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

10/09/2025

Imagine your brain as a rowdy bar in the centre of town on a Friday night. Thoughts are like spilling pints, people shouting over each other to be heard, arguments started about things no one ever remembers. Chaotic, loud and stressful!
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Solution focused therapy is like hiring a calm but firm bar tender who asks, "What DO you want to drink?" and who boots out the drunk thoughts and so you enjoy your evening with some clarity.

With kindness,
Angharad

08/09/2025

How do you pack for a weekend or a week? Are you a one small back pack kind of person or a three suitcases and the kitchen sink?
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Often when we organise our things for time away our mind goes down the "what if, what if.." route and we end up with all sorts of things which come back unworn and unused. This is your mind giving you all sorts of unhelpful worrying thoughts.

Solution focused work and hypnotherapy together help you to unpack, ditch the emotional baggage and travel through life lighter.

With kindness,
Angharad

05/09/2025

When we are upset communication becomes more tense. Usually. or at least fraught. Misunderstandings often harden into grudges because we assign dire meanings to them.

Your partner forgot to buy bread, therefore they do not listen to or care for you. Or perhaps they were distracted, busy or simply didn't hear.

Whenever you find yourself going down what seems like a very negative alley with someone just double check and see if this is the only interpretation. Finding other narratives can help keep the peace and save relationships.

With kindness,
Angharad

03/09/2025

Communication is never just words. It is body language, history, state of mind. We know this yet rarely check that the other person has actually understood our meaning as it was intended. We assume because it is clear to us.

This is of course madness. It is like assuming that because you sent a letter, the postman both delivered and read it aloud with all the correct emotional inflection.

So what to do? It really helps to notice feedback. Not just the words, but the micro shifts, in expression, breathing so you can get more of an idea of how your supposedly carefully chosen phrase has landed.

It can be a tricky beast, but awareness really does help.
With kindness,
Angharad

01/09/2025

Communication is a slippery beast. Two people can hear the same phrase and end up in entirely different psychological countries. For example, "Why did you do it like that?" meant curiously could be heard as "why would you do something as stupid as that?"

This gap in meaning between what was of meant and what was received stems from the maps in our heads. We interpret everything according to how we feel, past experience and beliefs. Someone who grew up in a home where people argued and discussed things passionately may think northing of raised voices where as another will interpret it as a signal to flee.

In the therapy room I am very careful to listen actively and notice any of my own bias slipping in. But I'm human and I know it is something to keep in mind in my personal life!

With kindness,
Angharad

29/08/2025

If you think a solution focused approach is what you want, then you need to choose the therapist. I will never sell myself, because that is not what creates good outcomes.

Choosing someone to help you is a bit like buying a pair of shoes. You want them to fit comfortably, but you don't want them to cost the earth nor to squeak in public. The trick as far as I can see is not be intimidated by credentials alone. Yes training matters and you should check that the person is professional and experienced but the relationship itself is far more important.

A good rule of thumb is that if you wouldn't feel comfortable sharing your experiences then they are probably not the therapist for you. Trust and comfort are everything. You are shopping for expertise and rapport.

With kindness,
Angharad

27/08/2025

Therapy cliches abound. I would like to reassure anyone seeking help that solution focused therapists then to be quite a personable bunch. We are trained in the art of listening. Hearing you. Finding your strengths and skills.

Then we ask deceptively simple questions like : "What would your life look like if you could x/y/z? What are the smallest first things that might be easier, or possible etc. Astonishingly it does shift your thinking. Before you know it you find yourself describing the sort of day where you can do things. With a little practice your brain gets to like and use this new route and in a handful of sessions you feel a whole lot better.

How would you like to enjoy today?
With kindness,
Angharad

25/08/2025

If there is one thing all of humans are reliably good at, it is worrying. About anything. Everything. Health, money, what people think, how we look, talk, walk.

Solution Focused Brief Therapy is a dazzlingly unpretentious approach to mental health. We accept there are a raft of valid reasons to be in a right old pickle, but what we are interested in is working out how it might look as you begin to get out of that mess.

Refreshing?
With kindness,
Angharad

20/08/2025

Some days are better than others. With anxiety the mind can feel like a squirrel after a couple of espressos. Worry, panic, racing thoughts and all before breakfast. On the outside you may seem fine, but there is an internal whirlwind.

Here is the thing - anxiety is not who you are. It is just what your mind is doing right now. Like a faulty smoke alarm going off when you're making toast. Solution focused hypnotherapy sort of helps you reset the alarm so you can make toast in peace.

With kindness,
Angharad

18/08/2025

Acceptance of life and looking forward positively is what makes for a happy expereince. Some people are shining examples of this and it is so good to have them in our lives. Last weekend I managed to find time to spend with my mother, and what a tonic she is!

She is in 93 now. Her knees give her constant pain, her feet are gnarled into the strangest shapes, she has lost her husband, son and all her contemporaries and her mind is not what it was. But we had fun. We discovered new places, spent the days outside soaking up the pleasures of summer, often giggling at the daftness of life.

Here she is focusing on what she can do and making the most of it.
Dal a ti mam,
With kindness,
Angharad

15/08/2025

In a world that thrives on drama - news alerts, existential dread, what disaster is facing who and where - solution focused work is refreshingly drama free. No need to unpack every dreadful detail that has lead to life thus far. Just quiet focused attention on what could be better and the gentle assumption that it can be.

It isn't about erasing problems or pretending life can be all sunshine and laughter (but please, we all want a hefty dose of that!). It is about developing a different kind of relationship with your mind where we accept the difficulties and look forwards for a change.

It is a bit like programming google maps, we put in where we want to go, we follow the directions and we getting there. It is all about giving google the desired destination.

With kindness,
Angharad

13/08/2025

Solution focused work is all about a deceptively simple question: "what would things look like if things were better?" and "imagine you woke up tomorrow and things were beginning to move in that direction, what is the first thing you would notice?" It is a bit like asking you to imagine a utopian Tuesday morning but with fewer flights of fancy and more emotional clarity.

Pair this with hypnosis and you get an elegant healthy cocktail for the brain. Solution focused hypnotherapy is a bit like watching a Tedtalk in your head where you are the speaker and the topic is "How I accidentally Got My Life Sorted".

With kindness,
Angharad

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Hypnotherapy works quickly. I have helped many many people with all sorts of issues from depression, anxiety, phobias, weight management, confidence, IBS, high blood pressure, addictions, obsessions and more. It is a relaxing and effective way to break negative patterns of behaviour. I offer a free initial consultation, so why not take the plunge and find out more.