Welcome!

Thank you for scheduling your new client session. I’m honored to hold space for your next level of personal growth and transformation.

Please allow a full 2 hours for your initial session, and if possible, keep the next couple of hours free to allow yourself time for integration and personal reflection.

Below you’ll find my background information and disclosures, New Client Intake form, and location details.

Feel free to contact me with any questions prior to your session. I look forward to seeing you soon!

Background Information and Disclosures

  • Unlike therapy, which helps you transition from dysfunctional to functional, coaching helps you shift from merely functional to optimal. While it is outside my scope of practice to treat any diagnosed clinical condition, I can help you to optimize your life through accessing more of the wisdom you already have within you.

    Coaching, Mindfulness Training, HeartMath Coaching, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Guided Imagery and Self-Help Techniques are not meant as a substitute for standard medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment for serious or life-threatening conditions, such as medical trauma, surgical emergencies, bacterial infections, certain bodily "mechanical" difficulties, and thought disorders such as psychosis or schizophrenia. These techniques are an adjunctive/complementary alternative for self-healing, self-help, and behavioral modification. Potential clients under the age of 18 must provide written consent by a parent or legal guardian to use any services provided by Lauren Archer.

    Hypnosis is a naturally occurring state, which is beneficial and restorative. Hypnosis is completely safe. You are in control at every moment and can terminate the hypnotic state at any time. Hypnosis is not sleep. You cannot get “stuck” in hypnosis. You cannot be made to do something against your will. Hypnosis and self-hypnosis are used by Olympic level athletes and peak performers in all walks of life.

  • You are a whole and complete being, with access to vast realms of inner wisdom, insight, and intuition. You have within you the power to transform your thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and behaviors. As one of many guides along your path, I can help you discover the inner peace that emerges when you align your mind and your heart, integrate your left and right brain, and live in alignment with your core values. As you let go of limiting beliefs and ineffective behaviors, you can more easily embody the highest and best version of yourself.

    Lauren Archer makes no expressed or implied guarantees of results, in so far as human behavior cannot be predicted. The client is duly informed that as individuals vary, so do results, and that all growth ultimately starts from within. Results are ultimately achieved through the client's own personal efforts at applying these techniques over time, for which each client must accept full responsibility.

  • Fees are subject to change.

    Payment is expected at the start of each program, unless previous written arrangements have been made. Payment may be made by credit card or electronic funds transfer.

    Session cancellations made with less than 24 hours will be forfeited.

    Insurance: I do not bill insurance companies directly; however, I will gladly provide documentation for you to provide to your insurance company to request reimbursement for stress management coaching.

  • I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications with a minor in Psychology from Illinois State University, 1984, where I volunteered as a crisis counselor. After graduation, I worked as a corporate communications producer, creating motivational media and events for peak performers at Fortune 500 companies. I studied a variety of mindfulness-based disciplines between 1986 and 1992, and completed my training in hypnosis at the Palo Alto School of Hypnotherapy in 1992 and 1993. Since then, I have added many more therapeutic certifications, including HeartMath Coach, Cognitive Behavior Coach, Clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP Coach/Practitioner, and Certified Personal Trainer. I attend annual continuing education courses to maintain my training at a high level.

  • Under Washington State law a Hypnotherapist may not provide a medical diagnosis or recommend discontinuance of any medically prescribed treatments. If a client desires a diagnosis or any other type of treatment from a different practitioner, the client may seek such services at any time. In the event my services are terminated by a client, the client has a right to a coordinated transfer of services to another practitioner. A client has a right to refuse hypnosis services at any time. A client has a right to be free of physical, verbal or sexual abuse. A client has a right to know the expected duration of treatment and may assert any right without retaliation.

Please review the background information and disclosures listed here, and/or you view them as a downloadable PDF file.

New Client Intake

NEW CLIENTS: Please complete this form prior to your first session.

Location

For Virtual Sessions — I will send you a Zoom link with your appointment confirmation.