FAQs

Yes, it really works. You are not the only one to be sceptical, many of my clients are when they first come and see me. Check out some of the review comments. Search for Tim Maude Hypnotherapy on “Google Maps”. If you are still sceptical – read what the NHS has to say about hypnotherapy.

When you go into a hypnotic trance you are relaxed and comfortable. It is a bit like when you are in bed and half awake and half asleep – relaxed and sort of aware of what is going on and occasionally your mind wanders.

Hypnotherapy is perfectly safe. No hypnotherapist can make you do something you don’t want to. You can choose to come out of trance at any time. You can check out what the NHS says about hypnotherapy.

No, you will not get ‘stuck’. I will always tell you when it is time to reorient yourself back to the here-and-now. Even if we are working online and we loose the network connection, you will quite naturally return to normal shortly afterwards.

Everyone can go into a hypnotic trance. Some people can go into a very deep trance and some go into a light trance. However, the depth of the trance does not matter. The therapy works however deep the trance is.

I am not interested in your past experiences. They are in the past and should be left there where they belong. As a solution-focused hypnotherapist, I ask you to focus on what it is like being free from anxiety and depression, rather than digging up the past.

Hypnotherapy has been around for many years. In the past it was thought that the solution to psychological problems was to dig around in the past to understand what caused the problem in the first place. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is a more modern approach and tackles problems by focusing on what the client wants to achieve rather than what caused the problem. You can find out more about Solution Focused Hypnotherapy on the AfSFH website.

Unfortunately not. No hypnotherapist can guarantee success, no more than a doctor can guarantee that their treatment will work. All I can say is that the vast majority of my clients go away more than happy that they have come to see me.

I typically see clients once a week for between five and ten weeks. A few clients need more than ten sessions – and some need less. It is not possible to give an accurate estimate.

Hypnotherapy works equally well in person or online. To work online, I use Zoom or other video technology. My clients need to have somewhere comfortable to sit to talk to me, as well as a place to either lie down or lie back with their head supported.

My clinic is in the Pondtail area of Fleet, Hampshire UK.

I do work online, although most of my clients prefer to see me in person in my clinic. Some of my clients live too far away from me to see me in person, and for these I offer sessions over Zoom or some other video technology.

I do work with teenagers from around the age of 15. For safeguarding reasons, I ask that a parent or guardian is present for anyone under the age of 18. For younger people, I can recommend other hypnotherapists who work more regularly with children. Contact me and I will be happy to advise you.

I am qualified as a hypnotherapist: Hypnotherapy in Practice Diploma, Diploma in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy and Hypnotherapy Supervisor (Issued by the Clifton Practice Hypnotherapy Training school). I am a qualified hypnotherapy supervisor. I am qualified NLP Master practitioner and Trainer (Pegasus NLP training), and New Code NLP practitioner (NLP Academy).

One of the earliest treatments I performed was for a phobia for wasps, which was around 2001. I have used hypnosis and NLP to help people since then, although my work as a professional hypnotherapist began in 2019.

I am a member of the National Hypnotherapy Council (NCH), the Association for Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (AfSFH), and the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC).

I am fully insured with Holistic Insurance Services.

Everything that we discuss in the clinic is confidential, unless you give me permission to discuss your case with someone else (such as your doctor). If there is a legal requirement for me to share information about your case (such as a court order), I will do so (although this has never happened in my career so far). The only other exception is if you tell me that you are going to do something such as harm yourself, or break the law.