Trusted Anxiety Expert: RSCI-Trained, Bestselling Author, and Guide to Thousands Releasing Anxiety
The Anxiety Release Clinic with Fiona Brennan
A three-session in-person hypnotherapy programme designed to release anxiety, calm your mind, and awaken your confidence in your ability to live well with ease.
Fiona is delighted to be opening her private, in-person Anxiety Release Clinic based in the heart of Dublin city each Wednesday starting on Wednesday 1st October.
*Please note spaces are very limited.
What My Clients Say
““The sessions have been life changing. I look back and find it hard to believe I lived with so much fear. I am now making changes in so many ways and have the confidence to do it.”
“I have learnt insights about my anxiety that would have taken years for me to achieve in many other type of talk therapies, including psychotherapy. I know how to manage my anxiety when it comes and best of all I understand why it is there. I have made a friend of anxiety when once I perceived it as my enemy.”
My Story with Anxiety
We all have moments in our lives that leave an imprint, moments we can never forget.
One of mine happened when my son was just two years and nine months old. I was thirty-three, and we were on our way to playschool. He refused to put on his shoes, and I completely lost it. I mean, really lost it. I screamed, I cried, I could barely breathe.
I can still see his little face looking up at me, confused, hurt, wondering why his mammy was so upset over something as small as a pair of shoes. That moment shattered me. I realised my anxiety, my inability to regulate my emotions, was out of control.
I felt ashamed that I had shouted at my gorgeous little boy. But that breaking point also became my turning point. From that day forward, I decided things had to change. I sought help. I learned. I transformed.
Today, my son is seventeen. We share a strong, beautiful bond, and I know that’s because I did the hard work on myself. I learned to manage my anxiety so he could be free to live his life fully. And in the process, I gave myself that same freedom.
That’s what I want to share with you.
Who I Help
Anyone suffering from the following:
- Generalised anxiety, chronic worry & overthinking
- Panic, health anxiety & phobias
- Social & performance anxiety (presentations, exams, interviews)
- Sleep issues linked to anxiety (racing mind, early waking)
- Stress, burnout & perfectionism
- Self-esteem and confidence issues
- Post-natal anxiety and life-transition anxiety (grief, break-ups, career shifts)
If anxiety is narrowing your there is a gentle, effective way forward.
Physical Sensations of Anxiety
Anxiety often shows up in the body before we are consciously aware of it:
- Racing heart
- Tight chest
- Shallow breathing
- Knots in the stomach
- Sweaty palms
- Tingling or restlessness in the limbs
- Difficulty swallowing or a lump in the throat
As Bessel van der Kolk reminds us, “The body keeps the score.” Addressing these physical sensations directly is key to true and lasting change.
Why the Nervous System Matters
Anxiety is not just in your thoughts—it is in your body. The nervous system, vagal tone, and gut health play a central role in how you feel:
- When your vagus nerve is toned and regulated, your body shifts naturally into calm and safety.
- Gut health directly affects mood and anxiety levels; supporting digestion and microbiome balance helps steady the mind.
- Breath, posture, and daily rituals regulate the nervous system, creating lasting change.
As Marcus Aurelius said, “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” We work to cultivate thoughts—and bodily states—that support peace and confidence.
Why I Can Help You
Until my early thirties, anxiety was woven into every part of my life. The thing about chronic anxiety is, you get used to it. You think it’s normal to live in a state of constant high alert, with racing thoughts, a tight chest, and a restless mind that never stops.
I know that life. I lived it. I also know, just as deeply, the powerful shift that happens when anxiety no longer controls you. Through my own transformation, I became physically, mentally, and emotionally stronger than ever before.
Since 2012, I’ve been guiding clients one-to-one through that same transformation. I understand the subtle, often hidden ways anxiety creeps in, affecting sleep, mood, energy, relationships, and your physical health.
And because I’ve lived it, I don’t just know it in theory, I know it in practice.
I know the difference between living from your busy, anxious brain and living from your heart with calm confidence, grounded energy, and a deep sense of peace.
That’s the shift I can guide you toward. The same tools and practices that I still practice personally and professionally today will help you, too.
All I need from you is to remain open and trust that all the answers you seek are within you.
You don’t have to stay trapped in anxiety. You can transform. And I would be honoured to walk that path with you.
My Approach
I combine clinical hypnotherapy with mindfulness, positive psychology, neuroscience-informed habit change and NLP tools. Together, we retrain your brain’s threat system and build calm, confidence and self-trust.
Extracts from my many media and podcast interviews on anxiety:
- “Neuroscience shows that if we sit with an emotion, it will pass after 90 seconds … repression is highly toxic for our physical and mental health. Find the courage to sit with uncomfortable emotions.”
- “The first seven minutes in the morning and last thing at night are when your subconscious mind is most malleable … Use this time to programme your subconscious to self-generate the six supreme positive emotions of love, calmness, confidence, gratitude, hope, and happiness.”
- “Listening to my hypnotherapy audios … they have literally changed my life as they operate on a subconscious level, often when I am asleep.”
The 3 In-Person Anxiety Release Sessions
My in-person clinic offers a focused programme of three sessions. These sessions are built on my ARC technique — Accept, Release, Compassion:
- Accept anxiety with awareness rather than resistance
- Release anxiety from the body and nervous system
- Compassion towards yourself, breaking the cycle of shame and fear
If further work is required after these three sessions, clients then continue their journey through my online clinic.
Please note: my online clinic is usually fully booked with a 6–12 month waitlist, so early booking for my online clinic, which is just opening, is advisable.
Session 1 – Accept
- Understand your unique anxiety patterns and triggers
- Learn rapid grounding skills and nervous system regulation tools
- Experience your first personalised hypnotherapy session*
Session 2 – Release
- Techniques to release anxiety from the body and improve vagal tone
- Explore gut–brain links and self-care rituals that support calm
- Hypnotherapy and practical tools to steady your nervous system
Session 3 – Compassion
- Deepen self-kindness and resilience
- Compassionate exposure and confidence-building
- Integration of long-term strategies and personalised audio support
A confidential personal history questionnaire to understand your goals and history will be emailed to you.
Progress is evaluated through my positive emotions questionnaire. Homework is given between each of the sessions, which are spaced two weeks apart.
Afterwards
If further sessions are required, you can continue seamlessly in my online clinic.
*Recordings of all three uniquely hypnotherapy sessions will be sent to you for continued use between and after sessions.
Your Investment
- Your Investment: €250.00 per session.
- Sessions are spaced two weeks apart, if you need more time between sessions financially, this can be arranged.
- The idea with the programme is that you don’t have to attend talk therapy for months on end – saving you both time, energy and money.
- Appointments are paid for in advance and subject to a 48-hour cancellation policy.
Practicalities
- Location: see below. Worldwide online sessions are also available at a reduced rate, yet are subject to a waitlist.
- Availability: Limited in-person appointments in my Wednesday clinic – typical waitlist 6–12 months.
- Confidentiality & ethics: Your privacy is paramount. I follow professional standards and GDPR requirements; consent and boundaries are clear from the outset.
What You'll Gain
- Feeling calmer and more in control
- Better sleep and steadier energy
- Reduced physical symptoms (tight chest, knots, racing heart)
- Greater confidence with work, relationships and travel
- More self-kindness and resilience when setbacks happen
Ready to Begin?
This three-session programme is designed to unfold gently, with two weeks between each session so your body and mind can truly integrate the changes.
Fiona’s Clinic is located in Remedy Clinic at 29 Westland Square, Pearse Street, Dublin 2, D02 W135.
50m from the Pearse Street entrance to Pearse DART Station.