Healthy Minds Cornwall CIC will provide hypnotherapy to people in the community who are experiencing difficulties that affect their mental health, emotional wellbeing or quality of life.

The service is intended to be accessible and based on recognised evidence and good practice, rather than simply being a commercial hypnotherapy service.

Who the CIC aims to help

The organisation intends to support people experiencing issues such as:

• Anxiety and stress 
• Depression 
• Low self-esteem and confidence 
• Phobias and fears 
• Smoking cessation 
• Weight management 
• Other emotional or behavioural difficulties that affect everyday life 

The wording deliberately covers a reasonably broad range of problems, so the CIC isn't restricted to helping people with just one particular condition.

How this benefits the community

The underlying idea is that helping people improve their emotional wellbeing can have wider benefits.

For example, someone who becomes more confident and better able to manage anxiety may be more able to:

• Maintain relationships with family and friends 
• Return to or remain in employment 
• Participate in education or training 
• Become involved in community activities 
• Feel less isolated 
• Deal with everyday challenges more effectively 
• Develop healthier ways of coping with difficulties 

So the community benefit isn't simply that people receive hypnotherapy. Improving people's wellbeing can have positive effects on their families, relationships, employment and wider participation in the community.

Making the service accessible

An important fact  is that Healthy Minds Cornwall CIC won't only provide services to people who can easily afford private therapy.

Where possible, the CIC intends to provide:

• Reduced-cost hypnotherapy sessions 
• Educational wellbeing workshops 
• Group programmes 
• Free wellbeing information and resources 

This is particularly important for demonstrating the community interest of the organisation. It shows that the CIC intends to reach people who might otherwise be unable to access support because of financial or other barriers.

What happens to any surplus money?

Surplus funds could potentially help the CIC:

• Offer more subsidised sessions 
• Reach more people 
• Develop new community programmes 
• Produce additional free resources 
• Expand workshops and group services 
• Improve accessibility