A: Neuroscience and psychology consistently show that the conscious mind is responsible for only a small portion of our mental activity — often estimated at around 5–10%. The remaining 90–95% operates unconsciously. This is often explained through the iceberg model: the conscious mind is the small tip above the surface, while the much larger mass beneath represents unconscious processes such as emotional memory, threat detection, learned beliefs, and automatic behaviours. This system is constantly scanning for safety and meaning, shaping how you react, decide, and feel long before conscious thought catches up. You may believe you’re making rational choices, but the unconscious mind often determines what feels safe, possible, or threatening. As Carl Jung famously quoted, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” When these patterns remain unseen, they quietly shape confidence, behaviour, and self-belief, creating limits that feel fixed or inevitable. Hypnotherapy works below the surface of the iceberg, where these patterns live — bringing them into awareness so they can loosen, update, and release. When the unconscious is no longer running the show, choice replaces autopilot, and responses begin to reflect who you are now, not how you learned to survive in the past.

A: Piers Day helps clients overcome a wide range of issues including anxiety, fears, trauma, stress, public speaking nerves, confidence blocks, limiting beliefs, depression, emotional overwhelm, and unwanted habits. Many people find him when searching for phrases like “how to overcome limiting beliefs,” “help for anxiety near me,” or “hypnotherapist for trauma in Bury St Edmunds.”

Piers offers online sessions and in-clinic appointments in Bury St Edmunds, making support accessible from anywhere. If you’d like guidance on your specific situation, simply message Piers to discuss options.

A: Hypnotherapy is a clinically recognised therapeutic method that helps you access the subconscious part of your mind — the part that stores automatic habits, emotional patterns, beliefs, and memories. It’s not stage hypnosis, mind control, or any of the gimmicks you see on TV. You’re not “asleep,” and you don’t lose control. You’re simply in a deeply relaxed, highly focused state where change becomes easier.

Scientifically, hypnotherapy has been shown to:

- Reduce anxiety and stress levels

- Lower activity in the brain’s fear centres (amygdala)

- Increase neuroplasticity (your brain’s ability to form new connections)

- Interrupt old emotional patterns and create healthier responses

- Improve confidence, focus, and emotional regulation

Hospitals, dentists, psychologists, and mental health professionals use hypnotherapy for pain control, trauma recovery, habit change, and anxiety management. The NHS even recognises it for several conditions.

What makes hypnotherapy powerful is that it works at the root cause, not just the surface symptoms. If you’ve ever thought, “I know what the problem is, but I still react the same way,” that’s because your subconscious is running the pattern. Hypnotherapy helps update that pattern in a way talking alone often can’t.

Piers offers this work online and in his Bury St Edmunds clinic, and clients often choose it because it’s fast, gentle, and genuinely life-changing.

This is NOT the drama or tricks you see in entertainment-style hypnosis.

If you’re curious or unsure, just message Piers and he’ll explain how it applies to your situation.

A: Your first session will take place a few days after your Initial Consultation. Each session begins with a short conversation about how you’ve been feeling and what has changed since we last spoke. You’ll then get comfortable — either lying down or sitting upright. Most clients prefer to lie down to relax more deeply.

I’ll guide you through calm breathing, an induction, a deepening technique, and then the therapeutic work we’ve planned. The session ends with a gentle return to full awareness. I may give you simple self-hypnosis tools to use between sessions to support your progress.

A: No. They feel similar because both create a relaxed, focused state, but they work very differently. Meditation is passive — you simply observe thoughts. Hypnotherapy is active, with guided subconscious work that helps release emotional blocks, update beliefs, and shift old patterns.

Meditation = awareness.
Hypnotherapy = transformation.

A: It depends on your goals and the depth of the issue. Some people need only one or two sessions; others benefit from a longer programme. A typical range is around six to eight sessions, but we review this together as you progress. The aim is always to work at your pace and stop as soon as you’ve achieved what you came for.

A: Traditional therapy — things like counselling or CBT — normally works by talking through your thoughts, feelings, and experiences. It’s great for understanding what’s going on and learning coping tools, but it mostly works on a conscious, surface level.

Hypnotherapy is different. Instead of just talking about the symptoms, it helps you get to the real, deep-rooted cause of the problem — the subconscious patterns that actually drive your fear, anxiety, trauma responses, low confidence, or limiting beliefs.

This is why people often feel stuck with talking therapy: they understand the problem, but the emotional reaction is still there.

Hypnotherapy works underneath all of that. It helps your mind release the old pattern so the symptoms naturally change.

If you’re the type of person who thinks, “I know why I feel like this, but I still can’t stop it,” then hypnotherapy is usually the thing that finally shifts it.

Piers offers both online sessions and appointments in his Bury St Edmunds clinic, so you can choose whatever suits you best. If you’re unsure which approach is right for you, just message him — he’ll point you in the right direction.

A: Hypnotherapy is safe, non-invasive, and widely used for emotional wellbeing, anxiety reduction, trauma processing, and mindset change. You remain fully conscious and aware, and Piers explains every step so you feel calm and secure.

If you have concerns or questions about safety, simply message Piers—he’s happy to help.

A: Yes — Piers provides fully online hypnotherapy sessions that are ideal for clients looking for “online hypnotherapy,” “remote anxiety therapy,” or “virtual sessions with a hypnotherapist.” Online appointments are just as effective as in-clinic sessions and allow you to work on anxiety, fears, trauma, self-esteem, and limiting beliefs from the comfort of your home.

To book an online session, simply contact Piers directly.

A: Yes — hypnotherapy is one of the most effective natural methods for calming the mind, reducing anxiety, and breaking cycles of overthinking. Piers works with clients experiencing panic, chronic stress, intrusive thoughts, or emotional overwhelm.

If you’re searching for “anxiety treatment near me” or “how to stop overthinking naturally,” Piers’ tailored sessions—available online or in Bury St Edmunds—can help you regain clarity and confidence.

A: Piers sees clients in person at his clinic in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, a convenient location for those searching for “hypnotherapist in Bury St Edmunds,” “best hypnotherapy near me,” or “anxiety therapist in Suffolk.”

If you’re unsure whether to choose online or in-clinic, message Piers—he’ll help you decide what’s best for your goals.

A: Yes — confidence building and mindset transformation are some of Piers’ strongest areas. He helps with public speaking fears, performance anxiety, low self-confidence, negative self-talk, and deep-rooted limiting beliefs.

If you’ve been searching “how to overcome fear of public speaking” or “boost confidence quickly,” Piers’ sessions are designed to create long-lasting internal change.

A: Piers specialises in helping clients release old emotional patterns, trauma responses, and subconscious blocks that affect daily life. Many clients describe feeling “stuck,” “triggered,” or “unable to move forward,” and hypnotherapy provides a safe, gentle solution.

People often find Piers while searching “therapy for trauma Suffolk,” “healing emotional trauma naturally,” or “PTSD support near me.”
For personalised guidance, message Piers to learn how he can support you.

A: Booking is easy. Just message Piers directly through the website or contact page to arrange your online or in-clinic appointment. You’ll receive guidance on the best session type, availability, and next steps.