Can Hypnotherapy Help with ADHD? A Bristol Hypnotherapist's Perspective
- Halima Heath
- Feb 8
- 3 min read
If you're a woman with ADHD — especially if you were diagnosed later in life — you've probably tried everything. The apps. The planners. The productivity hacks that work for everyone except you. And yet here you are, still feeling like you're running on a hamster wheel while everyone else glides through life.
What if the problem isn't your effort? What if it's where you've been applying it?
Why Traditional ADHD Strategies Often Fail
Most ADHD advice targets your conscious mind — the part that knows what you should do. Make a list. Set a reminder. Just start.
But your conscious mind only controls about 5% of your behaviour. The other 95%? That's your subconscious — running patterns, beliefs, and emotional responses that were installed years ago, often long before you knew you had ADHD.
This is why you can know exactly what you need to do and still find yourself doing the opposite. It's not a willpower problem. It's a subconscious problem.
And that's exactly where hypnotherapy works.
How Hypnotherapy Helps ADHD
Hypnotherapy accesses your subconscious mind — the part that's actually running the show. In a deeply relaxed but focused state, we can work with:
Emotional regulation — calming the overwhelm that hijacks your day
Rejection sensitivity — releasing the sting of criticism that lingers for days
Procrastination and task paralysis — understanding why you freeze, not just telling yourself to stop
The inner critic — quieting the voice that says you're lazy, broken, or not enough
Sleep and racing thoughts — finally switching off at night
Confidence — rebuilding your sense of self after years of "why can't I just..."
Hypnotherapy doesn't "cure" ADHD — nothing does. But it can transform your relationship with your own brain, releasing the shame and rewiring the patterns that make everything feel so hard.
Why Midlife Makes ADHD Harder
If you're a woman in your 40s, 50s, or beyond, you may have noticed your ADHD symptoms getting worse. You're not imagining it.
Perimenopause and menopause cause oestrogen levels to drop — and oestrogen is directly linked to dopamine, the neurotransmitter ADHD brains are already short on. The strategies that held you together for decades start to fail. The masking becomes exhausting. And suddenly, everything feels impossible.
This is often when women finally get diagnosed — or when they realise the diagnosis they received years ago needs a completely different approach now.
Hypnotherapy can help you navigate this collision of ADHD and hormones without adding more to your already overloaded plate.
ADHD Hypnotherapy in Bristol — My Approach
I'm Halima Heath, a Clinical Hypnotherapist and RTT Therapist based in Yate, Bristol. I work with clients in person and online worldwide.
I was diagnosed with ADHD at 56. I know what it's like to spend decades wondering why everything feels harder for you than it seems to for everyone else. I also know the relief of finally understanding — and the frustration of realising that diagnosis alone doesn't fix everything.
That's why I created The Two Suitcases framework — a specialist approach for midlife women with ADHD that addresses both the emotional baggage and the practical chaos, using hypnotherapy and RTT to create real, lasting change.
If you're tired of strategies that don't stick and advice that wasn't designed for your brain, hypnotherapy might be the missing piece.
Ready to Try a Different Approach?
Book a free 20-minute discovery call and let's talk about what's going on for you. No pressure, no sales pitch — just an honest conversation to see if we're the right fit.
📞 07500 421193 ✉️ hello@halimaheath.com
Halima Heath Clinical Hypnotherapist | RTT Therapist | ADHD & Menopause Specialist Yate, Bristol & Online Worldwide
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