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Hypnotherapy for Stress Relief: A Holistic Approach to Finding Calm

Stress is a silent pandemic in the US and the Western world, but it doesn’t have to run your life. Hypnotherapy helps you shift out of overwhelm by regulating the nervous system, reprograming beliefs and habits that may subconsciously send stress signals into overdrive, and help people find lasting peace.

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Stress Isn’t Just In Your Head

Stress has become pervasive, chipping away at our health, our wallets, and our peace of mind. It is often much more than a fleeting emotion, some silly reaction we have to heavy traffic or a tough meeting at work.

Over time, chronic stress deteriorates the immune system, creates inflammation in the body, infiltrates our sleep, makes it hard to focus, and can tax our relationships.

Stress is not “all in your head.” It is one of the most expensive, pervasive, and underestimated health challenges of our time. The good news, however, is that your mind holds a powerful key to reducing its impact, and that’s where hypnotherapy comes in.

Read more about Hypnotherapy for Stress in our blog article.

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Hypnotherapy is a safe and effective way to retrain the nervous system and create healthier responses to life’s challenges. Through guided relaxation and positive suggestion, you can begin to release old patterns and step into a calmer, more resilient state.

The Science: Evidence for Hypnotherapy and Stress

  • Lowering Heart Rate and Blood Pressure: Research indicates that hypnosis can reduce physiological stress responses such as heart rate and blood pressure, as well as shift brain activity toward a more relaxed state. Source: SCIRP

  • Stress Reactivity and Physiological Improvement: Patients treated with hypnosis showed reduced physiological reactivity to stress, measured by electrodermal activity. Source: Taylor & Francis Online

  • Effectiveness Among Clinical Populations: A quasi-experimental study found that hypnotherapy significantly reduced stress and anxiety among individuals with mental health disorders—with large effect sizes and high satisfaction. Source: Global Health Science Group

How Hypnotherapy Helps with Stress

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What Hypnotherapy for Stress Relief Can Support

Hypnotherapy for stress relief can help if you’re experiencing:

  • Work-related stress & burnout

  • Difficulty relaxing or “shutting off” at night

  • Physical symptoms of stress (tension headaches, muscle tightness, gut discomfort)

  • Emotional overwhelm and irritability

  • A need for better coping strategies for life’s challenges

Each person’s journey will look a bit different, and all of my hypnotherapy sessions are personalized to ensure clients receive customized care that reflects their challenges, goals, and intentions.

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What to Expect

Clients may choose between an individual session or bundle (three sessions) and save. Both programs begin with a 30-minute intake consultation held virtually. This first session is a chance for me to understand your journey, goals, and the specific challenges. From there, we move into a series of customized hypnotherapy sessions, each lasting 45–60 minutes.

Sessions can be held virtually or in-person in Wilmington, NC. You’ll receive an audio recording after each session, along with guidance for self-hypnosis practice between meetings. Practicing self-hypnosis a few times a week helps deepen the work and reinforce the desired changes.

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Working with Cat

I’m Cat, a hypnotherapist, astrologer, and energy healing practitioner with a deep respect for both the spiritual and the scientific. My work blends years of training in traditional health systems with intuitive and holistic modalities that help people navigate change, deepen self-understanding, and reconnect to meaning.

I see hypnotherapy as a bridge that connects where a client is and where they wish to be. Together, we can find greater purpose and meaning to life's twists and turns, and we can align you with experiences that help you feel free and empowered. Nobody’s health conditions or diagnoses should feel like a life-sentence.

I have my Master’s in Social Justice & Human Rights, and received my clinical hypnotherapy degree from NATH (a leader in transpersonal hypnotherapy). I also have a background in Quantum Healing Hypnosis and as a Reiki Master Teacher.

Pricing + Booking

My Stress & Anxiety Hypnotherapy Bundle is a 3-session package, which includes your intake appointment and 3 hypnotherapy sessions + recordings. The price is $420, which may be paid at once or in monthly installments ($140/month). Monthly payment plans are considered a contract, meaning clients agree to three monthly automatic payments.

Single hypnotherapy sessions are $150/each.

Some FSA and HSA programs allow for hypnotherapy. You will likely need a Letter of Medical Necessity (LMN) from your prescriber (primary care physician, etc.) and will want to confirm your specific plan allows for this service.

FAQs

  • Hypnotherapy is a guided process that helps you access a deeply relaxed state, allowing your subconscious mind to release patterns of worry, tension, and overwhelm. It is a safe, non-invasive way to reduce stress and build resilience. Read more hypnotherapy and stress specifically in our blog post.

  • By calming the nervous system and retraining thought patterns, hypnotherapy helps your mind and body respond to stress more effectively. This can lower heart rate, ease muscle tension, improve sleep, and reduce anxiety. Your specific goals will be incorporated into every session.

  • Yes! Hypnotherapy is a natural and safe practice when conducted by a certified practitioner. You remain aware and deeply relaxed during the session and are never “out of control.”

  • Most clients sense improvement after their first session, but making that the baseline takes time and consistency. The optimal number of sessions depends on individual stress levels, goals, and response to the practice, though I find most clients see consistent improvement after 3-5 sessions.

  • Yes. The Herpes Support Hypnotherapy Bundle expires 6-months after purchase. If opting for the payment plan, clients will receive one hypnotherapy session per month, ensuring the program is completed prior to expiration date.

  • Absolutely. Virtual sessions are just as effective as in-person. You will need a reliable internet connection, headphones (ideally noise cancelling), and a quiet space where you won’t be interrupted for 60-minutes.

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