Shame

Shame Hypnotherapy in Newcastle & the North East

Shame can be an incredibly painful emotion, affecting how you see yourself and how comfortable you feel around other people. You may find yourself dwelling on past experiences, feeling that you are not good enough, worrying about how others see you or being excessively critical of yourself.

At Peaceful Minds in Newcastle, Sian Barnard provides professional therapy for shame, combining CBT, hypnotherapy and psychotherapy techniques to help you understand and challenge the beliefs and thought patterns that may be keeping these feelings alive.

Understanding Feelings of Shame

Shame is often closely connected to the way we think about ourselves. Rather than simply feeling that you have done something wrong, shame can create a much broader belief that there is something wrong with you as a person.

These feelings may be connected to difficult experiences, criticism, rejection, relationships, low self-esteem or beliefs that have developed over many years. You may also place extremely high expectations on yourself or believe that you need the approval of others in order to feel worthwhile.

Therapy can help you recognise these patterns and begin separating individual experiences, mistakes or perceived shortcomings from your overall sense of self-worth.

Developing Greater Self-Acceptance

Sian combines CBT with clinical hypnotherapy and psychotherapy techniques to help you challenge rigid or overly negative beliefs about yourself and develop a more balanced perspective.

Rather than trying to convince yourself that you must be perfect or think positively all the time, therapy can help you develop greater self-acceptance and learn to respond differently to criticism, mistakes and difficult memories.

The aim is to reduce the power that shame has over your thoughts, emotions and behaviour, allowing you to feel more comfortable with yourself and move forward with greater confidence.

Therapy for Shame in Newcastle & Gosforth

Sian is a Harley Street trained clinical hypnotherapist and experienced CBT therapist providing therapy for shame, low self-esteem and related emotional difficulties in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Face-to-face appointments are available from Peaceful Minds at the Regent Centre in Gosforth, with online appointments also available if you would prefer to receive therapy from home.

If feelings of shame are affecting your confidence, relationships or ability to enjoy your life, therapy can help you understand the beliefs behind those feelings and begin developing a healthier and more accepting relationship with yourself.

How We Can Help

Therapy for shame can help you:

• Identify negative beliefs about yourself
• Challenge harsh or overly critical thinking
• Reduce the emotional impact of past experiences
• Develop greater self-acceptance
• Reduce your dependence on the approval of others
• Respond more constructively to mistakes and criticism
• Build a healthier and more balanced sense of self-worth