Clinical Hypnotherapy for Gut Health
Perth, Western Australia | Australia & New Zealand via Zoom
All clients must first contact Amanda for a brief discussion and discuss the scope of services and suitability of hypnotherapy for their individual requirements. Access to online bookings will follow this consultation.
Understanding the Gut-Brain Connection
Your gut and your brain are in constant communication. When stress, anxiety, or unresolved emotional patterns are present, your digestive system responds – often with pain, bloating, urgency, constipation, or unpredictable bowel habits.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common conditions where this gut-brain connection plays a central role. Research consistently shows that psychological interventions, including clinical hypnotherapy, can significantly reduce IBS symptoms.
This isn’t “all in your head.” It’s in your nervous system – and that’s exactly where hypnotherapy works.
All clients must first contact Amanda for a brief discussion and discuss the scope of services and suitability of hypnotherapy for their individual requirements. Access to online bookings will follow this consultation.
How I Help
IBS Symptom Reduction
Clinical hypnotherapy has strong evidence for reducing the frequency and severity of IBS symptoms including pain, bloating, urgency, and irregular bowel patterns.
Gut-Brain Regulation
Calm the overactive nervous system signals that drive digestive distress. When your nervous system settles, your gut settles too.
Stress & Anxiety Reduction
Address the chronic stress and anxiety patterns that amplify gut symptoms and create a cycle of discomfort and worry.
Food-Related Anxiety
Reduce the fear and hypervigilance around eating that many people with IBS develop – the constant scanning of "will this trigger symptoms?"
Emotional Processing
Address the emotional patterns stored in the body that contribute to chronic digestive distress.
The IBF Approach to Gut Health
Through The Intelligent Body Framework, I work with the predictive systems that drive your gut-brain communication. Your body has learned to associate certain triggers – foods, stress, environments, emotions – with digestive distress. Those predictions can be updated.
We don’t just manage symptoms. We address the underlying nervous system patterns that maintain them.
Who Is This For?
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Chronic bloating or digestive discomfort
- Stress-related gut symptoms
- Food-related anxiety or avoidance
- Gut symptoms that worsen with stress or emotional upset
- Digestive issues that haven't responded fully to dietary changes alone
Evidence Base
Hypnotherapy for IBS is one of the most well-researched applications of clinical hypnotherapy. Studies consistently show significant and lasting symptom reduction, with many patients reporting improvements maintained years after treatment.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK recommends hypnotherapy as an evidence-based treatment option for IBS.
Important Note
I do not provide dietary advice or diagnose digestive conditions. If you haven’t already, please consult your GP or gastroenterologist to rule out other causes before commencing hypnotherapy for gut symptoms.
Hypnotherapy for gut health complements medical care. It does not replace it.
All clients must first contact Amanda for a brief discussion and discuss the scope of services and suitability of hypnotherapy for their individual requirements. Access to online bookings will follow this consultation.