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Solution focused hypnotherapy allows you to increase your well being in a short space of time. If yo

23/03/2026

Solution focused hypnotherapy can feel pretty amazing but hypnosis is not a magic trick or a state that is other worldly and certainly not something to be feared. It is a calm state of focused sttanteion. Think day dreaming or missing your exit on the M4 as you are thinking about goodness know what.

The hypnotic state occurs daily but is profound: it allows the nervous system to stand down. When someone arrives in a therapy room often that are anxious, overwhelmed, or exhausted by their own thinking. Hypnosis encourages a shift toward deep relaxation, which signals to the brain that it is safe. In that calmer biological environment, the mind becomes more receptive to constructive ideas and possibilities—rather like a computer finally closing its thirty-seven open tabs.

With kindness
Angharad

20/03/2026

In solution focused work a client is encouraged to describe a preferred future in small and vivid detail. Then something interesting happens the Default Mode Network (DMN), ever eager to imagine and construct, begins assembling scenes of competence and possibility. The DMN is deeply involved in imagining the future and simulating scenarios, so we can direct it toward constructive imagery and harness its natural tendencies for our benefit.

When attention is drawn to moments when a problem is less intense, the DMN is prompted to revise the storyline. Instead of “I am always anxious,” the narrative becomes “There are times when I cope better.” This may seem like a modest edit, but the brain thrives on patterns. Repeatedly noticing competence begins to weave a different autobiographical thread—one in which resilience features more prominently than defeat.

With kindness,
Angharad

18/03/2026

The Default Mode Network (DMN) allows us to learn from experience, plan ahead, and make sense of social interactions. Without it, we might struggle to form a coherent identity or anticipate the consequences of our actions.

However, like any department left unsupervised, it can develop some unhelpful habits. Chief among these is rumination at which point the DMN fixates on regrets, perceived flaws, or imagined catastrophes. A neutral comment from a friend is analysed as though it were a coded diplomatic message. The DMN, striving to be thorough, can make well-being feel like a full-time negotiation.

Enter solution focused therapy, which gives it (the DMN) better material to work with. Rather than inviting the mind to endlessly dissect problems, it encourages clients to notice exceptions, strengths, and small signs of progress. This subtly shifts the narrative fuel being fed into the DMN.

Simple, remarkably effective.
With kindness,
Angharad

16/03/2026

The brain has a habit of wandering off. You may be brushing your teeth or staring nobly at a spreadsheet, and suddenly your mind is replaying something mildly embarrassing from 2009. This mental drifting is the handiwork of the Default Mode Network, a fantastic brain state we learn to harness.

The Default Mode Network ( DMN) activates when we are not focused on a specific external task. It is the brain’s background setting. When you are daydreaming, reflecting on the past, imagining the future, or pondering what others think of you, the DMN is humming along industriously. In essence it is the narrative department of the mind, forever constructing the story of “me.”

This gives us some clues as to how to make it work for us. More on that this week.
With kindness,
Angharad

13/03/2026

Physiologically, living inside a confirmation bubble can be taxing. When you are constantly scanning for proof that things are going badly or that people are against you, your nervous system rarely gets the signal to relax. The body prepares, subtly but persistently, for threat. Sleep may grow restless. Minor setbacks feel monumental. The world appears less like a landscape of possibilities and more like a courtroom in which you are perpetually on trial.

The good news is that confirmation bias is not invincible. It weakens under gentle scrutiny. Asking simple questions like:

“What evidence might I be ignoring?”
“If the opposite were true, what would I notice?”

introduces a refreshing breeze into a stuffy room. You need not abandon your beliefs, merely widen the lens through which you view them.

In the end, confirmation bias is not a villain so much as an overzealous intern. It wants to be helpful. It wants coherence and certainty. But left unsupervised, it edits reality a little too aggressively. By recognizing its handiwork, you regain authorship of your own narrative. And that shift can do wonders for your sense of balance, resilience, and overall well-being.

With kindness,
Angharad

11/03/2026

In matters of self-perception, confirmation bias can be especially mischievous. Suppose you conclude, at some vulnerable moment, that you are “bad at presentations.” From then on, your brain becomes a tireless archivist of every minor stumble. A forgotten word, a slightly dry throat, a yawn in the third row - these are cataloged with great solemnity.

The successful delivery, the attentive faces, the compliments afterward? Filed under “Irrelevant to Ongoing Narrative.”

This negative selective accounting is not good for our well-being. Because the mind is busily curating evidence of your supposed inadequacies, you begin to experience the world as confirmation of those fears. It becomes truth as anxiety rises, confidence dips, and you approach future presentations with the enthusiasm of someone volunteering for dental surgery.

In relationships, confirmation bias can operate like a silent saboteur. If you decide that a friend is inconsiderate, you will notice every late reply with forensic precision. Meanwhile their thoughtful gestures fade into the wallpaper. Over time, the imbalance in perception creates real tension. You respond to the version of the person you have constructed, rather than the one standing in front of you.

It really helps to counter negative story lines by asking yourself if there is evidence to the contrary and to actively seek another narrative.

WIth kindness
Angharad

09/03/2026

Confirmation bias is the brain’s way of being simultaneously industrious and deeply lazy. It works like an assistant instructed to gather evidence but who misunderstands the assignment, returning only with materials that agree with the boss.

The mechanism is simple. First, you arrive at a conclusion. This may be based on evidence, mood, indigestion, or a passing comment from 1997. Your brain decides the matter is settled. From that point on, new information is filtered through a highly selective sieve: supporting evidence glides through with a welcoming nod; contradictory evidence is squinted at, interrogated and often quietly shown the door.

We can see how this can be troubling - we ignore so much information, much of which may be beneficial, simply because it does not match up to our preconceived ideas.

We all have a confirmation bias, being aware of it is an important first step in seeing a fuller picture.

WIth kindness
Angharad

06/03/2026

Low mood can feel like a heavy thing to shift. When a person says, “I just can’t get off the sofa,” I don't hear laziness but a nervous system running on a low battery. Practical therapy, then, is partly about behavioral jump-starting—small, manageable actions that nudge those circuits back toward life.

Thoughts that accompany low mood are not facts or commandments etched in stone tablets. They are more like weather patterns generated by neural firing. The brain is a forecasting machine, tirelessly attempting to anticipate danger. Sometimes it overshoots and creates cognitive distortions: catastrophising; mind-reading; all-or-nothing thinking are habits of prediction gone awry.

We notice these forecasts, never scold them, and ask a few questions. Is this prediction accurate? Is it useful? What alternative forecast might also fit the data?

We find brighter weather
With kindness,
Angharad

04/03/2026

In my practice, it helps to see anxiety not aa a character flaw but a smoke alarm. Unfortunately, it is sometimes a smoke alarm that is ready to shriek at the slightest thing, interpreting the smell of toast as impending fire.

The amygdala, an almond-shaped alarm bell deep in the brain is ready to respond to any danger and it cannot easily distinguish between a sabertooth tiger and an unanswered email. Its job is to keep you alive, not to keep you comfortable.

Knowing this doesn’t magically silence it, but it does allow you to say, “Ah. There you are again,” instead of “What is wrong with me?” With this curiosity we than have choice in how we respond.

With kindness,
Angharad

02/03/2026

One of the most liberating discoveries for mental health is neuroplasticity — the brain’s fondness for rewiring itself. The brain is not fixed; it is persuadable.

Thinking is less like concrete and more like a well-trodden garden path. Walk the path of self-criticism and worry daily and it becomes a highway. Begin, awkwardly and imperfectly, to tread a different route, self-compassion for example, and with practice we notice the foliage rearranging itself.

Together, we explore the terrain—our alarm systems, habits, and our extraordinary capacity for change. Our struggles are rooted in biology shaped by experience, not in moral deficiency. This creates a space for change and in that space between neuron and narrative, between reflex and response people discover they are not broken. They are human, with a brain doing its earnest, imperfect best.

With kindness,
Angharad

27/02/2026

There is also, I should add, room for humor. Mental health struggles are serious, but seriousness and solemnity are not the same thing. A well-timed moment of perspective can puncture the drama of a runaway thought. When we can step back and observe the mind’s exaggerations, they lose some of their authority.

So if you find yourself stuck, circling the same worries, repeating the same arguments with yourself, or simply feeling that life ought to be more navigable than this, I offer a practical, forward-looking partnership.

Together, using Solution Focused Therapy and clinical hypnotherapy, we’ll spend less time dissecting the problem and more time building the solution. And in my experience, that is where the interesting things begin.

With kindness,
Angharad

25/02/2026

Alongside the positive psychology of thinking about solutions, I practice clinical hypnotherapy, which sounds faintly theatrical but is really very practical. Hypnosis feels like daydreaming, it is a focused, deeply relaxed state in which the mind becomes more receptive to working on helpful ideas. A bit like updating the software while the computer is in safe mode.

I am endlessly impressed by how resourceful people are once they stop assuming they are broken. Most clients arrive convinced that something inside them is fundamentally faulty. What they discover is that they already possess many of the ingredients for change. My role is to help assemble them into something usable. A bit like collaborating on a flat-pack furniture project.

With kindness,
Angharad

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