Take back control from drinking - with confidential, experienced hypnotherapy from The Therapy Lounge.
For many people, alcohol starts as social, celebratory, or simply a way to unwind after a demanding day. Over time, though, what felt optional can become something you plan around, hide, or feel unable to moderate - even when you know it is costing you sleep, mood, relationships, or self-respect.
The frustration is not a lack of information. Most people understand the risks. The difficulty is that drinking is rarely held in logic alone - it is held in stress, identity, routine, and the nervous system's old shortcuts for relief.
You're certainly not alone - and it really doesn't have to be this way.
At The Therapy Lounge, hypnotherapy is the primary approach we use for problem drinking - focused on updating the unconscious drivers behind the habit, not just counting units or white-knuckling through cravings.
Alcohol use often sits alongside stress, anxiety, or low mood. If that resonates, you may also find our pages on hypnotherapy for stress and hypnotherapy for anxiety helpful.
Through a rapid, results-oriented style of hypnotherapy, many clients find change feels more natural than years of stop-start attempts - often within a focused block of sessions.
Alcohol addiction hypnotherapy works by helping your unconscious mind loosen the associations that keep drinking on autopilot - stress relief, reward, social identity, or simply routine - and replace them with calmer, healthier patterns that still meet the underlying need.
Sessions are delivered online by video, which many clients find makes it easier to relax deeply, work honestly in a private environment, and build momentum without adding travel friction. You remain in control throughout - this is not stage hypnosis, and you are not asked to do anything that does not feel right for you.
We have no magic wands - but most clients find it easier than they thought. Over 40 years of experience, we have helped hundreds of people change their relationship with alcohol, often within a modest number of sessions.
For more on how we use hypnotherapy, see our hypnotherapy overview or our wider hypnotherapy for addiction page. You can browse all treatments, read client reviews, or book a free consultation when you are ready.
What you can expect:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a form of therapy that emphasises the important role of critical thinking in how we feel and behave. CBT focuses on changing current thoughts and feelings rather than the past.
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Our NEW address for sessions with Steve is
Suite 8.7, Central House, 1 Ballards Lane, London, N3 1 LQ. The office is opposite Finchley Central Tube on the Barnet Branch of The Northern Line. There is plenty of street parking and the Tube car park - all at a small cost - or the Tesco car park is free :)
"I can never thank you enough for what you’ve done for my husband and I Steve. Your hypnotherapy helped us see the world in colour again. We will always be eternally grateful."
"Today, I am loving myself again and I am no longer hurting myself. This is worth more than I ever thank Kirsten for"
"This man! Words alone do not give him enough praise. If you are looking for a kind, intelligent, caring, thoughtful, and brilliant hypnotherapist, Steve Burns is your guy."
