ADHD

Living With ADHD: Finding Calm, Focus and Balance Through Hypnotherapy

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Living with ADHD can feel like holding a whirlwind of thoughts, emotions, ideas and responsibilities all moving at once. For many adults, teenagers and families, ADHD isn’t just about attention; it affects emotional regulation, sleep, confidence, relationships and daily life.

Hypnotherapy offers a calm, supportive approach to managing ADHD helping the nervous system settle, the mind slow and balance return.

If you’re looking for ADHD hypnotherapy in Bath, Paulton or Midsomer Norton, this gentle, solution-focused approach may offer the support you’ve been searching for.

Understanding ADHD Beyond Focus

ADHD is often misunderstood as simply a difficulty with concentration. In reality, it can involve:

  • emotional overwhelm or intense reactions

  • difficulty switching off or relaxing

  • sleep problems

  • low self-esteem from years of feeling “different”

  • burnout from constantly trying to keep up

Many people with ADHD live in a near-constant state of mental and physical tension, even when life appears outwardly “fine”.

How Hypnotherapy Supports ADHD

Solution-focused hypnotherapy works by calming the nervous system and supporting the brain’s natural ability to regulate emotions and process stress.

During sessions, hypnosis helps guide the brain into a deeply relaxed, focused state similar to daydreaming or becoming absorbed in music. In this state, mental clutter softens and emotional regulation improves.

For ADHD, hypnotherapy can help with:

  • reducing overwhelm and anxiety

  • improving sleep quality

  • strengthening emotional regulation

  • building confidence and self-compassion

  • supporting focus without force or pressure

Rather than trying to “fix” ADHD, this approach works with the brain supporting balance, clarity and resilience.

ADHD-Informed Coaching & Therapy

Alongside hypnotherapy, ADHD-informed coaching can be used to gently support:

  • planning and organisation

  • time management

  • navigating busy schedules

  • adapting tools that actually work for your mind

Sessions are tailored to each person, recognising that no two ADHD experiences are the same.

ADHD Support for Young People & Families

Children and teenagers with ADHD often experience anxiety, frustration or low confidence particularly around school, exams or social expectations.

Hypnotherapy offers young people a calm, non-judgemental space to build emotional resilience and coping strategies. Often, when one person in a family feels calmer and more supported, it creates a positive ripple effect for everyone.

Local ADHD Hypnotherapy in Bath, Paulton & Midsomer Norton

In-person ADHD hypnotherapy sessions are available at:

  • Practice Rooms, Bath

  • Elm Hayes Surgery, Paulton

  • Zen Rebel Studios, Midsomer Norton

Online sessions are also available, offering flexibility while maintaining the same supportive approach.

A Kinder Way Forward

Living with ADHD doesn’t mean you need to try harder or push yourself further. Support can be about slowing down, understanding your nervous system and learning to move through life with greater ease.

If you’re ready to explore ADHD support through hypnotherapy, you’re very welcome to get in touch.

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Supporting Young People – July’s Focus on Hypnotherapy for Teens & Families

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As we move into July and the school year winds down, many young people (and their families) begin to feel the weight of change. Whether it’s the transition to secondary school, the anxiety of returning in September or ongoing challenges like low confidence or ADHD, these summer weeks can bring both relief and new layers of stress.

This month, I’m focusing on how solution-focused hypnotherapy can support young people and their families through these complex and often overwhelming times

Helping Teens Navigate Change

Adolescence is a time of growth, but also uncertainty. Hypnotherapy offers a gentle, forward-looking space where teens can:

  • Reconnect with their inner calm
  • Build confidence and emotional regulation
  • Process anxiety without having to ‘talk it all through’ if they’re not ready

From school-based anxiety and low confidence to emetophobia or worries about returning after summer, hypnotherapy offers a calm, forward-focused way to gently process emotions and build resilience. Parents: you’re not alone, and neither are they.

When They’re Not Ready to Talk

Some young people aren’t quite ready to work with a therapist directly and that’s okay. In those cases, I work with parents to help them:

  • Understand their child’s emotional responses
  • Model calm and confidence at home
  • Learn practical tools to reduce stress in the household

Sometimes the first step is working with the parent. You don’t have to wait for a crisis, or wait for your child to be ‘ready’ – support can begin with you.

 

Supporting Specific Challenges

Each young person is unique, but I regularly work with teens around:

  • School-based anxiety: panic, avoidance, shutdowns
  • Emetophobia: intense fear of vomiting or illness
  • ADHD: emotional regulation, sleep, confidence
  • Self-harming: building safer coping tools

School should feel like a place to grow not somewhere to survive. Hypnotherapy can help calm the nervous system, reframe unhelpful thought patterns, and build confidence gradually and safely.

Emetophobia can deeply affect eating, school, socialising and more. Hypnotherapy offers a calm, supportive way to gently release this fear at your child’s pace.

Living with ADHD can be a whirlwind. I work in a neurodivergent-friendly, strengths-based way to help teens (and parents) manage the overwhelm.

 

And To Every Parent Reading This…

You’re doing better than you think. Parenting through emotional struggles isn’t easy, but you are not alone.

Whether your child is ready to talk or you simply need support to guide them gently – I’m here to help.

Interested in Exploring Hypnotherapy for Your Teen?

I offer a warm, neurodivergent-friendly and solution-focused space for teens and families.

Sessions are available in Bath and online.

Message me to learn more or book a first session.

 

Let July be a month of gentle forward movement – for you and for them.