(Lesbian – Gay – Bi-Sexual – Transgender – Queer – Intersex)
How we form, develop and maintain relationship with ourselves and others relies on different dynamics, behaviours and beliefs, many of which are formed during childhood, through life experiences and often remains unchanged as we transition into the life of an adult.
Our deeply-held beliefs around love, sex and relationships are how our brains have become wired and our outdated beliefs and a flawed approach to self-love can often lead to negative issues and behaviours relating to love, sexuality, pleasure and ultimately impacting relations with self and others.
A person’s sexual orientation or gender identity may not always be the reason for distress. Individuals often find the social stigma is a source of stress or anxiety, therefore impacting our ability to communicate freely, our confidence around others, feeling inferior, not good enough and so much more.
I grew up in a conservative family, in a small coastal town. A place where exposure to certain ways of life, was either not seen, or not heard of or not even spoken about.
Many of us go through so many things as a child, but we keep our feelings, our thoughts and emotions to ourselves – buried deep down where no one can ridicule them. This was my journey – and in keeping my feelings and thoughts to myself, I started to feel utterly and completely alone – isolated and far removed from the community I found myself in. I just was never allowed to be myself, or so it felt to me.
Young Daniel worked hard to ‘fit-in’ – participating in all activities inside and outside the school environment – all working towards helping him to feel accepted, wanted, needed or connected. Friendships were hard to cultivate – and books, studying, television, amongst other things filled the void in my younger self’s life.
I never thought that I could do things differently – and in my community we weren’t encouraged to think out of the box. We were in fact taught that this is life – it’s hard – and you must just pull up your sleeves and get on with it. We were taught that you only achieved something in life if you worked hard and this ethos would later govern my life.
How can I help?
Changing entrenched negative or outdated beliefs can be difficult because we are emotionally tied to them and they form the default setting we revert to when we’re faced with a challenging experience or relationship and we need to find a way to cope. Shutting down, walking away, turning our back, conflict, fighting, may be just some of those default coping mechanism we default into.
I work with individuals who would like to explore love, intimacy and dysfunction to reconnect and restore balance for a more fulfilling relationships with self and others.
During our sessions, we will explore feelings, thoughts and behaviours helping you talk openly about your sexual identity, self-love and self-care. By using hypnotherapy, I help you uncover and dissolve subconscious blocks to create new feelings, thoughts and behaviours, leading to deep transformation in the areas of self-love, relationships and sexuality.
I offer a confidential and safe space for you to explore and understand your own blueprint for love and relationships.