Practitioner qualifications
Paul Smith and Rebecca Smith are qualified clinical hypnotherapists and members of the Australian Hypnotherapists Association and the Hypnotherapy Council of Australia.
Last reviewed 8 August 2026
Norwest Wellbeing's practitioners are Paul Smith and Rebecca Smith, both qualified clinical hypnotherapists and members of the Australian Hypnotherapists Association (AHA) and the Hypnotherapy Council of Australia (HCA).
Paul Smith
Paul Smith (Dip.Clin.Hyp., Dip.Psych.Th.) is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Strategic Psychotherapist. His specialties are anxiety and OCD, alcohol and habit cessation, ADHD and neurodivergence, and paediatric work including ARFID. Paul leads paediatric hypnotherapy at the clinic. To understand his approach, see what is strategic psychotherapy.
Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith (Dip.Clin.Hyp.) is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Women's Health Specialist, Counsellor, and PSYCH-K® Centre International Facilitator. Her specialties are women's health, the nervous system, weight and body image, fertility and pregnancy, and IBS. PSYCH-K® work is booked with Rebecca. See PSYCH-K® sessions.
Professional memberships
Both practitioners are members of the Australian Hypnotherapists Association (AHA) and the Hypnotherapy Council of Australia (HCA). Membership matters practically as well as professionally: private health funds recognise practitioners via their AHA association number, which appears on your invoice for rebate claims.
Common questions
Q: How do I choose between Paul and Rebecca? A: Match your concern to their specialties. Paul focuses on anxiety and OCD, alcohol and habit cessation, ADHD and neurodivergence, and children's work; Rebecca focuses on women's health, nervous system, weight and body image, fertility and pregnancy, and IBS. You choose your practitioner when booking, and a free 15-minute callback can help you decide.
Q: Who works with children? A: Paul Smith leads paediatric hypnotherapy at the clinic.
Q: Are the practitioners registered with a professional body? A: Yes. Both belong to the Australian Hypnotherapists Association and the Hypnotherapy Council of Australia.
Q: What actually happens in clinical hypnotherapy? A: It's structured, goal-directed clinical work using hypnosis. what is hypnotherapy explains it in plain language.
