Stress is our body's reaction to feeling threatened or under pressure. It's extremely common and in small doses it can be motivating to help us achieve things in our daily life, and help us meet the demands of home, work and family life.

But too much stress will affect our mood, body and relationships, especially when it feels out of our control. It can make us feel anxious and irritable, and affect our self-esteem and confidence.

Adverse reactions to these ongoing pressures can be experienced both psychologically and physically; in ways such as lack of concentration, excessive worry, tearfulness, mood swings, irritability, oversensitivity to criticism, being defensive and frustrated, muscle tension, teeth grinding, more frequent colds, infections, allergies or skin irritations, weight loss or gain, dizziness or palpitations.

Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can provide more constructive ways to respond to your individual stress triggers. It can also help gain real and lasting relief by reducing the underlying stress and anxiety, so you feel more relaxed, rational and in control, enabling you to cope better each day.