Breaking Bad Habits with Hypnotherapy & Behavioural Repatterning
There are a great many of these, so here are just a few examples. Smoking, Excessive drinking, Drugs, Excessive eating, and Gambling.
All repetitive behaviours that harm or get in the way of living...
or get in the way of feeling good about oneself.
Bad habits are like that friend who always shows up uninvited, eats all your food, and never helps clean up. Whether it’s smoking, binge drinking, gambling, overeating, doom-scrolling or computer gaming your way into oblivion, these repetitive behaviours can quietly hijack your life.
And addictions? They’re just bad habits with a megaphone... louder, more persistent, and can be devastating.
Which is why I've classified them together on this page; one is just a more extreme version of the other.
But here’s the good news: hypnotherapy doesn’t just whisper sweet nothings to your subconscious; it rewires it. Gently guiding you into a relaxed, focused state, hypnotherapy, with expert guidance, helps you access the deeper parts of your mind where habits are formed and stored. It’s not magic, but it can feel magical when cravings drift away and clarity returns.
In clinic, I use hypnotherapy to help people quit smoking, reduce alcohol dependence, and overcome compulsive behaviours like gambling and emotional eating. It’s not about willpower, it’s about shifting the internal narrative that drives the behaviour in the first place.
If your habits are no longer just annoying quirks but full-blown saboteurs, hypnotherapy offers a compassionate, science-backed way to reclaim your autonomy, self-belief and confidence.
You’re not broken, you're on pause and ready for a better story.
Research:
AHA Hypnotherapy reports that hypnotherapy is effective in helping individuals gain control over addiction and prevent relapse through subconscious reprogramming.
A study cited by Addiction Resource found a 77% success rate among participants using hypnotherapy for alcohol addiction, sustained over a year.
Neuroimaging Evidence from fMRI Studies
Recent brain imaging research has shown that hypnosis can alter activity in regions of the brain responsible for attention, emotional regulation, and habit formation. These changes support the idea that hypnotherapy can help rewire the brain’s response to addictive triggers, whether it’s substances, gambling, or compulsive eating.