Anxiety and Stress · 10. June 2026

Hypnotherapy for public speaking fear works at the unconscious level, where the fear actually lives. Learn why most approaches fail and what actually changes it.

Anxiety and Stress · 27. May 2026

Try these self hypnosis exercises for stress relief used in real sessions. Calm your nervous system and feel centered in just minutes a day.

Anxiety and Stress · 31. March 2020

Guiding you into a wonderful, relaxed, enhanced, altered state of mind. Enjoy!

Hypnosis Per Se · 30. March 2020

If you are stressed or worried in these terrible times, you may want to consider doing a few sessions with me online. I am a hypnotherapist and Spiritual Life Coach. I guide clients to resolve their short- and longer-term issues, so they can live their lives fully.

Anxiety and Stress · 04. November 2016

Hypnotherapy with an anxious woman who was convinced she was being stalked by teenagers making bird sounds.

19. May 2016

by Donald Pelles, Ph.D., Certified Hypnotherapist I am stuck in traffic on the Capital Beltway, on my way home after dropping my wife off at the airport. It’s stop-and-go: “go” being 5-10 miles per hour. At this rate it’s going to take me half-an-hour or more to go the 3 miles to my exit. I am shouting to myself: I don’t want to be here. I am in the check-out line at the grocery. It’s the “express” line, but there are three people ahead of me and the clerk is taking forever with...

Anxiety and Stress · 06. August 2015

Dawn, a friend of mine, wanted help with her anger. As we talked, Dawn told me how she would sometimes fly into rages, especially with men, her teenage son in particular. It could be an argument or just a discussion, and she would suddenly find herself furious, unable to calm down, while at the same time realizing how inappropriate this was, how her feelings, voice, and demeanor were completely out of proportion to whatever disagreement or conflict might have been present.

Anxiety and Stress · 05. August 2015

Helen called me on my office phone, about her next appointment – ostensibly. I’m not sure how I knew – must have been something in her voice. “Are you having a panic attack?” I asked. “Yes.” I thought so.

Anxiety and Stress · 28. July 2015

The following is a brief summary of a 4-day NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) training, “Resolving PTSD," with Steve Andreas. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – PTSD – stems from a traumatic event or events which was directly or indirectly experienced. Symptoms may include flashbacks, disturbing and recurrent dreams, avoidance, negative thinking and moods, hyper-vigilance, feelings of estrangement from others, aggressive and/or self-destructive behaviors. "… an exposure to a terrifying...

Driving · 27. July 2015

Driving is one of the most stressful things many of us do. Or to put it in a better way, for many of us, driving is a big stressor. What’s the difference? Stress is something we experience, a physiological reaction in the body: the adrenal glands put out cortisol and adrenaline, the heart speeds up, the breath comes faster. You might have an uncomfortable, “pressured” feeling. (This is the bad kind of stress, distress – I’m not talking about the good kind, eustress; the physical...