Welcome, My name's Chrissy Ortner (BA.DipEdPsych)
Are you feeling overwhelmed and exhausted? We often push ourselves to breaking point, putting work or others first. This compromises our immune system and can lead to chronic tension, pain, anxiety and depression. I have trained in a range of therapies that target emotional pain, muscular tension, anxiety, depression, addictions and overwhelm. I specialise in short term treatments that reduce the symptoms of stress and pain at a physical and emotional level fast. I work with both adults and children and can help you regain a sense of purpose, inner calm and confidence.
As well as Hypnotherapy I utilise a range of evidence-based natural therapies including Counselling, EFT (tapping) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acupressure, Massage, & Reiki to personalise a program to best suit your needs. Sessions are designed to help you feel safe, supported and heard as you work towards your goals. I have a background in Educational Psychology and complementary therapies and over 25 years experience working in support roles in schools, mental health services, aged care, disability and homelessness services. For your peace of mind I am a member of the Australian Association of Clinical Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists and an online practitioner with EFT Universe and receive ongoing clinical supervision and professional development. Rebates for some private health insurers available.
Free Resources
I am also a leading teacher on the free meditation app Insight Timer . With over 3 million plays, these proven hypnotic sleep audios for children and adults reduce stress and anxiety, build resilience and aid sleep. Click on the links below to access them and listen online or through the app when you're ready to fall asleep.
* Caution: Do not listen to these hypnosis audios whilst driving or operating machinery.
Hypnotherapy and EFT (an acupressure technique) are evidence based treatments that reduce stress markers, boost immunity, reduce pain and create lasting change. Hypnosis feels deeply relaxing and can empower you to feel back in control of your emotions, your habits and your life.
Whether you're feeling stressed, depressed, or ready for change, sessions are tailored to meet your specific needs and include instruction in self hypnosis techniques to help you feel confident, relaxed and focused.
Scroll down to learn what happens in a session and read reviews.
We all enter trance states many times a day, when we access memories, day dream or imagine. It is in this state that we do most of our learning as children. Hypnosis is a process that actively leads us into a focused state of trance and taps into elements of REM sleep where your imagination is engaged and your attention is focused inward. We also enter trance states when worrying about the past or the future and our bodies respond as if it is happening now with a noticeable stress response. Negative self talk occurs in light trance states and is a form of negative self hypnosis.
Hypnotherapy uses these natural trance states to embed positive suggestions for change that the imagination can envision and expand on through the senses. Using guided relaxation techniques and hypnotic language, Hypnotherapy feels profoundly relaxing and empowering. Hypnotherapy is not sleep. You remain awake, aware, yet deeply relaxed ,however, unlike stage hypnosis which focusses on entertaining an audience, hypnotherapy helps you align your subconscious thoughts and behaviours to achieve a state of wellbeing. When combined with modern psychology, hypnosis can help you regain control of your emotions, your habits and your life. Whether you're feeling stressed, depressed, or ready for change, sessions are tailored to meet your specific needs and include instruction in self hypnosis techniques to help you feel confident, relaxed and in control.
As trance is a natural state, most people are able to respond well to hypnotherapy. Worried you'll find it hard to relax? I teach self hypnosis techniques in the session as well as an Acupressure Technique (EFT) that combats anxiety symptoms quickly and effectively so relaxing in the session becomes easy. These self-help techniques are very helpful for people with ADD and ADHD. For those people who find it hard to relax with their eyes closed, positive change is still possible and I will teach you acupressure techniques to reset limiting beliefs, emotions and memories.
Anxiety, Depression, Auto Immune Symptoms, Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Pain, Traumatic Memories, Post Traumatic Stress, Irritable Bowel, Insomnia, Phobias, OCD, Hyper Vigilance, Insomnia, Low Self Esteem, Cancer Treatment side effects and many more conditions. Hypnotherapy can help you to be more confident, motivated and resilent, enhance pain control and immune response and let go of negative beliefs and behaviours.
Quit Smoking and Weight Loss specialised programs available. Click on the links to learn more.
Hypnotherapy sessions can be booked once you've had a free discovery call to discuss your needs and determine if hypnotherapy will best suit you. With both Online and Clinic Sessions, we will discuss what has limited you in the past and what goals you would like to work on. Creating a space where you feel comfortable, safe and heard is important to me. In the first session I will teach you some tools for deep relaxation and self hypnosis and you will experience your first hypnosis session. Follow up sessions focus on your unique goals eg symptom reduction, deactivating triggers and past events, controlling cravings, boosting self esteem etc
Hypnotherapy and EFT (an acupressure technique) are evidence-based treatments that reduce stress markers, boost immunity, reduce pain and create positive lasting changes to your mindset and behaviour. Hypnotherapy is clinically effective for treating anxiety, post traumatic stress, reducing chronic pain, treating addictions and supporting long term weight loss. A 2006 study that when hypnotized people were asked to imagine pleasant memories, their brains responded as if the experiences were real. The parts of the brain involved in movement and sensation became more active (Faymonville, Boly, & Laureys, 2006). Hypnosis and EFT have both been shown When hypnotherapy is combined with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) the average client benefited more than 70% of clients just receiving hypnotherapy for a range of issues that included acute distress, obesity, insomnia and hypertension. (Kirsch, Mondgomery & Sapirstein, 1995) Hypnotherapy has also been shown to be more effective than CBT for supporting people with ADHD, supporting emotional regulation and reducing anxiety. (Hltunen, Virta and Salakari, 2014.)
Yes! It will feel a little different but the results are just as effective.
Hypnosis works online because the changes happen in your mind, not in the office- you'll have your eyes closed for most of the session!
The advantages are that you can relax and be more receptive in your own space and we can begin the change work in the setting that is most relevant to your problem. Save time and money by booking an online session today.
All you need is a reliable internet connection, a private comfortable space and a headset with microphone and headphones. You can access your session easily via a link to a secure portal. There is no software to download or login needed.
Hypnosis is effective online
* The changes happen in your mind, not in the office- you'll have
your eyes closed for most of the session!
* You can relax and be more receptive in your own space
* We can begin the change work in the setting that is most relevant to your problem.
* Clinic sessions feel different but the results are just as effective.
All you need is a private space to relax in, a good internet connection and a headset with microphone.
"Chrissy is so good at what she does. I have had 3 treatments with her to help deal with some of the effects of cancer treatment and other emotional issues and these have been enormously helpful. She has also given me techniques that I can use to help myself at any time. I highly recommend her services to anyone." - Catherine Seal, (Online Hypnotherapy and EFT sessions)
"In seeing Chrissy today I have come away feeling hopeful for the future of my health and wellbeing. She has such a gentle and calming manner that makes you totally at ease with the therapies and techniques she uses to help move you out of stuck to free flowing. I love that she explains the connections throughout the mind and body, and the science behind her approach. Thank you so much for being so open, understanding and supportive and for not making me feel like I'm just another spoke in the wheel or that my health concerns are not important. Highly recommended." - Lisa Currie
"I have to say I am stunned at how calm my body has been feeling since I saw you and started listening to your meditations. My central nervous system has been going crazy since I was little and I feel my cancer resulted because I was stuck there and despite trying so hard every day, nothing relieved me. I have spent 10 long years trying to get help for myself....and I honestly had given up hope of ever feeling better- but last week it just flew away. I feel so much peace and excitement for the future.. " - LR, Croydon
"It's been several months since my successful stop smoking hypnotherapy with Chrissy Ortner and I couldn't be happier. I am so confident moving forward that I am now embarking on the Virtual Gastric Band hypnosis program. Thank you." -Victoria, Montrose
"Chrissy is so lovely and kind, She went above and beyond to help me and sent me off feeling calm and in empowered. I cannot thank her enough for tools she has given me to further help myself! And all I went in for was a massage! Thank you from the bottom of my heart - Melissa Frances
“I already feel like a new person, very excited about the future and have been given many helpful strategies to deal with issues as they arise. I was able to get in touch with the many reasons I continued to be dependant on cigarettes and see clearly why depression was continuing to dominate my life. I see a bright light at the end of a long dark tunnel! I would definitely recommend you to my friends! I felt very relaxed and safe to express my deepest fears/pains without fear of judgement.” - Penny, Healesville.
"The gift you gave me today and last week has been the biggest blessing. I feel freedom to make different choices. Your wisdom and compassion is so powerful and both times you have filled me with awareness and hope not hopelessness to manage the pain and cancer treatments. Thank you for supporting my whole family. It was a big afternoon but I know it was worth it." - Lisa, Oakleigh
"Never having experienced Reiki before I was unsure as to what to expect but I was feeling so tired and overwhelmed emotionally that I was keen to give it a go . Chrissy was so informative and helped me learn the EFT technique which was really weird but incredibly worked and loosened the knot in my neck . The Reiki was deeply relaxing and yet my once tired eyes actually felt awake for the first time in weeks . One day later and I'm feeling positive and happy , I've continued with the EFT and am excited to download the self Reiki and meditation mp3s. I'm so happy that I opened my mind to this therapy . Thank you”- Helen, Lilydale
I contacted Chrissy at Chrysalis Wellbeing after my suffering with chronic Complex Regional Pain Sydrome (CRPS) for almost twenty years, had became unbearable in recent months.
With prescribed medication no longer working as well as it once had, and no other medications doctors prescribing working either, I was spiralling into pain despair.
Chrissy was helpful and honest on the phone in not promising any results, but hopeful, and found a time to book me in for an appointment quickly.
She was extremely professional, educational and very generous with her time. I arrived with my pain at about a 7 in intensity and left with no pain at all! And a free tool kit of practical skills to use at home to help keep the pain away or reduce it again if it returns. I highly recommend Chrissy.
-Dave (regional Victoria)
“Thank you so much Chrissy! I’ve benefited from this so much. I’m feeling calm and confident. I can’t wait for the next session.” -Chelsea, Lilydale
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) Monash University
Graduate Diploma Educational Psychology, Monash.
Cert1V Clinical Hypnotherapy
EFT Professional Practitioner
NLP Practitioner
Reiki Master/Teacher
Diploma of Adolescent Counselling
Diploma of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Diploma of Mindfulness for Teenagers and Schools
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