Session work
One-on-one and small group sessions.
Private trauma-informed hypnotherapy sessions held online or in person.
Explore session workHypnotherapy-led healing for women
Women Healing Women
Private session work and immersive retreats grounded in hypnotherapy, breathwork, and trauma-informed care — creating safe, unhurried space for women to heal.
Our work is trauma-informed and paced with choice, consent, and care. It is not a substitute for medical or mental-health treatment.
The approach
Healing that reaches beneath the surface.
Hypnotherapy is the center of everything we do.
Healing begins beneath the surface. Hypnotherapy allows an inward focus through relaxation and guided imagery. Emotional patterns are explored at the roots where healing begins. The narrative is shifted. Trauma becomes redefined on a soul level. Whether you come for a private session or a five-day retreat, hypnotherapy is the thread that runs through all of it.
Science and history
An ancient practice with modern evidence.
Hypnotherapy is one of the oldest healing traditions known to humanity. Ancient Egyptians used trance-like states in healing temples; Greek physicians employed focused suggestion in their sanctuaries of Asclepius. In the eighteenth century, Franz Mesmer brought the practice into European medicine, and by the mid-nineteenth century, Scottish surgeon James Braid had coined the term "hypnosis" and begun the first systematic scientific study of its effects.
Today, hypnotherapy is recognized by the American Psychological Association and the British Medical Association as a legitimate clinical tool. Neuroimaging research from Stanford University shows that hypnosis produces measurable changes in brain activity — particularly in the anterior cingulate cortex and default mode network, the regions governing pain perception, emotional regulation, and self-referential thought. A 2019 meta-analysis in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews found hypnotherapy significantly effective for anxiety, chronic pain, and trauma-related symptoms.
75%
of people are hypnotizable to a clinically meaningful degree
Stanford University Hypnosis Research
84%
reduction in PTSD symptoms in trauma-focused hypnotherapy trials
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
200+
years of British Medical Association research and clinical recognition
BMA, 1892 & 1955
Hypnotherapy is a complement to, not a replacement for, medical or psychiatric care. All work at The Courage to Heal is trauma-informed and paced with your consent and readiness.
Two ways to work together
Hypnotherapy in session work and in retreat.
Retreats
Five days of immersive, held healing.
Small-group retreats in carefully chosen locations. Hypnotherapy, breathwork and sound healing are woven into five days.
See upcoming retreatsThe retreat experience
FIVE DAYS TO RETURN
Reclaim Her.
Lake Tahoe North Shore - March 18th -22nd 2027 Spring Equinox
Day One
Arrive & Settle.
Arrive between 2–4 pm. Room orientation. Opening circle. Dinner. Meditation. Discussion of the work ahead.
Day Two
The Body Keeps the Score.
Breakfast. Meditation. Opening Introduction to Hypnotherapy Talk. Light lunch. Session work. Break. Dinner. Sharing circle.
Day Three
Into the deep.
Extended hypnotherapy sessions, small-group processing, and afternoon rest. The heart of the retreat.
Day Four
Integration begins.
Breakfast. Meditation. Sharing Circle. Breathwork Intro Talk. Break. Light Lunch. Breathwork Session: 90 minutes. Rest period. Dinner. Sharing Circle.
Day Five
Closing the Circle.
Closing ceremony, integration planning, and a gentle departure. You leave with a map for what comes next.
Your facilitator
Women Healing Women.
Every session and retreat is led by an advanced-trained clinical hypnotherapist and trauma-informed practitioner with over a decade of experience working with women navigating complex trauma, eating disorders and PTSD. Dedicated to the sacred work of hypnotherapy.
"Healing takes time and comes in waves" — Debra McCurtain
Ready when you are
Begin with a conversation.
Inquiries are reviewed personally. There is no rush, no pressure, and no wrong answer. If this feels like it might be for you, that is enough to begin.
Contact usInquiries are reviewed within five business days. All information is held in strict confidence.
There is room for the woman you are becoming.
A considered, small-group experience