Hannah Hunt Therapies

Hannah Hunt Therapies Counselling & hypnotherapy in Devon. Supporting adults and young people (18+) with anxiety, trauma, grief, and life transitions.

Saying no can feel surprisingly uncomfortable, particularly if you’ve spent years being very aware of other people’s fee...
03/09/2026

Saying no can feel surprisingly uncomfortable, particularly if you’ve spent years being very aware of other people’s feelings.

You might know perfectly well that your boundary is reasonable and still feel guilty after setting it.

Sometimes it can be useful to become curious about that guilt rather than immediately assuming it means you’ve done something wrong.

What are you worried might happen because you’ve said no?

Will someone be angry, disappointed or think differently of you?

And what do you find yourself wanting to do with that discomfort — explain yourself, soften the boundary or change your mind completely?

Sometimes learning to set boundaries isn’t really about learning the right words to say.

It’s learning that someone else can be disappointed with your decision and you don’t necessarily have to make that feeling go away.

Most of us like to be kind and helpful, and sometimes putting other people’s needs before our own is the right thing to ...
18/08/2026

Most of us like to be kind and helpful, and sometimes putting other people’s needs before our own is the right thing to do.

But if you are putting other people’s needs before your own all the time, finding it difficult to say no or not voicing your own needs, people pleasing can start to affect your mental health.

For some people, putting others first is something they learnt a long time ago. Perhaps keeping other people happy helped life feel a little easier or safer.

If you find it hard to say no or prioritise your own needs, it can be worth thinking about where that pattern began.

Hannah 💫

I often see people who don't initially connect the things they're struggling with now to their childhood.They might come...
12/08/2026

I often see people who don't initially connect the things they're struggling with now to their childhood.

They might come to therapy because they're anxious, struggling in relationships, constantly putting other people first or finding it almost impossible to say no.

They know something isn't quite working, but they're not always sure why.

As we start to explore things together, sometimes we begin to notice patterns that started much earlier in life.

Perhaps you learnt to keep the peace.

To be the easy one.

To manage other people's feelings.

To stay quiet about things that were difficult.

Or to cope with things on your own.

When you've grown up with something, you don't necessarily recognise it as unusual.

It's just how life was.

But the ways you learnt to cope then can sometimes become the very things you're struggling with now.

Understanding where a pattern began can be the first step towards deciding whether you still need it.

Do you find yourself scanning your environment constantly?Noticing subtle changes in people's behaviour. A sigh. A chang...
28/07/2026

Do you find yourself scanning your environment constantly?

Noticing subtle changes in people's behaviour. A sigh. A change in their voice. A shift in their mood.

Wondering if you've said something wrong or replaying conversations long after they've ended.

Feeling responsible for keeping everyone else happy.

Perhaps you've even wondered if you're simply "too sensitive."

Always being on alert is exhausting.

But I wonder if that's really what's happening.

Sometimes, becoming highly attuned to other people's emotions is something we learn because, at one time, it helped us stay safe.

Perhaps this way of being still serves an important purpose because your environment doesn't yet feel emotionally or physically safe.

Or perhaps your life has changed, but your nervous system hasn't quite caught up.

The skills that once helped you notice every shift in another person's mood may have protected you then.

But what protected you then may now be leaving you exhausted.

I wonder what life might feel like if you no longer had to spend so much of your energy watching everyone else.

Hannah 🌿

You don't have to be in crisis to come to therapy.Many people wait until they feel overwhelmed before they reach out.I u...
25/07/2026

You don't have to be in crisis to come to therapy.

Many people wait until they feel overwhelmed before they reach out.

I understand why.

There's still a belief that therapy is only for when things have become unbearable, or that you need a "good enough" reason to ask for help.

But therapy isn't just for crisis.

It can be for the anxiety that's always there in the background.

The overthinking that keeps you awake.

The feeling that something isn't quite right, even though you can't explain why.

Or the patterns you keep repeating but don't know how to change.

You don't have to wait until you're at breaking point.

Sometimes reaching out sooner can make all the difference.

If you've been wondering whether therapy might help, a free consultation is a gentle place to start. There's no pressure, just a conversation to see whether we're the right fit.

Hannah 🌿
Blackawton | Paignton | Online

Do you have a voice in your head that tells you you're not good enough?One that says you're too much, not enough, or tha...
23/07/2026

Do you have a voice in your head that tells you you're not good enough?

One that says you're too much, not enough, or that everyone else seems to cope better than you. It can feel so convincing that you believe it's telling you the truth.

For many people, the inner critic develops in childhood. It can be the echo of criticism, being dismissed, or growing up feeling that you had to be different in some way to be accepted.

At the time, being hard on yourself may have felt protective.

The difficulty is that your mind can carry those old messages into adulthood, long after you needed them.

One of the things we can explore in therapy is whose voice that really is.

And just because it's familiar doesn't mean it's true.

If this resonates with you and you'd like somewhere safe to explore it, my details are in my bio. 💛

Hannah 🌿
Blackawton | Paignton | Online

Sometimes healing doesn’t announce itself.There’s no big moment. No sudden shift you can point to.Instead, one day you n...
17/07/2026

Sometimes healing doesn’t announce itself.

There’s no big moment. No sudden shift you can point to.

Instead, one day you notice something small.

You’re in a situation that used to send you into a spiral. But this time, you don’t.

You pause instead of react.

You feel steadier than you expected.

You let something go that would have stayed with you for days.

And you think, “Huh. That’s different.”

It can be easy to miss these moments. Or dismiss them as a good day.

But they matter.

They’re signs that something is shifting beneath the surface.

That the work you’ve been doing, even when it felt like nothing was changing, has been quietly taking root.

Healing often arrives like this. Gently. In the background. One small moment at a time.

And that’s worth noticing.

Hannah 🌻

My mind kept telling me I wouldn’t make it back downTwo weeks ago I walked up Snowdon.As I climbed higher, the cloud cov...
16/07/2026

My mind kept telling me I wouldn’t make it back down

Two weeks ago I walked up Snowdon.

As I climbed higher, the cloud cover thickened. The path ahead disappeared into white. The wind pushed hard enough that I genuinely wondered if it might take me off my feet. The ground became rockier, less certain underfoot.

And my mind started doing what minds do.

You’re fine going up. But how are you going to get back down without slipping?

It hadn’t happened yet. I was still climbing. But my brain had already fast-forwarded to the descent, scanning for danger, anticipating what could go wrong.

This is the mind’s protection system. It evolved to keep us safe. The problem is, it often kicks in when we don’t actually need protecting — pulling us out of the present moment and into an imagined future that hasn’t arrived.

At one point the wind was whipping in sideways. And I realised something. My backpack, which had felt heavy and cumbersome on the way up, was now anchoring me to the ground beneath me. The thing that had felt like extra weight was the very thing keeping me steady.

I noticed what my mind was doing.
I recognised the thoughts for what they were.
And I chose not to buy into them.

I kept climbing.

We can’t stop anxious thoughts from arriving. But we can change how we respond to them. We can notice. We can name them. We can choose not to let them steer.

That’s the work.

Hannah 💛

People often tell me they wish they could just "let it go."The hurt.The memories.The anger.The sadness.The problem is th...
24/06/2026

People often tell me they wish they could just "let it go."

The hurt.

The memories.

The anger.

The sadness.

The problem is that letting go isn't usually a decision.

It's a process.

And it's difficult to let go of something you've never had the opportunity to fully understand, feel or talk about.

Many adults carry experiences that were minimised, dismissed or never acknowledged.

The feelings don't disappear simply because time has passed.

Sometimes it's about finally giving yourself permission to feel what you've been carrying.

And saying it out loud to someone who isn't going to judge, minimise, or expect you to look after their feelings. Thats what therapy gives you, somewhere you say the things you really need to say without fear.

When people hear the word trauma, they often think of one major event.But trauma can take many forms.It can be a single ...
22/06/2026

When people hear the word trauma, they often think of one major event.

But trauma can take many forms.

It can be a single trauma or multiple events over a period of time.

Sometimes it's what didn't happen.

The protection that was missing.

The lack emotional support

Our minds and bodies adapt to help us survive difficult experiences and the responses we develop often make perfect sense when we understand the story behind them.

Healing isn't about asking "What's wrong with me?"

It's about asking:

"What happened to me?"

Therapy can help you make sense of what happened and what you need now to live a full life.

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Langwells Therapy Room, Main Street
Totnes
TQ97BG

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Wednesday 9am - 6pm
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