OLIP Therapy · Serving Portsmouth
Hypnotherapy in Portsmouth, Hampshire| OLIP Therapy
When willpower isn't enough, work with the part of the mind that is.
Hypnotherapy in Portsmouth, in person and online
You have tried willpower. Now try the part of your mind that actually decides.
Most habits, fears and worries are not a willpower problem, they are a programming problem. Clinical hypnotherapy updates the programming. Award-winning care for Portsmouth, a short hop up the M27 or online from home.
Helping people since 2003 · 396 five-star Google reviews · Practice of the Year 2025
Why the harder you try, the more stuck you feel
Clinical hypnotherapy works with the subconscious, the automatic part of the mind that runs habits, cravings and emotional reactions, using the language it responds to: feelings, imagery and repetition rather than instruction.
Ever noticed that ordering yourself to relax makes you tenser? Or that a diet built on pure discipline lasts about a fortnight? That is not weakness. That is how minds work.
An enormous amount of what you do each day runs on autopilot: habits, emotional reactions, cravings, the voice in your head. The subconscious does not take instructions from willpower, which is why knowing better so rarely translates into doing better.
In a session, your hypnotherapist guides you into deep, focused relaxation, where the subconscious becomes open to change. Old patterns, the automatic cigarette, the panic at the thought of flying, the inner critic that narrates your day, can be gently rewritten. You stay aware and in control the entire time. It is not sleep and it is certainly not stage-show mind control. It is closer to the absorbed, drifting focus of a really good daydream, put to work.
What people get wrong about hypnosis
“The hypnotherapist takes control of your mind.”
You are aware and in charge throughout. Hypnosis is a collaboration. Nobody can make you do anything against your values, and you could stop at any moment.
“You can get stuck in a trance.”
Impossible. Trance is a natural state you drift through every day, absorbed in a film or driving a familiar road. You would simply open your eyes.
“Some people cannot be hypnotised.”
If you can focus, relax and imagine, you can use hypnosis. Willingness matters far more than any special susceptibility.
“It is just a placebo.”
Clinical hypnotherapy is a recognised therapeutic technique used for anxiety, IBS, phobias and habits, with the strongest evidence base in gut-directed work for IBS.
Where hypnotherapy shines
Anxiety & panic
Teaching the nervous system to stand down, so calm becomes your default rather than a rare visitor.
Fears & phobias
Flying, needles, dentists, emetophobia, spiders. Fears learned in seconds can be unlearned too.
Habits that will not quit
Smoking, vaping, nail biting, sugar and more, addressed where habits actually live.
Confidence & performance
Interviews, presentations, exams, sport. Rehearsing success until your mind treats it as familiar.
Sleep
Quietening the late-night mental committee so sleep arrives naturally again.
IBS & gut health
Gut-directed hypnotherapy, one of the best-evidenced approaches for calming IBS symptoms.
Three of our most popular journeys
Quit Smoking & Vaping for Good
One focused two-hour session to end the habit. Most people spend more than this on cigarettes in a single month.
£295single two-hour sessionVirtual Gastric Band
Six sessions using the power of your subconscious to change your relationship with food, with no surgery and no dieting treadmill.
£575six-session programmeGut-Directed Hypnotherapy
An evidence-based programme to relieve and manage IBS in adults and children, calming the gut-brain connection at its source.
£114per 55-minute sessionStandard hypnotherapy sessions are £90, or £135 for an extended super session, with savings on a course of six. Every journey begins with a free, no-obligation consultation. All prices include VAT and are listed openly on our fees page.
Award-winning, and minutes up the road
Practice of the Year 2025, with 396 five-star Google reviews
Clinical hypnotherapy since 2003, delivered by registered, insured therapists
A full team of specialists, including Hypno-CBT and Hypno-EMDR, matched to your specific goal
Free initial consultation for every hypnotherapy client, always
In-person sessions with free parking, or online 7 days a week, evenings and weekends included
Easier than parking in Gunwharf on a Saturday
A straight run out of the city
From anywhere in Portsmouth it is one simple route: onto the M27 westbound and off at Junction 9 for Segensworth, around 20 minutes door to door from most of the city, and often less from Cosham or Portchester. Our practice at Arena Office, Lancaster Court, 8 Barnes Wallis Road has free parking right outside, so there is no circling, no permits and no pay-and-display apps.
Clients travel from Portsmouth · Southsea · Old Portsmouth · Fratton · North End · Cosham · Drayton · Farlington · Waterlooville · Havant · Gosport · Fareham · Portchester
Or from your own front room
Online hypnotherapy works beautifully. In fact, being in your own comfortable space can make relaxation even easier. We have delivered online sessions since 2012, with appointments 7 days a week including evenings, which suits shift work, childcare and a full week.
Available across the UK, 7 days a week
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Portsmouth, the pattern does not get a say anymore
One free consultation. Twenty minutes up the road, or from your own sofa. Find out what your mind can do when it is finally working with you.
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