Tim Maude Hypnotherapy

22/10/2025

20/10/2025

Does driving on motorways fill you with dread? Do you take an alternative route just to avoid those busy, multi-lane roads? Do you avoid travelling just because it would mean driving on a motorway? Welcome to Amaxophobia! How Common is Amaxophobia? A lot of people are nervous about driving, but around one in ten drivers are so anxious that doctors would diagnose Amaxophobia - a fear of driving in certain circumstances, such as motorway driving, or being a passenger while someone else is driving....

Does driving on motorways fill you with dread? Do you take an alternative route just to avoid those busy, multi-lane roads? Do you avoid travelling just because it would mean driving on a motorway?…

07/10/2025

Generally speaking, hypnotherapy is quite safe. It’s normally very relaxing and pleasant. In fact, clients tell me that the hypnosis part of a session is the bit they really look forward to. A hypnotherapist doesn’t make you do things you don’t want to do. They don’t make you do things … they suggest … they lead you … it’s up to you to decide whether or not you want to follow them....

Generally speaking, hypnotherapy is quite safe. It’s normally very relaxing and pleasant. In fact, clients tell me that the hypnosis part of a session is the bit they really look forward to. A hypn…

01/10/2025

When clients come to me, they do so because they have a problem. Usually, it is a problem involving anxiety. Maybe they worry about their children, their partner, their work, the cleanliness of their house, their health, driving on motorways … or anything else. Maybe they have anxiety about anything and everything. Or maybe they just wake up in the morning with a sense of dread for no particular reason …...

When clients come to me, they do so because they have a problem. Usually, it is a problem involving anxiety. Maybe they worry about their children, their partner, their work, the cleanliness of the…

23/09/2025

I’ve just come back from a good walk in the woods nearby. My head was so full of stuff that it was buzzing round my brain. I found that I couldn’t settle and focus on one thing. I had a gap between clients so took the opportunity to clear my head a bit with a good walk. When my head is too full, I don’t try and resolve everything....

I’ve just come back from a good walk in the woods nearby. My head was so full of stuff that it was buzzing round my brain. I found that I couldn’t settle and focus on one thing. I had a gap between…

16/09/2025

You wake up in the morning and feel a sense of dread - for no particular reason. If only you could step outside of yourself, even for a few moments, to analyse what is going on. Is it a fear of something that might happen that day? (… but it’s just a normal day.) Is it worry about something you messed up yesterday?...

You wake up in the morning and feel a sense of dread – for no particular reason. If only you could step outside of yourself, even for a few moments, to analyse what is going on. Is it a fear …

03/09/2025

Breaking up a relationship can be very stressful and can lead to anxiety. This is particularly true when your ex-partner was at fault, as it feels so unfair that they caused the break-up and now you are suffering because of what they did. The sudden changes in life that a breakup can create are stressful enough, but a toxic breakup can seem more than one can bear....

Breaking up a relationship can be very stressful and can lead to anxiety. This is particularly true when your ex-partner was at fault, as it feels so unfair that they caused the break-up and now yo…

02/09/2025

A nice thought …

September is a doorway, half in the glow of summer, half in the calm of autumn.
It reminds us that change can be steady, graceful, and full of possibilities

What do you want to achieve this season?
Maybe chat with your local about being the best version of you?

28/08/2025

The world is a scary place, and it can seem even scarier when you watch the news or read a newspaper. News can increase anxiety levels. Some of the people I see in my hypnotherapy clinic have simply stopped watching the News. They have realised that it just adds to their stress and so they have stopped. Others seem to watch the news several times a day, and it makes them very anxious....

Explore how news consumption can heighten anxiety and discover tips for managing stress while staying informed. Find balance for a healthier mindset.

12/08/2025

Social anxiety can ruin lives … Daisy walks down the street worrying about what the other people think of her. She worries that they think she is ugly. She worries that they might stop her and become angry. She worries that they look down on her. Daisy has only a few friends, and although she worries less about what they think, she still worries....

Social anxiety can ruin lives … Daisy walks down the street worrying about what the other people think of her. She worries that they think she is ugly. She worries that they might stop her and beco…

05/08/2025

Working as a hypnotherapist, I help clients go into trance every working day. One of the questions I get asked is, “How does hypnotherapy actually work?” What is Trance? The first thing to examine is trance. I usually help people into trance by relaxing them (and they do get very relaxed!) and then asking them to imagine something. Once the brain and the body are very relaxed, something strange happens in the brain - the brain finds time to deal with unresolved issues....

Working as a hypnotherapist, I help clients go into trance every working day. One of the questions I get asked is, “How does hypnotherapy actually work?” What is Trance? The first thing to examine …

29/07/2025

Pains in the chest, laboured breathing, racing heart, an impending sense of doom … is it a heart attack or a panic attack? Around a quarter of people reporting chest pains to a doctor are actually suffering from some sort of panic disorder. If it’s a heart attack - the sooner you are treated the better. If it’s a panic attack, you can just wait until it subsides....

Pains in the chest, laboured breathing, racing heart, an impending sense of doom … is it a heart attack or a panic attack? Around a quarter of people reporting chest pains to a doctor are actually …