Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss

Most people start with five sessions as a structured programme. The first session maps your goals, eating patterns, triggers, and daily routines. Sessions two and three focus on subconscious retraining for cravings, hunger and fullness awareness, and confidence around food. Session four reinforces new habits and prepares you for real world situations such as meals out, travel, and social events. Session five consolidates progress and creates a personal maintenance plan.

Many clients find five sessions sufficient. Some choose occasional top ups for motivation or to support a new goal such as preparing for holidays or improving fitness. If you have complex emotional triggers or a history of repeated yo yo dieting, we may agree a slightly longer plan so that change remains steady and sustainable. All sessions are tailored, and can be in person in Horsham or online.

No. You will not be asked to follow a strict diet. Hypnotherapy for weight loss helps you make balanced choices by restoring trust in your hunger and fullness signals and by reducing the emotional pull of overeating. If you already have medical or nutritional guidance, we work alongside it and keep things simple so that the plan is easy to live with.

Here are the gentle food principles many clients find helpful.

• Tune in to natural hunger and comfortable fullness, give yourself a moment before and after meals to check in with your body
• Steady meals that include protein, fibre, and colour, this supports energy, mood, and satiety without rigid rules
• Mindful eating where screens are off and pace is slower, this makes portions self regulate naturally
• Kind structure such as a loose meal rhythm, helps prevent grazing and emotional snacking without restriction
• Hydration first use water to support digestion and reduce false hunger cues

If you have a medical condition such as diabetes, or a history of eating disorders, we will integrate any guidance from your GP or dietitian and move at a pace that feels safe.

Cravings usually sit on top of a cue and reward loop. The cue might be stress, tiredness, or walking into the kitchen. The reward is relief or distraction. Hypnotherapy helps by calming the stress response, uncoupling the cue from the urge, and installing new responses that feel just as rewarding. We use imagery, suggestion, and future rehearsal so that the brain experiences choosing differently as the new normal.

You also learn a short craving protocol for real life moments.

• Name it say craving and rate it from zero to ten, naming reduces intensity
• Breathe and wait use a one minute slow breathing reset, most urges peak and fall within minutes
• Swap the reward try water, a short walk, or a planned snack that truly satisfies
• Change the scene leave the kitchen or move your body for sixty seconds, state change breaks the loop
• Decide again if the craving is still there, choose a small mindful portion and eat it slowly without guilt

Over time the need to act on cravings fades, and choosing differently starts to feel effortless.

Emotional eating is a sign that food has become a reliable way to change state quickly. We treat the cause and the habit. First we identify the specific feelings and situations that drive the behaviour. Then we install alternative state changers that work as fast as food but leave you feeling better afterward. Techniques include calm breathing, body based grounding, mental rehearsal of tricky situations, and self compassion scripts that reduce shame and all or nothing thinking.

You will also create a simple plan for high risk times.

• Early warning notice tension, racing thoughts, or fatigue as cues to pause
• Three minute reset one minute of slow breathing, one minute of gentle movement, one minute of water or tea
• Comfort menu short list of feel better actions such as a hot shower, stepping outside, a quick tidy, a message to a friend
• Mindful allowance if you still want food, eat a planned portion slowly and return to balance at the next meal

With practice, stress decreases, the urge to soothe with food reduces, and confidence grows.

Yes. Hypnotherapy is a gentle process that uses relaxation and focused attention. You remain aware, responsive, and in control throughout. You can open your eyes, speak, or move at any time. Most people describe the experience as calm and clear, similar to being absorbed in a good book.

Safety is central. If you have medical considerations, current mental health care, or a history of eating disorders, we adapt the approach and work in line with your clinician’s guidance. The aim is steady, sustainable change that supports both physical and emotional wellbeing. Hypnotherapy for weight loss works best when it complements realistic activity levels, simple food habits, and good sleep.