Hypnotherapy for Focus & Performance
Focus and performance are crucial for success, but in today’s fast-paced world, distractions and unproductive habits can easily derail our efforts, making it harder to stay on track.
Focus & Performance: Unlock Your Potential with Hypnotherapy
Focus and performance are key to achieving success and reaching our full potential. In an ideal world, we can easily maintain focus, stay organized, and perform at our best. Our minds are designed to help us stay on track, channeling energy toward our goals and overcoming obstacles.
However, in today’s fast-paced, distraction-filled world, maintaining focus can be difficult. Overwhelm, stress, and poor habits can hinder performance, leaving us feeling scattered and unproductive. The subconscious mind may trap us in these patterns, making it hard to regain control and move forward.
A solution-focused hypnotherapy approach can help you break free from distractions and mental blocks, boosting both focus and performance, so you can move forward with clarity, confidence, and achievement.
Types of Focus & Performance Struggles We Can Help You Overcome
Mental and Emotional Symptoms
Procrastination: Delaying tasks despite knowing they need to be done.
Mental Fatigue: Feeling mentally drained after short work periods.
Difficulty Starting Tasks: Struggling to begin important projects.
Lack of Motivation: Losing interest in tasks or goals.
Decreased Productivity: Completing fewer tasks or lower-quality work.
Behavioral and Physical Symptoms
Easily Distracted: Frequently losing focus due to distractions.
Poor Time Management: Struggling with deadlines and staying organized.
Forgetfulness: Forgetting important information or appointments.
Reduced Performance: Not meeting work or school expectations.
Physical Symptoms: Experiencing headaches, tension, or sleep issues.
Increased Stress or Anxiety: Feeling overwhelmed by tasks or projects.
Negative Self-Talk: Criticizing yourself for lack of progress.
How Can Hypnotherapy Help With Focus & Performance
Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy can help enhance your focus and unlock your full performance potential. We’ll explore the underlying mental blocks or distractions that may be hindering your ability to concentrate, and identify practical steps to overcome them. Together, we’ll create a clear and motivating vision of your ideal focus and performance, taking manageable steps toward achieving it.
For specific performance challenges, we can use safe, effective techniques to address the emotional triggers that affect your focus and productivity. Through hypnosis, we engage the subconscious mind to reinforce positive habits and lasting change.
These techniques are rooted in neuroscience, utilizing a natural process to reprogram the brain, improve mental clarity, and boost performance.
Stephen Hardy
DSFH, HPD, AfSFH, MNCH (Reg.), CNHC (Reg.)
I’m a clinical solution-focused hypnotherapist and coach.
My mission is to help people have more fulfilling, fun lives and careers.
As a clinical hypnotherapist, I work with both the conscious and subconscious minds, using a combination of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy, CBT, and Neuroscience, mixed in with my experience of working in senior corporate positions.
The goal is to enable rapid positive change, through helping clients reframe their thinking, and creating new patterns of behaviour. It’s a positive, fun approach.
Testimonials
Free Discovery Call
We'll spend 30 minutes exploring your current challenges and establishing whether Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy is a good fit for you.
The relationship between a therapist and a client is fundamental to the success of any engagement. This is an opportunity to get to know me and find out if my style of engagement would work for you.
You will gain a fresh perspective on what's been holding you back, and confidence in your ability to move forward in life.
An opportunity for you to ask me any questions or address any concerns you may have.
FAQs
What is Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy? How does it differ from more traditional therapy?
Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy is a proven, fast and effective agent for long term change, and has been successfully deployed in several organisations including Northumbria Police.
I take a holistic approach to supporting clients, addressing the cause of their problems, not just the symptoms. Unlike some other therapies, I don’t focus on a client’s issues beyond gaining an initial understanding. I also don’t perform any regression work or focus on past trauma. Sessions are conducted in a solution-focused manner, helping clients move forward with their lives. I use a combination of NLP, CBT, neuroscience, and hypnotherapy to facilitate rapid change in our clients. The goal of solution-focused hypnotherapy is to enable rapid, sustainable change.
Is Hypnotherapy safe? Will I lose control?
I use an element of trance in sessions to accelerate the therapeutic process, with solution-focused hypnotherapy being a core element of sessions. Trance is a very familiar state. All of us go into trance many times every day, for example, when we’re focusing on something we love doing, driving a regular route, or jogging. Trance is when the conscious and subconscious minds come together in focus, allowing you to access the vast resource library in your subconscious and helping you to get the very best out of yourself. It’s a myth that anyone can make you do something against your will in trance. You’re always in control, and your mind will “wake” you if it doesn’t feel safe or if there’s something you need to address. Typically, clients find this part of the process very relaxing and enjoyable.
Do you provide online sessions, and if so, are they as effective as in-person sessions?
Yes and yes!
Since Covid, many people have developed a preference for online interactions. The bulk of my sessions are now conducted over Zoom, giving clients the opportunity to relax within the comfort of their own homes.
The only request is that you ensure you have access to decent WiFi and are in a place where you can comfortably relax with minimal distractions.
Are there any conditions you can’t treat?
I specialise in working with clients who have mild to moderate anxiety or depression and related disorders. As a solution-focused hypnotherapist, I also work with individuals with high levels of anxiety or depression; however, clients need to be aware that this can be a longer process, and they may need to do this in conjunction with taking medication as diagnosed by their medical professional.
Suffering from a psychotic episode can mean that hypnosis is contraindicated, therefore hypnotherapy should not be received in that scenario. Those with a history of psychosis but who aren’t currently suffering from a psychotic episode can benefit from hypnotherapy to help address anxiety-related disorders.
Some physical ailments can be psychosomatic, but it’s important that they are properly assessed by a medical professional.
How many sessions does it take to overcome anxiety?
Everyone is different and I take a client led approach. You know how you feel and how many sessions you need to get to where you want to.
From experience, roughly 10-12 sessions is probably a good rule of thumb, however some people have significantly less, some a few more.