Change the patterns behind comfort eating and self-sabotage - with compassionate hypnotherapy from The Therapy Lounge.
Many people know what they want to eat, and still find themselves reaching for food when they are tired, stressed, bored, or needing comfort. Over time that cycle can feel personal - like a character flaw - when it is often a learned nervous system pattern.
Diets can create short-term change, yet if the deeper drivers stay the same, old habits tend to return when life gets busy. That is not weakness - it is what human minds do when they are trying to regulate emotion the fastest way they know how.
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 to support weight change - focused on the unconscious habits, beliefs, and stress responses that keep eating patterns stuck.
Comfort eating often sits alongside stress, anxiety, or low mood. If that sounds familiar, 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 it easier to make steady choices without living in constant restriction - because the inner conflict starts to quieten.
Weight loss hypnotherapy works by helping you change the automatic patterns behind eating - not by shaming you into compliance, but by updating the inner scripts, triggers, and stress responses that make certain choices feel inevitable in the moment.
Sessions are delivered online by video, which many clients find makes it easier to relax deeply, build new associations in a familiar environment, and practise calmer responses without adding travel stress. Online sessions are treated as first-class care - not a watered-down version of the real thing.
We have no magic wands - and sustainable change still needs your participation in daily life - but most clients find it easier than they thought once the deeper pattern begins to shift, often within a modest number of sessions.
For more on how we use hypnotherapy, see our hypnotherapy overview. 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."
