My rate per session would ordinarily be $200, However, we’re in the middle of a pandemic, and as a result, people’s finances are more or less all over the place. Therefore, to make my services more available to first responders, essential personnel, and anybody else in the community that may be in need of my services, I have switched to a Client Determined Value (CDV) pricing model.

Under this model, rather than the client being charged a pre-determined fee, the client gets to determine what the session was worth, and pay accordingly. (If you’re a first responder, the first few sessions are on the house.)

Please Note: The exception to this pricing model is for nonsmoking sessions. The price for nonsmoking sessions is $200 per session. Even at this rate, your cost savings over the course of a year from becoming a nonsmoker will be hundreds if not thousands of dollars.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

All sessions will be done remotely by phone or videoconference.

Hypnosis is a natural state of awareness in which the mind becomes more receptive to suggestion. In a hypnotherapy session, we will work to make sure the client is deeply relaxed as he or she enters that state, so that the experience is as calming and enjoyable as possible.

Hypnotherapy is a method of using positive suggestions and imagery during the hypnotic state to help clients create positive changes in his or her life, from building confidence and setting goals, to dealing with fears and phobias and other issues, so that clients may more forward more effectively.

If you’ve ever gotten so absorbed in a book or a movie that you’ve stopped paying attention to the world around you, you’ve experienced the hypnotic state. If you’ve ever found yourself pulling into your driveway without remembering how you got there, you’ve experienced “highway hypnosis.” Most people can be hypnotized, although the experience of the hypnotherapy session, and the depth of hypnosis that the client experiences will vary for each client. As your hypnotherapist, I will test your suggestibility in the first session to get an idea of which methods will help you get the most out of your hypnotherapy session.

The experience of hypnosis depends on the individual, but it should be a pleasant experience. For some, it may feel like a sense of calm relaxation, for others, a sense of heightened focus and alertness. Still others go into trances that range from light to heavy. The hypnotic suggestions given are likely to be effective regardless of the client’s perception how “deep” in hypnosis he or she was.

This depends on the changes you are trying to make, or the issues you’re dealing with. If you’re looking to build your confidence, maintain focus, or help make progress in other forms of self-improvement, or to handle common fears, phobias, and anxieties, you should seek out a hypnotherapist with extensive training in hypnotherapy. As a student of the Hypnosis Motivation Institute, I am attending the most comprehensive accredited hypnotherapy program in the country, and have the training and experience to help you achieve your goals.

If you are dealing with a diagnosed or diagnosable physical, emotional, or mental health disorder and would like to try hypnotherapy, you would be well advised to seek out a medical doctor, psychiatrist or psychotherapist that has training and experience in hypnotherapy, or to get a referral from your psychiatrist or psychotherapist to work with a hypnotherapist as a complementary treatment. (If you contact me for an issue that a doctor, psychiatrist, or psychotherapist would be the best person to see, I will require a referral from that individual first, as I want all of my clients to get the best and most appropriate care possible.)

In any case, make sure you speak with your hypnotherapist before your first session, and make sure that they have the relevant experience and training. Most importantly, make sure they are someone you will feel comfortable with and look forward to working with.

Yes, it works. Hypnotherapy is backed by peer reviewed science attesting to its effectiveness in treating a variety of issues and ailments, including: smoking cessation, weight loss, sleep issues, irritable bowel syndrome, and a wide variety of other conditions. View additional details and journal abstracts.

No. To the contrary, research by Stanford professor and psychiatrist Dr. David Spiegel has indicated that people with quick decision making skills and a high attention span tend to be more capable of being hypnotized, while those who are more judgmental and less trusting of other people tend to be less easily hypnotized.

While occasionally some clients may become so relaxed during hypnosis that they drift off to sleep, that is never my goal. It’s much easier to make effective suggestions to a client if they are actually awake and listening during hypnosis.

No, hypnosis does not work like that. You will have full control of how you answer any questions you are asked under hypnosis, and any questions I ask will be to help you get the most out of your session.

No. You will remain in control of your own faculties and decisions. I will count you up and out of hypnosis at the end of every session, with a count from 0 to 5, and make sure you are fully awakened and in a non-suggestible state before the end of the session. In any case, you would come out of hypnosis naturally in less than 15 minutes. You can also always count yourself up and out with a count of “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, eyes open, wide awake!” (This statement may also be helpful for days you’re feeling a little overwhelmed. Just take a few deep breaths and say  “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, eyes open, wide awake!”)

You will have to contact your own health insurance plan or health savings account plan to see if they will reimburse you for your hypnotherapy sessions. Most health insurance providers do not currently cover hypnotherapy.

Absolutely not. You are neither encouraged nor required to believe anything you find to be uncomfortable. I will work with you to find the most effective approach for your hypnotherapy sessions.  Some clients value the use of metaphor and storytelling in their hypnotherapy session, and as an AHA Certified Therapeutic Imagery Master, I have the training and skill necessary to provide that approach. Other clients prefer the more straightforward methods of desensitization and direct suggestion, and I am more than happy to practice that approach also.

As your hypnotherapist, I will work with your own existing beliefs, and work to help you strengthen and reinforce your own positive beliefs, and help you reframe or remove any negative thinking that you’re ready to move beyond.

This is an interesting question.The standard answer is that one’s experience during Past Life Regression Therapy is a combination of one’s own memories, imagination, and confabulation, valuable more for the meaningfulness of the experience and its lessons for one’s current life, than for the objective historical truth of the events experienced.

That said, your own approach to this answer will largely depend on your own beliefs. A significant portion (20-25%) of our fellow Americans already believe in past lives (including, interestingly enough, about 25% of American Christians much to the consternation of some church authorities).

If you are one of those who already believe in reincarnation, then Past Life Regression Hypnosis may be an interesting way of exploring those beliefs.

If you’re more interested in what science and research has to say, then you may want to explore the findings of the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Department of Perceptual Studies. (UVA’s Medical School ranked #26 in the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings, so it’s a fairly legitimate institution.)

Even if you don’t believe in past lives, the experience of Past Life Regression Therapy may still be a useful one. Some people find that the experience allows them to deal with their current issues more effectively, by framing the problem as happening in another place and time. This allows the individual to analyze things more calmly and objectively, and bring back the lessons learned under hypnosis and apply them to their current situation.

Most people find the experience of past life regression therapy to be both interesting and insightful.