Customer Testimonials

(all testimonials are available to view in my therapy room.  Either in hard copy in my "testimonial book" or by viewing copies of e-mails sent to me)

Customer Testimonial - Weight loss (30.01.12)

Sessions with Leigh have had a huge impact on my life.

I came for weight loss but found that I have been able to prioritise all aspects of my life.

I am eating better now than I have ever done and I know that this change will be for life, not like other "diet crazes".

Thank you Leigh

Ru

Customer Testimonial - Panic/anxiety (26/01/12)

Leigh has helped me deal with anxiety and panic attacks.  She is a very warm and friendly individual and I thoroughly enjoyed our sessions.

As long as you are prepared to help yourself and complete any tasks provided, I have no doubt Leigh can help you overcome any issues you may be facing.

Leigh has provided me with resources and CD's so my treatment can continue after my sessions have finished, which is great!

Thank you for helping me.

James

Customer Testimonial - Smoking Cessation  (25/1/12)

Not sure if I missed a call from you recently but I was calling you to let you know I had actually stopped smoking! I am now on day 30!

Lindsay

Customer Testimonial - Fear of the Dentist (20/01/12)

Just to let you know I have been to the dentist today after a very long wait,

I got a little jittery so I popped my headphones in and listened to the CD you gave me, then I was fine, nothing wrong with the teeth did not even need treatment after all that, just a deep clean.

Thank you so much for your help I will continue to listen every time I go.

 Thank you thank you thank you.

 Tsai 

Customer Testimonial - Smoking Cessation  (24/11/11)

It made me feel cool at the age of 16, smoking my way through those first few packets of cigarettes, friends and family trying to warn me of what lay on the path ahead. Wish I listened and never lit those first cigarettes. I’m 31 now, and after around 6 years of attempts, using almost every different method available to find my way out of the nicotine trap,  such as patches, gum, micro tabs, prescribed champix tablets, Allen Carr’s ‘Easy way’, good old will power, nothing seemed to stick.

 Then I decided to try Hypnotherapy, looked online and found Leigh’s site. After filling in a few simple forms and emailing them back to her so she could make a plan, I was at the hands of a real expert in their field. The whole experience was very comfortable, and her plan with hypnosis was I thought, very clever indeed. Stopped smoking in an instant, and looked forward and enjoyed breaking free with little to no withdrawal symptoms.

 I’ve now been a non-smoker for around 10 weeks, confidently knowing I’ll never touch another cigarette again. I therefore without hesitation recommend Leigh to anyone who really wants to quit smoking.

 Dale 

Customer Testimonial - Coke Cola addiction (14/11/11)

I just wants to give you an update how it's going for me so far .

After I left on a Monday my mind kept rebelling and I did have coke for lunch and dinner but on Tuesday and onwards I had no issues at all.  Today it will be a week exactly and I have not had coke and neither have I had the urge.

Thanks
Sap

Customer Testimonial - Panic/anxiety (1/11/11)

After six sessions I feel much more able to face situations that I would have previously avoided.  It's getting over the first high hurdle that's difficult, but now I am on the right path to do more.  I am looking forward to a future of many possibilities.

Thanks so much

Anna

Customer Testimonial - Hypnogastricband (7/10/11)

Since seeing Leigh my life has changed....I'm enjoying it!

I'm eating what I need, not what I want; sleeping all night; exercising more.

I know now that losing weight was part of what I needed to do.

I'm now forward thinking and looking forward to what the future brings.

Thank you Leigh

Janet

Customer Testimonial - Smoking Cessation  (25/09/11)

It is almost 6 weeks now since I had a cigarette following my visit to Set Your Mind Free Hypnotherapy.  After chatting with Leigh and her asking me some probing questions about my reasons for quitting, I had a lightbulb moment when I recognised my main reason for stopping was to see my Grandson grow up.  It's not been a "walk in the park" - changing habits never is, but I have now saved over £200 which I am investing in Premium Bonds so I can see the money mounting up and have a chance of a big win.

Thank you again,  I do feel much better for giving up and have a pot of money growing by the day. :o)

Wendy 

Customer Testimonial - Smoking Cessation  (03/09/11)

I came to see Leigh for quitting smoking on the 5th February this year.  I became a non smoker the minute I left her therapy room and I am pleased to report that 7 months later I have still not touched a cigarette and that is in spite of other people around me continuing to smoke.  I know that I am a non smoker now for life and that I will live to see my Grandchildren grow up.  Thank you Leigh you have prolonged my life.

Gary

Customer Testimonial - Hypnodieting (11/8/11)

In February 2011, I was extremely unhappy, overweight, lethargic very unhealthy, and mentally unable to start a diet.  Every night, I would go to bed and promise myself that the next day, I would diet.  Over and over in my head I would promise myself, tomorrow, I will be able to do it tomorrow.

The tomorrows never came, because the enormity of what I needed to loose (I was nearly 18 stone) always put me off me before I even started.  My frustration was even more compounded because I had lost weight before, 3 stone in fact with Weight watchers, but once I stopped dieting, over a very short time had piled the weight I had lost and much more.

Then one Sunday morning Leigh Adley’s glossy advertisement, popped through my letterbox.  I read it and the very next morning sent her an e mail.  Almost immediately we were talking, she invited me in to come and chat with her to see if Hypnodieting would work for me and I told her, “lets just get started”.

I was amazed at Leigh’s professionalism, the fact that we spent a lot of time, going through my eating habits – yes I was truthful – and my illnesses.  I was honestly as disbelieving as anyone that she would be able to change the habits of a lifetime.

Leigh was quickly able to identify that my problem was I had a massive sugar addiction; I was constantly grazing on everything bad for me.  She told me she would work with me on that and she did.  I left her on that first day and thought, was that it?  This is never going to work.

But it did, I can truthfully say, from that very first session, I have never knowingly eaten chocolate, or sweets, or biscuits.  I learnt what foods are best for me, and how to resist foods that are not.  Now I do not even have to think about it, I automatically reject any food that I think is not good.  I take time to prepare beautiful meals, I enjoy a more varied range of foods and I am never ever hungry.

To date I have lost 52lbs – that is nearly 4 stone. I even lost weight on a cruise.

This is not just a diet, it is a complete change of life and boy has my life changed, I look great, I feel great, I love the way I look.  I am happy, confident, and healthy, my blood pressure has tumbled, and my cholesterol is low.  I look ten years younger, I feel 20 years younger.  I am happy throwing out the fat person’s clothes, because I know I now have the control to say NO to myself.  I am never ever going back to being that sad person. 

I am not where I want to be yet, but I can truthfully say, I am on the way and I know I will get there. 

I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Leigh, she is absolutely brilliant.

Jill

Customer Testimonial - Dystonia (involuntary muscle spasm) (1/8/11)

Hello Leigh

I had an appointment with you on Friday 20 May for help with my dystonia.

I listen to your tape every night and it really does seem to have helped.  

The neck still pulls to the right hand side a little but listening to your tape does relax things and it is much more bearable.  I can sleep a lot better. And the best thing is that when I do wake up I can lie still with my neck relaxed and it feels lovely.

So thank you for your help 

Julie

UPDATE OF Customer Testimonial - Hypnodieting (14/7/11)

Peter wrote me an update to his original testimonial on May 15th  (see below) as follows:

A short note to let you know we returned from the Norway cruise at the weekend. The dreaded dinner jacket buttoned properly at the outset of the cruise and the really good news is that it did just the same on the night of the farewell dinner.

 I kept as active as I could whilst we were away, circling the prom deck twelve times each day and never using the ship's lifts. When I returned home I weighed around two pounds more than when I left, which considering that they throw food at you morning noon and night on cruise ships is pretty good, I think.

 And the really good news this morning was that after my walk I weighed just eleven stones dead!

 I cannot remember when I was as light as this - my guess is that it would be around the time I left school. As you know I had just about despaired of ever losing weight significantly again. Now I feel I really can look forward to being in permanent control of my weight and never needing to diet again.

 An amazing change, and one for which I shall always be incredibly grateful. Many thanks again for all the help you gave me. 

Peter

Customer Testimonial - Hypnogastricband (15/7/11)

After trying most commercial diets and failing - I decided to give hypno a try.  I was eating up to 6 packets of crips a day.  From my first session with Leigh I have not touched a single packet.  Leigh has helped re-educate my eating habits.  I no longer pick between meals on unhealthy fatty food.

I have a long way to go but for the first time I am positive I will reach my goal and be able to maintain it.

Sue

Customer Testimonial - Hypnogastricband (26/6/11)

I fell into the same cycle of diets with little real success.  My initial thought on hypnosis was it was just another "thing to try".  To my surprise I have lost some real weight and unlike before, feel more confident to make this work.

The sessions have boosted my own will power to avoid sweets, fatty food and take-aways.  I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Georgina

Customer Testimonial - Fear of Flying (29/5/11)

Went to Leigh for my fear of flying which was getting worse as I get older and with having a 21 month year old son I thought it was time to deal with the problem head on so it doesn't get passed onto him. I found Leigh via her website and am so pleased I did as after 4 sessions I managed flights to the Caribbean recently with no drugs from the doctor, no alcohol and having no panic attacks. Hooray!

Thanks so much Leigh-I think you've changed my life :-)

Lindsay 

Customer Testimonial - Hypnodieting (11/5/11)

As a retired GP with a chronic weight problem I felt I knew everything about dieting and losing weight. However I had dieted so frequently over so many years that I had finally lost the will to start all over again. Try as I would I could not seriously address the problem.

I came to Leigh hoping she would be able to give me the will power to resume dieting. In fact she did very much more than that.

Her method is to act as a friendly advisor, making simple and easy suggestions as to how the diet can be changed without suffering hunger and how the lifestyle can be altered to effect gradual but sustained weight loss.

The hypnosis seems almost to be secondary to the advice and encouragement, although in truth it is much more than that. To my surprise I found that I rapidly regained the will to bring my eating under control; the difference this time was that it was not difficult. Using Leigh’s method there was no hunger, no headaches and no irritability. I quickly established a routine which was based upon my lifestyle choices and I found I could maintain it.

I am now lighter than I have been in years and the benefits of the lifestyle changes are considerable. In particular my mobility and agility are greatly improved; my breathing is easier and persistent indigestion has almost completely cleared up.

Finally and most important I feel that I shall be able to maintain my new weight. I have been given techniques to use to help me do this should I need them, and I know I can always ask Leigh for further help should I need to do so. I unreservedly recommend Leigh and “Set Your Mind Free” to anyone who needs help controlling their weight. 

Peter

Customer Testimonial- Depression (9/4/11)

Leigh has given me a variety of techniques that I have been able to practise myself, and that have enabled me to start living the kind of life I thought had been lost forever.

I wake up every morning with an optimism for the future and confidence that I am getting     better everyday.  These are not small things, they are life-changing.  I am calm, settled, relaxed and feel able to face new challenges.  These gifts are precious - thank you, Leigh!

Angela

Customer Testimonial - Hypnogastricband (26/3/11)

Since I came to see Leigh last October I have shed 3 stone and 3 lbs, and lost 6 inches from each of my bust, waist and hips.  My blood presure which was so high I had to take tablets is now almost normal and I have been advised that I may be able to reduce the tablets in the next couple of months and eventually cease having to take them completely if it continues to be at this level.

I have so much more energy now and can get up and down the stairs more easily, as well as play with my grandchildren without getting so tired.

The main advantage to this programme is that I  have now changed my eating habits and I am convinced that I will keep off the weight for life.

Alison

Customer Testimonial - Smoking Cessation  (26/2/11)

I stopped smoking in two sessions with Leigh and now I am a very proud non-smoker. I was so pleased with the ease at which I was able to stop that I have now booked further therapy for other lifestyle issues with Leigh.

I am a big believer in hypnotherapy and am living proof that it works!

Ruth

Customer Testimonial - Hypnodieting (26/2/11)

I cannot believe, how after years of yo-yo dieting, I now feel in control of food and the weight loss has been natural - no effort at all.  I am focused now to continue my weight loss and feel that I have changed my thinking through hypno-dieting so strongly that I will continue to lose weight and keep it off when I have reached my goal.

Thank you

Bev

Customer Testimonial - Hypnodieting & stop smoking (15/1/11)

Leigh's hypnotherapy has played such a key part in helping me to regain my focus and control in my weight loss goals.  I am now fully engaged in my exercise programme and forming healthy eating habits that are already showing results.  I have also previously been to Leigh for help to stop smoking and with great success. I highly recommend Leigh's hypnotherapy sessions.  Thank you Leigh.

Kerryn

Customer Testimonial - Hypnogastricband (15/1/11)

I came to see Leigh after years of trying the usual diets and after having put on 6 stone over the last 6 years!  For me, I couldn't control my cravings and used food as a reward if I was feeling down; upset or happy.

Over the last few weeks, I no longer have any cravings and recognise that food never solved any of my problems!  I eat half of what I used to and have already dropped a dress size.  I know that I can continue and keep going for the rest of my life.  The support Leigh provides is excellent and this really is the start of my new life!

Stacie

 Customer Testimonial - Hypnogastricband (12/1/11)

I came to Leigh at 11.7 stone and at the end of my tether.  I was unable to loose weight and my self esteem was at an all time low.  A few weeks later I am now one stone lighter and my confidence is just so much better.  She not only helped me loose weight, but other issues are now far more in control and my life feels like its finally getting back on track; as does my body.  I cannot give enough praise to her and thanks for the positive things I have achieved since coming to her.  Thank you Leigh you are a real life saver.

Lesley

 Customer Testimonial - Stop Smoking (29/10/10)

After smoking for over fifteen years and trying various methods to stop smoking, I can honestly say that hypnotherapy with Leigh was by far the most successful method I've tried, and in fact I have not smoked a cigarette since my final session almost 3 months ago, and I am extremely happy with the results and how I feel

Jonny

Customer Testimonial - Hypnogastricband (18.10.2010)

My journey up to now has included various diets, thought plans and a lot of DON'TS .  Doing hypnotherapy has enabled me to look through all the information and thoughts I have stored up and choose what is good and helpful for me.  It has enabled me to have control over my thoughts that include my feelings and it has created a ripple effect into the rest of my life.  I have a plan and now feel able to stick to it for my own wellbeing.  

This has been a very positive experience and I would encourage others to look after themselves by doing hypnotherapy.

Irmela

Customer Testimonial - Release of cravings (23.9.2010)

Since starting the Hypnodieting programme with Leigh I have completely lost my desire for sweet things and the "need" for bread.

A.B. Jones

Customer Testimonial - Follow up to Hypnodieting (16.9.2010)

I think it has been over 2 months now but the summer holidays were manic with the children and I am just getting caught up. Things are still going well with me, I have just passed the 30lbs lost mark which is fantastic. It is amazing how much better I feel and how much more I can do. 

Esther

Customer Testimonial - Fear of flying (10.9.2010)

I went to see Leigh, as I'd had a very bad experience whilst landing in an aeroplane. I was terrified of flying again. I had several therapy sessions and when I went on my next plane trip I was amazingly calm and controlled as I was before the bad experience and enjoyed the flight. I am looking forward to my next flight, not dreading it. I would reccommend anyone who has a fear of flying or any other phobia to try Leigh's services.

Annie

Customer Testimonial - Anxiety (6.9.2010)

I came to Leigh for treating my anxiety. I found Leigh's Hypnotherapy extremely effective with treating my condition. By the second session I noticed a marked difference and I think the CD she gave that accompanied the session was excellent. Leigh is understanding and the session is very relaxed. I recommend her services without hesitation.

David

 
Customer Testimonial - Stress/lack of self esteem (23.7.2010)

Leigh made me feel very welcome and relaxed, she helped me overcome my fears about hypnotism and I felt extremely comfortable in trusting her expertise. I have spent years working on self development and although I have made great progress still suffered from some buried deep negative beliefs. After just 2 sessions I feel like a key has been turned in my mind, greatly improving my self esteem and confidence and helping to unlock my full potential. I am now able to calm my panicky thoughts right down and feel confident on a consistent basis. What a marvellous feeling, thank you Leigh you have changed my life!

Jo

Customer Testimonial - Smoking Cessation (10.6.2010)

When I visited Leigh I was a little hesitant at first. I had heard good things but perhaps a little skeptical.

I got a lot out of the first session but the second session was totally not what I expected and had a profound effect on me. Quitting smoking all of a sudden instead being a stressful process instead became something that was logical and I actually didn't find it tooo hard.

Since our sessions I have smoked no more than 3 cigarettes total and each of those has been when I was fairly drunk!

I had two sessions at a total cost of £150 and I have easily saved this already. Leigh offers a money back guarantee too so a really great deal and 100% worth it. I am now training for a marathan something I wouldn't have dreamed of 1 year ago, so thanks Leigh. I never write testimonials but felt this was certainly deserved

Ben

Customer Testimonial - Weight Loss (29.5.2010)

Over the last six weeks Leigh has helped me overcome problems with emotional eating and even stress and confidence issues.

I now eat more conscientiously;  no longer binging or eating to overcome anxiety or deal with stress and I’ve learnt that overeating does not solve my problems or make problems/anxieties disappear.

I’m eating sensibly, making good healthy food choices and no longer bingeing on sugary foods. I NO LONGER CRAVE CHOCOLATE ALL THE TIME!

I have had issues with my weight and size for years, constantly losing and regaining weight.  For the first time I now feel in control and know that Leigh has put me on the road to success in achieving my health and life goals!

I would recommend Leigh to anyone that has issues with their eating habits – emotional or otherwise.

She is a fantastic listener and mentor.

Thank you so much!

Julia

Customer Testimonial - Weight Loss (28.5.2010)

From my first contact with Leigh by e-mail I felt reassured that she understood my goals and that the programme could be about me and what I wanted to achieve.

I have tried many times to ‘diet’ and be more healthy, but it always got pushed aside when the stresses got in first.

I really don’t feel I’ve been/am on a diet, yet I’ve lost weight, do lots more exercise and am really proud of myself.  So it really is a lifestyle change for ever.

I do believe it’s worth the money (even my husband does as we have changed so much).

I really enjoy thinking about my goal and dreamboard, it is very relaxing and reminds me why I am doing this and distresses me.

Thank you so much Leigh – I know it sounds corny, but you could honestly say you have saved my life.

Thank you

Jane