Relationships Hypnotherapists in Hawthorne, CA

71 practitioners who work with relationships in Hawthorne.

71 practitioners found

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Relationships are where our deepest patterns play out. The way you attach to people, how you handle conflict, what you tolerate, what triggers you, and how you communicate under stress are all driven by subconscious programming that started long before your current relationship.

That's why relationship advice, no matter how good it is, often isn't enough. You can read every book on communication, understand exactly what you should do differently, and still find yourself repeating the same patterns. The disconnect between what you know and what you do in relationships is the gap between your conscious understanding and your subconscious programming.

Why relationship patterns repeat

Most of your relationship patterns were formed in childhood, shaped by how your caregivers related to you and to each other. Attachment theory, developed by John Bowlby and expanded by Mary Ainsworth, shows that early relationship experiences create internal templates that influence how you connect with people for the rest of your life.

If you grew up with inconsistent caregiving, you might become anxiously attached, constantly seeking reassurance and fearing abandonment. If emotional closeness felt unsafe, you might be avoidantly attached, pulling away when someone gets too close. These aren't conscious choices. They're subconscious survival strategies that made sense once but may be causing problems now.

How hypnotherapy helps with relationship issues

Hypnotherapy works with the subconscious patterns that drive relationship difficulties. During sessions, your practitioner helps you access and change the deep programming that shapes how you relate to others.

Common areas of focus include:

  • Attachment patterns. Hypnotherapy can help modify insecure attachment styles by working with the early experiences that created them. You can't change what happened, but you can change how those experiences affect your current relationships.
  • Fear of intimacy or commitment. If getting close to someone triggers anxiety, withdrawal, or self-sabotage, hypnotherapy can help you understand and reprogram the subconscious beliefs driving that response.
  • Communication under stress. Many people shut down, become defensive, or escalate during conflict because their nervous system perceives disagreement as a threat. Hypnotherapy can help you stay present and regulated during difficult conversations.
  • Jealousy and trust issues. Whether rooted in past betrayal or deeper insecurity, jealousy and mistrust often have subconscious drivers that hypnotherapy can address directly.
  • Breaking unhealthy patterns. If you keep finding yourself in relationships with the same dynamics, like choosing emotionally unavailable partners or tolerating mistreatment, hypnotherapy can help rewrite the subconscious template that draws you to those situations.

What a session looks like

Your first session will be a thorough conversation about your relationship history, current challenges, and the patterns you've noticed. Your practitioner will want to understand not just what's happening now, but the context that shaped your relationship style, including family dynamics, past relationships, and any significant experiences.

During the hypnosis, your practitioner may guide you to explore formative relationship experiences, work on specific emotional patterns, or build new internal resources for handling relationship challenges. The work is often emotional, as relationship patterns connect to deep feelings of love, safety, and worth.

Sessions typically last 60 to 90 minutes. Most practitioners recommend 6 to 10 sessions for relationship work, as the patterns involved are usually deeply established.

Hypnotherapy and couples counseling

Hypnotherapy for relationships works best alongside good couples counseling, not instead of it. Couples therapy addresses the dynamics between two people, while hypnotherapy addresses each individual's internal patterns. Together, they cover both sides of the equation.

If you're currently in couples therapy, let both your therapist and your hypnotherapist know. The more your providers can work as a team, the better your results will be.

Realistic expectations

Changing relationship patterns is some of the deepest personal work you can do. It takes time, honesty, and willingness to look at parts of yourself that may be uncomfortable. Hypnotherapy won't transform your relationship overnight, but it can accelerate the process of changing the subconscious patterns that have been running the show.

Clients often describe the shift as seeing their relationship patterns clearly for the first time and feeling a genuine choice about how to respond, rather than being pulled by automatic reactions they don't understand.

The practitioners listed below are based in or around Hawthorne, California and have indicated relationships as one of their areas of focus. Some profiles are verified directly by the practitioner, while others are broader listings from public sources.

Connect with a hypnotherapist in Hawthorne who works with relationships

Verified
Dana Bagdasarian
CMH
5.0(9)
Manhattan Beach, CA
Anxiety ReliefAnxiety & StressPediatric HypnotherapyPerformance Anxiety+12 more
The most important growth a tree does is the kind nobody sees. The roots facing resistance in the dark. The slow, invisible work that makes everything above ground possible. I’ve spent years learning ...
BC
Bernice Joyce Conley
CCHt
Hawthorne, CA
Anxiety ReliefGrief / LossPerformance AnxietyRelationship Issues+3 more
As a Certified Hypnotherapist, Bernice combines her training in hypnotherapy and mind-body psychology with her extensive experience and expertise as a senior manager, having worked with senior executi...
JG
Jeremy Gary
CHt
INGLEWOOD, CA
Anxiety ReliefGrief / LossPhobiasRelationship Issues+5 more
We are given many choices in life with many paths to choose. Our future can at times be a direct result of the episodes experienced along the way. Most episodes are a result and not a choice. Im so ha...
SM
Sharon M. Coulter
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, PPS, LMFT
Hermosa Beach, CA
Anxiety ReliefDepressionPediatric HypnotherapyRelationship Issues+2 more
Life is messy but my philosophy is that even crisis brings great opportunity for growth. Whether you're an adolescent, adult, or couple, our work together integrates therapeutic approaches such as Com...
CL
Conscious Living Counseling Center
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
5.0(1)
Torrance, CA
Anger ManagementAnxiety ReliefPain ManagementRelationship Issues+3 more
Troubled by feelings of overwhelming anger, sadness, anxiety, family and relationship problems, communication struggles, daily stress, parent/child stress, a "terrible" teen, self esteem worries, or a...
DL
Debra L Taylor
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT, CST
Torrance, CA
Relationship IssuesTrauma / PTSD
I offer online therapy to couples and individuals throughout California. I have training in several modes of couple therapy, sex therapy, trauma therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. I believe t...
DG
Denise A. Gallagher
CHt
Culver City, CA
Anxiety ReliefGrief / LossPain ManagementPhobias+6 more
As an RN, a CPA, a life coach, and now as a hypnotherapist, I have helped many people to make changes in their lives so that they could be, do, or have what they wanted. I have observed that change is...
WJ
Wendy J Salz
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Culver City, CA
Relationship IssuesSelf-Esteem
Psychotherapy is an investment you make in yourself so that you can have a more fulfilling life. For therapy to be successful, it is important for you to feel heard and understood. My clients feel ...
JL
J. Lancaster
Psychologist, PsyD, MFT
Santa Monica, CA
Anger ManagementAnxiety ReliefDepressionGrief / Loss+2 more
Jungian approach, EMDR therapy, shadow work, step-by-step pathwork, psychological and spiritual therapy,hypnotherapy, dream analysis, talk therapy, Gnostic pneumatherapy, religious counseling, Christi...
KB
Kyana Barakett
Psychologist, PsyD
Santa Monica, CA
Anger ManagementGrief / LossRelationship Issues
Welcome to a space where your psyche, body, and soul can all speak. Where inituitive insight meets relational depth. Where ancestral threads and energetic patters are honored - not as diagnoses, but a...
PR
Paulette Rochelle-Levy
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Santa Monica, CA
Relationship Issues
I am here to help you make better choices. Healing is now! You have probably done your best to pull yourself out of sadness and fear but still feel stuck. Perhaps you find yourself going round and...
PW
Panney Wei
CCHt
Beverly Hills, CA
Anxiety ReliefPhobiasRelationship IssuesSelf-Esteem+4 more
Be the Star of Your Life™! Being the star of your life means declaring who you are, discovering what's your purpose on this planet, and taking charge of your life. There's only one person on the plane...
Verified
Dana Bagdasarian
CMH
5.0(9)
Manhattan Beach, CA
Anxiety ReliefAnxiety & StressPediatric HypnotherapyPerformance Anxiety+12 more
The most important growth a tree does is the kind nobody sees. The roots facing resistance in the dark. The slow, invisible work that makes everything above ground possible. I’ve spent years learning how to tend to that underground work – in myself, and in the people I’m honored to sit with. I help individuals and teens quiet the mental noise, build confidence, and reconnect with their inner clarity.

 I work with organizations on team culture, stress management, and bonding. I am an educator at heart and love speaking about the nervous system, how our minds work, and share practical skills to be used the same day. Athletes thrive from our work together and are able to achieve their goals effortlessly. I have a BA in Philosophy, with Minors in Political Science and Women’s Studies from Sonoma State University; a Secondary Social Studies Teaching Certificate from Western Colorado University; and a Masters in American Studies from Pepperdine University. I began my professional career as a High School Social Studies teacher and educational software business owner. When my two children were born I was lucky to be able to focus on them full time. I am a certified Hypnotherapist and Master Hypnotist, Mental Welfare Coach, and Master EFT Practitioner in Manhattan Beach, California. I have certifications from 4 schools: Hypnosis Motivation Institute, The Priority Institute, Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy, and Hypnotic MasterMinds. My passion drives me to continually upgrade my knowledge in this field. I love helping people heal and deepen their self love.
BC
Bernice Joyce Conley
CCHt
Hawthorne, CA
Anxiety ReliefGrief / LossPerformance AnxietyRelationship Issues+3 more
As a Certified Hypnotherapist, Bernice combines her training in hypnotherapy and mind-body psychology with her extensive experience and expertise as a senior manager, having worked with senior executives, professional associations, organizations, political bodies, and foreign governments for over 30 years. This practical work experience, combined with her passion for mentoring employees and managers, provides a pragmatic approach and a solid foundation for helping her clients address workplace issues.Bernice employs various techniques and modalities to help her clients improve relationships and reawaken the power they possess within, by assisting them in identifying, processing, and replacing limiting beliefs that no longer serve them.In addition to using traditional hypnosis to address specific behaviors and issues, Bernice specializes in Hypno-Spirituality, which helps clients understand and embrace, at a deep subconscious level, the three principles of Universal Mind, Thought, and Consciousness. This approach helps clients understand and resolve long-standing issues related to habits of thought and behavior, enabling them to remain present in the moment.Bernice is transparent about the various challenges and opportunities for growth she has faced in her life and how she has replaced limiting beliefs to achieve peace, understanding, and success in both her professional and personal life. She is dedicated to helping her clients achieve a peace that passes all understanding.
JG
Jeremy Gary
CHt
INGLEWOOD, CA
Anxiety ReliefGrief / LossPhobiasRelationship Issues+5 more
We are given many choices in life with many paths to choose. Our future can at times be a direct result of the episodes experienced along the way. Most episodes are a result and not a choice. Im so happy we can also make a choice to change or rearrange our thought process and how we choose to see our past, present & future.
SM
Sharon M. Coulter
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, PPS, LMFT
Hermosa Beach, CA
Anxiety ReliefDepressionPediatric HypnotherapyRelationship Issues+2 more
Life is messy but my philosophy is that even crisis brings great opportunity for growth. Whether you're an adolescent, adult, or couple, our work together integrates therapeutic approaches such as Compassionate/Non-Violent Communication, Tapping (EFT), CBT, EMDR, Gestalt and Internal Family Systems, Hypnosis, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Anxiety and depression are the organism's way of expressing the need for help. Whether you're looking to address past trauma, increase self confidence and self compassion, grieve or nurture a relationship, or support yourself through a life transition, I am here to support you on the journey.
CL
Conscious Living Counseling Center
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
5.0(1)
Torrance, CA
Anger ManagementAnxiety ReliefPain ManagementRelationship Issues+3 more
Troubled by feelings of overwhelming anger, sadness, anxiety, family and relationship problems, communication struggles, daily stress, parent/child stress, a "terrible" teen, self esteem worries, or addiction/food issues? There is relief from these problems and the pain they cause to you. At your own pace let's get to the root of the problem so it can be managed and hopefully eliminated. Seeking therapy can be overwhelming and scary, but you have already taken the first step just by searching this site. Let's do the rest of the work together!
DL
Debra L Taylor
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT, CST
Torrance, CA
Relationship IssuesTrauma / PTSD
I offer online therapy to couples and individuals throughout California. I have training in several modes of couple therapy, sex therapy, trauma therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. I believe that therapy is a collaborative process. We will focus on your concerns, your struggles, and your goals. We will pinpoint areas you want or need to change and then we will develop a plan to move toward your goals, access your resources, acquire needed skills, and progress toward a healthier, more fulfilling life or relationship.
DG
Denise A. Gallagher
CHt
Culver City, CA
Anxiety ReliefGrief / LossPain ManagementPhobias+6 more
As an RN, a CPA, a life coach, and now as a hypnotherapist, I have helped many people to make changes in their lives so that they could be, do, or have what they wanted. I have observed that change is easiest when you can get your powerful subconscious mind working for you instead of against you.Hypnotherapy is a wonderful tool for reaching the subconscious mind where limiting beliefs and associations reside. In hypnotherapy, limiting beliefs and associations can be replaced with empowering beliefs and associations. Of course, you, as the client, are always aware and in control.Why rely on willpower that often falls short, when you can use hypnotherapy to bring your powerful subconscious mind onboard to support you? In hypnosis, you are in a deep state of physical and mental relaxation, allowing your subconscious mind to accept beneficial, positive suggestions made by the hypnotherapist. Although hypnotherapy is not magic, the changes it helps to create can seem magical!
WJ
Wendy J Salz
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Culver City, CA
Relationship IssuesSelf-Esteem
Psychotherapy is an investment you make in yourself so that you can have a more fulfilling life. For therapy to be successful, it is important for you to feel heard and understood. My clients feel safe and supported as I work with them to understand how past patterns and old beliefs contribute to their current struggles. No matter what your concerns--relationship, self-esteem, family problems, troublesome behaviors, or any of a multitude of issues--I can help you explore these areas and work toward being a stronger more successful you so that you can have a happier today and tomorrow.
JL
J. Lancaster
Psychologist, PsyD, MFT
Santa Monica, CA
Anger ManagementAnxiety ReliefDepressionGrief / Loss+2 more
Jungian approach, EMDR therapy, shadow work, step-by-step pathwork, psychological and spiritual therapy,hypnotherapy, dream analysis, talk therapy, Gnostic pneumatherapy, religious counseling, Christian counseling, active imagination, and mythology approach.Generally, I treat groups, couples, and individuals--21 years of age or older. I am best suited to treat depression, anxiety, bipolar, alcohol/drug issues, personality disorders, anger, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorders, grief/loss, employment difficulties, military/veterans, spiritual issues, and relationship problems.
KB
Kyana Barakett
Psychologist, PsyD
Santa Monica, CA
Anger ManagementGrief / LossRelationship Issues
Welcome to a space where your psyche, body, and soul can all speak. Where inituitive insight meets relational depth. Where ancestral threads and energetic patters are honored - not as diagnoses, but as doorways. Where healing unfolds through presence, consent, and inner timing. The security and warmth of a nurturing, sturdy therapeutic relationship can help you to move through fear, shame, grief, anger, and old wounds that influence how you feel and act in the present. We’ll create opportunities for you to finally shift out of familiar patterns, and cope in ways that feel more in line with your goals and values.
PR
Paulette Rochelle-Levy
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Santa Monica, CA
Relationship Issues
I am here to help you make better choices. Healing is now! You have probably done your best to pull yourself out of sadness and fear but still feel stuck. Perhaps you find yourself going round and round in hurtful patterns in your relationships and still feel unseen. Maybe your creative path has reached an impasse. I am here to see you and hear you. I am committed to helping you find joy, passion, love and deep respect with your loved ones. The therapy relationship is sacred.
PW
Panney Wei
CCHt
Beverly Hills, CA
Anxiety ReliefPhobiasRelationship IssuesSelf-Esteem+4 more
Be the Star of Your Life™! Being the star of your life means declaring who you are, discovering what's your purpose on this planet, and taking charge of your life. There's only one person on the planet just like you, and you owe it to yourself to discover who you are and what makes you happy and make your dreams come true! I am here to empower you to overcome blocks, give you tools to turn every challenge into a victory, and manifest the life you've always dreamed.Panney Wei, CHtPanney Wei is an award-winning writer, TV-Radio host, life coach, hypnotherapist, spiritual transformation teacher, and motivational speaker on leadership, achieving one’s potential, and using the power of your mind to achieve your goals, inspiring people with the wisdom and inspiration to create positive change and live the life of their dreams. She is a recipient of the NAAMBA-ASCEND “Global Emerging Leaders Under 40 Award”, named one of the “Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business”, a Rising Star nominee for the 2015 LA Journal’s Women Making a Difference Awards, a nominee for the 2015 SFVBJ's Women In Business Awards, an Honoree for Excellence in Arts & Literature for the 2010 Asian Heritage Awards, and named “100 Passionate People of 2010” by TaiwaneseAmerica.org. She is the on-air host of the show and podcast “Positive Changes with Panney Wei” ranked TOP 100 Best Podcasts on iTunes in Spirituality and Self-Help and BlogTalkRadio.com, broadcast to over a million listeners.Granddaughter to former Taiwan Senator Albert Liu and Great Great Grand-niece of one of China’s greatest military heroes, General Tso Tsung-Tang, immortalized in pop culture for the famous dish “General Tso’s chicken”, Panney follows in their footsteps as an activist in her community serving as State Secretary for the Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of the California Democratic Party, a member of the PBS SoCal Asian Pacific Islander Community Council responsible for programming diverse and unique stories in Southern California, and as a National Senior Advisor for several non-profits that focus on leadership, diversity, and personal and professional development in the Asian Pacific community including the National Asian Artist Project, The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP), NAAAP Toronto, LA, OC, and San Diego.Panney is also the founder and Founding National Director of the international women’s leadership program, Women in NAAAP (WIN!), featured in Forbes Woman, dedicated to empower and develop female leaders in the Asian Pacific Islander community. She is the CEO of Positive Changes Consulting™, her motivational speaker-hypnotherapy-coaching practice that provides personal and professional development workshops that empower corporations, non-profits, and individuals to achieve their potential, create positive change in their lives, and achieve their dreams!She is certified in several healing modalities including neuro-linguistic programming, therapeutic imagery, past-life regression, as well as being a Reiki Master. With her background in alternative medicine gained from surviving a near death experience with the life-threatening illness, bulimia, Panney has first rate knowledge about the power of the mind-body connection, living life with purpose and passion, overcoming obstacles, and using your mind to help you achieve whatever goal you want to achieve in life! Her world travels, studies, including her Chinese-American heritage offer a unique blend and perspective on personal transformation, healing, and achieving one’s dreams.Panney has appeared on countless radio shows nationwide and has worked with OWN, Discovery, NBC, Lifetime, CBS among others, and featured or authored in such publications as Pho for Life, Angel on My Shoulder: Divine Life Wisdom from the World’s Foremost Angel Experts, Enchant, Audrey, Jade, China Gate, China Daily News, LA Times, Woman International, and Hydrogen, and was the former Feature Editor for ASIAM. In the early part of her professional life, she worked in finance and as the Director of Business Development and Special Events for the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, The Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts, and The Producers Guild of America before starting her own consulting business. Panney is working on her first book on attracting the love of your life, and is featured in the upcoming documentary, Quantum Wisdom, featuring experts sharing wisdom and tools to heal and transform your life, answering life's biggest questions. She is married to Endgame Entertainment Executive Vice President, Christopher Chen (who recently produced Looper starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt and Linsanity, a documentary on NBA player, Jeremy Lin), and has a daughter, the other love of her life.In her private practice, she specializes in attracting the love of your life, healing from the past, sports hypnosis, personal and professional development especially for women, minorities, and children and teens from age 6 and up. For private sessions, by phone, Skype, or in-person, and for more info on Panney's upcoming workshops, keynotes, guest and TV appearances, go to PanneyWei.com.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can hypnotherapy fix my relationship?
Hypnotherapy doesn't fix relationships directly; it works on the individual patterns that create relationship problems. Things like attachment anxiety, fear of intimacy, communication shutdowns, jealousy, and repeating unhealthy relationship patterns all have subconscious roots that hypnotherapy can address. When you change how you show up in a relationship, the relationship itself often changes.
Is hypnotherapy for relationships done individually or as a couple?
Most hypnotherapy for relationship issues is done individually, since the work focuses on your own subconscious patterns, beliefs, and emotional responses. Some practitioners do offer couples sessions where both partners are guided through hypnosis together, but this is less common. Individual sessions are usually recommended first so each person can work on their own patterns without the complexity of having their partner present.
Can hypnotherapy help me get over a breakup or divorce?
Yes. Breakups and divorces can leave deep emotional wounds, and the pain often persists because of subconscious attachments, unresolved feelings, and beliefs about yourself that the relationship reinforced. Hypnotherapy can help you process the grief, release the emotional charge of specific memories, rebuild your sense of self, and break the pattern of ruminating over what went wrong.
I keep choosing the same type of unhealthy partner. Can hypnotherapy help with that?
Repeating relationship patterns is one of the most common reasons people seek hypnotherapy for relationships. These patterns are driven by subconscious blueprints, often formed in childhood, about what love looks like and what you believe you deserve. Hypnotherapy can help you identify and change these deep patterns so you stop being drawn to people who repeat the same dynamics.