Amanda Joy Holistic Psychologist & Clinical Hypnotherapist.

23/05/2026

Hypnotherapy, Sexual Freedom & Support Through Every Stage of Life

Over the years, my clinical training has continued to evolve alongside the beautifully complex realities of being human. From specialist training in Hypnotherapy Obstetrics to more recent CPD in Psychosexual Health, I remain deeply passionate about supporting people across all stages of their emotional, hormonal, reproductive and sexual wellbeing journey.

Sexual health is not a niche issue. It is part of being human.

It touches identity, confidence, relationships, body image, nervous system regulation, hormones, fertility, pleasure, safety, grief, change, and sometimes the quiet struggles people carry alone.

Hypnotherapy can offer powerful support in areas such as:

✨ Fertility journeys & conception challenges
Supporting stress reduction, emotional processing, body trust, fear release, medical procedure anxiety, and creating a calmer mind-body environment.

✨ Pregnancy, birth & reproductive health
Using hypnotherapy obstetrics approaches to support pregnancy wellbeing, birth preparation, tokophobia, birth trauma recovery, and the emotional transitions into parenthood.

✨ Menstrual cycle & hormonal challenges
Helping with PMS, PMDD, cycle anxiety, pain-related distress, emotional overwhelm, body frustration, and the psychological impact of living with fluctuating hormones.

✨ Perimenopause & menopause
Supporting hot flush anxiety, sleep disruption, confidence changes, identity shifts, libido concerns, emotional regulation, and navigating this powerful life transition with greater compassion and ease.

✨ Sexual confidence, intimacy & sexual freedom
Working therapeutically with shame, anxiety, performance fears, intimacy concerns, desire differences, body confidence, sexual identity exploration, relationship dynamics, and reconnecting with choice, pleasure, safety and authenticity.

✨ Support for men too
I’m especially pleased to be extending my CPD further into men’s psychosexual health — supporting areas such as confidence, anxiety, erectile challenges, performance pressure, fertility concerns, relationship intimacy, hormonal shifts, emotional wellbeing and the often under-discussed impact of masculine expectations.

Hypnotherapy is never about “fixing” people.

Often, it is about helping people reconnect with their bodies, calm the nervous system, process experiences, challenge limiting beliefs, and rediscover a sense of agency, confidence and freedom.

Because sexual wellbeing, reproductive wellbeing, and emotional wellbeing are not separate conversations.

They are deeply intertwined.

And everyone deserves support that is compassionate, evidence-informed, non-judgemental, and grounded in respect for the uniqueness of their journey.

— Amanda Joy
Clinical Hypnotherapist | Founder & Director of Studies
Northern College of Clinical Hypnotherapy

11/05/2026

❌Since declaring a Climate Emergency in 2019 South Tyneside Council has actually delivered a number of really positive environmental initiatives that deserve some recognition.
These include:
▫️ The Viking Energy Network in Jarrow using renewable technology to provide low-carbon heating.
▫️ Solar panels installed on council buildings and energy efficiency upgrades across all of the borough.
▫️ Improvements to council homes to help reduce fuel poverty and cut emissions.
▫️Increased focus on protecting and improving nature, biodiversity, wildlife habitats across South Tyneside.
🌱 Tree planting, habitat enhancement and lots of support for greener public spaces.
▫️Work on coastal resilience and flood prevention to help protect communities from impacts on climate change.
⚡ Embedding lots of climate considerations into council planning and decision-making.

Climate action works best when it improves people’s everyday lives too with warmer homes, lower energy bills, cleaner air, more green spaces and protection for future generations.

There is always so much more to do but it’s important to recognise meaningful progress when it happens.

11/05/2026

Free 30-Minute Consultation

Sometimes the hardest part is simply starting the conversation.

Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, addictions, confidence, emotional overwhelm, unhealthy habits, stress, or feeling stuck in patterns you can’t seem to shift… you do not have to figure it all out alone.

I offer a free 30-minute consultation so we can simply talk.

No pressure.
No judgement.
Just a supportive conversation to explore what’s been going on and whether I’m the right person to help you move forward.

I work both:

Face-to-face in Harrogate and South Tyneside

Online via Zoom from the comfort and privacy of your own home

As someone with both professional expertise and lived experience, I understand how important it is to feel safe, understood, and genuinely heard.

Your nervous system matters.
Your story matters.
And regulation is often the foundation of transformation.

Book your free consultation here:
https://tidycal.com/ncch-amanda-joy/30-minute-consultation

Amanda Joy
The Joyful Mind Mentor

11/05/2026

Most men think sexual health is physical.
But in the therapy room, what we see time and time again…
is that it’s neurological.
When the body is under pressure, stress, or overthinking, it shifts into a state of alert.
And that state is completely incompatible with arousal, connection, and natural response.
This isn’t about something being “wrong.”
It’s about the nervous system doing exactly what it’s been conditioned to do.
And the good news?
That can change.
Through hypnotherapy, we work with the subconscious patterns behind performance anxiety, pressure, and expectation—helping the body move back into a state where it can respond naturally, confidently, and without force.
Regulation really is the foundation of transformation.
If this is something you’ve been quietly struggling with, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to figure it out on your own.
Confidential support is available.
You’re very welcome to reach out.
— Amanda Joy
The Joyful Mind Mentor

11/05/2026

In my early clinic days I became known as The Womb Whisperer because I had such a great deal of success in my practice supporting people on their journey to becoming parents.

Over the years, I’ve worked with individuals and couples to reduce stress, rebuild hope, restore connection, and create the emotional and neurological conditions that support fertility and conception.

Fertility is never “just physical.” The mind, body, nervous system, emotions, relationship dynamic, and subconscious beliefs all play a role.

I’m delighted to be bringing this work back into the therapy room, offering supportive mind-body hypnotherapy approaches for fertility, conception, pregnancy preparation, and emotional wellbeing throughout the journey to parenthood.

Sometimes when the pressure softens, the body responds.
Sometimes when fear quietens, hope returns.
And sometimes, the smallest internal shift can change everything.
Free consultation available.

08/05/2026

There’s a reason the gut doesn’t just “settle”…
And it’s not because someone isn’t trying hard enough.

This Monday, I’m hosting a technical masterclass on the Brain–Gut Axis, exploring how the nervous system and digestion become locked into a loop—where stress triggers the gut, and the gut fuels more anxiety.

Inside this session, I’ll be sharing practical, in-the-room approaches you can actually use, including:

✨ The Fork in the Road – a simple but powerful way to interrupt that internal spiral
✨ The Scrambling Technique – shifting the intensity of physical discomfort
✨ Gut-directed hypnotherapy tools like Thermal Transfer and the NanoNaut Journey

This is where clinical understanding meets real somatic change—supporting the body, not fighting it.

📅 Monday, May 11th

💫 £40 to attend
💫 Free for Trance Tribe members

If you’re ready to move beyond managing symptoms and start working with the root patterns… you’re so welcome to join us.

There’s a reason the gut doesn’t just “settle”… And it’s not because someone isn’t trying hard enough. This Monday, I’m hosting a technical masterclass on the

07/05/2026

There’s a reason “food noise” feels so loud sometimes… and it’s not because you lack willpower.

In Week One of my Eazzy Slim Hypnotherapy Programme, we do something very different.

We don’t restrict.
We don’t control.
We reconnect.

We focus on two simple, powerful shifts:
– Eating when your body is genuinely hungry
– Pausing when you feel satisfied

And here’s where it gets really interesting…

We use the power of the mind, hypnosis, and even an imaginary jab to help your brain turn up the signal of satisfaction—naturally.

Because when your mind believes you’re satisfied… your body begins to follow.

This is not about pretending.
This is your mind in action.

If you’re curious about how to create “that enough feeling” without relying on external control, I’ve written a blog all about it.

Let me know if you’d like the link, or pop “Eazzy” below and I’ll send it over.

The Eazzy Slim Hypnotherapy Programme There is something quietly powerful that happens when you stop fighting your body and begin listening to it instead. Wee

04/05/2026

✨ Harrogate Appointments Available – Saturday May the 9th ✨

Hello lovely people,

For those of you in and around Harrogate, I’ll be at Patti Hemmings: Optimum Health with Patti Hemmings on Saturday the 9th this month, and I have a limited number of appointments available.

If you’ve been thinking about having some time just for you… this could be the perfect opportunity.

I support people with:
🌿 Anxiety & overwhelm
🌿 Confidence & self-esteem
🌿 Breaking addictions & habits (including smoking)
🌿 Emotional release & life transitions
🌿 Deep relaxation & nervous system reset

My approach is gentle, integrative, and tailored to you, blending clinical hypnotherapy with practical tools to help you feel calmer, clearer, and more in control.

Sessions are unhurried and deeply supportive, giving you the space to reset, reconnect, and move forward in a way that feels right for you.

If you’d like to book in, or you’re curious and want to have a quick chat first, just drop me a message 💬

I’d love to see you in Harrogate.

With warmth,
Amanda Joy✨
The Joyful Mind Mentor

20/04/2026

There’s a question I hear all the time…

“What will I gain from meditation or inner work?”

And it’s such a natural question, isn’t it?
We’re wired to want more, more calm, more clarity, more confidence.

But what if the real shift isn’t about gaining anything at all…
What if it’s about what gently begins to fall away?

Anger.
Anxiety.
Old fears.
The pressure you’ve been carrying for far too long.

I’ve just written a blog to accompany this beautiful image, exploring how real transformation often comes not from adding more… but from letting go.

It’s a soft, honest reflection — and it might land exactly where you need it today.

✨ If you’ve ever felt like you’re trying to “fix” yourself
✨ If you’re doing the inner work but wondering why it still feels heavy
✨ Or if you’re ready for things to feel a little lighter…

Have a read here 💛
https://www.skool.com/joyful-mind-community-4081/theres-something-quietly-powerful-about-this-message-isnt-there?p=771db815

I’d love to know what resonates with you, what are you ready to let go of?

We often come to meditation, or any inner work, with a mindset of gaining. More calm. More clarity. More confidence. More control. And yet… what if the real mag

19/04/2026

When intimacy becomes scheduled…
When ovulation apps replace spontaneity…
When connection becomes “trying”…
Something important gets lost.
💔 Playfulness
💔 Attraction
💔 Emotional closeness
And the body feels that shift.
In my work, one of the most powerful things we do is help couples:
✨ “Date again”
✨ Rebuild connection
✨ Restore natural intimacy
Because the body responds to safety…
To pleasure…
To connection.
Not pressure.
💫 When you change the emotional environment… you change the outcome.
Book a FREE consultation work with me online in North Yorkshire or in South Tyneside The Westoe Practice

16/04/2026

✨ Meditation for Relaxation, Join Us This Evening ✨

Are you feeling a little busy in your mind…
A little overwhelmed… or just in need of some time for you?

Tonight, we’re creating a beautiful space to slow down… soften… and reconnect.

This week, as part of our Meditation for Relaxation series, we’ll be guiding you through a deeply calming experience, combining gentle meditation, hypnotic visualisation, and a soothing body scan designed to help your whole system unwind.

This isn’t about “doing it perfectly”…
It’s about allowing… breathing… and simply being.

Together, we’ll explore:
🌿 How to quiet a busy mind
🌿 Simple ways to release stress in the moment
🌿 A deeply relaxing “Mind Like an Ocean” visualisation
🌿 A guided body scan to restore balance and ease

And you’ll leave feeling calmer… lighter… and more like yourself again.

Whether you’re completely new to meditation or have practised before, you are so welcome here. This is a space of sharing, not teaching — a place to come exactly as you are.

💫Come and give yourself this time.
Because when you take care of your mind and body… everything else begins to feel a little easier.

🕰️ This evening it is FREE
📍https://www.skool.com/joyful-mind-community-4081/about

Just bring yourself… and a willingness to relax.