Hypnotherapy for Anxiety, OCD & Overthinking
“Dana helped me calm the constant anxiety and overthinking that I thought I’d always carry. I feel lighter, more confident, and finally like I can trust myself again.” — S.C.
Is This You?
I work with thoughtful, sensitive people who feel stuck despite insight; the ones who have already tried talking about it, but the patterns persist.
If your mind races, your body feels tense, or your thoughts loop, this is a safe space for hypnotherapy for anxiety, OCD support, and overthinking - helping you create real, lasting transformation and subconscious change.How Hypnotherapy Can Help:
I use hypnotherapy to help your subconscious mind and nervous system settle and reorganize, so patterns that feel automatic or unshakable begin to soften.
This work is gentle, collaborative, and tailored to your needs - integrating tools like guided visualizations, neural pathway work, and subtle exposure techniques designed to safely interrupt compulsions and relieve the anxiety or stress that can come up in the process.
The goal is to create calm, clarity, and lasting transformation, helping you move past stuck patterns and feel more confident, grounded, and at ease in your daily life.
Specialized OCD Support:
Areas We Can Work On:
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Anxiety can make your world feel smaller. You may constantly anticipate what could go wrong, struggle to relax even when everything is okay, or feel disconnected from yourself because your nervous system is always preparing for the next threat.
Together, we work to calm the nervous system, interrupt automatic patterns of fear, and help you reconnect with a greater sense of safety and self-trust.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD can make it feel as though your mind is constantly demanding certainty. Whether you're caught in intrusive thoughts, mental reviewing, checking, reassurance seeking, or other compulsions, the cycle can become exhausting and leave you feeling disconnected from your own ability to trust yourself.
Our work isn't about proving your fears are impossible or convincing you that your thoughts aren't true. It's about changing your relationship with uncertainty so that your thoughts no longer dictate your choices. Using hypnotherapy alongside education about OCD, nervous system regulation, and gentle exposure and response prevention (ERP)-informed principles, we work to reduce the urgency behind compulsions and strengthen your ability to respond differently.
Hypnotherapy can be a meaningful complement to evidence-based OCD treatment by supporting nervous system regulation, increasing tolerance for uncertainty, and helping you respond to intrusive thoughts with greater flexibility rather than automatically turning toward fear or compulsions.
How I Work with OCD
My approach to OCD is informed by current evidence-based understanding of the disorder, including the role of uncertainty, reassurance seeking, and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) principles. Hypnotherapy is used as a complementary tool to support nervous system regulation, increase psychological flexibility, and help clients develop new ways of responding to intrusive thoughts without relying on compulsions.
Over time, many clients notice something subtle but powerful: they begin creating a pause between an intrusive thought and their response. In that space, they discover they have more choice than OCD once led them to believe.
Learn more about my approach to OCD, intrusive thoughts, and uncertainty →
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Overthinking often begins with the hope that one more thought will finally bring certainty or relief. Or maybe if you can predict every outcome, the rug will never get pulled out from beneath you. Instead, it usually creates more doubt, more mental loops, and more disconnection from your own intuition.
Our work focuses on helping you create space between a thought and your response so you can move through life with greater clarity, confidence, and peace instead of feeling stuck inside your own mind.
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Many of the people I work with don't actually need more information, they need to feel safe enough to trust themselves again.
When you've lived with anxiety, OCD, or chronic overthinking, it can become difficult to know what to listen to. You may find yourself questioning every decision, analyzing every feeling, and searching for certainty before moving forward.
Together, we work to strengthen your ability to pause, regulate your nervous system, and respond from a place of wisdom rather than fear. A big part of this work is learning to reconnect with your own intuition and recognize the difference between the quiet, grounded voice of inner knowing and the urgent questions that often come from anxiety, OCD, and overthinking.
Over time, clients often notice something subtle but life-changing: instead of automatically reacting to every thought or feeling, they begin creating space, trusting themselves more deeply, and feeling more confident in their ability to handle whatever comes next.
Hypnotherapy FAQ
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Yes, hypnotherapy can be a helpful tool for many people experiencing anxiety. Anxiety is not just a thought pattern, it is also a learned response involving the nervous system, emotions, and automatic reactions.
Hypnotherapy works by helping you access a calmer state of awareness where you can begin to understand and shift the patterns that keep anxiety going. Together, we work on regulating the nervous system, changing automatic fear responses, building confidence, and developing a greater sense of safety within yourself.
Hypnotherapy is not about forcing anxious thoughts away or never feeling anxiety again. Instead, the goal is to help you relate to anxiety differently; so you can respond with more calm, clarity, and self-trust rather than feeling controlled by fear.
Many clients find that as they strengthen these skills, they feel more capable of navigating uncertainty, challenges, and everyday stress with greater resilience.
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Hypnotherapy is not a guaranteed cure for anxiety, and the goal of this work is not to promise that you will never experience anxiety again.
Anxiety is a natural human response designed to protect us. However, when anxiety becomes overwhelming, automatic, or begins interfering with your life, hypnotherapy can help you change your relationship with it.
Through hypnotherapy, we work on understanding the patterns that keep anxiety active, regulating the nervous system, shifting automatic fear responses, and building greater confidence in your ability to handle difficult thoughts, feelings, and situations.
Many clients find that anxiety becomes less controlling over time. Rather than feeling trapped by anxious thoughts or reactions, they develop more choice, self-trust, and resilience in how they respond.
The goal is not to eliminate every anxious feeling, it is to help you feel more capable, calm, and in control when anxiety shows up.
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We typically start by calming the nervous system through guided relaxation. Then we work with patterns like intrusive thoughts, reassurance-seeking, or mental checking by helping you observe them differently, without automatically reacting. You remain fully aware and in control the entire time.
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No. Hypnosis is not mind control. You stay aware and in control the entire time. You can talk, move, and stop at any point. The process is more like focused guided attention than anything else.
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Intrusive thoughts are a normal function of the brain and don’t disappear completely. The goal is to reduce how sticky they feel and how strongly you react to them. Over time, most people experience less urgency, fear, and compulsive response.
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IERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) is a structured behavioral therapy that involves intentionally facing feared thoughts or situations while resisting compulsions.
Hypnotherapy approaches OCD differently. Instead of focusing on repeated external exposure, hypnosis works with how the nervous system and subconscious mind respond to intrusive thoughts. In a deeply relaxed, focused state, we can gently explore feared patterns in a way that often feels more internal and regulated.
Some clients may experience a form of imaginal exposure during hypnosis, but it is guided in a way that prioritizes nervous system safety, pacing, and emotional regulation. The goal is not to force exposure, but to reduce reactivity and shift the internal response over time.
Many people find hypnosis feels more manageable than traditional exposure work, especially if anxiety spikes easily or if they feel overwhelmed by direct ERP approaches. In some cases, hypnosis and ERP can complement each other.
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It varies. Some people notice shifts in anxiety or reactivity within a few sessions, while deeper pattern change usually takes longer.
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Yes. Hypnotherapy is generally very safe when done by a trained practitioner. It is a calming, regulated state that most people find grounding rather than intense.
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Almost everyone can experience hypnosis in some form. If you can focus, daydream, or get absorbed in thoughts, you already experience a natural hypnotic state daily. Sessions are simply guided versions of that.
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No. You only share what feels comfortable. We can work with patterns and responses without needing you to disclose every thought content.
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Hypnotherapy often feels like a deeply relaxed state of focused attention. Many people describe it as similar to the feeling of being absorbed in a good book, daydreaming, meditating, or becoming so engaged in a thought that you temporarily tune out what is happening around you.
During a session, you remain aware, able to communicate, and in control the entire time. Hypnosis is not sleep, and you do not lose control or do anything against your values. Instead, it is a state where your mind can become more open to reflection, learning, and creating new patterns.
Some people notice physical relaxation, a sense of calm, changes in breathing, or feeling more connected to their thoughts and emotions. Others may simply feel focused and comfortable.
Everyone experiences hypnosis differently. The most important part is not achieving a specific feeling; it is creating a space where you can work with your mind in a new way and begin making meaningful changes.
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Telehealth and In-Person - Denver, CO
One 60 Minute Session $185
Three 60-Minute Session Pack $510 ($170 per session)
Client Reviews
“Dana is an incredible hypnotherapist. I started working with her for anxiety and nervous system regulation, and the hypnotherapy sessions have been genuinely life-changing. Dana creates a calm, safe, and grounded environment, and she explains the hypnotherapy process in a way that makes it easy to trust and relax. I’ve noticed real improvements in my anxiety, sense of safety, and overall well-being. If you’re looking for a skilled, compassionate hypnotherapist, I highly recommend Dana.”
-KT
“Dana is INCREDIBLE!! She has changed so many past behaviors and anxieties for me and has given me so many tools to help along the way. This is your sign to not look any further. She has such a powerful, gentle and beautiful approach to hypnotherapy and I will be utilizing her services for the rest of my life! “
-SV
Dana has been so helpful with helping me understand my OCD and letting go of my compulsions. Hypnotherapy is not something I would have considered before, but it was so supportive in helping retrain my brain deal with stress/what I can’t control!
-TK