes started many years before you became pregnant. Well-meaning comments from friends and family can sometimes worsen the situation. Telling you that you can “try again”, or that you’re “young and healthy”, or reminding you that you already have a child (if that’s the case) can dismiss and minimise your experience. This is a loss and it’s so important that you have the opportunity to process and grieve that loss in a way that recognises how significant it is in your life. Hypnotherapy provides the opportunity to connect with the grief which may still be stored within your body, allowing you to heal from the physical and mental experience you have been through. Bringing Somasense® into our work, and gently allowing you to experience your mind:body connection in this safe space, I will guide you through that healing process. Miscarriage or stillbirth can sometimes cause women to feel guilty and worry that they “didn't do something right”, or that they are being punished in some way. Not talking about these types of thoughts only makes them grow bigger and feel more real. During our sessions, you’ll have the opportunity to make sense of the situation in a way that reflects reality and to quieten those internal voices that might be heaping on a sense of self-blame. We’ll explore, together, ways to acknowledge your loss and to allow you to move forwards in a way that integrates your experience as meaningful and transformational.
Birth Trauma
& Tokophobia
Birth trauma can occur for a variety of reasons and can take
a myriad of forms.
When you’ve experienced a traumatic birth, it can be difficult to move on from, no matter how happy you might be to be a parent. Birth trauma can have a significant physical impact that can cause ongoing physical problems. Yet it rarely receives the attention that it deserves. There’s often a sense from friends, family and even healthcare professionals that, if you have a baby at the end of it, you’d best “get on with it”. But moving on from a traumatic experience can be hard. We might logically know that we’re not in a sense of danger or distress, but our bodies, which have often been through severe trauma, cannot move on in the same way. This can lead to anxiety, fatigue, depression and hyper-awareness, in the same way as other past traumatic experiences can do. At a time when we would hope to be going forwards in life, we can be held back by the enormity of what we’ve been through. Sometimes, simply having the chance to talk about birth trauma, in a way that doesn’t lead to us being shut down or dismissed, is enough to help us accept it as a part of our experience and begin to move forwards. During our sessions, in addition to providing an accepting, non-judgemental and supportive space for you to talk about your experiences, I will help you reconnect with your body in a positive way and release past trauma using a combination of Somasense® and easibirthing® and hypnosis. Research shows that hypnotherapy can be highly effective in the treatment of phobias (Papagianni and Kotera, 2022) and an effective approach is “parts negotiation”, which is a modality I bring into our client work. You might find that there is a “part” of you which fears childbirth, no matter how much you want to have a baby. Tokophobia is surprisingly common, and whilst it might result from previous birth trauma, it can also be caused because we have internalised messages around childbirth being painful and dangerous (remember all those Victorian television dramas you’ve probably seen at some point!). Tokophobia can significantly impact people’s experience of pregnancy and mean that going into the birthing phase is accompanied by extremely high levels of anxiety. Our work together will focus on breaking the negative associations you have formed, for whatever reason, between birth and fear, allowing you to approach birth with a sense of confidence and calm.
Fertility &
Pre-conception
Considering having a baby is one of the most exciting phases in many women’s lives.
Considering having a baby is one of the most exciting phases in many women’s lives. But it can also be a time of anxiety and stress. After hearing all the time about how expensive it is to raise a child, many people worry about taking on that level of financial responsibility, along with concerns about the impact it might have on their career. Hypnotherapy can help give you clarity around decision making, giving you the confidence to decide whether this is the right time for you to consider trying for a baby or whether your needs would be best met by planning for a future point. It can help quiet the “noise”, or other people’s opinions, and focus on what’s best for you and whether there are any practical steps you need to take to plan for motherhood. If you’re generally feeling anxious, as many women do, hypnosis can help reduce your anxiety and enjoy this starting point on your journey towards motherhood. It's during the pre-conception phase that some of us become aware of fertility issues for the first time. Others will be aware already that they have a condition which is likely to impact their fertility, or are trying for a second child following fertility issues with a first child. Whilst we tend to think of fertility as a physical issue, and visiting your GP in the first instance to explore any physical reasons for reduced fertility is the first step in seeking solutions, our minds can play a significant role in how our bodies prepare for pregnancy. The relationship between fertility and stress is complex, as fertility issues can certainly cause stress. What’s clearer is the positive impact that hypnotherapy can have in improving pregnancy rates. For couples going through IVF, hypnotherapy was shown to significantly improve pregnancy rates (Levitas, et al, 2006). Another study showed “remarkable results” when hypnotherapy was used to treat women experiencing unexplained fertility (Vyas, et al., 2013). As well as thinking about stressful thoughts, the body can be in a state of stress and tension because it is holding onto things which have happened to us in the past. When we’ve experienced past trauma, we often fail to fully process it and our bodies “hold onto” that experience. By combining Somasense®, a powerful approach to mind:body work, with empowering hypnotic language and positive suggestion, I’ll help guide you to a point of calmness and create the healthiest possible environment for conception, whilst encouraging you to let go of any sense of blame or shame, which some women experience when they are faced with fertility issues.
Matrescene &
Postnatal Depression
The transition into motherhood is one of the biggest changes that many of us will experience.
“Matrescense” was first used by anthropologist Dana Raphael to describe a woman’s transition into parenthood and the term was further explored and researched by psychologist Dr. Aurelie Athan during the 2000s. However, it’s not a term that’s familiar to most people. For women like me, Matrescense provides a term to make sense of our experience of transitioning into motherhood. That transition is one of the biggest that many of us will experience. There are the obvious practical changes – the nappy changes, sleepless nights and taking an hour to get out of the house with baby in tow – and then there are the more subtle changes in identity. Suddenly, you have ultimate responsibility for another human being (or a few little humans depending how many kids you have!). Whilst being a mother and having the capacity to care for a child is a wonderful experience, the weight of responsibility can sometimes feel very heavy and it’s not at all uncommon to experience anxiety, low mood and uncertainty about the future. Sometimes this affects people’s relationships and ability to have a fulfilling career. And because there’s that familiar rhetoric of “just getting on with it” and motherhood being a natural role for women who choose it, there’s often a feeling of shame around being able to voice your experiences. Postnatal, or postpartum, depression is common in women after giving birth and it’s estimated that up to 15% of women experience depression in their first year of becoming a mother (Anokye et al., 2018). Postnatal depression varies considerably in its severity, with some women experiencing associated psychosis, suicidal ideation and severe depression, whilst others experience low mood which affects their quality of life. There’s also considerable variation in terms of how long someone is likely to feel depressed and, whilst the “baby blues” are extremely common and usually kick in about two or three days post-birth, continuing for up to a couple of weeks, postpartum depression may not become apparent until a few weeks or months after the birth and can affect a woman for a far longer time period. There may be different underlying causes for postpartum depression for individual women, including hormonal changes, lifestyle changes, a history of mental health issues and relationship, career and financial stressors (Mughal, et al., 2022). Viewing it within the context of matrescense provides a context for understanding why this transition can lead to low mood, guilt, depression and anxiety. Part of my role is to provide you with the space to work through whatever you are experiencing as the result of being a new mother. Being heard in a non-judgemental way, where you are welcome to bring any aspects of your experience, is the first stage in being able to accept the changes that are occurring in your life and to accept that feeling anxious, or guilty or not quite good enough is something that many new mums face. It’s also something that tends to take place behind closed doors. Being with a new baby is physically and mentally exhausting and setting some time aside for yourself, for your hypnotherapy sessions, provides your mind and body with a much needed (and well-deserved!) break. Even if you’re finding it hard to switch off and relax at home, you’ll find that your sessions give you the opportunity to go deep into your inner self and most people find that they take that sense of bodily healing with them long after the session, leaving them freer to enjoy their time with their baby. We’ll also work with any of those deep rooted beliefs, which often centre around not being good enough as a mum, worry that you haven’t bonded with your baby in the “right” way, and feelings of overwhelm, using the power of hypnosis to help you move forwards in a way that feels true and authentic.
Pregnancy &
Hypno-birthing
During pregnancy, we often become aware of our bodies in a completely a different way than we are used to.
No matter how excited we might be to be pregnant, it can be a stressful time. For some women, it’s a physically unpleasant or uncomfortable phase and some will experience health issues or concerns about their baby’s health. Pregnancy can be a long nine months! And it’s often accompanied by a sense of guilt or failure that your experience isn’t as wonderful as you’d hoped or as plain sailing as some of your friends or family have seemed to experience. Hypnotherapy can help you manage the stress or anxiety you might be experiencing at this time. It can also help you deal with any deep-rooted self-judgemental feelings you might be experiencing, or let go of guilt around not having the type of experience you had wished for. Hypnosis has been shown to improve women’s outlook to birth, allowing us to focus more on welcoming our baby than the concerns and worries we might have (Catsaros and Wendland, 2020). Hypnosis also has a track record in helping promote healthier lifestyle experiences, such as improved sleep (Charmaine, et al., 2018). What hypnotherapy during pregnancy can offer you is a sense of confidence about the future, a healthier and more content experience during your pregnancy and the letting go of self-doubt. By reducing your stress and worry levels, you’ll experience your pregnancy in a way that allows you to stay mentally and physically healthy and focus on welcoming your baby. Using hypnosis during the birthing experience, or hypno-birthing, has helped thousands of women achieve happier, healthier birth experiences and its increasing popularity reflects its effectiveness. It starts from the point that birthing is a natural experience and that we have the resources within us to birth in a way that feels respectful, gentle and kind to our minds, bodies, birth partner and baby. Hypno-birthing is as much about the process of pregnancy and birth, and ensuring that you emerge feeling confident and empowered and ready to embrace motherhood, as it is about the outcome of birthing your baby. Within the western tradition, often very little thought is given to the experience of women and their birth partners: the emphasis is on going to hospital and having a baby. Women can sometimes feel disempowered in their decision making and find the process of birth extremely stressful. In addition to impacting us mentally, experiencing heightened levels of stress in the birthing room increases “stress hormones”, such as cortisol and adrenaline, which are sometimes called the “enemies of the birthing room” because they put our bodies into a fight or flight state. Hormones can be thought of as “chemical messengers”, which constantly communicate between our minds and bodies. When we release stress hormones, such as cortisol, we’re communicating to our bodies that we’re fearful. This fear can have a significant negative impact on all aspects of childbirth, including labour, breastfeeding and the mother-infant bond (Walter, et al., 2021). Conversely, oxytocin, which is often called the “love” or “cuddle hormone”, and is released when we experience a sense of emotional and social connection and love, plays a crucial role in the contraction and release of the uterus, allowing labour to progress smoothly, in addition to allowing more successful breastfeeding and bonding (Buckley, 2023). Research shows what my clients regularly tell me, that hypno-birthing provides them with a positive experience, including being able to advocate more clearly for themselves (Enion, 2019) and experiencing reduced pain and less anxiety and a greater sense of control (Udal, 2023). Working with you during your pregnancy will allow me to teach you powerful relaxation techniques that you can use throughout your birth. It will also help give you the confidence to identify what you wish to achieve from the birthing experience in a way that meets your, your birth partner’s, and your baby’s needs. Throughout this process, you will be able to explore your options from an empowered and informed position, and will have ongoing support from me as you do so. Hypno-birthing can be adapted to your preferences. Whilst some women and their birth partners might explore a home birth or midwife led unit, and incorporate hypno-birthing into their choice, others will choose a hospital birth and may have a preference for elective Caesarean, epidural or other measures. There’s no right or wrong when it comes to giving birth and my role is helping you approach it from a deep sense of what feels right for you.
Matrescene & Postnatal Depression
The transition into motherhood is one of the biggest changes that many of us will experience.
“Matrescense” was first used by anthropologist Dana Raphael to describe a woman’s transition into parenthood and the term was further explored and researched by psychologist Dr. Aurelie Athan during the 2000s. However, it’s not a term that’s familiar to most people. For women like me, Matrescense provides a term to make sense of our experience of transitioning into motherhood. That transition is one of the biggest that many of us will experience. There are the obvious practical changes – the nappy changes, sleepless nights and taking an hour to get out of the house with baby in tow – and then there are the more subtle changes in identity. Suddenly, you have ultimate responsibility for another human being (or a few little humans depending how many kids you have!). Whilst being a mother and having the capacity to care for a child is a wonderful experience, the weight of responsibility can sometimes feel very heavy and it’s not at all uncommon to experience anxiety, low mood and uncertainty about the future. Sometimes this affects people’s relationships and ability to have a fulfilling career. And because there’s that familiar rhetoric of “just getting on with it” and motherhood being a natural role for women who choose it, there’s often a feeling of shame around being able to voice your experiences. Postnatal, or postpartum, depression is common in women after giving birth and it’s estimated that up to 15% of women experience depression in their first year of becoming a mother (Anokye et al., 2018). Postnatal depression varies considerably in its severity, with some women experiencing associated psychosis, suicidal ideation and severe depression, whilst others experience low mood which affects their quality of life. There’s also considerable variation in terms of how long someone is likely to feel depressed and, whilst the “baby blues” are extremely common and usually kick in about two or three days post-birth, continuing for up to a couple of weeks, postpartum depression may not become apparent until a few weeks or months after the birth and can affect a woman for a far longer time period. There may be different underlying causes for postpartum depression for individual women, including hormonal changes, lifestyle changes, a history of mental health issues and relationship, career and financial stressors (Mughal, et al., 2022). Viewing it within the context of matrescense provides a context for understanding why this transition can lead to low mood, guilt, depression and anxiety. Part of my role is to provide you with the space to work through whatever you are experiencing as the result of being a new mother. Being heard in a non-judgemental way, where you are welcome to bring any aspects of your experience, is the first stage in being able to accept the changes that are occurring in your life and to accept that feeling anxious, or guilty or not quite good enough is something that many new mums face. It’s also something that tends to take place behind closed doors. Being with a new baby is physically and mentally exhausting and setting some time aside for yourself, for your hypnotherapy sessions, provides your mind and body with a much needed (and well-deserved!) break. Even if you’re finding it hard to switch off and relax at home, you’ll find that your sessions give you the opportunity to go deep into your inner self and most people find that they take that sense of bodily healing with them long after the session, leaving them freer to enjoy their time with their baby. We’ll also work with any of those deep rooted beliefs, which often centre around not being good enough as a mum, worry that you haven’t bonded with your baby in the “right” way, and feelings of overwhelm, using the power of hypnosis to help you move forwards in a way that feels true and authentic.
Birth Trauma
& Tokophobia
Birth trauma can occur for a variety of reasons and can take a myriad of forms.
When you’ve experienced a traumatic birth, it can be difficult to move on from, no matter how happy you might be to be a parent. Birth trauma can have a significant physical impact that can cause ongoing physical problems. Yet it rarely receives the attention that it deserves. There’s often a sense from friends, family and even healthcare professionals that, if you have a baby at the end of it, you’d best “get on with it”. But moving on from a traumatic experience can be hard. We might logically know that we’re not in a sense of danger or distress, but our bodies, which have often been through severe trauma, cannot move on in the same way. This can lead to anxiety, fatigue, depression and hyper-awareness, in the same way as other past traumatic experiences can do. At a time when we would hope to be going forwards in life, we can be held back by the enormity of what we’ve been through. Sometimes, simply having the chance to talk about birth trauma, in a way that doesn’t lead to us being shut down or dismissed, is enough to help us accept it as a part of our experience and begin to move forwards. During our sessions, in addition to providing an accepting, non-judgemental and supportive space for you to talk about your experiences, I will help you reconnect with your body in a positive way and release past trauma using a combination of Somasense® and easibirthing® and hypnosis. Research shows that hypnotherapy can be highly effective in the treatment of phobias (Papagianni and Kotera, 2022) and an effective approach is “parts negotiation”, which is a modality I bring into our client work. You might find that there is a “part” of you which fears childbirth, no matter how much you want to have a baby. Tokophobia is surprisingly common, and whilst it might result from previous birth trauma, it can also be caused because we have internalised messages around childbirth being painful and dangerous (remember all those Victorian television dramas you’ve probably seen at some point!). Tokophobia can significantly impact people’s experience of pregnancy and mean that going into the birthing phase is accompanied by extremely high levels of anxiety. Our work together will focus on breaking the negative associations you have formed, for whatever reason, between birth and fear, allowing you to approach birth with a sense of confidence and calm.
Miscarriage
& Loss of child
Losing a baby at any stage represents a loss of hopes and dreams.
Having a miscarriage or stillbirth is one of the worst experiences that women and their birth partners can experience. Despite it being common, particularly in the earlier stages of pregnancy, when you experience it as an individual it can make you feel completely isolated and alone. Losing a baby at any stage represents a loss of hopes and dreams, which sometimes started many years before you became pregnant. Well-meaning comments from friends and family can sometimes worsen the situation. Telling you that you can “try again”, or that you’re “young and healthy”, or reminding you that you already have a child (if that’s the case) can dismiss and minimise your experience. This is a loss and it’s so important that you have the opportunity to process and grieve that loss in a way that recognises how significant it is in your life. Hypnotherapy provides the opportunity to connect with the grief which may still be stored within your body, allowing you to heal from the physical and mental experience you have been through. Bringing Somasense® into our work, and gently allowing you to experience your mind:body connection in this safe space, I will guide you through that healing process. Miscarriage or stillbirth can sometimes cause women to feel guilty and worry that they “didn't do something right”, or that they are being punished in some way. Not talking about these types of thoughts only makes them grow bigger and feel more real. During our sessions, you’ll have the opportunity to make sense of the situation in a way that reflects reality and to quieten those internal voices that might be heaping on a sense of self-blame. We’ll explore, together, ways to acknowledge your loss and to allow you to move forwards in a way that integrates your experience as meaningful and transformational.
Pregnancy & Hypno-birthing
During pregnancy, we often become aware of our bodies in a completely
a different way than we are used to.
No matter how excited we might be to be pregnant, it can be a stressful time. For some women, it’s a physically unpleasant or uncomfortable phase and some will experience health issues or concerns about their baby’s health. Pregnancy can be a long nine months! And it’s often accompanied by a sense of guilt or failure that your experience isn’t as wonderful as you’d hoped or as plain sailing as some of your friends or family have seemed to experience. Hypnotherapy can help you manage the stress or anxiety you might be experiencing at this time. It can also help you deal with any deep-rooted self-judgemental feelings you might be experiencing, or let go of guilt around not having the type of experience you had wished for. Hypnosis has been shown to improve women’s outlook to birth, allowing us to focus more on welcoming our baby than the concerns and worries we might have (Catsaros and Wendland, 2020). Hypnosis also has a track record in helping promote healthier lifestyle experiences, such as improved sleep (Charmaine, et al., 2018). What hypnotherapy during pregnancy can offer you is a sense of confidence about the future, a healthier and more content experience during your pregnancy and the letting go of self-doubt. By reducing your stress and worry levels, you’ll experience your pregnancy in a way that allows you to stay mentally and physically healthy and focus on welcoming your baby. Using hypnosis during the birthing experience, or hypno-birthing, has helped thousands of women achieve happier, healthier birth experiences and its increasing popularity reflects its effectiveness. It starts from the point that birthing is a natural experience and that we have the resources within us to birth in a way that feels respectful, gentle and kind to our minds, bodies, birth partner and baby. Hypno-birthing is as much about the process of pregnancy and birth, and ensuring that you emerge feeling confident and empowered and ready to embrace motherhood, as it is about the outcome of birthing your baby. Within the western tradition, often very little thought is given to the experience of women and their birth partners: the emphasis is on going to hospital and having a baby. Women can sometimes feel disempowered in their decision making and find the process of birth extremely stressful. In addition to impacting us mentally, experiencing heightened levels of stress in the birthing room increases “stress hormones”, such as cortisol and adrenaline, which are sometimes called the “enemies of the birthing room” because they put our bodies into a fight or flight state. Hormones can be thought of as “chemical messengers”, which constantly communicate between our minds and bodies. When we release stress hormones, such as cortisol, we’re communicating to our bodies that we’re fearful. This fear can have a significant negative impact on all aspects of childbirth, including labour, breastfeeding and the mother-infant bond (Walter, et al., 2021). Conversely, oxytocin, which is often called the “love” or “cuddle hormone”, and is released when we experience a sense of emotional and social connection and love, plays a crucial role in the contraction and release of the uterus, allowing labour to progress smoothly, in addition to allowing more successful breastfeeding and bonding (Buckley, 2023). Research shows what my clients regularly tell me, that hypno-birthing provides them with a positive experience, including being able to advocate more clearly for themselves (Enion, 2019) and experiencing reduced pain and less anxiety and a greater sense of control (Udal, 2023). Working with you during your pregnancy will allow me to teach you powerful relaxation techniques that you can use throughout your birth. It will also help give you the confidence to identify what you wish to achieve from the birthing experience in a way that meets your, your birth partner’s, and your baby’s needs. Throughout this process, you will be able to explore your options from an empowered and informed position, and will have ongoing support from me as you do so. Hypno-birthing can be adapted to your preferences. Whilst some women and their birth partners might explore a home birth or midwife led unit, and incorporate hypno-birthing into their choice, others will choose a hospital birth and may have a preference for elective Caesarean, epidural or other measures. There’s no right or wrong when it comes to giving birth and my role is helping you approach it from a deep sense of what feels right for you.
Pre-conception
& Fertility
Considering having a baby is one of the most exciting phases in many women’s lives.
Considering having a baby is one of the most exciting phases in many women’s lives. But it can also be a time of anxiety and stress. After hearing all the time about how expensive it is to raise a child, many people worry about taking on that level of financial responsibility, along with concerns about the impact it might have on their career. Hypnotherapy can help give you clarity around decision making, giving you the confidence to decide whether this is the right time for you to consider trying for a baby or whether your needs would be best met by planning for a future point. It can help quiet the “noise”, or other people’s opinions, and focus on what’s best for you and whether there are any practical steps you need to take to plan for motherhood. If you’re generally feeling anxious, as many women do, hypnosis can help reduce your anxiety and enjoy this starting point on your journey towards motherhood. It's during the pre-conception phase that some of us become aware of fertility issues for the first time. Others will be aware already that they have a condition which is likely to impact their fertility, or are trying for a second child following fertility issues with a first child. Whilst we tend to think of fertility as a physical issue, and visiting your GP in the first instance to explore any physical reasons for reduced fertility is the first step in seeking solutions, our minds can play a significant role in how our bodies prepare for pregnancy. The relationship between fertility and stress is complex, as fertility issues can certainly cause stress. What’s clearer is the positive impact that hypnotherapy can have in improving pregnancy rates. For couples going through IVF, hypnotherapy was shown to significantly improve pregnancy rates (Levitas, et al, 2006). Another study showed “remarkable results” when hypnotherapy was used to treat women experiencing unexplained fertility (Vyas, et al., 2013). As well as thinking about stressful thoughts, the body can be in a state of stress and tension because it is holding onto things which have happened to us in the past. When we’ve experienced past trauma, we often fail to fully process it and our bodies “hold onto” that experience. By combining Somasense®, a powerful approach to mind:body work, with empowering hypnotic language and positive suggestion, I’ll help guide you to a point of calmness and create the healthiest possible environment for conception, whilst encouraging you to let go of any sense of blame or shame, which some women experience when they are faced with fertility issues.
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I bring a holistic approach to my clients, combining
Hypnotherapy, NLP, Breathwork, Nutrition and Exercise.
Although we might share experiences in common, I work
with your understanding, awareness, and personal stories
to provide a safe space to share and acknowledge your
experience as valid.
I’ve found that hypnotherapy resonates with me at the deepest of levels, and I look forward to helping you live
a fulfilling and meaningful life that allows you to
embrace your full potential.
Hi, i'm Eliza.B
D. CLIN. HYP AND GQHP, BSc, MA
Your trusted partner in
personal growth and healing.
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