Follow Your Own Path: "I am someone that I think you have to find what you don't like sometimes to really understand what you do like and just not be afraid of people thinking this about you and just going, do you know what? I'm just gonna do this because in my heart, I feel like this is the right path."

The Challenge of Blending Therapy Techniques: "So I think with counseling, I agreed to an extent whereby solution focused, hypnotherapy is very much a let's just move forward, and counseling is very much a let's reflect back in the past of where we are where we are now."

Understanding the Mind: "They need someone to help them rewire their brain because you know what the problem is, but you need to find the solution."

The Importance of Tailored Therapy: "I'm not someone that thinks that there's only one type of therapy that suits everybody, which is why I wanna do an integrative approach because different different things sometimes require a slightly different approach."

"Rewiring the Brain to Think Positively": "By using a solution focused approach, essentially, we're rewiring the brain to start thinking more positively about things, which essentially then our negative thoughts decrease, which means we're not catastrophising."

Trusting Yourself: "So it'll be something about I use one called the water drop, which is frozen to a branch, but then the water drop, for example, has to one day decide that it doesn't wanna be frozen there anymore and just let the warmth from the sun let it melt. So that's confidence, and then it drops to the floor, and then it gets the confidence to move into a river. And it doesn't know where it's gonna go, but it's still having the confidence to go, you know what? It doesn't matter. I've made a decision. I'm moving towards something."

The Power of Trance in Hypnotherapy: "So when they're in trance, I personally think it's just sort of they're just gonna be thinking about something awful. So this is more generic, just helping their nervous system relax."

Achieving Goals with Specificity: "If we say at 10 o'clock on Thursday, where am I gonna be? How long is it gonna take? What am I gonna do?"

Therapy Insights: "We don't expect there to be a linear progression because you might need to recalibrate the skill."

The Benefits of Group Presentations on Mental Health: "So I've started doing presentations to groups on things like imposter syndrome, procrastination, and the science behind quitting sort of for weight loss. And I actually really enjoy that group stuff, and I used to do that for my job."