Stop Habits + Smoking
Stop Habits + Smoking
“Unwanted habits are not failures—they are survival strategies.” – Gina Vance
“Unwanted habits are not failures—they are survival strategies.”
– Gina Vance
“Finding out there were hidden traumas within me was enlightening, but it was the long-term effect of discovering these parts of me that has calmed my anger, stopped me from constantly criticizing myself, helped me with my cravings/addictions, and made me look at the world in a much better way. Gina pulled stuff out of me that I had no idea was there. Beginning hypnotherapy as an old curmudgeon is not an easy task, yet Gina has a way of calmly making you take part in her experience with you—and guiding you to some amazing insights and RESULTS!” – Brett Bovee, Escalon, CA
“Finding out there were hidden traumas within me was enlightening, but it was the long-term effect of discovering these parts of me that has calmed my anger, stopped me from constantly criticizing myself, helped me with my cravings/addictions, and made me look at the world in a much better way. Gina pulled stuff out of me that I had no idea was there. Beginning hypnotherapy as an old curmudgeon is not an easy task, yet Gina has a way of calmly making you take part in her experience with you—and guiding you to some amazing insights and RESULTS!” – Brett Bovee, Escalon, CA
“Finding out there were hidden traumas within me was enlightening, but it was the long-term effect of discovering these parts of me that has calmed my anger, stopped me from constantly criticizing myself, helped me with my cravings/addictions, and made me look at the world in a much better way. Gina pulled stuff out of me that I had no idea was there. Beginning hypnotherapy as an old curmudgeon is not an easy task, yet Gina has a way of calmly making you take part in her experience with you—and guiding you to some amazing insights and RESULTS!” – Brett Bovee, Escalon, CA
Six Session Program
First session includes extensive interviewing to prepare you for the next sessions of hypnosis to help you stop unwanted habits. You’ll get a downloadable audio to use at home to get you ready for your next sessions.
Second session gives you stress management tools and your first interactive hypnosis experience that will prepare you for the greatest success in the following hypnosis sessions where you will release the habit and addiction.
Third session uses your personal information gathered in the first sessions, in a depth-hypnosis session where you will leave free of your unwanted habit.
A second downloadable audio is supplied after this session, to support and reinforce your new freedom from your unwanted habit.
Fourth through Sixth sessions are interactive hypnotherapy sessions that ensure your subconscious parts are in support of your new life without your old habit, and reinforces the positive changes you’ve made.
Each session is in-person or via video conference, like Zoom, and lasts approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours.
Cost for this program: $1,988
I offer trauma-informed parts-work hypnotherapy and Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI®) to help resolve unwanted habits—including smoking, compulsive patterns, and cravings—by working with why they began, not just trying to override them with willpower. Habits often form as intelligent survival responses to stress, overwhelm, or unresolved experiences stored in the body and subconscious.
By gently engaging the inner parts that learned to rely on these behaviors for relief or regulation, this work helps unwind the underlying tension driving the habit. As the nervous system settles and inner conflicts soften, cravings naturally lose their grip. Clients often experience a surprising sense of calm, self-trust, and freedom—no longer fighting themselves, but feeling supported from the inside out.
Instead of forcing change, SMGI® creates the conditions where change can happen organically—allowing healthier choices to feel natural, sustainable, and aligned with who you truly are now.
Explore More SMGI® Services
Six Session Program
First session includes extensive interviewing to prepare you for the next sessions of hypnosis to help you stop unwanted habits. You’ll get a downloadable audio to use at home to get you ready for your next sessions.
Second session gives you stress management tools and your first interactive hypnosis experience that will prepare you for the greatest success in the following hypnosis sessions where you will release the habit and addiction.
Third session uses your personal information gathered in the first sessions, in a depth-hypnosis session where you will leave free of your unwanted habit.
A second downloadable audio is supplied after this session, to support and reinforce your new freedom from your unwanted habit.
Fourth through Sixth sessions are interactive hypnotherapy sessions that ensure your subconscious parts are in support of your new life without your old habit, and reinforces the positive changes you’ve made.
Each session is in-person or via video conference, like Zoom, and lasts approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours.
Cost for this program: $1,988
I offer trauma-informed parts-work hypnotherapy and Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI®) to help resolve unwanted habits—including smoking, compulsive patterns, and cravings—by working with why they began, not just trying to override them with willpower. Habits often form as intelligent survival responses to stress, overwhelm, or unresolved experiences stored in the body and subconscious.
By gently engaging the inner parts that learned to rely on these behaviors for relief or regulation, this work helps unwind the underlying tension driving the habit. As the nervous system settles and inner conflicts soften, cravings naturally lose their grip. Clients often experience a surprising sense of calm, self-trust, and freedom—no longer fighting themselves, but feeling supported from the inside out.
Instead of forcing change, SMGI® creates the conditions where change can happen organically—allowing healthier choices to feel natural, sustainable, and aligned with who you truly are now.
Explore More SMGI® Services
Six Session Program
First session includes extensive interviewing to prepare you for the next sessions of hypnosis to help you stop unwanted habits. You’ll get a downloadable audio to use at home to get you ready for your next sessions.
Second session gives you stress management tools and your first interactive hypnosis experience that will prepare you for the greatest success in the following hypnosis sessions where you will release the habit and addiction.
Third session uses your personal information gathered in the first sessions, in a depth-hypnosis session where you will leave free of your unwanted habit.
A second downloadable audio is supplied after this session, to support and reinforce your new freedom from your unwanted habit.
Fourth through Sixth sessions are interactive hypnotherapy sessions that ensure your subconscious parts are in support of your new life without your old habit, and reinforces the positive changes you’ve made.
Each session is in-person or via video conference, like Zoom, and lasts approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours.
Cost for this program: $1,988
I offer trauma-informed parts-work hypnotherapy and Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI®) to help resolve unwanted habits—including smoking, compulsive patterns, and cravings—by working with why they began, not just trying to override them with willpower. Habits often form as intelligent survival responses to stress, overwhelm, or unresolved experiences stored in the body and subconscious.
By gently engaging the inner parts that learned to rely on these behaviors for relief or regulation, this work helps unwind the underlying tension driving the habit. As the nervous system settles and inner conflicts soften, cravings naturally lose their grip. Clients often experience a surprising sense of calm, self-trust, and freedom—no longer fighting themselves, but feeling supported from the inside out.
Instead of forcing change, SMGI® creates the conditions where change can happen organically—allowing healthier choices to feel natural, sustainable, and aligned with who you truly are now.
Explore More SMGI® Services
Sessions are available by phone, online, or in person in Walnut Creek, Sausalito, and Modesto, California.
Each session unfolds at your pace. We work collaboratively with imagery, suggestion, and inner resources. You are always aware. Always in control.
Sessions are available by phone, online, or in person in Walnut Creek, Sausalito, and Modesto, California.
Each session unfolds at your pace. We work collaboratively with imagery, suggestion, and inner resources. You are always aware. Always in control.
Sessions are available by phone, online, or in person in Walnut Creek, Sausalito, and Modesto, California.
Each session unfolds at your pace. We work collaboratively with imagery, suggestion, and inner resources. You are always aware. Always in control.
Gina has the highest level of training in hypnotherapy, and has been in private practice since 2001.
“Gina walked me through everything so my left brain / analytical brain knew what was happening at every step. I was always conscious of what was happening and able to give my conscious mind a back seat and let my subconscious mind find my inner guidance. I’m happy to say I didn’t have any withdrawals. I would highly recommend Gina Vance to anyone who’s looking to further themselves in any way – she’s even helped me post-smoking to learn how to deal with stress and take things to the next level with my business and further my career.” Dawn Durning, Huntersville, NC
Gina has the highest level of training in hypnotherapy, and has been in private practice since 2001.
“Gina walked me through everything so my left brain / analytical brain knew what was happening at every step. I was always conscious of what was happening and able to give my conscious mind a back seat and let my subconscious mind find my inner guidance. I’m happy to say I didn’t have any withdrawals. I would highly recommend Gina Vance to anyone who’s looking to further themselves in any way – she’s even helped me post-smoking to learn how to deal with stress and take things to the next level with my business and further my career.” Dawn Durning, Huntersville, NC
“Gina walked me through everything so my left brain / analytical brain knew what was happening at every step. I was always conscious of what was happening and able to give my conscious mind a back seat and let my subconscious mind find my inner guidance. I’m happy to say I didn’t have any withdrawals. I would highly recommend Gina Vance to anyone who’s looking to further themselves in any way – she’s even helped me post-smoking to learn how to deal with stress and take things to the next level with my business and further my career.” Dawn Durning, Huntersville, NC
Hypnotherapy
Unlock the Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Hypnotherapy is a safe, collaborative process that helps you access the deeper layers of mind, body, and spirit—where lasting change becomes possible.
At Mind Body Journeys, my sessions are trauma-informed, interactive, and empowering. You remain aware and in control as your subconscious opens to new possibilities.
My work includes Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI®) —a gentle, embodied approach using imagination, sensory awareness, and mind-body skills to support healing and transformation.
Hypnotherapy
Unlock the Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Hypnotherapy is a safe, collaborative process that helps you access the deeper layers of mind, body, and spirit—where lasting change becomes possible.
At Mind Body Journeys, my sessions are trauma-informed, interactive, and empowering. You remain aware and in control as your subconscious opens to new possibilities.
My work includes Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI®) —a gentle, embodied approach using imagination, sensory awareness, and mind-body skills to support healing and transformation.
Hypnotherapy
Unlock the Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Hypnotherapy is a safe, collaborative process that helps you access the deeper layers of mind, body, and spirit—where lasting change becomes possible.
At Mind Body Journeys, my sessions are trauma-informed, interactive, and empowering. You remain aware and in control as your subconscious opens to new possibilities.
My work includes Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI®) —a gentle, embodied approach using imagination, sensory awareness, and mind-body skills to support healing and transformation.
Testimonials: Grateful Voices
Testimonials: Grateful Voices
“Our work has helped me get a positive spin on things and a sense of hope that I can overcome the fears I have. I have a new attitude toward conflict and challenges, I am more in tune with my body and now free of chemical dependencies. I feel more confident, have better self control and self-discipline. I feel more assertive. I say what’s on my mind more than usual. I talk more to people, it makes them happy. I now find that accepting some level of disharmony, brings me more harmony. I’m more confident, have better perspective, am more introspective and feel different (better) about myself.” – James W., Professional Man, Turlock, CA
“Our work has helped me get a positive spin on things and a sense of hope that I can overcome the fears I have. I have a new attitude toward conflict and challenges, I am more in tune with my body and now free of chemical dependencies. I feel more confident, have better self control and self-discipline. I feel more assertive. I say what’s on my mind more than usual. I talk more to people, it makes them happy. I now find that accepting some level of disharmony, brings me more harmony. I’m more confident, have better perspective, am more introspective and feel different (better) about myself.” – James W., Professional Man, Turlock, CA
Testimonials: Grateful Voices
“Our work has helped me get a positive spin on things and a sense of hope that I can overcome the fears I have. I have a new attitude toward conflict and challenges, I am more in tune with my body and now free of chemical dependencies. I feel more confident, have better self control and self-discipline. I feel more assertive. I say what’s on my mind more than usual. I talk more to people, it makes them happy. I now find that accepting some level of disharmony, brings me more harmony. I’m more confident, have better perspective, am more introspective and feel different (better) about myself.” – James W., Professional Man, Turlock, CA
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