Hypnosis for Anxiety
Online and in-person Hypnotherapy in Brussels
With the help of hypnosis, I'll teach you how to take control, feel better and move towards the life you really want.
Everything is customised to your needs, so let's have a chat to work out the best plan for you.
Overcome Anxiety Naturally
Hypnosis is an ideal way to take back control of what seems uncontrollable. My approach combines hypnosis, thought experiments, games, breathing exercises and discussion to help create long lasting change and build valuable skills that can you help overcome future challenges.
What is anxiety? It's really an umbrella term for many different conditions. Keeping it simple, anxiety is your body's natural response to stress and percieved threats in our environment.
You may feel as if you can't control it, or it's just happening by itself. Common symptoms can include increased sweating, feeling faint, panic, tightness, breathing difficulties and skin problems.
However, as humans we can naturally train the mind to adjust the response, and hypnosis helps you do that quickly and easily.
Many people experience anxiety without even realising it, all of these issues below are anxiety based.
- Social anxiety
- Performance anxiety
- Panic attacks
- Difficulty sleeping
- Compulsions
- Nail biting
- Agoraphobia
- Fear of flying
- Driving anxiety
- Shy bladder
- Hair pulling, teeth grinding
- Negative thoughts
How hypnosis works for anxiety
The goal is always to help you get noticable results as quickly as possible. In many cases, we'll work for a period of just 3-4 sessions.
Generally this is how we will work in 4 simple steps.
1. Free Consultation
Let's chat, get your questions answered and meet me before you work with me. Get started.
2. You Take Control
I will teach you rapid and quick tools to help stop the symptoms so you start to gain control.
3. Understand Anxiety
Through our hypnotic work together, you will understand anxiety in a different way so you can be free from it.
4. Goal Setting
I will also teach you self-hypnosis so you can move towards your goals easily and quickly.
Reviews
Hypnosis for Sleep
“I had two sessions with Oliver to help solve sleep deprivation. Both sessions were fantastic and really helped me relax and take steps to improving my sleep. I came away with some great techniques to help me get to sleep which I am still using to this day. Thanks Oliver!”
Hypnosis for Exam Anxiety
I visited Mr. Oliver M. James because I wanted to get rid of exam phobia. Initally I was apprehensive because I had never tried hypnotherapy before. I even wordered whether it was worth the time and money as a student. However, as we progressed through the sessions, I started to observed astonishing positive changes in the way I approched life and thought about examinations. I would recommend 'Boost Hypnosis' to anyone wanting to change their limiting behaviours and live life wholeheartedly.
Hypnosis for Nail Biting
I was surprised how vivid and helpful the guided visualisations were. I came to many answers quite easily, that in therapy would have taken months to find.
Hypnosis for Anxiety
Significant reduction in the tension felt in several situations, and quicker / better action.
Get Started Today
Are you ready to take back control of that anxiety?
It all begins with you, let's talk and answer your questions. You'll meet me before you work with me, and work out the best route for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Evidence Based Research
A number of recent interesting studies show hypnosis as a highly effective method for managing and reducing anxiety in a variety of contexts. Here's a few of them:
A large scale study finds hypnosis is a highly effective intervention for anxiety
Our results indicate the average participant treated with hypnosis achieved more anxiety reduction than about 79% of control participants at the end of active treatment and about 84% of controls at the longest follow-up.
Source: Keara E. Valentine, Leonard S. Milling, Lauren J. Clark & Caitlin L. Moriarty (2019) The Efficacy of Hypnosis as a Treatment for Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 67:3, 336-363, DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2019.1613863
A cost-effective, non-addictive and safe alternative
Self-hypnosis training represents a rapid, cost-effective, nonaddictive and safe alternative to medication for the treatment of anxiety-related conditions.
The tremendous volume of research provides compelling evidence that hypnosis is an efficacious treatment for state anxiety (e.g., prior to tests, surgery and medical procedures) and anxiety-related disorders, such as headaches and irritable bowel syndrome.
Source: Hammond, D. C. (2010). Hypnosis in the treatment of anxiety- and stress-related disorders. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 10(2), 263-273. doi:10.1586/ern.09.140
Hypnosis for panic attacks
Results showed an increased sense of control, improved self-concept, elimination of pathological symptoms, and cessation of panic attacks.
Source: Du-Fay Der & Philippa Lewington (1990) Rational Self-Directed Hypnotherapy: A Treatment for Panic Attacks, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 32:3, 160-167, DOI: 10.1080/00029157.1990.10402820
Test anxiety for medical students
The present study demonstrated that medical students can benefit markedly from medical hypnosis used as a tool to mitigate test anxiety. The findings obtained indicate a positive influence on test anxiety in general
Source: Hammer, C.M., Scholz, M., Bischofsberger, L., Hammer, A., Kleinsasser, B., Paulsen, F. and Burger, P.H., 2021. Positive effects of medical hypnosis on test anxiety in first year medical students. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, pp.1-11.
Pre-surgical anxiety
Pre-surgical preparation: Hypnosis session prior to surgery was an effective complementary method in decreasing presurgical anxiety, and it resulted in better pain control as well as reduced ventilator assistance following CABG surgery.
Source: Guner, B., Çırak, M., Çelik, D., Hergünsel, O., Bedirhan, S., & Akgul, A. (2016). The Beneficial Effect of Hypnosis in Elective Cardiac Surgery: A Preliminary Study. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon,64(07), 581-588. doi:10.1055/s-0036-1580623
Free Anxiety Audio Course
8 self-help lessons which teach you easy ways to feel calmer, quieten your thoughts, stop cravings and feel better.
Listen and practice in your own time.
More Reviews
Hypnosis for Anxiety
This stuff is real. I was coming cold turkey off a nasty Xanax and alcohol addiction two years ago, so bad I was experiencing seizures. After a session with Oliver, I was absolutely relaxed and my heartbeat had come down noticeably and I could even rest for a few hours. Shaky hands and wet palms were gone and I was myself.
Without hypnosis, I was a wreck; anxiety was at an all time high and I felt absolutely miserable. It’s amazing how much a hypnosis session can rearrange the brain even when you are depleted from chemicals it has been used to for years.”
Get Started Today
Are you ready to take back control of that anxiety?
It all begins with you, let's talk and answer your questions. You'll meet me before you work with me, and work out the best route for you.