Newcastle Clinical Hypnotherapy In the Press

The Newcastle Clinical Hypnotherapy in the press page highlights media coverage, interviews, and published articles featuring Newcastle Clinical Hypnotherapy and our work in hypnotherapy and mental well-being. Here you’ll find links to external publications beyond our blog content, including online magazines and industry publications.

Media Kit

Newcastle Clinical Hypnotherapy is a Newcastle-based clinic specialising in evidence-informed hypnotherapy and strategic psychotherapy. Our work focuses on anxiety, ARFID and eating patterns, smoking and vaping cessation, gut-directed hypnotherapy for IBS, and stress-related conditions.
If you’re a journalist, editor, or community organiser and you’d like to suggest an interview, feature idea, publication opportunity, or for any other media enquiries please get in touch via our contact page
Spokesperson: Kylie Gallaher, lead therapist and owner

Publication: Beyond the Veil Magazine

Published: April 2026

Summary: In this feature published in Beyond The Veil, I share my personal journey as a mother and clinical therapist navigating postnatal depression, chronic pain, and the challenges of supporting my son through severe food restriction, later understood as ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). I reflect on the long search for understanding across medical, allied health, and complementary approaches, and the lack of a clear framework that made sense of what we were experiencing at the time. I also share how my first experience with hypnotherapy shifted my perspective on underlying patterns and possibilities, even while the situation remained complex. This journey eventually led me to train in Clinical Hypnotherapy and Strategic Psychotherapy, not as a planned career path, but as a way of better understanding what I was seeing and how change might be supported at a deeper level. This feature appears on pages 72–74.

Publication: Brainz Magazine

Published: 03 February 2026

Summary: This article explores the growing visibility of ARFID, or Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, and why awareness alone does not always lead to meaningful change. Recognition has provided relief and validation for many, but the condition remains complex, driven by nervous system threat responses rather than weight, shape, or control. The article examines how ARFID affects daily life, family dynamics, and social participation, and how it can intersect with other eating difficulties over time. It highlights the limitations of behaviour-focused approaches and emphasizes the need for trauma-informed, safety-focused strategies that support long-term recovery. The piece also notes gaps in research, public understanding, and treatment pathways, showing that visibility is only the first step toward meaningful change.

Publication: Brainz Magazine

Published: 27 December 2025

Summary: In this Brainz Magazine article, Kylie Gallaher explores ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) and explains why it is frequently misunderstood as simple “picky eating.” The piece outlines how ARFID is deeply linked to nervous system survival responses involving anxiety, sensory overwhelm, and trauma-related fear loops. Kylie draws from clinical and lived experience to highlight how behaviour-only approaches often fail because they overlook the body’s neurobiological protective mechanisms. The article advocates for trauma-informed, safety-first interventions that help recalibrate the nervous system and restore confidence around food, social eating, and connection.

Publication: Beyond The Veil

Published: December 2025

Summary: This feature appears on page 17 of Beyond The Veil, an industry magazine published by the Hypnotherapy Council of Australia — the peak governing body for the hypnotherapy profession. The article provides professional insight into the therapeutic application of clinical hypnotherapy, with a focus on nervous system-led treatment frameworks and evidence-informed approaches for anxiety, trauma, and eating-related conditions. The feature reflects the growing role of strategic, integrative hypnotherapy within modern clinical practice.

Newcastle Clinical Hypnotherapy in the press

Publication: Brainz Magazine

Published: 19 November 2025

Summary: In this exclusive interview, Kylie Gallaher shares her professional journey into strategic clinical hypnotherapy, including how her personal life experiences shaped her therapeutic direction. The interview explores how neurological, behavioural, and trauma-aware perspectives intersect in her work, and how clinical hypnotherapy can create rapid and lasting change by working directly with the subconscious and nervous system. Kylie also discusses her vision for supporting complex mental health and eating disorders, and the importance of shifting away from one-size-fits-all treatment methods.