Dr Eshan Senanayake
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About me
Hi, I’m Dr Eshan; a practising NHS GP. I have 20 years of medical consultation experience which I combine with NLP, hypnotherapy and other techniques to offer safe, trusted and bespoke consultations that work.
“Dr Eshan is a true professional, he is kind, patient and above all was very effective in helping me to free myself of sabotaging behaviours that I had previously believed to be helping me, I cannot thank him enough.”
Let me help you move forwards with your life, especially if you have tried other treatments or therapies and nothing's worked for you yet.
Contact me today for a free 15-minute phone or online consultation and find out if I’m the right person for you.
My approach
* Hypnotherapy * Personal effectiveness counselling * Timeline therapy * NLP therapy * GP consults
I work with you to understand your thinking and behaviour patterns, emotional state and goals. I use this understanding to help you strengthen the skills that work well for you while guiding you to develop new and positive thougths and behaviours. This process will help you achieve and go beyond goals that we set together.
We work together to create a plan for yourself that fits with what you would like to achieve in your life, whether that is freedom from upsetting thoughts or fears, relief from lingering physical symptoms or simply helping you to reach a life goal, improve self-esteem or strengthen relationships.
I offer a combination of guided treatments and coaching, including Timeline therapy and hypnotherapy.
Unlike counselling, my sessions are future focussed to enable you to get to where you need to be, rather than on re-living the pains of the past.
“I had a 4 hour breakthrough session with Eshan during which I was pleasantly surprised what limiting beliefs I was holding on to. His in-depth questioning helped me to open up and discover my strengths as well as my weaknesses on the chosen subject. With Eshan's gentle guidance and his techniques I cleared some negative emotions which enabled me to gain more confidence and most importantly - clarity. I was so light after the session! I knew exactly what I had to do. In the next 2 days I took some long delayed steps, which led me to new opportunities. I made some drastic and brave decisions which I can honestly say would have not happened at that moment in time if I did not have the session. I highly recommend Eshan!”
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Training, qualifications & experience
Dr Eshan Senanayake MBBS MRCS(Glasg) MRCGP ABH ABNLP TLTA GHR
Qualifications:
- MBBS - I am a fully qualified dr on the specialist register of the GMC
- MRCS(Glasg) - Qualified member of the ROyal College of Surgeons of Glasgow
- MRCGP - Qualified member of the Royal college of General Practice
- GHR - Practitioner member of the General Hypnosis Register UK
- ABNLP - Master Practitioner member of the American Board of NeuroLinguistic Programming
- ABH - Master Practitioner member of the American Board of Hypnotherapy
- TLTA - Master Practitioner member of the American Board of Timeline Therapy
- CNHC - Full registration with the CNHC
- GMC - Full registration with the GMC
I am registered with the American Boards of Hypnotherapy, NLP and the Time Line Therapy Association as a Master Practitioner of NLP, Hypnotherapy and Timeline Therapy respectively
I am registered with the General Hypnotherapy Register in England, and the CNHC accreditation body
I am registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) and am a member of both the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow and of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
I am a working NHS GP, Hypnotherapist and Life and Career Coach. My NHS practice is in Lambeth, South London, and I live in Surrey, with my family.
As a GP, I have been trained to assess your situation from a medical perspective. I combine this with all I have learnt as a hypnotherapist to enable me to understand you from both a medical and non-medical perspective giving me a truly holistic picture of you, and how to help you. This is a powerful tool I use to enable my clients to achieve the outcomes you want.
Early on in my medical training I realised that often, by exploring a person's emotions and behaviours, I would help them get better, before ever needing to turn to medication or complicated treatments. I wanted to deepen this skill to reach people who had felt frustrated, unheard or un-helped. I trained as an NLP, timeline therapy and hypnotherapy master practitioner and find that this knowledge compliments my practice, and am now able to transform the lives of people who, previously had no way forward.
I offer this service to many of the patients and clients at my NHS practice that need it and take referrals from other specialists.
I have a particular interest in FND and am a registered member of the Functional Neurological Disease Society ( FNDS)
I see hypnosis clients privately in my consulting rooms, in Stockwell and Surrey. I have also undertaken sessions online since the pandemic and am happy to see you online if that is preferable.
Areas of therapy I deal with
Functional Issues
- FND - Functional Neurological Disease - I have a particular interest in FND
- Panic attacks, Blushing, stress management, anger management, OCD, managing compulsions, anxiety
- Emotional disorders, guilt release, release negative emotions, low mood, depression
- Nightmares
- Stammering
- Improve relaxation
- Fear of flying, phobias, bedwetting
- Change/end habits, nail biting, stop smoking
- Trichotillomania
“…I just wanted to let you know that I booked a flight! I'll be heading to Sicily at the end of September on my honeymoon, and while I'm not excited about the flight, I am focusing on the prospect of the Italian food and the relaxation - that part I am definitely looking forward to! So, I also wanted to say thank you so much for your help with this - it has really meant a lot. I really couldn't have imagined booking a flight without feeling sheer panic when I first came to see you”
Physical Illness
- Weight loss
- Atavistic seizures
- Some skin conditions and skin reactions
- Migraines, headache
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Chronic pain management
- Undiagnosable medical complaints/functional conditions
- Managing a chronic diagnosis or disability
- Procedural anaesthesia
“I found the sessions particularly useful as they encouraged me to engage with - and isolate - my emotions in a way I had never considered doing before. I am now able to match any heart palpitations I might have with anger or frustration I might feel at being asked to complete an activity. In providing myself with a reason for the palpitations it appears I am able to rapidly curtail any palpitation sensations I previously had. Of course, it is impossible to say whether it is definitely anger which has caused them, but irrespective of this I feel I have found a way to manage the palpitations and that is the most important thing.”
Performance & Coaching
- Low self-esteem, confidence
- Achieving goals, settings goals, motivation, procrastination
- Sports or work performance, pre-event focus & nerves, performance anxiety,
- Blushing, public speaking
- Relationship coaching
- Career coaching
“…I didn’t feel the nerves at all. I actually really enjoyed the day and lots of people came to me at the end to say well done. A few people even asked me what my secret was! Thank you so much for helping me to realise my potential Dr Eshan.”
Professional membership
Member organisations
The CNHC encompasses many types of alternative therapy, including hypnotherapy.
In order to be admitted to the register a practitioner must have studied to the National Occupational Standards for that profession/discipline, or have reached the equivalent of the National Occupational Standards through other relevant training or at least three years of experience and been assessed by their peers.
A practitioner must also have professional insurance and agree to abide by the CNHC Code of Conduct, Performance and Ethics.
Hypnotherapists may become members of the General Hypnotherapy Register if they satisfy certain criteria with regard to both training and ongoing requirements as determined from time to time by the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (GHSC).
Members are either registered at Practitioner status (which confirms that the GHR acknowledges their qualification to practice), or Affiliate status. Although Affiliate level registrants will have completed a sufficient number of training hours to equip them to commence seeing clients on a limited basis, the GHR does not acknowledge them to have yet been trained to full practitioner level.
All GHR Registered Practitioners are required to accept the published Code of Ethics and Complaints & Disciplinary Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of hypnotherapy I deal with
Information about health conditions (*)
Hypnotherapy can enhance the well-being of individuals diagnosed with serious medical conditions, but should not take the place of medical treatment and advice. If you have been diagnosed with - or suspect you may have - any of these conditions, please speak to your doctor before starting hypnotherapy.
Fees
£149.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Additional information
Free (£0) - Initial Chat to make sure I'm the right person for you – 15min - free (£0)
Sessions are charged at £149 per hour. The first session is a longer 1.5 hour session but charged at 1 hr rate.
Breakthrough session – 4 hours £499
How long will it take to help?
I've been asked this many times and I've listed below the average times it can take someone to find the sessions to deal with their issue -
- Simple phobias or specific key interventions – approx 3-4 hours.
- Complex issues, functional disorders, performance coaching – approx 6-10 hours (delivered in 1-2 hour sessions over several weeks)
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