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Hypnotherapy
What it is
Hypnotherapy is a gentle, guided process that helps you enter a calm, focused state of awareness, similar to being completely absorbed in a book or a movie. In this state, your mind becomes more open to exploring memories, patterns, and beliefs, and to creating new ways of thinking and feeling. You’re always in control you can talk, move, or pause at any time.
What it can help with
Healing from trauma, moral injury, or attachment wounds
Reducing anxiety, panic, or constant overthinking
Improving sleep and calming a restless mind
Letting go of habits or urges you no longer want (nail biting, nicotine, overeating)
Releasing fears and phobias (flying, driving, public speaking, medical procedures)
Managing pain or physical tension connected to stress
Building confidence, focus, and calm for performance or life changes
Who it’s good for
People who’ve tried talk therapy but still feel stuck in old patterns
High-responsibility professionals (military, first responders, healthcare, law enforcement) who need tools that work in the moment
Athletes and performers wanting to improve focus, recovery, and presence
Anyone navigating childhood trauma, religious trauma, or relationship wounds who needs a paced, compassionate approach
Individuals with OCD or body-focused repetitive behaviors who want to add mind–body tools to their treatment
What to Expect in Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy often feels mysterious or intimidating at first. Many people imagine stage hypnosis or losing control, but therapeutic hypnosis is nothing like that. In my office or virtually, hypnotherapy is a gentle, trauma-informed process where you remain in charge the entire time. Think of it as guiding your nervous system into a calm, focused state similar to the feeling of being absorbed in a good book or lost in thought so we can reach the deeper layers of mind and body where lasting change happens.
Here’s what a session might look like:
1. Setting the Stage
We begin by talking about what brings you in whether it’s trauma, eating disorders, anxiety, compulsions, intrusive thoughts, or old patterns you can’t seem to shift. I’ll explain exactly what hypnotherapy is, answer any questions, and address any fears or myths you may have. You’ll know what to expect before we start.
2. Creating Safety & Choice
Safety is the foundation. I’ll guide you into a state of focused relaxation using grounding, breathwork, or simple imagery. You’ll never be “out of it.” You’ll hear everything I say and can stop, pause, or shift directions at any time. Consent is continuous your nervous system, your pace, your control.
3. Entering the Hypnotic State
As you settle in, your mind naturally becomes quieter and more receptive. It’s like turning down the volume on racing thoughts so we can access the subconscious patterns that drive feelings and behaviors. This is where we can work directly with the roots of trauma, fears, compulsions, or stuck beliefs.
4. Therapeutic Work
Depending on your needs, we may:
Reframe old beliefs that fuel shame, fear, or compulsive cycles.
Work with imagery and body awareness to release trauma stored in the nervous system.
Reconnect you with inner strengths, resources, or “parts” of yourself that were lost or shut down.
Reduce the emotional intensity of painful memories or triggers.
Create new associations of safety, calm, and empowerment.
I often weave hypnotherapy with other trauma-informed approaches I’m trained in such as Somatic & Attachment-Focused EMDR, ART, Brainspotting, IFS/Ego States, or yoga-based regulation so the healing happens on multiple levels, not just the cognitive.
5. Returning & Integrating
At the end, I’ll gently guide you back into full awareness, grounded and present. We’ll process what came up, answer questions, and make space for you to reflect on how you’re feeling. Integration is key you’ll leave with practical tools to anchor the shifts that happened in session.
6. Between Sessions
Many clients notice changes unfolding gradually—sleep improving, triggers feeling lighter, or choices feeling easier. Sometimes insights surface in dreams or daily life. I may give you simple practices (breathing, imagery, journaling, or grounding) to strengthen the work between sessions.
Hypnotherapy isn’t about me putting you under, it’s about me walking beside you while you safely access the deeper parts of yourself that are ready to heal. You remain the driver. My role is to help you navigate with compassion, safety, and skill.
We can help with:
“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself… The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know. That takes an enormous amount of courage.” — Bessel A. van der Kolk
My Approach
I don’t view hypnotherapy as a quick trick or a one-off fix. For me, it’s one of many powerful tools that, when combined with other trauma-focused approaches, helps people create lasting and meaningful change. Healing isn’t about erasing your past it’s about finding safe ways to reconnect with yourself, release what’s been carried alone for too long, and step into a life that feels more grounded, open, and whole.
That’s why I integrate hypnotherapy with the approaches I’m most deeply trained in and passionate about: Somatic & Attachment-Focused EMDR (Certified; Consultant-in-Training), Accelerated Resolution Therapy (Certified), Brainspotting, IFS-informed/Ego States work, and yoga-based nervous system practices.
These therapies share a common thread: they are body-oriented and trauma-informed. They honor the truth that trauma is not just a memory it’s an experience stored in your nervous system, your body, and the patterns you live every day. That means healing has to happen on more than just a cognitive level; it has to reach those deeper places where the pain is held.
Here’s how these approaches work together in practice:
Hypnotherapy helps soften the constant chatter of the conscious mind, creating space to access and gently shift the subconscious beliefs and patterns shaping how you feel and respond.
Somatic EMDR & ART guide the nervous system to reprocess painful memories and release their emotional charge, so they no longer hijack the present.
Brainspotting tunes into the body’s felt sense, helping access and release tension, emotion, or trauma stored outside of words.
IFS & Ego States work create a safe, compassionate space to meet different “parts” of yourself—building internal trust, healing self-blame, and fostering more harmony inside.
Yoga-based nervous system practices bring the body back into the healing process, offering grounding, breath, and movement tools you can carry into daily life.
Blending these approaches allows us to work with trauma and change on multiple levels body, mind, and spirit. Together, we create a therapy space that is structured but deeply human: always paced by you, guided by curiosity and compassion, never by force.
This is not about “fixing” you it’s about creating the safety, insight, and tools you need to reconnect with yourself, soften old patterns of survival, and step into a more empowered, present, and authentic way of living.
