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Cognitive Hypnotherapy

Helping people make positive desirable changes far more rapidly than most other therapies.

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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

CBT is a therapy that treats problems by altering thoughts and behaviours

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Mindfulness

A simple yet powerful and potent way of  enabling you to deal with many of your everyday problems.

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How can I help?

Real therapy for real people, beyond an App

Whether you want to get rid of an unwanted habit or behaviour, gain relief from troubling emotions or have more emotional resilience and greater self-belief to make those important changes in your life, then I can help you achieve genuine, effective, powerful, positive and rapid change.

Hypnotherapy, CBT, Mindfulness and NLP are the most effective and powerful change therapies for many of the difficulties that people struggle with every day. Cognitive Hypnotherapy for stress, anxiety and panic attacks.  Cognitive Hypnotherapy combines CBT with Hypnosis, Mindfulness and Hypnosis for phobias, weight loss, eating disorders, food addictions, sugar addiction. Hypnosis with Hypnotherapy for depression, bereavement, divorce, relationship problems, family conflict. Mindfulness and Hypnotherapy for Fertility issues, chronic illness, pain, and tinnitus retraining therapy.  Mindfulness and CBT with Hypnosis for all addictions including alcohol and drug addictions. Cognitive Hypnotherapy for sexual and interpersonal difficulties. Mindfulness Cognitive therapy, CBT and Hypnotherapy with Hypnosis for low self-esteem and lack of confidence, exam nerves, presentation fears and public speaking.

About Me

Fiona Burman-Hopkins

Fiona Burman-Hopkins
Dip/N Mental Health, MDip/CHyp,NLP, GHR/ SQHP,CNHC,GHSC/AP

I have over 35 years experience of working within an NHS mental health team as a specialist CBT psychotherapist, seeing people with all sorts of problems; probably a problem just like yours. Qualifying in 1986 as a Registered mental nurse (RMN) (NMC), followed by a Diploma In Nursing in 1990. Achieving Level 1&2 & 3 in systemic family therapy at the Ulfeculme Clinic Birmingham 1995 -1996. Qualifying as an advance CBT specialist obtaining a post graduate diploma in CBT Birmingham university in conjunction with the John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford in 2001-2002. Qualifying in Clinical Hypnotherapy in 2007 , achieving Master practitioner diploma in Hypnotherapy and NLP in 2008 M/Dip Hypnotherapy/NLP

I have achieved the senior qualification (SQHP) in Hypnotherapy practice with The General Hypnotherapy Register  GHR

2025 training completed  as an approved ADHD assessor with Global ADHD

For your peace of mind I have level  a 3 safeguarding children certificate.

An experienced expert mental health therapist, fully qualified in Hypnosis, NLP, CBT, ADHD assessor and running successful Chester Therapy and Chester Hypnotherapy clinics for 20 years, I am an intuitive, warm and dynamic change therapist.

I am fully insured for Cognitive Hypnotherapy Chester, Hypnosis, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy( CBT), Mindfulness Relaxation Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Brief Therapy, NLP Business Coaching, Executive Coaching and  Life Coaching, Neuro diverse coaching including assessments for ADHD

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Tel: +44 (0) 7968258113

Email: fiona@chesterhypnotherapist.co.uk

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January 2026 Offer

4 sessions for the price of 3

Chester City Centre

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Consulting rooms at
Maple House, 23 Watergate Row South, Chester CH1 2LE.

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You’ve made the most important step to improving your situation. By searching for help and therapies you’ve started your journey to changing your life.

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You can contact me using a confidential form, telephone or email. I will contact you at a convenient time and we can talk through your options.

Your local therapist in Chester

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Treatments and Therapies

I offer a range of complimentary treatments and therapies tailored to your
needs. Please get in touch.

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Client Testimonials

"I visited Fiona when anxiety was starting to take a real toll on my life, preventing me from going to things such as football matches, restaurants, and even assemblies. After several sessions, I am now completely confident in situations where…
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"I have been working with Fiona over a number of sessions, with the main focus being on anxiety and stress. By using mindfulness techniques Fiona has really helped me to manage my thoughts and keep stress to a manageable level. This has really…
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"When the time came for me to find a job I found myself failing interview after interview due to my lack of confidence. I thought I'd never get a job. Fiona changed that. I sought her out after a friend had recommended her to me. Fiona is…
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"After downloading the breathing meditation, my night time stressing and anxious sleeping has improved so much! I regularly lay there worrying about all the minor things in life that aren't worth worrying about. Fiona was great in advising me…
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Fiona’s Blog

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When Talk Therapy Isn’t Enough: A Different Path to Change

If you are experiencing anxiety and feel you have already "talked it through" you are not alone. Many people seek hypnotherapy for anxiety in Chester after realising that endless talking about the problem often does not resolve the problem. You…
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Expectations can lead to feelings of depression, stress, anxiety, low self esteem

,Expectations -v- reality. This small detail can be behind feelings of inadequacy, stress, anxiety, depression and more. It happens on all kinds of levels. We may grow up through childhood with certain expectations about our future.…
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Have you thought about quitting your Job ?

Has the stress of your job made you feel like quitting? Have one too many tasks been piled on top of you and you feel like you’re going to snap? Or maybe your boss is just rubbing you up the wrong way and you’re not sure how much longer…
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Time For A Change ?

If something is making you feel stressed out, chronically anxious with persistent low mood whether it’s work based or home, I can help you to better manage it and get to a happier place. I have decades of experience, including with…
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Drinking Every Night ?

Find the real reason behind drinking every night.... is it because of how the alcohol makes you feel,  or because of what it helps you to bury and forget? There will have been something else going on in your life that was leaving…
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What’s your purpose?

If you’re feeling down or out of sorts, having a purpose and working towards that can help you overcome your problems. Sometimes, feeling like you don’t have a purpose can lead to feelings of depression. But you get to choose. You…
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Anger Management Therapy

Anger is typically a response to feeling threatened, criticised or frustrated in some way. Anger is a normal, natural and even healthy emotion. Mild forms include irritation and feelings of annoyance or dislike, this is a healthy reaction to…
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Anxiety in children and teenagers

Anxiety in children and teenagers can feel overwhelming and it seems that the long term effects can reach far into adult life, affecting confidence, self esteem and relationships. Recognising children and teenagers who are suffering from anxiety…
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Free Mindfulness Meditation Breathing Audio Download

Try this new mindfulness meditation breathing audio download for free. Mindfulness meditation can help alleviate the symptoms of anxiety and stress, can improve sleep patterns and assist with concentration. This mindfulness meditation download…
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Mindfulness Quotes To Inspire And Motivate You

My  favourite mindfulness quotes from Jon Kabat Zinn who is the founder of the Center for Mindfulness at the university of Massachusetts School, where he and his colleagues developed the MBSR Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program. Mindfulness…
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Insomnia, Mindfulness, Hypnotherapy and Self Hypnosis

With the end of British summer time and the clocks having gone back an hour at the weekend perhaps you are one of the one in three who suffer with some form of insomnia in the UK. If so then now could be a good time to consider a new way of…
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Menopause Therapy

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About Chester Hypnotherapy

Chester Hypnotherapy | Therapy for Life | Maple House, 23 Watergate Row South, Chester CH1 2LE
Phone: +44 (0) 7968258113 | Email: fiona@chesterhypnotherapist.co.uk

Hypnotherapy Chester Hypnosis, Cognitive Hypnotherapy, Mindfulness Therapy, CBT, NLP, Executive coach, Life Coach –
Fiona Burman Hopkins Dip/N Mental Health, MDip/CHyp,NLP, GHR/ SQHP,CNHC,GHSC/AP

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