About Debbie Barnes

I specialise in Hypnobirthing for a calm, relaxed and natural birth and I teach the fun and inspiring Wise Hippo Birthing Programme. I find working with Mums and Dads to be rewarding and sessions are fun and relaxed. It is wonderful to be able to show parents that child birth does not have to be painful and to give them the tools to go through labour in a calm, comfortable and relaxed way.

I am also a fully qualified Hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner and can help you to achieve what you want in your life, whether this is to become slimmer, happier and healthier by losing weight through the Hypno Gastric Band Programme, to Stop Smoking, to overcome Anxiety, Fears and Phobias, or to become more Motivated to focus on the goals and dreams. We will work together to help you to understand yourself and help you to change the behaviours that you no longer desire so that you can move forward positively in to the future and through your hypnotherapy sessions, make the changes necessary to create a happier, balanced and more successful life.

I use a unique combination of Hypnotherapy, NLP, Kinesiology and Teaching to help people. With this combination of skills my sessions usually last two hours and this gives me the ability to really help you to achieve your goals and dreams. With my help you can elicit solutions to problems, neutralise emotional stress, change behaviours and gain peace, clarity and direction and ultimately create the life you want to live.

At Daisy Hypnobirthing I teach The Wise Hippo Birthing Programme with the aim of giving you an empowered, positive birthing experience. The programme helps you to prepare mentally and emotionally and gives you the skills to birth calmly and confidently on the day. You are given information about pregnancy, labour and birth and shown techniques which are designed to reduce anxiety and increase your confidence so that you are inspired to create the calm, comfortable birth of your dreams.

My training, work experience and any achievement

I have been a teacher for many years and I have a passion for helping people and sorting out their problems. Through many years of training I now have a set of skills that can help you to achieve your goals. Whatever your issue, I will work with you to help you to change and release your old habits and fears and replace them with more positive and empowering behaviours. My teaching background has been very useful in the planning and running of my Hypnobirthing classes and has helped me to confidently present talks to local groups and to the Fibromyalgia Conference in March 2014.

I am a fully qualified and registered Hypnotherapist, Hypnobirthing Practitioner (Katharine Graves and The Wise Hippo trained) and NLP master practitioner. I am also a Reiki Master and use all of these skills plus Kinesiology to help you to have the best possible outcome from your sessions with me.

I a member of the British Institute of Hypnotherapy, the General Hypnotherapy Register, the Hypnobirthing Association and the Complementary and Natural health Care Council. I have a Diploma in Hypnotherapy (DipHyp), a General Qualification in Hypnotherapy Practice (GQHP) and a Diploma in Hypnobirthing (DipHb). A key element to my sessions is the use of Kinesiology (muscle testing) which I studied with La Rue Eppler, a Kinesiologist expert from Dallas and author of ’Your Essential Whisper’.

I constantly attend further training courses with trainers such as Roy Hunter, a successful hypnotherapist and author and Lorraine Gleeson from the Hampshire School of Hypnotherapy and I recently proof read her successful new book ‘ How to be a Hypnotherapist’.
I have also trained as a Hypnobirthing practitioner with Katharine Graves, she is a leading hypnobirthing teacher and founder of the Hypnobirthing Association, her training methods are taught internationally.I have also trained with The Wise Hippo Birthing Programme, a fun and innovative programme that reflects the needs of mothers to be to release their fears and happily move forward to a joyful, empowered birth.

Further Information

I live and work just south of Chichester and I am surrounded by beautiful countryside. I work from a purpose built consultation room above the garage (please let me know if you cannot manage stairs) and there is ample parking.

I have fairly flexible clinic times, which generally run from 10.00-7.30 pm Monday to Friday and 11.00-13.00pm on Saturday.

Most sessions will take about two hours and cost £65. Please note that most issues will require more than one session to resolve them.
Motivational sessions that can really help you to get to grip with your issues and sort them out quickly last 3-4 hours and cost £95.
Hypno Gastric Band four sessions cost £225 or £195 if paid in advance
Stop Smoking sessions cost £180 for two hours and a follow up session if needed.
Hypnobirthing courses cost £295 for four sessions plus £21 for the manual and MP3 downloads, the introductory session Relax, Breathe and Birth costs £25 (deductable from the full course price).