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Why Just "Talking" About Your Trauma Isn’t Working (And Why Your Brain Is Actually Wired to Heal)
If you are carrying the weight of a traumatic past, you’ve probably heard the standard advice a thousand times: “You just need to talk about it.” So you book the therapy sessions. You sit on the couch. And you force yourself to dig up the most painful moments of your life and put them into words. But instead of feeling a sense of release, you leave feeling raw, exhausted, and completely untangled. Your heart is racing, your hands are shaking, and you’re stuck in a state of hi
Laura Chapman
4 days ago5 min read


Maybe you don’t need to ‘heal’
– Does the focus on healing actually pull us away from living fully. Every time I look at Instagram or Facebook, I see people stating they are in their ‘healing era’… but what the hell does this even mean?! Sometimes, I think we’re all so busy ‘healing’ that we forget to actually live. When people go through things, and I’m talking HUGE things. Traumatic things. Things that no one should ever ha
Laura Chapman
Apr 285 min read


The dark side of people pleasing – when being ‘nice’ is actually manipulation.
OK firstly, some people may not like this blog post! When we talk about manipulation in relationships, we usually think about more overt forms of coercive behaviour. What I want to talk about today is much more subtle and, not surprisingly... can be linked back to attachment styles. Just a quick note on attachment: In one of my last blogs, I describe Attachment styles and discuss the anxious – avoidant trap, and in case you haven’t read it (here). However, because people plea
Laura Chapman
Sep 24, 202312 min read


Changing Attachment Styles with Therapy... and why Hypnotherapy is the perfect tool
The therapist-client relationship is not a one-way street guys. Changing attachment in therapy requires both parties to meet in the...
Laura Chapman
Jul 29, 20239 min read


Romantic attachment - The push-pull dynamic of avoidance and anxiety
Do you struggle with relationships? Do your partners always seem too needy or do they ghost just as things were going well? The answer...
Laura Chapman
Jul 11, 20237 min read


Toxic relationships and Family dynamics
Over the past few weeks, I have been noticing that many of my clients have an unhealthy relationship with a parent or family member. This...
Laura Chapman
Jul 14, 20225 min read


Attachment… Is it important or just another buzz word?
I’ve recently seen quite a few articles regarding attachment… attachment styles, attachment parenting etc. It’s all a bit confusing!...
Laura Chapman
Jan 6, 20225 min read


The Toxic Positivity of 'Hypnobirthing'
This might seem quite an unusual title for a Hypnotherapist who offers Hypnobirthing classes, but it’s something I come across so often...
Laura Chapman
Oct 10, 20214 min read


Birth Trauma and Hypnotherapy
Let’s talk about Birth Trauma! Birth trauma, or post-natal post-traumatic stress disorder (PN PTSD) is something that affects around 13%...
Laura Chapman
Jul 27, 20214 min read
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