Hypnotherapy for Self-Esteem & Confidence Building
Building self-esteem and confidence requires consistency and commitment. Yet, in today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving world, it's easy for self-doubt and negative thoughts to take over, hindering our growth and progress.
Boost Your Self-Esteem and Build Lasting Confidence with Hypnotherapy
Self-esteem and confidence are vital for leading a fulfilling life. They help us believe in our abilities, embrace challenges, and navigate relationships with authenticity and self-assurance.
In a healthy state, self-esteem empowers us to pursue our goals, trust our decisions, and recover from setbacks. However, life experiences, negative self-talk, or criticism can chip away at our confidence, leaving us feeling inadequate, uncertain, and stuck.
Low self-esteem can act like a subconscious loop, trapping us in patterns of self-doubt and fear of failure. Over time, this can hinder our personal growth and prevent us from reaching our true potential.
Solution-focused hypnotherapy can help you break free from these limiting beliefs, rebuild self-confidence, and cultivate a strong, positive sense of self—allowing you to move forward with clarity, courage, and resilience.
Symptoms of Low Self-Esteem and Confidence We Can Help You Overcome
Symptoms of Low Self-Esteem
Believing you are less deserving of happiness and success than others.
Being overly self-critical and harsh on your perceived shortcomings.
Struggling to say "no" or set healthy boundaries.
Feeling anxious, afraid, or pessimistic about the future.
Putting others’ needs above your own, even at the expense of your well-being.
Signs of Low Self-Confidence
Difficulty making decisions or second-guessing yourself constantly.
Avoiding expressing your opinions and deferring to others.
Ignoring compliments and focusing on criticism.
Comparing yourself to others and feeling inadequate.
Fear of failure that leads to giving up on goals or avoiding challenges.
Avoiding social situations, slouching, or trying to blend into the background.
Prioritizing others' needs while neglecting your own.
Can Hypnotherapy Help Build Self-Esteem and Confidence?
Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy is a powerful tool to improve self-esteem and build confidence. By understanding how the brain works when we experience self-doubt, you’ll gain clarity and insight into the patterns that may be holding you back.
Using solution-focused techniques, I’ll help you challenge negative thought patterns, shift your focus to your strengths, and explore what life could look like when you feel more confident and self-assured. Together, we’ll set meaningful goals and take manageable steps to help you step outside your comfort zone, celebrating each success along the way.
Hypnosis consolidates these changes by engaging your subconscious mind to support positive, lasting transformation. Through guided relaxation, you’ll create new, empowering patterns of thought and behavior, helping you feel calmer, more in control, and ready to embrace the life you deserve with confidence and positivity.
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.