Edith Chislett
HypnoCBT Therapist“Hi, I’m Edith. Before we talk about what you want to change, I want to understand what it’s like to be you. There’s always more to the story than what’s on your plate.”
I knew the food rules. I didn’t understand my own eating.
I could tell you what I was supposed to eat. Knowing that didn’t explain why I reached for something else.
For years, I kept looking for the answer in the next diet. A different set of rules. A fresh burst of determination. Preferably starting on a Monday.
What I hadn’t understood was why I’d always overeaten. The heart attack prompted me to look at that question, alongside the practical changes rehabilitation required.
I began my Hypno-CBT diploma six weeks later. I wanted to understand more than what to put on my plate.
Change was already central to my working life. I’d spent 20 years in communications, specialising in organisational change: helping people make sense of what was happening and what it meant for them.
Today, that work is more personal.
You might arrive wanting to lose weight. I want to understand what happens between deciding what you’ll eat and finding yourself doing something different. What your days are like. Where food fits. What you’ve tried, and what you’re tired of trying.
Because there’s a person behind the eating pattern. That’s who I work with.
What happens when we work together?
We’ll get curious about how it started
Were you always told to clear your plate? Given something sweet when you were upset? Perhaps food became your way to switch off later in life. We’ll look at YOUR story, rather than assume we know why.
You don’t have to leave that bit out
The biscuits in the car. The second helping nobody saw. The “I’ll start tomorrow” conversation you’ve had with yourself a hundred times. You can tell me. I’m here to understand, not tell you off.
We’ll work with the life you have
Work runs late. Someone needs feeding. You’re tired. Whatever we work on needs to make sense on those days too. And if something doesn’t fit, say so. We’ll work it out together.
Pause. Choice. Consistency.
You know that moment when you realise you’re eating something you don’t remember deciding to have? That’s the kind of moment we work with. I combine hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy with coaching, NLP and acting-based embodiment—practising how a different response might feel, rather than only talking about it.
The aim is room to pause, notice what’s happening and choose what you do next. Then we work on consistency: practising those choices on an ordinary Wednesday, when you’re tired and nobody’s made dinner. It isn’t about getting every choice “right”. It’s about learning what helps you, coming back to it and carrying on after a difficult day.
