Hypnosis can help you overcome fears and phobias such as fear of flying, driving, heights, public speaking, test-taking, medical/dental, social situations, and more. By working with the subconscious mind, we can fung-shui the way memories are stored to overcome the original source of the fear and create new ways of responding to triggers. Experience life from a place of emotional safety and security so you can enjoy it more fully.

Hypnotherapy can help you overcome general anxiety, social anxiety, panic, and performance anxiety. Most of our worries and fears are about the past or the future. Hypnosis is very calming to the nervous system and can help bring you into the present moment. While we can't control everything in life, we can learn how to change how we respond to triggering emotions, physical sensations, symptoms, spinning thoughts, life situations, and other stimuli. Regaining control of your nervous system allows you to fulfill your potential and experience more joy in life.

Working on the level of the subconscious mind can help address traumas that are stored in the subconscious in a way that just talking about them with the conscious mind does not. Through gentle relaxation, learning to interrupt and redirect negative thought patterns, and other tools, we can help to calm an overactive limbic response. Hypnosis is gentle and safe way to retrain the nervous system and rewire neural pathways to create a sense of safety in the world, leading to lasting change.

Mimi has an extensive background in a branch of social psychology specializing in interpersonal communication and intra-psychic communication (how we communicate with ourselves), with the goal of understanding and improving our relationships with ourselves and others. She also spent a year training in attachment theory and trauma with leading relationship therapist Dr. Diane Poole Heller. (Listen to Mimi’s 2-part podcast interview w/Dr. Poole Heller on The Dream Detective podcast, episodes #29 & episode #30).
In any relationship, it’s not just the two people involved; there are many parts of one person interacting with many parts of another person. We can easily become hijacked by a part that is not the whole of us. For example, a triggered part can cause us to regress into a wounded child aspect of ourselves that either wants to lash out or withdraw from the situation; neither one of these being very constructive solutions. Being able to access more adult aspects of ourselves can significantly help us repair relationships, while also allowing us to tend to and care for the wounded parts of ourselves. A hypnotherapy or coaching session with Mimi can help you understand the communication happening within yourself, the communication between you and other people, and how your attachment style plays a role in your relationships, and with life itself. This work can support you in improving your relationship with others, and with yourself, so you can experience more authenticity and fulfillment in life.

Boundaries are a key essential to self-care and healthy relationships. Many of us learned early on that it simply wasn't safe to set boundaries, or take care of our own needs instead of those of others. Sometimes we need to set boundaries with our own actions, such as overextending our energy. At first it may feel selfish or wrong and lead to feelings of guilt, but eventually learning to set good boundaries will lead to a more balanced lifestyle and healthier relationships. One of the first steps is learning to discern who it is safe to communicate our boundaries with, and who we need to find other ways of setting boundaries with (without necessarily sharing with them what we are doing). Some people will fall away when we express a need or set a limit. As they say: the only people who don't like it when you set boundaries are the ones who benefit from you not having any! A session with Mimi can help you learn to set better boundaries so you can practice good self-care and set limits, guilt-free.

We all have experiences throughout the life cycle that take us away from the essence of who we truly are, and the direction we really wanted to go. We may not have been allowed to be our true selves growing up, and so we adapted to survive. But there continues to be a sense that something is missing, until we find our way back. A hypnotherapy session with Mimi can help you reclaim your authentic self and reconnect with your purpose so you can live an aligned life.

Have you had a creative inspiration or insight when you least expected it? Usually these occur while engaging in a relaxing activity like taking a walk in nature, a leisurely shower, or even on the brink of sleep. This is when we enter the same relaxed brain wave state that we go into with hypnosis. By allowing, rather than trying, the conscious, logical mind is able to let go and we can access the vast and unlimited possibilities of non-linear, creative and intuitive subconscious mind. Dream incubation can be utilized in a similar manner. Hypnotherapy is a valuable tool to access this part of your mind to come up with creative ideas, and even access creative problem solving. 
Einstein and Edison were aware of this ability, and both would sit at their desks with some kind of weighted object in their hand. Thinking about the problem they were attempting to solve, they would let themselves drift off into the slower brain wave state. When they got too close to sleep, the object would fall to the ground, waking them up so they could write down and remember the brilliant ideas and insights they attained while in the hypnotic/twilight state.
Hypnosis can help you engage your deeper creative mind for artistic expression, business ideas, inventions, solutions to problems, and more. 

A fundamental sense of worthiness, or lack thereof, can change the course and the outcome of our path in life. Do you believe you deserve love, money, success, affection, time and attention from others, or to be seen and heard? There are a few among us who grew up with a sense of worthiness, but many more who did not. When it is instilled in us that we do not deserve to have our needs met, to utilize our talents, or to be who we feel called to be, it erodes at our sense of identity, our confidence, and even our health. Hypnotherapy can help you rewrite the past for a better outcome, and help instill a sense of self-love, self-esteem, value, and worthiness.

Many of us have experienced some kind of childhood trauma, big or small, that has left a lasting impact. When we get triggered by certain stimuli, it can regress us to the age we were when the trauma occured. Thic can cause us to lose access to our inner Adult resources and problems solving skills. Some of us were simply forced to grow up too fast, finding it necessary to cut off our inner child so we could function as a small adult in order to survive. We then deny the needs of our inner child well into adulthood. This can show up in dreams as the symbol of a crying, wounded, needy, or neglected child or young animal. A hypnotherapy session with Mimi can help you connect with your inner child, listen to what they have to say, and provide them with the nurturing and expression they deserve. Because just like a real child, if we try to ignore them, they will only get louder!

Grief can be triggered by the death of a loved one, or by various circumstances such as the end of a relationship or job, a health issue, a physical or financial loss, or a significant life change. It involves a range of emotions, including sadness, shock, anger, guilt, and disbelief. A hypnotherapy session can help you process grief, let go of the past, accept the present, and connect with your current strengths. Death is always followed by rebirth, whether literal or symbolic, and grief and loss can be a powerful portal for transformation.

A past life regression hypnotherapy session can connect you with various incarnations that your soul has experienced. This can reveal innate talents and gifts, and help you understand unresolved or recurring issues in your present life. It can also provide insights into current relationship dynamics, as sometimes we incarnate with the same people. Past life regression hypnosis can help us heal, release blocks, and provide insights to help us move forward in this life.

Many turn to other people for spiritual guidance, but hypnosis can help you directly connect with your angels, spirit guides, your higher self, and inner guides first hand. Nothing is so powerful as a direct connection with your source of spiritual guidance and receiving their messages first hand. You can ask them questions, ask for guidance, or whatever you need. And once you learn how to do this, you can do it yourself, any time.

Working with a medium provides a wonderful opportunity to connect with departed loved ones, or you can communicate with them directly through hypnosis. Engaging with a departed loved one personally can aid in healing unresolved emotions, completing unfinished business, saying goodbye, and receiving messages from them. We can also receive visitations from our departed loved ones in the dream state. If you want to learn more about this, you can listen to Mimi's podcast episode about After Death Visitation Dreams on her show The Dream Detective podcast.

There exists a realm of intelligence beyond our own that can provide guidance in every aspect of life. Whether you refer to it as the Universe, God, your higher power, Source, Spirit, or another name; the principle of working with divine guidance is the same. Knowing that you are a not alone, and that there is something greater that will guide you with a loving hand, can be incredibly comforting in the most difficult of times. We can turn to divine guidance for anything including where to live, who to date, whether to stay in a job or relationship, what to eat, how to heal, and so much more. A hypnotherapy session can help you connect with your divine guidance to help you live your life with purpose, passion, and love.
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Most of us are looking for answers outside of ourselves, but what we forget is that this knowledge is already within us. Sometimes we just need a little help accessing it. A hypnotherapy session with Mimi can help you access your still, calm voice of intuition, providing guidance, clarity, and wisdom from within.
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We all have aspects of ourselves that we try to hide or cover up from other peoples’ awareness. We don't even like to face these parts ourselves. These parts are known as the shadow, or (in IFS) exiled parts, or (in Voice Dialogue) disowned aspects of the self. They are filled with fear, shame, pain, and/or trauma, often from childhood but it can be from adult experiences as well. Imagine trying to hold down a beach ball under water. Eventually, no matter how hard you try to push it down, it will pop up. So, too, with the shadow. When we push it down, ignore it, or resist it, the shadow will find ways to express itself through symptoms, unwanted or inappropriate behavior, and other ways where we usually pay the price. Rather than pushing it down, when we acknowledge the shadow, embrace it with love, and listen to what it has to say, we can learn from it, integrate it, and experience profound healing.

Our dreams can offer us new perspectives on life, and they always have our best interest at heart. The information we gather by working with them can help us make positive changes and create a purpose-filled, meaningful life. Each dream symbol and it's meaning is unique to you. We will explore the metaphors, the story, and your unique associations with the elements and dream figures to help you understand what your subconscious mind is trying to communicate with you.
Once you have received the message from your dream, together we will come up with unique ways to transform the symbolism into meaningful applications for your life. Then you can make any desired changes based on the dream’s message, as they are always propelling us forward on our path of personal evolution.
For more info in Mimi's work with dreams (including her podcast) visit www.thedreamdetective.com

Nightmares process our most difficult emotions, and are a vital part of the healing process. No matter how scary, gruesome, disgusting, or ghoulish, they always have something important to show us and teach us, as their purpose is to help us to move us towards wholeness. Nightmares can process emotions and experiences that our conscious mind may not want to face or acknowledge, but exploring their symbolism and being open to their messages can set us on a path of profound growth and healing. A dream exploration with Mimi can be done via coaching or hypnosis, leading to personal discovery, deep insights, and self-understanding.