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Melissa J Johnson
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Arcadia, CA 91006
Are you looking for ways to help your family m or yourself find zest and build strength for facing life's challenges? Is your family challenged by stress during COVID-19? I and the Institute therapy team work with children, teens, young women, families and gender-expansive youth to build resilience during challenging times like these. Individual, family, and group therapy are provided with fee and payment options to meet varied needs. As CEO and founder, I offer consultation and training to educators, medical and mental health professionals. Our website is full of resources to support social and emotional growth for our times.
Are you looking for ways to help your family m or yourself find zest and build strength for facing life's challenges? Is your family challenged by stress during COVID-19? I and the Institute therapy team work with children, teens, young women, families and gender-expansive youth to build resilience during challenging times like these. Individual, family, and group therapy are provided with fee and payment options to meet varied needs. As CEO and founder, I offer consultation and training to educators, medical and mental health professionals. Our website is full of resources to support social and emotional growth for our times.
Aspire Therapy Center
Psychologist, PSY
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Claremont, CA 91711
"I don't know what to feel!" The past few weeks have left us all with an overwhelming sense of uncertainty and confusion. The isolation and societal anxiety are a recipe for profoundly undermining our health and well-being; not just physically, but mentally as well. Many of our clients at Aspire are trying to find their new normal amidst sweeping changes to their daily lives. Finding a space to clear your head, feel heard, and create a plan for sustaining balance is a small, but vital, step for staying strong and resilient. Let us help with finding a path through the fog and to reclaim life.
"I don't know what to feel!" The past few weeks have left us all with an overwhelming sense of uncertainty and confusion. The isolation and societal anxiety are a recipe for profoundly undermining our health and well-being; not just physically, but mentally as well. Many of our clients at Aspire are trying to find their new normal amidst sweeping changes to their daily lives. Finding a space to clear your head, feel heard, and create a plan for sustaining balance is a small, but vital, step for staying strong and resilient. Let us help with finding a path through the fog and to reclaim life.
Soultenders, Inc.
Psychologist, PhD, LMFT, LCSW, MFTI
Not Verified Not Verified
Arcadia, CA 91006
The licensed providers in our network can help with: Adolescents , Anxiety , Child , Codependency , Depression , Divorce , Domestic Violence , Family Conflict , Infidelity , Marital and Premarital Parenting Pregnancy , Prenatal , Postpartum , Self Esteem , Sexual Abuse , Stress , Trauma , and PTSD , EMDR, and many more.
The licensed providers in our network can help with: Adolescents , Anxiety , Child , Codependency , Depression , Divorce , Domestic Violence , Family Conflict , Infidelity , Marital and Premarital Parenting Pregnancy , Prenatal , Postpartum , Self Esteem , Sexual Abuse , Stress , Trauma , and PTSD , EMDR, and many more.
Counseling Services, Inc.
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, PhD, MFT, PsyD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
West Covina, CA 91790 (Online Only)
At Counseling Services/LA Peace of Mind.com, we guide people to the light and empower themselves to heal. We help people who seek trust and freedom to be expressive, address life challenges, and barriers that interfere with growth and achieving life's goals. Now offering Neurofeedback in 2024
At Counseling Services/LA Peace of Mind.com, we guide people to the light and empower themselves to heal. We help people who seek trust and freedom to be expressive, address life challenges, and barriers that interfere with growth and achieving life's goals. Now offering Neurofeedback in 2024
Online Therapists
Grawben Hernandez Corona
RBT, LOA, Rev, CHT, NLP
Verified Verified
North Hollywood, CA 91601
When conventional talk therapy doesn't work at helping you resolve issues or find answers; try Hypnotherapy! Everything you've ever experienced is stored in your subconcious. With 10 plus years of experience, I teach you how to overcome, control, and manage behaviors. I help develop new patterns for lasting change. Your mind is always successful at allowing you to arrive at your goals. What may be getting in your way is the pattern of how you have learned to do things. In therapy, I focus on your goal and where you want to be. I help empower you to become your own healer.
When conventional talk therapy doesn't work at helping you resolve issues or find answers; try Hypnotherapy! Everything you've ever experienced is stored in your subconcious. With 10 plus years of experience, I teach you how to overcome, control, and manage behaviors. I help develop new patterns for lasting change. Your mind is always successful at allowing you to arrive at your goals. What may be getting in your way is the pattern of how you have learned to do things. In therapy, I focus on your goal and where you want to be. I help empower you to become your own healer.
Shirley Furman
PMHNP, MSN, CHT, CBTi, MA
Verified Verified
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Medication & gene testing, sleep therapy, hypnotherapy, quit smoking therapy, DBT, CBT, CBTi, MBCT, Ashton Method and guided imagery.
Shirley Furman is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Sleep Specialist, Hypnotherapist, Therapist and Quit Smoking Specialist with over 20 years experience. She is still constantly learning and attending workshops and retreats to stay up-to-date on the latest science and research and has always had a deep passion for knowledge and developing her mind. Shirley specializes in helping people overcome anxiety, depression, stress, PTSD, OCD, sleep issues and even sports plateaus. She also helps her clients quit smoking cigarettes and wean off anxiety medication (benzodiazepines) and sleeping pills.
Medication & gene testing, sleep therapy, hypnotherapy, quit smoking therapy, DBT, CBT, CBTi, MBCT, Ashton Method and guided imagery.
Shirley Furman is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Sleep Specialist, Hypnotherapist, Therapist and Quit Smoking Specialist with over 20 years experience. She is still constantly learning and attending workshops and retreats to stay up-to-date on the latest science and research and has always had a deep passion for knowledge and developing her mind. Shirley specializes in helping people overcome anxiety, depression, stress, PTSD, OCD, sleep issues and even sports plateaus. She also helps her clients quit smoking cigarettes and wean off anxiety medication (benzodiazepines) and sleeping pills.
Susan Graf-Cote
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
San Diego, CA 92117
I also use hypnotherapy and Reiki for clients who wish to try something different.
By promoting a safe space where you can create, and recreate the you that is well. Tapping into the strengths that live in your heart, we will gain access to your ideals and understanding and build upon them. We will awaken the part of you that will teach you to become your own coach. I will introduce you to several techniques and theoretical orientations that best suit you. I will not subject you to change through somebody elses belief systems instead of your own. With my guidance, you will find the answers to change your life and find peace.
I also use hypnotherapy and Reiki for clients who wish to try something different.
By promoting a safe space where you can create, and recreate the you that is well. Tapping into the strengths that live in your heart, we will gain access to your ideals and understanding and build upon them. We will awaken the part of you that will teach you to become your own coach. I will introduce you to several techniques and theoretical orientations that best suit you. I will not subject you to change through somebody elses belief systems instead of your own. With my guidance, you will find the answers to change your life and find peace.
Liza Boubari
CCHt, CSMc, DVc, CAMc
Verified Verified
Glendale, CA 91205
Welcome to Hypnotherapy. Whether your focus is health, relationships or career, your journey begins within. Do you feel overwhelmed? Overweight? Over burdened? My focus is on You as a whole-not the issues only. What creates extraordinary health is to defy the odds, break negative patterns, overcome obstacles & manifest your true potential. Choosing to heal within is to first stand up, accept & appreciate yourself. Confidence, Weight, Smoking, Menopause, Easy Birthing, coping with Abuse or Cancer. I can help you delve within your subconscious mind, amplify your strengths, help break through barriers, evoke your inner power and transform - You Matter
Welcome to Hypnotherapy. Whether your focus is health, relationships or career, your journey begins within. Do you feel overwhelmed? Overweight? Over burdened? My focus is on You as a whole-not the issues only. What creates extraordinary health is to defy the odds, break negative patterns, overcome obstacles & manifest your true potential. Choosing to heal within is to first stand up, accept & appreciate yourself. Confidence, Weight, Smoking, Menopause, Easy Birthing, coping with Abuse or Cancer. I can help you delve within your subconscious mind, amplify your strengths, help break through barriers, evoke your inner power and transform - You Matter
Journeys Inward Hypnotherapy
CCHT, CAC
Verified Verified
San Marcos, CA 92078 (Online Only)
I do counseling and hypnotherapy but I feel that hypnosis helps people make lasting changes in their life because they are working with the subconscious.
Are you at a time in your life when you don't know where to turn? Are you on overwhelm or faced with a major life decision? For over 32 years I have been helping people with their issues. My passion is to help clients integrate the different conflicting aspects of their personality and transform the limiting beliefs that keep them stuck. I work with adults and teens. I have found that using hypnotherapy is the quickest and most lasting way for most people to accomplish their goals. I focus on short term intensive therapy, meaning long sessions 60/90 min. that create lasting change. I offer phone sessions as well for your comfort.
I do counseling and hypnotherapy but I feel that hypnosis helps people make lasting changes in their life because they are working with the subconscious.
Are you at a time in your life when you don't know where to turn? Are you on overwhelm or faced with a major life decision? For over 32 years I have been helping people with their issues. My passion is to help clients integrate the different conflicting aspects of their personality and transform the limiting beliefs that keep them stuck. I work with adults and teens. I have found that using hypnotherapy is the quickest and most lasting way for most people to accomplish their goals. I focus on short term intensive therapy, meaning long sessions 60/90 min. that create lasting change. I offer phone sessions as well for your comfort.
Family Counseling, Neurofeedback & Holistic Ctr
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, MFT
Verified Verified
Torrance, CA 90504
I have had specialized training in Energy Psychology using EFT: Emotional Freedom Technique; Muscle body- biofeedback;Total Body Modification for Emotions; Contact Reflex Analysis; Qi Gong; EMDR- Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing; Hypnotherapy, and Neurofeedback for Traumatic Brain Injury.
I bring simple communication skills to the table for couples or families stuck in angry stances. I help each person feel heard, listened to and understood, helping them learn how to come alongside each other with empathy and insight instead of competing and blaming. Taking responsibility and learning when they are projecting their own feelings onto others instead of owning their own emotions. I also work with individual adults and children to help them deal with the trauma and drama of their past before they can effectively maintain healthy relationships in the present.
I have had specialized training in Energy Psychology using EFT: Emotional Freedom Technique; Muscle body- biofeedback;Total Body Modification for Emotions; Contact Reflex Analysis; Qi Gong; EMDR- Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing; Hypnotherapy, and Neurofeedback for Traumatic Brain Injury.
I bring simple communication skills to the table for couples or families stuck in angry stances. I help each person feel heard, listened to and understood, helping them learn how to come alongside each other with empathy and insight instead of competing and blaming. Taking responsibility and learning when they are projecting their own feelings onto others instead of owning their own emotions. I also work with individual adults and children to help them deal with the trauma and drama of their past before they can effectively maintain healthy relationships in the present.
Tom Gigliotti
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LISW-S, ACHT, SAP
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Corona, CA 92883
My use of linguistics, metaphor, cognitive therapy, hypnotherapy help patients alter the subconscious blueprints that direct the actions of our conscious lives.
I have 38 years experience as a life change specialist. If you want to feel better today book an appointment now. The experience I have as teacher and research specialist will give you the life you want today. My clients come from all walks of life and have indicated what they most like is my client-centered approach to treatment. If you are ready to do a deep dive into life and and create the life you have been aspiring to by removing blocks to healthy living then call me and set up an appt. I provide video mental health tips also on my YouTube channel which is (use the character (at) tomgigliotti6677.
My use of linguistics, metaphor, cognitive therapy, hypnotherapy help patients alter the subconscious blueprints that direct the actions of our conscious lives.
I have 38 years experience as a life change specialist. If you want to feel better today book an appointment now. The experience I have as teacher and research specialist will give you the life you want today. My clients come from all walks of life and have indicated what they most like is my client-centered approach to treatment. If you are ready to do a deep dive into life and and create the life you have been aspiring to by removing blocks to healthy living then call me and set up an appt. I provide video mental health tips also on my YouTube channel which is (use the character (at) tomgigliotti6677.
Jake Y. Rubin
MA, CHT
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90025 (Online Only)
In my Los Angeles hypnosis and hypnotherapy practice, I use state-of-the-art therapies along with the most up-to-date and effective hypnotherapy techniques to help you get real and lasting results.
Are you here because you want to change something or improve something in your life? Have you tried to deal with it on your own or perhaps even with other professional help, but for whatever reason it's just not working? Hypnotherapy can help you make lasting changes in a much shorter amount of time than traditional therapy. Contact me for a Complimentary Consulation.
In my Los Angeles hypnosis and hypnotherapy practice, I use state-of-the-art therapies along with the most up-to-date and effective hypnotherapy techniques to help you get real and lasting results.
Are you here because you want to change something or improve something in your life? Have you tried to deal with it on your own or perhaps even with other professional help, but for whatever reason it's just not working? Hypnotherapy can help you make lasting changes in a much shorter amount of time than traditional therapy. Contact me for a Complimentary Consulation.
Sarah Zhang Park
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Arcadia, CA 91007 (Online Only)
I was dissatisfied with how long it took me to help my clients transform, so I started studying other treatment methods, such as coaching and hypnotherapy.
Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought that you should be further along in life by now? As an Asian American, you feel unsatisfied with where you are currently at in life, but you don't know where you should be headed. You might even feel like you lack the confidence to pursue your dreams. Maybe you also struggle with finding yourself again after having a baby.
I was dissatisfied with how long it took me to help my clients transform, so I started studying other treatment methods, such as coaching and hypnotherapy.
Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought that you should be further along in life by now? As an Asian American, you feel unsatisfied with where you are currently at in life, but you don't know where you should be headed. You might even feel like you lack the confidence to pursue your dreams. Maybe you also struggle with finding yourself again after having a baby.
Wendy Doucette
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PsyD, LCSW, CHT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Hypnotherapy works directly with your subconscious mind to update negative implicit beliefs, and create room for positive growth.
I am passionate about helping my clients to transform traumatic experiences and negative embodied beliefs that have kept them feeling stuck. I find that integrating clinical hypnosis into my practice is the fastest and most lasting way for my clients to achieve their goals. Whether your intention is to achieve greater self awareness, build stronger personal relationships, heal past wounds, or simply feel better, together we can collaborate to achieve your goals in therapy.
Hypnotherapy works directly with your subconscious mind to update negative implicit beliefs, and create room for positive growth.
I am passionate about helping my clients to transform traumatic experiences and negative embodied beliefs that have kept them feeling stuck. I find that integrating clinical hypnosis into my practice is the fastest and most lasting way for my clients to achieve their goals. Whether your intention is to achieve greater self awareness, build stronger personal relationships, heal past wounds, or simply feel better, together we can collaborate to achieve your goals in therapy.
Lisa Langdale
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Garden Grove, CA 92845
I help clients to cope in positive ways, be more mindful and present in their lives, and heal from trauma through hypnotherapy.
Finding the right therapist can be a daunting process. We all struggle at times in life and sometimes it is hard to solve our problems all on our own. I provide the space for you to work through whatever thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors have you feeling stuck or cause you to feel dissatisfied with yourself, your relationships, or just life in general. My role is to offer insight, guidance, and support when family and friends aren't enough.
I help clients to cope in positive ways, be more mindful and present in their lives, and heal from trauma through hypnotherapy.
Finding the right therapist can be a daunting process. We all struggle at times in life and sometimes it is hard to solve our problems all on our own. I provide the space for you to work through whatever thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors have you feeling stuck or cause you to feel dissatisfied with yourself, your relationships, or just life in general. My role is to offer insight, guidance, and support when family and friends aren't enough.
Jessica Dawn Russell
CHT, CCht, NBC-HWC, BA psy, Coach, Health, CBIT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
I am the founder of both The Hypnotherapy Centers and The HTC Therapy Group. My clients are primarily adults and seniors, yet I work with teens. I have very comfortable and safe offices in Encino, Beverly Hills, & West Los Angeles. I also work remote. I have strong experience working with anxiety, depression, complex circumstances &mental health disorders, including medical, pain and health issues involving nervous, autoimmune, and specific uncommon illness management, addiction, &smoking. I offer strong interactive rapport. My client base involves professionals, entertainment & sports as well as clients in need of creative hours.
I am the founder of both The Hypnotherapy Centers and The HTC Therapy Group. My clients are primarily adults and seniors, yet I work with teens. I have very comfortable and safe offices in Encino, Beverly Hills, & West Los Angeles. I also work remote. I have strong experience working with anxiety, depression, complex circumstances &mental health disorders, including medical, pain and health issues involving nervous, autoimmune, and specific uncommon illness management, addiction, &smoking. I offer strong interactive rapport. My client base involves professionals, entertainment & sports as well as clients in need of creative hours.
Bronwyn Wrobel
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LMHC
Verified Verified
19 Endorsed
Santa Monica, CA 90405 (Online Only)
Some of the methods utilized include mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, internal family systems, attachment theory, hypnotherapy, etc.
As a Transpersonal Psychotherapist I offer mental, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual support. Transpersonal psychology emphasizes the importance of a healthy spirit in healing and wholeness. I utilize my empathic skills & intensive training to integrate your life experiences with modern psychology. My unique approach to healing focuses on how we create meaning & purpose through personal empowerment & expansion.
Some of the methods utilized include mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, internal family systems, attachment theory, hypnotherapy, etc.
As a Transpersonal Psychotherapist I offer mental, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual support. Transpersonal psychology emphasizes the importance of a healthy spirit in healing and wholeness. I utilize my empathic skills & intensive training to integrate your life experiences with modern psychology. My unique approach to healing focuses on how we create meaning & purpose through personal empowerment & expansion.
Sandy Islands
Counselor, PhD, LPCC, LAADC
Verified Verified
Palm Desert, CA 92260
I have been a licensed therapist for over 30 years in CA, FL and HI. My practice includes tools for the conscious mind-Psychotherapy with EMDR, the subconscious mind- Hypnotherapy and the Higher Conscious mind- Spirit Energy Therapy. I am also an Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC II). Allow me to assist you on your journey of self-discovery to increase your awareness and mindfulness, to hear and get to know your Truth within and find greater joy in life. We will include tools to help tune up and balance your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual selves.
I have been a licensed therapist for over 30 years in CA, FL and HI. My practice includes tools for the conscious mind-Psychotherapy with EMDR, the subconscious mind- Hypnotherapy and the Higher Conscious mind- Spirit Energy Therapy. I am also an Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC II). Allow me to assist you on your journey of self-discovery to increase your awareness and mindfulness, to hear and get to know your Truth within and find greater joy in life. We will include tools to help tune up and balance your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual selves.
Tara Gilmaher
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MFA, CHT
Verified Verified
Montrose, CA 91020 (Online Only)
Trained in somatic, attachment, dissociation, Gottman, NVC, Nurturing Parenting, hypnotherapy, 20 yrs in theatre & entertainment.
"I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become." ~ Carl Jung. Do you feel overwhelmed, have pain, grief, anxiety, depression, or unseen shadows that prevent you from healing or from choosing better decisions, relationships, and allowing yourself to matter in your own life? My experience and education can help people hungering for more purpose, fulfillment, and nurturing relationships instead of dissonance, exhaustion, and sacrifice, those who know what you were aiming for, but discovered you’re at the top of the wrong ladder. If you feel like you’re different or unseen, then I may be the psychotherapist you’ve sought.
Trained in somatic, attachment, dissociation, Gottman, NVC, Nurturing Parenting, hypnotherapy, 20 yrs in theatre & entertainment.
"I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become." ~ Carl Jung. Do you feel overwhelmed, have pain, grief, anxiety, depression, or unseen shadows that prevent you from healing or from choosing better decisions, relationships, and allowing yourself to matter in your own life? My experience and education can help people hungering for more purpose, fulfillment, and nurturing relationships instead of dissonance, exhaustion, and sacrifice, those who know what you were aiming for, but discovered you’re at the top of the wrong ladder. If you feel like you’re different or unseen, then I may be the psychotherapist you’ve sought.
Ronit Farzam
Psychologist, PhD, MFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90025
I am trained in EMDR, IFS, Hypnotherapy, TFCBT and EFT.
I understand that therapy demands your time, money, and energy and I genuinely value your investment. I believe in maximizing your time in therapy and collaborate with you in clarifying and establishing your goals from the beginning in order to utilize every session to get you one step closer to where you want to be in your life. I consider myself an interactive therapist. I engage with my clients by coaching them to align their thoughts, feelings, and actions in order to understand themselves better and move forward to enjoy the changes they wish to see in their lives.
I am trained in EMDR, IFS, Hypnotherapy, TFCBT and EFT.
I understand that therapy demands your time, money, and energy and I genuinely value your investment. I believe in maximizing your time in therapy and collaborate with you in clarifying and establishing your goals from the beginning in order to utilize every session to get you one step closer to where you want to be in your life. I consider myself an interactive therapist. I engage with my clients by coaching them to align their thoughts, feelings, and actions in order to understand themselves better and move forward to enjoy the changes they wish to see in their lives.
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HypnoTherapy
How does hypnotherapy work?
Hypnotherapy works by using guided hypnosis to help you reach a state of focus and concentration through mental imagery and soothing verbal repetition. The state is somewhat like being absorbed in a book, a movie, or your own thoughts. You are not under a therapist’s “control,” but they can help you relax and turn your attention inward to discover the resources to achieve behavior change or better manage psychological concerns. Therapy sessions may involve guiding you through recognizing a problem, releasing problematic thoughts about it, and considering and accepting more productive alternatives before returning to normal awareness. Hypnotherapy is typically used by a therapist along with traditional forms of talk therapy. Eventually, your therapist can help you learn hypnotherapy techniques yourself so you can establish a stronger sense of control on your own in stressful or challenging moments.
Is hypnotherapy the same as hypnosis?
Hypnotherapy, which is sometimes called hypnotic suggestion, is a therapeutic technique in which a therapist uses hypnosis to help patients. It is not the kind of hypnosis portrayed in stage shows, or in movies or on television. You will not be unconscious or asleep during hypnotherapy, you will not lose control of yourself, your thoughts, or your free will, and you will be able to fully recall your experience. And while you will hear your therapist’s suggestions, it is always up to you to decide whether to act on them. Hypnosis by a trained mental-health professional is not a form of mind control, which is impossible to achieve anyway.
Can everyone be hypnotized?
The most common challenge of hypnotherapy is that as many as one in four people cannot be hypnotized. Brain imaging has confirmed differences in patterns of brain connectivity between those who respond to hypnotism and those who do not. Other people who could potentially be hypnotized may not respond to the technique because of their skepticism or resistance to entering a hypnotic state. If a therapist’s “post-hypnotic suggestion” is effective, it’s because they are suggesting something you want to achieve.
Does hypnotherapy work?
Through hypnotherapy, you can achieve changes that are real and sustainable. Like other talk therapy techniques, when hypnotherapy succeeds, it’s a case of mind over matter. Effective hypnotherapy involves self-healing because you access resources you need to change inside of yourself and learn how to tap into them whenever you need. Hypnotherapy has been shown to be an effective therapy for anxiety, phobias, stress, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder, sexual dysfunction, and undesirable behaviors like smoking. It can be used to help improve sleep or to address relationship challenges, and to aid with pain management, digestive disorders, skin conditions, and the gastrointestinal side effects of pregnancy or chemotherapy.