About
Hello, my name is Mimi. I’m a clinical and transpersonal hypnotherapist and coach who is passionate about exploring the mind-body connection with others. Many of us have been considered medical mysteries, but I love a good mystery. I enjoy using my detective skills to help people explore their pain and symptom puzzles to make mind-body connections. After years of navigating the medical system for my own chronic pain including migraines, back, and neck pain, it’s only through mind-body modalities that my own recovery truly began. I’ve been working with the subconscious mind for decades, and love understanding its language of symbols, images, metaphors, and…symptoms. And as a dream worker, I find many parallels between dreams and the body; both express the subconscious mind and both hold meaningful messages for us.
My approach is client-centered, compassionate, and inclusive of all belief systems and orientations. I love working with humor, metaphor, and meditative, introspective processes to connect the wisdom of the body with the insight of the mind. For those interested, I offer a mind-body-spirit holistic approach as well. I draw on my training in social and transpersonal psychology, hypnotherapy, guided imagery, dreamwork, parts work, spirituality, shadow work, and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)* to help clients listen to what their body is telling them. I love to help people feel empowered as they move towards recovery. As a survivor of narcissistic abuse, with training via Dr. Ramani Durvasula, I understand the significant role of the nervous system in healing both physical and emotional conditions, and my work is trauma-sensitive. I am passionate about guiding others on their path to healing and recovering a sense of safety in their body. Sessions are tailored to your individual needs and preferences. I'd love to help.
*Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) could just as easily have been named Symptom Reprocessing Therapy. PRT is a recent model designed to retrain the brain, calm the nervous system, and recover from chronic pain and other chronic symptoms and conditions.
Mimi Pettibone is a clinical and transpersonal hypnotherapist and mind-body coach who works with private clients and groups worldwide. She works with the conscious and subconscious mind to help people overcome chronic pain and symptoms, resolve mind-body conditions, break free from limiting habits and beliefs, improve relationships and communication, and uncover the answers from within.
In addition to hypnotherapy, her fascination with the human psyche has led her to study social and transpersonal psychology, communication, parts work, attachment theory, and the mind-body connection. As a survivor of chronic pain who is certified in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), she has a special place in her heart for helping people recover from chronic pain and other symptoms such as anxiety, insomnia, and long term health conditions. As a survivor of narcissistic abuse with training via Dr. Ramani Durvasula, she is passionate about helping others connect with their authentic sense of self, find their truth and purpose, develop self-trust, and recover a sense of safety in their body.
Mimi utilizes her varied skills when working with clients and creating guided meditation recordings on a range of topics. She is the creator and host of The Dream Detective podcast, author of the Enchanted Art Oracle card deck (a bestseller on Etsy), and enjoys being a media guest on dreams and the subconscious mind. Visit The Dream Detective for more info on her work with dreams.
Mimi also hosts guided meditation groups for corporate wellness, team-building and more.
CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING
- Certified Clinical & Transpersonal Hypnotherapist - 300+ hrs
- Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) Certification
- Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Coach via Dr. Ramani Durvasula
- Attachment, Trauma, & Spirituality with Dr. Diane Poole Heller - 1 year
- Transactional Analysis Practitioner by the USA Transactional Analysis Association (now NATAA) - 270 hours
- Advanced Guided Imagery Practitioner
- Advanced Voice Dialogue Facilitator (parts work, "Psychology of Selves")
- C.E. programs taught by Dr. John Gottman (relationships) and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (trauma)
- Focusing Facilitator
- Focusing Dream Work with Eugene Gendlin
- Master Level Dream Worker
- Dream Group Facilitator
- Gestalt Practitioner
- NLP Practitioner (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) 1 year
- Shadow Work with Debbie Ford
- Certified Sleep Coach
- Certified Telehealth Provider
- HIPPA Compliance Training
- B.A., The Evergreen State College
Professional Memberships:
Association for Transpersonal Psychology & Hypnotherapy
Association for the Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms
Imagery International
International Association for the Study of Dreams, Regional Representative 2017- 2025
American Council of Hypnotist Examiners
Previous Membership:
National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists (NATH), Certified Transpersonal Hypnotherapist
For more info on how Mimi can help you:
GUIDED MEDITATION RECORDINGS
Mimi loves creating guided meditation and hypnosis recordings, which can be found for free on YouTube or, if you prefer to listen ad-free you can join The Dream Detective Patreon page. If you'd like to be able to listen offline (EMF-free) you can purchase the meditations for downloads here.
She can also create a custom hypnosis or meditation recording, just for you!