Hi Sally, I won’t make this a habit but I’m so chuffed that it’s now been a week since my last cigarette. My resolve has been severely tested this week with a wedding on Saturday and fathers day yesterday ( both boozy affairs) and they passed without a single craving. Just want to say thank you again for your help. Another update in 6 months. All the best.
Wow, Sally, thank you so much for your help! I was fearful of flying and airports for so many years and had so many other insecurities and doubts. Since seeing you I feel much more happier and positive about life and I can frequent airports and fly with ease and confidence! I have already recommended you to some colleagues who have asked about you and your process. Thank you so much for your help!
During my first consultation with Sally she mentioned the words “almost like magic”. Well, for me, that almost feels like an understatement.
I can now clearly see that I had lapsed into a state of anxious misery; unable to see the good things around me as I was so focused on negative work based thoughts or feelings and the possible outcomes that may or may not materialise.
I’d been proactive in exploring wellbeing techniques which helped keep control of my work stresses but it was not helping me to focus on the positive aspects of my life. Neither was it addressing what I can now clearly recognise as a loss of my sense of perspective and an inability to prevent my inner thoughts from reacting to anxious feelings rather than reality.
Sally helped me to focus on the outcomes I was looking for and reinforced it using SFH {Solution Focused Hypnotherapy}
I now understand how my inner brain had learned to deal with the daily stresses in my life in a less than satisfactory way and I think I can even identify a particular period when things started to go wrong. But, to be honest I’m not that interested in the past. My thoughts, thanks to Sally are now centered on my immediate reality rather than the past or anxious feelings about possible futures.
A couple of months on and I now recognise myself, once again, as the positive optimist I used to be several years ago. And do you know what, it’s amazing how many good things have happened since then. Coincidence? I think not.
As a Solution Focused Hypnotherapist I cannot recommend Sally Potter enough. Neither, for that matter, can my wife who has witnessed the positive result and is very pleased to have the old me back!
I went to see Sally to help with both chronic and acute musculoskeletal pain as well as chronic fatigue. Sally was very confident from the beginning that she could help me, although after many years of trying different treatments I was rather sceptical.
Almost from the beginning I was able to relax my body quickly and fully while in trance and benefitted from a great deal of pain relief whilst under. She also taught me dissociation techniques to switch off my mind to specific painful areas. After months of treatment, I still see Sally regularly just for that wonderful feeling of being somewhat pain-free when in trance. Just half an hour of break from it is an amazing feeling.
However, the treatment went further than that. Sally helped me deal with my “painsomnia” so that although I don’t necessarily get more hours of sleep, those hours are much better quality. When I am awake during the night, I am now able to self-hypnotise so that my body is at least relaxed even if I am not asleep. This has had a huge effect – I am less tired and able to cope with the pain better.
In addition Sally helped me in another way – I had always felt I had a good, positive attitude to my life, so was surprised when Sally helped me realise I had unresolved feelings of grief about my disability and the life I had ‘lost’. This was something I was able to work through with her and has left me more peaceful and accepting of my life as it is.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Sally has changed my life for the better. She has given me tools to use, alongside conventional medicine, to get through each day and be able to enjoy it. A more positive outlook helps me to cope with pain and fatigue which will never completely go away, but which I am now much more able to deal with on a day to day basis. Caroline
Hello Sally,
Just to let you know, the tender presentation went really well…worried about talking for 15 minutes – ended up doing 45…thanks so much!
The combination of a demanding job and family life left me feeling completely overwhelmed and out of control. This led me into a vicious circle of poor sleep, acute anxiety and procrastination. I was desperately unhappy and fearful. Working with Sally at Aloft Hypnotherapy has enabled me to break out of this cycle and move forward.
Within a few sessions I was able to relax, understand the reasons for my behaviour and control the panic attacks. I now practice what I learned every day and have a completely different outlook on the world. This has enabled me to achieve more and to focus on the things in my life that make me happy.