AHA Hypnotherapists Directory

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Hypnotherapy Specialties

1. Abandonment
2. Anxiety
3. Career Success
4. Communication
5. Exam Anxiety
6. Fears
7. Improve Health
8. Insomnia
9. Motivation
10. Pain Management
11. Past Life Regression
12. Problem Solving
13. Procrastination
14. Public Speaking
15. Relationship Enhancement
16. Self Confidence
17. Self Hypnosis
18. Sleep Disorders
19. Stress
20. Weight Loss

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Experience

Over the course of my practice, I have worked with individuals from diverse backgrounds, including seniors, professionals, and those navigating significant life transitions. My experience has shown me that many challenges—whether anxiety, fear, confidence issues, or emotional blocks—are rooted in subconscious patterns formed early in life. By working gently and effectively at that deeper level, meaningful and lasting change becomes possible.

My approach is compassionate, structured, and results-oriented. I create a safe, supportive environment where clients feel heard, respected, and empowered throughout the process. Each session is tailored to the individual, combining evidence-based hypnotherapy techniques with guided imagery and subconscious reconditioning to support transformation.

I believe that healing is not about “fixing” someone—it’s about helping them reconnect with the strength and resilience they already possess. My role is to guide clients toward clarity, confidence, and emotional freedom so they can move forward with greater ease and self-trust.

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Education

• Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy
  Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Nationally Accredited College of Hypnotherapy - 818-758-2700
  Date Started: 01/21/2025 - Date Graduated: 12/29/2025
  Total Hours: 720 - Total Weeks: 52 - Total Years: 1
• Distinguished Toastmaster
  Toastmasters International
  Date Started: 04/01/2005 - Date Graduated: 09/03/2010
  Total Hours: 1020 - Total Weeks: 85 - Total Years: 5

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Continuing Education

Currently enrolled in HMI’s Associate of Occupational Studies (AOS) Degree in Mind Body Psychology Program.

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Continuing Education from the American Hypnosis Association

1. 5 Powerful Ways to Launch, Market, and Grow Your Hypnotherapy Practice - 05/2025
2. A Primer on Transpersonal Psychology - 01/2026
3. Advanced Advertising and Promotion - 04/2025
4. Advertising and Promotion 1 - 08/2026
5. Aging Well: Staying Sharp with Hypnotherapy - 05/2025
6. Animal Communication and the Subconscious Mind’s Native Language - 07/2026
7. Behavior Analysis - 07/2025
8. Beyond the Habit: Causes and Triggers of OCD and BFRBs, How Hypnotherapy Helps - 05/2025
9. Biofeedback 1 - 04/2025
10. Biofeedback 2 - 04/2025
11. Body Syndromes - 03/2025
12. Body/Mind Imaging - Creating Powerful, Personal Presence - 05/2025
13. Build and Enhance your Hypnotherapy Practice with Group Hypnosis - 05/2025
14. Business Basics: Tools to Get, Retain and Help More Clients - 05/2025
15. Cancer: The Path of Diagnosis to Hypnosis - 05/2025
16. Cheryl O'Neil/Anthony - Grief - 07/2025
17. Cheryl O'Neil/April - Confidence for Auditions - 06/2025
18. Cheryl O'Neil/Justine - Stop Smoking - 04/2025
19. Cheryl O'Neil/Linda - Weight Loss, Mend Broken Heart - 08/2025
20. Cheryl O'Neil/Patrick - Motivation for Writing Novel - 06/2025
21. Child Hypnosis - 03/2025
22. Clearing up Traumas at the Energy Level - 05/2025
23. Clinical Case History Package 1 - 04/2025
24. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Hypnosis - 05/2025
25. Conversations with Ghosts and Gods: Imaginal Dialogue in Therapy - 05/2025
26. Create a Professional Zoom Group Experience - 05/2025
27. Creating a Professional Zoom Room - 03/2025
28. Creating Easy and Effortless Hypnosis Workshops - 05/2025
29. Creating Healing with Eco-Somatic Release Therapy - 07/2026
30. Creating Hypnosis Retreats - 05/2025
31. Creating Unique Hypnotic Creative Content on Social Media - 05/2025
32. Crisis Intervention - 03/2025
33. Crystal Singing Bowls and Hypnosis - 05/2025
34. Cultivating Mindfulness Using a Mind-Body Approach - 03/2025
35. Digital Advertising and Promotion - 04/2025
36. Doing Time - Rehabilitating the Incarcerated - 05/2025
37. Dr. Kappas Atlanta Series - 04/2026
38. Dream Interpretation - The Key to Unlocking Your Subconscious - 04/2025
39. Effortless Achievement: The Brain’s Secret Pathway - 03/2025
40. Elaine Perliss/Beverly - Claustrophobia - 06/2025
41. Elaine Perliss/Carla - Fear of Flying - 06/2025
42. Elaine Perliss/Heidi - Stop Smoking - 3 Sessions - 07/2025
43. Elaine Perliss/Jane - Improve Willpower - 08/2025
44. Elaine Perliss/Joe - Curious About Hypnosis - 08/2025
45. Elaine Perliss/Julia - Gaining Control - 08/2025
46. Elaine Perliss/Mary - Stop Smoking - 06/2025
47. Elaine Perliss/Nataly - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - 08/2025
48. Elaine Perliss/Sarah - Weight Loss - 6 Sessions - 07/2025
49. Elaine Perliss/Shane - Test Taking Anxiety - 05/2025
50. Elaine Perliss/Terri - Remembering Dreams and Lucid Dreaming - 4 Sessions - 07/2025
51. Elaine Perliss/Terry - Rage and Hair Regrowth - 2 Sessions - 07/2025
52. Embracing Your Shadow Self - 05/2025
53. Emotional and Physical Sexuality 1 - 03/2025
54. Emotional and Physical Sexuality 2 - 03/2025
55. Emotional Resiliency and the Actor - 05/2025
56. Empowered Speaking for Success - 05/2025
57. Enhance Public Speaking and Build Clientele with Your Uniqueness - 05/2025
58. Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapeutic Metaphors - 05/2025
59. Ericksonian Hypnosis and Trance Phenomena - 05/2025
60. Ethics and Boundaries for California Therapists - 05/2025
61. Everybody Rides the Carousel - 03/2025
62. Explode Your Practice with Phone and Skype Sessions - 04/2025
63. Extreme Self Care: Feed Your True Needs, Say Goodbye to Cravings - 05/2025
64. George's Soapbox Season 1 - 06/2026
65. Getting Comfortable with Silence - 05/2025
66. Getting Your Zoom Room Approved - 03/2025
67. Hacking Happiness Hormones - 05/2025
68. Healing Developmental Trauma and Adaptation with Hypnosis - 05/2025
69. Healing Power of Hypnotic Scripts - 08/2025
70. Healthy Boundaries - 05/2025
71. Heart Medicine: Stop Painful Patterns and Find Peace and Freedom - 03/2025
72. Help Your Clients Overcome Writer's Block - 05/2025
73. Helping Hypnotherapy Clients with Driving Anxiety - 05/2025
74. HMI Student and Graduate Tips for Creating More Ease and Success - 05/2025
75. Hoarding: How It Can Harm, How You Can Help - 05/2025
76. Holotropic Breathwork: A Teacher’s Perspective - 01/2026
77. Hope and Hypnosis: Working with Clients Who Feel Hopeless - 06/2026
78. How Forgiveness Impacts Brain Functioning - 05/2025
79. How Not to Give into Naysayers - 05/2025
80. How to Release Self-Limiting Beliefs - 05/2025
81. Hypnosis and Anxiety - 05/2025
82. Hypnosis Falsely Blamed - 05/2025
83. Hypnosis for Childbirth with Dr. Sally McNally - 11/2025
84. Hypnosis for Codependence: Balancing Care Between Self and Others - 11/2025
85. Hypnosis for Past Life Regression Therapy - 03/2025
86. Hypnosis for Perimenopausal, Menopausal, and Post-Menopausal Women - 05/2025
87. Hypnosis in History - 01/2025
88. Hypnotherapy and Rehab: An Inside Look - 05/2025
89. Hypnotic Remedies for Three Productivity Poisons - 05/2025
90. Imagery for Life Passages - 09/2025
91. Important Dynamics in Creating Successful Relationships - 05/2025
92. Integrative Depth Psychology and Psychotherapy: Clinical Application - 03/2025
93. Intimate Conversations with Dr. John Kappas - 04/2025
94. Introduction to Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) - 05/2025
95. Introduction to Biofeedback 1 and 2 - 04/2025
96. Introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - 05/2025
97. Introduction to Intuitive and Energy Healing - 03/2025
98. Introduction to Motivational Interviewing - 05/2025
99. Introduction to Positive Psychology - 03/2025
100. Introduction to Professional Podcasting - 05/2025
101. Introduction to Somatic and Parts Work for Healing Trauma - 03/2025
102. Introduction to the Embodied Mind Theory - 03/2025
103. Is it Intuition, or is it NLP? - 05/2025
104. Is Our Soul a Secret Problem Solver? - 05/2025
105. John McCarthy/Belinda - Bad Eating Habits - 08/2025
106. John Melton/Genevieve - Trypophobia - Fear of Seeing Small Holes - 6 Sessions - 07/2025
107. John Melton/Genevieve - Trypophobia - Fear of Seeing Small Holes - Session 1 of 6 - 06/2025
108. John Melton/Genevieve - Trypophobia - Fear of Seeing Small Holes - Session 2 of 6 - 06/2025
109. John Melton/Genevieve - Trypophobia - Fear of Seeing Small Holes - Session 3 of 6 - 06/2025
110. John Melton/Genevieve - Trypophobia - Fear of Seeing Small Holes - Session 4 of 6 - 06/2025
111. John Melton/Genevieve - Trypophobia - Fear of Seeing Small Holes - Session 5 of 6 - 06/2025
112. John Melton/Genevieve - Trypophobia - Fear of Seeing Small Holes - Session 6 of 6 - 06/2025
113. John Melton/Karen - Fear of Learning to Swim - 08/2025
114. John Melton/Logan - Emotions - 08/2025
115. John Melton/Mallory - Anxiety and Lying - 6 Sessions - 07/2025
116. John Melton/Ron - Obsessive Thoughts - 6 Sessions - 07/2025
117. John Melton/Todd - Anxiety and Panic Attacks - 07/2025
118. John Melton/Toni - Weight Loss, Self Confidence - 4 Sessions - 07/2025
119. Journaling to Deepen the Self - 02/2026
120. Joymind Orientation and Training - 01/2026
121. Kappasinian Hypnosis - 03/2025
122. Law and Ethics - 08/2026
123. Lisa Machenberg/Aaron - Starting a Business - 08/2025
124. Lisa Machenberg/Anniko - Stress Management - 08/2025
125. Lisa Machenberg/Bill - Panic Attacks, Insomnia - 3 Sessions - 07/2025
126. Lisa Machenberg/Carissa - School Anxiety, Relationship - 08/2025
127. Lisa Machenberg/Carol - Attracting the Right Relationship - 08/2025
128. Lisa Machenberg/Carol - Female Health - 6 Sessions - 07/2025
129. Lisa Machenberg/Diane - Driving Anxiety - 06/2025
130. Lisa Machenberg/Harrison - Family Trauma - 08/2025
131. Lisa Machenberg/Jack - Confidence and Self-Esteem - 4 Sessions - 07/2025
132. Lisa Machenberg/Jay - Creativity and Focus - 08/2025
133. Lisa Machenberg/Joey - Sports Performance - 06/2025
134. Lisa Machenberg/Katie - Attracting the Right Relationship - 08/2025
135. Lisa Machenberg/Lauree - Stop Smoking - 06/2025
136. Lisa Machenberg/Mary - Weight Loss and Eating Habits - 08/2025
137. Lisa Machenberg/Melanie - Depression and Overeating - 08/2025
138. Lisa Machenberg/Nicci - Motivation After Divorce - 06/2025
139. Lisa Machenberg/Pasha - Fertility - 4 Sessions - 07/2025
140. Lisa Machenberg/Robert - Hyper Vigilance and Anxiety - 08/2025
141. Lisa Machenberg/Wendy - Smoking Cessation - 06/2025
142. Lisa Machenberg/Yuki - Cheek Biting Habit - 06/2025
143. Lisa Machenberg/Zohar - Divorce and Custody Stress - 6 Sessions - 07/2025
144. Make Anxiety Your Best Friend - 05/2025
145. Make Your Hypnotherapy Material Look Professional - 05/2025
146. Making Fast and Permanent Change - 05/2025
147. Making it Easy: Websites, Scheduling Apps, and More! - 05/2025
148. Making the Unconscious Conscious - 05/2025
149. Marc Gravelle - HMI Book Club - 03/2025
150. Marc Gravelle/Charlotte - Passion and Purpose - 3 Sessions - 07/2025
151. Marc Gravelle/Chuck - Self-Defeating Attitude - 08/2025
152. Marc Gravelle/Dan - Finding a Purpose - 6 Sessions - 07/2025
153. Marc Gravelle/Emily - Narcolepsy - 6 Sessions - 07/2025
154. Marc Gravelle/Eva - Improve Focus, Insomnia - 08/2025
155. Marc Gravelle/Ian - Learning Focus and Organization - 08/2025
156. Marc Gravelle/Karen - Rebellious with Authority - 08/2025
157. Marc Gravelle/Karen - Weight Loss and Career Guidance - 08/2025
158. Marc Gravelle/Kenny - Self Confidence - 08/2025
159. Marc Gravelle/Kristine - Fear of Flying - 3 Sessions - 07/2025
160. Marc Gravelle/Laura - Stop Smoking and Driving Anxiety - 06/2025
161. Marc Gravelle/Lucretia - Weight Loss and Accepting Success - 08/2025
162. Marc Gravelle/Magdalena - Stage and Audition Confidence - 08/2025
163. Marc Gravelle/Marc - Focus to Become a Faith Healer - 04/2025
164. Marc Gravelle/Maureen - Stop Smoking - 06/2025
165. Marc Gravelle/Naomi - Anxiety, Bad Habits - 5 Sessions - 07/2025
166. Marc Gravelle/Rachel - Relationship Strategies, Fear of Dogs - 08/2025
167. Marc Gravelle/Regina - Fear of Flying - 06/2025
168. Marc Gravelle/Richard - Procrastination While Writing - 06/2025
169. Marc Gravelle/Tatiana - Self Confidence, Achieving Goals - 08/2025
170. Marketing Mastery - The Basics of Building your Practice - 05/2025
171. Master the Arm Raising - 03/2025
172. Mental Bank Magic - 04/2025
173. Mental Bank Seminar - 03/2025
174. Metaphysical Imagery - 09/2025
175. Michele Guzy/Barbara - Animal Communication - 08/2025
176. Michele Guzy/Diego - Procrastination - 06/2025
177. Michele Guzy/Jessica - Motivation for Writing - 06/2025
178. Michele Guzy/John - Self-Confidence and Meeting New People - 08/2025
179. Michele Guzy/Linda - Self Critical - 6 Sessions - 07/2025
180. Michele Guzy/Ryan - Fear of Vegetables - 5 Sessions - 07/2025
181. Michele Guzy/Suzanne - Weight Loss - 07/2025
182. Mindfulness and Hypnotherapy - 05/2025
183. Mindfulness, Intention, and Meditation - 05/2025
184. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) - 03/2025
185. Mindfulness: From the Perspective of Transpersonal Psychology - 01/2026
186. Mythic and Archetypal Imagery - 08/2025
187. NLP: Principles and Strategies of Success - 05/2025
188. Numerology - The Language of Numbers as a Tool for Success! - 05/2025
189. Parts Therapy - A Powerful 4 Step Process to Changing Lives - 05/2025
190. Podcasting for Your Hypnotherapy Practice - 04/2025
191. Psychedelics and Transpersonal Psychology: An Interview with Dr. Hartelius - 01/2026
192. Psychosynthesis Transpersonal Workshop - 07/2026
193. Psychosynthesis Transpersonal Workshop - 05/2025
194. Psychosynthesis: Creative Imagination and the Expansion of Consciousness - 05/2025
195. Recent Studies About Hypnosis and How They Can Help You Succeed - 05/2025
196. Research Articles Course - 05/2025
197. Rewiring the Inner Child That’s Still in Charge - 07/2025
198. Sacred Breath and the Human Potential - 05/2025
199. Say What?! Using Radio, TV, Writing and Talks to Build Your Practice - 05/2025
200. Shadows, Sabotage and Subconscious Success - 05/2025
201. Sigil Magic Imagery - Draw your Way to Success - 05/2025
202. So you want to write a book?! - 05/2025
203. Social Media Marketing from Your Smartphone - 05/2025
204. Sounds Fantastic! Using Sound and Music in Hypnotherapy - 07/2026
205. Spiritual Tarot: Hypnotic Applications for the Archetypes of Tarot - 05/2025
206. Spoon Bending - Come to the PK Party! - 05/2025
207. STOP IT: Overcome Overthinking for Good - 05/2025
208. Stress Relief Techniques - 05/2025
209. Subtleties of Hypnotherapy - 03/2025
210. Successful Branding of Your Hypnotherapist Career - 05/2025
211. Super Power Style: Dressing with Intention - 05/2025
212. Superbrain Yoga and Pranic Healing - 05/2025
213. Susie Kappas/Tammy - Weight Loss, Self Confidence - 6 Sessions - 07/2025
214. Synesthesia: The Neuroscience of Metaphor - 02/2026
215. Taking Positive Psychology to Corporations - 05/2025
216. Taming the Critical Inner Voice - 05/2025
217. Tanya Nord/Anastasia - Self Esteem - 6 Sessions - 07/2025
218. Tanya Nord/Katie - Foreign Language Difficulties - 06/2025
219. Tanya Nord/Laala - Career Focus and Confidence - 08/2025
220. Tanya Nord/Melody - Test Anxiety - 05/2025
221. Tanya Nord/Vivian - Motivation in Career - 08/2025
222. Tapping the Subconscious through Conversational Hypnosis - 05/2025
223. Teens - Managing Stress in this Fast-Paced Competitive World - 05/2025
224. The 12 Steps of AA and Hypnotherapy - 05/2025
225. The Art of Positive Thinking - 05/2025
226. The Art of Wish-Making - 05/2025
227. The Basic Understanding and Principles of NLP - 05/2025
228. The Client Drought, A Shift in Perspective Can Shift Your Experience - 05/2025
229. The Decision Factor - 05/2025
230. The Eel and the Blowfish: A Graphic Novel of Dreams, Trauma, and Healing - 05/2025
231. The Empty Leash - Hypnosis and the Loss of a Beloved Pet - 05/2025
232. The Enneagram as the Gateway to Hypnotic Trance - 05/2025
233. The Exhausted Empath: Creating and Maintaining Your Energetic Boundaries - 02/2026
234. The First and Second Waves of Transpersonal Psychology - 01/2026
235. The Gifts of Trauma - 05/2025
236. The Incredible Power of the Mind/Body Connection - 05/2025
237. The Insider Secret to Generating and Retaining New Clients - 05/2025
238. The Power of Colors - 05/2025
239. The Soul Speaks in Symbol: Healing Beyond Words - 07/2025
240. Therapeutic Creative Journaling - 05/2025
241. Transcendent Aspects of the Human Experience - 05/2025
242. Transformation: Tools for Changing Behavior - 05/2025
243. Truly Mindful Coloring - 05/2025
244. Understanding and Working with Older Patients - 03/2025
245. Understanding the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous - 04/2025
246. Uplifting Depression - How Hypnotherapy Can Help - 05/2025
247. Using Hypnosis in Dealing with Change - 05/2025
248. Using Tech and Tools to Enhance Your Hypnotherapy Practice - 11/2025
249. When the Calling to Help Becomes the Obstacle - 05/2025
250. Why Can’t Anyone See My Website? - 05/2025
251. Why Your Hypnotherapy Website is so Important! - 05/2025
252. Wisdom of the Body-Mind in Hypnotherapy - 05/2025
253. Working with Children and Children on the Autism Spectrum - 05/2025

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Certifications

• Certified Hypnotherapist
  American Hypnosis Association - 818-758-2700
  Certification Number: 013013
  Certification Valid To: Jul 09, 2029

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Certifications from the American Hypnosis Association

1. Advanced Imagery - 08/2025
2. Certified Practitioner Reiki Level One - 12/2025
3. Certified Practitioner Reiki Level Two - 02/2026
4. Driving Anxiety and Social Phobias - 06/2025
5. Handwriting Analysis - 04/2025
6. Healing the Inner Child - 06/2026
7. Healing the Inner Child - 07/2026
8. Hypnosis and Grief Recovery - 07/2026
9. Hypnosis and Pain Management - 07/2026
10. Hypnosis and PTSD - 07/2026
11. Hypnosis and Seniors - 06/2025
12. Past-Life Regression Therapy - 11/2025
13. Smoking/Vaping Cessation - 04/2025
14. Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator - 08/2025
15. Therapeutic Imagery Master - 10/2025

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Awards

• High Honors Graduate - Clinical Hypnotherapy Program
  Hypnosis Motivation Institute - 12/29/2025
• Director's Award
  Hypnosis Motivation Institute - 12/29/2025
• Academic Achievement Award
  Hypnosis Motivation Institute - 12/29/2025
• Clinical Achievement Award
  Hypnosis Motivation Institute - 12/29/2025
• Distinguished Toastmaster
  Toastmasters International - 09/03/2010

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Professional Memberships

• American Hypnosis Association
  Member Since: 2025

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Website

L8 Hypnotherapy
https://L8Hypnotherapy.com/

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Languages Spoken

• English
• Hindi
• Punjabi
• Urdu

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Contact Information

Michelle Madhu Kumar
L8 Hypnotherapy
West Sacramento, California 95605, United States
916-505-3647