Break free from compulsive behavioural patterns with Certified Hypnotherapist Jeremy Walker at Brisbane Livewell Clinic. A proven addiction treatment program using the Walker Addiction Removal Process (WARP), developed through Jeremy's own journey through addiction recovery. For emotional eating, pornography, screens, shopping, nail biting, codependency and more.
Prefer to get to know Jeremy first? Book a free 30-minute chat with Jeremy by phone or in-clinic. No treatment, no obligation, no cost.
I couldn't stop eating sugar. I'd tried every diet. Jeremy didn't treat it like a food problem, he treated it like an addiction, because that's what it was. Three sessions in, the pull was just gone. I don't white-knuckle it. I just don't want it anymore.
Addiction is not limited to substances. Many patients who come to Jeremy are dealing with compulsive patterns that look nothing like a drug habit but feel every bit as powerful: the pull of sugar after a long day, the late-night scroll that steals two hours, the online order that was not planned, the thought pattern that runs on loop.
This page is for those patterns. If you are looking for help with a substance, Jeremy has dedicated addiction treatment programs for alcohol, drugs and smoking cessation on separate pages.
Each of these addictions has its own dedicated page with a tailored recovery plan:
Behavioural addiction shares the same neurological signature as substance addiction. The subconscious mind identifies a behaviour that delivers relief, escape, connection or a dopamine hit, and locks it in as a coping strategy. Over time, the conscious mind loses authority over the pattern. Willpower stops working. The behaviour runs on its own.
Food, pornography, phones, shopping, hair pulling, relationship-chasing. Different on the surface, but the underlying causes are the same. Emotional triggers, unresolved experiences, low self-esteem, or the relentless pressure of modern life drive a learned response that the subconscious mind refuses to let go of without a new pathway being built.
This is why Hypnosis Works for behavioural addiction. Rather than fighting the pattern at the conscious level, Hypnotherapy uses a hypnotic state to access the subconscious mind directly, where the root causes of addictive behavior actually live. Jeremy's holistic approach combines this with Neuro-Linguistic Programming and psychosomatic awareness, offering an intensive therapy experience across three focused sessions that delivers hypnosis help tailored to your specific behaviour.
These are the compulsive patterns and behavioural types of addiction Jeremy works with regularly. Each responds well to the Walker Addiction Removal Process (WARP) because the underlying subconscious mechanics are similar: a trigger, a learned response, and a reward the subconscious has come to rely on.
Compulsive eating in response to stress, boredom, sadness or emotion. Patterns around sugar, carbs, binge eating and night-time snacking. Often overlaps with Weight Loss goals, but addresses the subconscious driver rather than the food itself.
Confidential, non-judgmental support for patients who feel their use has grown beyond what they want it to be. Includes compulsive porn use, hookup apps, escorts, and sexual behaviours that feel out of control or are damaging relationships.
Patterns around phone checking, social media scrolling, doom-scrolling, gaming, YouTube, TikTok and streaming. When the behaviour has started displacing sleep, work, relationships or the things you actually want to be doing.
Online shopping, retail habits, spending patterns driven by emotional need rather than practical use. Amazon orders, fashion buys, impulse spending, shopping as mood regulation, and debt patterns linked to shopping.
Nail biting, skin picking (dermatillomania), hair pulling (trichotillomania), lip biting, cheek biting, and other body-focused behaviors that resist willpower and conscious effort to stop.
Subconscious patterns in how you relate to others that feel compulsive, including people-pleasing, rescuing, fixing, relationship-chasing, toxic relationship cycles and patterns that repeat across partners.
Dependency on coffee, energy drinks, pre-workout and caffeine that has grown beyond a morning cup. For patients whose sleep, anxiety or physical symptoms are being affected.
Compulsive lying, hoarding, checking behaviours, binge watching, compulsive exercise, and other patterns that share the same subconscious mechanics. If it feels compulsive and you want to change it, Jeremy can work with it.
If your pattern is not listed above, book a free 30 minute chat with Jeremy. Many patients come in with multiple overlapping compulsions. Jeremy will help you decide where to start.
Jeremy Walker is open about his own past challenges with addiction. His Hypnotherapy work is not built from a textbook. It is built from his own addiction recovery process and more than 15 years of walking alongside other people through theirs. The Walker Addiction Removal Process (WARP) was developed from the inside out, starting with what actually worked for Jeremy himself.
That lived experience shapes everything about the way Jeremy works. The conversations are grounded in real understanding, not clinical distance. Sessions are free of judgement, because Jeremy has been on the other side of the chair. The program is realistic about how addiction actually plays out in a person's life, including the shame, the secrecy, the relapses, and the fear of being discovered.
Many patients tell Jeremy that his lived experience was the reason they were willing to book in the first place. If you have never felt able to talk openly about your compulsive patterns with a trained therapist or any health professional, Jeremy's background may be what lets you finally do that.
"Addiction is rarely about the substance or the behaviour. It is almost always the subconscious solution to something else. Hypnotherapy lets us work with that directly, without the judgement or the willpower battle that normally comes with trying to stop."
Jeremy Walker, Certified Hypnotherapist, Brisbane Livewell ClinicHypnotherapy helps by addressing the root causes of addictive behaviour at the subconscious level, not by relying on conscious willpower. Most patients find their urges reduce, trigger situations feel easier, and the pull toward the behaviour fades across the three-session addiction treatment program. Behavioural addictions often respond particularly well to Hypnotherapy because there are no physical withdrawal symptoms to manage and the reward loop is clearly identifiable in a hypnotic state.
During hypnotherapy sessions, Jeremy guides you into a state of deep relaxation using relaxation techniques and mindfulness. In this trance-like state, the conscious mind quiets down and your subconscious becomes more open to positive suggestions and therapeutic suggestions that reshape the patterns behind your addictive behaviors. You remain fully aware and in control throughout.
Scientific research consistently supports the use of Clinical Hypnosis as a complementary component of addiction recovery when combined with other evidence-based treatment methods. Jeremy's holistic approach integrates Clinical Hypnosis concepts with Neuro-Linguistic Programming at Master Practitioner level, Motivational Interviewing and psychosomatic awareness, giving patients multiple angles of support in a single intensive therapy framework. This integrated therapeutic approach addresses both the behaviour itself and the underlying causes that drive it.
Jeremy's therapeutic approach is structured and practical, drawing on Clinical Hypnotherapy principles, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Motivational Interviewing. You remain fully aware and in control at every point. This is not stage hypnosis or group hypnosis, it is one-on-one intensive therapy.
Jeremy maps your emotional triggers, past experiences and goal in the initial consultation.
You are guided into a calm trance state using relaxation techniques, similar to just before sleep.
Hypnotic suggestion reshapes thought patterns, identity and habits at the root cause.
Each session builds on the last, locking in positive change and long-term recovery.
The Walker Addiction Removal Process, known as the WARP Method, is Jeremy's structured framework for Addiction Hypnotherapy. He has researched and proven it across more than 15 years of clinical practice, and it started from his own recovery journey. Patients often describe it as a powerful tool for addressing the root causes of their compulsive behaviour rather than just the symptoms.
WARP identifies and interrupts the subconscious triggers behind addictive behavior. It looks at the full loop: the trigger (stress, emotion, environment, social cue, memory), the learned response (reaching for the behaviour), the reward the subconscious is chasing (relief, escape, connection, confidence), and the identity that holds the pattern in place.
WARP transfers effectively across different types of addiction because the underlying subconscious mechanics are similar. The same hypnotherapy treatment that helps a patient stop compulsive shopping also helps a patient stop emotional eating or screen compulsions.
Jeremy introduced the WARP Method publicly in his book Freedom From Addiction, which patients can purchase on Amazon or buy directly from the Wavell Heights clinic
Your initial consultation runs for 60 minutes. Jeremy takes a detailed history of the compulsive pattern, your emotional triggers, past experiences, any previous treatment methods you have tried including support groups, and your specific goal. You will then move into your first Hypnotherapy session, which lays the foundation for the subconscious work that follows. Most patients notice positive change within days.
Jeremy works with the specific challenges that have come up in your week, reinforces the new coping strategies established in session one, and begins addressing self-esteem and identity patterns in deeper detail. This session often brings significant insight into the underlying causes of the behaviour.
The final Hypnotherapy session locks in the changes. Jeremy works with any remaining triggers, reinforces the new identity, and sets you up to maintain the shift confidently with a clear relapse prevention plan. Many patients describe this session as the point where the change feels permanent.
Patients typically notice changes within the week between hypnotherapy sessions. Urges feel quieter. Trigger situations become easier to navigate. After the program, some patients are done. Others book occasional tune-up sessions for ongoing support on a monthly, six-monthly or yearly basis, particularly around high-risk times or major life transitions.
Program length varies by pattern. Some behavioural types of addiction resolve in one or two sessions, particularly when the pattern is not deeply entrenched. Others benefit from the full three-session structure. Jeremy confirms the right recovery plan in your initial consultation.
Book Jeremy's Addiction Program online, or start with a free consultation to see whether Hypnotherapy is the right approach for you.
Prefer to get to know Jeremy first? Book a free 30-minute chat by phone or in-clinic. No treatment, no cost, no pressure.
Jeremy Walker is a Hypnotherapist and Psychosomatic Therapist at Brisbane Livewell Clinic (Wavell Heights) with over 15 years of experience. He also sees patients online via videoconference, which he finds just as effective as in-person consultations.
Jeremy is the author of Freedom From Addiction and Freedom from Anxiety, and the creator of the Walker Addiction Removal Process (WARP). His qualifications span Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming at Master Practitioner level, Psychosomatic Therapy, the Demartini Method, Motivational Interviewing and Sleep Therapy.
Jeremy's style is non-judgmental, having himself overcome challenges with drug use, chronic fatigue and anxiety disorders. Any issue you want to work through is seen as an opportunity. Before joining Brisbane Livewell Clinic, Jeremy ran his own practice, Inspire Hypnotherapy, for over a decade.
Patient case study examples from across Jeremy's Addiction Hypnotherapy work, covering different behavioural patterns and recovery goals.
"I couldn't stop eating sugar, even though I knew it was a problem. Jeremy helped me uncover why I kept doing it, and now I actually feel in control of my choices and my lifestyle. Thank you."James, Patient, Clayfield
"I'd never been able to talk to anyone about it. Jeremy made it feel like a problem I could actually solve, not something I was. Three sessions in I stopped reaching for it, and it has been eight months now. I did not think that was possible."Michael T., Patient
"My phone was the first thing I looked at in the morning and the last thing at night. Jeremy helped me understand what I was actually using it to avoid. I have not touched it before 7am in months and my sleep has completely changed."Sarah L., Patient
"I had credit card debt I could not explain. Jeremy helped me see what the shopping was really doing for me. It took three sessions. I have not made an impulse purchase since and I am actually starting to save."Rebecca M., Patient
Jeremy offers three ways to work with him. The three-session Addiction Program is the standard pathway for most behavioural addiction patients.
Meet Jeremy by phone or in-clinic. Ask questions, see if Hypnotherapy fits, no obligation.
Book a Free 30-Minute ChatJeremy's full Addiction Hypnotherapy program using the Walker Addiction Removal Process. Initial consultation, targeted sessions, and reinforcement for lasting recovery.
Book Jeremy's 3-Session Addiction ProgramInitial consultation, stand-alone session, or tune-up after the program is complete.
Call to BookSome private health insurers offer rebates on Hypnotherapy under extras cover, so it is worth checking with your fund.
Unfortunately Medicare does not currently cover Hypnotherapy. For this investment, however, our patients often find their broader mental health issues lessen in severity alongside the addiction work, which can reduce long-term spending on medical care and medications.
Whether you are ready to commit to the full Addiction Program or just want to talk it through first, Jeremy makes it easy to start.
Prefer to get to know Jeremy first? Book a free 30-minute chat by phone or in-clinic. No treatment, no cost, no pressure.
Looking for the best Addiction Hypnotherapy near you? Jeremy sees patients at Brisbane Livewell Clinic in Wavell Heights. The Wavell Heights clinic is easily accessible from across Brisbane's northside, with free off-street parking on site.
Jeremy also offers online Addiction Hypnotherapy via secure videoconference to patients anywhere in Australia. He has tested this format extensively and finds it as effective as in-person consultations.
Brisbane Northside
Brisbane Livewell Clinic
1/52 Jeffcott Street
Wavell Heights QLD 4012
Phone: (07) 3861 5881
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday
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Jeremy sees Addiction Hypnotherapy patients via secure videoconference from anywhere in Australia. Online sessions are as effective as in-clinic work, and many patients prefer the privacy of being in their own home for sensitive addiction work.
Book Jeremy's Addiction Hypnotherapy program, or start with a free consultation. Confidential, warm, and built around what you are actually dealing with.
Prefer to get to know Jeremy first? Book a free 30-minute chat by phone or in-clinic. No treatment, no cost, no pressure.
