Confidence & Self-Esteem Hypnotherapy in Ely | Dan Regan

Many people who struggle with low confidence and self-esteem also experience underlying anxiety, overthinking or self-doubt in everyday situations. It can feel like a barrier to being yourself, taking opportunities or feeling comfortable in your own skin – and that’s an entirely human experience.

I’m Dan Regan, a clinical hypnotherapist working with people in Ely, Newmarket and the surrounding Cambridgeshire area to help them feel more confident, more self-assured and more at ease in themselves.

If you’re unsure why confidence feels so hard to build or maintain, you may also find the Anxiety Support Hub helpful – many confidence challenges are connected to how anxiety shows up in thoughts and body sensations. This explains how anxiety can affect confidence and self-belief.

Why Confidence Matters

Confidence isn’t about never feeling unsure or nervous. It’s about:

• knowing you can cope when anxiety rises
• trusting yourself to face challenges
• feeling comfortable with who you are
• speaking up and expressing your needs
• taking steps that feel right for you

When confidence feels low, everyday interactions can feel disproportionately stressful. That’s often because the nervous system treats imagined future threats with the same urgency as real ones.

How Hypnotherapy Helps with Confidence & Self-Esteem

I know that hypnotherapy works because it positively transformed my own life. For many years I used to suffer with low confidence and self-esteem. I believed I wasn’t good enough and that other people were somehow better than me. I worried incessantly about what other people thought about me. I would dwell on things I had or hadn’t said and done. I would feel anxious about what may happen and how people would perceive me. I know how limiting it feels and it’s why I now love helping people build their confidence and self-esteem.

Hypnotherapy works by:

• calming the nervous system
• reducing avoidance patterns
• strengthening positive self-belief
• interrupting cycles of self-criticism
• helping you feel comfortable in your own skin
• embedding supportive mental resource patterns

This isn’t about ‘pretending to be confident’ It’s about building genuine comfort and resilience from within.

When confidence and self-esteem are strong, you trust in your decision making, feel capable of handling challenges and feel worthy of love, happiness and success.

For those whose confidence has been impacted by anxiety, working directly on both can create a stronger and more lasting shift. You can explore how this works in more detail on the Anxiety Hypnotherapy in Ely page.

What to Expect in Sessions

In our sessions we will:

• explore your personal pattern and history
• use guided approaches to calm unhelpful thoughts and feelings
• build practical new habits for confidence and slef-esteem
• strengthen internal safety and calmness
• support you to step into new situations with less fear

Each person’s path is unique – and we progress at a pace that fits your goals and that feels comfortable and safe for you.

Who This Is For

This support is ideal if you find that you:

✔ second-guess yourself or feel not good enough
✔ feel anxious about social or performance situations
✔ avoid opportunities because of fear and fear of failure
✔ struggle with self-criticism or self-doubt
✔ worry too much about being judged or what others think
✔ want more ease and presence in everyday life

If low confidence shows up alongside anxiety, we will address both together for greater impact.

You can read what other people have said after their self-esteem and confidence hypnotherapy in Ely here: What People Say 

Book a Free Consultation

If confidence has been feeling difficult, you don’t need to have all the answers before reaching out.

A free consultation gives you space to talk things through calmly and decide what feels right for you.

👉 Book your free consultation

Many people find that understanding how confidence and anxiety interact provides reassurance, clarity and the real beginnings of change.