Composed on the outside, racing underneath. If you're managing well by every outward measure but the thoughts won't settle, or you'd call it "stress" and "pressure" more readily than "anxiety", this is written for you too.
HEAR THE FREE AUDIO FIRST BOOK A SESSIONTalk therapy may have helped you understand where the anxiety comes from. Apps and breathing exercises may help for a few minutes. And still, the racing thoughts return the moment things go quiet, at 3am, or in the gap before a meeting, or for no obvious reason at all.
That's because understanding a pattern and interrupting it are two different things. The overthinking, the tight chest, the "what if" loop, these run automatically, underneath conscious effort. Willpower and insight can only do so much against something that isn't really a decision in the first place.
This is common ground whether you'd name it anxiety, or you'd say you're "under a lot of pressure" and "can't switch off." Same pattern, different words. Both are welcome here.
Hypnotherapy works with the part of the mind that runs the automatic loop, not by suppressing it through effort, but by changing how your mind responds when the "what ifs" start. The aim is a calmer default state, not a single dramatic fix.
You are alert, aware and in control throughout every session. Nothing here involves being "put under" or losing awareness of what's happening. It's a focused, clinical process, closer to deep concentration than sleep.
I want to be honest about the evidence rather than oversell it. Research on hypnotherapy for anxiety is genuinely mixed, some studies show a meaningful benefit alongside other care, others show more modest or inconsistent results, and the research base for anxiety specifically is smaller and less settled than it is for some other uses of hypnotherapy. It is not a guaranteed outcome, and it is not a substitute for medical or psychological care where that's needed. What it can offer, for some people, is a different angle on a pattern that hasn't fully responded to talk therapy or apps alone.
Before you book anything, you can hear what this actually feels like. This is a free affirmation audio designed to settle your nervous system, the same kind of work used in sessions, with no login and no commitment.
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Adults who are managing, on the surface, and quietly worn down underneath. People who research carefully before contacting anyone, who want to understand the process before they commit to it, and who are wary of anything that sounds like pressure or a hard sell. That caution is sensible, not something to get past.
This works alongside talk therapy, medication or anything else you're already using, not instead of it. If you're in a mental health crisis, this page isn't the right first step, please contact your doctor or, in Australia, Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Sessions are online, via video, from wherever you are in Australia, or in person in Fremantle by arrangement.
MA — Counsellor & Clinical Hypnotherapist
5-PATH® Certified
22+ Years Clinical Experience
I spent fifteen years in frontline mental health casework before specialising in hypnotherapy. That background means I understand what anxiety and chronic stress actually do to a person, not just the surface presentation, and I'd rather tell you plainly where the evidence is strong and where it isn't than promise more than the research supports.
Barbara Saba, MA — counsellor and clinical hypnotherapist, 5-PATH® certified. 22+ years in hypnotherapy and counselling, including 15 years in frontline mental health casework.
"I started out in a very dark place but after a few sessions I'm finally starting to see that I can actually move forward. Barbara has always been very patient with me, met me with warmth and gentleness, and helped me begin to feel confident in myself."
— Olivia Graham"Barbara is a very experienced hypnotherapist. I love that she digs under the surface and finds more about the underlying issue, it makes the work feel genuinely meaningful, not just surface-level."
— Eva HourovaEvery option includes your private one-on-one consultation, so the work is matched to you rather than run from a script. Prices below are the current live rates.
A focused first step for a single, specific goal.
The recommended path for deeper, lasting change. Saves compared with three singles.
The same care, online, wherever you are in the world.
A fully personalised recording, made with your name and the details from our work, can be added on your third session for $150.
No. This is one of the biggest myths about hypnotherapy. You remain fully aware and in control the entire time, you can speak, move, and stop whenever you wish. It's a deeply relaxed, focused state, much like being absorbed in a good book.
Talk therapy and apps mostly work at the conscious level, they help you understand the problem. Hypnotherapy works with the part of the mind that runs the anxiety loop itself. Combined with my counselling background, that means working with the pattern underneath, not just managing it moment to moment.
Always. Sessions are confidential and conducted with the same ethical care I brought to fifteen years of mental health casework.
Because hypnotherapy relies on relaxation and focused attention, it works well online, many people find it easier to relax in their own familiar space. All you need is a quiet room and a stable connection.
Start with the free audio if you'd like to feel what this is before deciding anything, or go straight to booking a first session, a calm one-on-one conversation, then a hypnosis session matched to you. No pressure, and entirely at your own pace.
Prefer to talk first? Call Barbara directly: 0415 536 580, or email b.hypnoticimpact@gmail.com.