Often in response to traumatic experiences, the human brain adopts habitual ways of managing deep and sometimes unbearable pain. When unhealthy, these patterned ways of responding, can continue to have negative effects on our health and relationships long after the trauma has passed. Because of the way habits are formed in the brain, they are typically resistant to even our best intentions and efforts for change.

Hypnotherapy is one gentle and effective way to access the deeper places in the brain where destructive habits are stored, allowing us to update old memories and allow for the formation of new and healthier habits that better fit your life today.

Hypnotherapy is not like stage hypnosis. You will not “magically” develop the ability to speak Russian. You will not unwittingly share a deep dark secret that you didn't want anyone else to know. You will not find yourself hopping around like a rabbit or braying like a donkey, unless of course, you want to...

Hypnotherapy feels like "Focused Daydreaming". You are fully awake and in control of your experience, free to accept or reject anything you hear. We will together craft the suggestions and meaning that you want me to focus on and I will show you how to slow your brain wave pattern to the ideal state of receptivity for incorporating new learning and generating creative new connections. This alpha/theta brain wave pattern is similar to how a person might feel when having a peaceful daydream or light nap. Sometimes, it’s not even within a formal hypnosis session; it’s just a conversational moment that helps you to pay attention more deeply to an experience in a way that makes it feel more real to your nervous system.

It feels like what artists describe as “flow”, when they get lost in the moment of creating and lose track of time. Or, becoming absorbed in a wonderful book or movie. And, when the story ends, you look around to reorient yourself to your present moment and things feel different and somehow more hopeful.

Trauma Informed Hypnosis can be immensely helpful when you are feeling stuck. Sometimes, if despite your best efforts, you continue to struggle with move forward in a particular way, it’s because your deeper brain is stuck in a sympathetic alert mode, staying on guard for anything it perceives as a threat. And, the human brain typically perceives anything new as a threat (which can make change a lot harder). Hypnosis can calm your mind and create a state in which your brain can learn a new and more helpful way forward.