Overcoming IBS
Hypnotherapy for IBS
Re-train your gut. Reclaim your calm. Restore your confidence.
A focused 1‑to‑1 hypnotherapy programme designed to ease IBS symptoms, quiet the gut–brain stress cycle, and help you feel safe, steady, and in control of your body again, instead of living around flare‑ups and fear.
Are you Struggling with IBS?
You might look fine on the outside, keeping up appearances, staying busy, managing as best you can.
But on the inside?
You’re always bracing for the next flare-up.
You plan your life around bathroom access.
You feel anxious, uncomfortable, and unsure of what your own body will do next.
This is IBS.
And no, it doesn’t mean you’re broken. It means your gut and nervous system are locked in a cycle of stress and sensitivity.
You don’t need to push through it, avoid certain foods forever, or pretend it’s “not that bad.”
You need support that treats the root, not just the symptoms.
The Overcoming IBS Programme is a 1‑to‑1 gut-directed hypnotherapy approach that helps you move from daily tension and discomfort to real calm, confidence, and digestive ease.
This is the work that helps you trust your body again.
And it starts right here.
Is the Overcoming IBS Programme
Right For You?
Is This You?
You’ve tried the diets, the medication, the “just manage it” advice. Maybe some things help, but nothing has truly solved it.
You still feel like you’re living at the mercy of your gut. One meal, one meeting, one misstep away from discomfort or panic.
You might:
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Plan your days around toilet access or flare-up risk
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Avoid eating out, travelling, or saying yes to plans
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Experience pain, bloating or urgency even when you’re “doing everything right”
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Feel anxious in situations where you can’t easily leave
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Struggle with food fear, toilet anxiety, or unpredictable symptoms
- Feel fed up with your body, and tired of not feeling in control
You’re not imagining this. IBS is real, and it’s exhausting.
But you don’t have to keep living like this.
This programme is here to help you calm the symptoms and the stress, so you can live more freely again.
“Once I stopped fearing a flare-up, I realised how much of my life I’d been living in survival mode.”
If you’re tired of planning everything around your symptoms and ready to feel calm, confident, and in control of your body again, this programme is made for you.
What Is the Overcoming IBS Programme?
The Overcoming IBS Programme is a focused, 1-to-1 hypnotherapy and coaching experience designed to help you break free from the unpredictability of IBS and feel safe, settled, and confident in your own body again.
It’s not about controlling every meal or constantly scanning for symptoms.
It’s about understanding how your gut and nervous system have learned to respond under stress, and gently retraining those responses with calm, consistency, and care.
This work blends gut-directed hypnotherapy, somatic calm techniques, and evidence-based tools to help you:
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Understand the gut-brain connection and how it affects your symptoms
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Reduce hypersensitivity, spasms, and discomfort
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Rebuild trust in your body and your daily rhythm
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Rewire patterns of fear, avoidance, and toilet anxiety
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Experience more calm, clarity, and confidence in your everyday life
This isn’t about fixing you, because you’re not broken.
It’s about restoring ease and control where IBS has created tension and unpredictability.
Each session is shaped around your unique experience, your symptoms, and your goals. Because when you feel safe in your body again, everything else becomes easier.
What’s Included in the Overcoming IBS Programme?
This programme offers more than symptom relief; it gives you a structured, supportive space to rewire how your body and mind respond to IBS.
Through gentle gut-directed hypnotherapy and practical coaching, you’ll gain tools that calm the nervous system, reduce flare-ups, and restore your sense of control.
Here’s what’s included:
1-to-1 Hypnotherapy Sessions
Personalised sessions where we explore your IBS symptoms, triggers, and stress patterns, and use guided hypnosis to create lasting physiological calm.
Gut-Calm Tools Between Sessions
You’ll receive symptom trackers, calming breathwork, and self-hypnosis recordings to support progress between sessions.
Evidence-Based Techniques
Everything we do is grounded in research. From breath-led imagery to nervous system regulation, the approach is backed by science and tailored to your needs.
Personalised Support
No generic plans. Your symptoms, lifestyle, and goals guide the process, because IBS is personal, and your healing should be too.
“I finally stopped living around my symptoms. I can go out, enjoy food, and feel confident in my own body again.”
Is This Programme Right for You?
This programme is a good fit if you’re tired of organising life around your symptoms, and you’re ready to feel calmer, confident, and in control of your body.
It’s especially for you if:
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You’ve been diagnosed with IBS or have persistent IBS-type symptoms
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You feel like your gut symptoms flare up whenever you’re stressed or anxious
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You plan your days around toilet access, food options, or fear of a flare-up
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You feel frustrated or isolated by the unpredictability of your body
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You’ve tried dietary changes or medication, but the problem persists
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You want a natural, gentle approach that works with your nervous system, not against it
You don’t need to “power through,” restrict your diet endlessly, or live in fear of your own body.
You need a calm, structured way to re-train your gut and restore your sense of confidence.
“Once I stopped fearing my symptoms, I felt like my world started to open up again.”
If you’re ready to quiet the stress, calm your digestion, and feel safe in your own skin, this programme is designed for you.
How The Overcoming IBS Programme Works
This programme is a personalised, 1-to-1 journey designed to help you calm your gut, regulate your nervous system, and feel more in control of your daily life.
It’s not about pretending everything is fine or masking your symptoms. It’s about gently re-training the gut-brain connection, so your body can begin to feel safe, steady, and reliable again.
Here’s how we work together:
One step at a time. One calm breath at a time.
Understand the Pattern
We begin by gently exploring how IBS affects your daily life, from physical symptoms to the emotional toll of unpredictability, stress, and fear. We look at when symptoms started, what makes them worse, and what keeps the cycle going.
Calm the Nervous System
Through gut-directed hypnotherapy and calming techniques, we start to quiet the overactive stress response that fuels urgency, pain, and discomfort. You’ll learn tools to restore a sense of internal safety and control.
Retrain the Gut-Brain Connection
We use guided imagery and therapeutic techniques to ease gut sensitivity, reduce flare-ups, and rewire how your body responds to digestive signals. It’s subtle, consistent work that builds trust between mind and body.
Reclaim Confidence
You’ll develop practical ways to feel calmer, travel with more ease, and stop living around your symptoms. With regular support, you’ll build habits that support long-term freedom and gut confidence.
All sessions are one-to-one with Charles, and take place via secure video call.
“This was the first time I didn’t feel like I had to explain or justify my symptoms. I just felt understood, and hopeful again.”
What We’ll Do Together
A focused, 6-week path to calmer digestion and renewed confidence.
The structure builds gradually: from calming your system → retraining the gut-brain connection → supporting long-term stability.
Week 1 — Understanding Your Gut & First Steps to Calm
Assessment of symptoms, triggers, lifestyle, and stress patterns.
Your first guided hypnosis session introduces calming imagery for the gut and nervous system.
You’ll receive your first personalised audio to use at home.
Week 2 — Calming the Nervous System
We explore how stress amplifies gut symptoms.
Breathwork and grounding techniques ease internal tension.
Hypnosis focuses on soothing the digestive system and building a sense of safety.
Week 3 — Comforting the Gut & Reducing Tension
We use guided imagery to support gentle, rhythmic digestion and reduce spasms.
Daily listening helps reset the gut’s comfort response.
Week 4 — Reducing Gut Sensitivity & Rewriting Patterns
IBS often involves heightened gut sensitivity — we address this directly.
Hypnosis helps retrain how your body interprets and responds to gut signals.
Week 5 — Releasing Fear, Worry & Toilet Anxiety
We work with the emotional side of IBS: anticipation, fear of flare-ups, avoidance behaviours.
Hypnosis supports confidence, freedom, and calmer reactions.
Week 6 — Integrating Your Tools & Future-Pacing Your Calm
We review progress, strengthen your long-term plan, and refine self-hypnosis practice.
Hypnosis focuses on future stability and reclaiming the life you want to live.
This is a typical 6 week programme. Sadly, ibs is as unique as we are all are and there are times when it can take longer than 6 sessions depending on how well we progress.
What You Receive
- 6 × 1:1 hypnotherapy sessions
- Gentle weekly exercises (breathwork, somatic calm, imagery)
- Symptom/trigger tracker
- Email support between sessions
- Access to Quiet Power (valued at £199). This incorporates a self-hypnosis toolkit for ongoing relief
What Will Change After the Overcoming IBS Programme?
IBS doesn’t just affect your body; it impacts your plans, your confidence, and your sense of safety in the world. This programme helps you reclaim control from the inside out.
After completing the Overcoming IBS Programme, many clients say they have:
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Reduced abdominal pain
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Fewer or gentler flare-ups
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Calmer digestion and less bloating
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Reduced urgency and toilet anxiety
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Improved confidence going out, travelling, or socialising
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A more stable emotional response to symptoms
“I didn’t need to fix everything. I just needed to feel like my body was on my side again.”
This isn’t just about symptom relief, it’s about restoring trust in yourself and your body, so life feels more open, more stable, and more yours again.
Your Commitment
To get the most from this programme, you’ll need:
- One session per week
- 10–15 minutes a day to practice self-hypnosis.
- A willingness to explore new patterns and sensations
Small, consistent steps create real change.
Safety & Suitability
Before we begin, I’ll check:
- Your symptoms have been medically assessed
- You’re safe to proceed with hypnotherapy
- The programme matches the type of IBS you experience
If you need additional medical support, I’ll guide you clearly.
Questions You Might Have
Do I need a formal IBS diagnosis to join this programme?
No. While many clients have a medical diagnosis of IBS, others experience long-term digestive symptoms that haven’t been fully resolved by diet or medication. If your symptoms are ongoing and disruptive, and you’ve ruled out more serious conditions with your GP, this programme may still be a good fit.
What if my IBS symptoms are stress-related, will this help?
Yes. Stress is one of the biggest amplifiers of IBS symptoms. This programme works directly with the gut-brain connection, helping to calm the nervous system, reduce sensitivity, and ease anxiety that may be fuelling flare-ups.
How does gut-directed hypnotherapy actually work?
Gut-directed hypnotherapy uses calming, guided imagery and suggestion to influence the digestive system via the nervous system. It helps reduce gut sensitivity, ease pain and urgency, and train your body to feel safe and settled again, even during stressful times.
What if I’ve already tried everything, including diet and medication?
This programme is often most helpful for people who’ve tried other routes without full relief. Hypnotherapy doesn’t replace medical advice, but it offers a powerful, evidence-based mind-body approach that works on a different level. Many clients report improvements even after years of symptoms.
Will I need to talk about my past in detail?
Only if it’s relevant and you’re comfortable. This is not traditional psychotherapy. We focus on understanding your current patterns, calming your system, and building forward-focused change. Your experience is always respected, and you’re in control of what you share.
What if my IBS symptoms come and go, is it still worth doing?
Yes. Even intermittent symptoms can affect your confidence, comfort, and quality of life. This programme helps you develop the tools to manage symptoms more effectively, reduce flare-up frequency, and feel more in control no matter what stage you’re at.
Let’s Connect
An Investment in Your Mental Health
Investing in your recovery from IBS is one of the most valuable decisions you can make. This programme will provide long-term benefits that will enhance both your personal and professional life. These skills will not only help you recover but will support you in thriving for years to come.
No Risk with My Satisfaction Guarantee
My 1:1 support comes with a satisfaction or your money-back guarantee. You will find that you rise to the challenge with a greater sense of purpose. Moreover, you relish life in a new way taking it in your stride.
If, however, you are not satisfied, you can cancel the collaboration three days after the first session and receive a refund of the balance. Just send me an email, and you will receive your money within 48 hours.
As you may know, this is a service in which I have already invested my time. So, I bear the sole risk. Nevertheless, I am confident that the work we undertake together in our collaboration will immediately reduce your stress and provide you with the tools to be more effective in your work and life beyond that.