Clinical Hypnosis
Clinical Hypnosis for Anxiety, Birth Trauma & Perinatal Healing. Clinical hypnosis is a gentle, evidence-based therapy that uses focused attention and guided imagery to help you access your subconscious mind for healing, insight, and relief. At The Mother Hood, we offer clinical hypnosis for birth trauma, pregnancy-related anxiety, perinatal loss, and postpartum stress, serving clients in Los Angeles and virtually across California.
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What Is Clinical Hypnosis?
Contrary to pop culture myths, clinical hypnosis is not mind control—it’s a relaxed, focused state of awareness that allows you to process experiences more deeply and shift long-held emotional patterns.
In perinatal therapy, we use clinical hypnosis to:
• Process birth trauma
• Ease fears about labor and delivery
• Address hypervigilance or panic postpartum
• Support grief and healing after miscarriage or loss
• Access a calmer, more connected state of self
Sessions are guided, collaborative, and completely grounded in your goals and values.
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How Hypnotherapy Helps During the Perinatal Period
Many new or expecting parents experience:
• Racing thoughts and tension before labor
• Fear of giving birth again after a traumatic delivery
• Sleep disturbances or anxiety postpartum
• Emotional numbness after loss or high-risk pregnancy
• Feelings of disconnection from the body or baby
Hypnosis gently works with your nervous system to help release these experiences without reactivating trauma.
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Conditions Treated with Clinical Hypnosis at The Mother Hood
• Birth trauma
• Needle phobia or medical anxiety
• Postpartum insomnia
• Anxiety in pregnancy
• Processing grief after miscarriage or stillbirth
• Releasing intrusive thoughts in a somatic way
• Feeling “stuck” or disconnected after delivery
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Clinical Hypnosis at The Mother Hood
✅ Offered by trauma-informed, perinatal-trained clinicians
✅ Safe, consent-based process—you’re in control the whole time
✅ Can be integrated with talk therapy or used as a stand-alone service
✅ Available in-person in West LA or virtually across California
✅ Grounded in neuroscience + mind-body medicine