About Laurie McDonald, Clinical Hypnotherapist
I’m Laurie McDonald, a Clinical Hypnotherapist dedicated to helping people break free from anxiety, fears, emotional blocks, and long‑standing patterns that limit their lives. My work is grounded, compassionate, and deeply intuitive — creating a safe space where real transformation can happen.
With decades of experience, I’ve supported clients through stress, trauma, phobias, smoking cessation, weight management, and personal empowerment. My approach is warm, direct, and centered on helping you reconnect with your own inner strength.
As a published author, public speaker, and former President of Opus, I bring both professionalism and heart to my practice. I believe every person has the innate ability to heal and grow — and hypnotherapy is one of the most powerful tools to access that potential.
I offer sessions in person in Sacramento, California, as well as online for clients across the country.
My Approach: Alchemical Hypnotherapy
Alchemical Hypnotherapy is a dynamic, interactive form of hypnosis that helps you access the wisdom and healing resources already within you. Inspired by the ancient alchemists who transformed “lead” into “gold,” this method guides you to transform old emotional patterns into clarity, confidence, and personal freedom.
Unlike traditional hypnosis, Alchemical Hypnotherapy is empowering rather than passive. You are not dependent on the therapist — instead, you learn to connect with your own inner guidance, intuition, and healing abilities. This work honors both your emotional and spiritual nature, creating deep and lasting change.
How Alchemical Hypnotherapy Works
Every session is tailored to your unique needs. Depending on your goals, we may explore one or more of the following techniques:
Inner Child Rescue Work
Many lifelong patterns begin in early childhood. Through gentle regression, you reconnect with younger parts of yourself, understand their unmet needs, and bring them into the present for healing and integration.
Connecting with Guides and Higher Self
Alchemical Hypnotherapy recognizes the powerful inner resources we all carry — often called Guides or Archetypes. These inner allies, such as the Inner Child, Inner Parents, or Inner Mate, offer insight, emotional support, and profound healing.
Past Life Regression
For some clients, unresolved patterns may originate beyond this lifetime. Past life regression helps uncover and process these experiences, release emotional residue, and bring understanding to repeating challenges.
Conference Room Therapy
We all have many “parts” within us — the parent, the worker, the protector, the child. Conference Room Therapy brings these sub‑personalities together, allowing them to communicate, resolve conflict, and work in harmony. This creates a stronger, more centered sense of self.
Why Clients Choose This Work
Alchemical Hypnotherapy is a collaborative, empowering journey that helps you:
Access your own inner wisdom
Heal emotional wounds at their source
Break long‑standing patterns
Strengthen your intuition
Reconnect with your authentic self
It is a deeply personal process that honors your whole being — mind, body, and spirit.
