About Me
My name is Glen Mitchell, and I help people create deep, lasting change through hypnotherapy, subconscious change work and practical therapeutic support.
But I did not start out as someone who believed in hypnosis.
In fact, I originally learned hypnotherapy because I wanted to prove that hypnosis was not real.
At the time, I was sceptical. I had seen stage hypnosis, heard all the usual myths, and assumed it was probably a mixture of performance, compliance and exaggeration. I wanted to understand it properly so I could pull it apart.
That did not go according to plan.
The more I studied hypnosis, the more I realised that it was not about mind control, magic, tricks or making people do things against their will. It was about focus. Imagination. Emotional response. Subconscious learning. The way the mind stores experience, creates patterns, protects us, and sometimes keeps running old programmes long after they are useful.
What started as scepticism became fascination. Then it became a profession. Then it became my life’s work.
Before becoming a hypnotherapist, I spent 14 years working in the Prison Service. I worked as a Prison Officer, Senior Officer and Operational Manager, including specialist work around safer custody, suicide prevention, emotional crisis and human behaviour under extreme pressure.
That environment taught me a lot about people.
It taught me that behaviour is rarely random. It taught me that fear, trauma, shame, stress, grief and survival responses can shape a person’s life in powerful ways. It also taught me that people are far more capable of change than they often believe, especially when they are given the right support, the right environment and the right tools.
Alongside that professional experience, my own life has also shaped the way I work. I know what it is like to live with anxiety. I know what it is like to feel trapped in patterns that seem bigger than willpower. I know what it is like to rebuild from difficult places and to become someone stronger, calmer and more in control.
That is one of the reasons my work is practical, compassionate and direct.
I do not see my clients as broken. I do not believe people need to be fixed. Most of the time, people are carrying old responses that once made sense but are now getting in the way. Anxiety, self-sabotage, overthinking, emotional eating, low confidence, panic, stress, phobias, habits and unwanted reactions are often signs that the subconscious mind is trying to protect you using outdated strategies.
Hypnotherapy allows us to work with those deeper patterns rather than simply fighting symptoms on the surface.
My approach combines hypnosis, subconscious change work, emotional release, identity-level transformation and practical coaching where appropriate. The aim is not just to help you feel better for an hour after a session. The aim is to help you think differently, feel differently, respond differently and move forward with more freedom.
Today, I work with people who are ready to change patterns that have been holding them back. That may include anxiety, stress, confidence issues, habits, emotional blocks, self-sabotage, weight and lifestyle change, fears, phobias, or the feeling of being stuck in your own head.
Some people come to me because they are struggling. Some come because they are functioning well on the outside but fighting an internal battle nobody else sees. Others come because they are ready for a new chapter and want to stop repeating old cycles.
Whatever brings you here, my work is built around one central belief:
Change is possible.
Not superficial change. Not pretending everything is fine. Not forcing yourself to “think positive” while the same old patterns keep running underneath.
Real change happens when the deeper mind updates its expectations, releases old emotional weight, and begins to respond to life from a different place.
That is the work I do.
I am not here to judge you, label you or tell you that you should have sorted this by now. I am here to help you understand what is happening beneath the surface and guide you through a process of change that is calm, focused and effective.
Hypnotherapy is not something I expected to believe in.
But after seeing what is possible when people access the deeper levels of the mind, I became convinced of one thing:
People are capable of far more change than they realise.
And sometimes, the right session at the right time can become the turning point.
Ready to find out whether hypnotherapy is right for you? Book a free clarity call and let’s talk about what you want to change.