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Biography for Niki Payne, MA, LMFT, CCHT

Niki Payne is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Torrance, California where she was born and raised. Niki works with individuals, couples, teens, and young adults to achieve their desired behavioral changes.

Between her experience in journalism and marketing, her training in clinical hypnotherapy and psychoanalytical coaching, as well as her education in marriage and family therapy and mind-body psychology, Niki offers a concierge-style of treatment that centers around an individual’s cultural values and natural strengths. She marries her education, training, and experience with her commitment to personal growth and healthy relationships to provide creative hypnotherapy solutions with integrity, authenticity, and a sense of humor.

Niki started her therapist career as a resident intern for HMI College of Hypnotherapy before launching her own private practice. After two years in private practice as a clinical hypnotherapist, Niki decided to pursue advanced education to expand her scope of practice beyond the realm of self-improvement to include mental health. While continuing to work as a hypnotherapist, Niki gained much of her experience as a psychotherapist at Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic. There she supported individuals experiencing challenges with addiction, trauma, grief, anxiety, and depression. She also gained valuable experience as a volunteer Counselor Advocate for Peace Over Violence from 2020 to 2022 where she worked with survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault through a local crisis hotline.

In her private practice, Niki helps her clients overcome fear, self-doubt and limiting beliefs so they can achieve their health, career or relationship goals and live a life by their own design. She is committed to helping her clients discover their deepest truths, indulge in their greatness passions, and develop lifelong strategies feeling healthy, wealthy and loved. Niki aims to help individuals bridge the gap between the heart and mind with a practical, results-oriented approach to love, success, and happiness. She believes the quality of our lives are dictated by the quality of our relationships, especially the relationship we have with ourselves. Enhance how you relate to yourself and others, and the world will relate to you in a whole new way. She has a particular interest in how couples navigate and negotiate alternative relationship structures.

Together, you and Niki can explore the terrains of your innermost thoughts to better understand yourself in the context of your most intimate relationships. By doing so, Niki can help you develop the skills you need to lay personal insecurities to rest while handling everyday challenges with confidence and self-compassion. Niki’s approach brings together the best of coaching, hypnosis and psychology to help individuals create their very own blueprint for personal success so they can create meaningful changes in their lives.

During her free time, Niki enjoys writing, singing, practicing yoga, playing outdoor sports, geeking about business, and learning about the world through music, film, art, and travel.

Hypnotherapy Specialties

  1. Abandonment
  2. Addictions
  3. Career Success
  4. Change Habits
  5. Exam Anxiety
  6. Fertility
  7. General Practice
  8. Insecurity
  9. Perfectionism
  10. Reach Goals
  11. Rejection
  12. Relationship Enhancement
  13. Self Confidence
  14. Self Control
  15. Self Esteem
  16. Self Mastery
  17. Social Phobia
  18. Stress
  19. Trauma
  20. Weight Loss

Experience

My professional experience spans clinical hypnotherapy, mental health counseling, relationship coaching, and personal development. With a master’s degree in clinical psychology specializing in marriage and family therapy, I integrate evidence-based therapeutic approaches with hypnosis to help individuals overcome emotional barriers, develop healthier patterns, and create meaningful change in their lives.

In addition to my private practice, I have experience facilitating therapeutic groups in an outpatient addiction treatment setting and supporting individuals and couples in a clinical environment. My work emphasizes self-awareness, emotional regulation, and relational intelligence helping clients navigate challenges, strengthen relationships, and build lives aligned with their values and goals.

Education

  • Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy Specialization
    The Chicago School of Professional Psychology - 213-615-7200
    Date Started: 01/07/2019 - Date Graduated: 12/18/2021
  • Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy with Honors
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Nationally Accredited College of Hypnotherapy - 818-758-2700
    Date Started: 05/25/2016 - Date Graduated: 06/27/2017
    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: 10/04/2022
    Total Hours: 720 - Total Weeks: 52 - Total Years: 1

Continuing Education

With a hunger for knowledge and commitment to personal growth, Niki is constantly exposing herself to new ideas and concepts through the books she reads, the podcasts she listens to, and the video training programs she watches.

She also advances her knowledge and skills by regularly attending in-person classes, workshops, seminars and conferences related to self-improvement and mental health. She continues to integrate everything she learns and understands into creating positive changes in her life as well as the lives of others.

Continuing Education from the American Hypnosis Association

  1. Basic Emotional Freedom Technique - 03/2017
  2. Body Syndromes - 04/2022
  3. Body/Mind Imaging - Creating Powerful, Personal Presence - 04/2018
  4. Clearing up Traumas at the Energy Level - 06/2018
  5. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Hypnosis - 11/2016
  6. Embracing Your Shadow Self - 06/2018
  7. Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapeutic Metaphors - 09/2022
  8. Ericksonian Hypnosis and Trance Phenomena - 01/2020
  9. Family Systems - 08/2018
  10. Handwriting Analysis - 12/2018
  11. Healing Developmental Trauma and Adaptation with Hypnosis - 12/2016
  12. Healing the Child Within - 06/2020
  13. Healthy Boundaries - 11/2016
  14. How to Release Self-Limiting Beliefs - 11/2016
  15. Hypnosis and Anxiety - 02/2018
  16. Important Dynamics in Creating Successful Relationships - 01/2020
  17. Introduction to Intuitive and Energy Healing - 04/2022
  18. Is it Intuition, or is it NLP? - 02/2018
  19. Make Anxiety Your Best Friend - 10/2016
  20. Making Fast and Permanent Change - 04/2022
  21. Making the Unconscious Conscious - 01/2020
  22. Metaphysical Imagery - 07/2021
  23. Mythic and Archetypal Imagery - 04/2021
  24. NLP: Principles and Strategies of Success - 04/2019
  25. Shadows, Sabotage and Subconscious Success - 11/2016
  26. Teens - Managing Stress in this Fast-Paced Competitive World - 01/2020
  27. The Art of Positive Thinking - 11/2016
  28. The Basic Understanding and Principles of NLP - 03/2017
  29. The Gifts of Trauma - 04/2019
  30. The Incredible Power of the Mind/Body Connection - 02/2017
  31. The Power of Releasing Guilt and Shame - 12/2019
  32. Therapeutic Creative Journaling - 10/2016
  33. Transformation: Tools for Changing Behavior - 12/2016
  34. Uplifting Depression - How Hypnotherapy Can Help - 01/2020
  35. Using Hypnosis in Dealing with Change - 06/2016

Certifications

  • Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
    American Hypnosis Association - 818-758-2700
    Certification Number: 010191
    Certification Valid To: Sep 17, 2027
  • Certified Life Coach
    American Union of NLP - 702-430-1196
    Certification Number: 5907
  • Certified Dream Coach
    Dream University - 415-381-5564
    Certification Number: 5907

Certifications from the American Hypnosis Association

  1. Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming - 10/2017
  2. Hypnosis and Pain Management - 01/2019
  3. Hypnosis and Transgender Clients - 07/2022
  4. Hypnosis and Weight Loss - 03/2019
  5. Hypnosis for Anxieties and Fears - 03/2020
  6. Mental and Emotional Release® Therapy - 10/2017
  7. Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator - 04/2021

Awards

  • Honors Graduate - Clinical Hypnotherapy Program
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - 06/27/2017
  • Clinical Achievement Award
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - 06/27/2017
  • Honors Graduate - AOS Degree Program
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - 10/04/2022
  • The Best Hypnotherapy in Torrance
    Quality Business Awards - 05/04/2022

Professional Memberships

  • American Hypnosis Association
    Member Since: 2016
  • California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
    Member Since: 2019

Website


https://Hypnodipity.com/

Languages Spoken

  • English

Contact Information

Niki Payne
Hypnodipity
Los Angeles, California 90503, United States

Coastwise Counseling Center
San Pedro, California 90732, United States
 424-536-3002

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