Meet Melissa
Melissa Shute, LPC, BCH, DDiv, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a National Guild of Hypnotist's (NGH) Board Certified Hypnotist (BCH), a 5-PATH® certified hypnotist, 7th PATH® Teacher, and an ordained minister. She practices in accordance with the American Counseling Association, American Psychology Association, and the National Guild of Hypnotist’s Code of Ethic and Standards.
Graduating with distinction, Melissa earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling Psychology from Capella University. She specialized in trauma and the aging adult. She has completed many of her CEUs with Harvard University and Yale University.
To gain a deeper understanding of people and their beliefs, Melissa studied further and became an ordained minister - non-denominational. She provides spiritual and religious counseling, as well as other clerical duties.
Other certifications Melissa earned are: Certified Self-Hypnosis Instructor under the NGH, Certified Stress Reduction Facilitator, Certified CCMBA Practitioner, Certified Access Consciousness Bars Practitioner, and Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher.
In her practice, Melissa uses techniques such as 5-PATH® hypnosis, 7th PATH® hypnosis, Positive Psychology, Inner Child Work, and client specific guided meditations. She is a non-denominational ordained minister with the ability to meet your spiritual needs. In her spare time, Melissa does motivational speaking within the community and mid-west under the name of Positive Sandwich Plus. Using a combination of her background and skills, Melissa has a wide variety of options to meet her client’s needs.
Melissa received her initial hypnosis training from C.J. Mozzochi, Ph.D., founder of Hypnosis Research Institute in Connecticut. After practicing for several years, Melissa earned her certification in Advanced Hypnotherapy, Five-Phase Advanced Transformational Hypnosis (5-PATH®) under the instruction of the Banyan Hypnosis Center. She also holds certifications in areas such as stress reduction as a Stress Reduction Facilitator, weight loss/management techniques, Complete Cellular Mind and Body Alignment (CCMBA), Access Consciousness Bars Practitioner (BARS), and Laughter Yoga.
To keep current with new techniques and procedures, Melissa attends continuing education courses in both hypnosis and psychology.
Most recently Melissa was awarded Top Hypnotist in CT in the Natural Nutmeg Magazine 10BEST of Reader's Choice AWARDS, 2023.
In the past, Melissa received Capella University’s Academic Scholarship, Capella University’s President’s List Award for maintaining a 4.0/4.0, Volunteer of the Quarter and Volunteer of the Year from Aviano Air Base, Aviano, Italy.
In her spare time, Melissa likes to travel, visit museums, and continues to do community outreach with Positive Sandwich Plus, a motivational and coaching business. See Positive Sandwich Plus on FaceBook.
