Hypnotherapy can treat emotional or psychological issues, simple bad habits, or just aid in relaxation. Treatments allow you to use your own inner resources, to reorganise your thoughts and behaviours to bring about beneficial, long lasting changes. There are absolutely no side effects and hypnosis is a perfectly natural state we can all access if given the right circumstances.
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Welcome to Free Thinking Counselling, where your journey to mental well-being begins with expert care and a personal touch. I am dedicated to providing you with a comprehensive range of therapeutic services that empower and support you every step of the way. My Therapeutic Expertise With a foundation built on clinical hypnotherapy and NLP, I harness effective techniques for communication and behavioural change. My background in coaching and mentoring enriches our sessions, creating a dynamic and transformative experience. Trained in EMDR and trauma work allows me to address and heal profound emotional impacts, helping you move forward with resilience and strength. Holistic and Customised Approaches Integrating Person-Cantered Therapy, Transactional Analysis, and Gestalt counselling, I offer a tailored, holistic approach to meet your individual needs. My specialist training in anxiety disorders and addictions is complemented by advanced IFS techniques, fostering deep and meaningful change. The Advantage Of 60 Minute Sessions Each session is 60-90 minutes long, offering more than a mere conversation. This time is dedicated to building a meaningful therapeutic relationship, ensuring you receive the utmost benefit. Having experienced therapy myself, I deeply understand the courage it takes to seek help, and I commit to leaving you feeling empowered and positive, never rushed or vulnerable. A Personal Commitment to Your Well-being ! My own journey through mental health challenges fuels my empathy and dedication to creating a safe, supportive space for your healing. At Free Thinking Counselling, you can freely explore your thoughts and emotions, knowing you are in a non-judgmental environment that honours your unique experiences. Take The Next Step ! I invite you to explore the transformative potential of therapy in a compassionate, one-on- one setting. Whether you're facing anxiety, trauma, or other personal challenges, I'm here to guide and support you on your path to a healthier, happier life. Your story is uniquely yours, and I am privileged to be part of your healing journey. Contact me today and step into a future filled with stability, joy, and personal growth. At Free Thinking Counselling, my mission is to help you thrive, not just survive. Together, let's work towards a brighter, more fulfilling future.Do you suffer as a result of your thoughts or actions? Are you controlled by your external environment? Do you feel constantly stressed, anxious or worried? Let me help you alter those feelings and together we can find a way towards a long lasting positive change.
The basis of my approach to the therapy is that we all have a hidden, undiscovered ability to choose so many of the things that we assume are beyond our control. For instance if we are beset by persistent, troubling thoughts we will assume that we can not simply choose not to have these thoughts or stop the thought as soon as it arrives, yet, with the use of hypnotherapy and NLP, this is quickly achievable.
We can change, correct or improve anything you wish to as you seek to become a better person. Find the solutions you need to make that positive step forward and improve the quality of your life.
Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis for the treatment and alleviation of a variety of physical and psychological symptoms. Hypnosis allows the subject to experience often quite deep levels of relaxation and so helps to reduce levels of stress and anxiety.
NLP is a psychological approach that involves analyzing strategies used by successful individuals and applying them to reach a personal goal. It relates thoughts, language, and patterns of behavior learned through experience to specific outcomes.
Personal development focuses on increasing your self-awareness, looking at life goals, personal challenges and long-standing aspirations. PDC aims to evaluate these life changes, whilst assessing your strengths and weaknesses to improve areas of your life.
“I found the hypnosis very relaxing and comforting. Having spent most of my life feeling anxious and stressed, I noticed a big difference in my reactions to stressful situations very quickly. I would recommend Clare to everyone as I now feel so much better. Thank you, Clare, you really helped me.”
“My experience of hypnotherapy with Clare was truly wonderful. I felt relaxed and safe in the hands of a true professional. Her insight and skills helped me to resolve some deep issues and as a result I feel so much better. Thank you Clare.”
“Clare helps me with weight problems. She is kind and reassuring, although that does not get in the way of firmly endeavouring to get me back on track - no easy task! She listens and tries to work with you rather than round you. I always leave her sessions feeling just that more confident that I will succeed.”
“I have been snoring and grinding my teeth every night for years and it has been driving my girlfriend mad as she never got a good night’s sleep with me – I would wake her up with my snoring and grinding and I’d be totally oblivious! So I decided that I wanted to do something about it and I had a hypnotherapy session with Clare and to my girlfriend’s amazement and delight, I haven’t snored or ground my teeth since. Thanks Helen on behalf of myself and my girlfriend, who especially appreciates it.”
“Clare was very understanding and took a thorough approach to my problem. I’m really happy to say that I have not smoked since my first visit to her and now consider myself a non smoker. Apart from giving up cigarettes, I now find it easier to deal with the emotions that made me want to smoke in the first place. I’m so grateful – thank you Clare.”
There are a range of services available. I have grouped them into 3 main categories to make it easier for you to choose the one most appropriate for your circumstances..
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a cutting-edge therapeutic approach designed to help individuals recover from the distressing effects of trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This evidence-based method is proven to be highly effective in reducing the emotional charge of traumatic memories and promoting healing. EMDR therapy involves a structured, process through reprocessing traumatic experiences, ultimately allowing these memories to become less distressing and more integrated into the life story.
At 3Thinking, I specialize in EMDR treatment and committed to helping individuals regain their mental and emotional well-being. My experienced and compassion provides a safe and supportive environment for clients to explore their traumatic experiences and work towards resolution. If you or someone you know is seeking relief from trauma-related symptoms, EMDR may be the key to your healing journey. Contact me to schedule an appointment and take the first step toward a brighter and more resilient future.
I specialise in addiction treatment, offering a compassionate and effective approach to help individuals on their path to recovery. I understand that addiction is a deeply personal struggle, and I'm dedicated to addressing it with the utmost care and professionalism. What sets me apart is my commitment to providing comprehensive and holistic addiction treatment services, drawing from my specialised expertise and the wealth of experience I bring to the table.
As an experienced and empathetic addiction specialist, I focus on creating personalised treatment plans tailored to each individual's unique needs. I'm here to guide you or your loved one through the process of overcoming substance abuse or other addictive behaviours. If you're looking for a supportive and effective path towards a healthier, addiction-free life, I'm here to help. Contact me today to take the first step towards your recovery journey.
I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Master Practitioner and Personal Life Coach based in the Lichfield, Staffordshire area. Coming from a back ground within the hospitality and service industry, I am a people person with a passion to help individuals harness their own strengths and over come any difficulties they may be facing in achieving their full potential.
I am an accredited member of the national hypnotherapy society aquiring my qualifications from The Skills24 training centre Staffordshire.
My approach includes looking at the persons unique, needs and building a well formed outcome, goal that is fully achievable. Together we look at anything that may be restricting you attaining these goals by teaching you techniques that can challenge and change your cognitive thought process to any current difficulties that you may be facing.
Anything from unhelpful life style patterns, weightloss and management, bad habits, stress, anxiety, insomnia and IBS, self esteem and confidence.
Hypnotherapy is very powerful in any improvements you need to make to enjoy the best life possible. Where other treatments may not be as successful, hypnotherapy works directly with the subconscious mind to create and suggest new outcomes. Whether its a difficulty or just an improvement in a particular area of our life.
Hypnotherapy can work exceptionally well along with any technique to improve your overall well being.
I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist certified by, and registered with, The National Council for Hypnotherapy. I am also a member of The Complimentary & Natural Healthcare Council and hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance.
I am a licensed NLP Master Practitioner and a member of The Society of NLP. I am also a qualified NLP personal development Coach and have many years work experience gained within the commercial field working with adults to motivate them and improve their lives. Trained in EMDR
Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy (Dip.H.)
Licensed Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (MPNLP)
BA (Hons), PGCE in FE
Member of The National Council for Hypnotherapy MNCH (Lic)
Member of The Society of NLP
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance
I am also a volunteer for a charity called Cherished, were I mentor and coach troubled teenage girls in school https://www.cherisheduk.org/
Attachment focused mentoring has never been more crucial
OVER A THIRD OF GIRLS IN THE UK SUFFER WITH DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
7 IN 10 GIRLS BELIEVE THEY ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH OR DO NOT MEASURE UP IN SOME WAY
1 IN 3 ADULT MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS RELATE DIRECTLY TO ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
The symptoms of trauma can disrupt a girl's education and are mentally and physically damaging. If we don't intervene, what will happen to these girls?
Here are a range of typical questions asked by my clients. Should you have any further questions please get in touch.
There are a range of services you can choose from. To see all different options, visit Services.
My Practice is based in Lichfield for in-person appointments.
Most but not all sessions can also be conducted online, via Skype or Zoom. We can discuss all the different options at your Initial Consultation. To book one, call or send a message here: 07429 893 983 or info@3thinking.co.uk
Send an email and if possible, give me an idea of what sort of issue(s) you are dealing with. No need for details at this point. Then I will book you in for your Initial Consultation which will take place over the phone or via video chat on Skype.
This call is free of charge. It will give us both a chance to get to know one another a little better; for me to understand your issues in greater detail and for us to determine whether we are a good match and ready to work together. If we are, then we will discuss the best way forward and make a plan for the future. If we aren't, then I'm going to do my best to sign post you to somewhere, where you might be able to get help.
I am ready! I want to book my free Initial Consultation! To book one, call or send a message here: 07429 893 983 or info@3thinking.co.uk
An open mind – the way NLP or Hypnotherapy works may feel a little strange to start with if you haven’t experienced anything like this before. Just bear with me and believe, it works!!
Some level of communication so we can find out where you would like to get to and set your aims.
Motivation and determination to make a change! This is very important! The only way I can help you achieve your desired outcome is if you are fully committed. This is something I will determine at your initial consultation.
I am ready! I want to book my Initial Consultation! To book one, call or send a message here: 07429 893 983 or info@3thinking.co.uk
NLP is an acronym for Neuro-Linguistic Programming. It was founded by Richard Bandler and John Grinder. NLP has been described as "A User Guide for the Brain'. NLP is a study of excellence, a study of human behaviour. NLP Consists of various techniques and methods for personal development and growth. Neurology, the anatomy of the brain, why we think and behave the way we do.
Linguistic the language we use both internally and externally.
Programming Is our behaviour inconsistent with our goals?
Are our goals aligned with our values?
Neuro – our minds and how we think Linguistic – The language we use and how it affects us Programming – The sequence of our actions/habits and how they bring us closer or further away from our goals.
NLP can help instantly with situations and obstacles that occur, limitations that stop us achieving our desired outcome.
By identifying unwanted behaviours, thoughts, feelings and beliefs we can take control and reprogram our neurology to align it to a more beneficial way of thinking and communicating to ourselves and other people.
NLP enables clear communication between your conscious and subconscious mind in order to achieve what you want in life.
Coaching is essential for anyone who wants the best version of themselves. It’s a great process that touches all areas of your life.
Whether it’s life coaching, personal development coaching or sports coaching or any other title you may have heard, the goal is pretty much the same; to transform your situation into pure greatness.
All those problems or challenges holding you back don’t stand a chance against good coaching.
With the help of a good coach, you will be able to set realistic goals, have a clear and objective look at the solutions. A coach can help you identify the cause of that lack of fulfilment and help you see the solutions that you could employ to assist you in attaining the solution may lie in how you manage your time for instance.
By managing your time better, you can still continue to achieve success at the workplace while at the same time make time to tend to other neglected parts of your life to attain that fulfilment. The answer may be there all the time but overlooked, due to our busy everyday lives.
With the right encouragement we give the subconscious all the power it needs to process the information and come up with the answer we require.
Coaching is all about partnering up with a professional to help you identify areas you could better, explore reasons as to why you are not achieving a certain goal in your life, and then come up with solutions on the way forward. Motivation, drive and life perspective. All have to come from within as that is what will propel you to do much better, achieve more, and even become a better person all around.
Hypnotherapy is a wonderful relaxing treatment that allows us to access our subconscious mind. The subconscious part of our mind can be described as a map of our lives and by accessing it hypnotherapists believe we can correct, change or improve anything we wish to.
Your unconscious has many roles such as storing memories, providing you with motivation & guiding your beliefs. You use your unconscious mind for everyday skills such as driving & talking. It’s also where our habits, (good and bad) come from e.g. people who bite their nails don’t think about it, they just do it. The part that is ‘doing it,’ is the unconscious.
The unconscious also keeps us safe. In the likes of say anxiety, a phobia or any of the treatments we provide, an experience or an event/s takes place which means our behaviour e.g scared of wanting to go on a plane, is directly at odds with what we want i.e. going on a holiday. That’s why Clinical Hypnotherapy can be so powerful; because it is possible to learn new skills giving to provide you behaviours e.g. being calm, not anxious*.
Most of us find consciously changing our behaviour, very hard. You cannot consciously control your unconscious mind. Think of someone wanting not to be anxious before a presentation. Often times, they will focus on ‘not being anxious’, which makes them think of being anxious and the whole cycle of anxiety begins. Clinical Hypnotherapy can help you stop that by working directly with you consciously and most importantly, unconsciously*. Or take the person who’s quit smoking only to start again after their first glass of wine. The part of your mind that ‘makes’ you do the behaviour is your unconscious.
Clinical Hypnotherapy can help with calming the mind, the chatter we experience daily that can lead to anxiety stress or depression. You will feel calmer, more relaxed and more able to manage day to day problems, improve your self belief, become more motivated and make permanent changes to becoming the best you, you can be.
You don’t need to have a problem to experience hypnotherapy it is wonderful just for pure relaxation a little time out of a very busy world.
Hypnosis is a guided trance to an altered state where you can access your subconscious. Your subconscious is where you store all your life experiences and where your inner excellence and wisdom is based. By accessing it via hypnosis, you are bypassing your logical, critical mind and you are able to make positive, powerful and lasting changes to your own life. You are making all the changes that you want to make and the hypnotherapist acts as your ‘tour guide’ To learn more about hypnotherapy and hypnosis, visit: What is Hypnotherapy?
We know it is safe, because we use it every single day.
We all experience everyday trance many times throughout each day. e.g. when driving, watching telly, ‘daydreaming’, or as a friend of mine described it: ‘going to my empty box’.
The difference between naturally going into this state of trance or it being an induced trance is that in the latter version, the hypnotherapist has a clear outcome that was set by you, and guides you to your own solutions, goals and answers. This can be described as a hypnotic focus.
To learn more about hypnotherapy and hypnosis, visit: What is Hypnotherapy?
Hypnosis is used as a treatment for various long-term conditions and for breaking certain habits. In general hypnotherapy can be applied to a wide range of medical, dental and psychological problems.
Benefits of Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy may help with the following and many more:
• Stop Smoking • Weight Management - • Alcohol Dependency • IBS • Pain Control • Headaches (Tension) & Migraines • Insomnia • Nail Biting • Panic Attacks • Anxiety Fears & Phobias • Dental Phobia • Stress Management • Nerves Control • Self Esteem • Confidence • Public Speaking • Interview Anxiety • Presentation Anxiety • Mental Strength • Results Focus • Pre-event preparation • Competition Nerves • Health Improvement • Personal Improvement • Business & Sport • Childbirth Pain Relief / Control • Post-Traumatic Stress • Relaxation Positivity • Jealousy • Anger
To find out more about how it is used in my practice, visit: What is Hypnotherapy?
The actual state you are getting into is very similar; the line between hypnosis and meditation is the outcome. 'While meditation clears the mind with the aim of relaxing it, hypnosis does so with the intention of changing it.’
Intelligence, Imagination, Concentration.
As long as you have those three, anyone can be hypnotised to different levels.
This misconception comes from movies. There has been no record of anyone ever getting stuck in trance.
If your subconscious drifts into this lovely, altered state of relaxation too deeply, the only thing that can happen is that you fall into sleep. (Maybe because your mind or body actually needed that time to rest…) And after a few minutes you will wake up naturally like you would in the morning, feeling relaxed and well rested.
Absolutely not. Quite the contrary.
In a hypnotic state you are aware of everything that is happening around you and you are in full control over your body and mind. IF at any point your mind did not feel comfortable with something that was happening, you would come around straight away, open your eyes and come back to here and now. What happens most of the time is that our mind chooses to stay in that altered state, because it knows that it is a lovely, relaxing and a very useful state to be in.
But if, for example, there was an emergency while you were in hypnosis, your mind and body would respond immediately, you would come around straight away without any prompting from the practitioner and your body and mind would function as normal.
The simple answer to this one is: I can’t.
This misconception comes from movies and from stage shows. I cannot make you do anything you don’t want to do. A hypnotist certainly cannot make somebody do something against their will, their moral or religious beliefs. So what about those people on the shows? Those people want to be on the stage, want to perform and want to be part of the show. A hypnotherapist cannot make anyone ‘dance like a chicken’ unless it is congruent with their subconscious and their beliefs.
The tools and techniques used in both stage and clinical hypnosis are the same, however the outcome is completely different. Stage hypnosis is usually used for entertainment whereas clinical hypnosis has a therapeutic outcome. You may see clinical hypnosis being used in front of many people, sometimes even on a stage, however it is not for entertainment but for demonstration purposes to increase awareness and show people how it works.