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Information about the Here To Listen Counselling, Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy and Supervision Service we offer.

About Us. Information about Sharon and Alan Shinwell.

Counselling. Is counselling for you? How does it work?  Information about our Counselling service, the model we use and other useful facts.

Our Location. Where in Manchester we are situated, including a map and directions.

Contact us. Telephone numbers, email address, and postal address.

Couple Counselling. Information about our couple counselling service, which is for any type of partnership. All relationships go through difficult times - it's how you handle those times that makes the difference between staying together and splitting up.

EAP - Counselling for employees

Information for companies wishing to offer a counselling service to their staff members and others. At home, people face money pressures, family demands, relationship problems, education and child welfare concerns, high lifestyle expectations, and limited time with loved ones and for relaxation and leisure activities. When an employee has an issue, whether the origin is work or home based, performance in the workplace is likely to be affected. Sickness and absence can increase, while concentration and efficiency may decrease. 

Telephone Counselling. Information about how our Telephone Counselling service works, how to set it up, the benefits, and who it might be suitable for.

Life Coaching. Information about our Personal Life Coaching service, how it differs from Counselling, and what approach we have. Life Coaching is a modern and rapidly growing method for helping others to improve, develop, learn new skills, find personal success, achieve aims, and manage life change and personal challenges. Life Coaching, or Personal Coaching - different terms are used - is effective for all situations, whether in personal life, career, sales or corporate and business life, but not as a therapy for deep rooted emotional or psychological issues.

Clinical & Counselling Supervision

Information about Supervision for other professionals working in the Helping professions, i.e. Nurses, Social Workers, Psychiatric Nurses, Teachers, Mentors, Doctors,

Hypnotherapists, Psychotherapists and other Counsellors. Supervision is a process of facilitating via a collegial interaction that has been negotiated in order to protect the interests of and serve the needs of the client. It further enhances and enables practitioner development in direct relation to their current practice.

mp3 DOWNLOADS HERE. On this page you will find a complete list of all our Self-Hypnosis mp3 downloads. These can be purchased at the click of a button, saved to your computer, and then listened to in minutes by burning to CD or transferring to your Mp3 player. All recordings are produced by Sharon Shinwell Dip Couns. MBACP. Dip HP. Dip Sup.

Hypnotherapy/Self-Hypnosis. Brief overview about Hypnotherapy and information about our range of Self-Hypnosis Audio CD’s and a Free pdf book about Hypnotherapy.

Hypnosis, how it's achieved. A Detailed account and Information about how Hypnotherapy actually works and how a state of Hypnosis is achieved.

FAQ's about Self-Hypnosis CD's. A page dedicated to the sort of questions you might have about using our Self-Hypnosis Audio CDs.

Stop Smoking. Overcome and STOP your smoking habit now. Includes a link to purchase the CD online. The producer, Sharon Shinwell is a Health Service, Smoking Cessation Advisor, and runs regular smoking cessation groups. Stopping smoking can alter the way medication works on your body, if you are on long-term medication, tell your doctor you are stopping smoking.

Relax & De-Stress. Information about our Self-Hypnosis Audio CD for those wanting reduce their stress levels, and learn to Relax and De-Stress properly, to feel better and improve health. Includes a link to purchase the CD online. Learning how to really 'Relax' is important for body and mind, but it's more than just sleeping; relaxation reduces the levels of toxins and chemicals that are created in the body by stress and tension.

Control Your Alcohol Intake. If you feel that your social drinking is getting out of control, or you abstain all week then binge at the weekends, or you drink a little more than you know you should at the end of each day,  or the thought of not having another drink again unduly worries you, then this Self-Hypnosis session is for you.

Overcome Your Depression. It is often impossible to identify a 'cause' in many people, and this can be distressing for people who want to understand the reasons why they are ill. However depression, like any illness, can strike for no apparent reason. There are drugs on the market that can really help, but many people are reluctant to take these, as the side effects can almost be as unpleasant as the depression, but there are alternatives, and Hypnotherapy is one of them.

Learn to Like How You LooK. This Self-Hypnosis Audio session on CD, is aimed at anyone who feels that their body, or part of their body, or their face, is unacceptable to them, so much so that they are extremely critical of their own physique or self-image, despite the fact there may be no noticeable disfigurement or defect to be seen at all by others. This belief and way of thinking can cause psychological and emotional distress. By using this self hypnosis audio session, you will learn to how control those irrational fears and anxieties, and turn those negative beliefs and thoughts into more positive, accepting affirmations, of who you really are and what you really look like. Freeing you to enjoy life more fully  and  achieve goals you never thought possible.

Weight Loss & Maintenance. This Self-Hypnosis Audio CD is about changing your eating and drinking habits, and maintaining that change for as long as you want to. Overeating is a habit, and habits come from the subconscious part of your mind. By changing how the subconscious part of your mind thinks and feels about food and drink, you can break the habit. Includes a link to purchase the CD online.

Anxiety & Panic Attacks. Information about panic attacks. With our Self-Hypnosis Audio CD, you can learn to control the panic attacks, reducing their severity or eliminating them altogether. Includes a link to purchase the CD online.

Insomnia. This CD will encourage the mind to switch off sufficiently to induce a deep sleep in the first instance, and to stay asleep in the second instance, only awakening at the time you have designated as being suitable to end that sleep. Includes a link to purchase the CD online.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome. For some, the symptoms of IBS can be helped by adhering to strict dietary limitations, but this does not work for all and is not always easy to maintain.

Learn how to change the way your body feels and works right now, reducing discomfort, bloating, and pain.

This CD will teach you how to use your own unconscious resources to relax your stomach, and intestines, and calm the spasms, reducing the bloated feeling and improving the natural flow of body waste. Includes a link to purchase the CD online.

Confidence & Self-Esteem. This Self Hypnosis Audio CD will help you improve your confidence, boost your self-esteem, and assist assertiveness. By changing the way your subconscious mind thinks and processes information, you can change the way you feel. You can then eliminate all those doubts, worries, and concerns that you have about who you are, how others see you, and what you are capable of doing and saying. Includes a link to purchase the CD online.

Exam & Test Nerves. This Self-Hypnosis Audio CD will help you if your mind goes blank or freezes during written and oral exams or during a test. The dialogue takes you into an exam and test situation, and walks you through the process, whilst suggesting only positive, relaxing, calming thoughts. Includes a link to purchase the CD online.

Back pain. A painful back is often debilitating, restrictive and can cause endless sleepless nights

Now let the power of your own subconscious mind help you control, reduce and often eliminate the pain altogether by using this Self-Hypnosis Audio CD. Includes a link to purchase the CD online.

Fear of Dentist &Treatments. Experience for the first time what it’s like to feel relaxed, calm and confident about seeing your dentist, and even have a tooth filled, whilst still remaining calm, relaxed and confident. After listening to the CD, you will be able to use the Post-Hypnotic Suggestions offered, and a breathing and relaxation exercise, to anchor and recapture the same relaxed state you were in whilst listening to the CD, when you are actually in the dentist’s chair. Includes a link to purchase the CD online.

Skiing Nerves. This CD was recommended in The Daily Mail Ski & Board magazine Feb 2006, and is aimed at all anxious, nervous, and apprehensive or downright terrified skiers! Whether this is the first time you are donning your ski jacket and salopettes, or more than likely, it’s the umpteenth time you have made a promise to yourself that ”this year is going to be different”, this is the CD for you. Includes a link to purchase the CD online.

Driving Nerves. Whether you're new to driving or returning after a break, or after an accident, this Self-Hypnosis Audio CD will help you to learn how to remain calm, relaxed, and confident whilst driving. Feeling positive and competent even when driving on a motorway. Includes a link to purchase the CD online.

Fear of Flying. This Self-Hypnosis Audio CD is designed specifically to help you control and eliminate your flying phobias and fears. Once you are in a relaxed, deep trance-like state, you will be able to change how your subconscious mind thinks, and this will alter how you feel and how your body reacts. The Therapeutic stage will take through the process of being a passenger, allowing you for the first time to experience everything you see, hear and feel in a completely relaxed, clam confident manner. Includes a link to purchase the CD online.

Be More Motivated. We all suffer from time to time with lack of motivation, incentive and enthusiasm. No matter how good our intentions are, how important the task is, how urgent it is to be completed; we can sometimes lose the impetus to see the project, event, or idea through to its conclusion. With the help of this self-hypnosis session on CD, you can start to change this, and take control of your life. Includes a link to purchase the CD online.

Improve Public Speaking and Presentations.  This Self Hypnosis Audio session on CD will help you improve your confidence, boost self-esteem and assist you when you need it most. By changing the way your subconscious mind thinks and processes information, you can change the way you feel. You can then eliminate all those doubts, worries and anxieties that you have about  speaking in public, delivering a presentation or bing the focus of attention as you maybe at an interview.

You will find that you become more positive and empowered to try things that you never thought possible such as changing career where public speaking and presentations are the norm, or joining an organisation that puts you in the spot light.