Testimonials

Before working with Stephen I was a profitable trader but I knew I could perform better. Since working with Stephen I have experienced a big upgrade in my performance. He helped me explore my technical leaks.

On the mindset side, I feel very calm and relaxed at the moment in general, much more patient so I don’t feel fear of missing a move and having to be on every move like I did previously. This has been very noticeable since our last session, where we did hypnosis around this topic.

Yesterday my wife said out of the blue that she feels the coaching is very valuable for me and that she can feel a big difference in regards to my mood and patience!

I have done a lot of coaching and therapy before but it was like putting lipstick on a pig. It did not get to the root of what was holding me back.

With the hypnotherapy we are getting to the root of the problem. It has completely changed my confidence and how I am showing up in the world both in my career and in all other aspects of my life—people have commented at this both at the tables and also in my social life.

Stephen's work helped me increase my performance significantly as a high-stakes poker player. After working with him, I have accomplished many career-high wins, the most memorable being winning a bracelet in one of the biggest live tournaments to this day — the $25k WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas for $2.7 million.

Stephen not only helps me tackle my day-to-day problems but also helps me prepare for future events using hypnotherapy. He makes me feel very comfortable doing it, and it is easy to fully trust him while letting go and accessing my subconscious mind. Stephen is a warm-hearted and very well educated professional — and by now a friend. He's also the kind of person who offers help when it's not asked for, when he has the feeling that you might need it.

Last week, I found myself on the biggest stage of my career, playing a final table with life-changing money on the top. Contrary to how I performed previously, I handled myself with ease and executed my play with precision. I knew I was ready, and I ended up taking the win.

For the longest time, I felt a gap between what I was capable of and how I was actually performing at the tables. After having hypnotherapy sessions with Stephen, I felt I could access the parts of my game which were always there but were blocked off by these mental game issues.

Stephen deserves large credit for this score. Could not have done it without him.

My first hypnotherapy session with Stephen changed me forever. The indecision and self doubt that had always plagued me was replaced with a new confidence that I have always yearned for. Within a few months I have been able to craft a plan to create the work/life balance that I truly desire while not sacrificing financial stability. I've become a better version of myself.

I doubted hypnotherapy would work on me. I'm a sceptic by nature, and I have high anxiety. Stephen explained the scientific basis of it, which I appreciated. The session made me experience calmness in a way I had never experienced before.

One of the skills you have to develop as a professional poker player is genuinely accepting the variance. I have always had a very difficult time with that — feelings of anger, sadness, disappointment, and despair every time things go wrong. I have seen significant change in my reactions — not only in poker but across all areas of life.

"I decided to go ahead with my long-term dream of having my own corporate law firm. If only these little doubts would stop coming up in my head.

The hypnotherapy finally also got my mind on board with my well-equipped plan. I did not only gain the inner confidence in myself and my vision, but the whole process actually became real fun. I warmly recommend his coaching to anyone striving for a boost in both career and life."

The hypnotherapy is great to just steadily prime your subconsciousness to be a better version of yourself. When I started working with you, there was this immediate, massive impact to my performance. Just like the first sessions — massive impact.After one of our first sessions, I just won two online tournaments in the same session. That is a rare thing. The biggest results I had in the last year just fall into that time when we started working together — live and online.

For anybody who shies away from mental game coaching on the basis of cost — for me personally, it has been probably one of the very best investments I've made in my game in poker.I hope more people do neglect this area, because that's an advantage to those of us that embrace mental training.

I think clearly you're one of the best in the field. And also one of the most inquisitive and curious and well-studied — having that full background of understanding flow and all the things that are behind performance psychology.

Stephen's expertise helped me overcome my nicotine addiction in just one 30-minute hypnotherapy session, after I had struggled for months on my own. Working with him helped me not only to improve at the poker tables but also in every other part of my life.

If you are dealing with tilt, have trouble sticking to your workout routine, or find it challenging to perform at your best, Stephen is the right person to help you reach the next level and unleash your full potential.

I got rid of negative self-talk. I can tell that I'm already a different poker player. I am more mature. I already managed to have some  big scores following our sessions.

Stephen has been preparing me before each Triton festival that I happen to play. And each time I felt absolutely prepared. I wasn't fully intimidated even for a single moment, even though those stakes are not the normal stakes that I play.

Stephen understands my needs better than I do. I get the feeling that he has a vision for his clients - and that vision is based on their actual needs.

Stephen is a highly effective coach. He is knowledgeable, skilled, and very organised. This makes every session well prepared, effective, and to the point.

It's just something like going to the gym. It's just something that has to be done. And whoever's not doing it is missing out on a lot.

This coaching has been a platform for me to continuously work on improving my game. I particularly like that Stephen provides me with resources which I can go back to again and again.

Working with you really helped me be a lot more efficient. It helps me save a lot of money and time because I don't have to do things last minute anymore. What I really needed was getting structure and organisation in my life, because I was all over the place all the time travelling.

I would say go for it. It's something that I was personally sceptical about at the beginning — what does coaching do? But you hear nothing but success stories. We don't have all the experience, we don't have all the tools. There's nothing but benefit you take from it.

Wow! If you’re working towards what feels like an impossible goal then make sure to reach out to Stephen. We worked through more mindset challenges and mental blocks in 1 hour than I have in years of therapy.

Collaborating with Stephen Baker has been a game-changer for me. The positive changes he’s brought into my life are beyond words. I’m profoundly grateful for his insights and guidance. The journey ahead with him is something I’m genuinely excited about.

Stephen's strength is in his holistic approach, not only has he helped me and my team members to work better, but he has also contributed to a stronger foundation beyond my working life.