Hi, I’m Erika,

Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist , Weight Loss Specialist and Phd Researcher

Hi, I’m Erika.

I’m a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist specializing in hypnotherapy for weight loss, emotional eating, binge eating patterns,

and the subconscious blocks that make weight loss feel harder than it should.

But more than that, I’m someone who understands what it feels like to know what to do…and still feel unable to follow through.

I didn’t just study weight loss. I lived it.

Why I Specialize in Weight Loss

For years, I struggled with my weight.

I knew how to lose weight on paper. I understood food, movement, motivation, and discipline. I had tried starting over, making plans, getting serious, and promising myself that “this time would be different.”

But somehow, I would keep falling back into the same patterns.

Emotional eating... Binge eating...
Starting strong and then stopping.
Feeling ashamed of my body.
Telling myself I just needed more discipline.
Comparing myself to other women.
Feeling like I was fighting myself every single day.

And underneath all of that, there was something deeper happening.

The weight was not just weight.

For me, the weight had become protection.

It helped me stay unseen.
It helped me stay invisible.
It helped me feel safe.

At the time, I didn’t fully understand that. I just knew I felt stuck.

What Changed

By the time I finally turned inward, I had already been a hypnotherapist for five years.

I had helped clients uncover subconscious patterns, shift beliefs, and create meaningful change

but I had not fully applied that same level of work to my own weight-loss journey.

When I finally chose to use hypnotherapy and subconscious reprogramming on myself first, everything began to change.

Not because hypnosis magically made the weight disappear.

But because it helped me uncover what was underneath the eating patterns, the self-sabotage, the shame, and the inconsistency.

I began to see the beliefs that had been quietly running the show:

“If I lose weight, I’ll be seen.”
“If I’m seen, I’ll be judged.”
“Food is comfort.”
“It’s safer to stay invisible.”
“I can’t trust myself to follow through.”

Those beliefs were not logical.

They were subconscious patterns.

And once I started shifting those patterns, I stopped fighting myself in the same way.

My Weight-loss Transformation

Through this work, I released 70 pounds in five months and a total of 83 pounds in six months.

But I want to be very clear:

I did not lose weight through hypnosis alone.

Hypnotherapy helped me become open to the path that was right for me.

Because I believe everything can work but everything does not work for everybody.

A meal plan can work.
A workout plan can work.
A GLP-1 can work.
A structured program can work.
A lifestyle change can work.

But when you choose a path from shame, panic, fear, or desperation, it often becomes another cycle you eventually rebel against.

When your subconscious mind is aligned with change, you can choose from clarity instead of punishment.

That is what hypnotherapy helped me do.

It helped me stop asking, “What’s wrong with me?”


and start asking,

“What is my subconscious trying to protect me from?”

That question changed everything.

How I Help My Clients

Today, I help women who are tired of starting over.

Women who know what to do, but keep finding themselves:

eating when they are not hungry,
bingeing after a stressful day,
sabotaging progress,
avoiding the mirror,
thinking about food constantly,
losing weight and gaining it back,
or feeling like they cannot trust themselves.

In my work, we do not just focus on the behavior.

We look at the subconscious patterns driving the behavior.

Because emotional eating is often not about food.

It may be about comfort.
Safety.
Control.
Avoidance.
Protection.
Exhaustion.
Shame.
Fear of being seen.

When we uncover what your subconscious mind has been using food or weight to protect you from, we can begin creating new patterns that support the woman you are becoming.

My Approach

My approach to hypnotherapy for weight loss is not about forcing you into one method.

I am not here to tell you that one diet, one medication, one workout, or one plan is the answer for everyone.

I am here to help you understand yourself at a deeper level so you can finally choose the path that works for you.

Hypnotherapy can help you:

release old subconscious beliefs,
reduce emotional eating patterns,
build trust with yourself,
shift your relationship with food,
feel safer being seen,
and stop relying on willpower alone.

The goal is not perfection.

The goal is alignment.

Because when your subconscious mind is no longer fighting your weight-loss goals, everything feels different.

You Are Not Lazy

You are not broken.

You are not weak.

You are not simply lacking discipline.

You may be operating from subconscious patterns that were created to protect you at one point in your life — even if they are now keeping you stuck.

That is where this work begins.

Not with shame.

Not with punishment.

Not with another promise to start Monday.

But with curiosity, compassion, and the willingness to uncover what has really been driving the cycle.

Ready to Begin?

If you are ready to stop fighting yourself and start understanding what is happening underneath your weight-loss patterns, hypnotherapy may be the next step.

Start with the Release the Weight Hypnosis Audio, or book a 15 Min Consultation

© Erika Hypnotherapy 2026