Work with me and you get two powerful anxiety and stress management methods in one. You also get someone who’s been using them successfully for over 20 years . . . 

Does your stress need managing? Is your anxiety in overdrive? Are you burning out? Perhaps you’ve exhausted all your coping strategies or are about to. Maybe you feel a bit bitter, jaded, and less productive both personally and professionally. Possibly that ship left harbour long ago. If any of this resonates, you will likely be glad you found this post.

I’ve been in practice for more than 20 years. I’ve worked in private practice, private healthcare, the corporate sector, education, the NHS, occupational health, and the Priory Hospital. I also write books, run group programmes, and develop workshops and webinars. I usually, but not exclusively, use two main modalities in coaching and therapy. One is hypnotherapy. The other is rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT). Each one alone works as a powerful tool for change. But, when I use them together, the benefits—depth, longevity, and ease of change—can be remarkable. Just think what they could do. Together, they’re not only effective for your anxiety and stress management. They’re not just for burnout prevention and recovery. There is so much more they can do.

Working With The Unconscious Mind

I first trained in hypnotherapy in 2004. Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness, similar to daydreaming, nodding off, or losing yourself in a really good book. In this trance-like state, your unconscious mind—the database of everything you are—becomes very receptive to positive suggestions, especially when they align with a goal you already want to achieve.

Hypnotherapy works in clinical, medical, psychotherapeutic, coaching, sporting, and spiritual contexts. Once you understand how it works and how it can help you (and I can explain all of that), you will wonder why you never tried it before or why you have not used it more often.

Hypnotherapy is  great for all sorts of things. It can help you manage your stress, control you anxiety and recover from burnout. It also pairs well with any of the cognitive behaviour styles of therapy and coaching.

I also trained in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) and earned my master’s in this subject from Goldsmiths in 2010. I also completed extensive training in combining REBT with hypnotherapy.

Limiting Beliefs

REBT is a form of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) that works equally well in both psychotherapy and coaching. It can manage anxiety, and stress, treat depression, anger, and more. It is also great for life, business, and executive coaching.

As therapy or coaching, and even as a philosophy for life, it teaches that events in life do not disturb you—your beliefs about those events do. It targets limiting beliefs that keep you stuck, stress you out, and prevent effective recovery. REBT helps you uncover and dismantle them. Then it replaces them with beliefs that feel more empowering, liberating, and aligned with how you want to live.

When you combine REBT and hypnotherapy, you attack limiting beliefs consciously with proven strategies while reinforcing them unconsciously with positive suggestion. Think of this combination as a double whammy that can align your mind and increase clarity, productivity, freedom, and focus. Studies show that pairing hypnotherapy with CBT-type therapies significantly enhances treatment outcomes.

Further Reading

My first book, The Four Thoughts That F*ck You Up and How to Fix Them, published by Penguin Random House, focused on REBT and how to use it. My second book, How to Cope with Almost Anything with Hypnotherapy, published by Bloomsbury, helps you enhance both wellbeing and resilience. Together, these books neatly capture what I do.

I usually work with high-performance, results-driven people who want strategies to prevent chronic stress and burnout—or recover from it faster and more effectively. This includes C-suite executives, international English-speaking expats, SME business owners, consultants, perfectionists, people who hate giving up control, people who struggle with change and uncertainty, and more.

If this sounds like you, or if anything above could help you, book a free discovery call to learn more.

I can work with you one-to-one over a series of sessions. However, if you want to spread the cost, or enjoy interaction, I can work with groups. But, think friends or colleagues, rather than strangers. I also offer a highly targeted single session called One Shot – it’s perfect for people who have a specific problem in mind and who are highly motivated to change.

If you want to know more, email me at info@danielfryer.com or text/WhatsApp me on 07947 310052.