Yes. It does not yet appear in the main diagnostic manuals such as the DSM-5, which is why some people are told it is not real, but an international panel of researchers and clinicians published an agreed clinical definition in 2022 and the research base is growing. Your experience of it is real whatever a manual says.

There is no clinical cure, and we would not claim one. What most people actually want is for the sounds to stop dominating their day, for meals to feel bearable again, and for the anger and panic to lose their grip. That kind of change is realistic, and it is what we work towards together.

Many people find it helps a great deal. Misophonia is largely an automatic nervous system response, and hypnotherapy works at that automatic level rather than trying to reason with it. It is often combined with CBT, which has the strongest research base for misophonia so far.

It varies. Some people notice a shift within a handful of sessions, particularly when hypnotherapy suits them. Others prefer longer work, especially where misophonia sits alongside anxiety or a difficult family history. You will get a realistic sense of what to expect on your free call, and you are never tied into a block you have not chosen.

Often yes. Many of the people we see come to us after earplugs, apps, sound therapy or self-help have taken them only so far. Those approaches mostly manage the sound. Therapy works on the response to it, which is a different job.

This is one of the most common and most painful parts of misophonia, and it does not mean anything is wrong with your relationships. We work with the reaction itself, and where it helps we can bring family into the conversation about reducing friction while you do the work.

Left alone it often does, as the brain strengthens the link between the sound and the alarm response, and as avoidance narrows daily life. That is not a reason to panic, but it is a good reason not to keep putting off doing something about it.

Yes. Misophonia often starts in childhood or the teenage years, and several of our therapists work with young people as well as adults. If you are a parent, the free call is a good place to talk through what would suit your child.

Yes. We work with people across the UK by secure video, and online sessions are just as effective as in person for misophonia. Many people find working from home actually helps, since you can practise in the environment where the triggers usually happen.

It is worth doing, particularly if you also have hearing symptoms such as tinnitus, or if anxiety, OCD or another condition may be part of the picture. Therapy works alongside medical care rather than instead of it.