Hot flushes & night sweats
Structured clinical hypnosis has been studied for menopausal hot flushes. We can explore whether hypnotic techniques and self-hypnosis practice might be useful alongside your medical care.
MENOPAUSE & MIDLIFE · BRIGHTON & ONLINE
Hypnotherapy for Menopause in Brighton & Online
Support for your symptoms & space for who you are becoming.
If you’re navigating hot flushes, disrupted sleep, anxiety or a sense of no longer feeling quite yourself, I get you and you're not alone. My approach brings together clinical hypnotherapy, psychological understanding and space to explore the personal challenges menopause can bring.
Book a Free Connection Call15 minutes · A relaxed first conversation · No obligation
01 / Understanding menopause
Menopause changes more than your hormones.
Your body is changing. And sometimes the story you've lived by is changing too.
As ovarian hormones change, so can temperature regulation, sleep and emotional wellbeing. Hot flushes, broken nights and shifts in mood can have a real impact on how you experience everyday life.
But menopause also arrives in the context of a life lived: the relationships you've navigated, the roles you've taken on and the ways you've learned to protect yourself or belong.
For some women, this transition brings those familiar patterns into sharper focus. We can make room for both the physical symptoms and the deeper questions about who you are, what matters and what comes next.
02 / How hypnosis may help
How can hypnotherapy help during menopause?
We can begin with the symptoms that are disrupting your life, while also making space for the emotional and personal changes that may accompany them.
Sleep difficulties
Broken sleep can leave you feeling constantly switched on. Hypnosis may help you practise settling, ease bedtime worry and develop a more supportive relationship with rest.
Anxiety & emotional wellbeing
As your body changes, anxiety and stress can feel louder. Together, we can explore how past experiences may have shaped your nervous system's responses, and work to loosen familiar thought loops and develop calmer, more flexible ways of responding.
Identity & relationships
Menopause can bring roles, expectations and boundaries into sharper focus. Our work may help you reconnect with your needs and make room for who you are becoming.
Hypnotherapy is a powerful, often-overlooked resource during menopause.
03 / Research & understanding
The Science Behind My Approach
Menopause is a biological transition experienced in the context of a whole life. These strands of research inform how I bring symptom support together with psychological, relational and experiential work.
Clinical hypnosis & hot flushes
In a 2025 trial, hot-flush scores fell by 53.4% after six weeks of structured self-hypnosis, compared with 40.9% in an active-control group. The Menopause Society also recognises clinical hypnosis as an evidence-based nonhormonal option.
Earlier experiences & symptom burden
Research following midlife women has found an association between childhood adversity and reported hot flushes and night sweats. This invites us to explore how personal history, stress responses and the nervous system may intersect with menopause symptom severity.
Identity, belonging & becoming
A UK review of 32 qualitative studies found that menopause can affect personal and professional life, relationships and sense of identity. That wider experience matters alongside physical symptoms.
Psychological & relational care
Psychological approaches have evidence for some menopause-related difficulties. NICE recommends menopause-specific CBT for selected symptoms. Research across psychotherapy also associates a strong therapeutic relationship with better outcomes.
The Bigger Picture: What Research Makes Possible
Clinical research shows encouraging results for specific hypnosis approaches to menopausal hot flushes. Research into personal history, stress and identity adds another fascinating dimension to our understanding of this transition.
Together, these strands of evidence open up possibilities for a more personalised approach, one that considers your symptoms, your life experiences and your emotional wellbeing, alongside appropriate medical care.
View the researchElkins et al., 2025 · Self-hypnosis trial ↗The Menopause Society, 2023 · Nonhormone therapies ↗Thurston et al., 2008 · Childhood adversity & symptoms ↗UK qualitative menopause review, 2025 ↗Spector et al., 2024 · Psychosocial interventions ↗NICE NG23 · Menopause care ↗Flückiger et al., 2018 · Therapeutic alliance ↗
Your experience matters
Wondering what this might mean for you?
We can explore the symptoms affecting you, the life you’re living and what kind of support feels right.
04 / The personal side of change
Coming Home to Yourself
Menopause can invite us to reconsider the life we've built, the roles we've occupied and the ways we've learned to move through the world.
Coming home to yourself is a process of peeling back the layers, understanding the adaptations that helped you feel safe, accepted or connected, and rediscovering what genuinely matters to you.
It's about recognising your values and beginning to live in greater alignment with them. Expressing your needs, honouring your boundaries and making choices that reflect who you are today.
It's also about caring for yourself as a whole person, acknowledging the biological changes of menopause alongside your psychological, emotional and relational wellbeing.
Clients sometimes describe feeling lighter, less reactive, more comfortable in their own skin, clearer about their boundaries and more at peace within themselves.
And from that place, something new can begin to emerge. Perhaps a second spring, or even a second summer, shaped by greater self-trust, freedom and possibility.
Keep. Loosen. Explore.
Three gentle questions for this transition
Keep
What feels genuinely yours, nourishing and aligned with your values?
Loosen
Which expectations, roles and protective adaptations are ready to soften?
Explore
What new ways of living, relating and caring for yourself are beginning to emerge?
Let's make space for what comes next.
Book a Free Connection Call ↗
Bring your questions, your curiosity and whatever feels important right now. We can explore the next step together.
05 / How we begin
Working Together
Your menopause experience is uniquely yours. We'll begin with what's troubling you, take time to understand the wider picture, and find an approach that feels right for you.
Connection Call
15 minutes · FreeA relaxed, no-pressure conversation about what brings you here, what you'd like to change and whether working together feels like a good fit.
Clinical Assessment
90 minutes · £187.50We explore your symptoms, relevant history, emotional patterns and hopes for therapy, building a fuller picture of what might support you.
Personalised Plan
Agreed togetherFollowing your assessment, I'll recommend a personalised approach that may draw on experiential hypnotherapy, RTT, psychological coaching, CBT-informed techniques, NLP, EFT, imagery rescripting, mental rehearsal, parts work and nervous-system regulation practices. Together, we'll choose what feels appropriate for you, with any further costs explained before you commit.
