About
Meet Merve, Certified Hypnotherapist in San Jose
My goal is to help guide you along a path that tends to lack light — until you find it inside yourself.
I welcome you to join me on a journey of exploration into the natural healing properties of your mind, body and spirit. Whether it’s a personal improvement goal or an urgent need to find a healthier, more fulfilling path, the therapeutic use of hypnosis, imagery and mindfulness is the most powerful resource I know for getting there comfortably and efficiently.
Perhaps like you, I reached a point where I had to ask whether I was living my best life — whether I was anywhere near my full potential. With each passing year I felt a growing awareness that we’re granted only so much time, and I wasn’t sure I was using mine to be happy, fulfilled or purposeful. What was my contribution to the world going to be? Those questions got loud enough that I started looking for answers.
How I got here
I was a sceptic first
I love talking with people and trying to find solutions to their problems, so psychology seemed like the obvious route. I enrolled in a university extension programme and took one class.
Then one day my husband asked, “Why don’t you try hypnotherapy?” I looked at him like he was crazy. What even was that? I was thoroughly prejudiced — I had no real idea what hypnotherapy was or how it worked. He went ahead and enrolled me at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute’s nationally accredited College of Hypnotherapy, and they sent me the school’s catalogue.
I didn’t look inside it. It sat there. One day I was about to throw it away and thought — let me at least read it first. Inside were classes I hadn’t expected, and a great deal of genuine enthusiasm from former students. I decided to take the first free classes.
I was amazed. Once there, I learned so many fascinating tools for helping people with empowerment and personal transformation that my heart raced with excitement in every class. During my clinical hypnotherapy internship I had the good fortune to work directly with the Director of the Institute and key senior staff instructors, learning to integrate everything I’d gathered on my own path with the clinical skills I was acquiring at the College.
Today I’ve found my life’s passion. Nothing fills my heart more than witnessing a soul release its pain, discover its power and find its purpose. That’s what happened to me, and I’d welcome the opportunity to witness it happening to you.
Training & focus
Credentials and specialisms
Hypnosis Motivation Institute
Graduate of HMI’s nationally accredited College of Hypnotherapy, including a clinical internship under the Institute’s Director and senior staff instructors.
American Hypnosis Association
Member of the AHA, working within its professional and ethical standards for clinical hypnotherapy practice.
Specialist areas
Smoking cessation and tinnitus, alongside extensive work with anxiety, fears and phobias, and pain of unexplained origin.
How I work
In person in San Jose or by video across California. Every client starts with a free 30-minute consultation before committing to anything.
A note on scope. Hypnotherapy is a complementary service for vocational and avocational self-improvement. It is not psychology, does not include diagnosis, and is not a substitute for licensed medical or psychological care. Issues of psychogenic or functional origin are worked with on referral only — and I’d rather refer you correctly than take on work that isn’t mine to do.
Let’s talk first
The free 30-minute consultation costs nothing and commits you to nothing. Tell me what’s going on and I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.
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