About Us

The Institute for Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy (ITIH) is a training organization committed to teaching healthcare professionals clinical hypnosis interventions that are evidence-based, trauma informed, and empower clients to reclaim their own inner strength, wisdom, and resilience.

Courtney Armstrong is the Founder and President of ITIH. She is a licensed professional counselor and a Fellow of the National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists who has been in practice for over 20 years and specializes in grief and trauma recovery.

Courtney has studied under clinical hypnosis masters such as Bill O'Hanlon, Michael Yapko, and Jon Connelly. Known for her warm and engaging teaching style, she has trained thousands of mental health professionals nationally and internationally and has developed successful training courses for organizations such as PESI and the Veterans Health Administration.

Courtney also enjoys writing and sharing creative ideas for healing trauma. You may have read one of her articles in the Psychotherapy Networker or checked out one of her books such as Transforming Traumatic Grief (2011), The Therapeutic “Aha!” (2015), and Rethinking Trauma Treatment: Attachment, Memory Reconsolidation, and Resilience (2019).