About Me
Hi! I’m Day, a hypnotherapist, coach, and intermediate astrologer.
I am a certified hypnotherapist in the SF Bay Area. I attended the Hypnotherapy Training Institute in 2021. I have also done coursework in peer counseling and coaching. I am also a third-degree reiki master and an avid fan of astrology. I may incorporate these and other modalities such as tarot or pendulums into our session, only with your eager consent and participation.
I enjoy finding heart-centered and heart-opening solutions for my clients and allowing people to explore their subconscious in a safe and supported environment.
I see myself as merely a conduit, providing you with a relaxing ambiance and the tools that help you work with your own subconscious to achieve your goals.
Why Hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy is a safe, effective, and powerful method of reaching your subconscious mind and aligning your deepest desires with your conscious thoughts in day-to-day life. Many psychological disturbances or cases of malcontent are caused by misalignment between the two.
For example, you may deeply desire a relationship, but always say to yourself “I’m so hard to love.” Or, you may crave a more stable financial life, but always say to yourself “I’m so bad with money, it just slips through my fingers.” Your subconscious mind is always listening and it wants to help you. So, it hears you saying, “Money just slips through my fingers” and it wants to do the thing! Before you know it, your money goes just like sand through your fingers.
hypnotherapy uses theories of neuroplasticity to change well-worn patterns in your brain over a relatively short period of time.
Additionally, hypnotherapy is safe. Your subconscious mind will not allow you to do anything that is not in your best interest and will not allow you to do anything you don’t want to do. Hypnotherapy has been recognized as a beneficial therapeutic practice by the American medical association since the 1950s.
Hypnotherapy is also a pretty quick, project-based modality. Most things can be worked on in a series of 1-10 sessions, depending on what it is.
My Journey with Hypnotherapy
In 2015 I had my first experience with hypnotherapy through a past-life regression Meetup group. Over a few years, i went to several of these Meetups and learned a lot. i was enchanted by hypnotherapy but hadn’t yet experienced its full power.
In 2018, I was fed up with some of my habits. I had tried everything to change them, inclduing hiring specialists to help me, and watching every Youtube video on the topic, to no effect. I booked a few sessions with a well-reviewed hypnotherapist and it was like magic. Suddenly I could do the things I had been struggling with, and I felt a lot better about myself overall.
Then, the pandemic hit. with changes to my work, I wondered what I might do next. i was inspired by a desire to help others get closer to their authentic and best selves, heal from trauma, and explore their inner world to seek out a hypnotherapy training program. i landed at the Hypnotherapy Training Institute and the rest is history.
Why Astrology?
I believe that astrology is a wonderful tool we can use to know ourselves better. I follow modern/psychological astrology, and love astrologers from that lineage such as Liz Greene. I do not see astrology as a determinative force, as ancient astrologers did. I do not believe astrology can tell us with any level of certainty when we will get married or if we will get an inheritance. However, I do believe it can point out our strengths and weaknesses. It gives us information about what type of support may be helpful and effective.
I generally begin sessions by looking at your birth chart along with the current transits. while i don’t currently consider myself a “professional astrologer,” I find this is a great way to get to know you and talk about the things you’d like to work on.
Where does my astrology knowledge come from? I have been interested in astrology for many years. More recently, I had an opportunity to write about astrology professionally for about a year. During that time I deepened and solidified my knowledge significantly. I don’t consider myself a professional astrologer, as I feel it will be a lifelong process of learning. However, it is a tool I find useful for both coaching and hypnotherapy!
What can we work on together?
- lifestyle and habit changes
- eating habits
- exercise habits
- executive dysfunction (cleaning, chores, opening mail, texting people back, e-mails, making appointments, etc.)
- smoking cessation
- reducing phobias
- stress reduction
- creating a more positive outlook
- generating an abundance mindset
- improving confidence with skills, work, and hobbies
- improving memory
- connecting more deeply with your authentic self and desires
- gender and sexuality
- exploring sexual dysfunction
- building courage to explore long-held desires or fantasies
- reducing shame around sexuality
- building confidence in gender expression
- working though sexual trauma
- kink safety & education (coaching only, not hypnotherapy)
- dating and relationships
- build confidence for dating
- hone in on what you really want in a relationship
- identify barriers to relationships and dating
- online dating profile review (coaching only, not hypnotherapy)
- identify and work through attachment trauma and attachment issues
- exploring opening up a relationship
- trauma
- reducing the impact of a vivid memory
- building confidence and self-worth after trauma
- health and wellness
- pain relief
- explore illnesses and injuries
- accessing memories and inner wisdom
I am open to working on other topics if you do not see what you’d like to work on listed here. I do not work with people under the age of 21 at this time.
Rates & what to expect
i offer sliding scale, custom packages for each client.
A typical initial session includes about half talking, coaching, and astrology, and half hypnotherapy. Subsequent sessions may vary depending on what we are working on.
I am open to working with all sorts of people, including people of all races, genders, sexual orientations, professions, religions, and spiritual identities. I have lived experience as a sex worker and enjoy supporting my community.
I am sometimes able to offer discounted appointments when requested. priority for discounted spots in my schedule go to bipoc, sex workers, members of the queer community, transgender people, and people experiencing significant financial hardship.
Booking
Before we commit to an appointment, we will have a free 15 minute assessment call to determine if working together will be a good fit for both of us.
Where?
Please visit me at my comfortable space in Emeryville, ca. I do not offer virtual sessions at this time.