Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy: How it works and who it helps

Life’s challenges can take a toll on your mental well-being, leaving you feeling anxious, stuck, or overwhelmed. Whether you’re struggling with stress, phobias, or navigating the emotional shifts of menopause, finding an effective, long-term solution is essential. Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy (CBH) is a science-backed approach that helps rewire negative thought patterns, build resilience, and restore emotional balance. By blending CBT, hypnotherapy, and mindfulness techniques, CBH empowers you to overcome obstacles, break free from limiting beliefs, and create lasting positive change.

What is cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy (CBH)?

Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy (CBH) is a powerful, evidence-based approach designed to help you regain control over your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. It brings together three key techniques to create lasting change:

• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) - Helping you recognise and shift negative thought patterns that fuel anxiety, phobias, and self-doubt.
• Hypnotherapy - Using focused relaxation to reinforce positive changes at a subconscious level, making new, healthier habits easier to maintain.
• Mindfulness and relaxation techniques - Encouraging a calm, balanced mindset so you can respond to life’s challenges with confidence and resilience.

CBH can be used in supporting midlife women through the emotional and mental health challenges that often arise during major life transitions. Whether it's struggling with anxiety, feeling overwhelmed by menopause symptoms, or battling a phobia that’s holding you back, CBH can help you rediscover your inner strength.

How does CBH work?

CBH is a practical, solution-focused approach that helps you understand how your thoughts influence your emotions and behaviours. Many struggles - such as anxiety, phobias, and low self-confidence - stem from subconscious beliefs that shape how you react to the world around you.

Through CBH,  these thought patterns can be rewired to:

• reduce anxiety and daily stress
• feel confident and in control of your emotions
• overcome deep-seated fears and phobias
• improve emotional balance and resilience

Unlike medication, which often only masks symptoms, CBH equips you with real, actionable strategies that create lasting change. By combining mindset shifts with relaxation techniques, CBH helps you respond to life with clarity and calm, rather than stress and overwhelm.

Who can benefit from CBH?

CBH is particularly effective for individuals struggling with:

Anxiety and stress management

• Struggling with overthinking and worry.
• Feeling easily overwhelmed by life’s demands.
• Facing social anxiety or imposter syndrome.

CBH helps you break free from unhelpful thought loops and develop a calmer, more confident approach to daily life.

Phobias and fears

• Avoiding situations because of a specific fear.
• Finding that a phobia is limiting your freedom.
• Wanting to travel, drive, or socialise without panic.

CBH gently guides your mind to overcome irrational fears, replacing anxiety with confidence and control.

Menopause-related challenges

• Dealing with mood swings and emotional ups and downs.
• Experiencing brain fog that’s affecting your confidence.
• Feeling like you’ve lost your sense of self.

Menopause can feel isolating, but you’re not alone. CBH provides powerful techniques to help you manage emotional fluctuations, feel more in control, and navigate this transition with self-compassion.

Low self-esteem and confidence issues

• Struggling with negative self-talk?
• Feeling like you’ve lost confidence in your career or relationships?
• Wanting to rebuild a positive self-image?

CBH helps reframe limiting beliefs, allowing you to step into the best version of yourself - one that feels capable, worthy, and empowered.

What to expect from a CBH session

Sessions can be tailored to meet the client's specific needs. Whether it's looking for relief from anxiety, freedom from a phobia, or support through menopause, CBH offers a structured yet compassionate approach.

Here’s what a typical session involves:

• Understanding your challenges - Explore your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours to identify patterns that may be keeping you stuck.
• Hypnotherapy and relaxation - Using gentle, guided techniques, reprogram subconscious beliefs, helping you feel calmer and more in control.
• CBT-based strategies - You’ll learn practical tools to challenge negative thoughts and replace them with empowering, constructive ones.
• Actionable steps - Each session provides you with personalised strategies to implement in your daily life, ensuring long-term change.

You’ll leave each session with a sense of clarity, feeling lighter, more in control, and equipped with tools to manage your emotions more effectively.

Why choose CBH?

• Practical, evidence-based techniques - CBH isn’t just about short-term relief; it provides lifelong tools to manage your emotions with confidence.
• A personalised approach - No two people are the same, sessions can be tailored to clients needs, challenges, and goals.
• Empowering you for the long term - Strategies are designed to navigate life’s challenges with resilience, strength, and ease.

If anxiety, phobias, or menopause-related changes are affecting your confidence, you don’t have to navigate it alone. CBH offers you the tools, support, and guidance to create the balanced, joyful life you deserve.