Elizabeth Halliday

If you are seeking well-grounded support and guidance in creating more joy in your life, my Depth Hypnosis practice offers a rapid, catalytic pathway of personal transformation. I am pleased to work with you to explore and befriend all of the aspects of yourself - creating an opportunity for profound and long-lasting change and healing on a spiritual, emotional, energetic, and physical level.

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Depth Hypnosis is a collaborative, therapeutic process developed by Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. more than 25 years ago. If you have reached a point in traditional talk therapy where you feel stuck, or perhaps have never found a comfortable relationship with a counselor or therapist - this dynamic approach may provide the fit you are seeking. My practice provides you with the benefit of more than three decades of expanding awareness and experience in holistic health care, allowing us to work together to guide and support you in moving into a more confident, secure, and joyful relationship with yourself, your life, and those around you.

Trained and Certified as a Depth Hypnosis Practitioner, Hypnotherapist & Spiritual Counselor, my education in Hypnotherapy, Buddhist psychology, Energy Medicine, Transpersonal psychology, and Shamanism has come through studies with Isa Gucciardi Ph.D. at the Foundation of the Sacred Stream in Berkeley California. I also hold a Certificate in Sound, Healing, and Consciousness and continue to study the intersection of therapeutic sound, sacred sound, and consciousness with Zacciah Blackburn, founder of the Center of Light in Chester, Vermont. I have recently completed a Masters of Science (MSc) in Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology with the Alef Trust. and Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom.

If you are interested in exploring this work to support you in addressing personal challenges and growth, working through relationship issues or striving for conflict resolution - please contact me to set up a complimentary fifteen-minute phone call to discuss whether this approach may be helpful for you.


Why Depth Hypnosis?

This psycho-therapeutic approach is designed to empower the client and has proven effective in helping thousands of people suffering with symptoms of imbalance or dis-ease such as depression, anxiety, autoimmune issues, addiction, PTSD, interpersonal relationship issues, and family or group conflicts. A recent Pilot Study to investigate the efficacy of Depth Hypnosis for symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD indicated a significant decrease in symptoms and an increase in overall well-being over the course of only eight (8) treatment sessions.

The structure of Depth Hypnosis places the client firmly in control and requires the practitioner to guide and support the client in accessing the insight and solutions which lie within their own consciousness. The synergistic combination of key principles of Transpersonal psychology, Buddhism, Hypnotherapy, Energy Medicine, and the earth-based wisdom of Shamanism, provides a single access point to the ancient healing traditions of many world cultures. The Depth Hypnosis model yields a therapeutic approach appropriate for individuals, couples, and families, and one which is also highly effective as an approach to conflict resolution within groups.

The "Depth" portion of the name of this modality arises from the ability to work at a deep personal level in a non-threatening, safe, and empowering manner - it does not refer to the client entering a deep hypnotic trance or being unconscious. The term "Hypnosis" describes periods of time in which the client is guided by the practitioner into a state of alert yet focused relaxation while remaining fully conscious and in control of the process. This lightly altered mental state may be referred to as a trance or hypnotic state, and most closely resembles daydreaming, meditating or that relaxed state of mind between being soundly asleep and fully awake.