Sarah Woodward Hypnotherapy

Coping With Change

Change happens. The world around us and our lives within it are forever changing. Day by day things never stay exactly same. Some changes are good and some are bad. Some are expected and some are not and can come as a shock. Even good changes can be hard to adjust to at times. Why…

Finding Ways To Give Back

Before qualifying as a clinical hypnotherapist I knew I wanted to help others as much as possible. After qualifying and setting up my practice, I started looking for ways I could give to my community while still being fair to myself, my family and my fledgling hypnotherapy practice.  How could I fit volunteering in to…

Rewiring The Brain – Breaking Negative Cycles

For a long time popular theory was that our brains were “hard-wired” after our formative childhood years. Neuroscientists now know this is not so and we can change our brain and our behaviour over time, meaning our brain is more like modelling clay than hard, breakable porcelain. Neurons in our brains fire up as we…

Villains & Chickens – What is Hypnosis?

What is Hypnosis? In Solution Focused Hypnotherapy we use a combination of solution focused talking therapy aka Psychotherapy and trance aka hypnosis. I find people are usually cautious of hypnosis and given the way the media chooses to portray the subject it comes as no surprise.   I remember when I was a child, seeing hypnosis…