Frequently Asked Questions

If you have read the rest of the site and still have questions, you are in exactly the right place. Here are the ones that come up most often.

Not remotely. Stage hypnosis is entertainment — it selects willing performers from an audience and works on suggestibility and social compliance. It has nothing to do with what happens in this room.

What I do is identity-level work. We are not doing relaxation scripts or positive suggestion. We are working at the level where your patterns were formed — the part of you that decides what feels safe, what feels possible, and how you respond under pressure. It is precise, structured work and it looks nothing like a man in a dinner jacket asking someone to cluck like a chicken.

Belief is not required. Willingness is.

Hypnosis is simply a state of focused attention — something you already enter naturally when you are absorbed in a memory, lost in thought, or so deep in a book you miss your stop. What we do here is use that state deliberately and precisely, directed at the structure that needs to change.

Healthy scepticism is completely fine. Most of my best clients arrived with an eyebrow raised. Ask them now what they think.

It depends on the depth and complexity of what we are changing — which is exactly why everything begins with a Mapping Session rather than a guess.

There are three programmes: Clear for one specific contained issue, Freedom for one or more interconnected areas, and Sovereign for full identity-level change across multiple threads. The Mapping Session determines which one is right for you.

Nobody is kept longer than the work requires. Nobody is rushed through faster than it can hold.

Both — and both are equally effective.

In-person sessions take place at my private office in Mexborough, South Yorkshire. Online sessions are delivered via Zoom. Zoom is the primary delivery method and suits most people very well — no travel, no waiting room, complete privacy in your own space.

If you are unsure which suits you, we can discuss it at your Mapping Session.

The surface issue is rarely the real issue — so I work with the structure beneath it rather than the symptom on top.

That said, clients commonly come with anxiety, overthinking, sleep problems, confidence that collapses in certain situations, social anxiety, self-worth, relationship patterns, health anxiety, fear of flying, performance nerves, and the particular exhaustion of holding everything together on the outside while struggling privately.

If you are not sure whether your situation is something I work with, the Mapping Session will tell us both.

This is probably the question I am asked most often — and the answer is yes, structurally different.

Most therapeutic approaches work at the level of insight, behaviour, or conscious thought. They are genuinely useful — but if the identity beneath the pattern remains intact, the pattern eventually returns in some form. Understanding why you do something does not automatically change the part of you that keeps doing it.

This work operates at the level where the pattern was formed. When that shifts, behaviour follows — not because you are trying harder, but because the structure generating it has changed.

The Mapping Session is a paid appointment — £97 for 40 minutes — and it is worth every penny of it.

It is not a sales call. It is the work. In 40 minutes we identify what is actually driving the pattern, whether this approach is right for you, and which programme will clear the path forward. You leave with clarity regardless of whether we proceed.

It depends on the depth and complexity of what we are changing — which is exactly why everything begins with a Mapping Session rather than a guess.

There are three programmes: Clear for one specific contained issue, Freedom for one or more interconnected areas, and Sovereign for full identity-level change across multiple threads. The Mapping Session determines which one is right for you.

Nobody is kept longer than the work requires. Nobody is rushed through faster than it can hold.

Both — and both are equally effective.

In-person sessions take place at my private office in Mexborough, South Yorkshire. Online sessions are delivered via Zoom. Zoom is the primary delivery method and suits most people very well — no travel, no waiting room, complete privacy in your own space.

If you are unsure which suits you, we can discuss it at your Mapping Session.

Appointments are reserved exclusively for you and form part of a structured programme. A minimum of one week’s notice is required to rearrange.

For Monday appointments, rearrangement requests must reach me by the previous Monday at the latest.

Appointments rearranged inside the one week window are forfeited and the session fee is not refunded. This is not a policy I apply with any pleasure — it exists because this work requires consistent momentum, and because a reserved slot is a commitment on both sides.

I am not a nail bar. This is specialist work and it is treated accordingly.

Yes — with young people aged 16 and over.

If you are a parent reading this, you are probably here because you can see your child struggling and the usual routes have not helped. Exam pressure. Driving test nerves. The aftermath of bullying. Crippling self-criticism that is getting in the way of everything. These are exactly the kinds of issues that respond quickly and well to this work — often faster than in adults, because younger minds process change more readily.

I work with young people in the same structured way as adult clients. Parental consent is required for anyone under 18, and I am happy to speak with parents directly before the Mapping Session if that would be helpful.

If your child is under 16, this work is not currently available to them. Please do seek support elsewhere — early intervention matters and there are good practitioners who specialise in younger children.

This work is designed for psychologically stable adults and young people aged 16 and over who are ready for structured, identity-level change.

It is not crisis intervention and it is not a substitute for psychiatric or medical care. If you have a complex psychiatric history, please contact me before booking rather than booking directly. I will always be straightforward with you about whether this work is appropriate for your situation.

By booking you confirm this service is suitable for your circumstances.

In-person sessions take place on the first floor of Mexborough Business Centre. There are three flights of stairs and no lift.

If mobility is a concern, Zoom sessions are available and equally effective — please contact me before booking and we will make sure you are in the right format from the start.

Have a look at the What to Expect page first — it covers the session process, the office, arrival instructions, and the questions most people have about what actually happens in the room.

If your question is still not answered, you are welcome to get in touch directly. I will always respond honestly.