The Confidence Trap

Why So Many Good Hypnotherapists Are Held Back By Doubt

Many hypnotherapists find it hard to start and maintain a successful practice.

But they don’t struggle due to a lack of knowledge, skill or training, neither is it really a shortage of marketing acumen.

They struggle because they still doubt their effectiveness, and in some way they hold themselves back.
They are fully qualified, often in multiple methods from some of the most well known and skilled trainers in the industry, yet nothing ever seems quite enough to move forwards with confidence in their practice, and they feel unsure about what they will do should the client throw them something they weren’t expecting.

If you’re a trained practitioner who’s been working with clients but still finds yourself second-guessing your approach at times, then this talk is for you.

In this session, I’ll talk about:

• Why more techniques don’t resolve practitioner uncertainty.
• What actually helps sessions feel calmer and more predictable.
• The shift that changed how I work with clients.
• How to stop over preparing and trust your process more fully.

The talk will include a practical demonstration of how I work with clients and the things that allow me to feel comfortable in my sessions no matter what the client brings to the table.

Tim is a Hypnotist, author, and creator of the CONTROL System, a method that utilises hypnotic phenomena without any formal trance process. He has spent the last 15 years running a full time therapeutic practice and training others in his method. He specialises in anxiety issues, is author of the book Clear Your Head, and his TED talk ‘How To Stop Feeling Anxious About Anxiety’ has now had more then 3 million views.