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Paul’s Story

Paul’s Story

The one thing that might have stopped me coming to hypnotherapy was that I was a bit concerned about the amount of control I would have. I suppose I was aware that there was an element of the unconscious about it, and it seemed a bit like maybe I’d be handing over my...

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Kelly’s Story

Kelly’s Story

When I first made contact with Orla about the problems I was experiencing I was in a very bad place, stuck in very negative thought processes and patterns and ways of thinking. I felt like I was in a very dark hole. It was like a really black tornado. And I couldn’t...

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Elizabeth’s Story

Elizabeth’s Story

I have a long history of anxiety and depression, and things have improved for me significantly since I started seeing Orla for hypnotherapy, and I have so many tools now to help me in the future. I’m really learning that the more time I think about the good things in...

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Georgia’s Story

Georgia’s Story

I came to hypnotherapy because I was feeling really ‘stuck’ in life. I’d been working in a shop for thirteen and a half years, without ever having really meant to have chosen this as a job. I really very intensely disliked my job, and I’d wanted to get out of retail...

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Rosie’s Story

Rosie’s Story

Because I was in such a bad way at the time I started sessions, I wasn’t sure particularly how much hypnotherapy could help me. My anxiety and depression were very bad at that point, and I was so often preoccupied with very negative thoughts, that it was difficult to...

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