Cognitive Hypnotherapy for Teeth Grinding

Grinding or clenching your teeth—especially during sleep—can cause more than just sore jaws. It may lead to headaches, facial pain, worn enamel, disturbed sleep, or long-term dental issues. For some, it also becomes part of a cycle of stress: waking up tired, feeling tense during the day, and clenching again at night. It’s often subconscious, and that lack of control can be frustrating. Even knowing it’s happening doesn’t always help you stop.
Reasons Why You Might Have This Problem:
Teeth grinding (or bruxism) is commonly linked to stress and unresolved tension. Your body stores emotion physically, and the jaw is often one of the first places to tighten when you’re overwhelmed, angry, or anxious—especially when those feelings are unexpressed. Grinding is your body’s way of discharging that tension. Sometimes, it’s a long-standing habit formed in childhood; other times it starts during a specific period of stress and never resets.
Reasons You Might Resist Getting Treatment:
It’s easy to write this off as “just a habit,” or think a mouthguard is the only solution. Some people are unaware how much stress is stored in their body—or don’t feel they have the time or energy to do anything about it. There’s also a tendency to believe you have to be visibly falling apart before it’s worth seeking help. But chronic clenching is a sign your system is struggling to let go.
Why Cognitive Hypnotherapy Can Help:
Cognitive Hypnotherapy approaches teeth grinding as a communication from your nervous system. Rather than just managing the symptom, we look at what your body’s trying to process—and help you shift the underlying pattern. This might include emotional release work, stress regulation techniques, or changing internal habits held at the unconscious level. Over time, the need to grind fades—because your system has found safer, more effective ways to let go.