Hannah Hunt Therapies

Hannah Hunt Therapies Counselling & hypnotherapy in Devon. Supporting adults and young people (18+) with anxiety, trauma, grief, and life transitions.

Do you find yourself scanning your environment constantly?Noticing subtle changes in people's behaviour. A sigh. A chang...
28/07/2026

Do you find yourself scanning your environment constantly?

Noticing subtle changes in people's behaviour. A sigh. A change in their voice. A shift in their mood.

Wondering if you've said something wrong or replaying conversations long after they've ended.

Feeling responsible for keeping everyone else happy.

Perhaps you've even wondered if you're simply "too sensitive."

Always being on alert is exhausting.

But I wonder if that's really what's happening.

Sometimes, becoming highly attuned to other people's emotions is something we learn because, at one time, it helped us stay safe.

Perhaps this way of being still serves an important purpose because your environment doesn't yet feel emotionally or physically safe.

Or perhaps your life has changed, but your nervous system hasn't quite caught up.

The skills that once helped you notice every shift in another person's mood may have protected you then.

But what protected you then may now be leaving you exhausted.

I wonder what life might feel like if you no longer had to spend so much of your energy watching everyone else.

Hannah 🌿

You don't have to be in crisis to come to therapy.Many people wait until they feel overwhelmed before they reach out.I u...
25/07/2026

You don't have to be in crisis to come to therapy.

Many people wait until they feel overwhelmed before they reach out.

I understand why.

There's still a belief that therapy is only for when things have become unbearable, or that you need a "good enough" reason to ask for help.

But therapy isn't just for crisis.

It can be for the anxiety that's always there in the background.

The overthinking that keeps you awake.

The feeling that something isn't quite right, even though you can't explain why.

Or the patterns you keep repeating but don't know how to change.

You don't have to wait until you're at breaking point.

Sometimes reaching out sooner can make all the difference.

If you've been wondering whether therapy might help, a free consultation is a gentle place to start. There's no pressure, just a conversation to see whether we're the right fit.

Hannah 🌿
Blackawton | Paignton | Online

Do you have a voice in your head that tells you you're not good enough?One that says you're too much, not enough, or tha...
23/07/2026

Do you have a voice in your head that tells you you're not good enough?

One that says you're too much, not enough, or that everyone else seems to cope better than you. It can feel so convincing that you believe it's telling you the truth.

For many people, the inner critic develops in childhood. It can be the echo of criticism, being dismissed, or growing up feeling that you had to be different in some way to be accepted.

At the time, being hard on yourself may have felt protective.

The difficulty is that your mind can carry those old messages into adulthood, long after you needed them.

One of the things we can explore in therapy is whose voice that really is.

And just because it's familiar doesn't mean it's true.

If this resonates with you and you'd like somewhere safe to explore it, my details are in my bio. đź’›

Hannah 🌿
Blackawton | Paignton | Online

Sometimes healing doesn’t announce itself.There’s no big moment. No sudden shift you can point to.Instead, one day you n...
17/07/2026

Sometimes healing doesn’t announce itself.

There’s no big moment. No sudden shift you can point to.

Instead, one day you notice something small.

You’re in a situation that used to send you into a spiral. But this time, you don’t.

You pause instead of react.

You feel steadier than you expected.

You let something go that would have stayed with you for days.

And you think, “Huh. That’s different.”

It can be easy to miss these moments. Or dismiss them as a good day.

But they matter.

They’re signs that something is shifting beneath the surface.

That the work you’ve been doing, even when it felt like nothing was changing, has been quietly taking root.

Healing often arrives like this. Gently. In the background. One small moment at a time.

And that’s worth noticing.

Hannah 🌻

My mind kept telling me I wouldn’t make it back downTwo weeks ago I walked up Snowdon.As I climbed higher, the cloud cov...
16/07/2026

My mind kept telling me I wouldn’t make it back down

Two weeks ago I walked up Snowdon.

As I climbed higher, the cloud cover thickened. The path ahead disappeared into white. The wind pushed hard enough that I genuinely wondered if it might take me off my feet. The ground became rockier, less certain underfoot.

And my mind started doing what minds do.

You’re fine going up. But how are you going to get back down without slipping?

It hadn’t happened yet. I was still climbing. But my brain had already fast-forwarded to the descent, scanning for danger, anticipating what could go wrong.

This is the mind’s protection system. It evolved to keep us safe. The problem is, it often kicks in when we don’t actually need protecting — pulling us out of the present moment and into an imagined future that hasn’t arrived.

At one point the wind was whipping in sideways. And I realised something. My backpack, which had felt heavy and cumbersome on the way up, was now anchoring me to the ground beneath me. The thing that had felt like extra weight was the very thing keeping me steady.

I noticed what my mind was doing.
I recognised the thoughts for what they were.
And I chose not to buy into them.

I kept climbing.

We can’t stop anxious thoughts from arriving. But we can change how we respond to them. We can notice. We can name them. We can choose not to let them steer.

That’s the work.

Hannah đź’›

People often tell me they wish they could just "let it go."The hurt.The memories.The anger.The sadness.The problem is th...
24/06/2026

People often tell me they wish they could just "let it go."

The hurt.

The memories.

The anger.

The sadness.

The problem is that letting go isn't usually a decision.

It's a process.

And it's difficult to let go of something you've never had the opportunity to fully understand, feel or talk about.

Many adults carry experiences that were minimised, dismissed or never acknowledged.

The feelings don't disappear simply because time has passed.

Sometimes it's about finally giving yourself permission to feel what you've been carrying.

And saying it out loud to someone who isn't going to judge, minimise, or expect you to look after their feelings. Thats what therapy gives you, somewhere you say the things you really need to say without fear.

When people hear the word trauma, they often think of one major event.But trauma can take many forms.It can be a single ...
22/06/2026

When people hear the word trauma, they often think of one major event.

But trauma can take many forms.

It can be a single trauma or multiple events over a period of time.

Sometimes it's what didn't happen.

The protection that was missing.

The lack emotional support

Our minds and bodies adapt to help us survive difficult experiences and the responses we develop often make perfect sense when we understand the story behind them.

Healing isn't about asking "What's wrong with me?"

It's about asking:

"What happened to me?"

Therapy can help you make sense of what happened and what you need now to live a full life.

People often ask me what I help clients with.The truth is, people come to therapy for lots of different reasons.Some are...
03/06/2026

People often ask me what I help clients with.

The truth is, people come to therapy for lots of different reasons.

Some are feeling anxious, overwhelmed or stuck.

Some are navigating grief, loss or life changes.

Some are struggling with relationships, boundaries or low self-worth.

Others are carrying the impact of difficult childhood experiences, emotional neglect, family conflict or experiences that still affect them years later.

Many of the people I work with appear to be coping on the outside, but inside they feel exhausted from holding everything together.

My role isn't to tell you what to do or to "fix" you.

It's to offer a safe, compassionate space where we can make sense of what's happening, understand patterns that may no longer be serving you, and find a way forward that feels right for you.

I offer counselling, hypnotherapy and EMDR from Blackawton, Paignton and online.

If you're wondering whether therapy might help, you're welcome to book a free 15-minute chat.

Warm wishes,

Hannah

A book I often recommend to clients is - Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, by Lindsay C. Gibson. https://a...
15/05/2026

A book I often recommend to clients is - Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, by Lindsay C. Gibson. https://amzn.eu/d/0ctqTb5w

It’s one of those books that many people read and think,
“this explains so much…”

Especially if you’ve ever felt:
• disconnected in relationships
• unsure how to express your needs
• like you have to manage everything on your own
• emotionally close to others feels difficult, even when you want it

The book gently explores how growing up with emotionally unavailable or inconsistent parents can shape the way we relate to others as adults.

Not in a blaming way.
But in a way that helps things make sense.

Because often it’s not that you don’t want connection…
it’s that you didn’t always experience it in a way that felt safe or secure.

If you’re someone who is trying to understand your patterns in relationships, this is a really helpful place to start.

If you often feel disconnected in relationships, even when things seem fine, the cause might not be the relationship its...
11/05/2026

If you often feel disconnected in relationships, even when things seem fine, the cause might not be the relationship itself.

It can stem from growing up in an environment where your emotional needs weren’t fully met.

When your feelings weren’t explored or responded to, you may have learned to:
• keep things to yourself
• not rely too much on others
• stay self-sufficient

And that can show up now as distance, even when you want closeness.

It’s not that you don’t want a connection. Connection hasn’t always felt safe or natural. These patterns make sense. And they can begin to shift, gently, with the understanding of where they come from.

Later this week I will share a book I often recommend to clients.

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Langwells Therapy Room, Main Street
Totnes
TQ97BG

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Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 12pm

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