I'm Alison Sherwood CMS-CHt. a board-certified Clinical, Medical Support Hypnotherapist, Master Reiki Practitioner, and women's empowerment coach — and I've spent the last decade helping women heal from the inside out.
My Journey
For years, I thought I had mastered healing. I'd built a successful business, trained in multiple modalities, guided countless women through their transformations. I was confident in my work.
But I wasn't prepared for what came next.
Everything shifted when we lost our home in the Eaton Wildfire. And just as we were rebuilding our lives, I lost my mom.
The grief was immense. The loss was real. And suddenly, all the tools I'd learned — the coaching, the energy work, the practices I'd taught others — didn't feel like enough.
I realized I was still operating from a place of managing pain, not healing it at the deepest level. My nervous system was dysregulated. My subconscious mind was running patterns of survival, not thriving.
That's when I decided to deepen my training in clinical hypnotherapy.
The Breakthrough
As a graduate of HAA, I am trained in Integral Hypnotherapy® from the Hypnotherapy Academy of America one of the oldest state-licensed institutions for clinical hypnotherapy training in America. I completed a rigorous program of 500 hours of live training, supervised practice, and clinical skills training.. It is an adaptive, client-centered, and collaborative methodology that was scientifically validated through the largest U.S. peer-reviewed study of hypnotherapy, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This research demonstrated superior effectiveness compared to other therapeutic approaches.
Through this, I discovered that the real power wasn't in controlling my healing. It was in accessing the subconscious mind, where the deepest shifts happen. Where old patterns can be rewired. Where we finally come home to ourselves.
What I Do Now
I combine everything I've learned, 27 years as a working artist, my training as a Master Reiki Practitioner, my certification as a Transformational Coach, and now my board-certified clinical hypnotherapy training into integrated, personalized sessions that work with your whole being.
I don't believe in one-size-fits-all approaches. Each woman's story is different. Her healing needs to be honored as such.
How We Work Together
Every session is deeply personalized and co-created with you. We build the exact hypnotherapy experience your nervous system needs. I teach you self-hypnosis so you continue the work between sessions and apply it to all areas of your life. And every session includes a customized hypnosis audio recording designed specifically for you, to deepen and accelerate your transformation.
I'm a proud member of the International Board of Hypnotherapists, and I continue advancing my knowledge through ongoing education to bring you the most effective, integrative techniques.
Why I Do This Work
I've lived the deepest loss. I've walked through it. And I've come out the other side not just surviving, but truly free.
That's what I'm honored to facilitate for you — the journey from stuck to free. From fragmented to whole. From surviving to thriving.
Because you deserve to feel at home in your body. You deserve to trust yourself. You deserve peace.
Let's create it together.
Alison Sherwood CHt, IBH-Certified
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