Hi, I'm Rachel — the founder and clinical hypnotherapist behind Lighter Mind.

I didn't discover hypnotherapy through a textbook. I discovered it through fear.

For as long as I can remember, I had an intense fear of needles. Any vaccination or blood test left me anxious and overwhelmed, and I would faint every single time. It wasn't something I could just "push through" — it controlled me.

When I became pregnant with my first child, that fear became impossible to avoid. Regular blood tests became a necessity, and I knew I had to face it. I decided, with more than a little skepticism, to see a hypnotherapist. I'd never experienced hypnotherapy before, and I honestly didn't expect much.

What happened next changed my life.

Through hypnotherapy, I overcame a fear that had held me for years. Appointments that once filled me with dread became calm, manageable
experiences. I felt empowered, in control, and lighter — not just free from the fear of needles, but I felt so much more confident in myself. If hypnotherapy could help me overcome this intense fear, I knew then, it could help me break through other barriers of anxiety and self-doubt that were stopping me from progressing
forward in life.

That shift is what sparked everything that came after. If hypnotherapy could create that kind of change in me, I knew it could help other people too — with the fears, anxieties, habits, and self-doubt that quietly hold so many of us back. So, I trained as a hypnotherapy practitioner and created Lighter Mind Hypnotherapy so I can support others through difficult times by helping to create change.

Why Lighter Mind is different

Every session on this site is carefully crafted and recorded by me, personally — not licensed from a script library, not generic meditation content. Each one is built around a specific issue, the same way I'd approach it with a client in person, condensed into an audio you can return to as many times as you need.

There's no subscription. No app to manage. You buy a session once, and it's yours to keep and use for life — because real change doesn't happen on a schedule set by a monthly fee, it happens when you have the right support, repeated consistently, for as long as you need it.

My passion

At Lighter Mind Hypnotherapy, my passion is helping you feel free — free from the heavy weight you're carrying from the things that are holding you back, and free to move forward with confidence. I understand how overwhelming certain areas of life can feel, and I also know, first-hand, how powerful the right kind of change can be.

If you're ready to experience that shift for yourself, I'd be honoured to help guide you toward it.

— Rachel

My qualifications

  
Awarded the General Qualification in Hypnotherapy Practice (GQHP) by the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (GHSC), in conjunction with the General Hypnotherapy Register
(GHR)    
Training approved by the Hypnotherapy Association and accredited by the ACCPH    
Over 6 years of clinical experience