‘Let your curiosity be greater than your fear’ – Pema Chödrön
How Can I Help?
We are a collection of beliefs, ideas, values, rules, experiences, and imprints. These mental and physical constructs determine how we create, and how we experience the world that we live in. They create what’s possible, and what’s not possible. They create action, and they block action. I help you to deconstruct this internal programming, helping you to develop a detailed understanding of your subconscious mind, so that you can connect to your internal world in a way that helps you to be the best version of yourself.
Where understanding is not enough, I use a wide range of tools and techniques to help you create new ways of thinking, release past trauma from the mind and body, and create sustainable habits that align with the you that you’d be happiest being.
Quest Cognitive Hypnotherapy
Quest Cognitive Hypnotherapy is an evidence-based therapy founded on a set of principles that best support the potential for lasting change. Quest Cognitive Hypnotherapy offers an approach which emphasises the unique way you experience the world. By focusing on this we can create a way of working with you that can draw from a great range of approaches and not be limited by labels or fixed protocols.
- All behaviour has a positive purpose, and people are doing the best they can with what they have available at that moment.
- People have everything they need to solve their issues.
- The ultimate purpose of therapy is to help you develop an internal locus of control.
- Trance is an everyday phenomenon, and problems are encased within a trance phenomenon
What is Cognitive Hypnotherapy and NLP?
Hypnosis and “trance states” have been used by societies since the dawn of recorded time. Hypnosis uses these trance states to uncover the thoughts and memory patterns that create and maintain people’s problems. We all experience “trance” states throughout our daily lives. Think of those times when you have been really engrossed in a film or listening to your favourite music and you lose all track of time and the world around you. Or what about those times when you have driven somewhere and you’re not quite sure how you got there?
Hypnotherapy uses these naturally occurring shifts in focus to speak to the unconscious mind and give it acceptable solutions to existing problems.
NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming and is essentially the study of excellence. The creators Bandler and Grindler discovered that people who are successful aren’t successful by accident, they are following a process. It also stands to reason that those people who are not successful also follow a process. Simply, that means that you can alter those processes and the way you think about things to significantly change your behaviours and your life.
What does hypnosis feel like?
Only a light level of trance is needed to create lasting change. We all experience our trance states in different ways, and I am able to help you create the level of trance that is right for you. The more you experience hypnotic trance states, the easier they become. What you learn becomes a tool that you can access outside of the therapy room.
You can open your eyes when you want to, and you can talk with me normally. I’m unable to make you do anything that you don’t want to do!
Cognitive Hypnotherapy to help with
Anxiety
Anger
Business Building
Body Image
Confidence
Communication
Career Change
Career Development
Couples Therapy
Childbirth
Dating
Depression
Disordered Eating
Divorce
Exam Worry
Effective Relationships
Facilitating Change
Family
Fertility
Guilt
Habits
Motivation
Mentoring
OCD
Public Speaking
Personal Development
Parenting
Relationship Issues
Stress
Self Esteem
Self Development
Skin Problems
Trauma
Young Adults
Parenting
Personal Development
Weight Loss
Worry
What if I lose control/never wake up?
You still have awareness and you will be able to respond to me when you need to. You are in control at all times and will be working in partnership with me to achieve the result that you want. Only a light trance is required to affect lasting change.
Testimonials
Sarah is such an easy person to talk to she helped me see things from a different perspective. I regularly use the tools she has given me to deal with any issues that come up in my life. Sarah is calm non-judgemental and completely puts you at ease. I would highly recommend Sarah to anyone’.
Working with Sarah has been a life changing experience. Sarah has an incredible breadth of skills, like no other therapist I have worked with before. Sarah has a way of working that I feel is patient and insightful, which not only helped me move the needle in many areas of my professional life, but also lead to significant self-development. It’s safe to say that I left Sarah a more evolved and self-assured person. I cannot recommend her highly enough! Thank you for everything Sarah.
I would not have got through the last year without her support, and what she taught me has enabled me now to move on and face the world as the happy person I always used to me. Sarah was a ray of sunshine in my life when I needed it most; I cannot recommend her highly enough.
For the first time I am not needing to run away from my feelings… It’s freeing!!!
Sarah is calm, friendly and very approachable a great listener with a lovely manner . She is non judgemental and completely professional.
Her sessions are engaging and exceeded my expectations.
Sarah has helped me see things from a fresh perspective. I was very lucky to choose Sarah as my coach as I always feel in tune with her during the sessions.
Q & A with Sarah
A free of charge discovery call will help me assess how many sessions you may need. Experience has taught me that quick solutions often don’t stick. I aim to treat the root cause rather than the surface problem and I offer a range of packages which reflect the time that this is likely to take.
Because we are all different there are not guarantees. I find out as much as I can in the discovery call to make sure I think I can hep, and I will let you know if I don’t think that I can.
Yes, please ask if you would like to spread the cost
Yes, sessions online work just as well as in person as long as we have decent internet. You can have in person session, online or a combination of both
I work in a secondary school with a wonderful company called Grow. I have lots of experience working with Children but accept them on a case by case basis. I want to make sure that I am the right person for them so always speak with you first and then meet with them before commiting.
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Location
- St Albans, Harpenden, Hemel Hempstead, Wheathampstead & Hitchin