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Support for Healing, Personal Change, and a More Meaningful Life 

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You have a natural capacity for growth, healing, and positive change—even when stress, health concerns, difficult life circumstances, or long-standing patterns have made that capacity harder to access.

For more than 32 years, Mark Bancroft has helped people move through emotional challenges, life transitions, health-related concerns, unwanted habits, and periods of uncertainty. His individualized approach integrates hypnotherapy, life coaching, spiritual counseling, meditation, nervous-system regulation, and mind-body practices.

Private sessions are available in Nevada City, California, and online through Zoom.

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How Mark Can Help

People seek Mark’s support for many different reasons, including:

  • Stress, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, and difficulty relaxing
  • Major life changes, setbacks, uncertainty, and questions of direction
  • Unwanted habits, addictions, procrastination, and self-defeating patterns
  • Weight management, motivation, sleep concerns, and healthier living
  • Chronic pain, medical stress, and mind-body support
  • Relationships, confidence, boundaries, and personal growth
  • Meditation, spiritual development, and deeper self-understanding

Every person and situation is different. Sessions are shaped around your individual needs, goals, beliefs, and level of comfort.

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An Integrated and Individualized Approach

Rather than asking you to fit into a single method, Mark draws from several complementary approaches to create sessions that are appropriate for you.

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Depending on your needs, your work together may include:

  • Holistic hypnotherapy
  • Medical hypnosis and mind-body support
  • Life coaching and personal guidance
  • Spiritual counseling 
  • Meditation and nervous-system regulation
  • EFT, biofeedback, and wellness practices
  • Guided imagery and consciousness-based approaches

Generic hypnosis scripts are not used. Each session is individually prepared and guided according to your circumstances, goals, and desired outcome.

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Private SessionsPrivate Sessions and Programs

Mark offers individual sessions as well as focused multi-session programs for people who want deeper or more sustained support.

 

Sessions may help you:

  • Understand and change recurring emotional or behavioral patterns
  • Develop healthier ways of responding to stress
  • Strengthen motivation and follow-through
  • Work through a difficult transition or decision
  • Build confidence, clarity, and self-trust
  • Support healing alongside appropriate medical or psychological care
  • Create meaningful and lasting changes in your daily life

Appointments are available in person and through Zoom.

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Classes and Group Programs

Mark also offers classes and group experiences focused on nervous-system regulation, holistic life skills, relationships, personal growth, spirituality, and practical approaches to inner peace.

Featured Class
Inner Peace: Regulate Your Nervous System

Coming soon! A six-week experiential class designed to help you better understand your nervous system, develop practical regulation skills, and create a more compassionate and supportive relationship with yourself and your body.

This class will be available in-person at Mark's office in Nevada City, CA, and online through Zoom.

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Experience You Can Trust

Mark offers a caring, respectful, and nonjudgemental environmment for healing and change. 

  • More than 32 years of profressionsal experience
  • More then 25,000 private and group sessions conducted
  • Master's degree in Holistic Studies
  • Certified Hypnotherapist 
  • Author of 40 holistic hypnotherapy audio programs
  • Extensive experience supporting clients from many backgrounds
  • In-person and online appointments available 
  • Individual sessions and multi-session programs offered

Sessions are scheduled by appointment rather than billed strictly by the hour, allowing enough time for meaningful and complete work.  


Begin With a Conversation 

A complementary 20-minute consultation is available by phone or Zoom.

This gives you an opportunity to briefly discuss what you are experiencing, learn more about Mark’s approach, and determine whether working together feels appropriate.

There is no obligation and no pressure to schedule.

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MarkPhoto1LRAbout Mark Bancroft, MA, CHT

Mark Bancroft has worked in the fields of hypnotherapy, personal growth, holistic health, spirituality, and human development for more than three decades.

His work is informed by extensive study and practical experience in hypnotherapy, depth psychology, consciousness studies, mind-body healing, meditation, holistic health, and Eastern and Western spiritual traditions.

Mark’s approach is practical, compassionate, intuitive, and focused on helping each person access their own inner resources and move toward meaningful change.

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Astrology Services

Mark also has more than 30 years of experience as a professional astrologer. His astrology readings, relationship astrology services, forecasting sessions, and astrology classes are presented on a separate website.

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Location and Online Services 

Mark’s office is located at:

310½ Broad Street
Nevada City, California

Private sessions are also available online through Zoom for clients outside the local area.

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Inner Peace:
How to Regulate Your Nervous System

Free class coming Fall 2026!
More details will be posted soon


 

Testimonials

Elise Harrison
Words cannot express how grateful I am to have found Mark Bancroft. This past year and a half has been one of the most difficult and challenging … read more
Adrienne W.
Mark's Bancroft's professional help has proven to be invaluable for myself, my family, and the friends I have referred to him. He has assisted us in … read more
Anjali Tierra
I started seeing Mark almost one year ago and his wisdom, insights and experience have been invaluable. I originally went in for classic hypnotherapy … read more