Ruth Olayinka

BA Hons, NLP Prac, D Hyp, GQHP, GHR Reg.  Newcastle Hypnotherapist

Becoming a hypnotherapist, for me, was quite unexpected. You know when you meet someone new, and at the same time you feel you know them already - and as you begin to get to know them more you feel like you’ve known them all your life?   Well, that was a little bit like it was with me and hypnotherapy.

Before training as a hypnotherapist, I worked in the arts as a freelance theatre practitioner.  This role involved scriptwriting, facilitating workshops, storytelling, directing,  producing large and small scale performances and everything in between.

My work then absorbed and excited me and, importantly, I felt like I was genuinely making a difference.  However, In 2011, changing economic conditions meant that this career was no longer feasible and my search for a new role which could fulfil this same desire to ‘genuinely make a difference’ began.

As I began to leave the arts behind, I set off in my new direction which saw me qualify as an NLP Practitioner.  Around the same time, I personally quit a long term 20 a day smoking habit with the help of NLP and Hypnotherapy.  Boom!  One 90 minute session transformed me from hardened smoker to someone who used to smoke.

I’ve not had one cigarette since  – not one.  The truth is, I’d lost count of the number of times I’d attempted to quit in the past, and yet NLP and hypnotherapy epically succeeded where all other methods had failed.

I pushed forward with my training and achieved my Clinical Hypnotherapy and Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapy Diplomas in 2012.   I have also completed EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), EMI (Eye Movement Integration) and Hypnobirthing Practitioner training and am committed to increasing and developing my skills through ongoing further training.

Nowadays with 10 years experience as a clinical hypnotherapist, regardless of my 15 years background in theatre, I absolutely do not read from scripts.  Instead, I work intuitively, responding to my clients’ responses, combining my skills and utilising my background in theatre as a major influence.  Storytelling, improvisation, creativity and playfulness (yes, playfulness), I’ve learned, are all valuable skills in any hypnotherapists toolbox and are essential for me to help you to make the significant shifts you desire.

Being a Hypnotherapist fully absorbs and excites me whilst, at the same time, fulfilling a deep desire to ‘genuinely make a difference’.

Ruth Olayinka is a Newcastle Hypnotherapist specialising in Fertility Support, Specialised  Hypnobirthing and Resolving Natal Trauma covering Newcastle and Gateshead.  Online consultations also available.