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Biography for Jenayalynn Riojas, CCHt

Jenayalynn Riojas is a U.S. veteran, educator, and mediator with more than a decade of experience guiding others through personal growth and transformation. With ten years teaching in the classroom, she has honed her patience for educating people on difficult concepts.

She has a Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy from HMI, and is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist through the AHA with certifications in Hypnosis for Trauma and Hypnosis for Autoimmune Disorders.

Her work is informed by a rich blend of philosophy, metaphysics, and psychology—drawing on traditions such as existentialism, mindfulness-based practice, and metaphysical integration. Jenayalynn’s mission is to help clients release self-judgment, reclaim confidence, and experience safety and self-integration in both inner and interpersonal worlds.

Her approach offers clients not only individualized hypnosis sessions, but also a framework for understanding themselves as part of a larger cycle of becoming.

Jenayalynn provides a compassionate, structured space where clients can heal, grow, and move more confidently into their chosen identities.


Hypnotherapy Specialties

  1. Problem Solving
  2. Self Criticism
  3. Self Mastery
  4. Shame
  5. Trauma

Experience

Before becoming a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, she spent over two decades working at the intersection of human behavior and institutional systems—first as a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman coordinating large-scale medical operations at the Naval Academy, then as a federal research contractor supporting the National Toxicology Program, and later as a certified family mediator helping individuals navigate high-conflict transitions.

Her graduate work in Sociology with a focus on institutional behavior gave language to what she had already observed in every role: systems rarely fail because of bad information—they fail because they're not built around how people actually work. That insight is the foundation of her clinical practice.

Jenayalynn works with clients navigating anxiety, trauma, and behavioral patterns that haven’t responded to conventional approaches. She brings a clinician’s rigor, a researcher’s curiosity, and a mediator’s instinct for what’s really underneath the surface.


Education

  • Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Nationally Accredited College of Hypnotherapy - 818-758-2700
    Date Started: 10/08/2024 - Date Graduated: 10/15/2025
    Total Hours: 720 - Total Weeks: 52 - Total Years: 1
  • Master of Science in Sociology
    Grand Canyon University - 9843826459
    Date Started: 05/01/2017 - Date Graduated: 05/01/2025
    Total Hours: 180

Continuing Education from the American Hypnosis Association

  1. Body Syndromes - 11/2024
  2. Creating Easy and Effortless Hypnosis Workshops - 11/2024
  3. Crisis Intervention - 11/2024
  4. Cultivating Mindfulness Using a Mind-Body Approach - 10/2024
  5. Emotional and Physical Sexuality 1 - 12/2024
  6. Emotional and Physical Sexuality 2 - 12/2024
  7. Integrative Depth Psychology and Psychotherapy: Clinical Application - 10/2024
  8. Introduction to Positive Psychology - 10/2024
  9. Introduction to Somatic and Parts Work for Healing Trauma - 10/2024
  10. Introduction to the Embodied Mind Theory - 10/2024
  11. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) - 10/2024
  12. Successful Branding of Your Hypnotherapist Career - 10/2024
  13. Super Power Style: Dressing with Intention - 10/2024
  14. Understanding and Working with Older Patients - 10/2024

Certifications

  • Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
    American Hypnosis Association - 818-758-2700
    Certification Number: 012913
    Certification Valid To: Nov 04, 2026

Certifications from the American Hypnosis Association

  1. Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming - 10/2025
  2. Hypnosis for Immune Disorders - 11/2024
  3. Mental and Emotional Release® Therapy - 10/2025
  4. Smoking/Vaping Cessation - 11/2025
  5. Trauma Recovery Hypnosis - 11/2024

Professional Memberships

  • American Hypnosis Association
    Member Since: 2024

Languages Spoken

  • English

Contact Information

Jenayalynn Riojas
I Am Safe Hypnosis
Raleigh, North Carolina 27614, United States
984-382-6459