Present moment Hypnosis | Award Winning Anxiety Hypnotherapy Brisbane | Clive Westwood

Present Moment Hypnosis Brisbane — Get Out of Your Head and Back into Your Life

How much of today:

Did you actually experience?

Not:

Think about.

Analyse.

Predict.

Replay.

Judge.

But:

Actually Experience?

You can be:

Sitting in a room.

But mentally:

Somewhere else.

Your body is:

Here.

Your mind is:

Yesterday.

Tomorrow.

Ten years ago.

Next week.

Inside another person's imagined opinion.

Or:

Inside a Problem That Does Not Exist Yet

This Present Moment Hypnosis is designed to support the ability to return attention to:

What is happening.

Here.

Now.

Not by forcing yourself to:

Stop thinking.

But by learning:

You Do Not Have to Follow Every Thought Away from the Present Moment

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What Does It Mean to Be Present?

Being present does not mean:

Your mind becomes blank.

You never think about the future.

You forget the past.

You become passive.

Or:

Nothing bothers you

Being present means:

Your attention becomes more available for:

What Is Actually Happening Now

Right Now

What can you:

See?

Hear?

Feel?

What is your body:

Touching?

What are you:

Actually doing?

This Moment Is Different from Your Thoughts about This Moment

You can experience:

A conversation.

Or:

Think about:

How You Are Performing in the Conversation

You can:

Eat.

Or:

Think about:

Tomorrow.

You can:

Walk.

Or:

Replay:

Yesterday.

You can:

Lie in bed.

Or:

Mentally Attend Tomorrow's Meeting Fifty Times

The Body Is Here

The mind:

Travels.

Present Moment Hypnosis Is about Returning

Again.

And again.

And:

Again

Past, Future and Now

Your mind has an extraordinary ability to:

Remember.

Imagine.

Plan.

Predict.

Those abilities are:

Useful.

The Problem Is Not Having a Past or Future

The problem can arise when:

You Spend So Much Time Mentally Somewhere Else That You Miss Where You Actually Are

Living in the Past

You replay:

What you said.

What they said.

What you should have said.

The mistake.

The embarrassment.

The argument.

The opportunity.

The regret

The Event Is Over

But:

Internally:

You may keep:

Recreating It

Being Present Does Not Mean Erasing the Past

You can:

Remember.

Learn.

Reflect.

And:

Return

Keep the Lesson

You don't necessarily need:

The endless replay.

Living in the Future

“What if?”

What if:

I fail?

They reject me?

I panic?

Something goes wrong?

I embarrass myself?

I can't cope?

Your Body Can React to an Imagined Future

Even though:

Right now:

It Is Not Happening

Prepare for the Future When Preparation Is Useful

Make:

The appointment.

Study.

Practise.

Plan.

Pack.

Organise.

Then:

Return to:

Today

You Cannot Live Tomorrow Early

You can only:

Imagine it.

Present Moment Hypnosis for Overthinking

Overthinking repeatedly pulls attention:

Away.

One thought:

Becomes another.

Then another.

Then:

A Whole Internal Conversation

You Don't Have to Finish It

Notice:

“I'm Thinking Again.”

No judgement.

No frustration.

Then:

Return

Return to What?

Your breath.

Your feet.

Your hands.

The sound around you.

The person speaking.

The task.

The movement.

Whatever is genuinely happening now

Present-Moment Attention Is Not Thought Suppression

If you tell yourself:

“Don't think.”

You are still:

Thinking about:

Thinking

Instead:

Thought appears.

Notice it.

Then:

Redirect.

Thought:

“What if tomorrow goes badly?”

Response:

“Maybe. Right now I'm making dinner.”

Thought:

“Why did I say that yesterday?”

Response:

“That's finished. Right now I'm walking.”

Thought:

“What do they think about me?”

Response:

“I Don't Know. Listen to What They're Actually Saying.”

This Is Attention Training

Not:

A battle with your mind.

Present Moment Hypnosis and Anxiety

Anxiety often involves:

Prediction.

Monitoring.

Anticipation.

Threat scanning.

What-if thinking.

And attempts to create certainty

Present-Moment Awareness Can Ask:

What is:

Actually happening?

Not:

What could happen?

Not:

What happened before?

Not:

What might somebody be thinking?

What Is Happening:

Now?

Social Anxiety and Being Present

You're talking to:

Someone.

But your attention turns:

Inward.

“Where should I look?”

“Do I sound nervous?”

“What should I say next?”

“Do they think I'm weird?”

“Am I blushing?”

You Stop Experiencing the Conversation

And begin:

Watching Yourself Have It

Return Attention Outwards

What are they:

Actually saying?

What is their:

Actual expression?

What are you:

Genuinely interested in?

Conversation Can Become:

Less performance.

More:

Connection

Present Moment and Fear of Judgement

You cannot directly know:

What another person:

Is privately thinking.

Yet:

Your mind may invent:

A judgement.

Then:

React to the judgement it invented

Return to Evidence

What:

Actually happened?

What:

Was actually said?

Not:

What did anxiety:

Add?

Present Moment and Panic

Panic-related anxiety can involve:

Monitoring:

Heart rate.

Breathing.

Dizziness.

Temperature.

Thoughts.

Then:

Fear of:

The sensations themselves.

Present-focused skills may sometimes support:

A less catastrophic response.

However:

New, severe, persistent or unexplained symptoms should receive appropriate medical assessment.

Chest pain, severe breathing difficulty, fainting or other potentially urgent symptoms should not simply be assumed to be anxiety.

Present Moment and Health Anxiety

You notice:

A sensation.

Then:

Monitor.

Search.

Check.

Analyse.

Reassure.

Monitor Again

Being Present Does Not Mean Ignoring Your Body

Appropriate symptoms deserve:

Appropriate assessment.

The goal is not:

“Ignore Everything”

It is avoiding unnecessary repetitive monitoring once appropriate medical considerations have been addressed.

Present Moment and Stress

Stress can make your mind carry:

Tomorrow's responsibilities.

Today's responsibilities.

Yesterday's problems.

All:

At the Same Time

But You Can Only Do:

One action:

Now.

Ask:

“What Needs My Attention in This Moment?”

Perhaps:

One email.

One conversation.

One task.

One meal.

One workout.

One rest period

One Thing at a Time

Your mind may want:

Everything:

Solved.

Now.

But:

You do not need to solve:

Thursday on Monday

Present Moment and Work

You open:

One task.

Then think about:

Five others.

You switch.

Check your phone.

Remember something.

Open another tab.

Attention Fragments

Present-moment focus can mean:

Choose:

One meaningful task.

Stay:

With it.

Complete:

The next useful part.

Then Move On

Present Moment and Exercise

Instead of thinking:

“How much longer?”

Notice:

Movement.

Technique.

Breathing.

Rhythm.

The next:

Repetition

Do not use deep relaxation or hypnosis recordings during activities where reduced external attention could create a safety risk.

Present Moment and Eating

How often do you:

Eat.

While:

Scrolling.

Watching.

Working.

Thinking.

Then Suddenly:

The Meal Is Gone

Present attention can involve:

Taste.

Texture.

Temperature.

Smell.

Actually Experience:

The Meal You Are Eating

Present Moment and Relationships

Someone you care about:

Is speaking.

But:

You are:

Planning your reply.

Thinking about work.

Checking your phone.

Remembering something else.

Then:

You realise:

You Didn't Hear Them

Presence Can Be Something You Give Another Person

Attention says:

“I'm Here”

Present Moment and Children

Your child:

Is talking.

Growing.

Changing.

Life Can Become:

“After I finish this...”

“Next weekend...”

“When things calm down...”

Then:

Years:

Pass

You Cannot Store the Present for Later

This:

Moment.

Only happens:

Once

Present Moment and Sleep

You lie in:

Bed.

Your body is:

Safe in the room.

But mentally:

You're:

At work tomorrow.

In an argument yesterday.

Solving next month.

Sleep Requires Less Doing

Not:

More mental effort.

Hypnosis and relaxation may support some people with:

Settling.

Mental disengagement.

And bedtime overthinking

Persistent insomnia deserves appropriate assessment.

Only use sleep or deep-relaxation hypnosis when it is safe to fall asleep.

The Present Moment Is Not Always Pleasant

This matters.

Being present does not mean:

Every moment becomes:

Beautiful.

Peaceful.

Perfect.

Sometimes Now Contains:

Sadness.

Discomfort.

Uncertainty.

Frustration.

Boredom.

Or grief

Presence Is Not Pretending

It can mean:

Experiencing:

What is actually here.

Without unnecessarily adding:

Twenty imagined problems

You Are Not Every Thought That Appears

A thought can say:

“Something terrible will happen.”

That does not make it:

A prophecy.

A thought can say:

“They hate me.”

That does not make it:

Evidence.

Thoughts Are Mental Events

You can:

Notice them.

Without automatically:

Treating Them as Instructions or Facts

The Observer Perspective

Notice:

There is:

A thought.

And:

There is also:

Awareness of the Thought

If You Can Notice:

“I'm Overthinking”

Then:

Some part of your attention is already:

Observing the Thinking

You Don't Have to Destroy the Thought

Let it:

Pass through awareness.

Then:

Return.

Sensory Grounding and Present Awareness

Depending on the person and situation, attention can be redirected towards:

What you can:

See.

Hear.

Feel.

Touch.

Smell.

Or:

What You Are Physically Doing

Your Feet

Feel:

The ground.

Your Hands

Notice:

Contact.

Your Eyes

See:

What is:

Actually in front of you.

Your Ears

Hear:

The sounds:

That Actually Exist

Not Mystical

Not supernatural.

Simply:

Here

Deepening Present-Moment Awareness through Hypnosis

Hypnosis may involve:

Focused attention.

Absorption.

Relaxation.

Mental imagery.

Direct suggestions.

Suggestions May Support:

Attention flexibility.

Reduced engagement with repetitive thinking.

Mental distancing.

Relaxation.

Present-focused awareness.

Returning attention to chosen experiences

Direct Hypnotic Suggestions for Being Present

Depending on the individual and goal, suggestions may include:

You do not need to follow every thought.

You can notice when your attention has wandered and simply return.

The past can remain in the past while you keep whatever lesson is useful.

You can prepare for the future without mentally living there.

You can listen to the person who is actually speaking instead of imagining what they might be thinking.

You can experience what you are doing instead of constantly analysing yourself doing it.

Not every thought needs an answer.

Not every moment needs commentary.

You can return to what is actually happening now.

Presence Is a Practice of Returning

Your mind wanders.

Return

It wanders again.

Return

Again.

Return

You Haven't Failed

Returning Is the Practice

What Does Hypnosis Feel Like?

You may experience:

Focused attention.

Relaxation.

Absorption.

Imagery.

A different awareness of thoughts.

You Remain Aware

Hypnosis does not require:

Unconsciousness.

Amnesia.

Loss of control.

Or surrendering your judgement

Can I Think during Hypnosis?

Yes.

Thoughts can:

Still occur.

The goal is not:

A completely blank mind.

You Can Notice a Thought

And:

Return to the Experience

Present Moment Hypnosis vs Meditation

There can be overlap.

Both may involve:

Focused attention.

Awareness.

Observation.

Relaxation.

Present-moment attention.

Hypnosis may additionally make more deliberate use of:

Hypnotic suggestion and mental rehearsal

Why Choose Clive Westwood for Present Moment Hypnotherapy Brisbane?

Helping Clients Since 2013

Clive Westwood has been helping clients through clinical hypnotherapy since 2013.

His work has included people seeking support involving:

Anxiety.

Overthinking.

Stress.

Panic.

Confidence.

Fear.

Performance.

And repetitive mental patterns

Personalised Hypnotherapy

One person is pulled away from the present by:

Past conversations.

Another:

Future worry.

Another:

Health anxiety.

Another:

Work.

Another:

Social self-consciousness.

Another:

Constant internal commentary

Understanding Your Pattern Matters

A personalised approach may explore:

Where does your mind repeatedly go?

What triggers it?

What do you do next?

What keeps the mental cycle going?

Where would you rather place your attention?

Face-to-Face Hypnotherapy Brisbane

Face-to-face hypnotherapy appointments are available in Brisbane.

Online Hypnotherapy Australia-Wide

Online appointments are also available throughout Australia where appropriate.

Frequently Asked Questions about Present Moment Hypnosis

What Is Present Moment Hypnosis?

It is hypnosis using focused attention and suggestion to support greater present-focused awareness and a different relationship with distracting or repetitive thoughts.

Can Hypnosis Help Me Be More Present?

It may support attention, relaxation and reduced engagement with repetitive thinking for some people.

Can Hypnosis Stop Overthinking?

It may support changes in how you respond to overthinking.

No responsible practitioner should guarantee complete or permanent elimination of thoughts.

Does Being Present Mean Stopping Thoughts?

No.

Thoughts can still occur.

Can Hypnosis Quiet My Mind?

Some people experience greater relaxation or reduced engagement with mental chatter.

A permanently silent mind should not be promised.

Can Hypnosis Help Rumination?

It may provide complementary support for some repetitive-thinking patterns.

Can Present Moment Hypnosis Help Anxiety?

It may support some anxiety-related patterns.

Hypnosis should not be presented as a guaranteed cure for anxiety.

Can It Help Social Anxiety?

It may support excessive self-monitoring and anxiety-related attention patterns.

Persistent or significantly impairing social anxiety deserves appropriate evidence-based care.

Can It Help Racing Thoughts?

It may support some anxiety- or stress-related repetitive thinking.

Racing thoughts can also occur with other conditions and should not automatically be labelled as anxiety.

Can It Help Me Stop Replaying Conversations?

It may support reduced engagement with post-event rumination and mental replay.

Can Present Moment Hypnosis Help Sleep?

It may support relaxation and reduced engagement with bedtime thinking for some people.

Persistent sleep difficulties deserve appropriate assessment.

Do I Need to Empty My Mind?

No.

Will I Lose Control?

No.

Will I Be Unconscious?

No.

Can I Stop the Session?

Yes.

Can I Use This While Driving?

No.

Do not use hypnosis, sleep meditation or deep-relaxation recordings while driving, operating machinery or doing anything requiring your full external attention.

How Many Sessions Will I Need?

Individual circumstances vary.

No exact number of sessions or outcome can responsibly be guaranteed.

Where Are You Right Now?

Not:

Tomorrow.

Not:

Yesterday.

Not:

Inside another person's mind.

Here

Notice:

What you see.

What you hear.

Where your feet are.

What your hands are doing.

This Is Your Life

Not:

The life you are:

Planning.

Remembering.

Predicting.

This Moment Is Part of It

You Don't Need to Hold onto It

The present moment:

Changes.

Let It

Another moment arrives.

Then:

Another.

Your Job Is Not to Freeze Time

Only:

To Be Here While It Is Happening

Present Moment Hypnosis Brisbane

Clive Westwood provides personalised hypnotherapy in Brisbane for overthinking, anxiety, stress, racing thoughts, rumination, self-consciousness and difficulty remaining present, with online appointments also available throughout Australia where appropriate.

Being present does not require an empty mind. It can begin with something much simpler: noticing that your mind has travelled into the past, the future or an imagined problem—and gently bringing your attention back to the life that is actually happening now.

Just let your eyes close.

Just relax

and focus your attention on the rise and fall of your breath.

With each breath you take you notice yourself relaxing.

The more you allow yourself to relax,

the better you feel.

And the better you feel, the more you allow yourself to relax.

As that relaxation

drifts throughout your body and your mind,

I want you to imagine a beautiful flight of stairs. And there are 10 steps on this beautiful flight of stairs. And each step you take down, you find yourself 10 times more relaxed starting from now. 10. Take the first comfortable step down now completely at peace in every way.

Nine. Going down deeper and deeper down.

Eight. Deleting all stress, tension, and anxiety.

completely letting go.

Seven. Going down deeper and deeper down.

Now

six. Letting go of all worries,

concerns

and deleting all resistance

completely.

Five. Halfway down now. Feeling safe,

secure, much more, relaxed than ever before.

Four. Going down deeper and deeper down.

Free. Clearing your mind

completely.

letting go from deep within.

Two. Going down. Deeper and deeper. Down.

One. almost at the basement of relaxation.

Feeling safe, secure,

much more relaxed than ever before.

zero. You are now at the basement of relaxation,

feeling safe, circular,

more relaxed than ever before.

And now I want you to imagine a safe place. This can be a real place you have been to before. But could just as effectively

be a fantasy place in your mind.

Coming out of this safe place into a comfortable room, a room for change.

A room to become who you want to be.

Feeling calm,

content,

and completely at peace.

in every way.

As that charisma and confidence heightens

and expands within you,

being bold,

taking action.

Completely present,

dangerous

and in control of your own mind.

If you do something,

you do it

without fault.

Fear was just an illusion.

And you Take action

straight away.

Believing

in yourself

with full confidence.

clearing your mind

and letting go completely.

Feeling sight

circular,

more at peace

than ever

before.

Embracing

the silence

from deep

within.

Letting go

and silencing

your mind.

completely

deleting

all useless mind chat

expanding.

that inner silence

from deep within

as you focus

your attention

on their rise

and fall.

of your breath.

Silencing

your mind

from deep

within.

Being present

in every moment

letting go

completely

from deep

within. in

being dangerous

with full presence.

Charismatic and confident

at all times.

Believing

in yourself

as you silence,

your mind

completely

welcome.

that inner presence

as you

let go.

Feeling safe, circular,

more at peace than ever before.

Embracing the silence

within

as you

let go

completely

clearing ing

all useless mind chat.

As you believe

in yourself

completely

feeling

empowered

in every moment.

As you

take action,

becoming dangerous,

present

with full confidence.

As you focus

your attention on the rise

and fall of your breath,

silence,

your Mind

feeling safe,

secure,

more at peace

than ever before.

As that inner clarity

empowers yourself

as you

let Go.

Silencing

your mind.

Being bold

and taking action.

becoming the best version of yourself.

Completely

being

calm,

relaxed,

and at peace

in every way.

Silence

your mind

feeling

empowered

in that present moment

for Now

deleting

each fault

before it even arises.

Witnessing

each fault

delete

itself

without

attachment.

Being calm.

relaxed

and in control

as you

let go

silence

your mind

from

within

being dangerous

and present

in every moment.

Taking action,

facing

all fear until it disappears.

And you recognize

each fear as just an illusion

in your mind.

Being present

in that moment.

In the now

from deep

within

silencing

your mind

completely.

Welcoming

that present moment

from deep

within.

Feeling

enlightened

as you.

Believe in yourself.

Full of charisma

and confidence.

to take action and take control of your life of your own mind. completely

being present.

And now just imagine a stop sign in your mind.

This can be whatever you want that represents. Stop.

And now if there's any association

with any fear your mind says stop really loud and clear. Stop from the back to the front of your mind. Stop. And you take a deep breath and allow yourself

to take action.

with full confidence.

Being present dangerous

being

the best version of yourself completely.

As you

let go,

silencing your mind.

Being calm,

content. and at peace.

Feeling present

and dangerous

in every way.

Taking action as you take control of your own mind completely.

Believing

in yourself

as each fault gets left behind.

Welcome

that inner silence

from deep

within.

Being calm,

relaxed,

and in control

as you

let go.

Embracing

that inner power.

As you

feel present and dangerous, confident, full of charisma.

being bold and taking action at all times.

And now

if there's any association

with any fear your mind says stop really loud and clear. Stop from the back to the front of your mind. Stop and you take a deep breath and allow yourself

to relax.

Being calm,

confident,

and at peace.

Allowing

that inner silence

to empower

from thee within.

Clearing,

silencing

your mind.

Being present

in every moment

completely.

Welcomecoming

That healing

relaxation

as you believe in yourself

as you

silence

your mind

and completely let go.

If there's any association

with any fear, your mind says, "Stop really loud. and clear. Stop. From the back to the front of your mind stop. And you take a deep breath and allow yourself

to relax

and take action.

Being

confident,

present

and dangerous

being that inner warrior.

Allowing yourself to feel powerful,

confident and in control of your own mind

completely

being

calm

relaxed

and at peace

from deep

within

silence

your mind

completely

letting go.

Being present in that moment

in that now.

As you believe

in yourself

completely,

feeling safe,

secure,

more empowered. Ward

and air fall before

silencing

your mind

completely.

Letting

go of all stress, tension,

and anxiety.

Feeling calm, content, and at peace.

As you

are bold, you take action

as you are present and dangerous.

As you believe in yourself

completely,

becoming the best version of yourself.

As you let go

silence

your mind,

taking control completely

from the

within. in

being calm,

relaxed,

and at peace.

Clearing your mind as you focus your attention on the rise

and fall of your breath.

As all of the changes and suggestions take place from now on for the rest of your life, all of the changes and suggestions take place from now one for the rest of your life. In a moment I will count from one to five and on the count of five. I will say fully aware and all of the changes and suggestions take place from now on for the rest of your life.

One. Feeling safe, secure, completely at peace in every way. Two, clearing, silencing your mind from the within.

free. Being calm, confident,

taking action, being present, dangerous

and at peace. Four. On next number I will say fully aware and all of the changes and suggestions take place from now on for the rest of your life.

Five. Fully aware. Open your eyes.