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Cinda Roffman

Cinda Roffman is a trained counselor (AJU Wagner Program), professional Certified Hypnotherapist (HMI college), affirmations expert, and published author, who uses hypnosis, counseling, and complementary techniques to help clients improve their lives by making desired changes in thought and behavior.

Since opening her practice in 2008, she has continued her training and certification with courses in Weight Management, Emotional Freedom Technique, Handwriting Analysis, Smoking Cessation, Fears and Anxieties, Grief and Loss, Sports Performance, Pain Management, Therapeutic Guided Imagery, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and others.

Cinda serves on the board of directors for the Hypnotherapists Union, AFL/CIO Local 472. This Union certifies and sets the ethical standards for her profession. She maintains ongoing membership in the American Hypnosis Association.

Cinda brings a wealth of experience to her practice. She uses her gifts, wisdom, training, and life experience in a heartfelt manner, helping people to make desired changes in their habits and behavior.

Cinda’s Story

My parents did not tell me they loved me until I was an older adult and I told them first. My mother’s reaction when I told her I loved her was to say, “Of course I love you too.” (She just hadn’t bothered to say it for 45 years.) Hugging and sharing emotions were not part of their culture. Alcohol, however, was. My father was an alcoholic and my mother had an undiagnosed bipolar disorder that she self-treated with alcohol.

 I grew up believing that this was normal but there were a few things that were different. I was never allowed to have friends over for dinner or for a sleepover – that would interfere with their drinking. I was never allowed to talk about what went on in the evenings. It was a shameful secret.

 I know that my parents did the best they could. I don’t think they realized the negative effect their drinking had.

As soon as possible, I went away to college and never lived at home again. I was ashamed of my parents. I was not listened to and I felt that no one cared about what happened to me. None of my relatives or friends of our family offered to help. A sympathetic ear from an adult, any adult, would have been welcome.

I became a hypnotherapist so that no one else will have to feel ashamed of whatever is happening in their lives, everyone will have someone to listen, really listen to them, and no one will feel that no one cares about them. Ever since, I give each client my undivided attention, helping them to know that they are heard.

I combine my intuition, life experiences, training, and empathy to create an individual experience for each client. My biggest reward is seeing how my clients change over the course of their treatment. I look forward to continuing my hypnotherapy practice for many years.

If I had known I could become a hypnotherapist when I graduated college (UCSB B.S. Sociology) I may have. The only hypnosis I knew about at the time was stage hypnosis. Stage hypnosis and hypnotherapy are very different. Stage hypnosis is for entertainment. Hypnotherapy is for self-improvement. I thought I wanted to be a therapist when I entered college but after four years of conflict between campus protests and attending classes, I decided to take a break.

Life happened: I became an executive administrator for the legal profession, married, raised three successful children, and put my higher education on the back burner.

When my youngest child was about to graduate from high school I started back to school. After completing the two year Wagner Program in Human Services Para-professional Training, I realized how much I loved counseling. I wanted to find a way to combine my life experiences and education. I explored hypnotherapy and discovered that the Hypnosis Motivation Institute was close by and convenient. It is also the only accredited hypnotherapy college in the country. The year-long program and internship were inspiring. I found hypnotherapy as a positive way to effect quick and lasting change and I decided to pursue my dream of being able to help people make significant changes in their lives.