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Biography for Lisa Machenberg, CCHt

I believe that hypnotherapy can unleash the power of the subconscious mind to help individuals to turn their goals into reality. I help clients access their own wisdom and determination. I specialize in issues at each stage of life: fertility, pain free labor and child birth, relationship strategies, parenting, comfort and wellness, and follow through.

Hypnotherapy Specialties

  1. Child Birth
  2. Chronic Pain
  3. Fertility
  4. Relationship Enhancement
  5. Sexual Problems

Experience

I have been in private practice in Tarzana and West Los Angeles, California since 1993. The scope of my hypnotherapy practice includes, fertility, pain management, fears and phobia elimination and habit control. I also work with parents to teach them how to use hypnosis to become the moms and dads they have always wanted to be.

Since 1994, I have been an instructor at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in Tarzana, California. My classes include: medical hypnosis, crisis intervention, hypnotic regression, defense mechanisms, and ethics and law.

I am the facilitator of the Infant and Toddler Program at Gan Malibu Preschool in Malibu, California. I have conducted continuing education seminars for the American Hypnosis Association on: Working with seniors, gourmet weight loss with hypnosis, using hypnosis to find your soul mate, fertility and hypnosis, parenting and hypnosis: the natural partnership.

Education

  • Bachelor of Science
    Lewis and Clark College - 503-768-7000
    Date Started: 09/15/1977 - Date Graduated: 07/15/1981
    Total Hours: 6000
  • Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy with Honors
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Nationally Accredited College of Hypnotherapy - 818-758-2700
    Date Started: 09/03/1993 - Date Graduated: 09/03/1994
    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: 09/13/2021 - Date Graduated: 10/05/2022
    Total Hours: 720 - Total Weeks: 52 - Total Years: 1

Continuing Education

  • American College of Physicians 1994, Complementary Medicine, Medical Marriage, American College of Physicians 1996, Working with Seniors The Link between Childhood Stress and Adult Medical Issues, Association of Jewish Education 1998, The Relaxed Infant Teaching, "Mommy and Me".
  • Harvard/UCLA, 2000, Marriage after Children, Stress and Medical Issues.
  • Harvard/UCLA, 2004, Female Sexual Dysfunction.
  • St. Lukes, Kansas City 2005, Treating the Overweight Family with Lifestyle Changes, Crohn's Disease in Children, Sleep Disorders 3 months through 4 years of age.

Continuing Education from the American Hypnosis Association

  1. A Primer on Transpersonal Psychology - 08/2022
  2. Basic Emotional Freedom Technique - 09/2016
  3. Beyond the Habit: Causes and Triggers of OCD and BFRBs, How Hypnotherapy Helps - 08/2024
  4. Body Syndromes - 08/2022
  5. Cancer: The Path of Diagnosis to Hypnosis - 07/2017
  6. Create a Professional Zoom Group Experience - 08/2022
  7. Creating Hypnosis Retreats - 06/2024
  8. Effortless Achievement: The Brain’s Secret Pathway - 08/2024
  9. Enhance Public Speaking and Build Clientele with Your Uniqueness - 06/2024
  10. Everybody Rides the Carousel - 07/2022
  11. Extreme Self Care: Feed Your True Needs, Say Goodbye to Cravings - 02/2023
  12. First Three Hypnosis Sessions - 02/2016
  13. Hacking Happiness Hormones - 05/2022
  14. How to Give a Dynamic Hypnosis Speech - 03/2009
  15. Hypnosis and the Law of Attraction - 03/2013
  16. Hypnosis for Perimenopausal, Menopausal, and Post-Menopausal Women - 08/2024
  17. Hypnotherapy and Rehab: An Inside Look - 06/2018
  18. Imagery for Life Passages - 04/2020
  19. Integrative Depth Psychology and Psychotherapy: Clinical Application - 09/2021
  20. Intimate Conversations with Dr. John Kappas - 08/2013
  21. Introduction to Somatic and Parts Work for Healing Trauma - 09/2021
  22. Introduction to the Embodied Mind Theory - 09/2021
  23. Intuitive and Energy Healing - 02/2022
  24. Love, Sex and Intimacy - 01/2017
  25. Low Blood Sugar - 05/2018
  26. Mental Bank Magic - 08/2022
  27. Metaphysical Imagery - 04/2020
  28. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) - 09/2021
  29. Parts Therapy - A Powerful 4 Step Process to Changing Lives - 05/2022
  30. Psychosynthesis Transpersonal Workshop - 04/2023
  31. Psychosynthesis: Creative Imagination and the Expansion of Consciousness - 02/2023
  32. Research Articles Course - 06/2022
  33. Synesthesia: The Neuroscience of Metaphor - 06/2022
  34. The Eel and the Blowfish: A Graphic Novel of Dreams, Trauma, and Healing - 08/2022
  35. The First and Second Waves of Transpersonal Psychology - 06/2022
  36. Thirteen Breaths to Freedom - 06/2022
  37. Truly Mindful Coloring - 05/2022
  38. Understanding and Working with Older Patients - 09/2021
  39. Understanding the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous - 06/2022
  40. Why Your Hypnotherapy Website is so Important! - 02/2023

Certifications

  • Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
    American Hypnosis Association - 818-758-2700
    Certification Number: 010019
    Certification Valid To: Jan 01, 2100

Certifications from the American Hypnosis Association

  1. Hypnosis and Sports Performance - 05/2011
  2. Hypnosis and Tinnitus - 07/2017
  3. Past-Life Regression Therapist - 02/2016
  4. Smoking Cessation - 05/2009

Awards

  • Honors Graduate - AOS Degree Program
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - 10/05/2022
  • Honors Graduate - Clinical Hypnotherapy Program
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - 04/27/1995

Professional Memberships

  • American Hypnosis Association
    Member Since: 1995
  • Hypnotherapists Union Local 472
    Member Since: 1995
  • Parent and Teacher Association
    Member Since: 2001

Instructor at HMI – Classes Taught

  • 3-5 - Hypnotic Regression/Past Life
  • 5-4 - Child Hypnosis
  • 7-3 - Crisis Intervention
  • 7-4 - Ethics in Therapy 1
  • 7-5 - Ethics in Therapy 2
  • 8-4 - Medical Hypnosis

Articles

Languages Spoken

  • English

Contact Information

Lisa Machenberg
Hypnosis Motivation Institute
Tarzana, California 91356, United States
 310-259-2524

Lisa R. Machenberg
Malibu, California 90265, United States
 310-259-2524

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