“My work with Gina was really powerful. Since working with her my business has grown 35%. Gina is the ultimate in just being easy, she doesn’t judge. There’s absolutely not a judgmental bone in her body. She provides a service that I think everybody can use.” — Mark Machado, Realtor, San Rafael, CA

“Thank you for guiding me on my essential journey into myself. You held the door open for me to take steps that are in alignment with my highest self. I am excited to experience the ways our work will continue to integrate into my life every day. I look forward to the next time I see you.” — Jenn Messina, Principal Designer and Founder, Jennifer Messina Interiors, Mill Valley, CA

“I approached my first session with Gina as a skeptic, uncertain about what this inner journey work entailed. However, by the end of the third session, it felt like something magical had happened. I could sense the change within myself, even without words. Continuing with another three sessions, I released the weight I had been carrying and felt the 27-year-old self in my 55-year-old body. The way I look at the world is different now. My breathing transformed. Despite years of practicing breathwork, only after this release and rebirth did I truly understand what it meant to take a deep breath into my belly, feeling full, alive and young to dream again. Thank you, Gina, for guiding my inner journey. The changes in my body, mind, and interactions with the world have been profound. — Raji Navis, Psychotherapist, Brainspotting® Practitioner, yoga teacher, Sydney Australia

“My work with Gina has transformed me and my life in ways that I could not have fathomed when I first walked in to her office. I am a different person. I have a sense of confidence in myself, a sense of grace and power that I didn’t know I was even capable of. It is such a powerful gift to work with Gina, to clear away what is blocking me, to get clear about who I want to and get to be and what I am meant to do in this incredible life I get to have. It is not really possible to put into words the type of magic that can happen with this work; I am just really grateful that I get to experience it with Gina.” — Alicia Garcia-Romero, Architectural Designer, San Francisco, CA

“Gina transformed my life. I am not the same person I was when I walked into her office in March of 2021. I cannot recommend her enough to all my friends. I had done “inner work” for years but still felt something was missing which led me to her. It was the missing puzzle piece that finally fit into place. I am grateful I took the step to finally experience all that is possible inside me. Gina is a miracle worker.” — Rachel Lerner Walsh, Senior Manager, Clinical & Scientific Affairs, Danville, CA

“Gina Vance is a one-of-kind practitioner. She herself has developed a technique called Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery (SMGI®). She has a gentle and wise way of guiding you into a meditative state in order to help you use your subconscious to address whatever is ailing you. For me she helped immeasurably with sleep quality and nightmares that started happening last year. Check out her extensive website for more information. — Karen Reynolds, LAc, MS, RN, San Rafael, CA

“Gina Vance has the most safe, calming, comforting presence. The visual miracles that happen in her hypnotherapy sessions are really life-changing and freeing. I struggle with severe chest tightness due to anxiety, amongst other typical symptoms – overthinking, brain fog, muscle tension, etc. Those have subsided since I started going to her, and especially the chest tightness after the 3rd session!! I’ve tried EVERYTHING – yoga, meditation, meds, you name it. I love how she gets straight to the point and is determined to help you get to the ROOT cause. It’s really like nothing I’ve experienced before. She’s so so so amazing and I would absolutely recommend anyone to see her. The world would be such a better place!!” — Madelyn Zarraonandia, Artist, San Rafael, CA

“Calling Gina a miracle worker doesn’t actually even do her, or this work, justice. She is a healer, a mystic, a warrior and a way shower. She takes you to places you didn’t know even existed- in other realms/in other lifetimes/in other versions of you- and from inside those places, she helps you pick up the pieces of yourself and carry them home. I’ve done therapy, and somatic healing, EFT and EMDR- in the search for healing trauma. This beautiful journey work was my answer. And Gina is the steward.” — Michelle McKayla, Healer, Sausalito, CA

“I’d like to tell you about my friend and peer Gina Vance. She’s got a ton of certifications, she’s a shaman, a spiritual life coach, a hypnotherapist; but most of all, she is a guide to help you through some of the toughest times of your life. She’s kind, she’s compassionate, she’s got a warm heart, and she’s got incredible courage – to stick with you, and go wherever you need to go to get to the root and finally heal.” — Jean Slatter, Ph.D, Author of Hiring the Heavens, Newcastle, CA

“I realize – that pretty much everything I imagined working with you came true. Quite uncanny. This is the most effective way I’ve found for those ready to work – to meet, rescue, integrate and heal your parts. This is “parts work” on steroids. With this work, I end up finding a place of calm, feeling like I’m really myself again.” — Monique Petrov, MSN, RN, CNL, Jackson, WY

“Gina is a phenomenal therapist. I processed so much emotion in the our sessions together. Truly transformational. I worked with Gina pretty extensively and felt profound benefits. Right away it felt she was tapped in and saw a deeper part of me. I had never had someone listen to me that deeply. On one level, she sees and honors where you are and empathizes with you, on a deeper level she knows where you can potentially go, and that allows you to move into the place you want to go and have been trying to get to. A lot of my physical ailments were rooted in my subconscious. I’ve seen miracles unfold using this work.” — Mark Christian Bacigalupi, Somatic Healer, Nicasio, CA

“Working with Gina has been an absolute game changer. Everything I was wanting in a healer and more came through her. Her technique merges her vast experience, spiritual gifts and connection. I feel heard and understood, and her ability to tune into the bigger picture and allow me to hold responsibility is a gift. She has so many tools that illuminate my soul’s journey. Things I have struggled and lived with my entire life were able to be healed and lifted to have a new experience. My chronic anxiety has dissipated, my struggle to understand why things happened to me in my childhood has been replaced with empowerment. I would recommend Gina to my closest friends and family as I started to see instant results. After the first month of working with her the things I chose in our sessions were in my reality.” — Catherine Conway, San Francisco, CA

“If you are ready to do the work and want to feel inspired, unblocked, validated, empowered, hopeful and healed, I can’t recommend this woman enough❤ She’s not like your run of the mill therapist… she’s not going to tell you what to do, but she will help you find the answers within yourself. She’s unconventional, free ranging and undoubtedly gifted at what she does.” — Jessica Vanhille-Hart, Austin, TX

“My sessions with Gina, have been instrumental in allowing me to fully acknowledge and accept past traumas. Through our work, Gina, has shown me how by fully acknowledging my past experiences, and by fully feeling them it allows the emotional blockage to finally clear, so that I can move on to a better existence. Thank you Gina for all your guidance.” — Carlos Garcia, Marine Corps Veteran, Modesto, CA

“Needed help on what direction to go, how to achieve, what am I supposed to be doing in my life. I had to learn more about myself in order to accomplish those goals. It’s calmed me, made me more aware, given me more confidence, made me way more observant than I already was. It’s work, and work I enjoy. It’s fun to go to her, even though you know you’re going to be dealing with your stuff – which is okay, because she makes it fun.” — Todd Foster, Pleasanton, CA

“I am a 56-year-old man who has lived a tough life. Not struggling tough but, rather your regular tough guy that you can’t screw with or pull the wool over his eyes. I don’t put up with much and I have thought most issues in life are bullshit, including therapy of any kind, massages, psychics, aliens or any of that other crap. I can’t remember how I got suckered in to seeing a hypnotherapist but, after visiting with Gina a few times I am now a firm believer in hypnotherapy. Gina has literally changed my personality and outlook almost 180° – I still don’t believe in aliens or psychics but, hypnotherapy is a different story, at least with Gina it is. She pulled stuff out of me that I had no idea was there. She would say she only helped guide me to these undiscovered truths, whatever works right!?! Finding out these hidden traumas within me was enlightening and traumatic at the same time 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. 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. She has a way of making you understand that your imagination is more than something we just make up. I have learned that our imaginations can be a helpful tool in finding the source of our unease and anxiety.

I can’t relate to everybody but I can relate to the typical masculine male who is skeptical of everything, and I would tell that guy – get some courage and see Gina and let your inhibitions relax when you’re with her and she will guide you to some amazing insights and RESULTS!” — Brett Bovee, Former Skeptic, Escalon, CA

“With Gina’s help I was able to come to terms with my inner conflicts, land the job that I had been aiming for, and increase my self-confidence. My background doesn’t exactly lend itself to success, so I’m sincerely grateful that I met Gina as I know I’ll be working with her again in the future. If you’re at all considering doing this type of inner-work do yourself the favor because the value she delivers is life changing.” — Christopher Munshaw, MBA, San Francisco, CA

“Hypnotherapy has enabled me to communicate more effectively with coworkers and family by not allowing my past baggage to interfere with my present relationships. It’s a wonderful tool. Hypnotherapy has made me realize that I’m OK just the way I am. It’s also provided me with numerous tools to use when a challenge arises. Gina’s voice is relaxing and clear, directing us down the path to illuminating the poor images of ourselves and redirecting us to a new beautiful and more healthy image of our ideal self. Hurrah Gina!” — Julie Sutherland, Modesto, CA

“Wow! Gina’s skillful and adept ability as a mind/body/soul guide enabled me to tap deeply into myself to feel profound results in ways I never thought possible. She knew how to hold a safe, trusting, non-threatening and non-demanding container for me to do my processes. Her work is sublime and I highly recommend her services!” — Jean-Pierre Weingarten, Point Reyes, CA

“Working with Gina has been a profound and integrative journey. Our work together began with dropping in to whatever needed to be cleared and healed, and naturally evolved to include a strand of coaching that helped me reclaim long-held dreams and inspirations that had gone offline. With Gina’s guidance, I’ve been able to take what was reawakening inside me and re-infuse my professional life with the hopes, dreams, and aspirations that originally set me on my path—before it was sidetracked by the inevitable challenges of life.

“Gina is such an intuitive listener and interpreter. We began going to her for hypnobirthing when I was pregnant. Our sessions were every Thursday evening and my husband and I learned so much about ourselves and our relationship. We relished every week! Our birth was incredibly beautiful in part to the sessions we had with Gina. We have continued to go to her for healing and guidance on and off for the last 5 years. Every time we leave her presence we feel empowered and at peace. She is truly gifted and a bright light in this world.” — Duana Demus Leslie, International Soprano, Oakdale, CA

“Gina came highly recommended by a friend, and I initially sought her out to help expedite weight loss. I was completely new to hypnosis and unsure about the process—or whether it would even work. From the very first session, Gina’s gentle kindness put me at ease, and by the end of that session I felt not only comfortable, but genuinely excited about what was to come.

The work I have done with Gina has given me insights into parts of myself and my life that I had never seen before. Pieces that once felt disconnected—despite years of therapy—began to come together. Not just completing the puzzle, but forming a beautiful picture: a tapestry of my life. Through this process, I discovered a strength I didn’t know existed.

While I am still in the process of losing weight, my focus has completely shifted. I now understand that lasting change comes from addressing the core issues rather than merely treating the symptoms. Because of this work, I feel capable and willing to meet the challenge from a deeper, more empowered place. I will always be grateful to Gina for helping me move past a huge roadblock in my life. She is incredibly real, deeply compassionate, and—truly—an instrument of God. As my dear friend did for me, I wholeheartedly recommend Gina to anyone considering hypnotherapy.” — Linda Moran, Modesto, CA

“Working with Gina felt less like a clinical appointment and more like visiting with a trusted friend. From the very beginning, I felt completely comfortable, knowing that anything that arose during our sessions was held in the strictest confidence. That sense of safety made it possible for me to open fully to the process.

Gina’s questioning is open-ended and deeply respectful. I was never led toward a particular thought pattern or conclusion; instead, she allowed my own insights to emerge naturally. This made the work profoundly applicable to my life, as experiences were explored with real depth and meaning rather than being imposed or interpreted for me.

Through our work together, I gained a much deeper appreciation of who I am and became more spiritually aware than ever before. I truly can’t begin to express how much this work has meant to me. It didn’t just help me heal—it gave me back my life. In truth, it gave me a life.” — Jean Bertrand, Family Nurse Practitioner, Modesto, CA

“I’ve been sleeping really well since our first session – my sleep is so incredibly long now – six to eight hours a night versus the two hours a night before; I’m a lot calmer overall and my memory is so clear since our work together – amazing! I’m looking at things with a much different perspective. Paying more attention and feeling less stressed at the office. Because I’m not a religious man, I was really surprised at how ‘spiritual’ some of my imagery was.” — Jon Baker, Physician, Modesto, CA

“Working with Gina Vance has been truly life-changing. She is an extraordinarily gifted healer—part hypnotherapist, part shaman, and fully a wise woman, guide, and co-creatrix. From the very first session, Gina shifted me out of a deeply stuck place in my life. What had felt like quicksand—romantically, physically, creatively, and in my business—began to move. Within just a few sessions, inspiration started coming back online, and everything I went to her feeling was ‘not working’ in my life began to shift and work again.

“Gina is an incredibly intuitive and deeply caring healer. From the moment I walked into her office, I felt safe—and because of my long trauma history, that is something I rarely, if ever, feel. Gina has a rare ability to create a sense of ease and trust that I have not experienced in other settings.

“Gina is a great practitioner and very caring… A bonus she has a great sense of humor. I recommend her highly for any one who is looking for a health coach.” — Laurence McKee, Turning Point Spa, Mill Valley, CA

“I’ve have had a few sessions with Gina and my life has been forever changed for the better. I learned a happy medium vs. extremes. It’s always fun and exciting and heart-warming to work with her. I look forward to my next sessions.” — Trevor Henley, Desire To Inspire Studios, Monterey, CA

“Gina is a highly skilled healer capable of leading you to dark places with a huge flashlight to overcome trauma and patterns once and for all. She is gentle, creative, and highly intuitive, and helped me resolve a past family issue quickly with a better understanding of myself.” — Julia Novak, Intuitive Consultant, Walnut Creek, CA

“Gina’s work has brought new depths to my professional and personal life. Through this work I have been able to connect with an inner awareness and spirituality that previously was inaccessible. Insight and direction in all aspects of my life continue long after the classes.” — Juanita Vierra, R.N, Craniosacral Therapist, Modesto, CA

“Gina Vance is an incredible mind body coach and a gifted healer. She helps people over difficulties and obstacles in their lives and helps them form new perspectives and behaviors that allow them to shine and thrive. Her meditation classes and workshops take people on a deep inner journey that allows them to find new resources and gifts inside themselves. She is a shaman and a buster of subconscious beliefs and behaviors . She can take you to new heights in your life.” — Kristina Lentz, Professional Massage Therapist, San Rafael, CA

“I worked with Gina for two months and learned more about myself in those few weeks than I did in months of traditional coaching. Gina’s work is transformational. The inner journey experience is delightful and eye-opening. I feel that I have support all around me. I feel lighter and have more more clarity. I find it easier to speak my truth and verbalize boundaries I have set with others. Thank you Gina!” — Donna Abreu, Curator of Simply Living Wellness, Nevada City, NV

“Gina is such a blessing to work with. Working with her is so different and refreshing and unlike any other work I have done with counselors and other types of self help modalities I have tried. There is no feeling of judgement or any feelings of being uncomfortable in sharing and working on very personal and stressful issues. She worked with me in such a loving and refreshingly gentle way. We worked on issues that caused trauma, stress and/or pain in my life and body and she was able to help me to release them in a very healing gentle way.” — Cheri Barnes, Modesto, CA

“The techniques you taught me to deal with negative and uncomfortable feelings have been invaluable. I use them all the time. It centers me incredibly! I feel much more comfortable in my own skin, more confident, and I trust my intuition more. I feel empowered.” — Mary C., School Psychologist, Modesto

“Dearest Gina, Thanks for pulling me in. I do so need what you have to give to prepare me for the giving I am to do. You may not imagine how resonant and harmonious your teaching is for me. Things I’ve wondered about from various trainings, it seems you’ve wondered about about also – and thought or processed through, out to the other side. My instincts are giving me valid information. Thank you many times over.” — Helen K., Administrator, Pleasanton, CA

“Gina’s work did wonders to help me through the stresses of divorce.”

— T.H., Modesto, CA

“In recent years my life had become very unbalanced and I had lost complete connection with my body and gained a lot of weight. Hypnotherapy enabled me to reconnect with my inner spirit, which in turn allowed me to focus on the needs of my physical body. As a result, when my daily activities don’t turn out like I expect, I no longer panic and now ‘go with the flow of life’. It has been empowering and liberating!” — S.T., Certified Public Accountant, Modesto, CA

“Gina is wonderful! She is very kind and sensitive to you and your needs. She works on anything you would like her to. I did get the results I wanted. I am able to cope with my fear of hospitals, doctors, and needles. I was able to have a stress-free pregnancy, and had coping skills when I was put into situations that made me feel uncomfortable. Thank you so much Gina!” — Cindy C., Kindergarten Teacher, Modesto, CA

“I achieved my goal of 50 pound weight loss. It took a little longer that I’d hoped, and I struggled with impatience, but never lost my focus or my control. I’m enjoying regular exercise now, and feel so rewarded for this accomplishment. Hypnosis was the #1 element in how I did it. Thank your for helping achieve something I never could before.” — Alison O., Office Manager, Salida, CA

“I went to four hypnotherapy sessions with Gina Vance and it changed my life for the better. I’m a therapist and had to deal with unresolved grief from the past. Once I made my resolves, my life changed. My friends tell me I’m more balanced – happier. I would not hesitate to recommend hypnotherapy to anyone and I frequently do.” — Karen K., Clinical Social Worker, Modesto, CA

“Self hypnosis is helping me get to the source of negative feelings that arise – I am usually able to identify what is really going on and deal with it more quickly and effectively. I have also been able to avoid using food to get me through difficult situations.” — Dedee l., Administrative Assistant, Riverbank, CA

“I was so nervous the first time I attended a session with Gina, I had never experienced any type of hypnotherapy or life coaching and didn’t know what to expect. To put it simply, Gina turned out to be my guide, an amazing one. She has created a welcoming, peaceful environment where I felt very comfortable sharing my thoughts and feelings. You probably don’t need to hear another story about how lost someone can feel in their life. Same job for over a decade, stuck in a rut, no idea where to go or what to do next, just that thought in the back of your mind that keeps saying, “something has to change.” I didn’t know what I needed to do to get my life back on track. Gina was like my archaeologist of the mind and soul, she helped me dig until I found what I was looking for. I had a very positive experience and will certainly pay Gina a visit if I need a little guidance in the future.” — James W., Turlock, CA

“Through our sessions I came into a sense of reassurance that there is something within me that I’ve tapped into that can be a positive force – a natural energy that I didn’t know I had.”

— K. S., Attorney, Honolulu, Hawaii

“Quite pleasantly surprised at the powerful effect of something as seemingly simple as meditation/inner reflection! I know I can always go into my inner world, check in with myself and feel relief.” — Penney W., Elementary School Teacher, Ripon, CA

“I’m sleeping well now and looking at things with a much different perspective. Paying more attention and feeling less stressed at the office. Because I’m not a religious man, I was really surprised at how ‘spiritual’ some of my imagery was.” — Suzanne C., Physician, Modesto, CA

“I now feel fluency inside me. I feel myself reacting differently. I like this imagery work, and I now like myself as a person and I have a different approach to life. It’s fabulous!” — Gina P., Oakdale, CA

“Passion! You are passionate about your work and it shows. It lends confidence to the participants. Faith! You have faith in process work and in your clients. You believe in Truth with a capital T and Process with a capital P and you have Faith that clients can and will access truth for themselves through process work. Experience/Wisdom! You are an experienced and wise facilitator. You guide people with a vast array of tools and know how to help them “put the brakes” on or make it safe for themselves at the same time. Results! Working with you gives results. You are direct and get to the point and help people experience transformations.” — Jennifer Kara, RN, Doula, Modesto, CA

“Thank you sooooo much for the classes/guidance. It made the difference between having a beautiful birth experience that I reflect on with joy and an experience that was unsatisfying as most women have.” — Johari Malek, Turlock, CA

“Before going to Gina with help for weight loss, I was a skeptic. After my experience with Gina, I have changed from being skeptical to becoming an advocate of hypnosis done by Gina Vance. Her professionalism, competence, and special sense of humor have been a special life experience and extremely rewarding for me.” — Diana D., Marriage and Family Therapist, Modesto, CA

“I just really need to thank you because I have never been more happy. I have never felt more present in my own life. I definitely feel like an adult. Thank you so much again……you are amazing!!!” — Midge G., Self-Proclaimed ‘Recovering Stepford Wife’, Modesto, CA

“Gina Vance is an incredibly intuitive big hearted one of a kind therapist. To be in her presence is to experience true understanding and unconditional love. A genuine Healer and Visionary.” — Timothy Clare, Death Doula, Grief Counselor, Smithtown, NY

“The imagery work we did together made me aware of some real hurts I’ve gone through that I suspected but didn’t know consciously. I always thought of myself as a nice but weak person, now I feel confident and strong as I recognize a strong part of myself. I have higher energy levels and feel more in control and confident in myself.” — T.C., Modesto, CA

“Thank you Gina Vance! You are amazing, I can hardly express the words, you gave me the greatest blessing, my own little girl back, with all my heart I thank you and love you!! Feeling blessed.” — Victoria Buckmann, Entrepreneur, Tracy, 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.” — B.M., Turlock, CA

“I am forever grateful to you for the miracles that occurred in my life during and especially after our group sessions ended. The benefits manifested tenfold after our group meetings ended as I continued using and strengthening the skills you taught me. It’s been a privilege to get to know you and share our sacred truths. Please keep doing what you are doing, because we need more light and love and miracles in our world.” — Jesse T., Hughson, CA

“Personal growth is such a beautiful and necessary thing in order to learn how to maintain a happy self. I have learned to listen to myself and what I want for myself and worry less about what others want of me. Thank you! I am making better decisions by doing so.” — Melanie Musgrove, Tiburon, CA

“I would have been in such a different place now if not for having found you. What helped me when I was so sick… your presence… your ability to simplify concepts… the way you shared stories… teaching from a place that felt you were right beside me… not above or beyond… You embody what it is you are teaching… a contrast to many teachers I have worked with. And of course there is a lightness you have. I learned healing can feel good… I learned to see the beauty in all parts of healing. But also honoring. The eating disorder voice is completely transformed… Gratitude and Love,” — Laurie Whitesel, Inspirational Author + Artist, Manteca, CA

“She is a very skilled therapist, talented, competent and trustworthy. She helped me overcome chronic panic attacks and anxiety with only three visits and about a month of work on my own. If you are seeking help with your own challenge, I strongly recommend her.” — Rayleen Wagner, Modesto, CA