Most people who contact me about eating habits already know a fair amount about food and weight. The frustrating part is often the gap between what they intended to do and what happens when they are tired, stressed, bored or back in a familiar routine.
You may find yourself eating automatically in the evening, responding to a difficult day with food, struggling with cravings or abandoning a sensible plan because one day did not go as intended.
Hypnotherapy may help people who genuinely want to change food-related habits or manage cravings. It can be used as one source of support around the everyday patterns that make a chosen plan harder to follow.
Habits, cravings and motivation
Sessions may focus on:
- noticing automatic eating patterns earlier
- responding differently to familiar triggers
- strengthening motivation for the plan you have chosen
- eating with more awareness
- managing particular cravings
- getting back to your plan after a setback
We start with your own experience: what happens, when it tends to happen and what seems to set the pattern going. The session is then tailored to the situations and habits you would most like to change.
Your own choices, willpower, commitment and follow-through remain central. Hypnotherapy is not an effortless or guaranteed route, and I don’t promise a particular change in weight.
Part of a wider weight-management plan
Body weight is affected by food and drink, activity, health, medication and other individual circumstances. Hypnotherapy does not cause weight loss on its own and does not replace an appropriate eating plan, physical activity or medical advice.
I do not prescribe diets or suggest that hypnotherapy allows somebody to eat as much as they like and still lose weight. If you are working towards a significant change in weight, have a health condition that may be relevant or take medication that affects weight or appetite, please speak to your GP or another appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
The NHS Better Health programme provides practical information about food, activity and weight management.
Eating disorders
My service is not treatment for anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating disorder or another diagnosed or suspected eating disorder. Please contact your GP or an appropriate specialist service for assessment and support.
Taking the next step
If you already have a sensible weight-management plan and would like support with motivation, cravings or food-related habits, an initial consultation gives us time to discuss what you would like to change and whether hypnotherapy seems a suitable addition.