About Oaktree Hypnotherapy

Are you drifting and feeling that there must be more to your life? Do you want more satisfaction or just want to smile again? Do you want a better relationship not least with yourself?
Through Hypnotherapy I can help you greatly improve your quality of life, freeing you from the problems of habit, behaviour, emotional imbalance or physical distress. Hypnotherapy is not just about dealing with your problems; it is about getting in touch with your ideal self through effortless change. Problems of depression, anxiety, weight and many more, all affectythe quality of your life in negative ways. Why not address these problems and realise your potential? Hypnotherapy can bring about permanent change for you and the scope for achieving positive benefit is endless.

I can help you to become more relaxed, confident and fulfilled. To live the life you’e always dreamed of.

Make an appointment with change, for a change.

Most clients come to Hypnotherapy as a last resort. They are desperate; their condition prevailing despite being treated by traditional medicine and techniques.

Mind and body interaction is now widely recognised by the medical profession. Increasingly accepting Hypnotherapy as beneficial, it recognises the value of the treatment of many conditions including high blood pressure, irritable bowel syndrome, migraine, asthma, anxiety, depression amongst many other psychosomatic disorders. In harnessing the power of the sub-conscious mind, resolving inner conflict and changing negative behaviour patterns Hypnotherapy empowers you to take responsibility for your own health and well-being. Discovering the cause of the problem is paramount to eradicating the symptom.

Hypnotherapy can help you with:
Anxiety, Accident proneness, Addictions, Agoraphobia, Alcoholism, Allergies, Amnesia, Anorexia, Arthritis, Asthma, Bed wetting, Bipolar, Blushing, Childbirth, Claustrophobia, Compulsions, Confidence, Depression, Examination nerves, Fear, Frigidity, Gambling, Guilt, Hay fever, Habits, Headaches, High Blood Pressure, Impotence, Indecisiveness, Insomnia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Learning Difficulties, Letting Go, Low Self-esteem, Marital Problems, M. E., Memory Problems, Migraine, Nail Biting, Nervous Symptoms, Neurosis, Nightmares, Over Eating, Panic Attacks, Phobias, Premature Ejaculation, Psoriasis, Self-Consciousness, Sexual Problems, Shyness, Smoking, Sports Performance, Stage Fright, Stammering, Stress, Tension, Torticollis, Twitching, Ulcers, Warts, Weight Loss, Work Problems……………………………and more

Hypnohealing is a specialised method that addresses physical problems by harnessing the mind and body to heal itself. This is done by galvanising your sub-conscious mind to alter the physical processes within your body. You do the work, I merely facilitate the process. Only graduates of the world famous Atkinson-Ball College of Hypnotherapy & Hypnohealing are trained in this technique.
Physical conditions such as a broken leg or a torn ham-string are outside the scope of the Hypnotherapist and should be treated by the Medical Profession.

Advanced Hypnotherapy can change your life. It needn’t be your last resort.
Hypnotherapy for Fears
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Are you frightened of something? I am – rats. I think they’re horrible and so, I think, it’s quite rational to dislike them. I don’t think it’s out of proportion to the situation, that would make it a phobia. Hypnotherapy is an effective tool for dealing with phobias. It quickly removes a condition that was formed quickly in the first place.

Let me explain with this example. A client had a fear of needles which he said he’d had "all his life". Under hypnosis he was asked why he had this fear. The answer came back "protection". He was taken back to a time just before that first fear kicked in and asked to describe his surroundings. He said he was in his parents’ house with other members of the family who were witnessing his Grandmother injecting herself for diabetes for the first time. The responses of the group, from mock to real horror scared and affected the 3 year old boy who became distressed by what was happening. Here his conscious mind was confused in a stressful situation, and his sub-conscious mind stepped in, picked up on both the event and the perceived emotional response and linked them together. However, the seeds of the phobia were sown and his fear of needles went with him into adult life.

In hypnosis the sub-conscious mind was persuaded to make change because that change was beneficial. When the conscious mind was made aware of the content beneath the reaction, assimilation and understanding was almost instantaneous and therefore the reaction changed. When awake, he casually held the needle that had caused him to break out into a sweat; his fear of needles had gone. So was the needle which he still keeps.

Fear of certain situations can be brought about by lack of confidence or low self-esteem. Advanced Hypnotherapy can programme the mind effectively to go in a new and positive direction for your benefit.

You have nothing to fear in Advanced Hypnotherapy.
Hypnotherapy for Habits
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We are naturally creatures of habit. These habits serve us well when they’re good and take away the need to assess a situation every time we encounter one. On the other hand bad habits hinder us in that they have unwanted or inappropriate consequences.

Sometimes, what was once a solution to a problem becomes another problem. For example, a shy person drinks alcohol to overcome shyness. The initial problem is removed albeit temporarily and is replaced by another. The basic need is not dealt with. Treated for alcholism, the addictive nature of the person seeks another release and becomes perhaps a smoker, or caffeine junkie.

Advanced Hypnotherapy is effective in helping people with obsessive, compulsive and addictive behaviour in that it treats the cause not the symptom. It helps them overcome bad habits such as drug addiction, smoking, nail-biting and procrastination amongst others. In Hypnosis, you can be released from inappropriate and destructive behaviour patterns that may be spoiling your life and the lives of others. Breaking free from bad habits could also help you solve many other problems you may have.

Take control of your life and let Advanced Hypnotherapy help you break the habit of a lifetime.

Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss
your special place

How many diets have you been on? Stop it.

Why are you reading this? Because they don’t work.

Stop the low calorie food & drinks The sugar is replaced by chemicals.

Avoid the low calorie drinks and stop beating yourself up any longer.Traditional diet techniques are symptom based whereas Advanced Hypnotherapy techniques address the cause of the symptom. What need does your over-eating address? Is it blanking out a fear, guilt or is it misguidingly offering protection? Let’s get in there and address your problem and the cause. We don’t want to eliminate your need for excess food in-take and just leave you there. Your need will lead you to seek another habit eg smoking or excess caffeine.
If you want to change your eating habits Advanced Hypnotherapy can help you. People who over eat have an emotional trigger connected to food, unlike a slim person. The emotion resides in the sub-conscious mind. In Hypnosis, we access the sub-conscious mind and change the eating pattern by disconnecting the emotion. The emotion is disconnected from the food and you begin to behave like a slim person.

Carry that Weight no further as you let Advanced Hypnotherapy enlighten you.

Hypnotherapy for Stress
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No situation is stressful unless you perceive it as such. Perceptions come from your beliefs, and your beliefs reside in your sub-conscious mind. Hypnotherapy works within the sub-conscious mind and as you alter your beliefs, you alter your levels of Stress.

One of the most common problems in the work place is Stress and that’s because the term encompasses so much. Lethargy, Overeating, Insomnia, Depression, Low Libido, Lack of Focus etc. are just a few, and all these symptoms have their opposing symptoms. You may be suffering from Overeating or the opposite - No Appetite. Both are different symptoms linked by being stress related. Stress is the reaction in a person’s body when that person perceives a potential threat to their physical or emotional well-being. If a situation is not perceived as a threat, it is not stressful.

Stress can be brought about in the workplace in many ways, such as the interview process, lack of confidence with presentation skills, procrastination, and conflict with colleagues etc. Therefore, Effective Stress Management in the Workplace is best done on a one-to-one basis dealing with individual issues. Advanced Hypnotherapy, can effectively combat Stress at Work and help nurture a more effective, productive and happy workforce with reduced absenteeism.

Let Advanced Hypnotherapy work for you.

Hypnotherapy for Sports
Rocks and beyond

More and more, Hypnotherapy is being used by those wishing to improve their performance in sport. Probably the most popular sport using Hypnotherapy is golf, others being football, cricket and rowing.

Sports men and women often incorporate imagery and mental rehearsal during practice.Advanced Hypnotherapy can be extremely effective in this process. In Hypnosis you can model yourself on someone you admire in a particular field; an ideal exercise for improving any talent or ability you already have. Here you imagine yourself practising and refining that perfect swing, that perfect goal or hitting that perfect six. Hypnotherapy can immeasurably increase your self-belief and in sport this belief is everything. Beliefs come from positive suggestions.

In Hypnosis these suggestions are made for your benefit and your sub-conscious mind accepts them and acts upon them. This helps you become more confident, helping you to concentrate on your game and enabling you to maximise your potential.

Advanced Hypnotherapy can help you be your best.

My training, work experience and any achievement

Qualifications & Professional Bodies

Barrie Clews DABC, MCAHyp, member of UKCHO Reg No. 10122
- Foundation Course in Hypnotherapy with the Atkinson-Ball College
- Diploma in Advanced Hypnotherapy & Hypnohealing with the Atkinson- Ball College
- I am a registered member of the Corporation of Advanced Hypnotherapy and abide by their Code of Ethics. This Corporation is a full member of UKCHO (The UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Practitioners)


I practice Hypnotherapy sessions from Oak Tree House, Wilmslow Road, Mottram St. Andrew, Cheshire SK10 4LQ. This area is central to the surrounding areas of Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Woodford, Poynton & Macclesfield.
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Weight, Self-esteem

I’ve known, liked and admired Barrie for years. Despite living on the other side of the world I asked him to help me with two nagging issues. Weight - which had slowly crept up and self esteem which was slowly being eroded. Of course, the two things were linked. After a brief chat Barrie sent me some personalised CD’s – after the first session I forgot I knew Barrie, after the second session I completely relaxed, now I have lost almost half a stone and feel back to my old self – thanks Barrie. To others I’d say try it, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Louise D. - New Zealand.
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Migraines

“My monthly migraines were making my life a misery. No amount of tablets from the Doctor alleviated the immense pain. Barrie brought me clarity of mind and a new understanding why I was getting these migraines. I look forward to my sessions and have not had a migraine for over 3 months. I would recommend hypnotherapy with Barrie over taking pills any day”. Niki H.- Prestbury
NB - Niki wrote this testimonial 3 months ago and therefore, since we began therapy, she has been free of any migraine attack for over 6 months
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Eating Disorder

“ I suppose I had an eating disorder in that I only ate certain bland foods and wanted to have a more varied, exciting diet. I was fed up with hearing about my mates eating curries and chinese foods which I couldn’t bring myself to try. It was recommended I try Hypnotherapy and it worked. I enjoyed the experience and I now enjoy all types of food. I would recommend Barrie, definitely”. F.C.– Poynton
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Chest infection

“ I had been suffering from a chest infection for 6 months, a tightness of breathing, and it was suggested that I see Barrie Clews for a Hypnotherapy session. I found it to be a very enlightening experience. I discovered the reason for the condition and within a couple of days it had cleared completely. I cannot thank Barrie enough for his skills in helping me to achieve a clarity of mind and chest. Long may he continue to do this brilliant work.” R.J. – Wilmslow
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Empowerment

“ I wasn’t sure what to expect, but this therapy was really empowering. I found it easy to make the changes I wanted to make. Thank you Barrie.” Jason H. – Alderley Edge
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Negativity

“ Barrie, you helped me to reveal issues from my past which were affecting me negatively in the present and put them into context. You made the process seem so simple and painless. Thank you.” Steve G. - Macclesfield