Hypnotherapy for PTSD and Trauma Birmingham

If you’ve been through something difficult and you’re still carrying it — flashbacks, hypervigilance, broken sleep, avoidance, numbness — you’re describing trauma responses. Treatment depends on the severity and type of what you’re experiencing.

Diagnosed PTSD

For diagnosed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, the NICE-recommended first-line treatments are EMDR and trauma-focused CBT.

I’m trained in EMDR and use it as a primary modality for PTSD work. EMDR uses bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements, taps or sounds, to help the brain process traumatic memories. It’s well-evidenced and often produces significant change in fewer sessions than talk therapy alone.

Sub-clinical trauma

Not all difficult experiences meet the diagnostic threshold for PTSD but still affect daily life. Car accidents, medical procedures, bereavements, relationships, childhood experiences. For these, EMDR and clinical hypnotherapy combined can be highly effective.

How sessions go

Trauma work is paced carefully. We don’t push faster than your nervous system can handle. Sessions include grounding work, regulation work and processing work — in whatever balance is right for you that week.