About Me

My name is Richard Benton and I am a Hypnotherapist and Life Coach based in Leicester. I've helped people with many varied issues such as phobias, sleep problems, motivation, personal progression, anger management and stopping smoking. My philosophy within therapy is based around the notion that everyone has the answers to the problems they face within them. You know best what is right for you.

My first experience of hypnosis was watching it on the television when I was a child. Stage hypnotists seemed mystical to me. I couldn’t understand how they could make the participants do all those strange things and wanted to know what had happened behind the scenes.

It was later in life that I had my first experience of hypnotherapy, which was incredible. At the time I felt stuck in a low skilled physical job and couldn't seem to find the energy and motivation to do what I needed to, to get out of the rut. Each evening I would struggle to convince myself to get up from the sofa and change my life. Thanks to a gift from a friend I attended a consultation with a hypnotherapist.

He gave me a trigger word that I was to keep to myself. All I had to do was say my word to myself to access great feelings of energy and motivation. He had anchored those feelings for me and given me a powerful tool to access them whenever I needed them. It was wonderful. I had so much confidence in it that when I got home from work I was able to allow myself a little time to rest after work and then would say my trigger word to myself.

This experience has strongly affected the way that I like to practice hypnotherapy. I love to give people the same tools that I have to help me feel full of energy and motivation, or whatever it is that you feel that you need to get more out of life and progress in whichever direction is right for you.

Nearly everyone that I have worked with who has had concerns about using hypnotherapy have used stage hypnotists as the basis for their concern. The truth is that hypnotherapy is a world apart from stage shows. You will always be in control and you will be able to exit the process for any reason if you feel you need to. You can read more about what hypnotherapy involves on the Hypnotherapy page.

I learnt to use life coaching as a result of learning hypnosis. At the time I didn't really know much about coaching and had no experience of it. Once I learned the process of life coaching I discovered what a powerful tool it can be. Quality goal setting used alongside hypnotherapy to inspire motivation and creative thinking can help you to organise yourself, gain clarity and start progressing in the direction that you want. Find out more about life coaching.