Changes 4 Life Ltd

Vanessa is incredible, I have been going to her on and off for 2 years and every time I go to her its like magic, I come out feeling incredible with my mind at ease and stress free. Her outlook on how to deal with problems and how to generally live a happy positive life is phenomenal and that is exactly how I live now. I can't thank her enough for how much she has helped me to grow in my business and personal life and I will always continue going to her even for a bit of a motivational push. She was recommended to me by some friends and I am so grateful that I found her.

Vanessa has helped me change my outlook on life, instead of looking back I am now very positively looking ahead. Things that I didn’t realise were bothering me no longer do and every day is better, thanks to the techniques she has taught me. I really can’t thank her enough or recommend her more highly.

There are no words to describe how much Vanessa has helped me and how glad I am I made that initial phone call. From day 1 I was made to feel I could be open and honest about my fears and issues without feeling at all judged, through Vanessa’s expertise she helped me work through my fears using a variety of different techniques to help me resolve and heal them and most importantly understand where they were stemming from. My work with her has literally changed my life and I will be forever grateful to her for all her help. I can’t recommend her enough!

Vanessa is a combination of caring, compassionate, empathetic, and overall – professional! Her ability to connect different aspects of a problem is astounding. It’s this lateral thinking which enables her to delve into a situation and highlight and work with key aspects which you hadn’t originally even considered. Vanessa has a calming quality to her, which instantly puts you at ease. I can truly say that Vanessa has helped me overcome issues which were preventing me from moving forward, I can’t thank her enough. She’s the best!

Vanessa helped me with personal and work issues, after a few sessions I was able to go back to work and a few more changed my life for the better. I can't thank her enough, I don't know where I would be now without seeing Vannessa.

I worked with Vanessa on a few personal issues that were impacting my life and limiting my personal and professional capabilities. Vanessa has a warm but professional manner, a wealth of knowledge and experience and my time with her was very beneficial. Invest in yourself!

I cannot thank Vanessa enough for how much she has helped myself and my husband as a couple and as individuals. Vanessa was recommended to me by a few friends and she has helped me to get though tough times and also opened up my mind to aspects of life that have helped to reach major goals. Vanessa is absolutely amazing with the way she knows how to help people and has countless amount of skills in her area of work. I would very highly recommend her, not only to help with any problems but generally to help you keep up with life itself :).

My experience with Vanessa has been just fantastic! You cannot put a price on well being, whether emotional or physical, and I cannot recommend her services highly enough. Vanessa is not just a professional and accomplished practitioner, she is a wonderful, caring and loving person who genuinely wants to help, support and heal - and who takes great satisfaction from achieving just that. If you are reading this it means you are looking for healing in some area of your life and I am certain that you will not regret contacting Vanessa for her help and support.

I had seen a couple of therapists in the past that I didn't feel like I connected with but after my first phone call with Vanessa I knew we clicked straight away. I explained my 'issues' and she believed she could help me. I was in a very bad place emotionally when I first came to Vanessa, I was dealing with all the negative feelings around my marriage breakdown after an affair. I was suffering from anxiety, built up anger and felt I was fighting a losing battle. I needed help with breaking everything down and trying to get some understanding of it all. Vanessa provides a calm, friendly environment and she managed to break through all my 'barriers' I had created to shield myself from anymore hurt. I cried ALOT, something I had never done with a stranger before but she was reassuring, comforting and has a magical way of making you talk openly without realising you are doing it! I initially approached Vanessa regarding Hypnotherapy but it was agreed different treatment would be more beneficial. We used counselling and EFT. I have had 5 sessions so far and still continue with the visits for now but I feel so much better emotionally and my life path is more clearer. You have to be prepared to open up and it is an emotional journey but it is worth it.Moreexpand_more

I cannot tell you what a difference Vanessa has made to my day to day living. I have suffered with a bladder problem from a teenager but as I have got older the problem had got worse, everyday life revolved around a toilet being near, shopping, work meetings, traveling sent me into melt down which then caused me even more problems the thought of being caught short would send me into panic mode causing me to keep in and out of the loo before leaving the house or going into a meeting, I was dehydrating myself to travel but even then I would still need the loo. Yes it was found that I do have a small bladder but after every tablet on the market and having two very uncomfortable Botox bladder injections I found no improvement but after 12 sessions with Vanessa she completely changed everything, I never thought that a problem that couldn't be fully cured medically could be helped massively with hypnotherapy proving Vanessa's point of the mind being a very powerful. It was my husband that suggested Hypnotherapy I was at my lowest point and with a wedding and a trip to New York pending I was willing to try anything, Vanessa is a very special person she is very supportive she gains your confidence doesn't judge she don't mind a few tears and you feel at ease going under hypnotherapy after each appointment you can see things improving and you get nothing but encouragement and feel a great sense of achievement after each appointment. Booking this appointment has led to a better quality of life as long as you follow Vanessa's instructions listern to the CD's and have a postive attitude you can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel after years of not being able to do much with out a WC being near I sat through a wedding and conquered New York, I now look forward to catching up with years of missed opportunities I also have a happy husband I have or rather we both have got a life now that don't revolve around were the next WC is.

I was recommended to Vanessa having had several attempts of giving up drinking. I was disillusioned with myself, lethargic and emotionally drained from commitments and worries. Hypnosis, relaxation and positive thinking coupled with talking through my habits of when I drank and why have helped me to be clean for the last 7 months. I cannot thank Vanessa enough and would have no hesitation on recommending her.

I first discovered Vanessa several years ago when she helped me to address and work on some long term anxiety issues and also just feeling stuck and directionless. She used EFT, hypnosis and counselling. It was the first time I had spoken to anyone about some of these things and opened up, I was brought up feeling that I couldn't talk to anyone about my feelings, fears etc so I never had. It wasn't easy to open up and trust a new person to begin with but Vanessa has a very caring non judgemental and loving presence and I soon trusted her completely. The most important thing was that she gave me a safe space to express myself and bring up a lot of what had been suppressed for so long. We were then able to work through these issues and emotions with EFT which I find particularly powerful as it works on a physical energy level not just mind. I soon felt lighter and much more free of the past, she helped me find forgiveness to let the past go and that helped release a lot of anxiety and began a process of transformation within me which is still ongoing. Vanessa is a great therapist to work with because she cares whole-heartedly…I would go so far as to use the word love…and you really feel that with her. She will try different approaches to find the treatment or combination that works for you. Add to that her experience and expertise and you have a rare gem.Moreexpand_more

If you are suffering with IBS (whether it is the beginning or a reappearance bout) and you want to feel better I can thoroughly recommend this programme to help. Sometimes medicines are just not enough by themselves and you probably have your diet under control already. If you are prepared to put in the work that these recordings require then you should feel much better by the end of the programme. Making yourself spend half an hour a day relaxing (proper deep relaxation) is a great way to combat the stresses of daily life but in addition you will be given a whole host of tools and tips to aid you in your recovery. I was struggling with a nasty recurrence of IBS after several years managing it quite well and was willing to give this new approach a try. I am so glad I did as it has made a huge difference in a few short months and I can honestly say I feel much much better and also now have access to all the programme materials should I have another bout in the future. Thank you Vanessa for suggesting the programme and I hope it will help lots of other people in the future. (Viv - a very satisfied customer! ).

I first met Vanessa back in the summer of 2009. At that moment in time I was not in a very good place. I was having anxiety and panic attacks numerous times throughout the day. I had just lost my job and also for three years prior to my meeting with Vanessa I was physically and mentally exhausted. My routine up until that point would be go to work in the morning come back in the evening and then work until one or two am on my business without taking any breaks. On the weekends I would spend virtually all day on the business. I had no life and my body said enough was enough. When I first experienced the panic attacks I ended up calling 999 thinking I was having a heart attack. I had never experienced something like this before so was not sure what it was. I was given the all clear and that’s when I was told I am having panic attacks. I went to the walk-in clinic and after examining me they said the same thing and she advised I should breathe into a paper bag. That did not work. I could not sit still I could not sleep and did not want to eat. The only thing that helped was moving, walking. I tried to sleep but could not. During the night I would pace up and down in the garden until I was exhausted than get up the next day and walk and walk but soon as I got home things got worse. I went to see my doctor and she recommended that I take medication to solve the problem. This did not appeal to me you would have to take the pills for six months, then assuming you were ok it would than take another year for you to come off them. To me medication was just masking the attacks not solving the issues. It was not for me. I decided there had to be another way so I started to research and settled on seeing a psychiatrist. After about 10 minutes of talking to her and paying lots of money I knew she could not help me. I than came across something called EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), this is something you could do at home. I tried it but no success. Maybe I was doing it wrong so went to see a trained EFT specialist. She helped a little and gave me some techniques to try at home. It helped but was still not dealing with the issues. I read about hypnosis but was a bit wary of trying it. After doing more research I decided that I had nothing to lose so started to look for practitioners near me. I came across Changes4Life and gave Vanessa a call to arrange an appointment. During my first session with Vanessa I knew she was the one. She spent however long it took asking me questions, some were not easy to answer but told me say whatever came into my mind. By asking me specific tailored questions she had built up a picture of my past leading up to my panic attacks, where I was at this moment in time and where I wanted to be. She than put soothing music on, asked me to take a couple of deep breadths and close my eyes. Vanessa than started to talk. I was conscious throughout this entire phase of the session. After that first session I felt great, I felt a weight had been lifted off my shoulders, I felt happier a lot happier than I had for ages. It took another four sessions with Vanessa before I was completely free. For some people it could take less and for others more as we are all individual. Vanessa is an amazing person who helped me during one of the worst moments in my life. She is kind, considerate, multi-talented and will spend as much time as required with you on each session. It’s not like you are on a clock like some other places I had tried. Immediately after my last session with Vanessa in 2009 I got a job and within a year I started to build my own house. I have recommended Vanessa to several of my friends and they thanked me for doing so. My son, daughter and wife have been to see Vanessa. My son lacked confidence and Vanessa helped. Wow you should see him now, he is confident, articulate and knows what he wants. My daughter was always moody and hardly ever smiled. She took things too seriously. She still does but with a smile on her face and is more relaxed in everything she does. Vanessa’s magic again! My wife is a perfectionist, which is a curse because she would not do anything unless it’s perfect. Unfortunately nothing would ever be perfect. Hence, she would come up with all these wonderful ideas but not act on them because they had to be perfect. Vanessa helped her with this and gave her 1 phrase that my wife loves and live by “You can be imperfectly perfect”. I am currently seeing Vanessa. Like I said she is multi-talented and is coaching me to help me make a success of my business. Anything you do in life you have to have first done and believed possible in your mind. Vanessa is helping me retrain my mind to think positive and to be more focused on what I want in life.Moreexpand_more

I only wish I had gone to see Vanessa sooner! My friend Engie had been raving about how she had practically lifted him up out of the depths of despair in 2009 – no exaggeration – and this had given him the confidence to move out and build his own house! But I never used to think hypnotherapy was ‘for me’. I finally got to the point in my life where I just knew that I wasn’t progressing in achieving my dreams because of something within me that was somehow preventing me from being successful in my attempted business ventures. But I didn’t know what and I didn’t know how to find out what it was. I also wanted to let go of feelings of anger and resentment about my failed marriage, but even though I knew logically it had been the right and even the best thing I had done to get divorced, the past still had the power to fill me with powerful negative emotions. So when Engie told me about his session in December 2013 I knew immediately Vanessa was the person I needed to see. Like him I too had tried and EFT consultant who helped a little bit but I didn’t believe she could help me get to the bottom of my issues. I wanted to go to someone who knew how to help me identify what was blocking me. What a revelation it has been – I have had just over 8 sessions and I feel absolutely GREAT! The closest thing to magic I know is Vanessa’s hypnotherapy sessions. She is very astute and just by way of a seemingly casual conversation in the first session; she will start to understand the underlying sub-conscious issues of the person. She takes a different approach tailored to each individual that sits before her. I know because she has treated my daughter, and Engie’s family and every person has been treated as an individual. I cannot tell you what a difference Vanessa has made to my life. I never imagined in my wildest dreams that my lifelong inclination to procrastinate, my underlying feelings of slight depression, my fear of having to learn anything new were due to events way back in early childhood which caused me to form negative sub-conscious beliefs. These would go on to limit me in many ways emotionally and also cause me to self-sabotage my efforts in any money making venture. From my own experience I firmly believe many people, like me, are driven by their own inner sub-conscious beliefs and simply do not realise it. Now, instead of feeling inexplicably down and depressed for no reason, my outlook on life is optimistic. I generally feel happy and am full of hope for the future; little obstacles no longer make me fearful or pull me down; I no longer find new things daunting but instead quite relish learning; instead of always procrastinating I actually tackle things and get them ticked off my list. As I have healed myself emotionally within, my personal relationships have also improved but more importantly I now understand how others around me have in all likelihood been deeply affected by traumatic events in their childhood and because of this I am much more compassionate. I no longer feel any anger towards anyone in my past and have healed myself of those negative feelings. By the way, when I say traumatic I mean that to a very young child who did not understand what was going on at the time they would have seemed very traumatic – and this is the critical part. The adult in me always recognised that they were things that just happened, the practicalities of life, but that young child in me was still clutching the emotional trauma from those events and formed negative beliefs around these emotions. Now I truly believe that I can do anything and that I am on the path to the success I have dreamed about. It is as if Vanessa has helped me untie the knots of my past which bound me to the past and to my negative sub-conscious beliefs that I did not deserve and I was not clever. For me, the biggest revelation of hypnotherapy with Vanessa has been that consciously we all say we want to be successful, have more money etc. But until we heal emotionally within any negative sub-conscious beliefs such as ‘I do not deserve’, then our sub-conscious will always continue to drive our lives with those negative beliefs. Vanessa is the person to go to if you are feeling frustrated in your efforts with anything – whatever the underlying beliefs or cause she is expert at not only identifying it, but also helping you ‘fix’ it. Vanessa has many years of experience but what makes her really special is the way she treats each individual as unique and brings many other techniques into play which may suit the individual and the situation. For example she is experienced in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) which she used very effectively with me a few times. Vanessa is also conversant with the spiritual aspect and brought this into play in my sessions, which I loved. She adds so much more to any ‘text book’ technique – for example with one of the exercises, she made me actually close my eyes, visualise and ‘walk the walk’ physically in the room and not only ‘talk the talk’ in my head. 8 sessions later and I feel like I am finally free of the past and the traumatic events in my childhood which led me to form the negative sub-conscious beliefs which held me back for a lifetime. I feel on top of the world and ready for any challenge life may throw at me. In the future if I feel like am hitting a block of any kind in my life there’s only one person I will be ringing for help – the amazing Vanessa!Moreexpand_more

I first met Vaness when I did hypnobirthing (which led to an amazing birth). I have seen her since for other concerns and issues including insomnia and anxiety. Whenever I see her she is understanding, supportive and most importantly helps me solve my problems using the vast range of techniques and experience that she clearly has. I thoroughly recommend her.

I went to see Vanessa for help to pass my practical driving test. After failing four times and feeling pretty hopeless about my ability to pass the test I thought I would see if hypnotherapy could help me. Vanessa was recommended to me by a friend who had been to see her for hypnobirthing. I found Vanessa really easy to work with, very welcoming, friendly and reassuring. We discussed my issues and over a couple of sessions she helped me to put aside my doubts and develop a new approach to driving. My driving instructor was a little skeptical at first, but he immediately noticed a difference in the way I drove, and most importantly, I passed my next test. S of confidence. I would recommend Changes 4 Life to anybody who is having difficulty with their attitude towards driving, or low levels of confidence.

I first met Vanessa in 2012 after a friend recommended her. Vanessa immediately put me at ease, making it clear that we would work at my own pace. Straight away, I knew that I could trust Vanessa to support me through the journey ahead. Through working with Vanessa my confidence grew, my anxiety lessened and, as a result, I made a life changing decision with regards to my career. I and my partner now enjoy a better quality of life as a result! Vanessa's passion for helping people make the most out of life is second to none. I returned to see Vanessa again for Hypnotherapy towards the end of last year as I (and my partner) are about to engage upon other life changing journey!

I have been a client of Vanessa's on and off over a number of years seeking help for various life challenges. Even after all this time Vanessa is still as enthusiastic, empathetic and professional as she was the first time I saw her. I have recommended her to friends and family for help on a variety of problems such as depression, anxiety, grief, phobias, eating disorders, and all have been amazed by the fantastic results she achieves, also within a short time frame. I truly believe Vanessa was born to do this work, as it is a vocation for her not just a job, and she gleans immense satisfaction from knowing that she's helping people to realise their potential. She is not just an exceptional hypnotherapist, but also an exceptional human being. If you are experiencing any difficulties in your life, please call her, it will be your first step in the right direction.

I came to Vanessa because my fear of flying/falling wasn't getting any better with anything I did on my own. I approached getting help and hypnotherapy with an "it can't hurt and it may do some good" point of view. Some months later I am about to set off for Italy - by plane. The sessions have also halped me to be more true to myself and I am pleased with the changes I have made in other areas as a result of Vanessa's help. Michael. Updated June 2014 - just come back from a long trip to the Middle East with no issues on any of the flights despite long delays and hassle. Very successful.