The Therapy Lounge Reviews 

Expect to receive honest, insightful advice that will change your life for the better. After a single 90 minute session I felt like the fog had been lifted and the path forwards clear. I can't recommend Steve more highly. Thank you, Steve!

I wasn't sure what to expect when I signed up for a session with Kirsten. I had an outdated notion of what hypnotherapy would be and I was a little apprehensive about the modality and how effective zoom sessions could be. I needn't have worried. I found it easier to talk in the warm environment of my own home, surrounded by my comforts, in a place familiar to me rather than an office or clinic. Kirsten has helped me to untangle my old beliefs and thoughts in a way that made sense to me. She helped me to help myself and view things through a different lens. I have started to feel like me again and more importantly I know how to catch myself when I am starting to fall.

I would highly recommend Kirsten and her approach to therapy and hypnotherapy. Sessions with her helped me immensely, and beyond that she has given me the tools to be able to help myself. Thank you!

We had 3 sessions in which Steve gave me tools and a deeper understanding of why my anxiety shouldn’t stop me from achieving what I can achieve. I learnt about adopting the creator mindset and I really enjoyed reading the self help books and the notes he gave me as they were up lifting and encouraging. In a short amount of time I managed to push myself out of my comfort zone, something I didn’t believe I would be able to do. It has boosted my confidence and reassured me that I am capable of positive and effective change :)

Initially, I was unsure if I would ever be able to overcome my phobia of needles after a traumatic childhood experience and having a phobia of needles for 11 years. I had seen two therapists prior to starting at the therapy lounge, and I was beginning to lose hope that I would ever get past it.

With the help of Kirsten, I managed to have the COVID-19 vaccination, which is something I would have never imagined possible! I had just 3 sessions and through hypnotherapy she helped me get passed some difficult memories, overcome my phobia and teach me the skills I need to get through challenging situations. I was amazed at how quickly I saw progress. Kirsten had a nurturing approach and has helped me move on with my life, tackling challenges head on.

I can't thank Kirsten enough, I am forever grateful for everything she has helped me with! I would highly recommend seeing Kirsten to anyone who feels that their phobia is having a negative impact on their lives. You can get over it too with Kirsten's help!

My teenage son plays competition sport and had a tournament coming up. He said he was nervous, said he struggled sometimes in matches and asked what he should do. We asked Steve at the Therapy Lounge for his help. So roll on tournament day, sadly no spectators due to Covid. I get an unexpected call late afternoon from the head coach to say that my son was playing exceptionally well, the best he has ever seen him play. He had beaten some real top quality players.
My son felt the sessions with Steve made all the difference and this has given him some great tools to be excited about tournaments instead of being nervous.

I had a couple of sessions with Steve and then with Kirsten. Both are great people with their own distinctive approach to therapy. Combined together the help they gave me has had a profound impact and made a big difference to how I feel.

Steve also provided me with new ways to think about some of the important relationships in my life and a simple and very helpful mental model that I now use a lot and am finding to be very helpful.

Kirsten’s hypnotherapy helped me with some really tough issues I have struggled with since my Dad committed suicide a few years ago and the impact of just two sessions is hard to believe.

Thoroughly recommend both Steve and Kirsten and feel very grateful to have met and worked with both.

I have tried a few different therapy processes in the past but the work I've done with Steve has been on a different level, and without a doubt the most transformative. I only wish I could have done it sooner! Steve has been incredibly generous with his time, energy and efforts and I'm so grateful for that. The process is very solutions focused and has given me a new way of approaching the challenges I feel I need to overcome. I really hope I'm able to continue working with the Therapy Lounge in the future - I would whole heartedly recommend them to anyone looking for support!

I had an excellent experience with Steve at The Therapy Lounge to help me with my nicotine addiction, which I've had for 35 years, firstly with cigarettes and more recently with vaping. I have tried to give up many times in the past and have tried many techniques but Steve's method seems to have hit the spot for me! I found him very approachable, engaging and wise and I would not hesitate to recommend him.

I can’t recommend Kirsten enough. Such a wonderful person. I went to see Kirsten about a year ago for anxiety which flared in specific situations. From just the first appointment I came away feeling more in control of my thoughts and emotions. Something which started to have a big impact on my life, soon become something I looked at in a different way which I could control. Kirsten has given me tools which I will carry for the rest of my life and I can’t thank her enough.

I have used Steve's services twice now over the past 18 months, and cannot recommend him more highly. Firstly to quit smoking after an on/off habit for over 20 years, and more recently as a coach on an emotional level. Over the past few months Steve has equipped me with the skills required to pull myself out of a pretty deep hole and make some seriously life changing decisions. Steve is an absolute legend and I’m forever grateful for the tools he has given me for living a happier and healthier life. Onward and upward!!

I first reviewed The Therapy Lounge in early 2018 (cf below) after having had the enormous privilege of working with Kirsten - one of the most beautiful, compassionate and understanding souls I have ever had the pleasure of connecting with.
I was so impressed with the results, even from the very first session, that I popped back for more! I have been on the most amazing journey of healing and becoming my authentic, confident and creative self. The difference in my confidence levels has literally been life-changing and I feel very privileged and grateful for this journey. Kirsten is an outstanding therapist and I found it very rewarding to work with someone who is so deeply passionate about assisting others.

In fact, this journey made such a difference to my quality of life that my husband was inspired to give The Therapy Lounge a try and worked with Steve.

Steve really helped my husband to turn his thoughts and feelings around - in the most spectacularly effective manner - by giving him the tools to do the work on himself.
As a wife, to see such a huge change in such a short time and experience my husband being so positive and enthusiastic again was amazing. He has regained his quality of life and I have got my husband back. Thank you Steve.

Kirsten and Steve have helped us both individually and by extension as a couple. What's not to love!
I would not hesitate to recommend Kirsten - and frequently have done! - Steve, and The Therapy Lounge!
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4 reviews
5 stars: Excellent
Jan 16, 2018
Invited
Review of work with Kirsten @The Therapy Lounge
From the initial telephone conversation I was struck by how gentle, approachable and understanding Kirsten was – she just “got it”.

During our work together she was most respectful and I felt in very safe hands. She calmly and skillfully helped me to resolve some longstanding issues that were holding me back in the present day. I would not hesitate to recommend Kirsten to others.

Over the last 15 years or so, I've seen a handful of psychotherapists who've been great at helping me to identify my issues, but not very good at helping me to find long-term solutions to overcome them. Steve Burns has helped me to change that in just six weeks! Steve is NOT a therapist, and that's why working with him works! He's acted as an emotional coach for me. He told me this would be his role during our first session, which is when he also told me there was nothing wrong with me! I was VERY sceptical about this, and at the end of our first session I was confused and disconcerted. THIS CHANGED VERY QUICKLY! With some recommended reading, highlighted videos, homework that required some hard thinking, and skilled coaching he has set me on a new road that's helped me to change my outlook on life in ways that have already greatly calmed my anxiety and released me from a debilitating bout of depression. IN JUST SIX WEEKS! if you've been seeing a therapist for months or years, stop now and call Steve! Make no mistake, he will make you work for it, and you'll have to put in the effort. The change has to come from you. But if you actually want to be better, Steve will help you achieve this. Believe the reviews, take a deep breath, and go for it!

Kirsten Dahlerup

Kirsten is an amazing therapist and beautiful human being. She is full of useful tips on how to reprogramming yourself to your best self. She has taken me to places I didn't handle well to go by myself in the past, she helped me to unravel things from the past, putting them right and moving forward. She is always happy to help, she has an honest, kind and helpful approach that makes her completely trustworthy. When I am in her therapy I feel I am in safe hands. I know I can always reach out to her in my most difficult times. I will be eternally grateful. Best Wishes CP

Improved sleep reduced stress
As a result of increased stress and worry I was suffering from lack of sleep. The Therapy Lounge was able to help me with a personalised hypnosis and relaxation program.
I am now able to fall asleep quickly without worry or stress, have a good night sleep and wake up refreshed. The treatment was instant from Day 1 and successful.
Many thanks so grateful to be able to get a good nights sleep.!

I honestly can't thank steve and praise his work highly enough, I was addicted to cannabis for 15 years and after spending just one month working with steve applying the work he gave me and learning new insights from him I had given up cold turkey and it felt so natural too it wasnt a constant fight with myself not to act on my habit like it had been when I had previously tried and failed to give up. Steve didn't just help me kick my habit he has helped me completely rewire my brain and has impacted all areas of my life, especially my mental and physical well being. I would highly recommend working with steve and his team the work they do is priceless and I will be forever grateful to him. After finishing my time (2 months) with Steve I feel completely renewed and ready to face anything that comes my way with the new life tools and understanding I now have. Thank you soooo much steve ❤️

After smoking and using nicotine products for over 40years, I decided it was time to get some help to quit.
Steve was recommended to me and I’m so so glad he was. Steve just made me rethink my relationship with nicotine and the way I viewed it. I’d always thought nicotine was my ‘friend’ and I couldn’t go through life without it..... boy was I wrong. This wasn’t the huge mountain to climb that I thought it was going to be, but a very small, manageable hill. Yes.... you have to do the work, but Steve will show you, it’s just your thoughts that’s controlling you... not the dreaded nicotine!! He walks with you holding your hand every step of the way, and I couldn’t have done this without him.
Thankyou Steve...🙏

Steve was not my idea but a friends and I attacked Steve fiercely during our first two hour session. I was angry and did not want any help, but then I was kind of thrilled that Steve was shutting down my attacks and I said I would give him a chance. Then I did opposite of what he asked me to and expected him to end our brief relationship. He didn’t, instead he asked me to talk to his colleague Kirsten who dealt with childhood trauma. After talking to Kirsten (see my separate review about her), I stopped being angry and Steve got a much more pleasant client to work with. It was an absolutely brilliant move of Steve to identify my pressing need to deal with some bad history before starting any focused work with him. Today, I am happier with myself than ever been before and Steve is now helping me to build a framework that will remind me of my new standard for the rest of my life. Thanks Steve, and thanks to my friend how gave a helping hand to a friend in need.

Steve burns has helped me turn my life around. By simply showing me how I can think and behave differently.
He was recommended to me and I’ve done all manner of therapy prior to this but found this the most useful and simple!
Thanks Steve 👍🏻

This guy helped me out of a really sticky situation. His way with words, outlook on life is refreshing and I would really recommend him to anyone.