About Laurel:

I began studying hands when I was in high school at age sixteen. By twenty-five I was backpacking through Australia and New Zealand reading hands for a little extra travel money. I began professionally interpreting hands and teaching others to learn palmistry about 2015.

Currently I read for private clients in person and online. I appear regularly in the interior of British Columbia at psychic fairs and mystic events giving talks and reading hands. In summer you can find me at the Downtown Penticton Markets most Saturdays. I am invited to participate at First Nations wellness events and hold a Sanyas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Certificate.

Previously read at: Wildcraft Mercantile & Luminary Collective, Salmon Arm, and the Artful Hand Shop, Kelowna, Sun Peaks Conference Centre, Cawston, Lumby, Cherryville, Oliver and in Nelson at the Witches Markets. She also reads occasionally in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ​She has given talks at the Wise Women’s Festival, the AIM Center, Kelowna and The Witches' Market, Nelson.

My Experience as a Clinical Hypnotherapist

After completion of three decades as a registered nurse I began searching for my next step in providing healthcare. I always knew that our beliefs and habits formed our mental, emotional and physical wellness. Sadly, they also frequently created illness. The solution it seemed was to pivot from negative to positive practice and routines, but people often found this challenging if not extremely difficult to maintain.

One day I dropped into a shop to browse. A woman walked over to me and asked if I had any plans for the evening. Strange I thought and asked why? She told me she was providing an informational talk and demonstration on clinical hypnotherapy. Now my scientific nursing mind thought ‘that was crazy talk’ but something deeper inside made me say ‘sure what time’?

I have been practicing clinical hypnotherapy in the South Okanagan since 2017 when I completed an intensive training program from Y.O.U. Academy, Vancouver. Upon graduation I joined the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association and remained an active member for a few years. Lockdown however changed my practice and perspective.

My application of trance work changed after four years of studying to be a Celtic Seabhean (traditional medicine woman). I now incorporate a more integrated, multi- dimensional approach to each session. Pulling together traditional shamanic healing practice with western clinical hypnotherapy training I work with a wide range of basic and complex issues.

After a consultation to ensure hypnosis is the right choice for you an informed consent is provided and upon its signing the session begins.

Some people achieve their goals quickly however it has been my experience that people respond to their session/s at the pace they are able to uncover information, integrate realizations and apply the desired change. The key as the therapist is to support your expectations and goals while recognizing your mind is responsible for creating the harmonious life you want. If you believe it you will ultimately achieve it.

What is ‘it’? Our imagination is limitless when we place fear aside. What are you waiting for?