Craig Fookes - Therapist, Coach & Hypnotherapist - The Mind Works

Craig Fookes - Therapist, Coach & Hypnotherapist - The Mind Works Therapy, coaching and hypnotherapy for anxiety, burnout, procrastination, or emotional eating. What do I do? What does it cost? Get in touch!

Helping you restore motivation, confidence, and balance in your health, habits and relationships. 121 In-Person in Colchester, on zoom or through online courses My Story:-

Essentially, my story is the reason why I have changed career and became a therapist. I worked in financial services for a little under 15 years and had my own small but reasonably successful business. This was incredibly stres

sful and coupled with several romantic break-ups, I developed symptoms of anxiety and depression; and ultimately suicidal thoughts. In a relatively short space of time, I had completely changed from someone that was able to deal with running a business, stressful situations, and the pressures of modern life easily; to simply not being able to cope. I sought professional help and I was able to see the real and immeasurable benefit of talking about my thoughts, my feelings, and my emotional state with an empathetic professional individual. This process ignited a passion in me to help others that are experiencing challenges and I decided that I would retrain, change my career, and find a firm to take over my business as I believe that this is my calling. That my experiences, and more recently, my extensive professional training can be used to help others. I work with clients across a wide range of issues and challenges. I spend time with my clients to get a deep understanding of what their challenges are, and what they are looking to achieve. With the therapy that I provide; we look back to see how these problems have arisen, and equally importantly, to look at how they want their life to be once we have successfully worked together. The main issues that I work with clients on are:-

Stress
Anxiety
Depression
Suicidal thoughts
Insomnia

I am also experienced to work with clients to help with:-

Stopping smoking
Weight control
Alcohol/substance misuse
Confidence
Self-esteem
Relationship issues or breakdown
Fears and Phobias
Fibromyalgia
Chronic pain management
Trauma / PTSD
Mindfulness
Meditation

How do I help? I wholeheartedly believe that therapy is a collaborative process and there is no-size, fits-all approach. My training is focussed on hypnotherapy; however, it covers a range of “talking-therapy” approaches, including personal/life coaching, NLP techniques, mindfulness, and meditation. In working closely together with my clients, together we develop a programme of therapy that best suits their needs, aims, and objectives. Hypnotherapy is an incredibly powerful therapeutic technique which helps to you make changes at the deepest parts of your subconscious mind. It is a deeply relaxing, daydream-like experience in which you remain totally in control and aware throughout. I offer a free 30 minute telephone consultation to discuss the area(s) that you would like to work on. I offer (up-to) 2 hour intensive sessions that ordinarily includes a completely personalised hypnotherapy experience which is initially priced at £125.00 per session. Most commonly, I book clients in for a course of 4 x 2hour sessions, as this works out better value overall and it also gives us the time that is necessary to explore and discuss the challenges that you would to work on. Many of my clients start to experience benefits and changes after just one session. However, for the purposes of an example, a smoking cessation programme is 2 or 3 sessions on average; which for an average smoker is less than they spend on cigarettes in a month! If you have any questions, please do message me or feel free to call on 01206 752108, or 07900 366780 anytime. If I am with other clients, I will get back to you as soon as possible.

05/06/2026

“I’m just back from a shopping trip in the United Arab Emirates”
“What Dubai?”

(Normal social media service will be resumed soon)

it’s actually more like the other way round for me 😅
29/05/2026

it’s actually more like the other way round for me 😅

23/05/2026

“Do you fancy going to see Simply Red?”
“Not sure if I can…”
“Oh no, why’s that?”
“Due to financial constraints that I would prefer not to discuss”

Doomscrolling? Completed it mate.  😳🙄Never seen this before!
15/05/2026

Doomscrolling? Completed it mate. 😳🙄

Never seen this before!

15/05/2026
07/05/2026

My sentiments are echoed in this message 🙏

They say… “if you don’t vote; you can’t complain”Phase 1 - vote ✅Phase 2 - complain I have written a strongly worded ema...
07/05/2026

They say… “if you don’t vote; you can’t complain”

Phase 1 - vote ✅
Phase 2 - complain

I have written a strongly worded email about the state of things… to whom do I send? 🤔😅

Want a May Day bank holiday inspired song?  No problem, here’s an absolute corker 🍾“Mayday” by UNKLE ft The Duke SpiritI...
04/05/2026

Want a May Day bank holiday inspired song?

No problem, here’s an absolute corker 🍾

“Mayday” by UNKLE ft The Duke Spirit

It’s from one of my favourite albums - “War Stories”

In a similar way to Moby “play” - I think most of the tracks from the album have been used in films and adverts. The track “Burn my shadow” has been used a lot!

It’s well worth a listen.

Was lucky enough to see the album performed at Brixton Academy and the roof nearly came off when they played this. Great gig!

The artwork from the album was by Robert 3D del Naja from Massive Attack, another of my faves for both music and visual art.



Link in comments 👇

Challenge: connect Star Wars to therapy.Easy. ✅  [contains spoilers]When we stop talking about therapy techniques for a ...
04/05/2026

Challenge: connect Star Wars to therapy.

Easy. ✅ [contains spoilers]

When we stop talking about therapy techniques for a moment and look at what actually happens, something interesting shows up.

There is a part of us that we don’t fully see.

Carl Jung called this the “shadow”. The part of us that is pushed down, avoided, or kept out of awareness.

It tends to show up under pressure.

The version of you that reacts, withdraws, avoids, or reaches for something that brings a bit of relief.

Procrastination. Comfort eating. Scrolling. Shutting down.

It can feel like self-sabotage.
But it isn’t random.

It is our own inner dark side.

It’s seen as bad, punishing, or even malevolent.

Star Wars tells this story well.

Luke spends most of the story trying to defeat Darth Vader.

Only to discover that what he’s fighting is not separate from him. It is also within him, he is tempted by the dark side too.

He also sees what has caused the dark side to arise within him and also Vader. That there’s more complexity and nuance, rather than simply sheer and willful destruction.

And when he finally faces that directly, something shifts.

It stops being about destroying something.
It becomes a moment of recognition.

Therapy often works in a similar way.

People come in trying to get rid of anxiety, habits, or patterns they don’t like.
But those patterns are usually protective.

They are the system trying to manage pressure, discomfort, or something that doesn’t yet feel safe to face.

When you begin to understand that, the relationship changes.

You’re no longer fighting yourself.
You’re starting to understand what your system has been trying to do all along.

And that’s where change tends to begin.

May the fourth be with you

Here is an intentionally annoying emoji 🖖

Address

69 Mile End Road
Colchester
CO45

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 9pm
Tuesday 10am - 9pm
Wednesday 10am - 9pm
Thursday 7pm - 9pm
Friday 10am - 9pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+447900366780

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