Traci Blank is a medical support clinical hypnotherapist committed to helping people be their best selves. She started her career in social work, working for the state of NJ, helping children with mental and behavioral health issues. As with many people in social work, Traci overworked herself and ended up in the hospital with vision loss and loss of sensation on one side of her body. Initially, the doctors thought these symptoms reflected a diagnosis of MS. Eventually, after going out to the Mayo Clinic, they concluded this was physical manifestations of anxiety. After working with psychologists and medication, Traci sought the help of a hypnotherapist. After her first session, the physical symptoms began to subside and by the 5th session she was off all anxiety medication and has not had a panic attach since. She decided hypnotherapy was the path for her to help others.
Traci trained one-on-one with a hypnotherapist in NYC to receive her certification as a Certified Hypnotherapist (CHt) through the National Guild of Hypnotists. Then, deciding she wanted to be among the top of her field, she trained at the Hypnotherapy Academy of America in Albuquerque, NM. This licensed hypnotherapy school is recognized worldwide as one of the most comprehensive training programs offered in hypnosis. The hypnosis techniques taught there, are used in clinical studies through the National Institute of Health and by hypnotists in hospitals around the world. Upon graduation, Traci received certification as a Certified Medical Support Clinical Hypnotherapist (CMS-CHt). In addition, Traci trained at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) and is certified as a Certified Professional Coach (CPC).
Upon completing her training, Traci worked for over a year as a hypnotherapist for the Chambers Center for Wellbeing at Morristown Hospital in Morristown, NJ. This experience, enabled her to work with a variety of clients in the hospital setting in an adjunctive role with their health care team. Since that time, Traci has had her own practice in Somerville, NJ where she specialized in helping clients with anxiety and medical support goals using a blend of suggestion therapy and analytical hypnotherapy. In addition to working with clients, Traci runs workshops and gives talks throughout the community, including: year talks in the schools teaching students how to manage stress and anxiety using the power of the mind, as the keynote speaker for the women’s nonprofit leadership conference of NJ, lunch and learns to local businesses, and more.
Traci is very active in the community, having participated in Leadership Somerset and volunteering with Youth Leadership Somerset. She is also an ambassador for the Somerset County Business Partnership where she loves meeting new members and helping them become acquainted with the SCBP. Traci continues to volunteer for her alma mater, Dickinson College doing prospective student interviews, representing at college fairs, and planning events for current students and alumni of her sorority, Delta Nu. She is also active on her temple council as the Secretary of the Chai Center for Jewish Life.
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