Parts Therapy
A structured conversation in trance with the specific part of you that carries the symptom, so it can update what it is doing.
The protective part that reaches for the substance is heard, dated, and updated.
Hypnotherapy for Drug Use
Adjunctive hypnotherapy for substance use — working on the driver, not only the substance.
How We See It
Substances are efficient. They deliver a state — numbness, energy, distance, belonging — faster than anything else available. Removing them without providing that state another way leaves a hole that eventually gets refilled.
Our role is to work on what the substance is regulating, in coordination with the medical and clinical care that treats the use itself.
What People Usually Describe
- —Use follows a predictable emotional trigger
- —Periods of abstinence end at the same kind of moment each time
- —The substance is the only reliable route to a particular feeling
- —Shame about use has become part of what maintains it
How We Make the Change
Timeline Therapy
Revisiting the moment a pattern was installed and giving that younger self what was missing then.
The earlier event that made numbing necessary is resolved so the present-day need reduces.
Reframing
Changing the meaning attached to an event or urge so the same facts stop producing the same reaction.
Shame is reframed out of the loop, since shame reliably increases use rather than reducing it.
Anchoring
Attaching a calm, resourceful state to a physical cue you can use in the moment you need it.
A usable, physical route to steadiness is conditioned for the moments between.
Common Questions
Will you work with me while I am in a program?
Yes, with your program's knowledge. That is the setting where this work does the most good.
Is anything I say reportable?
Sessions are confidential within the limits set out in our client disclosure, which you read and sign before the first session.
Work on This with Us
Sessions are held online over Zoom, run 45–90 minutes, and are billed at a flat $200. Your first session includes an additional 30-minute intake interview at no charge.
Hypnotherapy is not a substitute for licensed medical or mental health treatment. IBPH practitioners do not diagnose conditions or prescribe medication, and we work alongside your care team.