Hayley Hoffman Psychotherapy

04/12/2026

May 12, 2026
12-3:15
In person
At River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Bethesda, MD

12/16/2025

The response has been amazing—we love that so many professionals have already joined our notification list to make sure they don’t miss Hedy’s new program in early 2026.

Have you signed up yet to hear more about the launch?

This is your chance to see EcT® in its truest and most up-to-date form. It's real, raw, and deeply transformative. It's Hedy doing what Hedy is meant to do—guide with heart, passion, and deep connection.

What you'll be able to take from the program and use with your couples is truly next-level.

🔔 Join the notification list today so we can keep you in the loop: https://mailchi.mp/encountercentered.com/letmeknow

12/15/2025

Hope is a muscle!!

05/01/2025

(7th Jun, 2025 - 8th Jun, 2025) “What will happen as you make progress is that the energy that is now bound up in your defenses and adaptations, that you expend to protect yourself from hurt, will start to be available to go back into the universe, into energetic currents of the world, into Eros, ...

11/22/2024

The best 18 min of your day! Celebrate what is right with you, the world, and others!

Are you discouraged by what's happening in the world today? Then watch this. In minutes, you'll rediscover the wonders and possibilities that surround us everyday just waiting to be noticed and celebrated. Find out for yourself why former National Geographic photographer Dewitt Jones is considered b...

10/29/2024

The next SSP group is running Nov 5- Jan 7
Tues from 8-9:30 am ET (8 sessions over 10 weeks)
If you are interested let me know.
I offer a discount for therapists.

An immersion in auditory listening to regulate your nervous system
“Only when we are in a calm physiological state can we convey cues of safety to another.”
― Stephen W. Porges, The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe

The Safe and Sound Protocol (for Adults) is a practical application of Polyvagal Theory, designed to reduce sound sensitivities and improve auditory processing, behavioral state regulation, and social engagement behaviors. The SSP is delivered through specially-filter music that tones the middle ear muscle and activates the cranial nerves, thereby “waking up” your vagus nerve. This group is not a certifying group. It is a practical application experience.

This may be a good fit for you if:

you experience ongoing or situational anxiety or depression
you have a history of trauma
you long for regulating tools
you have a history of auditory complaints
you want to send and receive accurate social cues

If you have clients interested, please share this link with them:

Anxiety, depression, and trauma can be managed and healed using the Safe and Sound Protocol.

10/21/2024

Tend you relationship today! Register for our weekend in person immersion workshop this Fri 6:30-9pm and Sat/Sun 9am-6pm. There's no time like today!

Getting the Love You Want™ workshops help couples transform their relationship.

10/14/2024

https://imagocenterdc.com/about/polyvagal-informed-imago-therapy

09/25/2024

Getting the Love You Want™ workshops help couples transform their relationship.

09/04/2024

Relationships are hard work, and the idea that you can be in a miraculous relationship needs explaining. What is a miraculous relationship? It's one where both partners grow spiritually, increasing in love, personal evolution and shared experience of the soul.

Three major obstacles keep this from happening, and you can watch them operating in your own relationship if you look closely, with open eyes and honest intent: control (the need for one person to coerce the other into doing things "My way"), competition (the need to turn every situation into win or lose) and lack of communication (the refusal to share how you feel and to hear how your partner feels). Deepak Chopra

If you are longing to know yourself in relationship to an intimate partner, Getting the Love You Find is an excellent immersion in uncovering, unraveling, repairing and revisioning how you want to relate to a partner.

One of the most exciting relationships you will ever have is with yourself.

09/03/2024

The SSP is a selection of music edited to remove specific frequencies on an increasing scale. Listening to the music has the effect of toning the cranial nerve endings in the polyvagal nerve cluster.

Through the pandemic, we discovered:
it is effectively delivered as a remote intervention
people experiencing anxiety and depression are more regulated
past traumas can be explored with a greater sense of safety
In the group I offer clients can expect:
weekly meetings for 90 min
sessions are recorded for use by the participants only
psychoeducation
dyadic dialogues
practical exercises
pre and post assessments
access to the SSP app for 12 months
and more!
If you or a client you know might be a good candidate, please share!

A non-invasive listening therapy for your unique journey to better nervous system regulation.

08/13/2024

What a wonderful chance to talk about my passion: Polyvagal Informed Imago Relationship Therapy!

‎Show The Couples Therapist Couch, Ep 218: Imago and Polyvagal Therapy with Hayley Hoffman - Aug 5, 2024