Cognitive Hypnotherapy for Stress & Burnout | Online UK & West London
Everybody experiences stress- and indeed some types of stress are essential for growth, such as exercise or learning a new skill. But stress can also be extremely harmful when it is perceived as too demanding and exceeds our tolerance. In fact, stress is known to be one of the biggest contributors to illness.
Stress can manifest physically, emotionally and mentally, creating worry, insomnia, pain, tension, irritability, a feeling of overwhelm, and an inability to think clearly- all of which can cause more stress. It can be a negative, vicious cycle, and extremely unpleasant to be caught up in.
Stress, burnout and the nervous system
When stress becomes chronic, the nervous system shifts into a sustained state of high alert- flooding the body with stress hormones that were designed for short-term use.
Over time this has a profound physical impact, due to the close relationship between the endocrine system (responsible for hormones) and the immune system (responsible for fighting illness and disease). Reducing stress hormones in the body has long-lasting benefits for overall health that go well beyond simply feeling calmer.
Burnout is what happens when chronic stress runs for too long without adequate recovery. Where stress feels like too much, burnout often feels like nothing- motivation disappears, tasks that once felt meaningful feel hollow, and the capacity to care diminishes. If burnout resonates more than stress for you, please mention this in our clarity call.
How I work with stress and burnout
Cognitive Hypnotherapy can help to pinpoint and unwind any unconscious emotional triggers to stress, as well as teach healthy ways to manage and improve stress levels. Expanding your tolerance to distress means you are better able to cope with whatever external factors may be causing you stress- helping you feel more resilient, balanced and able to think more clearly.
TRE helps you complete the stress cycle, bringing you back to a place of balance and ease by releasing any physical tension that keeps you feeling stressed. Many people find this one of the most immediately regulating tools available- and once learned, it can be practised independently at home.
Being stressed also affects our breathing, causing us to breathe too fast and too shallow. When this becomes a habit, it can make us more stressed- leading to a further vicious cycle. Buteyko Breathing helps to normalise these unhelpful breathing patterns, leading to a reduction in stress and a restored sense of ease in the body.
Together these approaches form part of the wider Breath Body Mind Method - addressing stress from every angle rather than relying on any single technique.
Stress is also closely connected to anxiety, insomnia and chronic pain — and addressing one often has a positive ripple effect across all of them.
If you would like structured 1:1 support, you can explore that here.
If you're looking for ongoing weekly nervous system support, you can find out more about the Membership here.
"I have benefitted greatly from my sessions with Ella- she has a lovely calm bedside manner and the tools she has armed me with are now having a positive effect on so many areas of my life."