Trauma-Focused Hypnotherapy in Winter Park, Orlando & Online Across Florida
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You understand your patterns. So why haven't they changed?
Newsflash: Insight was never going to be the thing that fixed this.
You've done the work. Maybe years of it. You can name your attachment style at parties, explain your triggers with impressive accuracy, and trace your people-pleasing all the way back to third grade. You have plenty of insight.
And yet you're still saying yes when you mean no. Still lying awake at 2 AM replaying a conversation from three days ago. Still bracing for disaster when everything is technically fine.
Nobody tells you this part: insight lives in your conscious mind, and your patterns don't. The beliefs actually running the show (I'm only safe when everyone is happy with me... if I rest, everything falls apart... I'm somehow too much and not enough at the same time) were installed far below the surface, usually before you had any say in the matter. You can't out-logic a belief you never logicked your way into.
That's where hypnotherapy comes in.
Okay, but is this stage hypnosis? Will I cluck like a chicken?
You will not cluck like a chicken. There's no swinging pocket watch, no losing control, and no spilling secrets you meant to keep. Honestly, if I could make people do things against their will, my dog would have stopped barking at the Amazon driver a long time ago.
Real hypnotherapy looks nothing like Vegas or the movies. It's a state of focused absorption, similar to that dreamy zone right before you fall asleep, or the way you sometimes drive home on autopilot and can't remember the last three exits. You stay aware the whole time. You stay in control the whole time. You can talk, move, or open your eyes whenever you want to.
What makes it useful is what becomes possible in that state. Once the analytical, guard-dog part of your brain finally settles down, we can work directly with the subconscious, which is where those old beliefs actually live.
You don't lose control. You finally get to put it down.
Here's something that surprises people: hypnotherapy with me comes in two flavors, and both of them count.
Eyes closed: the deeply relaxing kind
Sometimes it looks exactly how you'd imagine. I guide you into deep relaxation using your breath, imagery, and my voice, and most clients tell me it's the most relaxed they've felt in years, which for the chronically tense among us is worth the price of admission all by itself.
Eyes open: awake, aware, and in the room
Just as often, this looks like an ordinary conversation with your eyes wide open. You already know we're doing it, even when it doesn't look like a formal trance. What changes is that the part of you that tends to over-analyze or brace for what's coming gets a little quieter, so the rest of you can actually take in what's being said. Nothing is bypassed — the guarded part just gets a break, while the rest of you does the work.
Either way, we work gently with whatever comes up: old memories that need reprocessing, beliefs that need updating, younger versions of you still running on outdated instructions. You aren't reliving anything against your will. You're safe, aware, and in the driver's seat, with me guiding the whole way.
Afterward, we talk through what came up together. Clients often notice something they'd been white-knuckling for years finally shift, not because we forced it, but because we talked to the part of the brain that was holding the pattern in the first place.
Some patterns don't budge no matter how hard you think about them—let’s try something different.
Hypnotherapy can help you with…
Anxiety and chronic overthinking
Trauma (big-T, little-t, and the childhood kind you've been minimizing)
People-pleasing and the terror of disappointing others
Self-doubt and that relentless inner critic
Sleep struggles and a nervous system that won't power down
Habits and behaviors that resist willpower alone
Grief that feels frozen or unresolved
I also integrate hypnotherapy with somatic work and parts work (IFS), so we're never relying on one tool alone. We're working with your mind, your body, and your inner system together. That's what makes this work when insight alone hasn't.
My training (because you should ask)
Hypnotherapy is central to how I practice, not a technique I tacked on, which is why I trained specifically to do it safely with trauma. My hypnotherapy training is a 50-hour program through Trauma Focused Hypnotherapy, grounded in Ericksonian hypnotherapy and designed for licensed clinicians working with trauma — meeting Florida's 491 board requirements for the Certified Hypnotherapist (CHt) credential.
I know how to work safely with trauma inside a trance, and that distinction matters. Hypnotherapy with a trauma-trained licensed therapist is a very different experience than a session with a weekend-certified coach reading from a script.
Some patterns don't budge no matter how hard you think about them—let’s try something different.
Frequently asked questions about hypnotherapy
FAQs
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Yes, in the hands of a trained, licensed professional. You remain aware and in control throughout, you can't be made to do or say anything against your will, and you can end the session at any time. My trauma-focused training means we always go at a pace your nervous system can handle.
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Almost always, yes. Hypnosis isn't unconsciousness. It's focused absorption, and most clients remember everything and describe feeling more present afterward, not less.
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If you've ever gotten lost in a book, cried at a movie, or driven home on autopilot, you can access a hypnotic state. Some people drop in quickly and others need a session or two to trust the process. Both are normal. And since much of my trancework happens with your eyes open, inside what feels like regular conversation, you may discover you've been dropping into it without ever noticing. Skeptics are genuinely welcome here.
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It depends on what we're working with. Some clients feel meaningful shifts within a few sessions, while deeper trauma work takes longer. I typically weave hypnotherapy into our broader work together rather than offering it as a standalone quick fix. Anyone promising one-session miracles is selling something.
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Yes. Virtual hypnotherapy works just as well as in-person sessions do. All you need is a quiet, comfortable spot where you won't be interrupted. I see clients in person in Winter Park and online across Florida.
More questions? Check out my FAQs page.