A: Hypnotherapy is not an emergency service. If you or someone else is at immediate risk, please contact 999, 111, your GP, or Samaritans (116 123). Once safe, hypnotherapy can help stabilise underlying emotions and support your longer-term healing.

A: Antidepressants focus on reducing symptoms by changing brain chemistry. This can bring relief — but it doesn’t always address the deeper cause of the anxiety, low mood, overwhelm or emotional patterns underneath.

Hypnotherapy works at a different level.
It helps you access the subconscious mind, where emotional memories, beliefs, fears and automatic responses are stored. Even if you don’t consciously know why you feel the way you do, your subconscious does — and hypnosis helps you safely reach and transform those deeper patterns.

Think of it like this:

Antidepressants = painkillers → help you function, stabilise, reduce intensity.

Hypnosis = healing the wound → resolves the cause beneath the symptoms.

Both can be useful, but hypnotherapy is designed for people who want long-term emotional change, not just symptom relief.

A: Yes. If you feel like hurting yourself, hypnotherapy can offer a calm, confidential space to ease the emotional intensity driving those urges. Self-harm is often a response to deep overwhelm, trauma or inner numbness — and even if you don’t know why it’s happening, your subconscious does. Through gentle hypnosis, we work to reduce emotional pressure, interrupt harmful patterns, and create safer, more stable internal responses. You are not alone, and change is absolutely possible.

A: Dark thoughts often come from unresolved emotional pain stored in the subconscious mind — not from weakness or failure. Even when you consciously want them to stop, your mind keeps replaying old patterns because it believes they protect you. Hypnotherapy helps access and reprogram the deeper emotional triggers behind those thoughts, allowing you to feel calmer, more in control, and less overwhelmed. Many clients notice a noticeable shift within the first few sessions.

A: Yes — hypnotherapy can be an effective support for people experiencing suicidal thoughts, urges, or patterns of self-harm. Rather than focusing only on surface symptoms, hypnotherapy works at a deep subconscious level to address the emotional pain, trauma, beliefs, and internal triggers driving those thoughts. Many clients in Suffolk and across the UK report feeling calmer, more grounded, and more in control after working with Piers Day. If you feel overwhelmed, hypnotherapy can be a gentle space to understand what’s happening underneath and begin meaningful change.

A: Hypnotherapy is a safe and non-invasive therapeutic approach when carried out by a qualified and experienced practitioner. With over 25 years’ experience, Piers creates a steady, supportive environment designed to help clients stabilise emotions and regain clarity. If someone is in immediate danger, they should contact emergency services — but hypnotherapy can play a powerful ongoing role in reducing the emotional intensity and subconscious patterns behind suicidal thinking.

A: Hypnotherapy helps by calming the nervous system, reducing emotional overwhelm, and reshaping subconscious beliefs that fuel despair or hopelessness. Many clients describe feeling “stuck,” “lost,” or “trapped in their thoughts.” Through guided hypnosis, Piers helps the mind break out of those loops, build safer internal pathways, and strengthen self-worth and emotional resilience. This deeper work often succeeds where conscious coping strategies alone have struggled.

A: Sessions begin with a calm, confidential conversation where you can safely describe how you’ve been feeling — without judgment, labels, or pressure. Piers then gently guides you into a relaxed hypnotic state where your subconscious mind can process emotional weight, interrupt destructive patterns, and build healthier responses. Many clients leave sessions feeling lighter, clearer, and more hopeful.

A: Many clients notice a shift within 1–3 sessions, especially in emotional intensity, clarity, and coping ability. Long-standing patterns often require deeper work, but progress can be surprisingly fast once the subconscious begins to soften its internal responses. Piers will guide you through a personalised plan tailored to your emotional history and current needs.

A: Yes — hypnotherapy is often very effective for teenagers because they respond naturally to imagery, suggestions, and emotional reframing. Piers has extensive experience supporting young people and offers a safe, non-judgmental space for them to express what they’re going through. Many parents in Suffolk seek hypnotherapy when other approaches have not made enough difference.

A: Absolutely. Many clients feel overwhelmed not because of the present, but because of old wounds, trauma, or deep-rooted beliefs formed years ago. Hypnotherapy allows the subconscious to process and release these emotional burdens safely, helping you separate past pain from your present reality. Trauma-related suicidal thinking often responds extremely well to hypnotherapeutic work.

A: Yes — online sessions via Zoom are just as effective as in-person therapy for most clients. Many people feel safer opening up from their own home. Piers offers both online sessions and in-person hypnotherapy in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, making support accessible wherever you are in the UK.