Skin Picking (Dermatillomania)

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How does hypnotherapy help with skin picking?

Skin picking is driven by subconscious emotional patterns.
Clive’s hypnotherapy reduces urges, calms anxiety, and retrains your mind to stop the habit automatically and comfortably.

2. Why do I pick even when I don’t want to?

Because the urge lives in the subconscious — not in logic.
Hypnosis works exactly where the habit is formed.

3. Can hypnotherapy reduce the compulsive urge to pick?

Absolutely.
Hypnosis decreases emotional tension and creates new automatic behaviours that replace picking.

4. Why do I pick when I’m stressed, bored, anxious, or overwhelmed?

Your mind has learned to use picking as a soothing mechanism.
Hypnosis teaches your subconscious healthier, calmer alternatives.

5. Can hypnosis help me stop picking without noticing I’m doing it?

Definitely.
Hypnotherapy builds awareness and subconscious “interruption patterns” that stop the picking before it starts.

6. Can hypnotherapy help me stop scanning my skin for imperfections?

Yes.
Hypnosis reduces fixation and calms the urge to search for bumps, roughness, or irregularities.

7. Can hypnotherapy help with picking related to anxiety or OCD-like behaviours?

Yes — very effectively.
Hypnosis regulates the emotional triggers that feed compulsive behaviours.

8. Can hypnotherapy help with picking my face, arms, chest, or anywhere else?

Yes — dermatillomania works the same regardless of the area.

9. What if I feel ashamed or embarrassed about my picking?

Clive’s approach is completely compassionate and non-judgmental.
Hypnosis helps release shame and replace it with self-understanding and control.

10. Can hypnotherapy help if I’ve been picking for years?

Absolutely.
Hypnosis works even with long-term or childhood-onset patterns.

11. Will hypnotherapy help reduce the tension that builds up before I pick?

Yes.
Hypnosis calms internal pressure and reduces the emotional “itch” that leads to picking.

12. Can hypnosis help me stop picking scabs, bumps, or rough spots?

Definitely.
These micro-triggers can be rewired at the subconscious level.

13. Can hypnotherapy help with skin picking connected to trauma?

Yes.
Clive works gently and safely to heal emotional roots without forcing you to relive trauma.

14. Can hypnotherapy help me stop picking in front of the mirror?

Absolutely.
Hypnosis helps break the mirror-trigger loop and rebuild a peaceful internal response.

15. Will hypnosis help with the guilt and frustration I feel afterward?

Yes.
Hypnosis replaces self-blame with compassion, calmness, and emotional control.

16. Can hypnosis help with nighttime or automatic picking?

Yes — these are subconscious behaviours, and hypnosis directly reprograms them.

17. Does online hypnotherapy work for skin picking?

Yes — extremely well.
Clients feel more comfortable at home, which allows deeper subconscious change.

18. Will hypnotherapy change my personality?

No — it frees you from the compulsive behaviour, not who you are.
You become calmer, more in control, and more at peace with your body.

19. How quickly can hypnotherapy help with skin picking?

Many clients experience reduced urges and improved control within just a few sessions.

20. How does hypnotherapy create long-term freedom from skin picking?

By helping your subconscious:

  • Release emotional stress

  • Reduce compulsive urges

  • Build automatic stopping behaviours

  • Calm anxiety and internal pressure

  • Break emotional and physical picking triggers

  • Heal the root causes behind the habit

  • Strengthen confidence and self-control

You don’t just “resist the urge to pick.”
You become someone who feels calm, confident, in control, and free — with your skin and your self-esteem healing along with your mind.