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Meet Celeste Hackett
Double Board Certified Hypnotist | Family First Hypnosis
Professional Credentials
Celeste Hackett is a Double Board Certified Hypnotist, holding board certifications through two professional organizations:
- National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH)
- International Association of Hypnosis Professionals (IAHP)
Extensive Professional Experience
With more than 20 years of professional experience, Celeste has worked with clients seeking assistance with a wide range of behavioral, emotional, and subconscious challenges.
Her experience includes working with individuals who wish to explore how emotional responses, stress, and learned patterns may influence their experience of physical discomfort, following appropriate medical evaluation.
Her approach focuses on helping clients recognize and update subconscious patterns that may influence their emotional responses, habits, and everyday well-being.
Professional Education and Teaching
Celeste is a former owner and operator of a Texas state-licensed hypnosis school.
She also teaches advanced hypnosis techniques to certified hypnotists throughout the United States and internationally, with professionals from around the world participating in her training both virtually and in person.
Professional Recognition
In 2019, Celeste received a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her contributions to the hypnosis profession.
Family First Hypnosis
Through Family First Hypnosis in Plano, Texas, Celeste works with individuals seeking meaningful changes in habits, emotional responses, and subconscious patterns.
Her services may complement medical and mental health care when appropriate, while remaining within the professional scope of hypnosis services.
Who May Benefit from a Referral?
Family First Hypnosis specializes in helping individuals address persistent emotional, behavioral, and subconscious patterns that may be contributing to difficulties in their everyday lives.
With more than 20 years of experience, Celeste Hackett has developed particular expertise in working with individuals who continue to experience unwanted patterns despite previous efforts to make changes.
Areas of specialization include:
- Anxiety-related concerns, fears, and phobias — complementary support with appropriate mental health professional involvement
- Smoking, vaping, and unwanted habits
- Emotional eating and weight management
- Stress-related physical discomfort — following appropriate medical evaluation
- Sleep difficulties
- Confidence, self-esteem, and performance concerns
- Persistent emotional and behavioral patterns
- Physical discomfort or symptoms for which medical evaluations have not identified a clear cause — with appropriate medical oversight and clearance
Celeste has extensive experience helping individuals explore how emotional responses, stress, and learned subconscious patterns may influence their experience of physical discomfort.
Hypnosis is offered as a complementary approach and does not replace medical evaluation, diagnosis, psychotherapy, or mental health treatment. Appropriate professional involvement may be necessary depending on the client’s circumstances.
Our Approach to Hypnosis
Exploring Subconscious Patterns and Emotional Responses
At Family First Hypnosis, our approach extends beyond traditional relaxation techniques and direct hypnotic suggestions.
Many individuals develop a clear intellectual understanding of their emotional difficulties through counseling, psychotherapy, or personal reflection, yet may continue experiencing unwanted automatic emotional reactions or behavioral patterns.
Celeste uses advanced hypnosis techniques to help clients explore subconscious associations, learned emotional responses, and longstanding patterns that may be contributing to these experiences.
The emphasis is on helping individuals develop new perspectives and responses to situations that have previously triggered unwanted reactions, while respecting the role of licensed mental health professionals in assessment and treatment.
Advanced Hypnosis Techniques
Celeste utilizes advanced hypnosis methods, including 5-PATH® (Five-Phase Advanced Transformational Hypnosis), hypnotic age regression, and techniques focused on emotional associations and learned responses.
These approaches provide opportunities for clients to explore their subjective experiences, earlier emotional associations, and patterns that may continue to influence their present-day feelings and behaviors.
During hypnotic age regression, clients may revisit remembered experiences or the impressions and emotions associated with them. The purpose is to explore personal meaning and emotional responses rather than establish historical facts.
Important clarification: Hypnosis and age regression are not considered reliable methods for recovering or verifying historically accurate memories. These techniques are not used to establish whether past events occurred.
Instead, the emphasis is on helping individuals reconsider emotional associations, develop new perspectives, and practice healthier responses in the present.
Addressing Automatic Emotional Responses
A client may consciously recognize that a particular fear, belief, or emotional reaction is no longer appropriate to their present circumstances, yet still experience that response automatically.
Such reactions may involve longstanding learned associations that are difficult to change through conscious reasoning alone.
Celeste’s approach provides an opportunity to explore these patterns and develop alternative responses, with the goal of reducing the influence of unwanted emotional triggers in everyday situations.
The objective is to support meaningful personal change that clients can incorporate into their daily lives.
Complementing Established Psychotherapeutic Approaches
Hypnosis may offer an additional avenue for personal exploration and behavioral change for individuals who are also participating in established therapeutic approaches, including:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Mindfulness-based approaches
- Somatic and body-oriented therapies
- Psychodynamic and insight-oriented psychotherapy
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) and parts-oriented approaches
Each of these therapies offers valuable methods and clinical applications within the scope of licensed mental health care.
Hypnosis is not intended to replace these approaches. Instead, complementary hypnosis services may provide additional opportunities for individuals to explore automatic responses, emotional associations, and unwanted habits.
The appropriateness of hypnosis is considered individually, with attention to the client’s needs, existing care, and professional recommendations.
Respecting the Therapeutic Relationship
Family First Hypnosis recognizes the essential role licensed mental health professionals play in assessing, diagnosing, and treating psychological conditions.
Celeste works within her professional scope as a hypnotist and does not provide psychiatric diagnoses or psychotherapy.
When clients are receiving mental health treatment, hypnosis may be considered as a complementary service when appropriate. Collaboration with the treating professional may occur with the client’s written authorization.
Our goal is to respect the existing therapeutic relationship while supporting the client’s overall well-being.
Clinical Research Supporting Hypnosis in Mental Health
Clinical hypnosis has been investigated in research involving anxiety, emotional distress, sleep difficulties, and other psychological and physical concerns.
Some findings suggest hypnosis may be helpful as an adjunct to established interventions in selected circumstances. However, outcomes vary, and the quality and strength of evidence differ across applications.
The following studies examine hypnosis in clinical and research settings. Their findings do not establish the effectiveness of any particular practitioner, technique, or individual service.
Selected Research & Clinical Resources
1. The Efficacy of Hypnosis as a Treatment for Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis (2019)
This meta-analysis examined 17 trials and reported reductions in anxiety symptoms among participants receiving hypnosis. The analysis also found stronger effects in studies combining hypnosis with other psychological interventions than in those using hypnosis alone.
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2. Meta-Analytic Evidence on the Efficacy of Hypnosis for Mental and Somatic Health Issues (2024)
This comprehensive review examined 49 meta-analyses and 261 distinct primary studies evaluating hypnosis across a range of physical and psychological concerns.
The findings suggest that hypnosis may have beneficial effects in selected applications, although evidence quality and effect sizes vary.
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3. Systematic Review of Hypnotherapy for Sleep and Sleep Disturbance (2023)
This systematic review examined 44 studies investigating hypnosis for sleep-related concerns.
The findings were mixed. Approximately 48% of studies reported positive findings, 23% reported mixed findings, and 30% reported no benefit.
These results indicate potential benefits in some circumstances while highlighting the need for additional high-quality research.
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4. National Institutes of Health — Hypnosis
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health provides information about research involving hypnosis, including its potential applications and limitations.
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Our Commitment to Collaborative Care
Family First Hypnosis welcomes appropriate referrals from licensed psychologists, therapists, counselors, and other mental health professionals.
Celeste respects the important role of licensed professionals in evaluating, diagnosing, and treating mental health conditions. Her hypnosis services are intended to complement, rather than replace, established mental health care.
When appropriate, Celeste may coordinate with a client’s treating professional, with the client’s written authorization. Referrals are considered individually to determine whether the requested services are appropriate and within her scope of practice.
Our goal is to provide a professional, respectful, and collaborative experience that supports the client’s overall well-being.
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Refer a Client
Family First Hypnosis welcomes inquiries and appropriate referrals from licensed psychologists, therapists, counselors, and other mental health professionals.
Professionals interested in referring a client are encouraged to contact Celeste Hackett to discuss whether complementary hypnosis services may be appropriate.
Please do not include confidential client information in an initial email. Any exchange of confidential information should take place only with appropriate written authorization and through a secure communication method.
Contact Celeste Hackett
Phone: 972-673-0110
Email: celestehackett@gmail.com
Office: 1008 Lexington Dr., Plano, TX 75075
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Important Information
Hypnosis is offered as a complementary approach and does not replace medical evaluation, diagnosis, psychotherapy, or mental health treatment.
Family First Hypnosis does not diagnose or treat medical or psychiatric conditions. Clients with diagnosed mental health conditions or medically unexplained physical symptoms may require appropriate professional evaluation, clearance, and coordination before hypnosis services are provided.
Hypnosis results vary from person to person. No individual result should be considered typical or guaranteed.