Hypnosis is a natural state you already go into all the time. It's that thing that happens when you're driving and realize you've been in a reverie, or when you're so absorbed in a film that the rest of the world disappears. Athletes call it being in the zone. In hypnotherapy, that state is intentionally deepened, creating the ideal conditions for real, lasting change.

An alert relaxation. A pleasant, focused stillness. Most people are surprised by how comfortable and natural it feels.

Not at all. Hypnosis actually gives you more control, not less. You cannot be hypnotized against your will, and you cannot be prompted to say or do anything outside your own moral code.

No. You can come out any time you choose. You are always aware and always in control.

Healing yourself with your own mind is one of the most empowering and freeing things you can do. What’s hokey about being powerful and free?

This comes up a lot. Talk therapy works at the level of conscious thought, and definitely has it’s place. However, hypnotherapy goes deeper, to the subconscious beliefs and emotional imprints that drive our behavior in the first place. If you understand your patterns but can't seem to change them, that's not a failure. It's a clue that the work needs to happen at a different level. That's the level we would work at.

Yes. In fact this describes many of my clients. Insight is valuable, but insight alone doesn't rewire a belief. The subconscious doesn't respond to logic or understanding; emotion always wins. It responds to the kind of deep, felt experience that hypnotherapy creates. Knowing why you do something and actually shifting it are two very different things. The emotion behind the belief must change. This is where that shift happens.

Something happened in childhood, you felt an emotion, you formed a belief, that belief became a thought, that thought shaped a behavior. Talk therapy works at the level of the thought. Hypnotherapy goes all the way back to the feeling, the root. When the feeling shifts, everything built on top of it shifts too.

RTT stands for Rapid Transformational Therapy, developed by Marisa Peer. It combines hypnosis with elements of NLP, psychotherapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and transform the root cause of an issue, often a belief formed in childhood, at the source. Many clients experience profound shifts in just one to three sessions.

Hypnotherapy can support almost any area where a pattern, belief, or emotional block is getting in the way. Though I work with all kinds of issues with men or women, I specialize in working with women who are in the middle of a big transition and feel like they are losing their connection with themselves. It can fell like, “where do I fit into everything I am trying to achieve?!”

If you're not sure whether your specific issue is suitable, the free consultation is the right place to start.

Yes. All sessions are conducted online via Zoom. Wherever you are, location is not a barrier.

It depends on what you're working on. Some issues resolve in a single session; however, there is considerable benefit in allowing yourself 3-6 sessions to fully resolve inner turmoil. We'll talk through this during your consultation so you know what to expect before we begin.

I don't accept insurance directly, but some providers will reimburse a portion of your sessions. I'm happy to provide a receipt. Hypnotherapy may also be eligible through FSA or HSA, worth checking with your plan.