Nicola Wilson Hypnotherapy

03/12/2025

I highly recommend Dr Naomi Fisher for anyone with teens suffering from stress, overwhelm and anxiety. The course personally I attended from a well known NHS service a few years ago, left me feeling confused and upset. It was run on zoom and I actually cried on the zoom call in front of all the other parents - the frustration of a parent blaming culture was all too familiar. The advice and explanations did not match our experiences whatsoever, and it did not tie in with what I knew about accumulative stress from my experience as a solution focused hypnotherapist.

I worked with teens in my previous career as a speech and language therapist and I consistently have 40-50% teen caseload at any one time in my current role in clinical hypnotherapy. They amaze and inspire me all the time. So much wiser and insightful than the wider world gives them credit for.

Not all teens can manage 1:1 therapy when they are so overwhelmed. They may come round to it later; something might shift and things start to look a little brighter, and little more hopeful. But when you are in the depths of the confusion and worry and everything you suggest gets a hard automatic “no”, Naomi Fisher is a real ray of light.

Being a teenager is tough. Everything is changing, and the demands are high. Everyone expects so much more from you then they did just a short time before. It’s hard for teens to stay balanced, when everything in their life feels unstable.

Being the parent of a teen is tough. It’s hard for parents to know what to do to help. Teens can push you away just when you think they need you most. You’re walking on eggshells and don’t know what to do.

It can help to understand what is going on for teens. Teenage brain development is dramatic, and a major re-organisation goes on during adolescence. Their priorities change, their relationships shift – and you’re into a whole new stage.

How can you support your teen through the toughest times? That’s what I talk about in my mini-courses both for and about teens. Based on psychological theory and research, they’ll give you a new perspective on what’s happening for your teen and how you can help.

Helping Your Teen with Anxiety
Anxiety – A Guide For Teenagers
Burnout – A Guide For Teenagers

https://courses.naomifisher.co.uk
Half Price Mental Health courses till Sunday

19/11/2025

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18/11/2025

Understanding and then processing the stress bucket is the what we do in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy🌟

14/11/2025

My essential oil of choice for my clients today. As we sometimes need a little more of this 💙

13/10/2025

Charlie sat on my young client’s knee this morning and had some hypnotherapy. A while ago when he did this, he slid to the floor 😆 He’s made himself comfy again - luckily my next client is on zoom! (Don’t worry for those coming later - the sheets will be clean!!)

18/09/2025

Being a therapist during a genocide that Britain is complicit in has been hard. It’s why I’ve stepped away from every day posts on social media. I continue to see clients and they are making great progress. I still love my work and I know that it helps people to reduce their own daily stress. It also helps people to find strength and ways through life that maybe they didn’t have the capacity for before. Finding small ways to help can increase your self respect, self esteem and sense of standing up for what’s morally right.

But I want you to know that if you are struggling with the world right now, that’s normal. I am too. And if you want to come to see me because you are struggling with this, you can.

Nothing you come to me for is too trivial or too heavy.

We cannot normalise the level of violence and suffering we have been seeing the past two years, or more for the people who have followed the plight of Palestine their whole lives.

Your broken heart is your humanity.

I stand with you and I stand with Palestine
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20/04/2025

Happy Easter! I hope however you’re feeling today you can find something that makes you feel peaceful and calm. And don’t forget to look for what has been good 😉

16/04/2025

Not a lot of funding goes into hypnotherapy research so it’s great to see a study that includes it. With it’s calming effect on the nervous system, it’s success in treating children with frequent abdominal pain shows how often these symptoms are stress related. Not always however and in our case the excruciating pain of ulcerative colitis was put down to anxiety. We were dismissed by GPs, dieticians and a paediatric gastroenterologist. You know your child best and should always push for more tests if you are worried. But there is a huge link to stress and any physiological conditions. Stress reduction is always beneficial.

“Hypnotherapy is 68 per cent more successful and CBT 35 per cent more successful than taking no action, the university said”

“We have found that hypnotherapy and CBT have the best evidence of providing successful treatment and to reduce pain.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/hypnotherapy-stomach-pain-treatment-children-b2734077.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6Ba_Gdh3y8qrVAOa-pIbQyn7SySM-bQadiTJ3t9ZwXT8PCFvttDHNxvWk6DA_aem__rRt0xwx98Lj1rsICXuEWA

Irritable bowel syndrome, abdominal migraines, and unexplained pain cause “chronic, debilitating pain” in up to 300 million children globally

12/04/2025

It’s time for me to come out of my social media hibernation! Over the years of being self employed, when I’m busy with family life, keeping business social media up to date is the first thing that goes for me. My world has changed drastically since our decision to home educate the kids. First and foremost it’s been a process of recovery which is ongoing. I now need to be there more for them, for all our days out, our learning and our endlessly entertaining discussions 😄 I’m so proud of everything they are achieving and we are all getting to grips with our new life. But it takes time and a lot of mindset change for me. Lucky this is my line of work! (Still a challenge though).

I’m still busy enough with my Hypnotherapy clinic and seeing the huge changes in my clients each week keeps my enthusiasm for this wonderful therapy going. I am continuing to work from home in Kirkliston in my therapy room and I see a few clients online, that live a bit further away.

My caseload at the moment is mainly people with anxiety, depression, OCD, work and school stress. I work with people age 10 plus. Many of my clients are neurodivergent and come to see me regularly.

I had my first nail biting client recently and she stopped within a couple of sessions. I believe in this therapy so much but even I was surprised at the quick success of that! Despite it working so quickly, this client stayed on for weekly sessions for a few months, as she felt the benefit more generally in her life. And it gave me the chance to admire her beautiful nails every week 😄

One of the things I love about Hypnosis is the effect it has on our nervous system. When we start coming out of fight or flight, things feel very different. It helps us see our life through a clear lens and is a catalyst for positive change.

The first time I felt the effects of hypnosis was when I did hypnobirthing classes 14 years ago. I knew after the profound effect it had on me, that I’d like to be a Hypnotherapist one day. A few years later, I left my career as a speech and language therapist which was a huge decision but something was telling me I had to make a change. I’m so glad I listened to my instincts. I did not know we would get to a crisis point with school and health a few years after that but we did and being my own boss was so helpful.

There are a lot more things I wish I’d listened to my instinct on sooner, but we have to move forward. In my solution focused way, I am re-evaluating so much about life. It’s exciting and I’m loving ditching the things that don’t work for us anymore. We are finding new and better ways to be and live and learn.

So I will be continuing to look after my work/life balance, but I am so grateful to be doing this job and helping people to find balance and joy in their lives too.

And hopefully I can be a bit more present online going forward as I do like to engage with everyone and say hi when I can 💜

13/12/2024

⭐️Client Review and Recommendation ⭐️

“I started solution focussed hypnotherapy to help with my confidence at work. Nicola was kind, warm and supportive. She explained in an accessible way the theory behind hypnotherapy and how the sessions would take shape. She was flexible offering both in person and online sessions.

I did 9 sessions overall and found it really helpful - not only in improving my confidence at work, but also my self esteem and feelings of self worth in all aspects of my life. I observed significant and tangible changes in how I manage and cope with situations at work. I also felt overall happier and more content on a day to day basis.

Nicola also explained strategies to help maintain these improvements post therapy. Which i have been able to continue.

I would highly recommend solution focused hypnotherapy with Nicola.” Anon

10/12/2024

I have recommended Dr Naomi Fisher to so many parents of children who are struggling with school. She is my absolute go to, having had first hand experience of this in my own family. It is so important that our young people do not feel it is their fault. That continued exposure to the same pressure will not result in learning to cope. If adults felt like this at work, they would be signed off by their GP. Children are not given the same rights. Understanding how to look after yourself is key and I’m really excited that this book is out there. Their mental health is just too important.