Clinical Hypnotherapy in Colchester, Essex & Online
I'm Ian Franklin, an accredited Clinical Hypnotherapist based at my dedicated professional therapy studio in Colchester, Essex.
Since 2012, I've helped clients work towards positive change with anxiety, stress, smoking, vaping, IBS, sleep, confidence, fears, phobias, unwanted habits and more.
Some clients come from just around the corner. Others travel from across Essex and the UK following recommendations, and I also work with clients online internationally.
Whatever you'd like to change, my starting point is you.
I'll listen, understand what's happening and tailor our work around you as an individual.
Caring, Professional Hypnotherapy Built Around You
Registered with professional bodies including the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) and General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR).
How Can I Help You?
You don't need to know exactly which type of hypnotherapy you need.
Start with what you'd like to change.
Reassurance From the Very Beginning
Accredited Clinical Hypnotherapist • Professionally Registered • Fully Insured • DBS Checked
Established 2012 • Dedicated Professional Therapy Studio • Online UK & International
A short introduction to me, how I work and what you can expect when you get in touch.
Choosing a therapist is personal
Qualifications and professional standards matter — but you also need to feel comfortable with the person sitting opposite you.
I've worked professionally with clients since 2012. My approach is warm, practical, positive and down-to-earth.
You won't be judged, rushed or treated as just another appointment.
I'll take time to understand what's happening for you and what you'd genuinely like to change.
There are no compulsory block bookings and no pressure to continue unnecessarily. We'll work at a pace that's appropriate for you and review your progress together.
A Professional Space Designed Around You
Unlike a shared home environment, my dedicated therapy room has been created to provide a calm, private and confidential setting where you can relax, speak freely and feel completely at ease.
Face-to-face appointments take place at my dedicated professional therapy studio at Wivenhoe Business Centre, near Colchester, Essex.
It's a private, comfortable and confidential environment created specifically for working with clients, with discreet on-site parking.
I want you to feel comfortable about where you're coming and who you're meeting before you even arrive.
Anxiety, Stress & Overthinking. Support for calming an overactive mind, reducing unhelpful patterns and helping you feel more in control.
A personally tailored programme focused around your smoking habits, triggers and reasons for wanting to become smoke-free.
Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy. For clients with medically assessed IBS, specialist support around stress, anxiety and the gut-brain relationship.
Personalised hypnotherapy for fears including flying, driving, heights, medical procedures and other situations that may be restricting your life.
Individual support around the routines, triggers and automatic habits that can make vaping difficult to leave behind.
Sleep Support for calming an overactive mind and developing healthier responses around bedtime
Explore unwanted patterns and work towards healthier, more positive choices and behaviours.
Support for everyday confidence, interviews, presentations, public speaking and performance situations.
Personal, confidential support from your own comfortable environment, available throughout the UK and internationally.
Gentle, age-appropriate support for anxiety, confidence, fears and other challenges affecting children and teenagers.
Personalised support for changing unhelpful eating habits, developing healthier patterns and improving your relationship with food.
I'm incredibly grateful for the reviews and recommendations clients choose to leave.
For me, the most meaningful part isn't simply receiving five stars.
It's hearing about the things people are doing afterwards.
The journey they can now make. The plane they boarded. The cigarette or vape they no longer organise their day around. The situation they stopped avoiding. The confidence they rediscovered...........
Every session I bespoke to you: We are all unique.
Modern & caring: No stage hypnosis, no gimmicks. Just safe, proven therapy.
FACE-TO-FACE
Face-to-Face Hypnotherapy
I welcome clients from Colchester, Wivenhoe and throughout Essex, as well as people who travel from further afield following recommendations.
Online Hypnotherapy — UK & International
You don't have to live near Colchester to work with me.
I provide confidential online hypnotherapy for clients throughout the UK and internationally, with the same personal, individually tailored approach.
If you're unsure whether online hypnotherapy is appropriate for what you'd like help with, simply ask.
Helping People Feel Heard, Understood and Supported.
Let’s make lasting change happen—together.
Real Clients. Real Experiences.
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Verified Google Reviews
"Ian is fantastic. I went to Ian, desperate to resolve a fear of driving that I have been unable to sort on my own for 10 years. I was a little sceptical that hypnotherapy could work when my conscious mind just plain and simply didn’t want to drive but I felt differently after my very first session. At our first meeting, Ian estimated it might take 4-5 sessions to change my perspective but we took it week by week. By session 3, he felt our work was done and instead of a lift home from my husband, I drove us home that day. By the next week, I had navigated the dreaded Greenstead roundabout! And I’ve been driving pretty much every day now for 2 months - including 2+ hour round trips. The anxious noise hasn’t totally disappeared but when I feel the fear now, I jump straight in the car and drive whereas before, I’d feel the fear and panic and just avoid. There has been a huge change to the way my brain responds to the anxiety around driving. Ian has also been very supportive since my in person sessions ended and I have some audio to listen to when I need to. I haven’t felt the need very often at all since March (maybe once!!) but I’m very conscious not to undo any progress so I’ll continue to do the work as and when, and appreciate Ian’s continued support. I 100% recommend booking a session if you need help with something that’s holding you back. I found the whole experience quite empowering and genuinely enjoyable - I’m certain I’ll try hypnotherapy again in the future as I think it’s a great approach to self-improvement. I can’t thank Ian enough for his help, it’s changed my life."
"After 20 years of smoking and more recently
vaping (a lot), I found Ian online and I’m very glad I did. Thanks to his help, I’m now 10 weeks smoke-free and vape-free. Highly recommended! Thank you Ian"
"My sessions with Ian have really helped my issues with IBS and the anxiety surrounding it. He’s so welcoming and calming and having the curtain to separate you while practicing the hypnosis allows you to really relax without feeling like you’re being watched. His focus of positivity is such a unique practice and I hope it will continue to help me and others in the future. His techniques, videos and opportunity to come back for ‘top up’ sessions really sets you up to deal with problems. Would recommend to anyone! Thanks Ian!"
"Can’t recommend Ian enough. Very professional, knowledgeable, and easy to feel at ease with. The whole experience was great and I’m really happy with the results I’ve had from the sessions I had with him."
"From the moment I met Ian, I felt very comfortable and at ease enough to discuss my situation. I find him non- judgemental, a really lovely, kind human being who strives to help others to move forward and enjoy the positive future they deserve.
After a few sessions with Ian, I am now saying YES! to life situations rather than NO! With Ian's guidance and shared coping techniques, I have started driving again after 10 years of being terrified to do so. I find myself more comfortable with social situations too.
I am also saying NO! to self sabotaging lifestyle habits that were dominating my life and stopping me from moving forward.
I recommend Ian 100% to anyone who wants to make permanent changes in their lives."
"I went to see Ian to get help with quitting smoking. Ian made me feel relaxed and comfortable straight away and I’m happy to say that the session was a success and I haven’t had a cigarette since. 1 month today smoke free is a huge milestone! Thank you Ian for giving me my life back! I have now signed up for two marathons this year
If you thinking about it, don’t hesitate, it was the best decision I have ever made!"
"Ian has been a great help to me. I am already recommending him to friends."
"I was very sceptical about hypnotherapy but have been scared of flying for years and needed to do something I found Ian’s website On a google search and though just go for it so I messaged him and he called me straight back he was very helpful and understanding I booked a consultation and still felt it wouldn’t work for me but after the first session it was amazing my thoughts were changing with my anxiety about flying and Ian was very professional clearly knew how to help me I’ve had 3 treatments and went on a flight 3 days after my last still feeling the panic and anxiety would all come back as soon as I stepped foot on the plane honestly it was the strangest feeling I was still nervous but that’s as far as it went even with the turbulence (we had quite a lot) I still felt confident and safe with the techniques Ian has taught me I would highly recommend this man to help you too!"
"Would highly recommend visiting Ian if you suffer from anxiety.
Visited Ian due to not being able to leave the comfort of my own home environments, now i've booked two concerts and two holidays!
His coping techniques I use everyday and I am so very thankful for him and his support"
“It was a game changer. I felt like a different person.”
“I quit vaping after one session — after 15 years. Life-changing.”
"I couldn’t recommend Ian more highly! I was slightly sceptical when I first went to see him, hoping that he could help me with a fear of high/open spaces. After just three sessions, a problem I had lived with for decades has evaporated, and I find myself much more confident and less anxious in general."
“I finally feel like myself again. Anxiety no longer controls me.”
"After a short course of sessions I felt like a different person, much more relaxed, focused on key areas I wanted to improve AND while I was there realised I had a chocolate calling that ruled my head and sabotaged any diet or healthy eating campaign I started. Ian addressed this and I’m now 3 months without crazing chocolate and sugar, I don’t miss it, I make choices of foods I really want to eat rather than what my cravings told me I wanted to eat. I have remained stress free (with the help of some fabulous tools/techniques), I have clear boundaries, I’m focused and making healthy choices that serve me - win win.
Thank you Ian - it has been a game changer."
"Thank you Ian would highly recommend you to anyone that needs help to quit smoking for good."
"I approached Ian after exhausting all other avenues, having come to the conclusion that I was my own worst enemy. Having attended several sessions with Ian, I now realise I'm actually my own biggest supporter. I've enjoyed each and every session, finding Ian's studio to be a calm safe haven where I can completely relax and untangle what ever is going on in life. Unlike other practioners I had approached, Ian takes each client on an individual basis and doesn't insist on you signing up and paying for a course of sessions, potentially that you don't need. It is remarkable what has been achieved through the sessions with Ian, and without doubt, it has been a very positive and beneficial experience. I will be revisiting Ian for a mind vacation later in the year!"
"I’m a completely different and stronger person after seeing you and will most definitely be using you again for any more of my struggles or needs."
"I am so glad that I had the courage to contact Ian and I recommend him wholeheartedly."
"The results were almost immediate and truly astonishing."
"I was unsure when i attended as I felt like I would never be able to stop vaping, I arrived with an open mind and 5 week later and I have still not touched any form of nicotine.Ian was very informative and relaxed and positive he was not pushy in anyway, I will be recommending him to friends."
"I recently visited Ian for support with a few challenges I wanted to release & I can’t praise him enough for the incredible impact he has had. From the very first conversation, he provided me with invaluable tools to help manage my feelings —particularly when driving on the motorway.
Through his expert guidance on breathwork and reinforcing positivity, I found that negativity naturally faded away. The results were almost immediate and truly astonishing. While I haven’t yet tested myself in every situation, the huge breakthrough in my driving alone has given me complete confidence that the rest will follow effortlessly."
"I am 3 months smoke free thanks to Ian.
The studio was lovely and I felt at ease as soon as I met him.
Ian really took his time to talk me through the process and assist me with my reasons to quit!
I have also had regular emails from Ian to see how I am doing in my new smoke free life.
Recommend 100%"
"Ian’s support has been nothing short of life-changing, and I can’t recommend him highly enough! Thanks Ian."
Helping People Feel Heard, Understood and Supported Since 2012
Fully registered: GHR, CNHC, PSA
Top-rated by clients across the UK & worldwide
Recognised as one of the UK's top Hypnotherapists & Mental Wellness Coaches
I’m Ian, a fully accredited clinical hypnotherapist, NLP Practioner and mental wellness coach.
Clients around the world know me as the English Therapist on TV, Radio & with my Youtube Channel — and they choose me for one simple reason:
I help people feel safe, heard, and changed from the inside out.
My Professional UK Studio
Wivenhoe Business Centre, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex United Kingdom CO7 9DP
Hypnotherapist Colchester, Essex
Serving Colchester, Wivenhoe, Brightlingsea, Clacton, Harwich, Frinton, Chelmsford, London, and across Essex — plus online hypnotherapy worldwide.
Modern, confidential, positive therapy that works.