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Biography for Elisabeth Henriksen, CCHt, BA

Elisabeth Henriksen is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and founder of MindBody Empowered, a practice supporting growth-minded, driven women navigating both personal and professional demands in creating meaningful, lasting change. Her work focuses on helping clients access inner resources, regulate emotional responses, and move beyond habits and long-standing reactions that no longer serve them, so they can live with greater clarity, confidence, and balance.

After years of personal healing, traditional therapy, and self-development, Elisabeth recognized that insight and willpower alone were not enough to create lasting change. Through her own healing journey with anxiety rooted in adverse childhood experiences, Elisabeth developed a deep respect for how early ways of coping form, and how they can be gently reshaped. Her transformative experience with hypnotherapy became the foundation of her professional path.

With a background in education and a degree in Mind-Body Psychology, Elisabeth brings a calm, compassionate, and structured approach to her work. She has supported clients with anxiety and panic, emotional overwhelm, self-esteem challenges, communication and boundary-setting, as well as pre- and post-operative anxiety and stress, pain management, and recovery support. Clients often describe a greater sense of calm, clarity, and steadiness in their day-to-day lives.

Elisabeth integrates clinical hypnosis with mind-body techniques to facilitate deep, sustainable change. Her work emphasizes emotional regulation, self-awareness, and empowerment, helping clients reconnect with inner stability and resilience. She believes transformation begins with curiosity, honesty, and a willingness to explore beneath the surface.

Hypnotherapy Specialties

  1. Anxiety
  2. Assertiveness
  3. Assist Healing
  4. Change Habits
  5. Fears
  6. General Practice
  7. Guilt
  8. Obsessions
  9. Panic Attacks
  10. Self Confidence
  11. Self Criticism
  12. Self Defeating Behaviors
  13. Self Esteem
  14. Self Forgiveness
  15. Self Image
  16. Self Mastery
  17. Shame
  18. Stress
  19. Trauma
  20. Weight Loss

Experience

Elisabeth works from a trauma-informed, mind-body perspective, supporting clients with anxiety, panic responses, stress, and long-standing emotional reactions rooted in earlier life experiences. She has experience helping clients address concerns such as self-esteem and self-image, self-criticism, guilt and shame, fears, anxiety, stress coping skills, compulsive behaviors, and habits that no longer serve them, as well as supporting emotional preparation and recovery around medical procedures.

Her work emphasizes practical, skill-based tools clients can use both in and outside of sessions to strengthen emotional regulation, confidence, and self-mastery. Drawing on her background in education and Mind-Body Psychology, Elisabeth brings a calm, compassionate, and collaborative presence, meeting clients where they are and supporting steady, meaningful change at their own pace.

Clients often describe feeling calmer, clearer, and more grounded, with an increased ability to respond rather than react. Elisabeth views hypnotherapy as a supportive process that helps individuals reconnect with inner stability, self-trust, and a greater sense of ease in daily life.

Education

  • Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Nationally Accredited College of Hypnotherapy - 818-758-2700
    Date Started: 05/16/2023 - Date Graduated: 05/16/2024
    Total Hours: 720 - Total Weeks: 52 - Total Years: 1
  • Associate of Occupational Studies in Mind-Body Psychology with Honors
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Nationally Accredited College of Hypnotherapy - 818-758-2700
    Date Started: 05/20/2024 - Date Graduated: 06/04/2025
    Total Hours: 720 - Total Weeks: 52 - Total Years: 1
  • Bachelor Teaching Art Pedagogi
    Telemark University College in South-East TUC (Formerly HiT)
    Date Started: 08/23/2004 - Date Graduated: 06/20/2008
    Total Years: 4

Continuing Education from the American Hypnosis Association

  1. Cheryl O'Neil/Anthony - Grief - 08/2023
  2. Cheryl O'Neil/April - Confidence for Auditions - 08/2023
  3. Dream Interpretation - The Key to Unlocking Your Subconscious - 02/2024
  4. Elaine Perliss/Beverly - Claustrophobia - 01/2024
  5. Elaine Perliss/Carla - Fear of Flying - 01/2024
  6. Elaine Perliss/Jane - Improve Willpower - 02/2024
  7. Elaine Perliss/Julia - Gaining Control - 01/2024
  8. Heart Medicine: Stop Painful Patterns and Find Peace and Freedom - 06/2023
  9. Hypnosis in History - 05/2023
  10. Introduction to Motivational Interviewing - 02/2024
  11. Intuitive and Energy Healing - 08/2023
  12. John McCarthy/Belinda - Bad Eating Habits - 02/2024
  13. John Melton/Todd - Anxiety and Panic Attacks - 04/2024
  14. Kappasinian Hypnosis - 07/2023
  15. Lisa Machenberg/Aaron - Starting a Business - 09/2023
  16. Lisa Machenberg/Harrison - Family Trauma - 09/2023
  17. Lisa Machenberg/Melanie - Depression and Overeating - 02/2024
  18. Tanya Nord/Laala - Career Focus and Confidence - 09/2023
  19. Tanya Nord/Melody - Test Anxiety - 04/2024
  20. Tanya Nord/Vivian - Motivation in Career - 09/2023
  21. Understanding and Working with Older Patients - 08/2023

Certifications

  • Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
    American Hypnosis Association - 818-758-2700
    Certification Number: 012328
    Certification Valid To: Jan 06, 2027

Certifications from the American Hypnosis Association

  1. Advanced Imagery - 05/2024
  2. Hypnosis and Smoking Cessation - 09/2023
  3. Hypnosis and Transgender Clients - 07/2023
  4. Hypnosis and Weight Loss - 04/2024
  5. Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator - 02/2024
  6. Trauma Recovery Hypnosis - 05/2024

Awards

  • Honors Graduate - AOS Degree Program
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - 06/04/2025

Professional Memberships

  • American Hypnosis Association
    Member Since: 2023

Website


https://www.MindBody-Empowered.com/

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Norwegian

Contact Information

Elisabeth Henriksen
MindBody Empowered
Rockingham, Virginia 22801, United States

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