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Turning Down the Volume

A Two-Part Hypnosis Program

for Chronic Pain Relief

You have done everything right. 

You have seen the doctors, tried the treatments, followed the advice. 

And you are still suffering.

This program is for you.

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What This Is

Turning Down the Volume combines modern hypnosis, breath and body practices, guided imagery, and neuroscience-informed pain education to help you reduce both the intensity and emotional burden of chronic pain.

This program is for people who are ready to try something different — not another fix, but a fundamentally different relationship with pain.

Rather than fighting your pain, you'll learn to work with your brain and nervous system. Through hypnosis, breath, and gentle somatic practices drawn from over 12 years of trauma-informed yoga, you'll develop tools that can reduce pain's intensity, loosen its emotional grip, and create genuine moments of relief and ease.

This is not about pretending the pain isn't there. It's about making it smaller.

The Program

Two 6-week series - Weekly 60-minute sessions in-person, Location at Salt Mind 100 Gorham Road, South Portland. Each session includes education, guided hypnotic experience, and reflection. Part One is the foundation — and complete in itself. Part Two goes deeper, for those who want to continue the journey.

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Part One: Calming the Nervous System Building Safety, Regulation & Relief

Week 1 — Understanding the Pain Alarm 

Week 2 — Relaxation Beyond Trying to Relax 

Week 3 — Turning Down the Volume 

Week 4 — Releasing Fear & Tension Patterns 

Week 5 — Rest, Sleep & Restoration 

Week 6 — Creating Your Personal Regulation Toolkit


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Part Two: Reclaiming Comfort & Confidence Building Resilience, Agency & Renewed Possibility

Week 1 — Reconnecting With Yourself Beyond Pain 

Week 2 — Building Confidence in the Body 

Week 3 — Rewiring Habits of Stress & Pain 

Week 4 — Emotional Resilience & Self-Compassion 

Week 5 — Expanding Capacity for Life 

Week 6 — Integration & Moving Forward




Outcomes You Can Expect

Over the course of this program, most participants experience:

  • Reduced pain intensity — not necessarily elimination, but a measurable turning down of the volume

  • Less emotional suffering around pain — the grip loosens even when the pain is still present

  • A calmer nervous system — breath and body practices that work between sessions, not just during them

  • Better sleep — a frequent and often surprising early benefit

  • Reduced anxiety and bracing — the anticipation of pain often hurts as much as pain itself

  • A new relationship with your body — less adversarial, more workable

  • Tools you keep — everything you learn is yours, practiced until it's portable

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Upcoming Dates:

Tuesdays from 4:30-5:30

Part 1: June 23 - July 28

Part 2: August 4 - September 8

At Salt Mind Health, 100 Gorham Road, South Portland, ME 04106

Pricing:

1 Six-Week Session: $400.00

2 Consecutive Six-Week Sessions (12 weeks total): $750.00

*If pricing is a barrier, please contact me

I'm Ready for Something Different

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes. Hypnosis works by shifting how the brain processes pain signals - reducing both the intensity and emotional distress of pain.

  • Yes. It's one of the better-supported non-pharmacological pain interventions, with strong trial evidence for fibromyalgia, cancer pain, IBS, and procedural pain.

  • Most centrally-mediated chronic pain such as: fibromyalgia, back pain, headache, IBS, nerve pain, and pain with no clear structural cause tend to respond especially well.

  • No. Hypnosis is a natural, learnable state. Most people are surprised by how accessible it is.

  • Is this program trauma-informed?

  • Oh, yes, there are plenty! Here’s a great article that helps clarify eight of the most common ones.

Being with others who truly understand can be a powerful reminder: you don't have to carry this alone.

About Susannah

Susannah Sanfilippo clinical hypnotist for chronic pain relief

Susannah Sanfilippo created Turning Down the Volume because she knows chronic pain and grief from the inside - not from a textbook, but from years of living inside both. She is a certified hypnotist specializing in nervous system regulation, chronic pain, and major life transitions, and has spent decades guiding people back to their bodies through yoga, somatic awareness, and breath. She is not here to fix you. She is here to accompany you.

Questions?