About us
Katina Gleeson
Principal Therapist
Brisbane Hypnosis Clinic
About Katina
Brisbane Hypnosis Clinic
Katina Gleeson
Principal Therapist
Brisbane Hypnosis Clinic
Katina Gleeson is passionate about helping people achieve their best personally and professionally. A qualified Senior Clinical Hypnotherapist Katina is also a Mental Care Accredited Social Worker, Educator and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) practitioner with more than twenty years of experience. As a professional hypnotherapist in Brisbane, she is dedicated to supporting clients through transformative therapy that promotes lasting change. When she is not providing therapy, Katina is teaching and is a professional supervisor for both Social Workers and Hypnotherapists.
Katina’s unique, holistic approach to therapy creates a therapeutic environment that is empathic, non-judgemental and person-focused. She is committed to the principles of the strengths-based approach, which values respect, collaboration, inclusion, transparency and sharing. Through not only her experience as a professional hypnotherapist but also her collective experiences, Katina came to the realisation that all long-lasting change happens at the unconscious level – and with this realisation began her conscious fascination with the unconscious.
Katina is a member of the Guild of Australian Hypnotherapists (GoAH) and registered with the HCA National Register of Accredited Hypnotherapists.
Professional Supervision for Social Workers & Hypnotherapists
Professional Supervision
Katina is a qualified professional supervisor for social workers and hypnotherapists. Professional supervision is an ongoing activity required of social workers and hypnotherapists by their professional associations for continued membership.
Professional supervision offers many benefits including: developing skills and knowledge, supporting ethical practice, promoting professional growth, and the provision of a safe space for reflection and support, all of which result in improved client outcomes and well-being.
In person and online appointments available.
What is Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis is not a new phenomenon, the trance state is recorded throughout human history in different variants and hypnosis, or trance is a  very natural state and a completely normal human ability we all experience and enjoy at different times. Scottish physician and surgeon James Braid first began to use the word ‘hypnosis’, derived from the greek word for sleep in the 1840’s. Braid is regarded by many as the father of modern medical hypnosis and much of practice of modern clinical hypnotherapy has developed from this early work.
Hypnosis or hypnotherapy, what’s the difference?
Many people confuse hypnosis and hypnotherapy, often using the terms interchangeably. In reality, hypnosis is a natural trance-like state we all experience daily—such as when falling asleep—where the conscious mind quiets and the subconscious becomes more open.
Hypnotherapy is the intentional use of this trance state to achieve specific therapeutic goals. Through guided suggestion, it helps access the subconscious to influence thoughts, behaviours, and emotional responses.
It’s commonly used to break unwanted habits, reduce stress and anxiety, and support treatment for medical, psychological, and emotional issues like pain, trauma, and functional disorders.
Hypnotherapy is a client-centred, solution-focused approach to therapy
At Brisbane Hypnosis Clinic, we use client-centred, solution-focused hypnotherapy based on Milton Erickson’s techniques, combined with direct suggestion. Erickson revolutionised hypnotherapy by using indirect suggestions—often through stories or metaphors—that allow the subconscious to interpret and respond in a personal, self-directed way.
This empowering approach positions the client, not the therapist, at the centre of change. Unlike older, more authoritative methods, client-centred hypnotherapy respects individual autonomy. A professional hypnotherapist acts as a facilitator, helping you access your own subconscious resources and guiding change through tailored suggestion—often with more lasting results than direct commands.
Solution-focused hypnotherapy
Solution-focused brief therapy promotes rapid change by focusing on what you want to achieve, rather than dwelling on the past. It draws on your subconscious strengths to create lasting change. Based on the work of Milton Erickson, solution-focused hypnotherapy combines practical, modern approaches including hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, NLP, and direct suggestion.
Communication is a fundamental consideration for wellness practitioners in supporting clients on their journey to achieving life-enhancing changes. If you have tried to help someone change their thinking or behaviour, you have quickly discovered that simply telling them what to do most often doesn’t work, and leaves you both feeling frustrated and confused.
This book explores a range of ideas and approaches aimed at alleviating this frustration and confusion. Ideas about different counselling theories and communication skills, concepts from neuroscience, the factors that support change, the importance of understanding ourselves in order to build stronger therapeutic relationships. The theme at the heart of all these ideas is the central role of good communication in supporting positive change.
