Clinical Hypnotherapy for Anxiety, Trauma & Behavioural Change —
In Calgary & Online

Empowering Change Through Trauma-Informed Care
– Meet Shannon Shade, RCH
ARCH Canada Registered & Accredited Hypnotherapist

Shannon Shade

Hi, I’m Shannon Shade, Registered and Accredited Clinical Hypnotherapist and bestselling author in Calgary, featured in the international bestselling books Awakened Hearts with Marci Shimoff (The Secret) and Mediumship by Suzanne Giesemann.

I’ve always been fascinated by the mind. How it breaks, how it heals, and how it rewires itself based on what we live through. But for me, that fascination didn’t come from textbooks. It came from survival.

I didn’t have an easy start. I’ve known trauma, grief, food banks, and street life around East Hastings in Vancouver. I lost friends and parts of myself I didn’t think I’d ever get back. But even in the chaos, two things always kept me going. One was a feeling deep inside that there was more … more than what I was living, more than what I’d seen. And the other was music. Music gave me hope when nothing else did. After years of surviving, I went back to school to study music, which led me to performing worldwide and eventually teaching it too.

I taught high-energy music classes to kids in vocals, guitar, bass, keys, and drums. I launched mindfulness-based programs in schools and communities. I even started a music school in Costa Rica. Teaching and performing showed me something powerful. Rhythm, repetition, and emotion could literally rewire the brain. That’s neuroplasticity in action and it fascinated me.

As life unfolded, all the survival responses I hadn’t dealt with came rushing to the surface. That’s when I found hypnotherapy. Or maybe it found me.
Using the science of neuroplasticity, I began to rapidly rewire the fight or flight patterns and the beliefs I didn’t even know were buried in my subconscious, tied to strong emotions and old pain. I changed how I related to my story, and through that process, I found something bigger than performance. I found purpose.

Today, I’m a registered and accredited clinical hypnotherapist (ARCH Canada) based in Calgary, Alberta, offering sessions both online and in person. I work with clients locally and internationally, helping with anxiety, trauma, addictions, habits, emotional overwhelm and subconscious patterns that keep them stuck. I combine trauma-informed techniques with a deep understanding of neuroplasticity and nervous system regulation. Alongside my formal hypnotherapy training and advanced studies in addiction and behavioural health through McMaster University, I bring lived experience, sharpened instincts, and the ability to meet people where they are. My work is guided by both science and soul, blending evidence-based methods with intuition and a creative force that helps clients rewrite their inner stories and reclaim their true selves.

REALTALK: I help people change their brains. Together, we get to the root of your challenges. Your patterns, your stories, your survival-wiring…we rework it all. Like subconscious detectives, we find the emotions that got stuck in your nervous system years ago. The tissues may not hold the memories themselves, but the body holds the emotional imprints and somatic responses connected to them. And your system doesn’t have to keep carrying that pain. We work as a team to create balance in your nervous system and find relief. Together, we bridge the space between what you’ve lived through and who you’re ready to become.

My writing has been featured in Mediumship: Sacred Communications with Loved Ones Across the Veil by Suzanne Giesemann, and most recently in Awakened Hearts: Stories of Healing and Awakening. I offer a safe, supportive space for those ready to move beyond survival and step into authenticity and healing.

I’ve got your back. And your brain.

Ready to reclaim your story? There are chapters ahead you haven’t even imagined yet.
Book a session or reach out. I’m here when you’re ready.

Discover Your Haven of Healing: About Our Tranquil Hypnotherapy Space in Calgary

Based in Calgary Alberta, centrally located at 5920 Macleod Trail SW, Unit 460, which is fully wheelchair accessible. Sessions are available in person or online. Shannon has done virtual sessions with clients from Egypt, Sweden, Costa Rica, Cancun, Scotland, Australia, and more. ONLINE SESSIONS ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME

Shannon's Hypnotherapy in Calgary - 5920 Mcleod Place

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