VIVID Hypnosis
Transformational Hypnotherapy
"What is easiest to see is often overlooked."
Milton Erickson
About VIVID Hypnosis
All healing is self-healing.
Research, lived experience, and centuries of human practice all point to the same truth: meaningful change happens when people are supported in accessing their own inner resources. Hypnotherapy works by creating the conditions—calm, focus, and safety—that allow the subconscious mind to release outdated patterns and integrate new perspectives.
How it works
Creating the conditions for meaningful change.
Hypnosis creates a state of focused attention that allows the nervous system to settle and habitual patterns to become more accessible. Many of the beliefs and responses that shape our behavior developed outside of conscious awareness, often as adaptations to earlier experiences. Once established, these patterns tend to repeat automatically, even when they no longer fit our current lives.
Hypnotherapy works by gently bringing these patterns into awareness without forcing change. In this state, the mind becomes more flexible, making it possible to reconsider old conclusions and integrate new perspectives. Change happens not through willpower or pressure, but through increased safety, clarity, and choice—often resulting in a sense of ease that people hadn’t been able to access before. When awareness wides, new choices emerge.
FAQ
Common Questions
What is hypnosis?
Hypnosis is a natural state of focused attention in which awareness becomes more inwardly oriented and the nervous system has an opportunity to settle. Most people enter similar states every day—while falling asleep or waking, becoming absorbed in a book or film, or engaging in a creative or meaningful activity.
In hypnotherapy, this state is approached intentionally and gently. It allows habitual patterns, beliefs, and emotional responses to become more accessible, so they can be met with curiosity and understanding. The aim is not to override the conscious mind, but to support greater communication between conscious awareness and the subconscious patterns that influence behavior and emotional responses.
What can hypnosis be utilized for?
Hypnotherapy can support change in a wide range of areas where habits, stress responses, or long-standing patterns are involved. People often seek hypnotherapy for concerns such as anxiety, stress, sleep issues, confidence, focus, public speaking, relationship patterns, and navigating life transitions.
It is also commonly used for habit-related concerns such as smoking cessation or changes in eating patterns, particularly when emotional responses or automatic behaviors are involved. Rather than focusing on problems or diagnoses, hypnotherapy is a solution-oriented process that supports clarity, flexibility, and choice.
Will I be asleep? Will I still be in control?
You will not be asleep, unconscious, or out of control. Hypnosis is a voluntary and collaborative process, and you remain aware and able to speak, move, or stop at any time. No one can be hypnotized against their will, or made to do anything that conflicts with their values.
Many people experience hypnosis as calm and absorbing, though each person’s experience is unique. What matters most is not achieving a particular “state,” but feeling safe enough to engage with the process. If you are curious and willing to participate, you are already bringing the most important ingredient.
Supporting Focus and Confidence
Work with your system, not against it.
When habits no longer fit
New Responses Become Possible
Moving Toward Your Desires
Strengthen access to your inner resources
"Knowing oneself comes from attending with compassionate curiosity to what is happening within."
Gabor Mate
About Me
I’m Joy Bustanoby, a hypnotherapist and the owner of Vivid Hypnosis in Olympia, Washington. I am a licensed hypnotherapist in the state of Washington and trained in client-centered hypnotherapy, with an approach that emphasizes collaboration, consent, and respect for each person’s inner process. I am also a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists, the American Association of Hypnotherapy Professionals, and the International Hypnosis Association.
I came to hypnotherapy through both personal experience and careful observation. Over time, I witnessed how meaningful change can occur not through force or pressure, but when people are supported in accessing their own internal resources with clarity and safety. That understanding is what led me to found Vivid Hypnosis, and it continues to shape how I work with clients today.
My role is not to direct or interpret your experience for you, but to offer a grounded, attentive presence while you explore and update patterns that no longer serve you. I believe lasting change happens when people remain actively involved in their own process—moving at a pace that feels appropriate, and discovering their own capacity for choice, resilience, and growth.
I offer a complimentary 30-minute consultation as a way to explore whether hypnotherapy is a good fit for you and to answer any questions you may have. There is no obligation—just an opportunity to connect and see what feels right.
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