Abbey Clancy shares how hypnotherapy for anxiety works
Abbey Clancy recently opened up in a MailOnline interview about her experience with anxiety and how hypnotherapy has become an important part of her life. She spoke honestly about how her mind would spiral into catastrophising everything, sometimes scaring herself with thoughts that she might have serious health problems like multiple sclerosis.
For anyone who has ever battled anxiety, this will sound all too familiar. It is that unsettling moment when a small physical sensation or fleeting worry suddenly grows into something enormous in your mind. You feel your heart start to race, your stomach tighten, and your thoughts tumble faster than you can catch them. Your body responds as if the danger is real, even when there is no threat at all.
This is the power of the subconscious mind. It is the part of you that constantly scans for danger, trying to keep you safe. But when life becomes stressful or overwhelming, that same protective instinct can become overactive. The brain misreads ordinary signals as emergencies and begins to flood the body with stress chemicals like adrenaline and cortisol. You feel anxious, unsettled, and on edge for no clear reason.
That is where hypnotherapy for anxiety works in a way that traditional thinking alone often cannot. It reaches the subconscious directly, helping it to separate fear from fact so that your body and mind can find calm again.
Understanding how hypnotherapy for anxiety works
When we experience anxiety, our subconscious mind believes we are in danger. Even when our logical mind knows we are safe, the subconscious triggers the same physical reactions we would feel if we were being chased or attacked. It releases stress hormones, quickens the heartbeat, and sharpens the senses.
Hypnotherapy for anxiety works by helping your subconscious to update those old protective patterns. Through relaxation and focused attention, you enter a state where your mind becomes more receptive to new information. In this state, the therapist can guide your subconscious to recognise the difference between real threats and false alarms.
Over time, this creates a calmer, more balanced response. The brain learns to release fewer stress chemicals, allowing your body to rest and recover. You feel more grounded, centred, and in control of your thoughts.
From catastrophising to calm
At AbsoluteU Clinical Hypnotherapy, I often meet clients who describe the same cycle Abbey spoke about. They tell me they know their fears are exaggerated, yet they still feel them as though they were true. It can be exhausting trying to reason with your own mind when the feelings are so strong.
Rather than fighting those thoughts, hypnotherapy for anxiety works by helping you work with the part of your mind that creates them.
Imagine waking up one morning with a headache. Instantly, a thought flashes through your mind, “What if this is something serious?” Within seconds, your body reacts, your breathing quickens, and panic sets in.
Now imagine the same situation after hypnotherapy. You notice the headache, take a slow breath, and pause. You ask yourself, “Is this fear or fact?” You remind yourself that anxiety can create physical sensations too. Within moments, your body relaxes, and the fear passes.
That pause is the turning point. It is the space where you begin to take back control. And that is precisely where hypnotherapy for anxiety works so effectively, by teaching your mind to create that calm gap before reaction.
Rewiring the body’s response
Anxiety can manifest in many ways. For some, it is constant overthinking, replaying conversations, worrying about the future, or expecting the worst. For others, it appears physically through shaking, nausea, breathlessness, or exhaustion.
Your subconscious does not know the difference between physical and emotional stress, it simply reacts. Hypnotherapy for anxiety works by gently retraining your body and brain to respond differently. As your subconscious learns that you are safe, it sends calmer messages throughout the body. Your heartbeat steadies, your breathing softens, and your muscles release tension.
Over time, this new pattern becomes your default state. Clients often describe feeling lighter, clearer, and more confident, as though the background noise of fear has finally quietened.
Why logic alone is not enough
Many people tell me they have tried to think their way out of anxiety but found it impossible. That is because anxiety does not live in the logical, conscious mind, it lives deeper, in the subconscious patterns formed over time.
When you work at that deeper level, hypnotherapy for anxiety works by changing the automatic responses that drive fear. You no longer need to convince yourself to stay calm, your mind and body begin to do it naturally.
One of my clients once described it beautifully: “It’s like my mind finally believes me when I say I’m okay.”
That belief is the foundation of change. Hypnotherapy helps you rebuild trust in your body and mind, showing both that calm is safe and possible.
Becoming proactive, not reactive
My approach combines hypnotherapy with CBT and NLP to help you understand and manage anxiety from both a conscious and subconscious level. This integrated approach means that hypnotherapy for anxiety works not only during sessions but also in your everyday life. You start to notice moments where you used to panic but now remain calm. You find yourself responding with perspective rather than fear.
Imagine walking into a meeting and feeling composed instead of nervous. Imagine lying in bed and your mind staying quiet enough for you to sleep. Imagine waking up and feeling ready to face the day, free from that old knot in your stomach.
These are the changes that happen when you begin to work with your subconscious instead of against it.
Small shifts, profound results
Change rarely happens all at once, but each small shift brings more freedom. The mind learns, the body adapts, and life gradually feels easier. You start noticing new choices: the ability to say no, the confidence to try something new, or the peace to simply be in the moment without analysing it.
The truth is, hypnotherapy for anxiety works because it helps you rediscover your natural state of balance. Anxiety is not who you are, it is just a pattern your brain has been running for too long. Once you start to retrain that pattern, calm becomes your new normal.
Take the first step
At AbsoluteU Clinical Hypnotherapy in Horsham, I help clients of all ages find freedom from anxiety, overthinking, and stress. Sessions are tailored to your needs and designed to help you become proactive rather than reactive in how you think and feel.
You do not have to keep living in a cycle of fear and reaction. Change is entirely possible when you start working with the subconscious mind.
If Abbey Clancy’s story has inspired you, let it remind you that calm is not out of reach, it is simply a skill your mind can relearn.
For more information about how hypnotherapy for anxiety works, or to arrange a free initial consultation, visit:
https://www.clinicalhypnotherapywestsussex.co.uk
