Health Anxiety Support Programme

Joan Lee BSc. offers a six session structured course of hypnotherapy combined with counselling & coaching for health anxiety problems in Wolverhampton

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Over 15 years’ experience in hypnotherapy
BSc-qualified therapist
Calm, confidential and non-judgemental support
In-person in Wombourne near Wolverhampton

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Freedom from fear, reassurance seeking, and constant “what if?” thinking

This structured 6-session therapeutic programme is designed for people who experience persistent worry about their health, bodily sensations, and the fear that something may be seriously wrong.

Health anxiety can feel relentless. It often involves scanning the body for signs of illness, interpreting normal sensations as danger, repeated checking behaviours, reassurance seeking, and difficulty tolerating uncertainty. Even after medical reassurance, doubt can quickly return.

This programme combines applied psychology, nervous system regulation, and hypnotherapy to help reduce fear-based responses, calm overthinking, and support a more balanced relationship with your body.

Before You Begin: Initial Consultation (£30 | 60 minutes)

Your journey begins with a full Initial Consultation, giving you the space to explore your health anxiety safely and without judgement.

This consultation is designed to help you feel understood, safe, and supported, while allowing us to build a clear map of your health anxiety.

In this session we will:

Explore your symptoms, triggers, fears, and anxiety patterns
Identify the reassurance cycle (checking, Googling, body scanning, seeking certainty)
Understand the emotional roots of your fear (past experiences, illness trauma, grief, health scares, loss)
Establish your baseline using the Tranceform Health Anxiety Quiz
Set goals and explore whether ongoing support feels right for you

This consultation provides the foundation for a fully personalised plan moving forward.

If grief or bereavement is a significant factor in your anxiety, we may discuss whether a grief-focused support programme would be more suitable, or whether this can be safely integrated into your personalised plan.

THE 6-SESSION TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME (£480 | 6 x 60-minute sessions)

Session 1: Understanding Your Health Anxiety Cycle

We begin by mapping how health anxiety operates for you personally.

Identifying triggers (sensations, appointments, health news, social media, illness in others)
Understanding why the brain misinterprets normal bodily sensations as danger
Identifying catastrophic thinking patterns (“what if” loops, worst-case interpretations)
Recognising reassurance behaviours and checking cycles
Gentle hypnotherapy for grounding and nervous system regulation

Outcome: clarity, awareness, and a stronger understanding of how your anxiety is maintained.

Session 2: Body Sensations, Fear Responses & Nervous System Regulation

This session focuses on the physical experience of anxiety.

Understanding fight/flight and how it produces physical symptoms
Reducing sensitivity to bodily sensations
Working with symptoms such as tight chest, dizziness, breathlessness, and heart awareness
Learning practical techniques for calming the nervous system
Hypnotherapy for grounding, safety, and internal calm

Outcome: reduced fear response to bodily sensations and improved emotional regulation.

Session 3: Emotional Roots & Health-Related Fear Conditioning

We explore the emotional learning behind health anxiety.

Exploring past experiences of illness, medical fear, or distressing health events
Understanding how emotional experiences shape current fear responses
Processing grief, loss, shock, or fear-based conditioning where relevant
Hypnotherapy to reduce emotional intensity and support internal stability

Outcome: reduced emotional charge linked to health fears and increased psychological steadiness.

Session 4: Overthinking, Catastrophic Thoughts & Certainty Seeking

This session focuses on the cognitive loop that maintains anxiety.

Identifying intrusive “what if?” thoughts
Challenging catastrophic interpretations of symptoms
Understanding how reassurance seeking can unintentionally reinforce anxiety patterns
Developing awareness of the difference between appropriate health awareness and compulsive
checking or reassurance cycles
Supporting a balanced approach to medical guidance, including appropriate consultation with healthcare professionals when needed
Hypnotherapy for calm thinking, clarity, and reduced mental looping

Outcome: reduced overthinking, improved clarity, and greater mental control.

Session 5: Rebuilding Trust in Your Body

We begin restoring a more balanced relationship with your body.

Strengthening body confidence and internal trust
Learning to respond differently to sensations and uncertainty
Reducing fear-based interpretation of normal bodily processes
Building emotional resilience in everyday life
Hypnotherapy focused on calm confidence and internal safety

Outcome: increased trust in your body and reduced fear-driven responses.

Session 6: Integration, Confidence & Long-Term Stability

The final session consolidates progress and supports long-term change.

Reviewing progress and key changes
Strengthening ability to manage future triggers
Developing a personal relapse-prevention approach
Reinforcing emotional resilience and self-regulation tools
Hypnotherapy for integration and future calm responses

Outcome: long-term stability, reduced anxiety cycles, and improved confidence.

How Progress is Measured:

Progress is tracked throughout the programme using the Tranceform Health Anxiety Quiz.

This allows you to:

measure change clearly over time
identify reductions in anxiety patterns
track improvement in reassurance and checking behaviours
build confidence through visible progress

Who This Programme is For

This programme may be suitable if you experience:

persistent worry about illness or serious disease
fear of bodily sensations or symptoms
frequent Googling or reassurance seeking
repeated checking behaviours (pulse, breathing, skin, lumps, temperature)
difficulty accepting medical reassurance
intrusive thoughts about illness, danger, or death
anxiety that increases when alone or without reassurance

Investment

Initial Consultation: £30 (60 minutes)

6-Session Health Anxiety Support Programme: £480 (6 × 60-minute sessions)

Programme Outcome

The aim is not to ignore your health, but to reduce fear-based patterns that keep your nervous system in a constant state of alert.

By the end of the programme, clients often experience:

reduced intrusive thoughts and catastrophic thinking
less reassurance seeking and checking behaviour
improved tolerance of uncertainty
calmer physical and emotional responses
increased trust in the body
greater confidence and emotional stability

Important Note

This programme is designed to support the psychological and behavioural aspects of health anxiety.

It does not replace medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

If you have concerns about your physical health, it is always appropriate to consult a qualified healthcare professional.

A key part of this work is learning the difference between appropriate health awareness and anxiety-driven reassurance seeking, and developing a more balanced relationship with both.

Initial Consultations

Joan offers all prospective clients a low cost (£30) initial consultation to discuss your mental health concerns.

During this 50 minute consultation Joan will discuss the various options that are available to you and make a considered recommendation based on your individual personal circumstances.

At Wolverhampton Hypnotherapy we understand the importance of the therapeutic relationship and so place a great emphasis on being able to meet PRIOR to agreeing any kind of help.

Our policy is to help people make a fully balanced & considered decision about undertaking therapy with us, including both the financial, work-load and personal implications.

E-mail joan at:

Joan@WolverhamptonHypnotherapy.co.uk

Joan Lee BSc Psychology with Counselling

About Joan Lee BSc.

Joan has been a practicing Hypnotherapist since 2011 when she was awarded her diploma in evidence-based hypnotherapy from the International Association of Hypno-Analysts (IAH). She also has a BSc Honours degree in counselling and psychology and an Enhanced DBS certificate valid until 2027.