Enhancing Legal Performance
Through Calm, Focused Minds
Practical wellbeing and performance support for law firms, legal teams and individual lawyers. Calm Under Pressure sessions and Cognitive Reset Sessions help legal professionals manage stress, build focus and develop sustainable ways to work under pressure.
The Cost of Stress in Law Firms
Law firms run on high performance, but at what cost?
Legal work demands concentration, sound judgement and sustained attention. Long hours, urgent deadlines, demanding clients and pressure to meet billable targets can make t difficult to switch off.
The consequences?
Over time, work-related stress can affect wellbeing, focus and the way people experience their work. Supporting lawyer wellbeing means giving people practical ways to manage pressure before it begins to affect their health, work and home life
Leanora BB provides tailored wellbeing and performance support for law firms and legal teams, helping people develop practical ways to manage stress, regain focus and protect work-life boundaries.
Results that matter…
Poor mental health can carry substantial costs for law firms, including through presenteeism, absence and staff turnover.
“UK law firms lose an estimated £65 million a year to poor well-being - most of it from presenteeism and burnout.” From Legal Futures (2024)
How I Help
I offer three routes to support:
Calm Under Pressure sessions for law firms and legal teams, online sessions for small groups, and individual Cognitive Reset Sessions for lawyers. Each route is designed around the realities of professional pressure and the needs of the people taking part
The Business Case for Lawyer Wellbeing
Stress and poor mental health can affect concentration, morale, attendance and retention. Explore the research on workplace wellbeing and the potential value of giving legal teams practical support to manage pressure:
“Group hypnotherapy plus audio practice reduced perceived stress after five weeks”
From PubMed Research – November 2020
“Combined hypnotherapy + counselling improved burnout symptomatology, personality traits, quality of life”
From PubMed Research – November 2021
Testimonials
Sharon Blackman OBE
“I had an enlightening and hugely relaxing 1 hour virtual hypnotherapy session with Leanora. It was a welcome oasis in a typically hectic and stress filled week. Not a service that I have been open to trying previously but I was extremely pleasantly surprised by how much I relaxed during the session and how refreshed I felt afterwards. No need to ask if I will explore further or recommend - absolutely yes - I believe I’ve found a stress reducing tool that is likely to be the new staple in my self care protocol”
Beale & Company Solicitors
“A big thank you to Leanora Babb-Benjamin DCH, DSFH, HPD, NBH(Reg), NBMP(Reg) for hosting a stress and anxiety webinar for our staff today. We learned how to develop effective coping strategies and how to stay calm, focused and in control. A great way to recognise stress awareness month. Thanks Leanora!”
About the Founder
I am Leanora Babb-Benjamin, a former Lawyer turned Clinical Hypnotherapist. I understand the pressures of legal practice and now help lawyers and legal teams develop practical ways to manage stress, improve focus and work towards sustainable performance
My approach combines solution-focused hypnotherapy with practical techniques intended to support calm, focus and resilience under pressure. The programme is shaped by my experience of legal practice and my training in hypnotherapy.
Winner - London & South East England Prestige Awards 2026/27
The Method
A Clear Process for Supporting Legal Teams
3 Simple Steps:
Assess
In a 15-minute Strategic Needs Assessment Call, discuss the pressures facing your team and what you would like the programme to address
Plan
Agree a format and programme tailored to your firm’s needs, team size and objectives.
Deliver
Take part in regular sessions designed to build practical stress-management, focus and reset techniques.
The programme draws on neuroscience and practical techniques to help participants manage stress, reset their focus and maintain performance under pressure.”
Discuss Wellbeing and Performance in Your Firm
Free 15-minute Strategic Needs Assessment Call
If you lead a law firm or legal team, book a free, confidential 15-minute Strategic Needs Assessment Call to discuss the pressures your team faces and explore whether the Professional Performance Support Programme is a good fit.” Button: “Book a Strategic Needs Assessment Cal