Client Testimonials

Dear Ailsa,

I’ll start by saying a massive thank you for helping me to get my life back. When I first met you it felt like I couldnt have sunken any lower, I didn’t want to wake up in the morning, the thought of work or being around people depressed me because I had to pretend to be happy for their sake and overall it was a tiring battle to get through every day.

You made me feel completely at ease, I trusted you from the first time we met and just the fact that you understood me and insisted other people did get social anxiety made me feel so much better and less alone. Over the weeks it was hard to remember my past, sometimes good, but most of the time upsetting because those were the memories I’d buried deep down. We brought them to the surface together, you were there for me every week when I would get upset and I am still amazed to this day that the main reason for my social anxiety came to me knowing the week you said it would.

Since our last meeting, I have wanted to seize every day and make the most of it. I love being with my family and friends and when I am faced with a situation that I would have previously found uncomfortable I use the exercises you taught me about anticipatory anxiety and change my thoughts straight away and most of the time it works. I will continue to this over the course of my life and hopefully I will get better at it.

Once again, thank you for helping me find myself, I could of done with speaking to you 20 years ago, because I’ve carried this problem around with me through primary school, high school. my first job, college, university and even into my flying career. I now say to myself, ‘Never act or be a certain way just because you believe other people will frown upon you or think less of you if you don’t’. You taught me to love myself again and I’ve got the God given right to be whoever I want to be. If ever in the future I let other peoples perceptions of me get me down, I would come to you. You are absolutely lovely and I often wonder how your doing, I just hope that you are as happy as you have made me feel again.

All my love Susan  x

Hi Ailsa

I just wanted to say thank you, again.

I went to see Ailsa to get help for my anxiety and panic attacks. I had reached a point where I was avoiding a lot of ‘normal’ everyday activities like driving and going to busy shops, I needed to get some help so I could get on with my life and enjoy it.

The sessions were very professional yet I felt totally at ease and comfortable with Ailsa. She has a very friendly, calm and caring manner.

As well as the hypnotherapy Ailsa also gave me techniques for breathing and being calm, for being in control of my thoughts so I don’t panic, which I will definitely carry on using.

Having worked through pent up emotions, that I didn’t even know I had and memories I had never thought about for years I am now feeling so much better and in control.

I would recommend hypnotherapy with Ailsa to anyone.

I feel so grateful to Ailsa for giving me my life back, which really is what she has done.

Thanks

Danielle

When Ailsa asked me to do a testimonial I already knew I was going to do something – she didnt need to ask.
I first got in touch with Ailsa regarding a very private issue. Having been with my now husband for 7 years we had never managed to have full intercourse. We had tried everything and then we came across hynotherapy but more importantly Ailsa and pure hypno-analysis. I was a bit unsure to start with, it was not something that I thought would work but we had tried everything else so why not.

After my first visit to Ailsa – the free consultation I felt totally at ease and comfy talking to Ailsa. The whole experience, the drive up there, sitting in the cosy room and talking and listening with Ailsa was relaxing and enjoyable – and to both of our suprises I was ‘fixed’ within around 7 sessions!!! I felt so happy and complete I had no idea it was going to make such a difference to my life.
The first few weeks after finishing the sessions with Ailsa felt strange like I was forgetting to do something, like I was missing out, but now I occasionally, if needed, do some of the relaxation she taught me and it really helps.
Ailsa taught me so much and has changed my life so very much – thank you.  x K x

Hi Ailsa,

I’m not sure if you’ll remember me but we had a number of sessions together in Autumn 2008 where you helped me overcome my Vaginismus using Analytical Hypnotherapy.  I can’t thank you enough for helping me as it’s made such a huge difference to my life. There has not been a trace of my old symptoms since you helped me. I’m over the moon! I wanted to share my testimonial with you in case you’d like to include it on your site to encourage others to contact you. Here goes:

“I saw Ailsa almost 2 years ago in connection with a sexual problem that I had been experiencing for some time. I was suffering from the symptoms of Vaginismus and it was having a very negative impact on my sex life. After trying all sorts of things to try and help the problem, I came upon Ailsa’s website and thought that hypnotherapy might be worth a go as although this was a physical symptom, it was very much ‘in the mind’. I was nervous about contacting her at first but from the very first phone call I felt greatly reassured that I had just taken a very important step in getting better.

The initial consultation was very informal and relaxed with Ailsa asking questions to understand my problem and the best way to approach my treatment. After this we completed 9 sessions of Analytical therapy and, I’m very pleased to report, got to the bottom of the problem. I can’t describe to you the relief that I experienced and just how liberated I felt following these sessions. A massive weight was lifted and I haven’t looked back since. There has not been any trace of my old symptoms since Ailsa helped me.

I firmly believe that this is the only treatment that could possibly have gotten to the root cause of the problem and hence allowed me to overcome it. Medicine had already tried and failed and counselling simply could not have gained the same results.  I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Ailsa to anybody who feels that they could possibly benefit from hypnotherapy. Ailsa is a person who you can trust, who will treat you with the utmost care and respect and will bear no judgement upon you whatsoever. With her, you can be sure you’re in very safe hands.

Thank you so much.
Natalie”

Hope this helps!

Warm wishes,

Natalie

“Hi Ailsa, thankyou so much for the dream technique. I have been practising it and find it interesting the way it rewires the brain. Sorry it’s taken a while for my reply, and hope this little testimony will do !

I went to see Ailsa after my fear of flying got so bad I had to cancel a flight to my favourite place, Paris. Just a few days before we were due to go i said to my husband I cannot get on that plane I’m sorry! We lost the flight money and I had to pay to get there on the Eurostar it was not cheap. Then I knew I had to do something, so I had hypnotherapy with Ailsa, and it was the best thing ever.  Now I feel really calm about flying and the anxiety just is not an issue. Ailsa is a very intuitive person and extremely professional in her work I would not hesitate to recommend her to my family and friends.”
Gail

“I had been smoking for 20 years and I am only 34 years old! It has been the last bug bear to solve and I was determined to quit but found that I couldn’t quite do it on my own so…. I contacted Ailsa to see if she could help me and I went for a consultation to determine if I would be able to successfully quit with hypnotherapy.

I had already quit alcohol and changed my life for the better and so Ailsa asked me why was I there to see her if I could achieve all this on my own, well we all know how hard it is to stop smoking otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this.

I had a really comfortable and frank consultation, after which I had my hypotherapy session and since then (2 weeks) I can stay in control still and I have to remind myself sometimes that I haven’t had even a glimmer of a thought of smoking, which is weird but incredibly satisfying.

If i can stop smokingusing this method, anyone can.

Thankyou Ailsa for helping me to achieve this last bit of freedom in my life.
Regards
Rachel Oliver“

“At a point where I was desperate and felt totally out of control, I  made probably one of the most important decisions in my life. I rang  Ailsa.

Having been in and out of depression over the last eight years, had anti-depressants at various points and even anger management therapy at the Priory, hitting my 65 year old father and trying to throw my wife out of the house after drinking too much was the final straw. I  had taken my anger out on those that I loved and was about to loose everything.

I needed to do something different if my family and I were to survive this and I found East Cheshire Hypnotherapy’s web site.

Nervously, I rang Ailsa, but she was friendly and professional and we booked a consultation to discuss the process and me in more detail.

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“I had been considering hypnotherapy for a while and I am very pleased I decided to go for it and especially to contact Ailsa. I chose her because I found her website very informative, yet simple and appealing. I was very pleased on my first meeting to meet Ailsa with her very friendly and open approach while at the same time being very professional and honest. Throughout my sessions she listened to me, explained and tried different treatment options. During the treatment I found it very easy to relax and to be comfortable to discuss anything. Hypnotherapy has certainly helped me a lot, it has taught me things/behaviors I can use in the future and I given me a very positive and confident outlook. A great part to this I feel has been Ailsa herself and I am very thankful to her.”

“Hi Ailsa, Just a note to say a big thankyou for the work we did together. I found the technique very interesting and the benefit i am sure will last. I would also like to thank you personally for the care and attention you gave in the sessions and for your honesty and professionalism. May you continue to bring help to others in your work and may you enjoy health and happiness in your future.”
Ton

“Dear Ailsa,
Having struggled with depression and a form of seperation anxiety for a number of years. I was really getting concerned for my mental health. Medication had not worked, and I was running out of options. I then got in touch with East Cheshire Hypnotherapy centre. I had an initial consultation and then was put on a eight week hypnotherapy course. The outcome was amazing!
It is now very hard for me to remember what I felt like before. My anxiety has gone and I am able to enjoy my life to the full again! Would certainly advise anyone with similar problems to give this a try.”
Ralph, Cheshire