Hypnosis & Mindset Training Services.
Our hypnosis and performance mindset training sessions help you relax deeply while remaining fully aware and in control. Using proven techniques such as guided relaxation, visualization, and self-hypnosis, we work directly with the subconscious mind to release limiting beliefs and build healthier, more empowering habits.
Through this process, clients learn to access internal mental resources that support stress reduction, confidence building, focus, and emotional resilience. With consistent practice, hypnosis becomes a practical skill you can use independently to overcome mental blocks and align your mindset with your personal and professional goals.
Whether you’re looking to reduce stress, improve performance, strengthen relationships, or create lasting personal change, hypnotherapy offers a safe, effective, and results-focused approach. Based in Knoxville, Tennessee, we offer virtual hypnosis sessions nationwide, providing flexible and accessible support wherever you are.
Areas of Focus
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Manage Weight & Healthy Lifestyle Habits
Personalized hypnosis and mindset training to address emotional eating, stress, and unhealthy habits. Using hypnosis, CBT and NLP techniques, we help reshape thought patterns around food and lifestyle to support sustainable weight loss.
“I worked with Christina with the goal of weight loss. And I have lost weight (over 15 lbs in 2 months), but more important than losing the weight, Christina helped me regain a sense of ease over how I eat that I have never had before. The food noise is gone. The constant cravings are gone. I have not binge eaten or even been tempted to binge eat since starting with Christina. I can go out to eat with friends, travel, enjoy myself, and not stress over it because I only eat what I actually want to eat and stop when I am full.” - A.M.
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Academic & Exam Performance
Hypnosis and mental training to sharpen focus, clarity, and mental stamina. Learn to quiet distractions and strengthen concentration for personal, academic, or professional success. Clients turn to Honkonen Hypnosis to help prepare for critical exams, bolster study habits and improve academic success.
“I came to Christina struggling with severe test anxiety that had affected my confidence, performance, and even my wellbeing. Before working with her, my test anxiety was so intense that I would freeze, second-guess myself, and sometimes completely blank out — even on material I knew well. It was frustrating, discouraging, and exhausting.
From the very first session, Christina created a calm, safe, and supportive environment that made me feel truly heard. Her approach was gentle yet incredibly effective. After working together, I noticed a dramatic shift — not just in my ability to take exams, but in how I think about stress, pressure, and my own capabilities. I now feel composed, focused, and in control when facing difficult challenges, which I never thought would be possible.
If you’re dealing with anxiety, self-doubt, or mental blocks of any kind, Christina is truly exceptional! This experience was life-changing for me!” -KF -

Sports & Athletic Performance
Mental performance training for athletes and high performers looking to improve focus, confidence, and consistency. Hypnosis and mental performance training helps overcome mental blocks, address injury recovery, and elevate performance under pressure.
“I cannot say enough positive things about my work with Christina. She's truly one of the smartest and kindest people I know. My journey will her completely helped me unlock something I didn't even know needed to be unlocked and I believe it will help me be more fulfilled--not just in my sport and work, but in my life.” - W.H."
Read WH’s full review on her hypnosis and mental training experience here.
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Pain Management
Hypnosis-based support to help reduce pain perception, stress, and emotional strain. Offered as a complementary approach alongside medical care.
“Working with Christina has been an incredible experience in my journey to manage pain after lower back surgery. From our first session, I felt welcomed and understood. The hypnosis sessions have been transformative; they not only helped alleviate my pain but also significantly boosted my confidence and reduced my anxiety.” - P.S.
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Prepare Your Mind for a Calm, Confident Birth
Childbirth is not just a physical event—it’s a deeply mental and emotional experience. Hypnosis for childbirth helps you train your mind to work with your body, so you can meet labor feeling steady, prepared, and supported from the inside out.
Through guided hypnosis, relaxation training, and mental rehearsal, you’ll learn how to access a calm, focused state during pregnancy and birth—one that allows your body to do what it already knows how to do.
This work is not about controlling birth or promising a specific outcome. It’s about building trust in yourself, reducing fear, and strengthening your ability to stay present, grounded, and responsive—no matter how your birth unfolds.
How It Works
Hypnosis for childbirth uses guided relaxation and focused attention to help you enter a deeply calm, receptive state. In this state, your nervous system can shift out of fight-or-flight and into a more regulated, supportive mode—allowing your body and mind to work together more efficiently.
You’ll practice techniques that can be used while resting, moving, breathing, or changing positions, so the skills feel natural and accessible during real labor—not just in quiet practice.
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Break Unwanted Habits
Hypnosis and mindset coaching to support behavior change around habits such as nail biting, hair pulling, and other repetitive patterns and loops. Sessions focus on increasing awareness, reducing triggers, and building healthier responses through guided hypnosis and mental training techniques.
“Christina was a god-send to my 11 year-old son who is struggling with anxiety. Through several sessions, she was able to help him re-frame his thoughts and feelings, and to constructively use them to his advantage. He has been seeing a therapist for about a year, but we saw nearly instant results within a month of working with Christina - it was remarkable!” - C.L.
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Manage Stress
Our hypnosis and mindset training sessions help support relaxation, reduce stress-related tension, and increase awareness of mental patterns that contribute to ongoing discomfort. This work can be used as complementary support alongside care from licensed medical providers, and is designed to enhance overall well-being, focus, and mental performance.
“I’ve known Christina for a long time so I didn’t hesitate to contact her for hypnosis for my teenage son who needed confidence for driving, school/testing and basketball. I’m so glad I did! She quickly assessed the issues he was having and made a plan. She developed a great working relationship with him immediately and we both trust her completely. She put him right and ease and we saw results immediately! I highly recommend Honkonen Hypnosis for thorough, patient and kind and professional, effective treatment.” - M.S
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Overcome Fears & Bolster Confidence
Hypnosis and mindset coaching help reframe fear responses—whether related to phobias, public speaking, or other specific fears—so you can approach challenging situations with calm, confidence, and control. This approach supports lasting change in how your mind reacts to fear and can be used alongside other strategies to improve focus and mental performance.
“Working with Christina has been a really positive experience. Her warmth, professionalism, and genuine enthusiasm for her work immediately put me at ease. I came to her with a fear that had been affecting me since childhood, and after just two sessions I’ve seen about a 70% improvement! I can do things now i could never do before because the fear has been lifted.
I’m very grateful for the work we’ve done together and would absolutely recommend Christina to anyone looking to work through fears or long-standing challenges.” - J.C. -

End of Life Emotional Support
I offer compassionate listening and hypnosis support for individuals facing end-of-life transitions, as well as for loved ones seeking emotional support during this time. Sessions focus on easing stress, calming the nervous system, and supporting a sense of peace, comfort, and emotional settling. This work is gentle, client-led, and intended to complement — not replace — medical, hospice, or spiritual care.
“I met Christina at a time in my life when I was struggling to find solutions to help my mom. As her caregiver for over 40 years, as we get closer and closer to the end of her journey here on earth, finding ways to comfort her, give her some enjoyment, and relieve her anxiety and stress has become complicated.(She is no longer mobile.) As my mother is a former counselor that practiced many modalities, I asked if she might want to try hypnosis. She was so excited! Christina worked with us to provide a safe and accessible environment for my mom to attend her sessions. She provided a balance of listening, affirming, and hypnosis that met my mom's needs and exceeded my expectations.
Christina made us both feel comfortable and hopeful, even as we embrace the end of mom's journey. Though she primarily works with athletes and high-performers, she tailored her approach to meet our needs perfectly.
I highly recommend working with her if you are facing any mindset or emotional challenges in your season of life, whatever that may be.” - J.Y.
For a deeper look into Jeanett’s experience, listen to this podcast conversation where she reflects on her work with Christina.
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Work-Life Balance
This work supports professionals and individuals who want to feel more grounded, focused, and present across both their personal and professional lives. Using hypnosis and mental training, sessions are tailored to address stress, overwhelm, boundaries, and sustainable performance — with attention to both immediate relief and long-term change. Clients often notice meaningful shifts quickly, along with a greater sense of clarity, balance, and confidence in how they navigate daily demands.
“I am definitely an advocate for self improvement, both in family/personal and professional life, but was unsure about the direct link that hypnosis could play in the realm of mental health, work/life balance, etc. From the start, Christina's expertise and professionalism shone through. She tailored the experience to meet my specific needs, focusing on both immediate results and long-term achievable goals.
I was pleasantly surprised by the effectiveness of her methods and how quickly I began to see positive changes. Christina's dedication to her craft is truly impressive, and I wholeheartedly recommend her services to anyone looking to explore new avenues for self-improvement. Thank you, Christina!” - B.W.
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Quit Smoking
A hypnosis-based mindset coaching program that supports individuals who want to stop smoking by increasing awareness of triggers, reducing habitual urges, and strengthening motivation for change. Sessions focus on reinforcing healthier choices and supporting a smoke-free lifestyle—without medical or therapeutic treatment.
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Achieve Restful Sleep
Hypnosis and mental training to support deeper, more restorative sleep. Learn techniques to quiet the mind, fall asleep more easily, and wake feeling refreshed and energized.
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Scope of Practice: As Consulting Hypnotists we provide meditative and motivational coaching for a wide range of issues, including making medical or psychological care obtained elsewhere more effective. However, our work is not intended as a substitute for such care. We do not diagnose, treat nor prescribe. Our services help normal persons with normal problems in living, enhancing human flourishing by inculcating positive thinking by the capacity for self-hypnosis. Our services are supportive and educational, teaching persons to use their natural skills and abilities.
Disclaimer: Services rendered by a hypnotist are held out to the public as nontherapeutic motivational and meditative coaching, defined as the use of hypnosis to inculcate positive thinking and the capacity for self-hypnosis. Services rendered are not any form of healthcare or psychotherapy, and despite research to the contrary, we make no health benefit claims for our services. Our work is supportive and educational, intended to enhance productivity, effectiveness and flourishing.