Testimonials

Hypnotherapy came to my aid when I thought that nothing could help.

Having never learned to swim as a youngster (and as the years passed developed a sort of fear of water) I set myself the challenge and booked lessons. After more than a dozen lessons I really wasn't getting anywhere, got into a real state before each lesson, decided it was a silly idea and not for me.

The owner of the swimming school offered me one to one private lessons and took me on as her personal challenge I think! Although the instruction was brilliant I still couldn't get to grips with the fear and again began to think that enough was enough.

I happened to be clicking around on the Internet with reference to dealing with phobias and the like and found several sites relating to hypnotherapy, and my interest was aroused. I looked for practitioners local to me and contacted Sophia, who responded immediately with such great enthusiasm that I arranged my first session and have not looked back, except to deal with people and thoughts that were detrimental to my overall wellbeing.

I felt very safe and at ease with Sophia right from our first meeting, and each session was tailored to my personal needs, which were discussed in great detail before and after each trance. Sophia was always pleased to receive feedback between appointments, which I found very helpful and supportive. I have been given several 'tools' which help me maintain my positivity and confidence, and I have no doubt at all that I will be swimming unaided very soon.

I have also been able to address several other issues which came to light during my sessions, and certainly wouldn't hesitate to use hypnotherapy and Sophia again should the need arise.

I contacted Sophia for help with weight loss. Through a mix of hypnotherapy and discussion I have now developed a more positive attitude to food. I have finally accepted that things will take time and won't happen over night and small lapses are not the end of the world.

I was smoking around 30 cigarettes a day and had been trying to stop smoking for a year. I felt that I was being influenced by my partner who also smokes that amount and who regularly said she did not want to stop.

Exactly 4 weeks ago, on 9th March, I attended hypnotherapy to stop smoking with Sophia Steeden. Having completed a short form beforehand, we discussed what I had written and then embarked on the session itself. Sophia stopped smoking in this way, is reassuring, positive and professional.

The hypnotherapy was very relaxing, I could hear all that was said and I felt comfortable throughout, time seemed infinite. Afterwards I was very energised and immediately realised that I just had no desire for a cigarette again.

My partner and most of our friends just carry on smoking around me and I have no desire at all to join in. Brilliant!

Thank you SO much, I am recommending your service to everybody who is as stunned as I am that I have stopped without any stress at all.

I gave up smoking for 15 years, but started again 4 years ago due to work pressures. I decided I needed to give up last year due to health problems. I tried Nicotine gum first, but got fed up with having an aching jaw all the time from chewing, so decided to opt for Nicotine patches. These didn’t work either and I was becoming quite despondent and started to feel low about everything. Someone suggested Hypnotherapy, and told me of their friend at Reflections Hypnotherapy. I called and spoke with Sophia who was very helpful, and explained a bit about what Hypnotherapy is all about, and then suggested that I make an appointment for a 15 – 20 minute consultation. I had the consultation, and felt so empowered by how hypnosis works and the positive suggestions that you receive when hypnotized, that I went straight into my first Stop Smoking session. I booked another two sessions over the following two weeks as recommended, and have to say that I haven’t looked back since.

I AM NOW A NON-SMOKER, and know that I will never smoke again.

I just wanted to express my appreciation for the huge change you have helped me make, and hopefully give others in a similar situation some hope. As you know I was left with severe pain following a riding accident and surgery to repair and pin my badly broken shoulder, and as a result I was finding it difficult to make progress with my rehabilitation. I had hit a brick wall with physiotherapy with the pain I was experiencing restricting any further potential mobility.

After the first session of hypnotherapy I was totally amazed, as was my physiotherapist! The range of movement in my shoulder increased immediately and I was actually able to control the level pain I was feeling. Movement became easier and my almost useless arm began to be useable again. After two more sessions with you I am now experiencing less pain on a daily basis and have even managed to reduce the amount of pain killing medication. Thank you so much for giving me a real chance of a good recovery. Your warm and calming approach put me immediately at ease and I found the whole experience wonderfully relaxing. And, my sleep has improved too... I now find myself imagining your incredibly soothing voice telling me that I’m deeply relaxed as I drift off to sleep!

I had never considered myself a person that hypnotherapy would work for... I always question everything for a start, but now I am so glad that I came to you and I would whole heartedly recommend Reflections Hypnotherapy.

I had tried many different ways to stop biting my nails, none of which were successful. After just one session with Sophia I had already noticed that I was not drawing my nails towards my mouth and now after three sessions, and four weeks later I am still not biting my nails and they look great!

I found Sophia’s Hypnotherapy sessions extremely helpful in dealing with my anxiety/stress. The explanations she gave me before the Hypnotherapy sessions began were very informative, and put me at my ease. I would, and do thoroughly recommend her to anyone with any similar problems