14/09/2026
How I Can Help - Alongside the NHS
I'm often asked how private hypnotherapy and mindset coaching compare to what's available through the NHS. It's a fair question, and an important one, so here's my honest answer.
The NHS does vital work and for many clinical conditions, particularly serious mental health issues, it should always be your first port of call.
What I offer isn't a replacement for that. It's something different, designed to sit alongside it and fill in the gaps that many people find the NHS simply isn't set up to reach.
Here's what working with me can offer:
- Speed of access. NHS talking therapies often come with long waiting lists, sometimes months. I can usually see you within days.
- Continuity. You'll work with me and only me, throughout your sessions. No handovers, no starting your story over with someone new, just a relationship built on trust over time.
- A pace that suits you. Rather than a fixed number of standardised sessions, we work at whatever pace genuinely helps you make progress, whether that's three sessions or a longer piece of work.
- A broader toolkit. With training across hypnotherapy, NLP, EFT and coaching, I can adapt my approach to what actually works for you, rather than applying a single method to everyone.
- Support beyond clinical thresholds. Confidence, performance anxiety, habits like smoking, everyday stress, mindset and personal growth, these matter, even when they don't meet the criteria for NHS treatment. I'm here for exactly that kind of support.
- A more personal experience. Many people find it easier to open up outside a clinical, diagnostic setting. My aim is always to make sessions feel human, not medicalised.
- Flexibility. Evening and weekend appointments, in-person or online sessions that fit around your life, not the other way round.
A note on what I don't claim: I'm not a substitute for medical treatment and I'll never suggest otherwise. If what you're going through would benefit from medical care, I'll always encourage you to seek that alongside our work and many of my clients do exactly that, using our sessions to complement care they're already receiving elsewhere.
If you're dealing with everyday challenges that don't quite fit anywhere else or you're looking for a more personalised, flexible approach to change, I'd love to help.