Blushing Hypnotherapy in London
Hello, I’m Susannah. I am a fully qualified clinical hypnotherapist and coach with over 22 years of experience, specialising in hypnotherapy for blushing.
Working across London and online, I use a combination of NLP, coaching and blushing hypnotherapy. I have been awarded the Senior Qualification of Hypnotherapy Practice (SQHP) from the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (GHSC), and the HPD from the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH). If you would like to learn how to stop blushing with hypnotherapy and explore how this approach can work for you, please get in touch.
Blushing is a natural response. Most people blush from time to time. For some, though, it becomes so frequent it can affect daily life. Your face, neck or chest may flush bright red in situations where you feel exposed, put on the spot or even when nothing particularly “bad” has happened. The more you worry about it, the more it tends to happen.
You may notice yourself blushing when you have to speak in a group, meet new people, answer questions at work or become the focus of attention. Some people blush when they receive a compliment, make a small mistake or even when talking on the phone. Over time, this can lead to increased self consciousness and social anxiety, causing you to dread social situations, avoid eye contact, or stay quiet in meetings.
I have a specialist interest in clinical hypnosis for blushing, having worked with children and adults both within the NHS and in private practice. To find a lasting solution, we need to address the subconscious factors that drive this overreactive fear response. I combine clinical hypnosis with NLP and coaching to work with the root of the problem. Blushing hypnotherapy also known as erubescence hypnotherapy can help you let go of the limiting beliefs that fuel the fear and anxiety around blushing, and retrain your mind to respond calmly, building your confidence and self belief.
If you would like to learn more about my Stop Blushing Hypnosis programme, get in touch.
Common Reasons to Seek Hypnotherapy for Blushing:
- Facial flushing during conversations or when attention is on you
- Blushing when speaking in meetings or presentations
- Going red when put on the spot or asked a question
- Flushing when meeting new people or in social situations
- Blushing when receiving compliments or praise
- Feeling your face heat up when embarrassed or self-conscious
- Avoiding situations where you might blush
- Constantly checking your face for signs of redness
- The fear of blushing making you blush more
- Feeling that blushing is holding you back at work or socially
Susannah Saunders
Hello, my name is Susannah. I am a clinical hypnotherapist and life coach in London with over 20 years of experience helping people to enjoy a happier, more fulfilling life. Get in touch to find out more or book an appointment in London today.
NLP, Coaching and Hypnotherapy for Blushing
Blushing hypnotherapy works by changing the way your nervous system responds to situations. When you’ve spent years worrying about blushing and trying to suppress it, your brain starts treating certain situations as threatening. This triggers your stress response, which dilates the blood vessels in your face and neck, causing the redness you’re trying so hard to avoid.
The frustrating thing is that worrying about blushing can actually cause you to blush. Your subconscious mind, in its attempt to keep you safe, ends up triggering the very response you dread. This is why telling yourself to calm down or trying to think your way out of it doesn’t work. The response is happening automatically, below your conscious awareness.
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Hypnosis for blushing helps by working directly with your subconscious to rewire this oversensitive response. In a relaxed, focused state, we can help your brain learn that these situations don’t require an urgent reaction. There’s no danger so there’s no need to blush.
In the first session, we’ll talk through your specific triggers and how you would like things to be different. I will then guide you into hypnosis, where we will rewire those misguided fear signals and retrain your mind to respond calmly and confidently.
Every blushing hypnosis plan is tailored to your needs and goals. I usually work with clients for around 3 to 4 sessions, and you can schedule these at a pace that suits you.
Blushing Hypnotherapy and Coaching Can Help You:
- Get to the root cause of your blushing response
- Rewire the automatic fear that triggers flushing
- Feel more relaxed when attention is on you
- Speak up in meetings without worrying about going red
- Stop checking your face for signs of blushing
- Break the cycle of anticipating blushing
- Feel more confident in social and professional situations
- Let go of avoidance behaviours
- Enjoy and participate in conversations
How Blushing Hypnosis Works
Hypnosis itself is a lovely deep relaxed state of focused attention, which allows us to bypass the critical conscious mind and access the unconscious where deep-seated fear patterns and memories are stored. If you have experienced awkward or embarrassing moments linked to blushing in the past, these experiences can be stored in your brain as evidence that these kinds of situations are a potential threat, triggering the same response over and over again.
Hypnosis for blushing can help your subconscious reprocess these situations and alter the ingrained emotional responses associated with them. This process works through several psychological mechanisms:
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- Memory Reconsolidation: During blushing hypnosis, negative memories become temporarily malleable. This enables us to disconnect the intense emotional charge from the event so that it can be filed away as a narrative memory rather than an emotional one.
- Neuroplasticity: The process helps create new neural pathways in the brain that compete with the old fear response. Repeated mental rehearsal of positive outcomes strengthens these new pathways, effectively retraining the brain’s alarm system (the amygdala).
- Counterconditioning: By pairing the previously feared situation with new feelings of relaxation and safety, the brain gradually unlearns the fear response.
- Cognitive Restructuring: Blushing hypnotherapy helps challenge and replace negative, irrational thought patterns and beliefs with more positive, rational ones.
This combination of body‑level and mind‑level work is what makes hypnosis for blushing so effective for many people.
If you would like to find out how I can help, let's talk
The Science Behind Hypnotherapy for Blushing
Blushing is controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, the same system responsible for your fight-or-flight response. When your brain picks up on a threat, whether that’s being the centre of attention, receiving a compliment, or delivering a presentation, it triggers a release of stress hormones. These hormones cause the blood vessels in your face and neck to widen, bringing blood rushing to the surface and creating the visible flush.
This response would have been useful for our ancestors as a way of communicating within the group. But in modern life, it can create a sense of self-consciousness, making social situations feel even more threatening.
The problem is that once you’ve had a few embarrassing blushing episodes, your brain becomes hypervigilant. It starts looking out for potential triggers and preparing you to blush before anything has even happened. This anticipation creates a self-fulfilling prophecy: you worry about blushing, which activates your stress response, which causes you to blush.
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If you’ve been wondering how to stop blushing, the key is to work with the subconscious mind where this automatic response is created. Stop blushing hypnosis helps by calming the nervous system and helping your brain learn that these situations aren’t dangerous. Once your subconscious stops treating attention as a threat, the need to blush naturally disappears.
Symptoms and Impact of Problem Blushing
Problem blushing, sometimes referred to medically as erubescence, goes beyond the occasional flush that everyone experiences now and then. It can involve intense facial redness that spreads to your neck and chest, a burning sensation in your skin, and visible blotchiness that feels impossible to hide.
The physical symptoms are often accompanied with a racing heart, sweating, and a strong urge to get out of the situation. You might find your mind going blank or struggle to focus on what’s being said because you’re so preoccupied with your face.
The impact on everyday life can be significant. You might avoid speaking up at work, turn down social invitations, or make career and life choices based on what’s least likely to make you blush. Some people become skilled at deflecting attention, positioning themselves where they’re less visible, or using makeup, clothing or hairstyles to try to cover the redness.
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Over time, this avoidance can chip away at your confidence and severely impact your enjoyment of life. Erubescence hypnotherapy can help you break free from these patterns, so you can participate fully in life, feeling calm and in control.
What Causes Problem Blushing
For some people, excessive blushing can be traced back to a specific embarrassing moment. Perhaps being laughed at, called out in front of others, or made to feel ashamed in some way. For others, it develops more gradually, often alongside social anxiety or self-consciousness during the teenage years.
Personality can play a role too. People who are naturally sensitive, empathetic or very aware of how others perceive them may be more prone to blushing. There can also be a learned element: if you grew up in an environment where you felt scrutinised, criticised or not quite good enough, your nervous system may have become more reactive to social evaluation.
Whatever the original cause, the good news is that we don’t need to spend time analysing the past to help you move forward. Your brain can form new responses and unlearn the automatic blushing reaction. Blushing hypnosis works by helping your subconscious update these old patterns, so your nervous system can respond to social situations in a more settled, balanced way.
Is Blushing Hypnotherapy a Quick Fix?
The subconscious mind can respond quickly to positive suggestions, especially when it’s ready for change. Many clients notice a shift in how they feel about blushing after just one or two sessions. But if you’ve been struggling with blushing for years, those responses are well-practised. While we can start to change them quickly, it usually takes some repetition to fully retrain your nervous system and build lasting confidence.
That’s where regular hypnotherapy sessions and home practice come in. Between sessions, I’ll give you personalised recordings to listen to. This repetition helps reinforce the new responses until they start to feel normal. With consistent support, these changes can become second nature.
Most clients work with me for around 3 to 4 sessions, though some choose to continue a bit longer to fully bed in the changes and address any related confidence or social anxiety issues.
Stop Blushing Hypnosis in London & Online
My private London hypnotherapy practice was founded in 2003. I have been awarded the Senior Qualification of Hypnotherapy Practice (SQHP) from the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (GHSC) and the HPD from the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH).
For more information on how I use hypnotherapy, NLP and coaching to help you overcome blushing in my London hypnotherapy clinic or online, get in touch. We can talk through your particular triggers and concerns, and I can explain how I can help.
If you would like to find out how I can help, let's talk
FAQs
How many hypnotherapy sessions will I need for blushing?
Everyone is different, but I usually work with clients for around 3 to 4 sessions. Some people notice significant improvement quickly, while others benefit from additional sessions to fully bed in the changes and build long-term confidence.
How does hypnosis help with blushing?
Hypnosis for blushing works by settling the part of your nervous system that triggers the flush. It helps your subconscious mind learn that social situations are safe, so your body no longer needs to react and can instead stay calm. Over time, the automatic blushing response fades.
What does a blushing hypnotherapy session involve?
Each session begins with a conversation where we explore how you’ve been feeling and what situations are most challenging for you. I then guide you into a relaxed state and use positive suggestions and therapeutic techniques to help your subconscious let go of the fear response and create different reactions.
Is online hypnotherapy for blushing as effective as in-person?
While I can’t guarantee that you’ll never blush again, most clients experience a significant reduction in both how often they blush and how intense it feels. More importantly, the fear of blushing tends to reduce, which breaks the cycle that keeps the problem going. Many people find that once they stop worrying about blushing, it rarely happens.
Can hypnotherapy teach me how to stop blushing completely?
Yes. Many clients find they relax more easily in their own home, which can actually make the hypnosis more effective. All you need is a quiet, comfortable space and a good internet connection. Blushing hypnotherapy works best when you feel at ease.
What if I don’t know why I blush so easily?
That’s completely fine. Some people can pinpoint a clear trigger or past experience, while others can’t. Either way, we don’t need to analyse the past in detail to help you move forward. Blushing hypnosis works by changing your current automatic responses, regardless of how they originally started.
Will I lose control during hypnosis?
No. Hypnosis is simply a focused, relaxed state where your mind is more open to helpful suggestions. You’ll be in full control throughout the session and can open your eyes at any time if you want to. Most people describe it as a quiet, restful experience, a bit like daydreaming.
Can blushing hypnotherapy help with social anxiety too?
Yes. Blushing and social anxiety often go together. While we focus specifically on the blushing response with erubescence hypnotherapy, the techniques we use also help reduce general social anxiety and build overall confidence. If social anxiety is a significant part of what you’re experiencing, we can address both together.
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