FAQ’s

Coaching and therapy are both valuable forms of support, but they serve different purposes and are grounded in different approaches. Coaching is focused on the present and future. It helps you gain clarity, set meaningful goals, overcome obstacles, and take action toward the life you want to create. The emphasis is on growth, personal development, and forward momentum. Coaching is especially useful when you are feeling stuck, navigating a transition, or striving to make purposeful changes.

Therapy, on the other hand, often focuses on healing the past. It is designed to help individuals process trauma, resolve emotional pain, and work through mental health challenges. Therapists are trained to diagnose and treat conditions such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, and more. Coaches do not provide clinical treatment or diagnosis. Instead, they create a supportive and structured space to help clients explore possibilities, build confidence, and make empowered choices.

While therapy helps people return to a place of stability and healing, coaching helps people grow from that stable place and reach for what is next. Both can be life-changing, and in some cases, they can complement each other beautifully when used together with clear boundaries and collaboration.

Each session is a focused and collaborative conversation designed to support your growth and forward movement. We begin by exploring your current goals, intentions, or challenges, and then we work together to bring clarity to what matters most to you in that moment. Whether you are seeking direction, navigating change, or aiming for a breakthrough, the session is shaped around your needs and values.

We look at what might be getting in the way, whether it is an external obstacle or an internal pattern, and identify new perspectives and possibilities. From there, we co-create clear, actionable steps that feel aligned and achievable. My role is to guide you with deep listening, powerful questions, and practical tools that help you stay connected to your vision and take meaningful action.

By the end of each session, you will leave with fresh insights, renewed motivation, and specific strategies you can implement right away. The process is designed to help you build momentum and make steady progress between sessions, so you can move forward with confidence and clarity.

If you are looking for support in making meaningful changes, clarifying your goals, or improving specific areas of your life, coaching can be a powerful and transformative experience. Whether you are navigating a life transition, feeling stuck, or wanting to grow into the next version of yourself, coaching provides a focused and encouraging space to explore what matters most to you.

Through intentional conversation, reflective exercises, and practical strategies, coaching helps you gain clarity, uncover hidden patterns, and create a vision for the future that feels aligned and achievable. You do not need to have everything figured out before you begin. All that is needed is a willingness to be honest with yourself, to reflect with curiosity, and to take steps, whether small or significant, toward meaningful change.

Coaching is most effective when you are open to exploring new perspectives and ready to take action. It is not about fixing you. It is about helping you step more fully into your strengths and values. With consistent support and a collaborative process, you can build momentum, deepen your self-trust, and make progress in the areas that matter most to you.

It depends on your goals, your timeline, and how deeply you want to work. Some clients experience noticeable shifts in just one session, particularly those coming in for hypnosis with a specific focus such as releasing a habit, managing stress, or increasing confidence. In these cases, most people benefit from two to three sessions to reinforce the changes and allow time for integration.

Clients who are working on broader life goals, navigating transitions, or building new habits often choose to work together over several weeks or months. A series of coaching or hypnosis sessions creates space for deeper self-awareness, consistent support, and lasting transformation. Each session builds on the one before it, helping you stay aligned with your vision while adapting to whatever comes up along the way.

Ongoing work allows for greater clarity, flexibility, and accountability. It also supports you in applying what you discover during sessions to real-life situations with more confidence and ease. Whether you are looking for a focused breakthrough or long-term change, we will structure the process to fit your needs and support the results you are looking for.

I offer coaching that supports meaningful transformation across multiple areas of life, including personal development, mindset, and overall well-being. Whether you are navigating a life transition, seeking more clarity and purpose, or wanting to shift long-standing habits, my approach is designed to help you create change that feels both deep and sustainable.

At the heart of my work is a focus on uncovering what truly matters to you and helping you align your thoughts, choices, and behaviors with that vision. I integrate tools from Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), hypnosis, and well-formed goal setting to guide this process. These methods are powerful for identifying and shifting limiting beliefs, resolving inner conflict, and creating the internal conditions needed for lasting success.

Whether your goals are emotional, physical, or spiritual, this work meets you where you are and helps you grow from there. Together, we create space for insight, growth, and real-world results that reflect who you are becoming.

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Yes, absolutely. Coaching is a powerful way to uncover and shift limiting beliefs that may be holding you back from the life you want to live. These beliefs often form quietly over time, shaped by past experiences, conditioning, or self-doubt. Left unchecked, they can influence your thoughts, decisions, and behaviors in ways that create unnecessary struggle or hesitation.

Through coaching, we begin to identify those limiting patterns and bring them into conscious awareness. From there, we work to reframe them by challenging outdated assumptions and introducing new, more empowering perspectives that support your growth. This process helps you reclaim your agency and open up to new possibilities that align with who you are becoming.

To deepen this work, I often integrate tools such as Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and hypnosis. These methods make it possible to work directly with the unconscious mind, where many of these beliefs are stored. By combining conscious insight with unconscious integration, the process becomes more effective and sustainable. You begin to feel the shift from within as new thoughts and behaviors take hold and begin to feel like your natural way of being.

Come with an open mind and a willingness to explore new perspectives. This work is most powerful when you show up with curiosity and a genuine interest in your own growth. You do not need to have everything figured out in advance, but it can be helpful to reflect on what you would like to focus on, any patterns you want to shift, or specific challenges you have been facing.

Before we begin, you will receive an intake form to complete. This helps me get a sense of your goals, your background, and what matters most to you. It also gives you a chance to start clarifying your intentions before our first session. We will also schedule a discovery call so we can connect, talk through what to expect, and make sure this is the right fit for your needs.

All of this helps us create a strong foundation so we can begin the work with clarity and alignment. Whether you are brand new to coaching and hypnosis or returning to deepen your process, everything we do will be shaped by your pace, your values, and your readiness to grow.

I offer both single sessions and coaching or hypnosis packages, depending on what you are looking for. Single sessions can be helpful for focused breakthroughs, especially when working with hypnosis around a specific issue such as reducing anxiety, building confidence, or releasing a habit. In some cases, noticeable shifts can happen quickly. However, single sessions are the exception rather than the norm. Most long-term change takes more than one conversation or process to fully integrate.

Packages are ideal for clients who want deeper transformation and ongoing support. With regular sessions over several weeks or months, we are able to explore the layers of your goals, track your progress, and make adjustments along the way. This kind of consistent work creates space for momentum, accountability, and sustainable growth.

Whether you choose a single session or a package, we will begin with a discovery call to determine the best fit for your goals and timeline. My intention is always to meet you where you are and support your growth in a way that is effective, aligned, and lasting.

Traditional goal-setting often sounds good on the surface but tends to fall short when it comes to real follow-through. Goals like ‘be healthier,’ ‘feel more confident,’ or ‘get unstuck’ are common, but they are usually too vague or abstract to generate meaningful momentum. Without a clear structure or emotional connection, these goals can leave you spinning your wheels, unsure of where to start or how to measure progress.

Well-formed goals, on the other hand, are designed with precision and purpose. Rooted in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), this approach helps you create goals that are specific, achievable, and deeply aligned with your values. A well-formed goal takes into account not only what you want, but also why you want it, how you will know when you’ve achieved it, and what resources you already have available. It is a process that engages both your conscious and unconscious mind, ensuring that your actions are supported from within.

By using well-formed goals in coaching and hypnosis, we can turn abstract desires into clear, compelling outcomes. This makes it easier to take consistent action and build the belief systems needed to sustain success over time. Instead of relying on motivation alone, you begin to experience a sense of alignment and momentum that carries you forward.

Hypnosis is not magic, mind control, or a trick. It is a well-documented psychological process that has been studied in clinical and neurological settings for decades. Research continues to confirm its effectiveness in areas like pain management, stress reduction, behavior change, and breaking unwanted habits. While stage hypnosis often gives the impression of people being controlled, therapeutic hypnosis is completely different. In a professional setting, you remain aware, in control, and fully capable of making choices. Hypnosis simply creates the right conditions for your mind to focus, relax, and respond to helpful suggestions. It is a practical and powerful tool for real, lasting change.

Everyone has the ability to experience hypnosis. Most people can enter a hypnotic state quite easily, especially when they are open to the process and willing to engage with it. Hypnosis is not something strange or foreign. It is a natural state of mind that we all pass through regularly. Think about those moments when you’re so absorbed in a good book, a film, or even your own thoughts that everything else fades into the background. That same focused state of inner attention is the foundation of hypnosis. With the right guidance and a comfortable environment, nearly anyone can tap into this state and use it as a powerful tool for relaxation, insight, and personal change.

No, hypnosis does not make you lose control. That is one of the biggest myths. In fact, during a hypnosis session, you remain fully aware of what is happening, and you are always in charge of your thoughts, choices, and actions. Hypnosis is not about giving up control. It is about learning how to access more of your inner resources with intention. A hypnotist cannot make you do anything against your will. If a suggestion ever felt wrong to you, you could simply ignore it or open your eyes and return to your normal waking state. Hypnosis works best when there is trust, cooperation, and a clear intention for positive change. You are the one in the driver’s seat the entire time.

Trance feels different for everyone, and there is no single way it ‘should’ feel. Some people experience it as deep physical relaxation, where the body feels heavy and calm. Others describe it as a light, floaty sensation, a dreamlike awareness, or a state of focused attention where outside distractions fade away. It can be similar to the feeling you have just before falling asleep, when your mind begins to drift, or like those moments when you’re so absorbed in a thought, a memory, or a task that time seems to slip by unnoticed. These transitional states are known as hypnagogic when falling asleep and hypnopompic when waking up. Both are natural phases of consciousness that we all pass through daily, and they closely resemble the state achieved during hypnosis. However it shows up for you, trance is a natural and safe state. The most important thing is not how it feels, but how it opens the door for insight, healing, and positive change.

Both hypnosis and meditation involve a combination of relaxation and focused attention, but they serve slightly different purposes. Hypnosis is generally a goal-oriented process. It uses carefully chosen suggestions to help shift thoughts, feelings, behaviors, or patterns in a specific direction. Whether the goal is confidence, habit change, pain relief, or emotional healing, hypnosis is designed to create intentional change by working with the subconscious mind. Meditation, on the other hand, is typically practiced to cultivate awareness, presence, and a sense of inner stillness. While it can lead to transformation over time, it usually does so by helping you observe without judgment rather than guiding you toward a particular outcome. Both practices are valuable and often complementary. One brings focused direction, the other offers quiet space to notice and simply be.

Yes, hypnosis can be highly effective for reducing stress and anxiety. It works by helping the mind interrupt old patterns of worry and fear, and replacing them with calmer, more empowering responses. Through guided relaxation and focused suggestion, hypnosis allows you to access a more peaceful inner state and develop a sense of control over your thoughts and reactions. Over time, the brain begins to rewire itself. Stressful triggers that once caused tension or overwhelm can start to feel less intense or even neutral. Hypnosis also teaches your nervous system how to relax more deeply and more quickly, making it easier to stay grounded and centered even in challenging situations. For many people, it becomes a powerful tool for building resilience, restoring inner calm, and reclaiming a sense of ease in daily life.

Hypnosis is considered very safe when practiced by a trained and ethical professional. It is a natural state of mind that most people move through every day, such as when daydreaming or becoming deeply absorbed in a task. There are no harmful side effects, and you remain aware and in control throughout the process. Hypnosis is not something that is done to you. It is a cooperative experience that engages your own inner resources to support positive change. That said, hypnosis is not a substitute for proper medical or psychological care. If you are dealing with a serious mental health condition or physical illness, it is important to work with the appropriate healthcare providers. Hypnosis can often be a supportive complement to other treatments, helping to ease stress, improve mindset, and reinforce healing. It should always be used responsibly and with your well-being in mind.

Research continues to demonstrate that hypnosis has measurable effects on brain activity. Studies using advanced imaging technologies, such as functional MRI and EEG, show that during hypnosis, certain areas of the brain become more active while others quiet down. Activity tends to shift away from the analytical, critical parts of the brain and moves toward regions involved in imagination, attention, and emotional processing. This shift creates a unique window of opportunity where the mind becomes more receptive to positive suggestions. Clinical studies have shown that hypnosis can help reduce the perception of pain, rewire habits, and even improve access to memory. These findings confirm what practitioners have observed for years: hypnosis is not only real, but also a powerful and evidence-based tool for creating meaningful change in the mind and body.

Yes, scientific research has shown that hypnosis causes real changes in brain activity. Using technologies like fMRI, researchers have observed that during hypnosis, the brain shifts away from analytical processing and into a more focused and receptive state. A 2016 study led by Dr. David Spiegel at Stanford University found reduced activity in areas responsible for critical self-awareness, along with increased connectivity in regions involved in attention and emotional regulation. This shift helps the mind respond more easily to positive suggestions. Other studies have confirmed hypnosis to be effective for reducing pain, changing habits, and improving memory. These findings continue to support what many clients experience in practice: hypnosis is a safe and powerful tool for meaningful change.

Yes, absolutely. Trance creates a powerful space where the conscious mind can gently quiet down, allowing the deeper layers of your awareness to come forward. In this state, the usual noise of overthinking and mental distractions fades, making it easier to access intuition, inner wisdom, and creative insight. Many people find that new ideas, solutions, and perspectives emerge naturally while in trance, often with a sense of clarity or inspiration they might not reach through conscious effort alone. This is the same creative space where artists, inventors, and visionaries throughout history have tapped into their greatest breakthroughs. By entering this altered state with intention, you give your unconscious mind the freedom to explore possibilities, make connections, and reveal new ways forward that feel both inspired and deeply aligned.

Guided visualization and hypnosis both use the power of the mind to support positive change, but they work at different depths and in slightly different ways. Guided visualization is typically a structured mental imagery exercise. It helps you imagine desired outcomes, rehearse success, or create a calming internal landscape. This can be incredibly powerful for focus, motivation, and emotional balance. Hypnosis, on the other hand, involves entering a deeper trance state where the conscious mind becomes quieter and the unconscious mind becomes more active and open to suggestion. In this state, it becomes easier to shift internal patterns, update limiting beliefs, and install new responses that feel natural and automatic. While both techniques are valuable, hypnosis tends to work more directly with the unconscious to support lasting transformation from the inside out.

Self-hypnosis is a powerful technique that allows you to guide yourself into a relaxed and focused state of mind where you can work with your unconscious to reinforce positive suggestions. It is similar to guided hypnosis, but instead of listening to someone else, you learn how to enter that state on your own, using tools like breath, imagery, or specific phrases. Anyone can learn self-hypnosis with the right guidance and a little practice, and I often teach clients how to do this as part of our work together.

Absolutely. Hypnosis is a powerful way to identify and shift limiting beliefs and negative self-talk that often operate beneath the surface. These unconscious patterns can shape how we think, feel, and act—sometimes without us realizing it. Hypnosis allows us to access the deeper mind and introduce more empowering perspectives. As the old patterns soften, new beliefs can take root that support confidence, clarity, and growth. This shift in inner dialogue makes it easier to change behaviors, build better habits, and respond to life with greater self-trust. Over time, the new beliefs begin to feel natural and true, forming a strong foundation for lasting transformation.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, is a powerful framework that explores the connection between how we think, how we communicate, and the patterns of behavior that result. In the context of coaching, NLP provides a wide range of techniques for helping clients become more aware of their internal language, shift limiting beliefs, and adopt more empowering mental strategies. These methods can be used to reframe challenges, increase motivation, and create new possibilities for action and change. NLP also enhances communication skills, both internally and interpersonally, which can lead to stronger relationships, clearer boundaries, and more effective goal-setting. When combined with hypnosis, NLP techniques can reach even deeper into the unconscious mind, making it easier to rewire unhelpful patterns and reinforce confidence, success, and resilience from the inside out.

Design Human Engineering, or DHE®, is an evolution of Neuro-Linguistic Programming created by Richard Bandler. While traditional NLP often focuses on identifying and changing existing patterns, DHE® goes further by teaching clients how to consciously create new mental and emotional strategies. In coaching, this means helping someone move beyond simply solving problems and instead begin building powerful internal systems that support their goals and vision.

DHE® is particularly effective for developing high-performance mindsets. It uses mental imagery, focused attention, and intentional inner design to install useful habits, emotional states, and ways of thinking. These strategies are not based on past experiences or limitations. They are constructed with intention to align with who the client is becoming. When DHE® is combined with hypnosis, these changes are often reinforced more quickly and deeply at the unconscious level. This creates a sense of natural momentum, helping clients take action with more confidence, clarity, and creativity.

Yes, absolutely. Coaching and hypnosis work beautifully together to build genuine self-confidence from both the conscious and unconscious levels of the mind. Coaching helps you develop clarity, self-awareness, and specific action steps. It supports you in identifying what you want, uncovering what holds you back, and creating a roadmap for moving forward. Through conversation, reflection, and accountability, coaching strengthens your ability to make intentional choices and follow through.

Hypnosis complements this by working beneath the surface, where many of your core beliefs, automatic reactions, and self-perceptions are stored. In a deeply relaxed state, the unconscious mind becomes more open to suggestion, making it easier to release old patterns of doubt and install new, empowering beliefs. Hypnosis helps you internalize confidence at a level that feels natural and unshakable. Over time, this combination helps you not just act with confidence, but feel it from the inside out, even in situations where you used to hesitate or second-guess yourself.

If you are looking for clarity, structure, and a step-by-step approach to reaching your goals, coaching is an excellent place to start. Coaching is ideal for helping you define what you want, build a plan to move forward, and stay accountable along the way. It focuses on conscious awareness, decision-making, and action.

On the other hand, if you find yourself repeating patterns or feeling blocked by inner resistance that you cannot quite explain, hypnosis can be highly effective. It works by addressing the unconscious mind, where old beliefs, emotional triggers, and automatic behaviors are often stored. Hypnosis allows you to access and shift those patterns from within, creating space for real and lasting change.

For many people, the most powerful results come from combining both approaches. Coaching builds momentum and clarity on the outside, while hypnosis reinforces change on the inside. Together, they create a well-rounded path for transformation, helping you move forward with greater ease, alignment, and confidence.

Yes, both coaching and hypnosis can be done very effectively in a virtual setting. In fact, many clients find that working online enhances their overall experience. Being in your own familiar environment can help you feel more relaxed and at ease, which supports deeper focus and openness during each session. Whether we are exploring a coaching topic, guiding a hypnotic process, or doing both, the quality of the work remains just as powerful as it would be in person.

Virtual sessions also offer greater flexibility and convenience. There is no need to travel, which makes it easier to fit the work into your schedule and stay consistent with your growth. With a strong internet connection and a quiet space, you can engage in meaningful transformation from anywhere in the world. Whether your goals involve personal change, emotional resilience, or mindset mastery, online coaching and hypnosis provide a practical and effective path forward. You can begin exactly where you are and experience deep change from the comfort of your own space.