ABOUT KRISTA FRANCIS
Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist & Counselling Therapist | Calgary, AB
Helping Women Find Healing, Peace, and Growth
I’m Krista Francis, PhD, RCH, a Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist and Counselling Therapist in Calgary. I provide counselling therapy through clinical hypnotherapy, bringing a holistic and evidence-informed approach to healing and transformation. I also draw on my background as Associate Professor Emerita at the University of Calgary, with decades of experience in teaching, research, and human learning.
I now dedicate my clinical work to helping women who feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck find greater calm, clarity, and confidence, so they can return to living with more ease, purpose, and self-trust.
A Personal Path to Healing
My journey into hypnotherapy began after an emergency life-saving surgery radically changed my world. Recovery was long and emotional. I struggled with my body’s limitations, the scars I carried (inside and out), and the loss of my former physical strength. Even with a loving family and a supportive circle, I felt like I was just surviving—not truly living.
Hypnotherapy helped me reconnect with my body, release emotional pain, and rebuild my sense of self. It changed my life in ways that talk therapy and self-help books hadn’t. Inspired by that transformation, I trained with Robin Popowich, and now support others through their own healing journeys.
My Approach
My work is counselling therapy provided through clinical hypnotherapy. I use a conversational, client-centred approach that is responsive to each person rather than relying on a fixed script or formula.
Together, we explore the patterns, beliefs, experiences, and emotional responses that may be contributing to what is happening now. Clinical hypnotherapy can help create the focused, inward attention that allows clients to work with these patterns in a different way — often with greater access to imagination, memory, emotion, and new possibilities for change.
Sessions are collaborative and tailored to your goals. Depending on what is helpful, I may also incorporate guided imagery, mindfulness, breathwork, nervous-system regulation, and other therapeutic strategies. My aim is to create a thoughtful, supportive space where meaningful change can emerge at a pace that feels right for you.
Advanced Training & Ongoing Study
My work is supported by ongoing advanced training that deepens both the clinical and experiential aspects of hypnotherapy. I continue to study approaches that integrate subconscious change, nervous system regulation, and the deeper layers of meaning that shape our patterns, behaviours, and emotional responses.
Rather than relying on a single method, I draw from a range of specialized trainings to tailor each session to the individual. This allows the work to unfold in a way that is both grounded and responsive—meeting you where you are, while gently accessing the root of what is ready to shift.
My advanced training includes in-depth study in:
- Regression Therapy & Past Life Work – working with symbolic and memory-based experiences to uncover and resolve patterns that may not be fully explained by present-day events
- Parts Work & Soul Retrieval – supporting the reintegration of fragmented or disowned aspects of self often linked to trauma or overwhelm
- Spiritual & Symbolic Hypnosis – guiding clients through structured inner experiences that access insight, clarity, and emotional release
- Intuitive Dialogue & Inner Guidance – facilitating connection with inner wisdom in a way that is grounded, safe, and therapeutically meaningful
- Sound-Based Meditation & Nervous System Regulation – incorporating vibration, rhythm, and deep listening practices to support relaxation and integration in group sessions
These trainings are experiential in nature, meaning they emphasize both clinical skill and intuitive presence. They continue to shape how I hold space for clients—supporting work that is not only effective, but deeply personal and often transformative.
While some of these approaches may sound abstract, the intention is always practical: helping you feel more calm, more clear, and more like yourself.
Bridging Science and Healing
My academic background includes over 20 years in teacher education, curriculum design, and research focused on inclusive, inquiry-based learning in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). That experience continues to inform my clinical work—from how I listen and ask questions to how I understand learning, change, and the ways people develop new patterns.
I continue to explore the intersections of mind, learning, and wellbeing through education, mentorship, and clinical practice. Clinical hypnotherapy is where these worlds come together in my counselling practice.
Why Hypnotherapy?
Clinical hypnotherapy uses focused attention, imagination, and the natural capacity for absorption to support therapeutic change. Rather than losing control, you remain aware and involved in the process while we work collaboratively with thoughts, beliefs, emotional responses, and patterns that may be difficult to shift through conscious effort alone.
Within counselling therapy, hypnotherapy can support work with:
• Anxiety and stress
• Burnout and overwhelm
• Sleep difficulties
• Phobias and fears
• Emotional patterns and blocks
• Self-esteem and body image
• Unwanted habits and behaviours
• Life transitions
• Personal growth and emotional regulation
Ready to Begin?
Whether you’re looking for support with anxiety, stress, sleep, emotional patterns, or a period of transition, clinical hypnotherapy offers an individualized way to explore meaningful change.
Book a free consultation to talk about what you’re experiencing, what you’d like to change, and whether working together feels like a good fit.
Professional Credentials & Training
- Counselling Therapist — Association of Counselling Therapy of Alberta (ACTA)
- Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist (RCH) — ARCH Canada
- Clinical Hypnotherapy Training — Academy of Clinical Hypnotherapy
Every emotion is connected with the breath. If you change the breath, change the rhythm, you change the emotion.
