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Biography for Steven Craig, CCHt

Steven Craig is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist specializing in anxiety reduction, creative confidence, and performance enhancement for the creative community. He works with artists, writers, musicians, performers, and other creative professionals who are navigating challenges such as creative blocks, performance anxiety, self-doubt, perfectionism, lack of direction, and difficulty focusing.

Steven understands that creative work is deeply personal. The same sensitivity that fuels imagination and expression can also make anxiety, criticism, comparison, and pressure feel especially overwhelming. His approach is supportive, practical, and focused on helping clients reconnect with their own inner resources.

Through hypnosis and self-hypnosis techniques, Steven helps clients calm the nervous system, shift limiting thought patterns, build confidence, strengthen focus, and access a greater sense of creative flow. His work is designed to help clients feel more grounded, capable, and free to create, perform, and move forward with greater ease.

Steven offers complimentary consultations to discuss personalized hypnotherapy solutions.

Hypnotherapy Specialties

  1. Anxiety
  2. Creativity
  3. Lack of Direction
  4. Motivation
  5. Panic Attacks
  6. Perfectionism
  7. Performance Anxiety
  8. Phobias
  9. Problem Solving
  10. Public Speaking
  11. Relaxation
  12. Self Confidence
  13. Self Esteem
  14. Self Forgiveness
  15. Social Phobia
  16. Stage Fright
  17. Writers Block

Experience

Steven has more than five years of experience helping clients use hypnosis as a tool for anxiety reduction, confidence building, creative problem solving, and performance support. His work is especially focused on the emotional and mental obstacles that can interfere with creativity, including fear of judgment, perfectionism, procrastination, overthinking, self-doubt, and performance pressure.

In sessions, Steven helps clients develop practical strategies for reducing stress, improving focus, and changing the internal patterns that keep them feeling stuck. This may include guided hypnosis, self-hypnosis training, relaxation techniques, confidence reinforcement, visualization, and subconscious work designed to support new ways of thinking, feeling, and responding.

Steven’s experience with creative communities also informs his approach. His background in writing, improvisation, and performance gives him an understanding of the vulnerability involved in creative expression and the pressure that can come with being seen, evaluated, or expected to produce. He brings that awareness into his work with clients, helping them build a stronger internal foundation so they can approach their creative and professional goals with more clarity, confidence, and ease.

Education

  • Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy with Honors
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Nationally Accredited College of Hypnotherapy - 818-758-2700
    Date Started: 11/19/2019 - Date Graduated: 06/01/2021
    Total Hours: 720 - Total Weeks: 52 - Total Years: 1
  • Associate of Occupational Studies in Mind-Body Psychology
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Nationally Accredited College of Hypnotherapy - 818-758-2700
    Date Started: 09/13/2021 - Date Graduated: 11/02/2022
    Total Hours: 720 - Total Weeks: 52 - Total Years: 1

Continuing Education from the American Hypnosis Association

  1. A Primer on Transpersonal Psychology - 08/2022
  2. Advanced Advertising and Promotion - 08/2020
  3. Aging Well: Staying Sharp with Hypnotherapy - 05/2021
  4. Body Syndromes - 01/2020
  5. Business Basics: Tools to Get, Retain and Help More Clients - 05/2021
  6. Creating a Professional Zoom Room - 04/2021
  7. Crystal Singing Bowls and Hypnosis - 05/2021
  8. Dr. Kappas Atlanta Series - 08/2022
  9. Dream Interpretation - The Key to Unlocking Your Subconscious - 02/2024
  10. Elaine Perliss/Carla - Fear of Flying - 05/2020
  11. Emotional Resiliency and the Actor - 05/2021
  12. Ethics and Boundaries for California Therapists - 05/2021
  13. First Three Hypnosis Sessions - 06/2022
  14. Hacking Happiness Hormones - 05/2022
  15. Healthy Boundaries - 05/2021
  16. Hypnosis in History - 03/2019
  17. Integrative Depth Psychology and Psychotherapy: Clinical Application - 08/2021
  18. Intimate Conversations with Dr. John Kappas - 05/2021
  19. Introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - 02/2024
  20. Introduction to Intuitive and Energy Healing - 08/2020
  21. Introduction to Motivational Interviewing - 02/2024
  22. Introduction to Professional Podcasting - 05/2021
  23. Introduction to Somatic and Parts Work for Healing Trauma - 04/2024
  24. Kappasinian Hypnosis - 01/2020
  25. Lisa Machenberg/Carol - Attracting the Right Relationship - 05/2021
  26. Mental Bank Magic - 08/2022
  27. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) - 09/2021
  28. Mindfulness: From the Perspective of Transpersonal Psychology - 08/2022
  29. Parts Therapy - A Powerful 4 Step Process to Changing Lives - 05/2022
  30. Research Articles Course - 05/2023
  31. STOP IT: Overcome Overthinking for Good - 02/2024
  32. Subtleties of Hypnotherapy - 01/2021
  33. Super Power Style: Dressing with Intention - 05/2021
  34. Tapping the Subconscious through Conversational Hypnosis - 02/2020
  35. Teens - Managing Stress in this Fast-Paced Competitive World - 05/2021
  36. The 12 Steps of AA and Hypnotherapy - 02/2020
  37. The Empty Leash - Hypnosis and the Loss of a Beloved Pet - 05/2021
  38. The Insider Secret to Generating and Retaining New Clients - 02/2020
  39. The Power of Releasing Guilt and Shame - 04/2021
  40. Transcendent Aspects of the Human Experience - 02/2020
  41. Understanding the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous - 04/2021
  42. Uplifting Depression - How Hypnotherapy Can Help - 05/2021

Certifications

  • Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
    American Hypnosis Association - 818-758-2700
    Certification Number: 010415
    Certification Valid To: Jan 01, 2028

Certifications from the American Hypnosis Association

  1. Hypnosis and Transgender Clients - 02/2021
  2. Hypnosis and Weight Loss - 05/2020

Awards

  • Honors Graduate - Clinical Hypnotherapy Program
    Hypnosis Motivation Institute - 06/01/2021

Professional Memberships

  • American Hypnosis Association
    Member Since: 2021

Website


https://StevenCraig.com/

Languages Spoken

  • English

Contact Information

Steven Craig
Burbank, California 91505, United States
 818-679-2200

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