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Heal Your Childhood Wounds
Overcome Childhood Issues
Most people think childhood issues only matter if something extreme happened.
But a lot of adults are still living with "little-t" trauma and don’t even realize it, because from an adult perspective, it can look minor. To a child experiencing it? It feels like a big deal.
The challenge for many people is that when something happens early (before you have context, language, or power), your mind learns rules that can follow you into adulthood.
We have found that most negative imprints which still affect people today happened when they were young.
When the Past Is Still Running the Present
Childhood issues don’t always feel like “childhood issues.” They show up as the things you’re dealing with now:
- Overthinking you can’t turn off
- Relationship patterns you keep repeating
- Self-criticism that feels automatic
- Stress responses that don’t match the moment
Decades can pass, and your mind can still react like you're stuck in the past.
What Actually Needs to Change
It’s not just "the event." It’s what your nervous system learned from it, such as the imprinted memories, the meanings you attached, the beliefs you formed, and the coping strategies you unfortunately picked up and have held onto for far too long!
Time doesn’t update that. You have to update it.
Why It Doesn’t Just Go Away
The Deeper Solution
No matter what happened in childhood, you can UNLEARN your beliefs and emotional responses.
We use NLP and hypnosis to overcome childhood issues by working at the level where those patterns were learned, so they stop running your reactions now. Once you change the way you subconsciouslythink about yourself, others, and those past experiences, you feel and respond differently... often very quickly.
And what's even better? This can work just as well without discussing the details of what happened.
Your Next Step
If you’re ready to stop carrying childhood patterns into your adult life, schedule an initial consultation. We’ll map what’s been running in the background and build a clear plan for changing it at the root.
Take the first step toward freedom
This process begins with you.
We'll guide you the rest of the way.
“I just completed a six session of hypnotherapy with Gina Goodwin and my life has been transformed. I had many limiting beliefs, scarcity mindset, lack of self confidence and fear of success. Each session began shifting all the negatives into positives.
As I transformed, my environment transformed. I was amazed and so grateful for Gina (although she said it was all me). I’ve been able to step out of my comfort zone and into a world of limitless possibilities. I am a successful and confident entrepreneur.
The work Gina does at Goodwin Hypnosis is amazing and I look forward to going back for more inner discoveries.”
Jessica Alvarez
“I had already been struggling with unprocessed trauma and repressed emotions that have always been with me…and I was always trying to heal. All of it was negatively affecting me in all aspects of my life. I’d just been suffering so much, and it didn't seem like there was a way out. I tried trauma therapy, EMDR, acupuncture and didn't seem to be getting anywhere but temporary relief.
I wasn't sure what to expect with hypnosis before I met Todd, but I noticed changes immediately. The trauma and memory processing sessions on zoom were a blast. I expected something more serious but within minutes, I couldn't stop laughing and felt an immediate shift physically and mentally.
I just felt so comfortable and safe, like it was the perfect environment and person to be going through this process with. I've seen improvement in every area of my life. My mood has been great, I haven't had any anxiety or depression. I have energy where before I could barely get out of bed. Two months ago, I didn't even want to be here anymore, and now I couldn't even imagine being at this place where I am now. I just feel good, and I feel normal, and I'm just excited to live life again.”
Eric Mills
“My overall experience working with Gina was fantastic.
Before I met with her, I was very high strung. I had this low level, constant worry that really impacted me every single day of my life and felt like a part of me. It’s hard to describe how helpful and compassionate she is, and just how safe I felt in every single interaction I had with her. And it was over Zoom, which is remarkable.
Now, I can think back to what made me so emotionally charged, the memory is still there, but that negative emotion think that went with it isn’t there anymore.
Issues that I’ve had for 30 years are now essentially non-issues.
I can’t even explain how it’s possible. To do this over Zoom, and for it to be that effective is just crazy.”
Brad Barrett
“I’d been struggling for a number of years before I reached out to Todd three years ago. I would definitely say I had PTSD. I was suffering from incredible burnout, anxiety, depression, repetitive thoughts about betrayal. I had done talk therapy, EMDR, and other trauma work, which weren't that effective. I was still suffering from anxiety and fears, and I had so many complex traumatic issues that I didn't even know where to start. When I talked to Todd, he took time to really find out what my particular issues were.
Doing hypnosis and NLP with Todd was actually fun. I didn't feel re-traumatized during the trauma work, which often I have felt in the past. I didn't have to go into detail about anything or hold any upsetting thoughts for very long.
At first, I was feeling terrible from the thoughts I was having, and within minutes, I still had the thought or memory, but I didn't have the feeling attached to it, so I didn't feel the pain anymore.
Once my thinking was balanced out, my experience just changed immediately. I had felt like fear was chasing me, and I've never felt that way since I did the hypnotherapy with Todd.
It was incredibly transformative and life changing.”
Vanessa Vergnetti
Before I met Todd Goodwin, I was dealing with a trauma that was affecting my personal life. I was really shy and scared to communicate with people and just be around people. I was very, very anxious.
I had gone through talk therapy for probably a year and didn't see anything change. I was able to talk about the situation, and they were able to tell me what was wrong with me but didn't know how to fix it. I worked with Todd via Zoom. The experience was amazing. It was a great experience working with him, more than anything because he's just so understanding and caring.
I used to look in the mirror and would think how ugly I was because of the shame and regret that I felt because of the trauma that I went through. But after going through the sessions with Todd, it's completely different. I love myself, and I'm very grateful to even be alive now. Before, I would constantly think about how I could just end it all and not be here anymore, and I was just very sad in my own little world.
But now I feel there is hope and a lot of opportunities out there. I'm very grateful to have come across him and really do recommend him.
It changed my life forever!!!!
Mariana Rodriguez
“I had so much anxiety, and I was doing so much for everybody else that I wasn't taking care of myself, and it was affecting my life and marriage. I tried talk therapy for quite a bit of time and realized that I was going in circles, just talking about my problems and not fixing them.
I do fully believe that the work that Gina and I did really taught me how to reflect on my feelings and how to move on. I'm not dwelling on past issues, so I'm not hurting as bad during those moments. Since then, my situation has improved in so many ways, from setting up boundaries in my personal life and at work to being able to change my mindset.
That's what Gina helped me do. It was totally worth it.”
Sharon McKneely
Hypnosis can be a powerful tool to help you:
- Remember Your Past Without Reacting to It
- Change Negative Beliefs and Habits
- Heal Emotionally in a Safe Space
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, they can. Most people assume childhood issues only count if something extreme happened, but a lot of what still affects adults today is "little-t" trauma. Those are experiences that seem minor from an adult's perspective but felt like a very big deal when you were a child. Research refers to them as ACEs or adverse childhood experiences.
When something emotionally upsetting happens during childhood, your subconscious mind gets imprinted with beliefs about yourself, other people, and the world. Those patterns keep running in the background like an app on your phone that you never closed, even decades later.
Fortunately, all trauma responses are learned (no matter how long they've been there), so you can unlearn them using effective subconscious methods like hypnosis and NLP.
Childhood wounds tend to drive most of the habitual emotional or behavioral challenges adults deal with today – overthinking, unhealthy relationship patterns, harsh self-criticism, or even panic attacks.
In fact, for most of our clients, the seeds of anxiety, trauma, low self-worth, and addictions were planted when they were children.
Here's a clue...When your reaction tends to feel much stronger than seems reasonable for the situation, usually something has triggered an old wound. Most triggers were set in childhood or adolescence. Likewise, when you keep repeating the same automatic habits despite your best intentions and efforts, it's often a sign that an old, subconscious pattern is causing it.
The good news is that it's fully within your power to update your subconscious programming, assuming you use effective methods. We do this with nearly every client.
By itself, time doesn't update what your nervous system learned. What really matters are not your experiences but the memories you recorded, the judgments you made, the beliefs you formed, and the coping strategies you developed. They don't change just because time has passed, which is why someone can still react emotionally like a child or teenager to something decades after their childhood ended.
The subconscious pattern must be intentionally updated, which is exactly what our work does. Our methods can help you change your perceptions of the past, so you can remember it without reacting to it. For most people, that's all that really counts.
We use hypnosis and NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) to work at the same subconscious level where these patterns were first learned and currently operate. In the right hands, these tools can help you to use your imagination to change memories, meaning, and limiting beliefs, all without forgetting what happened. Rest assured that no matter what happened in your childhood, you can unlearn the mental and emotional responses you developed.
Once you change how you subconsciously think about yourself, other people, and those early experiences, you begin to feel and respond differently – often quite quickly. Rather than managing surface-level symptoms, we help you change the pattern at its source, so it stops controlling your reactions in the present.
Absolutely not. One of the things people are most relieved to hear is that our work can be just as effective without discussing the details of what happened. Because we work with how your subconscious stores memories and responds to them – and not the play-by-play of the events themselves – we don't need you to narrate or relive painful childhood memories to get results.
For most people, that makes the process feel far safer and more comfortable than approaches that require retelling the whole story. And it can shave weeks or months off of the process.
Take the first step toward freedom
This process begins with you.
We'll guide you the rest of the way.
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Serving Raleigh, Durham, and Cary, NC
and clients nationwide via Zoom
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and clients nationwide via Zoom
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Testimonials by former clients of Todd or Gina Goodwin are true and factual. Goodwin Hypnosis, its officers, and personnel, do not imply or claim that these comments represent typical results. Results vary depending on age, gender, lifestyle, motivation, and individual commitment to achieve a desired result. These clients voluntarily offered their feedback and were not compensated in any way. Each comment is the opinion of one person at a specific time and should be considered only in that context. Comments may reference conditions or medications in the client's own words; see our Scope of Practice.
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