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What is Cognitive Hypnotherapy?

How I can help you

Cognitive hypnotherapy provides overwhelmed minds with the toolkit they need to fix their own stresses and strains. It is based on modern psychology and neuroscience and unlike traditional hypnosis, which often views a trance as an altered state of consciousness, cognitive hypnotherapy considers it a natural, everyday state of mind (like daydreaming or getting lost in thought while driving). In this relaxed state, your mind becomes open to new ways of thinking, creating neural pathways that support beneficial habits and behaviours. So the only prerequisite is to be open to the process. 

In September 2015 the Mental Health Review Journal compared Quest Cognitive Hypnotherapy with national results for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme and found that:

In an average of six sessions, 71% reported themselves recovered, compared to 42% of people using other IAPT therapies.

Read more about that here.