Hypnotherapy in Newcastle & Tea Gardens
NLP Coaching in Newcastle
If the same thought turns up at the same moment every time, you are not alone, and you did not choose it. Thinking runs in patterns, and patterns can be worked with.
Start with a free consultation. Tell me where you are up to, and I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person to help.
NLP work with me is one to one, in my rooms at Lambton or at Tea Gardens. I am a certified NLP practitioner and a clinical hypnotherapist, and I often use the two together: NLP for the pattern you can hear yourself running, and hypnosis for what is holding it in place.
What NLP is, in plain words
NLP is a set of ways of noticing how a person thinks: the words they use about themselves, the pictures they run before a hard moment, the order in which a reaction arrives. Once you can see the pattern, it stops being simply who you are.
On its own that noticing can be enough for something recent. Where a pattern has been running for years it is usually held in place by a belief, and that is where the hypnosis part earns its keep.
None of that is a personal failure. It is simply how the mind works, and it is the reason I was taught both and use both.
Working with an NLP practitioner in Newcastle
The question I am asked most on the phone
How it feels
It often involves a series of questions to understand the pattern whilst you are in a relaxed, focused state, a bit like being deeply absorbed in something. We decode the pattern in a very simple way. In that state the mind is more receptive to suggestions that fit with what you already want for yourself.
You stay in control
You remain fully aware throughout. You hear everything I say, you can talk to me, and you can bring yourself out of it whenever you like.
Where it is used
Hypnosis and NLP is used these days in dentistry, in medicine, in law enforcement, in weight management, in habit cessasation like quit smoking, in professional sport and in education, alongside therapeutic work like mine.
What we do in your sessions
One to one, in my own rooms, with one to four appointments
First
We talk first
The moment it happens, the words that go through your head, what you have already tried, and what you would like instead. I am listening for the pattern underneath what you tell me.
Then
Then we work with the pattern
We change how it runs, and where it is being held in place by an older belief we go there in that relaxed, focused state. You remain fully aware and can stop whenever you want to.
Last
Then we set the next step
Where you will notice it next, what to do when it turns up, and what we work on when you next come in. You leave with something to use rather than only something to think about.
Kind words from my clients
★★★★★
“The session helped me shift an old story I had been telling myself for years, opening the door for a new attitude to managing & earning money.”
Justine Thompson
Google review, July 2021
★★★★★
“She helped me restructure my thinking to help create a more peaceful inner me. My mind is calmer and the anger and resentment has dissipated.”
Kylie Morris
Google review, July 2025
★★★★★
“I felt very safe with Brenda. She took the time to clearly understand what I needed... I could let go of the self-talk that was holding me in such a contracted space.”
Christine du Fresne
Google review, July 2021
★★★★★
“In just a fraction of the time it would have taken with traditional talk therapy, Brenda helped me achieve real progress through her guided sessions.”
Jaclyn Wilton
Google review, April 2025
★★★★★
“In my first session I had a luxury of completely relaxing, so that I would be ready for the deep work of the second session... As a result I felt calmer, more centred and balanced.”
Joanna Lim
Google review, November 2022
★★★★★
“Brenda is very skilled at listening for what is not said, has great insight, a warm demeanour and very professional.”
Denise Ball
Google review, December 2021
What I ask of you
You have to be willing to look at how you talk to yourself, and that is not always comfortable. Clients who get the most from this are the ones who are honest with me about the unflattering bits, and I have heard all of them before.
Your part in it
Hypnotherapy and NLP is not something that is done to you. You play an active part in it, and it takes determination and commitment on your behalf. When it goes well, we have achieved that together, and the part you played in it is a real one.
All you need is an open mind, to be able to follow simple instructions and want the change for yourself, not because someone else wants the change.
Often it is not only about the one pattern
People come to me about one thing and we frequently find ourselves talking about sleep, or stress, or confidence, or a stretch of life that got very heavy, because these things rarely sit on their own.
I have worked in health and wellness for over thirty years and I work with the whole person rather than with one goal in isolation. If there is something else going on for you, bring it with you and we will look at it together.
If it is really Confidence Coaching in Newcastle you are after, there is one on that, and the wider coaching work has all of them.
About Brenda Faugere
Owner of Holistic Health Hypnotherapy
- 30 Years Experience in Wellness Industry
- Clinical Hypnotherapist
- Certified NLP Practitioner
- Certified Reiki Practitioner
- Certified Weight Management Coach (Virtual Gastric Band Surgery)
- Certified Quit Smoking Specialist
I see people one to one, in my own rooms at Lambton. My diploma covered clinical hypnotherapy, NLP, life coaching and counselling modules, as well as trauma therapy, EMDR and psychotherapy and I have spent over thirty years in health and wellness. I am not a psychologist or a counsellor, and where your doctor is the right person I will tell you so.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to know anything about NLP before I come?
Not a thing. Explaining what we are doing as we go is part of the session.
Is this hypnotherapy or coaching?
Both, and I would not separate them for you. Which one leads depends on what we find in the first appointment.
How many sessions will I need?
Three or four for most people I see for this. We talk about that at your consultation rather than committing you to a number up front.
Are you actually qualified in it?
Yes. I am a certified NLP practitioner, and my hypnotherapy diploma covered NLP as well.
Will I lose control or say something I would rather keep to myself?
You remain fully aware and in control the whole time. You hear everything, you can speak, and you can bring yourself out of it whenever you like.
Can this help with work situations?
It can, and a good deal of what I see is about how somebody handles one particular room or one particular person.
Where are your rooms?
Suite 5, 115 Elder Street, Lambton NSW 2299, and I also see people at Tea Gardens.
Is hypnotherapy covered by Medicare?
No. Medicare doesn't cover hypnotherapy, and it can't be claimed on a Mental Health Treatment Plan. Whether your private health fund pays anything back depends on your fund and your extras cover, so it's worth checking with them before you book. If you'd like to talk it through first, book a free phone call with me.
Where to read more
These are independent Australian health and professional bodies. They are not connected to this practice and they do not endorse it.
Get in touch with me
The consultation is free. Pick a time in my calendar and tell me where you are up to, and if I do not think I can help you I will say so.
Book your free phone call
Pick a day and time that suits you, and I will call you then.