A Coach For Your Mind

I totally believe in the power of the subconscious mind. Having said that it’s very difficult to understand what’s going on in there. You may read thousands of articles on how to clear it or loads of videos on resetting it. None of it worked for me. What really worked is coaching the mind. Just like you need a coach for every kind of training in life, you also need a coach for your mind.
After having visited many counsellors I somehow got through to Lawrence. He was a total blessing to me and helped me clear tons of mess which had actually occurred unknowingly in my childhood. I felt extremely light and divine in only a few sessions with him. A complete recommendation. Do not even think twice. (*)

Get Life Back in Rhythm

I am very happy to share that suddenly there is a turn around in my life after our sessions. I am a lot more positive person now, feeling relaxed and happy than ever before. I never expected to become such a calm & composed personality.
Before the sessions began, I was expecting a therapy like hypnosis; however, I got to know a very different ideology in our sessions on the source of all my problems, mainly stress, anxiety, finance and many others which were revolving around me viciously for years. And most importantly, also realising how to overcome them effortlessly.
All the credit goes to you for the way you conducted all three sessions and for helping me tremendously to overcome my issues very intelligently. I must say you have very deep knowledge on the mechanism of LIFE, and also you are an intelligent person who exactly knows how to get the life back in rhythm. Your emphasize on punctuality was impressive. I was expecting many numbers of sessions, but you finished in just three.
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for resolving most of my issues and making me a very happy going person. And also would like to thank my cousin who referred your name. (*) (*)

Birds Born in a Cage Think Flying is an Illness

It gives me immense pleasure to share my wonderful experience with sir Lawrence. If I may want to express my experience it’s no less than “the transformation of a caterpillar to a butterfly”.
Sir literally shows you the mirror and empowers us to find our true self that we somewhere lost in the path of growing up. I’ve read that “birds born in a cage think flying is an illness”. I can’t less resonate with the above words and was internally suffering until a close friend of mine directed me to him.
Sir immediately diagnosed my areas that needed to be worked upon and once that was done he gradually took me on the remedial path which I walked on and there is no looking back post that! I feel absolutely focused, ambitious, confident and have a positive attitude towards life! I wish sir all the very best in all his future endeavours!
Thank you! (*)

Cult & Manipulation

I went to Lawrence Fernandes with a problem that seemed unsolvable. I was close to losing my family to spiritual manipulation. There was no way out and it was like being in a place where you have no control over anything, the forces that are pulling at you are invisible. Cults are hard to escape. There are many reasons you feel powerless. Much of it is in the garb ‘spiritual’ and ‘energy’ practices, so you can’t tell that you are being manipulated, and the person poses as the benefactor. It is like being in a trance and not knowing it.
The so called ‘spiritual master’ was dictating everything in the life of my family, had cut us off our friends, and was working actively to cut me off my children. Even though I saw an abundance of single and divorced people around this ‘master’ at their beck and call, parting with huge amounts of money for the ‘cures’, it was hard to see that I was being set up for the same thing.
Lawrence empowered me to work myself out of the clutches of this fake guru. I was able to help myself and others. It took a deep looking within to understand why this came into my life. Why did I fall prey to it? The issues arose from what Mr LF calls our ‘operating systems’ – mine predisposed me to certain people, and situations. It took a lot of breaking myself open under his careful guidance. I was able to stand grounded and strong under the onslaught of this master manipulator. My family is free of this now (while many others continue to not be). All thanks to Mr Fernandes’s help. I was able to restore and reset the trauma inside me, to fix the havoc it was wreaking on the outside. (*)

Severe back pain, anxiety and insomnia

“They say growth happens incrementally when you start working on mental and physical health. I had Severe back pain, anxiety and insomnia. I was also an emotional eater. Even though I wanted to be better health wise I also wanted to achieve my goals and expectations of myself. I ended up feeling trapped and under a lot of stress.
After my sessions with Lawrence I was able to be aware and process moments/experiences that brought me stress and anxiety more swiftly. I started being more compassionate to the child in me, who had never been heard. As a result my psychosomatic back pains were gone. I was sleeping better and calm under stressful situations.
Every time there is a lapse, now I am able to see my patterns more clearly like coming out of a trance. I was able to regulate my fears internally and became more emotionally intelligent and empathetic towards the people around me.
Conflicts and emotions that took me months or even years to accept now take a few minutes to process. It feels like I’m finally living in the present! Now that’s a present, thank you Lawrence :)”  (*)

Grind My Teeth

Mid 2021, I was going through a lot emotionally, going through a divorce, a relationship crisis, financial instability and I was making life-changing decisions at the time. This impacted my health and lifestyle. Because of the stress and inability to deal with my state of mind, my jaw would be clenched every waking minute and I would grind my teeth involuntary in sleep. This led to severe pain, migrating teeth and a jaw that was losing shape. I got to know about Lawrence and his therapy via via and wanted to help myself out of the physical, mental and emotional pain and that vicious circle. So I convinced myself to book a session at the earliest.
I had spent months feeling a particular way and I was very sure what I had to say. Having gone to various counsellors and therapists in the past I had an idea of how the session usually pans out.
But this one was very different. Apart from what I said and felt on the surface level, there was so much in me that I was not addressing or was in denial. I have never been someone who expressed easily and the consequences were right there. Lawrence broke it down to the T and helped me dig deeper into my emotional state. I was extremely fascinated how his questions moved me and layer by layer the truth was exposed. Drawing a flow chart and mapping my life in front of my eyes on a white board was like a revelation. I saw changes after the very first session. I continued to read the chapters of the book he had written and started practicing meditation as instructed. I never want to go back to remembering that phase of my life again but I am very glad I made the decision of opting for this therapy session. It was truly life transforming.
Life is going to continue to catch us off guard and throw challenges, am just happy I have tools to deal with it.(*)

Chronic Backache Issues

Many of us are aware of the mind-body connection; how our physical body is influenced by our mental states. Lawrence helped me to develop a deeper understanding of this when I met him for my chronic backache issues. Our stressors can throw our body out of balance, and this then can get manifested through the aches and pains in our body.  I had developed chronic backache because of some stressors related to changes in my life. Through his magical NLP sessions, Lawrence not only helped me to eliminate my physical symptoms, but also helped me to become more resilient to change. The sessions helped me to deal with people, situations and, most importantly, my emotions in a better way. Importantly, through the sessions with Lawrence, I learnt to reframe my current beliefs by applying different meanings to behaviours, and situations in my life. He also helped me to reframe my limiting beliefs which were a result of my conditioning. Finally, I can’t thank him enough for being a change factor in my life for creating more freedom & choice over my own limiting beliefs. (*)

Grief and Relationship

My father passed away in 2018 and since I was never close to him, I played the dutiful son to the hilt at his burial yet I did not grieve for him. Subsequently, the family put me through the ringer over property, finances and even a photo album. I was livid and lashed out, in pain, at my mother and sibling. A week later, I found myself at Change Hypnosis- Mr Lawrence’s therapy space. A man of few words, outside of the session, we got down to the task at hand or should I say the task of my mind and emotions. Slowly, Mr. Lawrence uncovered decades of memories, experiences and emotions that were knotted in my family. The session unraveled in my mind’s eye, like a movie, in which I was the primary character. I realized that I was playing out a role all along, controlled by events embedded in my childhood. Tears of regret and grief finally flowed out for my father. Under Mr. Lawrence’s empathetic and professional gaze, my slow journey to healing both myself and my relationships had just begun. This was the first session of a few more that followed – all equally explosive. If one wants to discover the systems that govern us, and find one’s balance and center, in my humble opinion there is no place as safe and transformative as Mr Lawrence’s Change Hypnosis. (*)

​Medicines, not yielding results

I was referred to Lawrence by an endocrinologist who couldn’t understand why my body is not yielding results with her medicines. She assumed it was psychosomatic and that an unconventional approach was required for me to recover. I met Lawrence with an open mind and I remember crying buckets in my very first session . Before that I wasn’t even aware of what exact is bothering me and where is it stemming up from . He threw light on the darker areas of memory and helped me understand life with a different perspective.  Soon things started changing for better. And yes, my medicines started working too. (*)

Angry With My Parents

I came to Mr Lawrence when I was feeling really low. I had suddenly remembered few childhood memories which were upsetting and I was not able to deal with it as whenever I was remembering them I was going through the pain again and again..and also was very angry on my parents for the childhood they gave me and was not able to communicate with them either.
After sessions with Mr Lawrence I don’t feel any anger towards my parents as well as those memories related to my childhood.
Mr Lawrence made me think differently and gave me a different perspective. (*)

Fear, Anxiety and Stress

Lawrence’s sessions helped me connect the many dots in my life which were previously blind spots. These were the many why’s I had that led to fear, anxiety and stress. He helped me see where they originated from and how it influenced my behaviour.
After the sessions it feels as if a deep puzzle has been solved. It has also helped me see how many older patterns are no longer needed in my life. I have now begun a journey towards self-awareness and knowing what I truly desire.
Thank you Lawrence (*)

​Self Limiting Beliefs

Lawrence is one of the most practical, empathetic, rational and pragmatic therapist I’ve been able to interact with.
He is kind and thoughtful yet honest and direct. I would absolutely recommend him to others and have already done so. He provided me such clarity for me and had helped me uncover underlying pattern which was affecting my low self-confidence.
He is a wonderful listener and, when appropriate, will also challenge you to look at your self-limiting beliefs head-on. I always came out of a session with Lawrence feeling more positive and renewed, with a ‘spring in my step’. I highly recommend his services. (*)

A lot of Self-healing Happens

I started sessions with Lawrence on a friend’s recommendation for my general state of anxiety, de-motivation, lack of clarity where I found myself unable to move forward. I had no idea as to what to expect.
In the almost-4 years of intermittent therapy sessions with Lawrence, I can confidently say that I have understood myself and my inner workings better; am self-accepting and self-compassionate and have learnt to unapologetically take charge of my life; to want to thrive.
Lawrence’s style of therapy is a combination of talk therapy and spiritual healing – without being ‘woo-woo’ at all! After the sessions – I feel more connected to myself, grounded,  happy to be me, more confident of occupying space, and understand and accept myself. His solutions are practical and pragmatic– and a lot of self-healing happens in the session itself! (I’ve also had instances where Lawrence has aptly predicted certain inclinations/deeper desires which I was in denial about but realised months later!)
Lawrence has a stoic yet compassionate presence that he brings to the sessions which were aimed towards helping me connect to source (to true self) and equip me to take on any challenge with complete trust in my own ability, and explore and discover my true potential. I truly have grown heaps and bounds through my sessions with him, and am excited to discover what’s to come! (*)

Spring in My Step

Mr. Fernandes stands out for me as a thoughtful, kind, intellectually mature and ‘wise’ counsellor. He is very well informed on the subject matter, and has a wealth of resources to draw upon for diagnostics, learning more about yourself, and understanding and moving towards treating the particular challenges you bring to him.
Sessions with Mr. Fernandes were always encouraging and challenging when appropriate, sometimes bringing personal emotional outcomes that serve to challenge your thinking further. He is a phenomenal listener, and when appropriate, will challenge what you say, encouraging you very effectively to reappraise how you see the world.
There was frequently so much in the sessions it was worth taking notes and revisiting them afterwards. I always came out of a session with him feeling more positive, energized and renewed, with a ‘spring in my step’. I highly recommend Mr. Fernandes as a professional and effective counsellor. (*)

Innovative & Insightful

I was very fortunate to have a few sessions with Lawrence at a time when I really needed it. As someone who has been doing personal development work for decades and also works in this space, I’m very particular about who I work with. Lawrence’s methods are innovative and very insightful. In just a session or two I was able to shed light on patterns that had been governing my life and shift my perspective on important events in my life. He has a very direct yet compassionate way of doing the work. His insights are to the point and clear. I particularly appreciate his gentle and kind presence combined with his powerful guidance. Working with him has been highly liberating, eye opening and transformative. I recommend him wholeheartedly, it will be of great service to you. (*)

Skeptical and Scared

I had never spoken to a stranger about things that were way personal to me. I was skeptical and scared as to what should i be discussing, didn’t know what to expect when I first met Lawrence. And in the next few minutes the conversation started.. I felt at ease, my mind was calm and lawrance said things that I really wanted to hear, true and to the point.
It was beautiful. I was surprised because Lawrence answered my questions with ease, as if knew what I wanted to ask. Thank you Lawrence. (*)

Job and Work Exploitation

I came to Mr Lawrence Fernandes’ work in a time of deep crisis. I was stuck in a bad work relationship. A few sessions I discovered that the real challenges lay far beneath the surface, deep within me, and the outer conflicts I was facing were merely symptoms of it. Later I was able to stand my ground easily and firmly, it has changed my way of engaging with the world and people.
The sheer originality, and the depth of his methodology in his book (Stop Surviving, Start Living with Freedom) are deeply insightful. It is profound, yet made simple for a reader to apply, and is written to empower us to look within life with lasting awareness. A solid beginning to self work, it opens doorways to prepare one for deeper work with guidance.
The generosity of the sharing of his wisdom in the books and the personal work have been deeply rewarding for me. (*)

Understand Myself Better

“I am healthy – physically and emotionally, have a good job, a family etc…but something was bothering me internally. This led me to do a few sessions of therapy with Lawrence. His theory of wanted/unwanted/partially wanted children helped me to understand myself better – in terms of confidence, why I over-work, why I don’t accept myself as I am, why I fear disappointing people, why I constantly look for approval and more. In short, he helped me understand my operating system, helping me navigate daily life better.
He is a patient listener and connects your personal life to his learnings from therapy work over the year, which is what helps you truly understand.” (*)

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Pandemic, I was Stuck

I met Lawrence when I was a woman nearing 40, struggling to figure whether I should freeze my eggs, constantly overthinking it, resulting in severe anxiety. It took one session with Lawrence to realize that I wasn’t being true to what I wanted. I was amazed, and then started my journey with him where he helped me uncover the various truths & what actually makes me happy.
In relationships too – why you choose who you choose, feeling enslaved in something that wasn’t right to begin with, Lawrence breaks apart every facet of the emotional traps to explain how things trigger a pattern that come from the self vs you.
During the pandemic, I was stuck alone in the US with my family back in India, unable to reach them and unable to control anything. I can’t thank Lawrence enough for being available, no matter the time of day or night, helping me through that phase. I am so lucky to have met this kind soul with a deep understanding of humans and never checking how many times we spoke, or the clock. I am eternally grateful.
What is most respectful about Lawrence is his commitment to help you stand on your feet. He will never become your crutch. His patience is unparalleled, explaining the same concept as often as you need it.
With all the work I’ve been doing with Lawrence, I truly see the difference and the possibilities to go further are so exciting.
Lawrence’s books help uncover the limitations that people survive with so you can navigate them with compassion. It’s like looking into an internal mirror. It acts as a guide for you to start living your life the way you’d design it vs the way it was designed for you. It’s fascinating, astonishing & liberating. (*)

The Root of My Problems

My sessions with Lawrence have been very insightful wherein I became aware of my patterns and survival traits, and his calming presence and his extensive support helped me get to the root of my problems. For me, he was someone I could talk to seamlessly and without hesitation, and it is this quality of his that made our sessions even more fruitful. Thank you very much for all your guidance, I am very grateful. (*)

No Blind Hypnosis

I met Mr. Lawrence last year ..struggling with my insomnia, depression and many many other personal setbacks.
I read online about him, decided to meet him with no expectations & a tad bit worried about hypnosis, meeting him alone etc etc. But I was proved wrong. It was a complete new experience. He made me so comfortable. Few moments into our meeting, felt I could trust him. Made me sit comfortably, just asked me few basic queries. Four sessions and all we did was talk a lot, both ways. I felt a burden lift off my head & heart. His beliefs or concepts help me understand a lot of things. It was a beginning of a new phase. There was no blind hypnosis. At every point in all sessions, he ensured I stayed alert, well in my senses. The few times I was made to close my eyes to think, listen talk, I still stayed alert.
I am not completely cured of my insomnia, that will take time I understand, I would like to visit him again, but it was the first time I had the courage to stop taking sleeping pills. I could sleep… finally.
Today, Yes I m still kinda of sleep deprived most days, I still need to work on it. But very very honestly Mr.Lawrence and his sessions gave me the courage to stop my complete dependency on pills, helped me understand my problems areas and gave me hope that these are temporary problems. I will work my way through this too.
Thank you Mr Lawrence. You helped me and I will never ever forget it. (*)

Anxiety and Periodic Depression

It had been more than a year since i was undergoing anxiety and periodic depression due to circumstances in my personal life which made me feel unheard, emotionally neglected and not respected. I always believed I could handle situations on my own with a sense of denial that stopped me from seeking out for help. I was even afraid of burdening another being with my problems. However, I had reached a stage where I realised I wasn’t able to dismiss the negativity that had overshadowed my everyday thoughts and feelings, stopping me from focusing on my life and my work at hand. It was then that I decided to seek help and was introduced to Lawrence through a friend. My sessions with Lawrence started off with simple and easy conversations through which I became comfortable to open up with what I was going through. Ever so patient and a great listener, Lawrence, through therapy, made me realise the latent core issue that was subconsciously driving the way I experienced my everyday life, triggers that would affect me and make me anxious and the barriers or expectations I had built for myself which I began projecting on my personal relationships. Lawrence also helped me break down the structure of events that caused my anxiety and had seemed to form a pattern which he advised me towards. He also made sure that I was able to handle my everyday on my own, post therapy, by periodically sending me texts and ensured that he was always there if at all I felt the need to reach out. Lawrence, his method of therapy and his space bound by confidentiality made me feel safe and simultaneously gave me the strength to encounter and positively deal with what I was going through which continues till date. (*)

A lot of clarity

I wanted to delve deeper into certain issues. I was given Lawrence’s contact by a friend. I didn’t know anything about NLP. The sessions with Lawrence gave me a lot of clarity and helped me to understand the root cause. I am very grateful to him for his support and expertise. His book has also helped me understand and analyse myself. Much gratitude. (*)

Self-sabotage and Rebel Issues

I am blessed to have met lawrence sir and have visited him for a few sessions over the past six months. At the first few sessions, lawrence sir patiently heard me out, my issues in detail, even I was astounded at how much i had to say, then he explained how i am operating from a set of rules which were not made by myself for my life, that i was operating under a system of rules which was made by my parents and others for me to follow. These were made in my childhood and updated with parents expectations from time to time.
I realised in sessions with sir, that is why I suffered from self-sabotage and rebel issues a large part of my adult life. A part of me was fighting a part of me. I want to give examples to better explain what was happening. I knew my parents wanted me to be a perfect child- I am a textbook ‘wanted’ child as per lawrence sir’s book- so that meant I am expected to be academically superior- great at my work- being thin- not asking for expensive gifts- conducting myself politely and behaving in socially acceptable ways with all family and their friends-
What I actually wanted was to break free of their 1000 rules and wear whatever I wanted to, take a sabbatical, colour my hair as I liked, not workout, work fewer hours etc. Frankly, I didn’t even know what I wanted until I met lawrence sir. I knew I was rebelling, like not working out my body in any manner even though we all know a little exercise is good for health. I had so many little inner children who made me angry, self-sabotaging like sometimes I would go to extremes to show my individuality.
Now that I know there are two different voices inside my head, and one that comes from the adult me and one that comes from my parents expectations, I am free to choose the one that is my own voice. Parents do parenting as per their own exposure and as they knew best for their child at that given time in their life. I find all that degrees and foreign education will NOT help us make the right choices and decisions for our personal life if we cannot even hear our own inside voice. Your body mind and higher selves can help you if you can hear them and move according to a new course which was not permitted due to safe choices made by your body’s survival system or your parents during your childhood years.
I am still continuing to work with lawrence sir through sessions as I know that I have just only NOW discovered what it means to be free of judgement and peaceful. No more self-sabotage and rebel issues. However I haven’t made up my mind about a lot of issues regarding how I spend my time and so I continue my sessions to thrash out how i feel when new problems surface. (*)

Needed a Guiding Light

I highly recommend Lawrence as a very effective counsellor. He helped me understand my own behavioral patterns and me as a person addressing my weak and strong points. I know myself better than before. I feel more happy expressing myself, showing different sides of me to others, and letting others show their different sides to me. I feel less anxious and more able to pursue the things I want to do. Indeed needed a guiding light to understand myself better and I am glad to be in a more settled state of mind. (*)

Take Bold Life Decisions

I first met Lawrence in 2021 at the suggestion of a friend. What struck me on our first discussion was his direct demeanor, and suggesting a finite number of sessions so as to not create dependence on the therapist. In our first session, I was blown away by the time he spent, not rushing me or cutting me short because the allotted time was up, but allowing the session to close naturally when all that had to be resolved for me that day was done. Each session thereafter opened my eyes to the patterns underlying my thoughts that were running my life. Furthermore, after each session, my subconscious started to communicate to me through vivid dreams, telling me how I was actually feeling, versus the stories I was telling myself. That’s how disconnected I was with my own inner being.
Lawrence has always encouraged me to connect with my inner being-the source-as he calls it,  for my answers and inculcated a sense of independence. My sessions with Lawrence allowed me to take bold life decisions and I am gradually freeing myself from the clutches of old thought patterns. I highly recommend Lawrence for his integrity, empathy, and single minded agenda of making us lead independent and fulfilling lives. (*)

Sadness Due to Past Events

With the sessions with Lawrence, I came to know how we live someone else expectations, and that becomes subconsciously our survival mechanism, which then leads to fear, anxiety and depression..
Talking to Lawrence, I am able to unfold these things and been able to handle fear, guilt of past, sadness due to certain past events and learning to live mentally free and in control.

I wish I had met you sooner!

Thank you to Dr Lawrence for not just helping me identify the patterns of self doubt, and negative thinking that I was living with, but also helping me understand how I can deal with them best. His patience, combined with constructive challenging really helped find answers to questions I had never asked myself consciously before. I know myself better than before. I wish I had met you sooner!