Olya Rich, LCPC
Practice founder. Hypnotherapy-trained alongside her clinical training in IFS, DBT, CBT, ACT, and mindfulness-based approaches.
Specialties · Clinical Hypnotherapy
Clinical Hypnotherapy
A focused, deeply relaxed state where your subconscious mind becomes more accessible to the work.
In-person in Rockville and Silver Spring, or by telehealth across Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, Louisiana, and Washington State.
What brought you here
A layer the conscious mind has not settled.
People often arrive here after they have already done the cognitive work, and found a layer it has not been able to reach.
Eli.
Eli has been an insomniac since his thirties. He has tried CBT-I, the apps, the supplements, the sleep clinic. Each one helped for a stretch. Each one stopped helping. The hour around three a.m. is the one he wants back. He has done enough cognitive work to know it is not a thinking problem.
Renata.
Renata has tried to quit smoking eleven times. She knows why she smokes. She has done the analysis. The cigarette is in her hand at seven p.m. anyway. She came here for a layer of work the conscious mind has not been able to settle.
What it is
A state your brain already finds
You have already been in this state. Driving a familiar route and arriving with no memory of the drive. Lost in a book for an hour that felt like ten minutes. The soft drifting moment before sleep. A piece of music that pulled you somewhere wordless.
Your brain finds this state naturally. Clinical hypnotherapy uses it on purpose, with intention, alongside a trained therapist.
You are awake. Eyes can be closed or open. Breathing slows. Attention narrows.
You are alert. You hear the therapist’s voice. You hear the room. You can speak, ask questions, shift position.
You are in control. You choose what to engage with. You can come out of the state at any moment, on your own.
You remember. Most of what happens in session stays with you. Occasional details soften the way a vivid dream softens by mid-morning, which is part of how the work integrates.
The first appointment is mostly conversation. History, goals, what you have already tried. The hypnotherapy work begins at the pace your nervous system sets.
Where they are now
Imperfect. And different in shape.
Eli slept past four most nights last week. Imperfect, and the most sleep he has gotten in two years. Renata is on her twelfth attempt to quit, a different shape this time. The cravings are still there. The hand reaching for the cigarette is not on autopilot anymore.
Outcomes vary by person and case. The work is the layer underneath, where the conscious mind keeps losing the thread.
Common questions
What people ask first
Will I lose control?
No. You remain in charge of what you say, what you engage with, and when the session ends.
Will I do something embarrassing?
No. That is stage performance, a different thing entirely, designed for entertainment with willing volunteers.
Will I remember what happened?
Yes, mostly. Occasional details soften like dream-fragments, which is normal and part of integration.
Will it work for me?
Most people can access this state to some degree. Your first sessions include assessing your own depth of access, and the work calibrates from there.
How is this different from meditation?
Meditation cultivates observer awareness. Hypnotherapy uses a focused state to work directly with subconscious material, with a clinician guiding the process.
What people use this for
Where the conscious mind keeps losing the thread
Sleep difficulty that talk therapy has not fully reached. Chronic anxiety with a strong body-level component. Smoking cessation. Weight and eating pattern goals. Pain with a chronic, recursive quality. Phobias and specific fears. Performance work, including public speaking and creative blocks. Pattern interruption where the conscious mind keeps losing the thread.
Outcomes vary by person and case.
Who you’d work with
Hypnotherapy here is grounded in a wider clinical relationship.
Olesia, Diana & Olya
Trained in clinical hypnotherapy and integrating it into their practice. Each brings their own clinical foundation, so the hypnotherapy work is grounded in a wider therapeutic relationship.
We will match you to the clinician whose orientation, training, and style fit the work you’re actually here to do.
The threshold
Come work with us
In-person in Rockville and Silver Spring. Telehealth across Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, Louisiana, and Washington State.
Reach out when you're ready. Not before. Not after. When you are.
We'll be here.
- (301) 944-9065
- info@enrichmentwellness.com
- Rockville & Silver Spring, MD
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