MELISSA STEFANSKI, PhD, LMBT

Hi, I’m Dr. Melissa Stefanski, PhD, LMBT — a licensed body-based therapist, mental health professional, and clinical hypnotherapist specializing in stress relief, pain management, and restorative sleep through nervous system regulation. My work is grounded in one core truth: When the nervous system feels safe, the mind and body can finally heal. With advanced training in somatic psychology, hypnosis, and body-centered trauma-informed care, I help people move out of chronic fight-or-flight and into a state of deep calm, resilience, and self-regulation.

Rather than “pushing through” symptoms, we work with the body’s innate intelligence — gently retraining the nervous system to release stress, unwind long-held tension, and return to balance.

A Unique Integration of Science, Hypnosis, and the Body

My background bridges multiple disciplines:

• PhD-level training in psychology and neuroscience-informed approaches
• Licensed Massage & Bodywork Therapy (LMBT)
• Clinical Hypnosis and mind-body medicine
• Somatic and polyvagal-informed nervous system regulation
• Pain neuroscience education and trauma-sensitive care

This integrative perspective allows me to work with the whole person — mind, body, and subconscious — rather than treating symptoms in isolation.

I help people through specialized hypnosis sessions and guided programs.

Why Hypnosis for Nervous System Regulation?

• Calm chronic stress and anxiety
• Regulate an overactive nervous system
• Release trauma-stored tension
• Improve sleep and insomnia
• Reduce pain and inflammation
• Reconnect with a sense of safety and inner control

Hypnosis is one of the most powerful tools for accessing the subconscious patterns that keep the nervous system stuck in survival mode. When combined with somatic awareness and gentle physiological cues, it allows the body to experience safety — not just think about it.

This is where real change happens.

Not through force or willpower…
But through allowing the nervous system to finally rest.

My Philosophy

I believe that:

• The body is not broken — it is adaptive.
• Symptoms are signals, not flaws.
• Healing happens when we create safety, not pressure.
• Deep relaxation is not a luxury; it is a biological necessity.

Every hypnosis session and program I create is designed to help your system shift from survival to regulation, from hypervigilance to ease, from exhaustion to restoration.

If you are struggling with stress, pain, sleep, or feeling “stuck” in your body, you are not alone — and your system is not failing you. It simply needs the right conditions to reset.

I would be honored to support you on that journey.

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