When Life Abroad Starts fo Feel Smaller instead of Bigger
(For expats who are ready for real change)
For many expats, fear shows up in unexpected ways—
avoiding social situations, hesitation with language, difficulty traveling, or feeling stuck despite wanting to fully experience life here.
There is help available, in English. Private, one-on-one sessions focussed on changing your unconscious reactions.
No pressure, no obligation consultation.
Hundreds of happy clients and counting!
A focused, results-driven process
Clients work with me over a small number of sessions, spaced as needed.
The goal is not ongoing therapy – it’s meaningful change accomplished as efficiently as possible.
We focus on:
- understanding what’s really driving the issue
- shifting the patterns that keep it in place
- helping you experience real change, not just insight
- making those changes stick in your day-to-day life
- Specific Fears Welcome
- No Need to Relive Past Experiences
- No need for exposure therapy
If you're committed to making some changes, and living the life you want
Step 01
Schedule a Consultation
You pick a time and we talk about what’s going on with you, and whether this is something that will work for you.
Step 02
We Do The Work
You experience a guided process. We observe how your response changes. Then we make adjustments as needed.
Step 03
Enjoy the Freedom
Enjoy the new sense of freedom from old fears, getting your life back, doing things with other people, living your life they way you want to.
Why Hypnosis?
Deep Change
Not weeks, month, or years of therapy, medication, and coping.
Gentle
You don’t have to be in a space with thing you fear most in the world
No Reliving Past Trauma
We don’t have to go back and find the incident or traumatic experience
A more direct way to change how fear works
Most approaches focus on managing symptoms or talking things through.
This work is different.
We focus on how the fear is actually operating—so it can change at that level.
That means:
- not endlessly analyzing the past
- not relying on willpower
- not just learning to cope
The goal is a real shift in how you respond in the moments that matter.
Who I am
My name is Shawn Robertson. I am a certified consulting hypnotist who works with people suffering with Phobias, specific fears, and anxiety. My clients are normal people, who happen to have very specific, irrational fears.
I came to hypnosis out my own struggles with fear and anxiety. I thought I had the strangest fear in the world, but “strange fears” are ridiculously common, as I found out and aren’t strange at all.
People feel embarrassed or stupid for having irrational fears, but it is not something anyone consciously controls. There is quite a rational reason these irrational fears come about, and it is nothing to be ashamed of or hide.
Phobias are usually created in one instant of heightened emotion, usually when you were a child. Your unconscious mind perceived something as dangerous, and it has been trying to protect you from that thing ever since.
Most phobia “cures” attempt to distract or fool your unconscious mind into doing something it feels is terribly dangerous. It doesn’t want to let you down or open you up to danger. It is too smart for that.
The solution is not to fight the very thing that has kept you alive this long, but to have a gentle talk with it, and show it that it can still keep you safe, without the crazy reaction.
Don't take my word for it...
Fear of Spiders No Longer a Problem
“Thank you so much, Shawn! You were able to help me with one session and free me from my fears. I never would have thought it would work so “easily.””
Carole Müller
Luzern
Trauma Just a Memory Now
“Working with Shawn was an absolutely positive, healing, uplifting, cobweb clearing, beautiful future forward experience! After our first session I felt that I’d accomplished what 20+ years of traditional talk therapy would have done.
Peace at last
“Shawn, is an expert counselor and hypnosist, he help me overcome psychological barriers and also reduce the physical pain that I have been suffering for years. Now I know how to control my mind and thoughts and find peace. I highly recommend him, he is the best!”
Jolanda Niffeler
Retired
What you'll get...
Immediate Free Assessment
In our free consultation call, I will review phobia, let you meet me, and decide whether this is right for you
Meeting with your Unconscious
Finally get to know this part of you that plays such an important role in your life, health, and enjoyment
Targeted, clear approach
Every person’s situation is different, and our sessions will be taylored to what you need and want
Follow-Up Sessions
You don’t have to change everything in the first session (but you can). We will have follow-ups to make sure everything is going according to plan.
No fear Zoom Coaching
If you are nervous about a Zoom call, I can walk you through that too. That used to be my personal phobia.
Frequently Asked Questions
What if I lose control of my mind?
You are in control the whole time. It only works if we work together. You are always aware and can ask questions or open your eyes any time. You actually gain control of yourself, maybe for the first time in a long while.
What if it digs up something I'm not ready to face?
We’re not digging things up unless you want to. It is not necessary to dig up trauma to get over a phobia. But if a trauma is bothering you, we can gently take away its power if that is what you want to do.
What if I can't by hypnotised?
If you have a phobia, you have already been hypnotized for a long time. What we would be doing is un-hypnotising you. You don’t go deep into trance or anything like that. I simply ask you to imagine certain things. It is up to you to do it or not. I’m not asking you to forget your name or bark like a dog.
What if I get stuck in a trance?
Contrary to hilarious movies like Office Space, it is impossible to get stuck in a trance. In the rare cases where people have stayed in a trance longer than usualy, they always say afterwards that they were feeling so good they just didn’t want it stop.
What if it changes me into someone I don't recognise?
Losing a phobia is like losing an aching baby tooth. You don’t change because you lose a tooth. You are still you, just without that one annoying pain. You are much more than your phobia, I can assure you!
What if the fear comes back?
Once you lose an illogical fear, it is hard to get it back. You might remember what you had to imagine to have that fear, but that would be a conscious choice.
Ready To Get Started?
This approach works best for people ready to actively engage in the process, rather than looking for something to “try and see.”
Investment
CHF 650 ($800) for the full process.
This includes all sessions needed within this structure, along with guidance you can use on your own between sessions.
Each session lasts 60–90 minutes.