With hypnosis you can:
Feel Better
- Improve general anxiety.1
- Promote wellbeing through stress relief and peace of mind.2
- Improve emotional regulation and reduce irritability.3
- Improve workplace stress management.4
Overcome Challenges
- Reduce fears and phobia responses.5
- Reduce relationship anxiety, jealousy, and intimacy problems.6
- Help manage pain, whether chronic or acute.7
- Reduce the frequency of stress-related dermatological flares.8
- Reduce or remove warts.9
Change Behaviors
- Stop smoking and vaping.10
- Manage your weight.11
- Change unwanted habits such as nail biting, teeth grinding, and similar behaviors.12
Perform at Your Best
- Improve focus, concentration, and mental performance in sport, work, and other performance settings.13
- Learn self-hypnosis to help manage stress, pain, anxiety, poor sleep, and cravings.14
James Ostertag, Certified Hypnotist

References
- 1. Anxiety
Valentine KE, Milling LS, Clark LJ, Moriarty CL. The Efficacy of Hypnosis as a Treatment for Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 2019;67(3):336–363. DOI - 2. Stress Relief and Wellbeing
Häuser W, Hagl M, Schmierer A, Hansen E. The Efficacy, Safety and Applications of Medical Hypnosis: A Systematic Review of Meta-analyses. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. 2016;113(17):289–296. DOI - 3. Emotional Regulation
Fox KCR, Kang Y, Lifshitz M, Christoff K. Increasing Cognitive-Emotional Flexibility with Meditation and Hypnosis: The Cognitive Neuroscience of De-automatization. In: The Oxford Handbook of Meditation. Oxford University Press; 2019. Preprint - 4. Workplace Stress
Fuhr K, Schweizer C, Meisner C, Batra A. Hypnosis in Patients with Perceived Stress: A Systematic Review. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2017;17:323. DOI - 5. Phobias
Ramondo N, Gignac GE, Pestell CF, Byrne SM. Clinical Hypnosis as an Adjunct to Cognitive Behavior Therapy: An Updated Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 2021;69(2):169–202. DOI - 6. Relationship Anxiety, Jealousy and Intimacy
Kirsch I. Clinical Hypnosis as an Adjunct to Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 1994;17(1):151–165. DOI - 7. Pain Management
Milling LS, Valentine KE, McCarley HS, LoStimolo LM. Hypnosis and the Alleviation of Clinical Pain: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 2021;69(3):297–322. DOI - 8. Stress-Related Dermatological Flares
Shenefelt PD. Hypnosis in Dermatology. American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. 2000;1(6):339–347. DOI - 9. Warts
Shenefelt PD. Hypnosis in Dermatology. American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. 2000;1(6):339–347. DOI - 10. Smoking and Vaping Cessation
Barnes J, McRobbie H, Dong CY, Walker N, Hartmann-Boyce J. Hypnotherapy for Smoking Cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2019;(6):CD001008. DOI - 11. Weight Management
Milling LS, Gover MC, Moriarty CL. The Effectiveness of Hypnosis as an Intervention for Obesity: A Meta-Analytic Review. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. 2018;5(1):29–45. DOI - 12. Habit Change
Reis-Prado AH, Botelho AM, Maia CVR, et al. Short-term Effects of a Rigid Interocclusal Appliance and Hypnosis on Individuals with Bruxism: A Feasibility Study for a Randomized Clinical Trial. Revista Vozes dos Vales. 2024. DOI - 13. Focus, Concentration and Mental Performance
Barker JB, Jones MV. Using Hypnosis, Technique Refinement, and Self-Modeling to Enhance Self-Efficacy: A Case Study in Cricket. The Sport Psychologist. 2006;20(1):94–110. Barker JB, Jones MV, Greenlees IA. Assessing the Immediate and Maintained Effects of Hypnosis on Self-Efficacy and Soccer Wall-Volley Performance. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. 2010;32(2):243–252. DOI - 14. Self-Hypnosis
Jensen MP, Patterson DR. Hypnotic Approaches for Chronic Pain Management: Clinical Implications of Recent Research Findings. American Psychologist. 2014;69(2):167–177. DOI