Trauma informed hypnotherapy in Canberra

Trauma can affect how safe your body feels in the present moment. Even when the event is long past, you may notice heightened alertness, emotional shutdown, or reactions that don’t seem to match what’s happening now. These responses aren’t a failure — they’re signs your system learned to protect you.

When trauma responses take over

When trauma responses stay active, they can begin driving behaviour automatically. You might react before you have time to think, avoid certain situations, or feel constantly on guard around others. Over time, this can affect relationships, confidence, sleep, and your ability to feel settled in everyday life.

Why trauma responses are automatic

Trauma is held in the body’s threat system rather than in logical thinking, which is why understanding what happened doesn’t always stop the reactions. Even when you know you’re safe, the body can still respond automatically as if danger is present.

How hypnosis helps settle trauma responses without re-exposure

Traditional trauma therapy can involve retelling painful memories, re-experiencing events, or trying to reason through what happened. For many people, this can feel overwhelming and emotionally exhausting, leading them to stop therapy early.

At Miracle Minds, we use a combined approach of Multi-Channel Eye Movement Integration (MEMI) and clinical hypnotherapy to gently reduce the emotional charge of these memories, helping the nervous system return to balance without re-exposure.

We guide clients through a gentle, effective process of trauma recovery that may include:

Anchoring you to a positive image or word so you feel safe and supported throughout the process
Breaking the link between past trauma and current emotional reactions using eye movement therapy (MEMI) — often in as little as 15 minutes
Resetting your nervous system’s fight-or-flight response so you can respond more calmly to people, places, or triggers
Allowing your mind to automatically filter out intrusive thoughts and unwanted emotional noise
Overriding uncertainty so you can deal with difficult situations or conversations with confidence, instead of fear
Reducing the urge to rely on unhealthy coping habits such as avoidance, substance use, or emotional withdrawal

Unlike talk therapy, hypnosis for trauma works at a deeper level than the voice in your head , helping your brain adopt more helpful emotional and behavioural responses. Over time, these become your new autopilot — leading to lasting improvement and a greater sense of control.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes - hypnotherapy for trauma is a highly effective way to process unresolved experiences, especially when paired with other trauma-informed approaches.

I often integrate Multi-Channel Eye Movement Integration (MEMI), a gentle, neuroscience-based technique that helps the brain reprocess trauma without needing to revisit the full emotional intensity of the memory.

By combining clinical hypnotherapy with MEMI, we can reduce the emotional charge, shift automatic reactions, and support lasting change — all while keeping you grounded and safe throughout the process.

Think of your brain like a filing cabinet. When something overwhelming or traumatic happens, the brain sometimes doesn’t get a chance to 'file it away' properly - it stays messy and keeps popping up at the wrong times, like in anxiety, flashbacks or strong emotional reactions.

Eye movement therapies like MEMI help your brain finish filing those memories. By guiding your eyes while you think about the event, we're helping the brain reprocess it in a way that feels less intense and more distant - kind of like turning down the volume on a memory.

You’ll still remember what happened, but it won’t feel like it’s happening all over again. It becomes something that happened, not something you're still living through.

For more details, please visit our blog Letting go of trauma: A guide to eye movement therapy

Yes — many people who have experienced trauma struggle with sleep due to intrusive thoughts, nightmares, or a nervous system that just can’t switch off. Hypnotherapy for trauma works by calming the subconscious mind, releasing emotional tension, and helping the brain process unresolved experiences more peacefully.

By reducing hypervigilance and internal noise, clinical hypnotherapy and techniques like MEMI can support improvements in sleep.

Many clients are surprised at how quickly they feel relief. Using Multi-Channel Eye Movement Integration (MEMI), it's often possible to begin releasing the emotional impact of a traumatic memory in as little as 15 minutes — without needing to relive the experience.

I typically combine MEMI with clinical hypnotherapy over 4 to 5 sessions, which allows us to clear the emotional residue and reinforce long-term change. During your initial consultation, we’ll create a personalised plan based on your history, goals, and what feels safe for you.