For the patient who is medically stable, and still not okay.

You address the disease and the medical decisions. I work with the patient’s experience of the problem: the stress, the anticipation, the poor sleep, and the learned responses that keep a stable patient feeling unwell. It is a non-drug option that adds to your care without competing with it.

Who to refer

Consider a referral for patients who:

• are medically stable after appropriate evaluation, but still distressed or on edge
• return often with symptoms that reassurance and time haven’t settled
• sleep poorly without a clear medical cause, or worry about sleep itself
• feel overloaded or stuck, and struggle to follow through with the plan you agreed on
• are not good candidates for more medication, or prefer a non-drug option
• face procedures or tests with strong anticipatory anxiety

Patients in crisis, with suicidality, psychosis, or acute psychiatric needs, or with symptoms that haven’t been evaluated, need medical or psychiatric care first.

Why hypnosis

Hypnosis has its strongest evidence in procedural anxiety and pain, IBS, and menopausal hot flashes, and promising evidence for sleep and stress. For your stable-but-distressed patients, the aim is practical: less distress, steadier sleep, and better engagement with the care you already provide. Outcomes vary, and I don’t promise medical results. See the evidence and references.

What happens when they come

• They book and pay directly. $150 for a 50-minute session, paid when booking. No insurance, no prior authorization, nothing for your staff to manage.
• The first visit is a working session. We clarify one practical goal, and hypnosis usually begins in that first appointment. I recommend a follow-up within 72 hours to review the response.
• The work is focused and time-limited. It usually takes a handful of sessions and ends when further sessions are no longer useful. Nothing is sold as a package.
• Where: my Doral office or Google Meet, in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
• You stay informed if you want. With the patient’s written permission, I’ll send you a brief note that they started and how they are responding.

How to refer

1. Share the link drflavio.com/ by text, email, or your after-visit summary.
2. Or hand them a card. Print referral cards for your front desk, or ask me for printed cards.
3. Your patient books directly. A referral is welcome but not required, and there is no form to fill out.

My role, and what stays yours

I provide focused hypnotherapy for stress, distress, and learned responses. I trained as a physician (MD) and hold a PhD in biomedical engineering, and I have practiced hypnosis since 1996, with more than 44,000 sessions. In this practice I work as an adjunct to your care, never as an alternative to it. I don’t diagnose, prescribe, or change treatment, and new or worsening symptoms go back to you.