Karen Briggs Clinical Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist - Lancaster

Scott Robinson

I started seeing Karen earlier this year after a couple of years with issues sleeping. I'd tried other recommended solutions and none of them gave me the results I was hoping for. I was feeling totally helpless and hypnotherapy was a last attempt.

3 months later and I'm in a totally different place. Working with Karen has helped me reframe my relationship with sleep & put me back in control. I'm feeling much better resourced and stronger. Both of which contribute to a much healthier mindset. Sleeping feels achievable again and my general anxiety levels are easier to manage.

Karen was recommended to me by a friend and I have to pass this on. I would highly recommend working with Karen.

Thank you so much, Karen!

Dilan Fernando

My first hypnotherapy session with Karen was one of the most impactful hours I have spent in my life. I went from being in a funk to suddenly being relaxed and content; and it was an upward trajectory since then. After a few months I feel I've achieved the goal I wanted, so have ended my sessions. I don't want to give people the impression that their own experience will be exactly the same - but for me, this really worked!

Tony Kirby

A big thank you to Karen who over several sessions has boosted my confidence and given me a positive future perspective. I feel like a different person after the sessions with Karen. I would highly recommend.

Alison Halhead

My teenage daughter had hypnotherapy with Karen to help her overcome some anxieties that she was having with school. My daughter was refusing to go to school. She was also having difficulty with sleeping. Karen explained what was going on in her brain, how anxiety is caused and how hypnotherapy could help. And it did. Karen has a very warm and welcoming manner. My daughter was immediately put at ease and after just one session the positive effects were felt. My daughter was able to sleep better, and as she began to use the strategies that Karen taught her, she started to feel able to cope better with her anxieties. I thoroughly recommend Karen’s services.

David Green

I went to see Karen with anxiety, stress, panic attacks, sleep problems, and a general feeling that I might be on 'the wrong path'. Her approach - solution focused hypnotherapy - has been transformational for me. I confronted the things that were causing me to feel bad in the first place, and now I have a new sense of calm, which is making day-to-day life so much easier. Things that used to stress me out now don't bother me at all. I also managed to find (and get) a new job; something I'm not sure I could've done without Karen's amazing support preparing me (in trance) for the interview. Having also gained some insights into how the hypnotherapy process works (and by extension how my mind works), I can't recommend Karen highly enough. Thank you Karen! 🙂

Carol Chesters

Such a positive and helpful experience on many different levels. My time here has been a safe place to reflect on and move on from some difficult times experienced over the last few years. I came primarily to explore my relationship with food and I have gained insights which have already started to shift some unhelpful eating habits. Overall the benefits have been to help me to establish more useful ways of thinking using the Hypnotherapy techniques and knowledge about how the brain works. As a result my sleep has improved significantly and my levels of anxiety have reduced. I feel grounded and more energised and in more control of my decisions and choices. An all-round positive and beneficial experience made possible by Karen's person centred and understanding approach. I would not hesitate to return in the future should the need arise.

Heidi Hodkinson

Karen's solution focussed hypnotherapy has helped lower my anxiety far more than I thought possible!
With a huge career change and house move, away from friends and family, coming up, I really wanted to enjoy the process and thrive in my new life, but felt overwhelmed by social and general anxiety that had plagued my whole life. Although CBT had helped me to manage to some extent, it didn’t get to the root of the problem, and I felt stuck, like I just couldn’t get any better.
From the first consultation session, I knew I’d made the right choice. I felt at ease talking to Karen right away, and I found her explanations of what’s going on in my mind really helpful. Then, after every hypnosis session I felt so calm, like all my anxiety had just melted away. The process has been utterly transformational, so much more than I even hoped for! I actually feel relaxed around other people and excited about the months ahead rather than terrified. My whole anxiety baseline has relaxed to a lower level. My only regret is not doing this sooner.

Philip Sykes

I highly recommend Karen's hypnotherapy as it has been highly effective for me and I now feel that I have a very powerful toolkit that I can use in future!

I originally came to see Karen due to a period of heightened anxiety which led to quite significant insomnia and wasn't sure how I was going to tackle it. I didn't know too much about hypnotherapy but was willing to try anything that would help me get in a better state of mind and improve my sleep. Karen was very clear about how we could achieve this together.

I am now sleeping as much as I ever did and feeling much more confident about my next steps in life. Working with Karen has helped me to put things into perspective and to tackle things in a more measured way going forward. I would now recommend Karen's hypnotherapy to anyone going through something similar as it is highly effective in a clear and structured way.