Your Questions, Answered

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  • I have an INTERGRATIVE TREATMENT PHILOSOPHY that heals you holistically by fostering awareness & ease in your mind, body, & spirit.

    Together, we will always view your treatment concern & process through a holistic lens — that you have relationships with & between your mind, body, & spirit to steadily nurture through life — in order for you to experience well-being & fulfillment.

  • Not everyone is spiritual — with a practice or belief system.

    However, I believe, everyone has a creative life force spirit — everyone is made up of energy flowing through our bodies. This energy flows across energetic centers & pathways called chakras & meridians, according to Eastern spiritual & healing traditions. Some energy is emotional. And sometimes energy gets stagnant, becoming physical concerns.

    This is the Spirit we can address in your holistic treatment — your energetic body — thru interventions like hypnotherapy, tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique), guided imagery/meditation, & breathwork. Of course, only if you decide to do so.

  • Everyone needs & deserves healing practices to get through life. That is why it is important to me to contribute to the accessibility of mental health care in California by offering an anti-oppressive sliding scale for persons of varying financial capacity & by accepting health insurance coverage.

    I offer a limited number of free & low-cost therapy slots. If I cannot accommodate your financial need at the time we get in contact, I am happy to point you in a direction to meet your financial needs.

    At this time (8/28/26), I only accept health insurance for individual mental health & relationship therapy.

    → Click to see my payment options & rates by service linked here:

  • I am accepting the following health insurances — my credential was APPROVED! with:

    • AETNA (CA)

    • CIGNA (CA)

    • CARELON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (CA)

    • BLUE SHIELD of CA

    • ANTHEM BLUE CROSS (CA)

    My credential application is WAITLISTED with:

    • UNITED HEALTHCARE - OPTUM (CA)

    • OXFORD - OPTUM (CA)

  • HEADWAY! (click to be redirected)

    Simply,

    1. Go to my Headway provider profile (linked)

    2. Re-confirm your health insurance carrier is listed under “Insurance accepted”

    3. Either: click “Add Insurance” or “Schedule”, input your information, & create an account

    4. Book a consultation call DIRECTLY into my calendar

    5. I will verify your health insurance covers virtual therapy with me - please be prepared to provide pictures of your health insurance card, if needed

    6. Wait for my call for your therapy consultation~ (& maybe review my website for more information)

    When we agree to begin treatment together during consultation, we will then:

    • Ensure all necessary Consent forms are signed & reviewed

    • Schedule your first session (to be conducted by videoconferencing on Headway)

    Following each session, Headway will process your co-payment & your health insurance coverage for the both of us.

  • At the end of every session via: IVY PAY or ZELLE

    IVY PAY — A HIPAA-compliant & swipe-free payment system for therapists.

    1. At the end of each session, I enter your phone number & session fee on my Ivy Pay app.

    2. Ivy Pay texts you a secure link to a webpage where you enter your credit card information (once) & approve the charge.

    3. You can review past charges in a text message thread.

    or ZELLE to Jennifer Sango (jenniferqsango@gmail.com)

  • Getting started is simple..

    Reach out through — my CONTACT FORM — or directly via:

    We will THEN have an ~15-min. phone consultation to discuss:

    • your concerns, hopes, & goals,

    • treatment logistics,

    • & our alignment as a treatment team.

    From there, we:

    1. Finalize your payment plan

    2. Review my Informed Consent Form

    3. Begin treatment at your 1st scheduled session

  • For SELF-PAY clients: Before our first session, you will be emailed a link to create an account on my CLIENT PORTAL on the platform THERAPY NOTES. This platform offers a HIPAA-compliant video conferencing service for the provision of secure telehealth treatment.

    Every session, you will log onto your portal & enter my virtual waiting room until I begin our session.

    For HEALTH INSURANCE clients: Before our first session, HEADWAY will provide us both with a unique link to meet via HIPAA-compliant video conferencing for the provision of secure telehealth treatment.

  • Scheduled therapy sessions are specifically reserved for you. I ask that you provide a 24-hour notice by phone or email should you be late or need to cancel for any reason.

    There is no fee penalty for a missed session. Consistently late or cancelled appointment visits will prompt my exploration to identify contributing factors & possible adjustments that can be made before termination is considered. Two consecutive, or three total, missed sessions without notice will result in a loss of future appointments. I can understand & make allowances for extenuating circumstances communicated with me.

  • Ideally, therapy ends when you & I agree that your treatment goals have been achieved.

    The length of your treatment & plan for your termination depend on the specifics of your therapy goals & personal desires, & will be jointly discussed & determined.

    You have the right to terminate treatment at any time, even during a session, for any reason. Following termination, you will be given referrals to other therapists/hypnotherapists if so desired.

    You are always welcome to return to treatment with me should another need present in the future.

What makes hypnotherapy VS stage hypnosis different?

Hypnotherapy FAQ

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Stage hypnosis is for entertainment — for evoking reactions in an audience. Hypnotherapy is therapeutic hypnosis, for facilitating personal change in a safe & respectful setting & manner.

How does hypnosis/hypnotherapy work?

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You are guided into hypnotic trance by scripted prompts to breathe, relax, & visualize. While in trance your conscious mind & subconscious can connect more seamlessly to collaborate through the hypnotherapy process towards your therapy goals. Since the subconscious mind is extremely suggestible & is bombarded through our lives with constant stimuli from our environments that can shape patterns in perception, belief, behavior, relationship, etc., hypnotherapy can be a powerful healing modality for concerns rooted in our subconscious.

What is Hypnotherapy?

Hypnotherapy is a transformational psychology therapy modality — it considers & transforms mind, body, & spirit. It evolved from the depth psychology work of early psychologist, Carl Jung — by engaging & exploring our subconscious selves in our healing work. 

It involves you being guided into a deeply relaxed trance state – the naturally-occurring state between asleep and awake. This is a state that everyone experiences, where your brain waves fluctuate in the alpha to theta range. (We can also reach this state while meditating or in prayer.) It is in this state that your conscious mind more seamlessly connects & can collaborate with your subconscious towards clarifying & releasing stubborn mental, emotional, behavioral, relational, & physical patterns of concern.

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What is Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy?

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Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy is a specific hypnotherapy treatment script clinically designed by the co-founders of the Wellness Institute, psychotherapists Diane Zimberoff and David Hartman.

What makes it heart-centered is the script’s emphasis on grounding the healing process — the work of subconscious exploration & emotional experiencing — in your unique mental & spiritual resources that offer empowerment & love. One such resource is your uniquely defined Spiritual Connection.

What Hypnotherapy is NOT?

  • Mind control — All hypnosis is self-hypnosis, meaning you are in conscious, wakeful control of & through the entire process. You can always choose to reject hypnotic suggestions.

  • Therapy while asleep — You are guided into a trance state, between awake & asleep. Everyone experiences this state, where your brain waves fluctuate in the alpha to theta range. And, in this state, you are receptive & focused.

  • Magic — It is a scripted mind-body-spirit treatment modality, with notable beneficial effects (in research done across fields), that is often used alongside other treatments.

  • Relaxation & Role-playing — It’s a targeted experience to access the subconscious (it’s memories) through suggestion to facilitate change.

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What does the research say about hypnosis?

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The fields of medicine, psychology, & dentistry have recognized hypnosis as a legitimate, evidence-based intervention.

Hypnotherapy has been shown in research to be effective in treating stress & anxiety disorders, trauma/dissociation (including from sexual abuse & war), mood-related (including depressive) arousal & behaviors, addictive behaviors (like substance use or gambling), codependency in relationships, eating disorders, irritating &/or self-destructive habits, even physical pain, chronic illness, & the birthing process* (*for women), especially when combined with other treatment methods, for children through adults.

What are the risks & benefits to hypnosis?

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Hypnotherapy involves revisiting emotional wounds stored in subconscious memory, with the guidance of your facilitator. Possible, infrequent side effects of hypnotherapy*: headaches, anxiety, depression, insomnia, restlessness, depersonalization, derealization, dizziness, confusion, & intrusive imagery. *These risks are minimal with a competent facilitator & when the client understands they are in control & can communicate their inner experience with their facilitator.

The benefits are that these emotional wounds are more deeply released from the subconscious body, so that they no longer weigh on & stumble the conscious mind in the client’s day-to-day behaviors & choices. Clients often discover that each hypnotherapy session brings a deeper layer of healing through discovery of the previously repressed childhood and past life material to be resolved. As a result, compared to traditional “talk” therapy approaches, there is notable healing work that can be accomplished with hypnotherapy in a shorter time. It may take a single hypnotherapy session, or a number of hypnotherapy sessions, to release subconscious wounds, depending on the nature of your presenting concern & its origins.

What if I’m very analytical, & struggle with guided meditations/imagery?

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A mind that can concentrate & notice patterns, & is self-aware, contributes well to the hypnotherapy process. There may just need be an openness & adjustment in your mental framework from rational, linear, tangible processes to the circular, subconscious hypnotherapy process.

What does hypnosis feel like?

Experiences vary, but are often familiar & ordinary to lived experience. Some feel deeply relaxed & restful, sometimes physically heavy, while others feel lighter & calm. You may find yourself become inwardly focused or more absorbed in what is happening. Some physiological signs of hypnotic trance are slowed & deepened breathing, sighs/yawns, increased blinking, & changes in body temperature or sense of time.

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Absolutely not. Hypnosis is a naturally occurring state of mind that can occur seamlessly through the course of a day. If we disconnect during hypnosis, you will find that you can return naturally to ordinary alertness & then you can get back in touch with me by reconnecting to our virtual meeting room or by phone call.

Can I get stuck in hypnosis? What if we disconnect in the middle of hypnosis?

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What if I don’t want to do something in the session?

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Then you do not have to. All hypnotic suggestions I pose to you in the hypnotherapy process are invitations that you can accept or decline, that are intended to target your concern. You always have autonomy & authority to speak, move, open your eyes, change position, ask a question, clarify a suggestion, or say no at any time.

Will I remember the session?

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Usually, yes. You are conscious through the process & can remember most, if not all, of your session as you would any other therapy session or important conversation. While you may not consciously recall every word, your subconscious was an active recipient of the hypnotherapy treatment. As such, you can experience a lightness of ease from tension following each hypnotherapy treatment session.

Why do you structure hypnotherapy between a preparatory & integration phase?

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I believe that having a touch-point before & after the heart-centered hypnotherapy intervention promotes your therapeutic benefit by offering you the time & space to be as fully receptive to the intervention on both conscious & subconscious levels.

Can I have hypnotherapy & mental health therapy at the same time?

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It is acceptable to be receiving mental health care & seek hypnotherapy as an adjunct treatment intervention in the course of your healing journey. Your mental health treatment will have to conclude while your treatment with hypnotherapy takes place, & then can continue following the termination of hypnotherapy.

How many sessions will I need?

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It depends on the concern you are bringing into therapy & how layered that concern is embedded in subconscious memory. Some concerns can shift quickly, with a single session. More complex issues, long-standing patterns, may benefit from multiple treatment sessions.

Become My Client

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    • directly by

      → phone (951-889-7312)or
      → email (jenniferqsangolmft@healingasartcounseling.com)

    • OR indirectly by

      → FORM (linked)

    & then, I will reach out for your phone consultation within 24 hours.

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  • a ~15 minute CALL discussing:

    • your concerns, hopes & goals,

    • treatment logistics,

    • & our alignment as a treatment team.

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  • After your consultation, we…

    1. Finalize payment plan

    2. Review Informed Consent on Therapy Notes (online portal)

    3. BEGIN TREATMENT

    — by defining your treatment goals & plan

Disclaimers

Effective Date: August 18, 2026
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A formal relationship is only established once we have signed an agreement & scheduled sessions.

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The content on this site does not constitute diagnosis, therapy, counseling, medical advice, or substitute for any professional treatment.

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You can also reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the U.S. by calling or texting 988.

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