Hypnotherapy for Emotional Eating & Overeating
Change unhelpful eating habits and feel more in control around food.
Do you find yourself reaching for food when you're stressed, bored or overwhelmed, even when you're not hungry?
Perhaps you struggle with cravings, find yourself snacking without thinking, or feel frustrated that you keep falling back into the same eating habits despite your best intentions.
You might know exactly what you'd like to change, but find that willpower alone doesn't seem to be enough.
Hypnotherapy can help you work towards changing automatic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving around food, so you can develop a more balanced relationship with eating.
Does any of this sound familiar?
You find yourself eating when you're not physically hungry.
You turn to food for comfort when you're stressed, tired or upset.
You struggle with cravings, particularly in the evenings.
You eat automatically, sometimes barely noticing what or how much you've eaten.
You spend a lot of time thinking about food or planning what you'll eat next.
You start each week determined to change your habits, only to slip back into familiar patterns.
You feel frustrated or guilty about your eating, even though you know what you'd prefer to do.
If you recognise yourself in any of these, you're not alone.
Eating habits aren't always simply about hunger. They can become automatic responses linked to emotions, routines and learned behaviours.
And when a pattern has become automatic, trying harder isn't always the answer.
Why is emotional eating so difficult to change?
Many of our everyday behaviours happen automatically, without much conscious thought.
Over time, your brain can learn to associate food with particular situations or feelings. Perhaps reaching for something sweet has become your way of unwinding after a difficult day, or snacking has become part of your evening routine.
These associations can become so familiar that you find yourself responding before you've even had time to think about it.
You may consciously want to make different choices, but your automatic responses keep taking you back to the same habits.
The good news is that learned patterns can change.
By developing greater awareness and more helpful responses, you can begin to feel more in control of your choices around food.
How can hypnotherapy help with emotional eating?
Hypnotherapy focuses on helping you change the patterns that may be contributing to unwanted eating habits.
Rather than relying on willpower or following restrictive rules, we'll work towards developing more helpful ways of thinking, feeling and responding around food.
Using a combination of solution-focused techniques and hypnosis, I'll help you work towards making changes that feel more natural and sustainable.
The aim isn't to create more rules around food. It's to help you to be more in control of your choices.
Imagine feeling more in control around food:
being able to enjoy food without constantly thinking about what you should or shouldn't eat.
recognising when you're hungry and when you've had enough, without feeling driven to keep eating.
finishing a stressful day without automatically turning to food for comfort.
feeling free from the constant cravings and urges that once influenced your eating habits.
spending less time thinking about food and more time enjoying the things that matter to you.
making choices that feel right for you, without the constant internal battle or feelings of guilt and frustration.
It's about creating a healthier, more balanced relationship with food, where your habits support the way you want to live.
What clients are saying:
“Having suffered with eating disorders my entire adult life I decided to try hypnotherapy to see if it could help me. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but had nothing to lose. I was slightly anxious, but Larissa put me at ease immediately. Our sessions were easy going, but productive, and I would leave each one feeling happy and positive.
Have completed the course, I finally have a different mindset towards my eating, feeling empowered to now have a healthier relationship with food. I cannot recommend Larissa’s hypnotherapy enough, she really has given me the tools to turn my life around. I am so glad that I made the decision to give it a go!”
Terri, Brighton
"I had the most amazing experience with Seascape, and helped me reset for the end of the year. The process has helped me understand so much more about my thinking and approach to situations. It also gave me time to myself which I had forgotten to prioritise. Amazing experience and would highly recommend."
Sam, London
How to get started
We'll begin with a free, no-obligation initial consultation, either via Zoom or face-to-face in Brighton. This is an opportunity to talk about your current eating habits, what you'd like to change and how hypnotherapy can help.
My approach is solution-focused, which means we concentrate on where you'd like to be rather than dwelling on the past. We'll explore the patterns that may be keeping you stuck and work towards developing more helpful ways of thinking, feeling and behaving.
There's no judgement, no restrictive diet plan and no pressure.
If you're ready to change your relationship with food, I'd love to hear from you.
Please note: My work focuses on emotional eating and unhelpful eating habits. Hypnotherapy is not a substitute for specialist treatment for eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. If you think you may have an eating disorder, please speak to your GP or an appropriate specialist service.