Coaching Meets Hypnotherapy

We start with what happens in the moment, not with a perfect plan for who you should become. Coaching helps us understand the pattern. Hypnotherapy and generative trance give us another way to work with the automatic response underneath it.

Approach to Change

Process over story

Your story matters, but we don't have to explain every part of it before something can change. We start with a recent moment and slow down what happened first, what your body did, what you told yourself, and what came next.

That gives us something specific to work with. Instead of trying to change your whole personality or solve the entire story, we look for an earlier place where a different response becomes possible.

What we pay attention to:

  • What starts the loop
  • What speeds it up
  • What keeps it going
  • What helps you shift it earlier

Conversational hypnosis

Hypnosis here is focused attention used toward a goal. It can feel like the absorption you get when you're fully inside a book, a film, or a conversation. You don't lose control, go unconscious, or have to perform.

We use a flexible, collaborative style. Sometimes that includes imagery or a brief story. Sometimes it means noticing an inner voice differently or rehearsing a steadier response while you're focused. The point isn't to make you feel “hypnotized.” It's to give your mind and body a chance to experience another option before you need it in daily life.

What you can expect:

  • You stay aware and in charge
  • We check in and adjust as we go
  • Your attention can wander and we can still work
  • No pressure to “go deep” to get results

Generative trance coaching

Generative trance is less about following a script and more about working with what's already happening in the moment: attention, sensation, imagination, emotion, and the different parts of you that may want different things.

Sometimes a pattern is trying to protect you from pain, rejection, overwhelm, or uncertainty even when its strategy is no longer helping. Rather than fighting that response, we get curious about what it's trying to do and help create another way to meet the same need.

What this supports:

  • More access to calm and clarity when you need them
  • Less time arguing with yourself
  • A steadier sense of what matters and what to do next during transitions

The session flow

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We start with one recent moment and stay with the first few seconds

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We name the pattern in attention, body, and next move

03

We practice a different response in a realistic version of your life

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You leave with a short practice tied to that moment

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Next time, we adjust based on what happened

What you leave each session with:

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One clear focus

A single target for the week, in plain language

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One practice for the week

Short enough to use on an imperfect day

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A way to notice what changed

Simple enough to use even if tracking is messy

Scope of practice

Scope and safety

  • Complementary coaching support, not medical care or psychotherapy
  • No diagnosis, medication management, or crisis services
  • You stay in charge, and we move at a pace your system can tolerate
  • With your permission, I can coordinate with your providers when helpful
Full scope details

Good fit for

  • Everyday stress, overthinking, and rumination
  • ADHD and executive function support
  • Sleep and difficulty switching off
  • Habit change with a harm reduction mindset
  • Pain coping and symptom related distress
  • Life transitions and identity shifts

Not a fit for

  • Immediate danger or urgent crisis situations
  • Situations that need a higher level of clinical care right now

If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number.

Start with one thing that keeps happening. We'll decide together where it makes sense to begin.

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