People often come to NLP coaching because they feel stuck in repeating patterns — overthinking, hesitation, emotional loops, confidence blocks, or old habits they can’t quite break.
NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is a practical way of understanding how your mind, language, emotions, and nervous system interact — and how to change the patterns that aren’t helping you anymore.
At The Excel Practice, NLP is integrated with hypnotherapy, mindset coaching, and positive psychology, making the work grounded, effective and completely personalised.
I work with clients in Reading, Didcot, and online across the UK and internationally
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What NLP Coaching Actually Helps With
Many people seek NLP coaching for issues such as:
- Overthinking and racing thoughts
- Imposter syndrome or self-doubt
- Stress and emotional overload
- Confidence that collapses under pressure
- Old habits or behaviours that feel “automatic”
- Difficulty making decisions
- Fear of judgement or criticism
- Performance issues at work or in sport
- Feeling stuck despite knowing what you “should” do
These patterns aren’t personal flaws — they’re learned mental and nervous-system responses that can be changed.
NLP helps you understand and shift these patterns at the level where they actually live.
A Modern, Mind-Body Approach to NLP
Traditional NLP often focuses on techniques and “visualisation”.
My approach is different — it’s state-based, grounded, and adapted for all cognitive styles, including those who don’t visualise.
We focus on:
- Internal dialogue
- Emotional state
- Nervous-system regulation
- Meaning and interpretation
- Belief patterns
- Behavioural shifts
- Sensation and felt sense
- How your mind responds under pressure
This makes NLP practical, modern, and far more effective.
What NLP Sessions Look Like
NLP sessions are conversational, focused, and tailored to how your mind works.
They typically include:
- Understanding the pattern behind the problem
- Mapping how your thoughts, emotions, and body respond
- Identifying what’s driving the automatic behaviour
- Using language-based and state-based tools to shift it
- Integrating new emotional and cognitive responses
- Practical tools you can use between sessions
There is no pressure, no scripts, and no need to imagine anything.
NLP is about making sense of your inner world, then learning how to redirect it.
Key Areas NLP Often Helps With
1. Overthinking & Mental Noise
NLP helps interrupt:
- rumination
- catastrophic thinking
- analysis loops
- internal self-criticism
…by shifting how your mind responds to uncertainty and pressure.
2. Confidence, Self-Belief & Imposter Syndrome
We work on:
- internal dialogue
- emotional triggers
- nervous-system safety
- meaning and identity
Not just “positive thinking”.
3. Stress, Anxiety & High Mental Load
NLP helps reduce the internal pressure that drives overwhelm, worry, and hyper-vigilance.
4. Habits & Behavioural Change
NLP can help shift:
- emotional eating
- biting
- compulsive habits
- avoidance behaviours
By changing the state that drives them.
5. Performance Coaching
For professionals and athletes, NLP supports:
- focus under pressure
- emotional regulation
- internal noise reduction
- challenge-state activation
- flow thresholds
(Full Sports Performance page will expand this.)
Why People Choose The Excel Practice
- Over 18 years’ professional experience
- Integrates NLP with hypnotherapy, positive psychology and mind-body work
- Adapted for non-visual thinkers (including aphantasia)
- Calm, non-judgemental and practical approach
- Over 50 five-star reviews from clients across the UK
- Works in person and online with equal effectiveness
Clients often say they feel:
- clearer
- calmer
- more grounded
- more capable
…often within just a few sessions.
Lenna Vinkka-Innes – May 2022 – I visited Matthew to try to identify what was holding me back to progress in my career. The sessions did just that – I was able to identify my limiting believes, process them and come to terms with them. I found it easy to talk and open up to Matthew. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sessions & Locations
I offer NLP coaching in:
- Reading, Berkshire – daytime and evening sessions
- Didcot, Oxfordshire – Tuesdays with flexible times
- Online – Zoom or Teams, nationwide and international
I support clients across Reading, Caversham, Tilehurst, Woodley, Earley, Wokingham, Didcot, Abingdon, Wallingford, Wantage, and surrounding areas.
Frequently Asked Questions — NLP Coaching
Do I need to visualise for NLP?
No.
My approach does not rely on visualisation.
We work through language, emotion, state and sensation.
Is NLP similar to hypnotherapy?
They work well together, but are different.
NLP changes patterns of thinking and meaning, while hypnotherapy helps the mind relax so those changes integrate more easily.
How many sessions will I need?
Most people notice change within 3–5 sessions, though some prefer longer-term work for deeper patterns.
Can NLP help if I have aphantasia?
Yes — NLP is fully adaptable to non-visual thinkers.
Is NLP evidence-based?
Modern NLP is supported by behavioural psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience models of state and language.
Next Steps — Begin Creating Real Change
If you’re ready to shift old patterns, think more clearly, and feel more in control of your mind:
Gregg Feb 2018 and Nov 2023 – Thank you for helping me to recognise the origin of the issue I had, You manged to get to its cause pretty quickly in a relaxed manner. The strategies and self knowledge that developed from those 3 sessions enabled me to make positive changes that have improved my life and those of my family. Being able to think like that has been an eye opener, and the NLP is something i can take away with me for the future. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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