Frequently asked questions

You already have all the resources within that you need in order to achieve your desired outcome. My approach helps you to tap into those often dormant resources.

Rather than force my “model of the world” onto you, or limit you (and your results) by putting you “in a box” (or theory), I work within your “model of the world” and help you to discover the solutions that are there, under the surface.

THE DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

You have a conscious mind, and you have a subconscious mind. My approach works with both, to encourage whole brain thinking; thereby maximizing your strengths, flexibility, and resourcefulness.

There’s a big difference between your intellect (your conscious mind) and your behavior (your subconscious, or habitual mind).  It’s the difference between “talking the talk” (desired behavior) and “walking the walk” (actual behavior). The difference that makes the difference.

The simple fact is many in the helping professions are not trained to work with their client’s subconscious mind.

And if your coach or therapist is not trained in how to work effectively with the subconscious mind, they can be quite limited in dealing with your emotional/behavioral issues and unresolved inner conflicts. And these are the very elements that, more often than not, stand in the way of your success!

WHY THAT’S IMPORTANT

There is no better improvement you can make than to gain more control over your internal, mental, and emotional processes.

My approach puts emphasis on helping you gain greater control of these processes because that’s directly related to your ability to be productive, resourceful, and effective.

Another problem sometimes with being helped by someone with little to no understanding of the subconscious mind, is they can often sound like they’re just “giving advice” or “talking a lot of platitudes” without any precise method to increase your motivation and get the desired results.

Many will offer a whole lot of WHAT—but not a lot of HOW. So, their clients get a lot of conscious concepts that appeal to their intellect, or conscious mind (about 10% of your mind, the “tip of the iceberg”). However, most significant behavioral change occurs with the involvement and cooperation of the subconscious, or habitual mind (the other 90%).

WORKING WITH ME

This is why a professional who knows how to work effectively with the subconscious mind can be a greater resource to a client seeking solid help with a problem or goal in their life because they simply are better equipped to guide that client toward a successful outcome and an enhanced quality of life.

I have a thorough understanding of behavior modification, as well as expertise in proven systems that facilitate deeper levels of long-term change—so I can quickly help you gain profound insight, clear limiting beliefs, dissolve inner conflicts, and release the habitual patterns and emotional residue that block happiness, prosperity, and success from your life. This leads to increased wholeness and greater freedom of choice in how you live.

So, not only is your issue resolved—you’ll experience a significant holistic breakthrough as well. 

HOW MY APPROACH TRANSFORMS LIVES

My approach brings together clinical hypnotherapy, subconscious coaching, and science-based mindfulness into one integrated model of transformation.

It’s a complete system designed to help you move from inner limitation to authentic freedom—the same framework I also teach to future coaches and practitioners.

The core principles behind these differences are mapped out in the interactive mind map below:

Explore the Core Principles in the Interactive Mind Map

Click the circle at the end of any branch to open/close it; zoom and fit are in the lower right.

I don’t treat you like a problem to fix. I help you create the life you want.

The Short Version

Most therapy focuses on rehashing the past and labeling what’s “wrong.”

I focus on how you work, what’s blocking you, and how to change it deeply—fast.

What Traditional Therapy Often Looks Like:

• You’re treated as a “patient” with a diagnosis, not a capable individual with untapped potential
• You spend months (or years) analyzing your past instead of changing your future
• Progress is often slow, open-ended, and emotionally draining
• The focus is on understanding why you feel stuck—not how to actually move forward
• Your therapist is the “expert,” and you’re expected to fit their model
• Emotions are treated as symptoms to manage, not signals to decode
• There’s no clear method for integration or resolution—just more talking

What My Approach Looks Like:

• I treat you as a client and partner in the process—not as something “broken” that needs “fixing”
• We start from the assumption that you’re capable and healthy, just not yet aligned
• We work directly with the subconscious patterns driving your behavior, emotions, and decisions
• We focus on actionable insight and rewiring—not endless loops of analysis
• I guide, you steer—you stay in charge of your direction and results
• You’ll learn practical tools to shift how you think, feel, and respond (even under pressure)
• Emotions aren’t “bad”—they’re information we decode and integrate quickly
• We get to the root fast and help you replace what’s not working with what works better

So What Does That Actually Mean for You?

It means we don’t waste time.

You’ll learn how your mind really works—both conscious and subconscious—and use that insight to create changes that last.

You won’t be stuffed into a diagnostic box or spend years circling the same problems.

Instead, we’ll work with your unique wiring to create meaningful change in weeks—not years.

This isn’t theory. It’s what works.

You can explore the core principles underlying this approach in the interactive mind map below:

Explore the Core Principles in the Interactive Mind Map

Click the circle at the end of any branch to open/close it; zoom and fit are in the lower right.

This work addresses both emotional and physical challenges because they are often connected. Subconscious patterns can manifest in your body, and by working with both your mind and body, we help you clear emotional blocks, reduce stress, and address physical discomfort or pain.

This work addresses far more than symptoms—it helps resolve the underlying patterns behind them.

While the list below includes common issues I help clients overcome, it’s not exhaustive. If something you’re struggling with isn’t listed, don’t assume it can’t be addressed.

The real question is: What’s underneath it? That’s where we go.

A
Abandonment  •  Addictions*  •  Anger  •  Aggression  •  Agoraphobia*  •  Anxiety*  •  Approval Seeking  •  Assertiveness  •  Athletic Skills  •  Attention Issues*  •  Attitude

B
Body Image*  •  Boundary Setting  •  Breathing  •  Building New Skills  •  Burnout

C
Career Success  •  Career Transitions  •  Child Birth*  •  Chronic Pain*  •  Clarity of Purpose  •  Co-Dependency  •  Communication  •  Comparison Traps  •  Confidence  •  Concentration  •  Control Issues  •  Cravings  •  Creativity

D
Death (or Loss)  •  Decision Paralysis  •  Digital Overuse  •  Disconnection •  Discouragement  •  Disorganization  •  Distraction Management

E
Emotional Numbness*  •  Emotional Eating*  •  Emotional Regulation*  •  Empathy Burnout  •  Entrepreneurial Challenges  •  Exam Anxiety  •  Executive Function Challenges  •  Exercise

F
Fears  •  Finances  •  Flawed Strategies  •  Focus Difficulties*  •  Forgiveness  •  Future Anxiety

G
Gambling  •  Goal Reaching  •  Guilt

H
Habit Control  •  Healing*  •  Headaches*  •  Health Improvement*  •  Helplessness  •  Hopelessness  •  Hostility  •  Hurt Feelings  •  Hypochondria*

I
Immune System*  •  Imposter Syndrome  •  Indecision  •  Information Overload  •  Insecurity  •  Inhibition  •  Inner Conflict  •  Inner Critic Issues  •  Insomnia*  •  Intimacy Issues  •  Irrational Thoughts  •  Irritability

J
Jealousy

K
Keyboard Confidence  •  Knowledge Overload

L
Lack of Direction  •  Lack of Enthusiasm  •  Lack of Initiative  •  Lack of Purpose  •  Leadership Presence  •  Life Balance  •  Life Transitions  •  Limiting Beliefs  •  Loss of Meaning

M
Meditation  •  Memory Improvement  •  Mental Fatigue  •  Mindset Blocks  •  Motivation

N
Nail Biting  •  Negative Emotions  •  Nightmares

O
Obsessions*  •  Overeating*  •  Overly Competitive  •  Overly Critical

P
Pain Management*  •  Panic Attacks*  •  Passive-Aggressive  •  Past Life Regression  •  Peak Performance  •  Perceived Powerlessness  •  Perfectionism  •  Performance Anxiety  •  Pessimism  •  Phobias*  •  Pleasing Others  •  Pre-Surgery Anxiety  •  Problem Solving  •  Procrastination  •  Public Speaking

Q
Quick Temper  •  Quitting Habits  •  Questioning Self-Worth

R
Reactive Behavior  •  Rejection  •  Relationships  •  Relaxation  •  Resentment  •  Resistance  •  Responsibility  •  Restlessness  •  Risk Aversion  •  Rumination

S
Sadness*  •  Sales Improvement  •  Screen Addiction  •  Self-Awareness  •  Self-Confidence  •  Self-Control  •  Self-Criticism  •  Self-Defeat  •  Self-Esteem  •  Self-Expression  •  Self-Hypnosis  •  Self-Image  •  Self-Love  •  Self-Mastery  •  Self-Sabotage  •  Self-Worth  •  Sensory Overwhelm  •  Sexual Problems*  •  Shame  •  Sleep Disorders*  •  Smoking  •  Social Withdrawal  •  Social Media Issues  •  Social Phobias*  •  Sports Performance  •  Stage Fright  •  Strategic Thinking  •  Stress Management  •  Stuckness  •  Study Habits  •  Stuttering  •  Substance Abuse*  •  Surgery Preparation*  •  Surgical Recovery*  •  Success Issues

T
Tardiness  •  Temptation  •  Time Management  •  Toxic Relationships  •  Trauma  •  Trust

U
Unwanted Thoughts*  •  Unresolved Conflict  •  Unproductive Patterns

V
Victim Mentality

W
Weight Loss  •  Work/Life Imbalance  •  Worry  •  Writer’s Block

Y
Yearning for Direction

Z
Zoning Out  •  Zeal Without Focus

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*Disclaimer: This work does not involve the diagnosis of medical or psychological conditions. If your concern has a diagnosed (or suspected) medical cause—or you’ve been diagnosed with a psychological disorder currently being treated—I may require a referral or clearance from your licensed healthcare provider before we begin.

No. Unlike traditional therapies that often focus on talking through past experiences, this work is about shifting the patterns in your subconscious. We focus on releasing what’s holding you back now, so you can move forward without the need to revisit painful memories.

No prior experience is necessary. This work is for anyone who feels ready for change and is open to exploring their subconscious patterns. Whether you’re familiar with personal growth or new to it, we will meet you where you are and guide you through the process at your pace.

Hypnotherapy is completely safe, relaxing, enjoyable and surprisingly effective.

Because of the often ridiculous way it’s often been portrayed in movies and TV, some mistakenly think it isn’t safe. However, the fact is: Therapeutic hypnosis has helped millions of people to create healthy change in their lives for the past 60 years.

Hypnosis is not mind control. It’s a naturally occurring state of concentration; It’s actually a means of enhancing your control over both your mind and your body—over perceptions such as pain, anxiety, habits, stress.
—Dr. David Spiegel, Stanford University School of Medicine

Therapeutic hypnosis isn’t the same as “stage” hypnosis. Stage hypnosis is performed solely for the purpose of entertaining an audience. Therapeutic hypnosis is performed in a clinical setting—with your best interests in mind—by a hypnotherapist, solely for the purpose of helping you meet your desired outcome.

Even though stage hypnotists and TV shows have damaged the public image of hypnosis, a growing body of scientific research supports its benefits in treating a wide range of conditions, including pain, depression, anxiety and phobias.
—American Psychological Association

The state of hypnosis is a very natural, very real, very normal state of mind. In essence, it’s a receptive learning state. And it’s not so different from the state you’re in when you’re watching a good movie, daydreaming, enjoying an interesting book, being overwhelmed by the beauty of nature, or listening to song that moves you.

Contrary to how hypnosis is sometimes portrayed, you don’t lose control over your behavior while under hypnosis. You generally remain aware of and remember what happens under hypnosis.
—The Mayo Clinic

It’s basically paying attention, while feeling increasing levels of relaxation. During hypnotherapy, you’ll remain completely aware of everything that’s going on, as you’re guided through some beneficial imaginative processes; so:

• Don’t expect to feel “hypnotized”.
• Do expect to feel relaxed.
• You won’t say or do anything you don’t want to.
• You’re in total control.

Your natural ability to go into relaxed states of focused awareness is utilized and enhanced through hypnotherapy for the purpose of helping you access, unlock, and reprogram the deeper, motivating areas of your mind. And the results are: welcome changes in your behavior.

Though often denigrated as fakery or wishful thinking, hypnosis has been shown to be a real phenomenon with a variety of therapeutic uses…
—Scientific American

Anyone can experience therapeutic hypnosis if they’re willing to, and can follow simple instructions. Those who claim they “can’t be hypnotized” usually (1) have yet to be informed about what therapeutic hypnosis actually is, and/or (2) are just unwilling to “be hypnotized”.

It’s a “do with” process, not a “do to” process.

The following quotes serve to highlight the many applications that hypnotherapy has.

You can also visit The National Library of Medicine and view thousands of scientific studies on hypnosis!

If hypnosis was a drug, it would be standard of care.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Studies show that hypnosis can be effective in treating everything from chronic pain to poor study habits. Chances are it can work for you.
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

Hypnosis often is used to modify behavior and overcome phobias and bad habits—it can help you make changes that you’ve been unable to make otherwise.
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER

Hypnosis can actually help you lose weight.
DR. JEAN FAIN, Harvard Medical School

The purpose of hypnosis as a therapeutic technique is to help you understand and gain more control over your behavior, emotions or physical well-being.
THE MAYO CLINIC

With weight loss the evidence is conclusive…hypnosis does help people reduce.
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE

Hypnosis is the epitome of mind-body medicine. It can enable the mind to tell the body how to react, and modify the messages that the body sends to the mind.
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Studies show that people who combine diet and exercise with hypnosis lose more weight than they do with diet and exercise alone.
ALLURE

Even though stage hypnotists and TV shows have damaged the public image of hypnosis, a growing body of scientific research supports its benefits in treating a wide range of conditions, including pain, depression, anxiety and phobias.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

It’s a tool that can help you change your eating behavior so that certain patterns become easier to undo or resist.
SHAPE MAGAZINE

I believe hypnosis has profound powers to help you stop sabotaging yourself.
DR. OZ

Hypnosis seems helpful in treating addictions, and the depression and anxiety associated with them…
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

Hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking, according to the largest ever scientific comparison of ways of breaking the habit.
NEW SCIENTIST

New findings are leading major hospitals to try hypnosis to help relieve pain and speed recovery on a variety of illnesses.
WALL STREET JOURNAL

Hypnosis is a heightened sense of suggestibility for accessing the subconscious mind which is responsible for up to 90 to 95 percent of our thoughts and actions.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Hypnosis: A safe and potent pain reliever. Hypnosis can help adult patients control other forms of pain, relieve gastrointestinal problems, stimulate weight loss, clear up skin problems, and accelerate the healing of bone fractures and surgical wounds.
CONSUMER REPORTS

Hypnosis is not mind control. It’s a naturally occurring state of concentration; It’s actually a means of enhancing your control over both your mind and your body—over perceptions such as pain, anxiety, habits, stress.
DR. DAVID SPIEGEL, Stanford University School of Medicine

Approved as a valid treatment by the American Medical Association in 1958, hypnotism has become increasingly accepted by the medical community. Its use for chronic pain was approved in 1996 by the National Institutes of Health.
THE CAPITAL

Hypnosis can help. A growing body of research supports the ancient practice as an effective tool in the treatment of a variety of problems, from anxiety to chronic pain.
NEWSWEEK

In [hypnosis], you can attain significant psycho-physiologic changes.
DR. DANIEL HANDEL, National Institute of Health

Though often denigrated as fakery or wishful thinking, hypnosis has been shown to be a real phenomenon with a variety of therapeutic uses…
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

There’s entrancing news about hypnosis; it’s gaining credibility as a treatment for a multitude of troubles, from nicotine addiction to post-traumatic stress disorder. Hypnosis has gained credibility in the past five years because of research using the latest brain-imaging technology…Studies show hypnosis can help treat a multitude of disorders…
BUSINESS WEEK

It’s hard to find a field that hasn’t used hypnosis successfully, everything from quitting smoking to IBS.
GOOD MORNING AMERICA

Contrary to how hypnosis is sometimes portrayed, you don’t lose control over your behavior while under hypnosis. You generally remain aware of and remember what happens under hypnosis.
THE MAYO CLINIC

Some clients notice significant shifts after just one session, especially in terms of feeling more relaxed or clear. Long-term transformation, however, occurs over the course of our work together, as we retrain your mind and body to function in new, healthier ways.