Trauma Brisbane
Is trauma that deep-seated tremor in your soul that resurfaces in sudden flashbacks, tightens your chest with unspoken pain, and makes safety feel like a fragile illusion?
FAQs
1. How does hypnotherapy help with trauma?
Trauma doesn’t live in your thoughts — it lives in the subconscious.
Clive’s award-winning approach gently releases the emotional weight your mind has been holding for years. You feel lighter, safer, and more in control as your nervous system finally learns to relax again.
2. Will I have to relive painful memories?
No. Clive never forces you to re-experience trauma.
His method focuses on healing without re-traumatising. You only go where you feel safe.
Clients often say, “I healed without having to go through the pain again.”
3. Can hypnotherapy help with childhood trauma?
Absolutely. Childhood wounds often sit deeply in the subconscious, shaping self-worth, trust, and emotional responses.
Clive specialises in gently untangling these old patterns so you can finally feel free from what happened long ago.
4. Can hypnosis help if I don’t remember parts of my trauma?
Yes. You don’t need full memories for healing to happen.
Hypnotherapy works with the emotional imprint — the part that still reacts, even when you can’t explain why.
5. How quickly will I notice a difference?
Many clients feel relief in the first few sessions as the emotional pressure eases.
You may sleep better, think clearer, and feel safer in your own body — often sooner than you expect.
6. What if my trauma happened a long time ago?
Time doesn’t heal trauma — the subconscious does.
Even decades-old trauma can be released when guided properly.
Clive has helped many people who suffered silently their whole lives finally find peace.
7. Is hypnotherapy safe for trauma survivors?
Yes. Clive creates one of the safest therapeutic environments possible.
His calm, grounded approach and extensive trauma experience ensure you feel protected, respected, and understood every step of the way.
8. Will I lose control during hypnosis?
Never. You stay fully aware and completely in control.
Hypnosis simply helps your mind shift into a healing state where transformation can happen.
9. Can hypnotherapy help with triggers and emotional flashbacks?
Yes. Clive teaches your subconscious to feel safe again, so triggers lose their intensity and emotional flashbacks become softer, shorter, or disappear altogether.
10. Does hypnotherapy help with anxiety, panic, or overthinking caused by trauma?
Absolutely. Trauma often creates a constant “fight or flight” state.
Hypnotherapy calms your nervous system, rewires your emotional responses, and helps you finally feel grounded again.
11. Will I cry or feel emotional during sessions?
You might — and that’s okay.
Clive guides emotional release in a safe, gentle, controlled way. Many clients describe it as “relief,” not pain.
12. What if I’ve tried counselling or other therapies and didn’t improve?
Many clients see Clive after months or years of trying other treatments without change.
Hypnotherapy works directly with the subconscious — the part that traditional therapy often can’t reach.
13. Is online trauma hypnotherapy as effective as in person?
Yes. Many trauma survivors feel more comfortable in their own space, making online sessions just as effective — sometimes even more so.
14. Can Clive help with trauma-related shame, guilt, or self-blame?
Yes. Hypnotherapy helps you separate your identity from what you went through.
Clive helps you rebuild self-worth, self-compassion, and a sense of inner safety.
15. What if my trauma involves a parent or someone I loved?
This is very common — and Clive handles these situations with deep empathy and care.
You don’t have to confront anyone. You simply learn to free yourself from the emotional impact they left behind.
16. Can hypnotherapy help with physical symptoms caused by trauma?
Yes. Trauma can cause muscle tension, headaches, stomach issues, insomnia, and more.
As your subconscious relaxes and releases stored trauma, the body often begins to heal too.
17. What if I feel broken or beyond help?
You aren’t.
Clive has worked with people who felt hopeless, shattered, and overwhelmed… and watched them rebuild a life they never thought was possible.
Your trauma shaped you — but it does not define you.
18. Does hypnotherapy help with emotional numbness or disconnection?
Yes. Many trauma survivors shut down emotionally to survive.
Hypnosis gently reconnects you with your authentic self, helping you feel alive, present, and capable of love again.
19. Can hypnotherapy help me stop attracting toxic people or patterns?
Yes. Trauma often teaches the subconscious to accept what feels familiar — even if it’s harmful.
Clive helps you break these old survival patterns so you can choose relationships from strength, not fear.
20. How does hypnotherapy create long-term healing instead of temporary relief?
Because it transforms the subconscious beliefs and emotional programs created by trauma.
With Clive’s award-winning methods, you don’t just cope — you heal.
You reclaim yourself. Your power. Your life.
Trauma Hypnotherapy Study
Study
A meta-analysis on hypnotherapy for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) reviewed experimental trials of hypnosis-based treatments. Out of many papers searched, only 6 controlled experiments were eligible. The pooled effect size (for post-treatment) was large (d ≈ 1.17), and the 4-week follow-up effect size was also large (d ≈ 1.58). However, because of the small number of trials, their variability, and methodological limitations, the authors cautioned that findings are preliminary. Academia
A more recent umbrella review covering meta-analyses of hypnosis in mental and somatic health found that while hypnosis has positive effects in several domains (e.g. pain, procedural anxiety), evidence specific to trauma or PTSD is less strong and still emerging. Frontiers
Conclusion
Hypnotherapy for trauma, especially PTSD, shows promising results with large effect sizes in the few existing trials. But because the number of high-quality trials is small and heterogeneity is high, we can’t yet draw firm conclusions. More rigorous, larger randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm whether hypnotherapy should be recommended as a standard treatment for trauma.
Here’s a link to the PTSD hypnotherapy meta-analysis:
“A Meta-Analysis for the Efficacy of Hypnotherapy in Alleviating PTSD Symptoms” — https://www.academia.edu/118408270/A_Meta_Analysis_for_the_Efficacy_of_Hypnotherapy_in_Alleviating_PTSD_Symptoms