About Vanessa Rizk
Clinical hypnotherapy grounded in psychology, neurofeedback and practical behavioural change.
A Practical Approach to Lasting Change
HypnotherapistOnline was created by Vanessa Rizk, a clinical hypnotherapy practitioner with a background in psychology, neurofeedback and deep therapeutic behavioural change.
Vanessa is a graduate of Psychology Honours at the University of Sydney and a member of the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association. Her work combines both professional training and lived experience, giving her a grounded and compassionate understanding of how stress, trauma, emotional patterns, unconscious beliefs and family dynamics can shape a person’s health and behaviour.
Her approach focuses on practical, results-oriented support designed to help clients create meaningful behavioural and emotional change from the inside out.
Clinical Background & Experience
Vanessa began her clinical journey in a neurofeedback clinic, where she spent years observing the relationship between brainwave regulation, emotional processing and behavioural change.
Through this experience, she developed a strong understanding of how shifts within the nervous system can influence long-standing behavioural and emotional patterns. Over the following decade, Vanessa continued working with both neurofeedback and hypnotherapy, supporting clients through a wide range of emotional, behavioural and psychosomatic challenges.
Throughout this work, she found that hypnotherapy often allowed clients to create deeper and faster change, particularly when the root of the issue existed beneath conscious awareness.
Treatment
Philosophy
Vanessa’s work is centred around the understanding that many long-standing behaviours and emotional responses are driven by unconscious patterning rather than conscious decision-making alone.
Her approach integrates practical hypnotherapy techniques with nervous system regulation strategies to support meaningful and sustainable change.
Sessions are designed to help clients move beyond surface-level coping strategies and instead address the deeper behavioural and emotional patterns contributing to stress, habits, anxiety and self-limiting cycles.
Professional Memberships
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Psychology Honours Graduate — University of Sydney
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International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association
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Clinical background in neurofeedback and behavioural regulation
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Over 10 years supporting behavioural and emotional change
Treatment Manuals & Practitioner Resources
In addition to client sessions, Vanessa has developed structured treatment manuals and practitioner resources based on years of clinical experience.
These manuals are designed to provide practical, results-focused frameworks for behavioural and emotional change, with approaches grounded in real client presentations and therapeutic application.