Nowadays, social media, streaming, work, games, and chats all heavily rely on the internet. However, you may be suffering from internet addiction if your time spent online becomes overwhelming, unsettling, or impossible to stop—if it begins to interfere with your mood, sleep, or relationships in real life. One cutting-edge, expert method of treating internet addiction is hypnotherapy. Many people in London and throughout the United Kingdom are discovering that hypnosis for internet addiction from a licensed hypnotherapist helps them regain control, break bad habits, and feel more balanced once more.
When using the internet stops being just fun or useful and starts to take over, that’s often called internet addiction. It can touch a lot of parts of life — your relationships, your mood, even your health.
In addition to costing you hours and affecting your focus and overall well-being, these behaviors can exacerbate anxiety, depression, or burnout.
With hypnosis for internet addiction, focus is not just on breaking the habit. It’s more about changing the way your mind responds when the urge shows up.
And with guidance from an internet addiction therapist, you learn to notice when you’re slipping into overuse and get simple strategies to stay in control.
When you’re not online, you may still find yourself imagining playing games, browsing, chatting with people, or continuously checking your notifications. Hypnosis for internet addiction can help reduce these urges and regain control over your time and attention.
After saying “just five minutes” of online browsing or gaming, hours have gone by. If you find yourself wanting to cut down but failing, hypnosis for internet addiction can help you regain control and break the cycle.
Putting online activities ahead of hobbies or social interactions, doing poorly at work, or ignoring obligations to your family or education can signal a deeper problem. An experienced internet addiction therapist can help identify these patterns and provide strategies to regain balance.
Lack of internet access can cause feelings of anxiety, boredom, depression, or restlessness. When you return to the internet, do you experience a sense of relief or escape?
Darren Marks is a London-based hypnotherapist with decades of experience, working both in private sessions and remote/online. He uses qualified, certified hypnotherapy techniques combined with modern understanding of addiction, neuroscience, and behaviour change. Every plan is tailored: first to understand your internet habits, triggers, lifestyle; then to work through hypnosis sessions + practical strategies, self-hypnosis recordings, or app-based practice.
His sessions are designed to be professional, friendly, and tailored to your unique experience—no one-size-fits-all scripts.
Here are some of the key benefits clients often report, shown in design blocks:
Helps your mind to respond differently, and then when you feel the urge to scroll, surf, or binge.
Makes it easier to concentrate and think clearly without getting distracted all the time.
Less stress from screen time, better sleep, and calmer nights.
More resilience when triggers show up, and better control over impulses.
Encourages steady habits so the changes last, not just quick fixes.
Helps you rebuild deeper, more meaningful relationships by shifting focus from virtual interactions to genuine personal connections.
Everyone’s quitting journey is unique. Here’s how hypnotherapy compares with popular tools:
| Method | Why this helps |
|---|---|
| Works with the subconscious, not just willpower | Quick rules and blockers only last so long. Hypnotherapy retrains the automatic part of your mind that actually reaches for the screen, so change feels easier and less like forcing yourself. |
| Builds practical mental habits, gently | It’s not about telling you off. Slow, repeated suggestions and imagery help new habits sink in — you notice urges earlier and choose differently without a battle. |
| Calms anxiety that fuels scrolling | When we feel stressed we search for distraction. Hypnosis teaches the body to settle, so the “need to scroll” loses its grip and evenings stop vanishing into feeds. |
| Personal and flexible — fits your life | Sessions are tailored to you (not a one-size detox). They can be done in person or online, and adjusted as your triggers or schedule change. |
| Teaches self-regulation, not punishment | Instead of shame or heavy restrictions, you get tools to manage impulses — breathing anchors, quick grounding tricks, mental pauses you can use anywhere. |
| Works alongside other therapies | You can still do CBT, coaching, or digital tools — hypnotherapy complements them, so you get both practical strategy and deeper rewiring. |
Hypnotherapy for internet addiction tends to work well if:
It may be less suitable if there are severe co-occurring mental health issues that need clinical psychiatric treatment, but a skilled professional offering hypnosis for internet addiction will help you understand this and may work in collaboration with other healthcare providers.
Here’s roughly what downtime looks like and how hypnosis for internet addiction can help you use this time more mindfully:
First session: discussion of your internet usage, what’s going on for you, and what you want to change, guided by an experienced internet addiction therapist.
Follow-Ups: Regular check-ins to reinforce-good habits and track your progress.
Darren has helped thousands of people quit—and stay quit.
Many clients stop after just one session, thanks to a method that works with your mind.
You're not judged. You're listened to. The process is simple and supportive.
If you’re ready to get your time and focus back, and want support that feels real and practical, Darren’s here to guide you.
With hypnosis for internet addiction, you’ll learn to work with your mind—not fight it—so you can build a healthier balance with technology and feel more present in your daily life.
You can take back control, one calm step at a time.