What's the difference between hypnotherapy and integrative coaching?

Hypnotherapy works with the subconscious, where beliefs and emotional patterns are held. Integrative coaching helps you carry those changes into daily choices, relationships and boundaries.

Can hypnotherapy help with anxiety and people pleasing?

Yes. Hypnotherapy works with the belief underneath the pattern, and somatic work helps the nervous system calm down so new responses feel natural.

Do you offer online hypnotherapy in San Francisco and California?

Yes. All sessions are held online for clients in San Francisco, the Bay Area and anywhere in California. Online sessions can be just as effective as in-person ones.

How many sessions will I need?

Specific habits such as smoking are addressed in a three-session program. Deeper inner work takes a minimum of three to six months, often longer depending on what the client is working through, blending hypnotherapy, coaching and other modalities.

Is hypnotherapy safe?

Yes. Hypnosis is a natural state of focused attention. You stay aware and in control the whole time.

How do I get started?

Book a Clarity Call to talk about what you'd like to change and whether working together feels right.

Why is the Clarity Call just $1?

That small amount is not a charge for Lorena's time. It confirms booking details and keeps the calendar safe and focused on people looking for support.

What is RTT hypnotherapy?

RTT, or Rapid Transformational Therapy, was created by Marisa Peer. It blends hypnotherapy with other techniques and often needs fewer sessions.

Shadow work means getting to know the parts of yourself you learned to hide or reject, so they lose their hold and you feel more whole.

Do I need to believe in hypnosis for it to work?

No. You only need to be willing to take part.

Hypnotherapy and Integrative Coaching in San Francisco, CA

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Hypnotherapy and integrative coaching help you change patterns where they began, in the subconscious and the body. I’m Lorena, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Life Coach based in San Francisco, with 10 years of experience. I combine clinical hypnotherapy, integrative coaching, breathwork and IFS-informed parts and shadow work for anxiety, self-doubt and people pleasing. Sessions are online across the Bay Area and California. Book a Clarity Call.

Tired of Waking Up Wishing Things Were Different?

You get through the day, and it costs you more than anyone sees. The anxiety. The frustration. Saying yes when you mean no. The same loop, again and again.

Part of you is ready for change. Another part keeps pulling you back to what feels familiar. Willpower rarely fixes this, because the pattern sits below conscious thought. That’s the level I work at.

It’s time to take your life back.

What Are Hypnotherapy and Integrative Coaching?

Hypnotherapy uses a relaxed, focused state to reach the subconscious, where your beliefs and emotional habits were formed. Integrative coaching is the practical side. It helps you bring those changes into your relationships, your decisions and the way you look after yourself day to day.

Together, they let us work on the root of a pattern and on how you live once it starts to loosen. We’ll still talk in our sessions, of course. Most of the change, though, comes from working with your subconscious and your body.

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The Integrative Path: How We Work Together

I use more than one method, because people are more than one thing. The work usually moves through four stages.

Awareness

Slowly, you begin to notice the patterns, reactions, thoughts and body sensations that shape your days. Once you can see and feel something clearly, it starts to change.

Emotional Integration

Your beliefs shape how you see yourself and what you expect from life. We go back to where those beliefs were formed, so they can be understood and changed at the source.

We begin with presence. Nothing you're experiencing is random. It's information, and it shows us where to start.

A Somatic Approach

Some patterns live in the body and the nervous system. We work with what you feel physically as well as what you think, so the change settles in and stays.

Embodied Change

Over time, you start to think, feel and respond differently. Clients describe feeling steadier, clearer and more able to trust themselves. Life may look the same from the outside. You're the one who has changed.

Hypnotherapy, Coaching and Somatic Services in San Francisco and California

Transformational Hypnotherapy

A depth-oriented approach for unresolved emotional trauma and beliefs tied to your identity. It reaches the emotional imprints that insight alone can't shift.

Read about hypnotherapy sessions

Integrative Coaching

A guided process that brings the beliefs and thought patterns behind your choices into view. You gain clarity and perspective, and support while you learn to live differently.

See how integrative coaching works

Somatic Work and Breathwork

Sometimes you understand exactly what's going on, and your body still reacts as if you're in danger. Somatic work and breathwork, including conscious connected breathwork, my specialty, help you reconnect with your body, regulate your nervous system and let go of what you've been carrying.

Find out about breathwork sessions

Parts and Shadow Work

We all have different parts of ourselves, each with its own feelings, needs and ways of protecting us. Parts and shadow work help you meet them, including the ones you've pushed away, so inner conflict can settle and you feel more whole.

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Past Life Therapy

Through guided regression, you explore memories that may sit behind present-day fears and patterns, and you gain insight into your soul's path.

Learn about past life regression

What Can Hypnotherapy Help With?

Most people come to me after they’ve tried to think their way out of something and it hasn’t worked. Some of the most common reasons:

Anxiety and stress, and a nervous system that never seems to switch off (living beyond anxiety)
People pleasing, guilt and trouble setting boundaries
Feeling like you’re not enough, self-doubt and low confidence
Self-sabotage in relationships and repeating the same patterns in love
Fear of failure, or fear of success
Old trauma and attachment wounds
Fears, phobias and habits like smoking

Hi, I'm Lorena, Your Hypnotherapist and Integrative Coach

I’ve lived what I do. For years I understood my patterns perfectly and still felt stuck inside them. Something in me knew that coping and changing were two different things.

Maybe you know exactly what you want to be different. Or maybe you just know something feels off, and you can’t put it into words yet. Either way, what keeps you stuck is usually underneath, out of sight.

That’s where I like to work. I go to where the pattern lives and help you resolve it there.

I’m a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Life Coach with training in somatic practices, IFS-informed parts work, inner child work, shadow work and nervous system regulation. I also integrate somatic EMDR into my practice. Alongside this, I’m an RTT® (Rapid Transformational Therapy®) practitioner, a past life therapist trained by Dr. Brian Weiss and a certified Breathwork teacher. I’ve been doing this work for 10 years, with clients from all over the world.

I’m based in San Francisco and work online with clients across the Bay Area, California and beyond.

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What people are saying

Where do I begin with what an incredible impact Lorena has had — simply put, she is magical! What sets Lorena’s practice apart from most typical therapeutic approaches is that she has a broad range of tools in her arsenal. Within the first few months of working with her I experienced a complete mindset shift and new self-confidence…which led to meaningful changes in my life.

– Kalindi

I started working with Lorena because I was exhausted from feeling anxious and repeating the same patterns in my relationships. Over a few months, I began to feel more steady. My reactions softened. I started setting clearer boundaries without the usual guilt. I feel more connected to myself. The change feels lived in, not just something I understand intellectually.

– Louise

Lorena is wonderful to work with. I was interested in accessing a deeper, subconscious understanding of myself — and her professional, loving guidance was exactly what I needed. I was a little nervous about being “hypnotized” but it was very similar to a guided meditation / visualization.

– Michelle A.

Lorena’s presence and energy are very calming, intuitive, compassionate and focused. I felt immediately at ease with her, and her approach to hypnotherapy, which is the right combination of empathy and understanding how the brain works, as well as our energy fields.

– Kelly

Her empathy and sensitive manner make you feel very comfortable with her. She also has an enormous amount of knowledge and is exceptionally good at her profession, is super motivated and works with heart and soul. After every session so far I have felt relieved and at peace and every session she makes a lot of effort, is caring and does so much more than you would expect. She has helped me so much! I am very grateful and appreciative of her.

– Jasmin

Taking coaching and hypnotherapy with Lorena has been life changing for me. I came to her with self doubt, low academic self esteem, and needing to learn how to set and maintain boundaries. Lorena helped me with all of these things and went above and beyond. I have already noticed positive differences in my day to day life, and I’ve been able to heal parts of me I forgot were wounded with Lorena’s guidance. I would recommend Lorena Borello to anyone seeking a new chapter in life, and/or anyone facing obstacles in their life.

– Bella

Wonderful experience! Lorena is an attentive and caring practitioner who can get down to root issues very quickly. I started seeing a difference within three sessions. Would highly recommend it.

– Meredith

Lorena is a true healer and such a beautiful soul. I am so grateful that our paths have crossed. She made me feel seen, she made me feel safe, comfortable being vulnerable, she listened without judgement, she helped me reconnect with my emotions and she helped me focus on my goals. So much positive came out of our sessions together. I love her spirit, I love her positive and caring energy and appreciate the knowledge and wisdom that she shares. She really puts her heart into everything she does. That’s what makes her so special!

– Abby

Lorena is an amazing therapist and human being. I just recently started my hypnotherapy with her and in less than 2 months I already had changes that I had never even touched or understood in regular therapy all my life… Since I was 12 I have been with several different therapists and this time I can honestly tell things are changing finally. And the amount of heart and effort Lorena had put into our sessions made me feel really understood and safe.

– Aranza

I’ve been on a journey with Lorena for about two years now. Today, I am a completely different person. Lorena is absolutely professional, very knowledgeable, and kind. She knows how to make you feel comfortable and navigate your resistance. Highly recommended.

– Claire

I’m genuinely not the same person I was when we started. She challenged me to see how I could change things and really opened my eyes. I feel much more peaceful and slowing letting the emotions out, instead of bottling them up. I think I really needed both coaching and hypnotherapy to see myself. Her voice is very soothing and creates a sense of safety.

– Willie

Hypnotherapy and Coaching FAQs

What's the difference between hypnotherapy and integrative coaching?
Hypnotherapy works with the subconscious, where beliefs and emotional patterns are held. Integrative coaching helps you carry those changes into daily choices, relationships and boundaries. I usually combine the two, along with somatic work.
Can hypnotherapy help with anxiety and people pleasing?
Yes, and the two often show up together. In hypnotherapy we look for the belief underneath, something like “it isn’t safe to say no,” and work with it directly. Somatic work then helps your nervous system calm down, so new responses start to feel natural.
Do you offer online hypnotherapy in San Francisco and California?
Yes. All my sessions are held online, so you can work with me from home, whether you’re in San Francisco, elsewhere in the Bay Area or anywhere in California. Online sessions can be just as effective as in-person ones, and many people find it easier to relax in their own space.
How many sessions will I need?
It depends on what you’d like to change and how you respond. For specific habits, like quitting smoking, I offer a focused three-session program. Deeper inner work is different. It usually means working together for a minimum of three to six months, and often longer depending on what you’re working through, blending hypnotherapy, coaching and other modalities based on what you need. We’ll talk about what makes sense for you in your Clarity Call.
Is hypnotherapy safe?
Yes. Hypnosis is a natural state of focused attention, a bit like being absorbed in a good book. You stay aware and in control the whole time, and nobody can make you do anything against your will.
How do I get started?
Book a Clarity Call for just $1. We’ll talk about what’s going on for you, what you’d like to change and whether working together feels right.
Why is the Clarity Call just $1?
That small amount isn’t a charge for my time. It helps me confirm booking details and keeps my calendar safe and focused on people who are genuinely looking for support. Once you’ve booked, the call is simply a chance for us to connect and see whether this work feels right for you.
What is RTT® hypnotherapy?
RTT®, or Rapid Transformational Therapy®, was created by Marisa Peer. It blends hypnotherapy with other therapeutic techniques to reach the root of an issue quickly, often in fewer sessions than traditional hypnotherapy.
What is shadow work?
Shadow work means getting to know the parts of yourself you learned to hide or reject, like anger, need or ambition. When you meet those parts with curiosity instead of shame, they lose their hold on you and you start to feel more whole.
Do I need to believe in hypnosis for it to work?
No. You only need to be willing to take part. We’ll go at your pace, and you can ask me anything along the way.

Ready for What Comes Next?

If you’re tired of the same loop and something in you is ready, I’d love to hear from you. Book your Clarity Call. If you’d like to read a little first, start with why healing isn’t about fixing yourself.