My name is Katelyn (Kate for short) Balison. I am a Bay Area native hailing from Brisbane, CA to be exact. From womb to now, my life has been a wild ride. My childhood was characterized by both love and chaos. My mother suffered with addiction, but loved both my brother and I fiercely. My father did the best he could to make our house a home and loved my brother and I deeply. In my teen years, I found my extended family who loved me despite not being blood, yet I had lingering feelings of self doubt.

My formative years, although rocky, allowed for my right brain to flourish and lead the way in adulthood. I found solace and healing in writing, painting, and dancing. I started out my college career a dancer and somewhere along the way stumbled into studying the art of communication & public speaking. I graduated from both City College of San Francisco with an Associates in Communications & San Francisco State University with a Bachelors Degree in Communication Studies. I took one holistic health class towards the end of my college career and found it fascinating, but with all the years I had already put into my degree I told myself “maybe in another life”.

Fast forward to the end of 2023, I’ve lived many lives throughout my professional career with each job only providing me with a paycheck. Nothing feeling like a true soul calling - until I finally quieted the self limiting beliefs in my mind, and thought “what do I have to lose?”. I signed up for HCH Institutes intensive Hypnotherapy program. After 200 hypno-hours and a lot of self reflection and healing - I am a Certified Hypnotherapist by the National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists and eager to help others find the same enlightenment I have found!

In my short time on this planet, I have learned that trusting the duality of the human experience is vital if one wants to find balance and inner peace. In order to feel whole we have to look at every aspect of ourselves, especially the parts that make us wince, and smile at them. Too often we get caught up in what makes up “our story” and even more so we get attached to the chapters that are built on pain, heartbreak, and trauma. We allow those things to affect how we move through life. I am here to help people let go of that narrative and take hold of self love and empowerment. To accept the flaws, trauma, and pain for what it is and rise above it. I have found my purpose in healing people through guidance towards their highest self. I hope I can be apart of your healing journey!