Back in 2010 I was in a really bad place. To the outside world, it looked as though I had my life together, but inside I was suffering with crippling anxiety and panic attacks. I was drinking alcohol as a coping strategy and I was picking my scalp as a form of self harm.
 

I had months and months of counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which I started to resent, as I felt I was just talking about all the negative things in my life and there were no solutions to my problems.
 

It was at that point that someone suggested hypnotherapy to me. I was very skeptical at first, but I felt I'd tried every other form of therapy and medication and I was ready to make a change in my life.
 

Within 2 sessions, my panic attacks had stopped, within 6 sessions, things had completely changed.
 

I then had the opportunity to train as a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist with CPHT the 'Gold' standard in hypnotherapy training. I am also a certified Life Coach and Master NLP Practicioner.
 

I now have the privilege to work with clients every day to help them work through their issues in a solution focused way, which means that we do not have to unpick the past or talk about the problems in great detail. I'm so passionate about helping my clients understand that anxiety and depression do not have to take over their lives.
 

Pretty much everything that I hear from my clients, I have experienced myself. At the age of 44, I was diagnosed with ADHD, which has also given me a great insight into neurodivergence and how to recognise our strengths and become the best version of ourselves.
 

Louise Squires HPD, DSFH, MNCH (REG.) AFSFH (REG.), MHS (REG.)