Performance Anxiety Brisbane

Do You Feel Performance Anxiety?

Sometimes your body feels shaky, your tummy feels funny, and your mind gets too loud when you have to perform, speak, play a sport, or show your skills. It’s not because you’re not good enough — it’s just your brain trying to protect you in the wrong way. With hypnotherapy, you learn how to feel calm, strong, and steady inside. It teaches your mind to relax, breathe, and believe in you, so you can show everyone what you can really do.

How Hypnotherapy can help with Performance Anxiety?

Hypnotherapy helps you feel brave on the inside, even when things feel big on the outside.

  • Helps your mind feel calm so your body feels safe.

  • Makes scary moments feel smaller and easier.

  • Teaches your brain how to stay relaxed even when people are watching.

  • Helps you speak, perform, or compete with confidence.

  • Stops the “what if I mess up?” thoughts from taking over.

  • Helps you feel proud of yourself instead of worried.

  • Gives you tools to stay brave in any big moment.

  • Makes performing feel fun instead of scary

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Why choose Clive westwood for Hypnotherapy with performance Anxiety?

When performance anxiety is holding you back, it can feel like the world is watching and your own mind has turned against you. This is exactly why people choose Clive Westwood—because Clive truly understands that behind every moment of fear is someone who simply wants to do their best. Clive’s compassion, skill, and dedication have earned him multiple awards, including being voted Best Hypnotherapy Service by ThreeBestRated and Quality Business Awards. His work has reached people across Australia through Today Tonight, ABC Radio, 9 News, and 2GB Radio, not because he seeks attention, but because his results speak for themselves. With Clive, you feel safe, understood, and supported as he gently helps your mind let go of fear and step into calm confidence. He has helped thousands reclaim their voice, their power, and their inner strength—and he’s here to help you do the same.

Clive understands the real pain of performance anxiety—and helps you rise above it

  • Multiple Award-Winning Hypnotherapist, trusted for genuine care and real results

  • Recognised across Australia on Today Tonight, ABC Radio, 9 News & 2GB Radio

  • Creates a safe space where you feel supported, understood, and not judged

  • Helps you break free from the fear that holds you back when the pressure rises

  • Teaches your mind and body to feel calm, steady, and confident

  • Empowers you to perform as the version of yourself you always knew you could be

  • Works with athletes, performers, speakers, musicians, students—anyone wanting to shine

  • Thousands of people have transformed their confidence through Clive’s guidance

  • A trusted expert who believes in your potential, even when anxiety makes it hard to believe in yourself

FAQs

1. How does hypnotherapy help with performance anxiety?

Hypnotherapy helps by calming the subconscious part of your mind that creates fear, pressure, and self-doubt. With Clive’s award-winning approach, you learn to replace stress with clarity and confidence so your mind works with you, not against you.
People often say, “For the first time, my body actually listens to me.”

2. Can hypnosis actually retrain my mind to stay calm under pressure?

Yes. Under hypnosis, Clive guides your mind into a state where old anxious patterns finally loosen their grip. Instead, you build automatic calmness, control, and confidence — even in high-pressure moments.
It becomes natural. Effortless. Like your mind remembered how powerful it was meant to be.

3. How many sessions are usually needed to see improvement?

Most clients feel noticeable changes within just a few sessions because Clive works directly with the deeper root of the anxiety. His award-winning methods are designed for fast, lasting results — not long, drawn-out therapy.
Many walk away saying, “I wish I did this years ago.”

4. Will it stop physical symptoms like shaking, sweating, or losing my words?

Absolutely. Performance anxiety is not just “in your head” — it shows up in the body. Hypnotherapy rewires the emotional triggers behind those reactions so your body can finally relax.
Clients often tell Clive, “My voice didn’t shake once — I felt completely in control.”

5. Can hypnotherapy help even if I’ve suffered from performance anxiety for years?

Yes. Long-term anxiety does NOT mean permanent anxiety. Many of Clive’s clients struggled for years, sometimes decades, before finally experiencing relief.
When the subconscious changes, everything changes. You are never “too far gone.”

6. Will I still be in control during hypnosis?

Always. You hear everything. You remember everything. You stay in full control.
Clive simply guides your mind into a more relaxed, focused state where change becomes easier, clearer, and more natural.

7. What makes hypnotherapy different from breathing exercises or mindset coaching?

Breathing helps the moment. Coaching helps the conscious mind.
Hypnotherapy transforms the subconscious, where performance anxiety truly lives.
That’s why Clive’s clients feel genuine change — not temporary relief.

8. Can hypnotherapy help if my anxiety only hits right before performing?

Yes. Clive specialises in breaking that last-minute surge of panic so your mind stays steady and prepared.
Instead of being overwhelmed, you walk into the performance feeling clear, grounded, and strong.

9. Will I have to talk about embarrassing past performances?

Only if you choose to. Clive creates a safe, confidential space and focuses on solutions, not shame.
Most clients leave sessions feeling lighter, not exposed — because they finally understand what was driving the anxiety.

10. Does hypnotherapy help with public speaking, sports, music, exams, or workplace performance?

Yes — performance anxiety is the same pattern expressed in different environments.
Clive has helped speakers, athletes, musicians, students, actors, fighters, business professionals and more overcome the fear that was holding them back.

11. Can hypnotherapy help me stay confident even when people are judging me?

Yes. Clive helps you detach from external pressure and build an inner certainty that cannot be shaken by someone’s opinion or expression.
Clients often say, “I finally performed as the real me, not the scared version of me.”

12. How quickly will I notice a change?

Many clients feel relief after their very first session, with deeper and stronger results developing over the following sessions.
When the subconscious shifts, change can happen much faster than you expect.

13. Can hypnosis help if I get anxious just thinking about performing?

Definitely. Clive helps you break the mental loops that cause dread before the event even begins.
You learn to think about performing with calmness, clarity, and even excitement.

14. Can hypnotherapy stop overthinking and self-doubt?

Yes. Overthinking is a subconscious pattern, and hypnotherapy is one of the most effective ways to quiet that noise.
Clive helps your mind become steady, focused, and confident — without forcing or fighting.

15. What if I’ve tried everything else and nothing worked?

Many of Clive’s clients come to him after trying counselling, breathing exercises, coaching, and even medication without success.
Hypnotherapy works differently. It works deeper.
This is often the missing piece people have been searching for.

16. Is performance anxiety connected to deeper emotional triggers?

Often, yes — and Clive is highly experienced in gently releasing those deeper patterns.
You don’t need to relive trauma. You simply learn to free yourself from the old emotional responses that no longer belong to you.

17. Does hypnosis work for perfectionism and fear of making mistakes?

Absolutely. Clive helps you build a mindset where mistakes no longer feel dangerous — they simply become part of learning and growth.
Imagine performing from freedom, not fear. That’s what this work unlocks.

18. Is online hypnotherapy as effective as in-person sessions?

Yes. Many clients actually prefer online sessions because they feel safer and more relaxed in their own space.
Whether online or in-person, Clive’s approach delivers powerful, reliable results.

19. What if I think I can’t be hypnotised?

Everyone can be hypnotised — as long as they can follow simple instructions and allow themselves to relax.
Performance anxiety clients are often surprised by how easy and natural the process feels.

20. How does hypnotherapy create long-term confidence instead of temporary motivation?

Because it transforms your subconscious identity — the part of you that decides how you react, feel, and behave.
With Clive, you learn to become the version of yourself who performs with strength, presence, and certainty… not just once, but every time.

Performance Anxiety Study

Study
A pilot experimental study tested the effect of hypnotherapy on exam (performance) anxiety among high school students aged 14–17. The participants were randomly divided into two groups: an experimental group received three hypnotherapy sessions before exams, while the control group received none. After intervention, the experimental group’s anxiety scores dropped by about 36.3%, compared to a 2.9% drop in the control group. Their exam scores improved by 18.1%, while the control group improved only 1.8%. Jetir

A broader systematic review of hypnotherapy for anxiety disorders examined randomized and non-randomized studies. The authors found limited and weak evidence: while some trials favored hypnotherapy over control conditions, methodological issues (small samples, weak controls, risk of bias) prevented firm conclusions. They concluded that evidence is insufficient to firmly support hypnotherapy for anxiety disorders and more rigorous trials are needed. ResearchGate

Conclusion
Hypnotherapy shows promise for reducing performance anxiety and boosting results, but current evidence is preliminary and not definitive. The small-scale pilot study suggests meaningful reductions in anxiety and gains in performance. Nevertheless, due to methodological weaknesses and limited quantity of trials, more high-quality randomized controlled trials are needed before hypnotherapy can be confidently recommended as a treatment for performance anxiety.

Here is a link to the systematic review:
Effectiveness of Hypnotherapy in Anxiety Disorders (PDF) — https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aile-Trumm/publication/340279921_Effectiveness_of_Hypnotherapy_in_Anxiety_Disorders_A_Systematic_Review/links/5e8205c9299bf1a91b8ceff4/Effectiveness-of-Hypnotherapy-in-Anxiety-Disorders-A-Systematic-Review.pdf