Clinical Hypnotherapy & Natural Mental Health

This page is for people looking for a natural, practical way to work with anxiety, stress, habits, sleep, IBS, burnout, fears, confidence, and nervous-system overload. Care is individualized around your goals, history, and current capacity.

Drawing on more than 20 years of hypnotherapy experience, informed by his broader work in naturopathy and osteopathy, Andrew works collaboratively with each client to select the most appropriate approach, pace, and next steps.

What this care can support

• Anxiety, panic patterns, stress overload, and burnout
• Fears, avoidance, confidence, and performance pressure
• Sleep issues, rumination, and health anxiety
• Smoking cessation, vaping cessation, cravings, weight goals, and habit change
• IBS, stress-sensitive digestion, digestive worry, and gut-brain symptoms
• Teen self-regulation (13+), including test anxiety, routines, confidence, habits, body-respectful weight-management, healthy eating, and movement
• Stress, sleep, coping, and healthy routines alongside medical fertility or IVF care
• Nervous-system regulation when you feel tense, wired, shut down, or easily triggered

Focused care programs

Each structured program includes an initial consultation. Visit spacing is discussed with Andrew and can be adapted to your goals and progress. Compare all eight programs, included visits and fees, including how and when to purchase a program.

Additional focused service

Clinical hypnotherapy

Clinical hypnotherapy uses focused attention, guided imagery, and therapeutic suggestion to help the mind and body rehearse healthier patterns. It is not stage hypnosis and it does not require giving up control. Most people experience it as a calm, focused state where they can practise new responses to stress, symptoms, urges, or fear.

Andrew may use hypnotherapy for anxiety, stress, IBS, smoking and vaping cessation, sleep, confidence, performance, and habit change when it fits your goals and history.

Natural mental health and nervous-system regulation

Many symptoms become harder to change when the nervous system is constantly bracing. Appointments may look at stress patterns, sleep rhythm, breathing habits, muscle tension, digestive sensitivity, attention, and the situations that keep your body on alert.

The goal is not to force relaxation. The goal is to build flexible regulation: the ability to notice what is happening, shift state when possible, and recover more effectively after stress.

HeartMath HRV Biofeedback

HeartMath HRV Biofeedback may be used when it is helpful to make self-regulation visible and measurable. HRV training can help you practise breathing, attention, and emotional regulation skills while seeing how your body responds in real time.

This can be especially useful for people who feel stuck in anxiety, stress, performance pressure, or body tension and want a concrete way to practise calming the stress response.

IBS and the gut-brain connection

Digestive symptoms often change with stress, attention, fear, sleep, and nervous-system load. Gut-brain hypnotherapy and education can help reduce threat signalling around digestion and support a calmer relationship with symptoms.

If IBS or digestive worry is your main concern, start with the dedicated IBS and gut-brain hypnotherapy page.

What to expect

Your first appointment includes a focused conversation about your goals, current symptoms, history, and what you have already tried. From there, Andrew will suggest a practical plan. Some people benefit from a short series of sessions; others use care periodically for support through a specific change.

Choose in-person care at 7 Alma St, Moncton, NB E1C 4Y2, or virtual care across New Brunswick. Current availability is shown through online booking.

Insurance note: clinical hypnotherapy visits are billed as naturopathic services, separately from osteopathy. Coverage depends on your plan and is not guaranteed. See Pricing, Insurance & Booking.

Frequently asked questions

Will I be in control during hypnotherapy?

Yes. Clinical hypnotherapy is a collaborative process. You remain aware and can stop or change the exercise at any time.

How many sessions are needed?

That depends on the concern and your goals. Some services are offered visit-by-visit, while others have a structured program. Andrew will review the options with you and recommend an appropriate starting point.

How do I choose the right starting point?

Choose an Initial Naturopathic Consultation (New Clients) for your first hypnotherapy or natural mental health appointment, in person or virtually. Call the office if you are unsure. After reviewing your goals and health context, Andrew will recommend the most appropriate service, program, or next step.