Feel in Control Again: Hypnotherapy for work stress, burnout & golf performance

When you are stuck in a negative loop. Change what happens next

I offer modern Hypnotherapy combined with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in St Albans and online, helping with anxiety, stress, burnout and performance challenges. Each approach is practical, tailored, and focused on creating calm, clarity and long-term change.

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How we
work together

Based in St Albans, I offer online and in person hypnotherapy focused on future change. Rather than getting lost in the past, we focus on changing what happens next by replacing old, automatic habits with calm, positive responses you want to have. I often work with professionals with work stress and athletes to take their mental game to the next level.

Peter Jacobs

I’ve spent years exploring different ways to improve how I think and operate, from breathwork and stoicism to meditation, I searched for something that actually works in practice. I now use Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy because it brings those ideas together into a structured, forward facing approach. The emphasis isn’t on the past. It’s on changing what happens next.

I’ve led teams, departments and businesses in corporate environments where pressure, performance and responsibility are constant. I know what that demands and what it can do to your thoughts when it doesn’t switch off. Are you waking up thinking about conflicts at work (often imagined), becoming irritated quickly at reading emails, becoming frustrated with yourself as you are taking work too seriously, or simply having the apprehensive feeling of what's next, these are all habitual thinking which can be changed. It is about taking back control.

- Therapy which is about outcomes

- Combining elements of 'self help'
you've thought about trying

- Our brains are prediction machines,
learn to use it to your advantage

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Online Hypnotherapy for sport and work stress

Clients who took
back control

Hypnosis can be misunderstood

Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH), is a modern and scientifically based form of hypnosis, it fuses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which is the most recommended form of therapy by the NHS. Combined with hypnosis it is a powerful technique to make changes in your attitudes and behaviours. It is evidence based and is designed with making positive changes in the future.

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What is CBHypnosis?

CBH is a practical combination of CBT and hypnosis. CBT helps you understand and challenge the thinking patterns that are driving the problem. Hypnosis helps you actually change how those patterns feel and respond in real time. It’s not about analysing the past or “being put under.” It’s a structured, forward-focused way of changing how your mind operates day to day.

Is CBHypnosis right for me?

If you’re aware something isn’t working, but thinking harder hasn’t fixed it, then yes, it’s likely a good fit. It works best for people who are used to being in control, but can see that some of their thinking patterns have become automatic and unhelpful. You don’t need to believe in it yet, just be open to approaching the problem differently. If you have any questions then we can have an initial 20 minute conversation so everything is clear.

How is this different to talking therapy?

Talking can help you understand the problem. This is about changing it. Whilst there will be elements of talking therapy to understand the issue, the focus is less on analysing the past and more on how your mind is working now, then how to shift it so things actually feel different day to day.

What kind of things can this help with and how quickly?

Anything driven by habitual thinking patterns, such as anxieties, stress, overthinking, internal pressure, sleep issues, confidence, performance, or feeling stuck in a way of operating that isn’t working anymore. Our brains are prediction machines, currently it is predicting negativity. Through relaxation, focus and visualisation we can change what happens next.
You should start to notice shifts early on, often within the first couple of sessions. This isn’t open-ended. We’re working towards specific changes, not just having ongoing conversations. Changes can be subtle but powerful.

What does hypnosis feel like?

It is not like stage hypnosis or what you have seen on the TV or in films. You remain in control, aware and conscious at all times. If you are open to the concept of deep relaxation and focused attention then hypnosis can work for you. Hypnosis at it's best feels deeply relaxing, similar to the state we are in just before falling asleep, still awake but in a dream like state.

I've tried things like meditation, mindfulness, breathwork and other self help, how is this different?

These approaches are powerful in their own right and are helpful in moments. This goes a level deeper by bringing those ideas together into something structured, so you’re not just managing symptoms, you’re changing the pattern underneath.

What type of
changes can
you make?

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