Hypnotherapy Melbourne: Your Local Support for Real Change

Struggling with anxiety, sleepless nights, or habits you can’t shake? At Bayside Psychotherapy, our skilled hypnotherapists guide you to real change by tapping into your subconscious mind. Based in Highett—just 15 minutes from Melbourne CBD with free parking—or available online across Australia, we’re here to listen, support, and help you thrive. No gimmicks, just a safe, compassionate space tailored to you.

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Why choose Hypnotherapy with us?

A Safe Space That’s All About You

Worried hypnotherapy might feel strange? We get it—past therapies might not have clicked, and that’s okay. Our Melbourne hypnotherapists, trained to standards like the Australian Hypnotherapists Association (AHA), craft every session to fit your needs. We’re not here to push generic fixes; we collaborate with you to uncover what works, offering a warm, confidential environment where you’re heard and respected.

How hypnotherapy works

Gentle, Proven Change from Within
Hypnotherapy isn’t about losing control—it’s about gaining it. By connecting with your subconscious, we help you ease anxiety, quit smoking, or manage pain in a relaxed, supportive setting. Backed by research (e.g., from 2006 to 2024), it’s a modern approach that skips the clichés—no swinging watches here. We’ll aim to help you feel at ease, as you’re guided by an expert who cares about the outcome of your sessions.

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Your Journey Begins Here
If you’ve tried hypnotherapy before and it didn’t stick, don’t give up. Our Highett clinic (with free parking around the back) or secure online sessions make it easy to take that first step. We’ll listen to your story, understand your goals, and tailor a plan that feels right for you. Book now and let’s find your path to lasting change together.

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Why our hypnotherapy stands out

Personalised Care: We dig into your unique triggers—whether it’s jealousy, fear of flying, or addiction—to create sessions that truly help.

Real Results: From easing anxiety to breaking compulsive habits, we focus on deep, lasting shifts, not just quick fixes.

Expert Team: Our hypnotherapists blend experience with modern techniques like Ericksonian hypnotherapy for impactful, compassionate care.

Your Comfort First: Relax in our peaceful Highett clinic or from home online—your choice, your pace.

Examples of transformations

  • Retroactive Jealousy: Instead of just boosting confidence, we aim to identify your unique triggers to help rebuild trust.
  • Fear of Flying: We focus on your specific fears, like turbulence or enclosed spaces, so you can fly with ease.
  • Compulsive Lying: We go beyond avoiding dishonesty, helping you understand why it happens and guiding healthier habits.
  • Anxiety: Our sessions dig into your exact triggers, aiming to build long-term resilience and transformation. Uncover your triggers and build resilience that lasts.
  • Addiction: We address the emotional roots of addiction, helping you break the cycle with strategies that stick.
  • Smoking: Address the roots of your habit for freedom that sticks.
  • Phobias: Face fears and phobias like emetophobia with calm confidence.

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Hypnotherapy is not about a swinging fob watch!

Hypnotherapy is often used in conjunction with neurolinguistic programming (NLP). Let’s look at what those terms actually mean:

  • Hypnotherapy is a way of tapping into your subconscious mind, to find the answers you may need to positively influence your life.
  • Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) explores the relationship between how you think, communicate and behave.

Although the two methods are very different, hypnotherapy and NLP have been known to work together exceptionally well possibly identify the underlying causes of the barriers you’re facing in life. In combination, they may help you manage painful feelings more easily, and develop strategies to regain a sense of control, so you may positively influence your life.

Our approach to hypnotherapy moves beyond the clichés of ‘stage hypnosis’—you won’t find any swinging fob watches or forgetful trances here. Instead, our clinical hypnotherapists in Melbourne and online utilise various evidence-based hypnosis methodologies designed for therapeutic effectiveness.

These methods are aimed at providing genuine, lasting change rather than short-term entertainment, ensuring that our clients receive the most effective and respectful care possible in their journey towards personal growth.

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What else is different about you?

At Bayside Psychotherapy in Melbourne, some therapists offer a modern approach to hypnotherapy that goes beyond traditional methods like ‘stage hypnosis.’ Our Ericksonian hypnotherapy focuses on creating a trusting and collaborative relationship with your subconscious mind, making it easier for you to achieve lasting change in your own unique way.

Why Ericksonian Hypnotherapy?

  • Personalised Sessions: We tailor every session to your specific needs, ensuring the therapy addresses the root causes of your challenges rather than just surface symptoms.
  • Lasting Impact: Unlike traditional hypnosis, which may provide short-term results, our method helps you make deep, meaningful changes that stick.
  • Expert Guidance: Our hypnotherapists love to learn and improve, and are continuously developing their skills, ensuring you receive the most effective and up-to-date care available.

What you can expect from your hypnotherapy sessions

Flexible Hypnotherapy Options

Choose between secure online sessions from the comfort of your home or in-clinic therapy at our welcoming Melbourne office. Every session is fully confidential and carefully tailored to your comfort level, ensuring a supportive and relaxed environment that helps you feel at ease throughout your therapy journey.

Personalised Hypnotherapy Approach

Hypnotherapy, sometimes referred to as progressive relaxation, combined with NLP, can be a powerful tool for change. Our hypnotherapists employ various techniques based on your specific needs and goals. Rest assured, our approach is modern and grounded in evidence—no fob-watch swinging involved!

Your Journey Begins with Understanding

Our process starts with a confidential discussion where we’ll explore your concerns and identify the areas we can work on together. This initial step is as much about establishing your comfort as it is about setting the foundation for effective therapy.

Relaxed and Focused Therapy Sessions

We guide you into a state of deep relaxation, similar to meditation but with a targeted focus. Once you’re in this relaxed state, we help you tap into your internal resources, identifying what truly matters to your progress. Sessions can be conducted in person at our Highett clinic or through a secure online connection, offering flexibility that suits your lifestyle.

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Emotionally speaking, you’ve done the hard part already

Taking the first step towards change can be challenging, especially if previous therapies haven’t met your expectations. At Bayside Psychotherapy, we understand how important it is to feel supported and understood. That’s why we offer a safe, compassionate environment where your concerns are truly heard, and your treatment is carefully tailored to your unique needs.

Our aim is to guide you towards lasting, meaningful change, empowering you to regain control and rediscover joy in your life. We use hypnotherapy to delve into the underlying causes of your difficulties, helping to uncover the most effective path to positive change. Together, we may integrate tailored hypnotherapy with neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to support you in making real, sustainable changes to your behaviour.

How long will hypnotherapy treatment take?

Hypnotherapy in Melbourne - Frequently Asked Questions

Hypnotherapy is a treatment that employs hypnosis to aid specific symptoms or health conditions. Hypnotherapy works by inducing a hypnotic state marked by waking awareness that allows people to experience detached external attention and focus on inner experiences.

Hypnotherapy is usually used as part of a treatment plan for phobias and other anxiety disorders. It's also sometimes used for pain management, weight loss, smoking cessation, and various other applications.

Formal explorations in the therapeutic uses for hypnosis began in the late 1700s but did not gain scientific credibility until recently. Modern researchers have further explored how to use hypnosis, which conditions it may treat, and how, compared to other treatments, effective it may be. 

The number of hypnotherapy sessions required varies widely among individuals, depending on the underlying causes of their conditions. Typically, after a few sessions of hypnotherapy for anxiety in Melbourne or other conditions, your clinical hypnotherapist at Bayside Psychotherapy might be able to estimate the number of sessions needed to achieve lasting change. The response to hypnotherapy can differ significantly from one person to another; some might find quick relief, while others may require more prolonged, regular treatment to see substantial benefits. We regularly review your progress together, ensuring that the approach remains aligned with your goals and that you feel supported throughout the journey.

Since hypnotherapy is an adjunct form of therapy and is used with other psychological or medical treatment forms, there are many applications. Hypnotherapy may be used in cases of anxiety, phobias, substance abuse, tobacco, sexual dysfunction, undesirable spontaneous behaviours, and bad habits. It may help improve sleep, learning disorders, communication, and relationship issues. Hypnotherapy may also aid in pain management and may help resolve medical conditions such as digestive disorders, skin issues, and gastrointestinal side effects of pregnancy and chemotherapy.

Find out more by contacting us on (03) 9557 9113 or use our contact form to inquire today. You can also book an appointment by using our online booking form for online appointments. Or, if you prefer, you can book an in-clinic session.  

Our experienced hypnotherapists will do their best to help you gain results in the shortest possible time without compromising thoroughness. For treatment to really be successful, it needs to be a collaborative process. It’s about developing strategies for positive change together and then learning how to incorporate those strategies into your daily life.

Our therapists are dedicated and thorough, with a solid grounding in mental health. We generally combine hypnotherapy with other methodologies, such as psychotherapy and mindfulness therapy, where appropriate. In fact, undertaking hypnotherapy without any other counselling may even be counterproductive, depending on the individual.

Currently $160 per session. Although Bayside Psychotherapy has operated for nearly two decades and our results driven hypnotherapists are qualified and experienced, their rates have remained competitive.

It pays to do your research thoroughly to make sure you’re engaging a reputable hypnotherapist — both for your safety and for your chances of success. The qualifications and skillset detailed in our therapists' biographies speak for themselves. Visit our therapists page to see who provides the service you're seeking noting their extensive qualifications and experience.

Our team of hypnotherapists in Melbourne meets a rigorous level of professional and clinical requirements including:

  • Quality clinical hypnotherapy certification training.
  • Current membership with an appropriate professional association.
  • Adherence to a strict code of professional ethics.
  • Years of experience and the knowledge of how to obtain genuine results (no gimmicks)

How to choose the right Melbourne hypnotherapist

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the number of hypnotherapy practitioners in Australia has increased dramatically in recent years. Some hypnotherapists are making outrageous claims, so be careful to select the right therapist.

Some of the warning signs are:

  • Outcome guarantees (especially without an initial assessment).
  • Inadequate qualifications beyond hypnosis.
  • Massively inflated fees.
  • Performing a hypnotic trance induction before a comprehensive assessment and unique treatment plan has been formulated. At worst, this is reckless and productive psychological effects are likely to be tantamount to a placebo.

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What can your subconscious mind achieve?

We can conduct in-person hypnotherapy sessions in Melbourne as well as providing hypnotherapy online sessions for those unable to attend our clinic.

You have the potential to work through your issues and enjoy a simpler, happier life. Hypnotherapy and NLP may be the tools you need to access your inner resources to start improving how you feel about yourself and others, equipping you to handle the challenges life throws at you.

In fact, you’ve taken the first step already — just by reading this page! Take the second, now, by contacting us below. It’s completely confidential, and there’s absolutely no obligation.

If you’re ready to try hypnotherapy collaboratively, you can book your initial confidential hypnotherapy appointment.
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Your Hypnotherapist In Melbourne Is Ready To Help

At Bayside Psychotherapy, we are committed to providing exceptional hypnotherapy and neurolinguistic programming services to help you unlock your full potential. Whether you are seeking hypnotherapy for anxiety in Melbourne, exploring options with a clinical hypnotherapist online, or are interested in combining l techniques to overcome personal challenges, our experienced therapists are here to guide you every step of the way. In addition to these services, we also offer mental health counselling online, porn addiction treatment, and guidance from anxiety disorder therapists.

Reach out today to discover how our tailored approaches can make a significant positive impact on your life, aiming to help you regain control and move forward with confidence.

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Note: Whilst we will do our best to assist you, we rely upon your commitment to and participation in the treatment process to optimise results. Although some of our therapists have experience with hypnotherapy, no guarantees of any outcomes can be made. *Published patient figures are de-identified to protect privacy and intended to be informative only and include other services provided as well as hypnotherapy (one method rarely works in isolation). This information shouldn’t be construed as any kind of guarantee of performance. In fact, no past outcome can be indicative of future performance, since every person is unique. Client motivation and commitment is always crucial, and everyone responds differently to treatment. Hypnotherapy is an unregulated service in Australia and our registered professional psychologists and social workers do not provide hypnotherapy. Only qualified hypnotherapists will administer hypnotherapy services to clients following an initial assessment. In certain circumstances it may become apparent during initial consultations that hypnotherapy is contraindicated. In such situations, a different therapeutic approach or a referral will be discussed.

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