HYPNOTHERAPY · ONLINE ACROSS CALIFORNIA
Online Hypnotherapy in California
I offer online hypnotherapy across California to adults who want guidance with goal achievement, stress, performance anxiety, fears, feeling stuck and increasing peak performance in athletics and creativity. As a licensed psychotherapist, I may combine relaxation, deepening and narrated rehearsal with psychotherapy when that approach fits your objective.
Start where you are
Does this sound familiar?
You may know what you want to change and still feel unable to move toward it. Hypnotherapy can offer a calm, focused setting to notice old triggers, rehearse a different response, and work at a pace that feels manageable.
- I understand my goal, but I cannot seem to make the next step feel real.
- Stress or performance anxiety takes over when the moment matters.
- A fear or phobia, including fear of flying, keeps narrowing what feels possible.
- I feel stuck, indecisive, or caught in a familiar response I no longer want to repeat.
How hypnotherapy works
A relaxed state of mind
Hypnotherapy is, in my words, “in a relaxed state of mind, working with the unconscious mind to produce positive change.” The work is collaborative. You remain aware, able to respond, and involved in shaping the objective. You stay in control throughout the process.
Relaxation, deepening, and rehearsal
I begin by understanding what you want to work toward, what tends to interrupt that objective, and which situations bring the old pattern forward. That intake conversation helps shape the language and scenarios used in the session. The work follows your stated goal, not a generic script.
Using relaxation and deepening techniques, I narrate scenarios gathered from the intake process. You can simulate the idealized objective, practice it, and rehearse the original triggers. The intention is to experience old patterns staying in the past while healthy replacement patterns become more familiar and available for the next real-life step.
Hypnotherapy can sit alongside psychotherapy when that combination fits the work. Talking can help you understand the roots of a pattern, and relaxation and rehearsal can give you a way to practice a response. I can discuss which approach or combination matches your objectives during an initial conversation.
Goals and growth
Goal Achievement with scientific-proven steps
A large goal can feel like a single impossible demand. I help break it into smaller steps that you can name, revisit, and make your own. That may mean clarifying the next conversation, preparing for a performance, practicing a boundary, or creating a routine that supports the direction you have chosen.
The obstacle may be disbelief: “This is not really possible for me.” It may also be low self-esteem, shame, or a feeling of inadequacy. Apathy, depression, introversion, or imposter syndrome can make a goal feel distant. I treat these experiences as places to slow down, understand, and work with care.
Hypnotherapy can help you rehearse the person you want to be in the situation you named. We are not trying to force confidence or promise a particular result. We are creating room for a more intentional response and practicing the next step in language that feels believable and connected to your life.
- Disbelief about what is possible
- Low self-esteem or shame
- Feelings of inadequacy
- Apathy or depression
- Introversion that makes certain situations feel demanding
- Imposter syndrome
Practical support
What hypnotherapy can help with
Hypnotherapy may be considered as part of a collaborative plan for concerns such as:
- Stress and the need for a calmer response
- Performance anxiety in work, public speaking, auditions, tests, or other important moments
- Fears and phobias, including fear of flying
- Feeling stuck or unable to begin
- Indecisiveness when a choice feels loaded
Licensed LMFT, hypnosis, and NLP
What a licensed LMFT can address, and where hypnotherapy and NLP applies
Psychotherapy can address the root causes of relationships with self, others as well as patterns, emotions and behaviors. Hypnosis is recommended for specific change in habits, patterns as well as learning new skills or adopting new qualities. NLP works with the mind, language and behavior to create successful positive changes.
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, certified hypnotherapist, and NLP practitioner. I have a variety of approaches and create a treatment plan reflected in your objectives.
Online sessions are available for adults located anywhere in California. A first consultation is a chance to ask questions, describe the situation you want to change, decide whether my way of working feels like fit and assess whether you feel comfortable with me: the best results are produced when clients are comfortable with their psychotherapist.
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About the author
Lisa Lichtenstein, LMFT, CHT, NLP
I provide online psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, and NLP for adults and couples located anywhere in California.
I am the author of two published books and completed six months of weekly TV segments on mental health during COVID.
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Before you begin
What is hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy is work done in a relaxed state of mind, working with the unconscious mind to produce positive change. I use relaxation, deepening, and narrated rehearsal when those tools fit the objective you bring to therapy.
Will I be aware during an online hypnotherapy session?
Yes. The work is collaborative and you remain aware and able to respond. I can explain the process, discuss your comfort level, and adjust the pace during a secure online session.
Can hypnotherapy support goal achievement?
It can support goal achievement by helping you clarify a next step, rehearse a desired response, and notice the triggers connected to an old pattern. I can discuss whether it fits your objective during a first conversation.
Who is online hypnotherapy for?
I work with adults across California. Hypnotherapy may be considered for stress, performance anxiety, fears and phobias, feeling stuck, or indecisiveness when it fits the person and the goal.
A clear place to begin
What happens in your free 20-minute consultation
Tell me what you want to change
We will discuss what you'd like to work on and accomplish in therapy
I see if I'm a fit and map your first steps
You'll get a change to ensure you feel comfortable with me.
You decide, no pressure
You can take the next step when it feels right to you.
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