Welcome to Tim Thornton
Hypnotherapy Sydney -
Create Lasting Change
I offer clinical hypnotherapy and psychotherapy in a safe and supportive environment. I’ve worked as a clinical hypnotherapist for nearly 20 years, facilitating clients and exploring practical strategies for challenges such as stress and anxiety, sleep issues, body-focused repetitive behaviour therapy, addictions, confidence and self-esteem issues.
Who can Tim Thornton Hypnotherapy Sydney help?
Everyone has their own reasons for considering hypnotherapy. For many, they’ve tried everything else; it’s the last resort to deal with their issues. Please take a look below at the more common issues I can help with.
There are three prerequisites for hypnotherapy to work well: first, to be ready and want the change; second, to be doing it for oneself, not at the behest of another person. And third, to be committed and take responsibility for achieving your goal, because the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too, and the therapy works very well for most people.
Quit Smoking
Quit Smoking Hypnosis with Tim Thornton offers a fast, effective, and supportive approach to becoming smoke-free for good. Using proven hypnotherapy techniques, sessions are designed to reduce nicotine cravings, ease stress levels, and help change the habits linked to smoking.
Most clients achieve results in just one session, with ongoing support resources provided for 30 days, plus a backup session included for added confidence and reassurance (see Terms & Conditions).
Weight Loss
Virtual Gastric Band (VGB) Weight Loss Hypnotherapy helps retrain the mind and naturally change eating patterns without surgery or medication. This safe, healthy, and effective approach uses clinical hypnosis techniques to support portion control, reduce cravings, and create a more positive relationship with food.
Designed to encourage long-term lifestyle changes, VGB hypnotherapy supports sustainable weight loss while helping clients build healthier habits and lasting results.
Stress & Anxiety
Discover what truly works with anxiety hypnotherapy designed to help you feel calm, confident, and back in control. Through guided clinical hypnotherapy, underlying triggers and emotional patterns are explored and processed in a safe and supportive way.
By addressing the root causes of anxiety, hypnotherapy can help reduce overwhelm, improve emotional wellbeing, and create lasting positive change — allowing you to move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and a better quality of life.
Confidence & self-esteem
Struggling with self-doubt, imposter syndrome, or feelings of not being good enough? Clinical hypnotherapy can help uncover the underlying causes of negative thought patterns and limiting beliefs that may be holding you back.
By working with the subconscious mind, hypnotherapy helps reframe old behaviours, build self-confidence, and create positive lasting change. Gain greater clarity, self-belief, and the confidence to achieve your full potential both personally and professionally.
Sleep & Insomia
Improve your sleep naturally with clinical hypnosis designed to help break the cycle of poor sleep patterns and restless nights. Sleep hypnotherapy helps calm the mind, reduce stress, and encourage deep relaxation so you can unwind more easily and enjoy better quality sleep.
By creating healthier sleep habits and promoting emotional balance, hypnosis can help you wake feeling refreshed, focused, and ready to perform at your full potential throughout the day.
Addictions
Struggling with sugar cravings, gambling, pornography, alcohol, or cannabis dependency? Tim Thornton provides professional hypnotherapy designed to help you regain control and create lasting behavioural change.
By identifying and addressing the underlying causes of addictive habits, clinical hypnosis can help reduce compulsive behaviours, strengthen self-control, and support healthier coping strategies. Break free from negative patterns and move forward with greater confidence, balance, and the freedom to live your best life.
Phobias
Phobias and fears can have a significant impact on daily life, affecting confidence, relationships, work, and overall wellbeing. Clinical hypnotherapy helps identify and address the underlying causes of phobias, fears, and negative thought patterns in a safe and supportive way.
By working with the subconscious mind, hypnosis can help reduce emotional triggers, build resilience, and create calmer, more positive responses. Feel more confident, cope better in everyday situations, and regain the freedom to live life to its fullest.
Hypno Coaching
Success coaching is designed to help you achieve your goals faster, whether you want to start your own business, accelerate your career, improve performance, or increase your income. Through professional coaching and mindset strategies, you can gain greater clarity, confidence, and direction to create meaningful personal and professional growth.
By identifying and overcoming limiting beliefs and behaviours that may be holding you back, success coaching empowers you to unlock your full potential, take action with confidence, and become the best version of yourself.
Other therapies
Improve your sleep naturally with clinical hypnosis designed to help break the cycle of poor sleep patterns and restless nights. Sleep hypnotherapy helps calm the mind, reduce stress, and encourage deep relaxation so you can unwind more easily and enjoy better quality sleep.
By creating healthier sleep habits and promoting emotional balance, hypnosis can help you wake feeling refreshed, focused, and ready to perform at your full potential throughout the day.
Remote / Online Options
Tim Thornton also offers professional online hypnotherapy sessions, providing a convenient and effective option for clients across Australia and overseas. Remote sessions follow the same proven structure as in-person appointments and are ideal for those who are unable to travel or prefer the comfort and privacy of their own home.
All you need is a quiet space, a stable internet connection, and a device with audio and video capability. Online hypnotherapy is designed to deliver the same supportive, personalised experience while helping you achieve meaningful and lasting results.
Hypno Constellations
Tim Thornton supports clients in recognising and releasing protective patterns and coping mechanisms developed during childhood that may once have been necessary, but now limit personal growth and emotional wellbeing in adulthood.
Through compassionate therapeutic work, clients are guided to better understand and reconnect with their younger parts, helping create greater self-awareness, emotional balance, and healing in the present moment.
By restoring healthier systemic order within the family dynamic, this approach can also help uncover and resolve intergenerational patterns and behaviours passed down through generations — creating the opportunity for lasting personal transformation, healthier relationships, and greater emotional freedom.
What you can expect from Tim Thornton Hypnotherapy
Experience that speaks for itself
Since 2006, I’ve worked with people from all walks of life in Sydney and online. This experience has shaped a practical, grounded approach that responds to each person’s needs.
A broad range of therapeutic approaches
No two clients are the same, which is why I draw on a variety of methods, including clinical hypnotherapy, NLP, and psychotherapy. This flexible approach allows us to explore challenges from different angles and find strategies that feel meaningful and relevant to you.
Qualified in Rapid Core Healing techniques
Rapid Core Healing is a modern approach that works with the subconscious mind. It helps move beyond surface struggles to explore deeper patterns, giving clients the chance to create more lasting change than is often possible with talk therapies alone.
Looking beyond the surface
Real change often starts by understanding what sits beneath the patterns we notice day to day. In our work together, we look beyond surface struggles to explore the beliefs, experiences, and protective responses that may be shaping your life.
Ongoing learning and growth
Over the years, I’ve trained with internationally recognised teachers and facilitators, continually building on my knowledge to provide clients with the benefits of both experience and fresh insight.
Our hypnotherapy process
Step one
BOOK A TIME
You can choose to book a session online or arrange a free 20-minute phone consultation. This first step provides an opportunity to ask questions and decide whether hypnotherapy is the right path for you.
Step Two
YOUR FIRST SESSION
In our first session, we’ll take some time to talk about what’s brought you here and the changes you’d like to see. Once you feel comfortable, we can start the hypnosis, and I’ll guide you into a relaxed, focused state. This is a natural experience that many people find calming and pleasant.
Step Three
EXPLORING PATTERNS
As we work together, we’ll look at the thoughts, habits, or past experiences that may be shaping your current challenges. Through hypnotherapy and psychotherapy approaches, you’ll have the opportunity to reflect, gain insight, release past trauma and begin new ways of responding.
Step fOUR
ONGOING SUPPORT
Change is a process, so between sessions you’ll receive resources and strategies you can use in daily life. Follow-up sessions are available in Sydney or online, providing you with continued support as you build on your progress at a pace that suits you.
Frequently asked questions
It’s natural to have questions before starting hypnotherapy. Find answers to some of the most common questions we get at Tim Thornton Hypnotherapy.
How does it feel to be hypnotised?
We encounter the phenomenon of “trance” almost daily. The hypnotic trance is a natural state of consciousness. We’ve all experienced “everyday trances”, for example, during a long night drive or when we watch a great movie.
There is also an active trance state, like the so-called runner’s high, while jogging or in connection with dance and music. During hypnotherapy, the client is induced into the trance state, which enables the therapist to make direct communication with the subconscious part of the mind.
Will I lose control during hypnosis?
No, it is quite the opposite! You even gain control, because you can access resources from your subconscious mind in a trance that are otherwise not accessible to you.
Am I unconscious during a hypnosis session?
No, in hypnosis, you don’t lose consciousness under any circumstances. And the feeling of trance is in no way comparable to fainting. Depending on the depth of trance, it is even possible – and quite desirable in the context of a therapy – that you’re aware of every word being said and feel fully present.
What can I do to contribute to the success of a session?
To make lasting changes under hypnosis means teamwork. Only if you are willing to get involved in the hypnosis techniques will we achieve success. I will provide you with various exercises and techniques to practice during and after your hypnotherapy program. This commitment on your part is critical to your success.
In the course of a session, it is of great advantage if you previously as accurate as possible observe the triggers of smoking.
How long does the effect of hypnosis last, and will I revert to my old patterns?
A post-hypnotic suggestion can often persist for years without refreshing its effect. Some behaviour patterns can be reinforced by repeated sessions, while some suggestions only require a refresher after a long time. Experience indicates that for smoking, the behaviour patterns can be eliminated very fast and forever.
Is the state of trance perceived as such?
While you are in the trance state, you are aware of it, and if specific suggestions are made, for example, “Your body is feeling warm and heavy”, you’ll actually experience the sensations. The experience of trance is relaxing and pleasant, plus the more sessions you have, the deeper you can go!
Ready to take the next step?
Whether you’re curious about hypnotherapy or already know what you’d like to work on, Tim Thornton Hypnotherapy offers a supportive space to begin. With in-person sessions in Sydney and flexible online options, you can start from wherever you are.