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Read what clients have to say about their experience of hypnotherapy with Richard in Cheltenham. These emails and testimonials have all been reproduced with their kind permission.

Ella's weight loss story using hypnotherapy
"Hi Richard,I just wanted to say a massive thank you for your help. I really can’t believe the difference just one session has made to my weight loss. Before I came to see you my biggest problem was definitely comfort-eating in the evening, but since my therapy session I have felt completely in control and have not wanted to pick at all.

When I came to see you I was hoping to leave feeling motivated to diet, but the reality has by far exceeded that. I’ve gained complete control with food and actually have a new-found sense of calm in other areas of my life too.

You have such a lovely manner and I didn’t feel at all embarrassed about talking through personal issues with you – even the free consultation left me feeling motivated and I couldn’t wait for the actual hypnotherapy to take place.

Absolutely everything about the experience was really positive, even down to the beautiful and professional health centre you work from. I just wish I’d picked up the phone to you years ago! Many thanks..."
Ella, Cheltenham, March 2008

Update, May 2008
"Just wanted to update you on my progress as promised. Since I came to see you 9/10 weeks ago I've lost a stone...I have to say that it has been pretty easy too and I definitely feel that I have control over food now and not the other way round. (I even won 'Slimmer of the Week' at Slimming World for the first time in a year and a half the other day.) So, once again, a massive thank you for your help. "
Ella

Hypnotherapy for anxiety
"I walked down the aisle!"
"Hi Richard, I just wanted to say I am so thankful to you for all your help with getting to the root cause of my phobia. Last Saturday I walked down the aisle utterly composed and calm, no sudden feelings of panic or needing to run out the room despite there being almost 100 people watching my every move! It was everything I hoped my wedding would ever be. I could have cried with relief as when I contacted you back in March, I cannot begin to explain how terrified I was of making a complete and utter fool of myself at my own wedding!

I really do feel like a new person and the hypnotherapy has allowed me to work through so many embarrassing, yet deeply rooted beliefs and emotions which needed to come to the surface in order to be free once again.

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend hypnotherapy (particularly with yourself) to anyone trying to overcome a phobia of any kind."
Samantha, Cheltenham, June 2008


Wendy and Amelia
Hypnotherapy for children
"Richard, I just want to thank you for the session with Amelia last Thursday,
I thought you had a lovely manner with her. We both felt very different afterwards and the following day, hard to describe it really,
I felt light with a sense of inner well being.
I think everyone could benefit from hypnosis just to clear out excess baggage.
Wendy and daughter Amelia, Cheltenham, May 2006

Steve and AliA family of non-smokers!
"Dear Richard, Steve, Christine and myself would like to say a BIG thank you for giving us the confidence and making us believe in ourselves so we could become non-smokers.

A month has now passed and we are proud to say that it is the best thing that has happened to us. We have just come back from our first holiday together as non-smokers and it felt so great not having to stress out about having our last cigarette before we boarded the plane, infact I don't think we even gave it a thought, for this we have you to thank. I am trying hard to get all my smoking friends to come and see you, you come highly recommended.

Our friends and families are so pleased for us and it makes us feel proud that we have achieved something that infact was so simple to do, thank you once again, best wishes"
Ali and Steve, Cheltenham, September 2006

Andy Wood
Stopping smoking and confidence
"Richard has such a pleasant and trusting way with him. He helped me give up smoking after just one session.

That was two years ago. There has not been, nor will there be, any relapses. I look at life purely as a non smoker now. recommend him wholeheartedly."
Andy Wood

Lindsey quits smoking after having hypnotherapy with Richard
Quit smoking
"Dear Richard, I am now a non-smoker and after hypnotherapy I actually believe it when I say it. I don't worry in the slightest when I consider the prospect of never putting a cigarette in my mouth again. In fact the opposite happens. I feel good about myself and my achievement. Other people feel good about it too! 'That's fantastic' they say and I agree, it is amazing!"
Lindsey Patterson, Cheltenham

Lecture on Hypnotherapy to A level psych students
"Richard, thank you very, very much for such a delightful and interesting evening. My students, who are hard to please about Special Events, were full of praise. Here are a few of their comments:
  • 'Really good insight into what a hypnotherapist does and how that differs from the media image'
  • 'He got rid of my preconceptions of hypnotherapy'
  • 'Good communication skills, soft voice and informal approach'
  • 'I got the impression he understood where I was coming from'
  • 'Really fun and relaxed..answered our questions well'
  • 'I liked him a lot and understand now how not dealing with problems can lead to difficulties'
With very best wishes...."
Georgina Harford, Rendcomb College, October 2007

Hypnotherapy lecture
"Richard, Thank you so much for taking the time to see us on Wednesday for a fantastic talk on hypnotherapy and further aspects of psychology.

Your talk was relaxed and involving, and allowed Westonbirt and Rednock psychology students an opportunity to expand their knowledge, and those visitors who do not do psychology to explore the topic first hand.
A. Davies, June 2007


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