How does Rapid Transformational Therapy work?
RTT works by accessing the subconscious mind in a relaxed, focused state and tracing the root cause of a present-day pattern back to the experiences and beliefs that originally formed it. Rather than just managing symptoms, the goal is to update the underlying programming — the beliefs and emotional conclusions that have been quietly running the show.
In a standard RTT session, the practitioner uses hypnosis to access several scenes from the client's past that are connected to whatever they're working on. They process what surfaces, reframe the meaning the subconscious has been holding, and install new beliefs in their place — supported by a custom hypnosis recording the client listens to during the integration period that follows to reinforce the change at the neural level.
How is RTT different from traditional hypnotherapy?
Traditional hypnotherapy often uses suggestion alone — relaxing the conscious mind and offering new ideas or behaviors to the subconscious. That can work, but it doesn't always reach what's actually driving the pattern.
RTT goes deeper. It combines hypnosis with regression to root-cause memories, dialogue-based exploration of the beliefs that formed there, and active rewiring through new subconscious associations. The result tends to be faster, more lasting change — which is why many clients describe shifts after a single RTT session that hadn't moved in years of talk therapy.
RTT vs talk therapy: what's actually different?
Talk therapy operates at the level of the conscious mind — building self-awareness, processing what's happening, developing coping strategies. It's invaluable for many situations.
RTT operates at the level of the subconscious — where the patterns, beliefs, and emotional imprints actually live. You can know intellectually that you're safe, lovable, or capable, and still have a body and nervous system that haven't gotten the memo. That's the gap RTT is built to close.
What does an RTT session actually feel like?
A standard RTT session runs 90 minutes to 2 hours, including the intake conversation at the beginning. Most clients describe them as the most relaxed they've ever felt. You remain fully aware throughout — RTT is not about losing consciousness or being "controlled." It's a state of focused, receptive awareness where the subconscious can speak.
You and the practitioner are in continuous conversation. The practitioner guides; your subconscious leads. You work through scenes and patterns together, and the practitioner records a personalized hypnosis audio for you to listen to during the integration period that follows — the window when new neural pathways are forming and the change is actually solidifying in your body.
How is your approach different from a standard RTT session?
RTT is a powerful method on its own — and over years of practice, I've built on it. What I've found is that the work clients are often ready to do exceeds what a single 90-minute container can hold, and that the audios and integration window deserve more care than the standard model gives them. My sessions reflect that.
Two sessions, not one. I split the strategy session (an expanded intake built on RTT's foundation) from the hypnotherapy session itself, so the actual subconscious work has the full 2 to 3 hours it usually needs. In standard RTT, the hypnotherapy itself gets about 75 to 90 minutes once intake is subtracted from the session — and a lot can't fit into that window.
Depth beyond the standard scene count. Standard RTT works with three scenes. RTT is a strong foundation, and like every training it has limits. Complex trauma is layered. Sometimes resistance shows up that needs a different door in. Sometimes what looks like a "difficult client" is just a client whose system needs a different approach. Sometimes something metaphysical emerges that RTT wasn't built to address. Every additional certification I've earned came from one of those moments — trauma resolution, somatic work, IFS-informed parts work, regression beyond a single lifetime. What I do now is the result of meeting what's actually in the room, not what fits a curriculum.
A custom audio, delivered within 48 hours. In standard RTT, the audio gets recorded in the last few minutes of the session itself. I never liked doing it that way — there's no time to think it through, and the audio is what carries the change through the integration period that follows. So I record mine afterward, with my notes in front of me and the session still fresh, so what I'm saying actually speaks to what came up for you specifically. I treat the audio as its own piece of work, not a summary tacked onto the end of a session.
A 30-day integration period, with me in it. A lot of the people I work with come in with a history of complex or developmental trauma. What I've learned is that the hardest part often isn't the session itself — it's what happens in the weeks after, when you go back into your actual life, where all the old patterns live. Changes get tested. Triggers come up. Sometimes a new layer of emotion surfaces, or even a new scene the subconscious wasn't ready to show. Sometimes there's huge progress in one area and surprising resistance in another.
So I stay in. Sometimes that looks like a little accountability. Sometimes it's coaching through a hard moment with a partner or a parent. Sometimes it's helping you process something from the session that didn't fully land until a week later. And sometimes it means another hypnotherapy session — usually an hour to ninety minutes — to close a loose end or amplify what's working.
I've found this kind of ongoing support is what makes the work actually stick. The subconscious is complicated and layered. You shouldn't have to navigate the integration period without backup — for me, including it isn't a program feature. It's just the right thing to do.
Is Rapid Transformational Therapy evidence-based?
RTT was developed by Marisa Peer and is accredited by multiple professional bodies including the International Association of Counselors and Therapists (IACT), International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT), International Hypnosis Federation (IHF), and the American Board of Hypnotherapy (ABH).
The underlying mechanisms — clinical hypnosis, regression, subconscious reprogramming, neuroplasticity — are supported by decades of neuroscience and psychological research. The depth and speed of change clients experience in RTT consistently exceed what conventional approaches alone can produce — which is why I built my 30-day Rapid Healing Immersion around it.
What can Rapid Transformational Therapy help with?
RTT is used effectively for a wide range of subconscious-driven issues, including anxiety and chronic worry, low self-worth and imposter feelings, relationship and attachment patterns, fears and phobias, money blocks, perfectionism and people-pleasing, weight and body image issues, sleep difficulties, performance anxiety, and the lingering effects of unresolved trauma.
Essentially: anywhere a pattern is being run by the subconscious that the conscious mind has been unable to override on its own. For a closer comparison with EMDR, read the deep dive here.
