Taking the first step can often feel like the hardest part. If you’re struggling to move forward, our free Anxiety Toolkit is here to help. Click the button to download it and regain the calm and control you need to take that first step toward a more manageable future.
How Can I Help?
Anxiety can have a crippling effect on your life, shaping your decisions and how you approach each day. You don’t have to face it alone. I’m here to support you in finding new ways to manage anxiety through personalised sessions tailored specifically to your needs.
Using hypnosis combined with practical goal-setting techniques, we’ll work together so that unconscious patterns no longer hold you back from living the life you want. Imagine feeling freer as your anxieties begin to ease—and noticing how much lighter and more open life becomes.
We’ll explore the lifestyle changes that could make a real difference and set clear, achievable milestones designed just for you. If you’d like to talk things through further, we can continue the conversation until you feel completely comfortable taking the next step.
WHY?
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a natural defence mechanism that humans share with other animals, designed to keep us safe. When triggered by potential danger or stressors—such as fear, pressure, or even excitement—our bodies release hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. This prepares us for fight or flight: increasing strength and speed while narrowing our focus on the threat. Once the danger has passed, these systems normally return to balance.
The question is: how does anxiety sometimes become so intense in humans that it makes everyday life difficult to manage?
What is Hypnosis?
There is no single definitive answer to what hypnosis is. In reality, we all move in and out of hypnotic states several times a day. Some hypnotists even describe everyday life as simply shifting from one trance to another.
Have you ever driven somewhere and arrived with almost no memory of the journey? Or been so absorbed in a film that a scene stayed with you long afterwards, stirring laughter or tears? Watching sport can do the same — flooding your body with adrenaline, making you shout at the referee or feel the urge to throw a punch during a boxing match. These are everyday examples of becoming so deeply engrossed that the outside world fades into the background.
Daydreaming is another familiar form of this state. When your mind drifts, vivid thoughts and images can arise. As your body relaxes and your attention settles on them, you begin to experience the emotions as if they were really happening.
These are all natural examples of what it feels like to be hypnotised.
Our internal experience has a powerful influence on how we respond to the world around us. Just think of taking the first bite of a sharp lemon — the mere idea of that sourness can make your mouth water. When we deliberately focus on this kind of inner experience, the mind and body can react as if what we are imagining is taking place right now.
About Me
My name is Richard Ogden. I’m a hypnotist based in West Yorkshire, and I specialise in helping people reduce anxiety and regain a sense of calm and control.
Anxiety can feel overwhelming and all-consuming — something I know from personal experience. Through hypnosis and other practical techniques, I was able to free myself from its grip and take back control of my life. That experience is what drives me now: I want to pass on the same skills and support so you can do the same
Freedom from anxiety helped me to show up in the world in a totally different way.
Use the Calendly link to book your free zoom call, with me, for up to 30mins. We can talk about your goals, Then I will explain what I do and if I’m confident that I can help you, I’ll explain how to get started.
Just had my Zoom Hypnosis session as I was waiting for a Covid test to come back and really thought I would have to miss out on a visit, but that turned out great! Richard was professional from the start explaining everything as we went along . I was a little sceptical and thought I may laugh out of being a little nervous. I was so wrong! Richard put me at ease and any inhibitions I may have had went, as I was totally absorbed in what Richard was saying to me. All tension left my body and I felt totally relaxed. The journey he took me on was emotional and gave me a feeling of safe relief as the stress in my body disappeared. He explained this as a pressure cooker valve releasing stress so I could manage life a little easier. This is just what it felt like and I can’t wait for my next session!! Can’t recommend him enough, straight speaking, calm and his knowledge is really helpful in lots of aspects of life and how he relates this to physical feelings is totally understandable.
I have had a few sessions of Hypnotherapy and after each session I have felt happy and relaxed. Not only that it has helped me to deal with things differently! I would definitely recommend!!
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