Daphne Stevens, Ph.D., LCSW

08/02/2025

Physiological processes can be affected by hypnosis.
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-hypnosis/202502/hypnosis-can-help-heal-after-surgery #:~:text=Physiological%20processes%20can%20be%20affected%20by%20hypnosis.

Why the power of the mind should never be dismissed.

08/01/2025

The type of imagery that can be used for therapy with hypnosis varies depending on the age of the patient.⤵️

Can physical symptoms affect us mentally? Can psychological symptoms affect us physically?

07/30/2025

People who learn self-regulation tools can master many fears and discomforts at will.
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What are some self-help tools you can use to improve your life?

07/28/2025

Maintaining an attitude of gratitude helps achieve a positive perspective.⤵️
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-hypnosis/202506/7-tips-for-working-through-adversity #:~:text=Maintaining%20an%20attitude%20of%20gratitude%20helps%20achieve%20a%20positive%20perspective.

When we fail to achieve a goal it can be very helpful to consider what lessons might be learned because of our short-coming.

07/28/2025

Conversational hypnosis is a term popularized by the legendary hypnotist Milton Erickson. It describes the ability to introduce suggestions subtly—without formally inducing a trance.
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lifestyle-intelligence/202507/micro-trance-states-self-hypnosis-in-everyday-life #:~:text=Conversational%20hypnosis%20is%20a%20term%20popularized%20by%20the%20legendary%20hypnotist%20Milton%20Erickson.%20It%20describes%20the%20ability%20to%20introduce%20suggestions%20subtly%E2%80%94without%20formally%20inducing%20a%20trance.

We are so used to the visual images and self-talk that occupy our lives that it becomes cognitive wallpaper. Think of it as self-hypnosis. Paying attention can be very useful.

07/13/2025

E-cigarettes produce a number of dangerous chemicals, including acetaldehyde, acrolein, and formaldehyde. These aldehydes can cause lung disease, as well as cardiovascular (heart) disease.3
E-cigarettes also contain acrolein, a herbicide primarily used to kill weeds.

https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/e-cigarettes-vaping/impact-of-e-cigarettes-on-lung #:~:text=E%2Dcigarettes%20produce%20a%20number%20of%20dangerous%20chemicals,a%20herbicide%20primarily%20used%20to%20kill%20weeds.

07/13/2025

Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with E-Cigarette Use, or Va**ng. CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state and local health departments, and other clinical and public health partners are investigating a multi state outbreak of lung injury associated with e-cigarette product (devices, liquids, refill pods, and/or cartridges) use.

https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html

07/06/2025

What If Money Was Sacred? ✨💰
We’re often taught that commerce and spirituality don’t mix. That asking for money—especially as women—is somehow “unholy.” But what if making money and making meaning aren’t opposites?

In my latest reflection, I explore what I call Holy Commerce—engaging with work, exchange, and livelihood from a place of wholeness, clarity, and deep purpose. 🌿

💬 Here's the truth:
You deserve to be compensated for your gifts.
You deserve a life of alignment and abundance.
You deserve to create value—without sacrificing your soul.

Whether you’re craving meaning in your work, clarity in your business, or simply permission to want more than just survival... this is for you.

🕊 Read the full post here:
💻 daphnestevens.com/holy-commerce

📧 Ready to bring more soul into your work or calling?
Connect with me: daphne@daphnestevens.com
📞 Call or text: (478) 475-4608

07/05/2025

When You Feel Like You’ve Lost Yourself... You Haven’t. 🕊️
💬 “I love my family deeply. I do my work well. I show up for everyone else.
So why do I feel like I don’t even exist anymore?”

If that resonates... you are not broken. You are not failing. You may simply be lost in life.

You’ve spent years—decades, maybe—holding space for others and holding it all together. Somewhere along the way, you began to disappear beneath the needs, routines, and expectations.

✨ But even when you feel lost, there is still a path back to yourself.
The part of you that wants more… still lives.

Through gentle, soulful psychotherapy and life coaching, I help women reconnect with their voice, their desires, and their sacred yes.

📧 Email: daphne@daphnestevens.com
📞 Call or text: (478) 475-4608
💻 Read the full post: daphnestevens.com/lost-in-life

You don’t have to find your way alone.

07/04/2025

For the Mothers, the Daughters, and the Women In Between 💐
🌸 Mother’s Day stirs something different in each of us.

For some, it's a day of flowers, hugs, and joyful memories.
For others, it's a day that aches—a tender reminder of loss, longing, or complicated love.

Whether you’re a mother, missing your mother, estranged from your role as daughter or caregiver, or learning to mother yourself—this day is for you, too. 💛

As women, we often carry the emotional weight of generations—nurturing everyone else, while quietly pushing our own needs aside. Sometimes, we forget how to tend to our own soul.

This Mother’s Day, give yourself permission to be whole: to grieve, to celebrate, to reflect, to receive.

🕊 In my practice, I walk with women through both the sacred and the sorrowful parts of motherhood, daughterhood, and everything in between.

📧 Email: daphne@daphnestevens.com
📞 Call or text: (478) 475-4608
💻 Read more and reflect: daphnestevens.com/mothers-day

06/29/2025

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a revolutionary approach to the treatment of anxiety, stress, mood disorders, and trauma-related problems like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It is effective, powerful in its capacity to bring immediate and lasting relief, and it is generally non-invasive.
https://daphnestevens.com/therapeutic-approaches #:~:text=Eye%20Movement%20Desensitization%20and%20Reprocessing%20(EMDR)%20is,relief%2C%20and%20it%20is%20generally%20non%2Dinvasive.

06/28/2025

Thought Field Therapy is a cutting-edge treatment that alleviates symptoms of anxiety, phobias, depression, addictive cravings, and trauma by simple exercises which are easy to learn.

The “thought field” is referred to as the energy field, aura, or the subtle body. While Western medicine sees the body as the transmitter of energy, Eastern healing is based on the premise of an energy field which surrounds the body, nurturing and protecting it.
https://daphnestevens.com/therapeutic-approaches #:~:text=Thought%20Field%20Therapy,and%20protecting%20it.