You’re here because you are ready to get licensed and you’ve realized:
There is more to passing your Architecture Registration Exams than studying for hours on end and you are tired of failing despite being smart, talented, and well-educated.
It’s time for you to pass your exams and:
- to deeply know and understand that your exam failures have nothing to do with your self-worth as a person, or even as an architect, and you can stop telling yourself, “I’m not a good test taker."
- to learn how to study efficiently and effectively, and more importantly, change the way you think about yourself while studying and taking the exams.
- to learn how to control your own mind so that you can start passing your exams in less time with less anxiousness so that you get licensed within the year.
I help Aspiring Architects who want to ace the ARE and CSE.
This program is ...
A 4-session personalized coaching program designed by me, a California licensed architect who is also a certified coach and certified hypnotherapist.
It consists of weekly private sessions designed to help you pass your state and national exams with ease, so you can finally get licensed and move on with your life.
Investment: $160 deposit covers your foundational first session + $378 for remaining 3 sessions.
Bonuses: Receive these additional bonuses when you sign up for this package:
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It'll be like having your own personal mentor for a month. You'll get access to me via text between sessions to support you with studying, confidence or other mindset issues that come up impacting your exam-ready attitude.
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When you have completed this special sequence of 4-sessions designed specifically to help you pass the ARE and/or CSE with ease, you then get access to additional private sessions with me at a special rate of $126/session. More details here.
Building a healthy exam passing attitude...
Experience personalized private coaching and hypnosis sessions delivered over a month through weekly private Zoom meetings.
In the first foundation building session you’ll learn how to relax your mind and body in a safe and natural way.
Over the next three sessions, you’ll learn how to feel more self-confident and less worried about your exam.
After spending 4 sessions with me, you’ll have tools to help you before and during your exam that can help lower test-taking anxiety and increase your ability to tap into all the knowledge you have learned by studying consistently.
These tools can help you feel positive, hopeful and excited about passing.
Don’t keep putting off re-taking your exam or registering for your next one. Learn how to stay motivated and maintain momentum as you study and pass exam after exam ... and potentially obtain your license within a year.
Stay on track and get licensed while continuing to work full-time. You'll notice your personal life benefit from the mental and emotional shifts acquired from working with a trained and certified coach and hypnotherapist.
Dear Licensed-Architect-To-Be,
You may be reading this because you've failed at least one of your licensure exams, at least once. And your confidence has taken a big hit.
Being a licensed architect is your dream and the clearest career aspiration you've ever had.
You put in the years at school.
You pulled through multiple all-nighters.
You did well at school and you landed a job in architecture after graduation.
You work hard at the office, but ... when it comes to passing the ARE or CSE exams, you flounder.
You study every time but still fail.
You feel stuck. It feels hard.
When you sat down to take your exam, your brain froze.
You felt like you forgot everything you studied.
Maybe you even panicked.
Your nerves took over, and you didn’t get the results you wanted.
Now you worry that all your effort has been for nothing. You wonder if you can ever get licensed because you worry you aren’t a good test taker. Maybe it’s even started to impact your self-esteem at work, and you are starting to question your choice to do all this hard work of becoming an architect.
You are beginning to think there is more to this than logging the hours with the study material, because you’ve done that and still failed.
I know you’re putting in the time and energy to learn all the code books, contracts, construction methods, building systems, design and management principles…I know, because I was there myself. I struggled to pass a couple of the ARE (I had to pass 9!) and then the CSE. (And I had to take the CSE when it was in-person! Eek! What a story that one is!) Despite taking classes and studying for hours, along with almost 10 years of experience in the profession by the time I was eligible to take the CSE, I failed the CSE the first time. What did I change the second time? I still studied and I still did practice exams, but I also focused on nourishing my body, getting enough sleep, relaxing as best I could, and worked on a mindset shift. I wish someone had told me about these educational mindset tools back then.
When we fail important exams like the ARE and CSE, we put ourselves through so much worry, fear of failure, and stress…so much so that for some of us, the fear is justified when we fail and we do the “I told you so” inner story. None of this is helpful, but it can be hard to stop or ignore if we don’t have the right tools both before and during the exams.
I understand because I’ve been exactly where you are now.
Now I want to give back to the architecture profession by helping more people achieve their dream of licensure. I understand thatit’s the final step after graduation and completing AXP; it’s a door to close and a door to open at the same time.
Let me help you get there with less stress, less worry and fear, and more ease, and in less time by helping you stay motivated to maintain the momentum and rhythm you need to successfully pass the exams while sticking to consistent study habits. (And if you need help developing the study habits, we can start there because what worked in college probably doesn’t work when you are managing a full-time job, a social life and family time.)
There are plenty of study material sources out there for these tests. What these programs don’t include is one-to-one customized mindset support created by a licensed architect who has successfully passed more than 20 certification/licensure exams, who has worked more than 20 years in the profession as a technical architect, and who is also a certified coach and certified hypnotherapist.
By spending time with an experienced California licensed architect who understands what it is like to struggle to pass the ARE and CSE while working in a busy office, you can benefit from my years of experience and training.
I spent years trying to figure out how to lower the impact of stress on my mind and body so that I could excel in a busy deadline-driven profession and not burn out. Let me share this with you.
By your side,
~ Mel
(PS. I did burn out…you don’t have to if you don’t want to! Let me teach you now so you don’t suffer any longer)
Package Summary ...
Who: This is for folks struggling to pass the ARE or CSE.
What: I teach and guide you to relax your own mind in an empowering, natural and safe way and incorporate coaching and mentoring to address work and life issues that may be impacting your progress.
Where: We meet on Zoom for 4 weeks for 1.5 to 2-hour private and customized sessions. (Time slots offered in the evenings on Tuesday – Thursday, and on some Saturday mornings for those working rigid full-time office hours. I know how hard it can be to get away from work and deadlines. I’ve been there myself so I’ve set my hours up to help address this concern.)
When: You will want to start the program at least 4 weeks before your next exam to benefit from all of the techniques, habit shifts, and develop the self-hypnosis practice. I suggest scheduling your initial application call about 6-7 weeks before you intend to take your next exam to allow for the intake process and potential scheduling issues. You will need to have your exam scheduled by the time of your foundational First Session.
How We Start: Everyone starts with a Foundation Session that includes education on how hypnosis works, why I say “all hypnosis is self-hypnosis,” what self-hypnosis is and what it isn’t, how it can help with test taking and learning skills, and co-creation of helpful affirmations and visualizations to help you start taking action right away. This foundation session always includes a 5-7 minute personalized self-hypnosis recording and a copy of my Self-Hypnosis PDF Guide.
How We Continue: The remaining three sessions are customized based on your personal goals, habits, past exam taking experiences, and mindset around your exam preparation and experience.
- These three follow-up sessions may include any combination of the following: Coaching, mentoring, co-creating personalized affirmations and visualizations, tools to change study habits based on your personal learning quality and study skills, shifting self-thoughts to more helpful ones, tools to use during the exam to lower stress, and techniques designed to lower the negative impact of past failed exam taking experiences.
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This program includes daily homework designed to help you accelerate your ability to lower your anxiousness, help you feel productive when you study, and successful towards passing your exams. Homework helps you develop the skill and learn to relax in a way that leverages a few minutes of your time to help you feel more resourceful throughout the day. Session homework may include 2-3 recordings to help you stay focused on your goal and develop the ability to lower anxiousness during your exam.
Feeling empowered during the exam...
Deep relaxation of the mind and body is one of the most accessible ways to lower test anxiety.
... What if you could learn how to relax so much that you experienced heightened mental clarity during your exam?
... What if you could easily and quickly tap into all of that information stored in your mind from the hours of studying, that was previously closed off by stress?
... What if you could do this all by yourself, in a way that was all in your mind so you could use this in testing centers with proctors watching your every move?
Well, this is what I teach.
I will teach you how to develop a consistent self-hypnosis practice that you can use to lower your test-taking anxiety and worry. You'll learn how to tap into your subconscious through relaxation.
By developing a relaxing self-hypnosis practice, you are learning to deeply relax your mind so it can open the door to all of the knowledge you have been learning.
What clients are saying ...
This may be a fit for you if ...
- You are struggling to pass the ARE or the CSE.
- You want to pass the ARE or CSE and obtain your architecture license and you are ready to move past this step in your career.
- You are willing to add a 10-to 20-minute practice to your daily routine that includes listening to personalized recordings designed to help you successfully pass your exams by lowering your own anxiety.
- You are open to experiencing profound mental and physical relaxation naturally and safely.
- You are open to receiving honest and candid feedback from a coach because you know and trust they have your best interest at heart.
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You are willing to do internal reflection and look at what emotions and thoughts might be holding you back from achieving your own goals and being open to sharing that with your coach.
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You're looking for personalized structured one-to-one support to help you pass your exams.
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You have already scheduled your next exam and it's 4 to 6 weeks away.
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You already have all the study material you need to pass your exam.
This may not be a fit for you if ...
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You don’t have 2-hours each week for one month before your exam to meet with me over Zoom.
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You don't have 20-minutes a day in-between sessions to listen to your personalized recordings.
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You don't have a private and quiet space to join me on Zoom.
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You don't have access to a strong steady internet connection.
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You don't know what study material is needed to pass your exam. (My services are a complement to, not a replacement for, the ARE and CSE study courses and materials.)
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You don’t want to change your mental and emotional habits as they pertain to your exam taking skills and experiences.
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You are currently working with a mental health professional, and you aren’t willing to ask them for a letter confirming there aren’t any contraindications. (The letter is mostly to verify that your mental health professional is aware that you are participating in hypnosis services. It is also a requirement of my certifying Board.)
What to expect ...
Sign up for a call to see if we are a fit, no pressure, no commitment required. This is an obligation free call to see if we both feel excited by the idea of moving forward together.
If you feel like my services are a fit for you, just let me know, if not, no problem at all.
If we both decide we are a fit, we can move forward to the paperwork phase. I know this is not the fun bit but it is necessary to build a solid foundation. Once the paperwork has been received and reviewed, we can move forward to the next step, discuss payment options, and schedule your first session (I call this your foundation session).
Your first session is treated as a stand-alone foundational call. Think of it as a deposit on your personal exam prep transformation. After the session, I’ll edit send you a personalized self-hypnosis recording that you can use every day to help you pass your exam with more ease. If we decide to move forward beyond this foundational session, we can schedule your next three sessions.
We meet weekly for 1.5 to 2 hours each session to help you lower your exam-taking anxiety and build better exam prep habits that you can use on exam day.
You listen to your recordings every day until the day of your exam so you feel prepared and less anxious during the exam.
You take your exam feeling more relaxed and prepared to succeed.
Investment ...
First Session Payment: $160 covers your foundational first session (2-hours) + personalized self-hypnosis recording and a copy of my Self-Hypnosis PDF Guide.
Final Payment: $378 for the remaining 3 private sessions when purchased as part of this offer*.
*Typically, the additional 3 sessions would cost $480 as a package or $558 going session by session & would not include the bonuses.
Receive these additional bonuses when you sign up for this package:
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Access to me via text or email between sessions to support you with studying, confidence or other mindset issues that come up impacting your exam-ready mindset.
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When you have completed this special sequence of techniques designed specifically to help folks pass the ARE and/or CSE with ease, then you have access to additional private sessions at $126/session**.
These can be used to:
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Pass additional ARE exams with new exam dates + one updated recording per exam.
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Prepare for the CSE.
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If you happen to fail one of your exams, to release the negative emotional impact holding you back from re-taking it and moving forward.
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Boost self-confidence at work while taking your exams.
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Build self-esteem to easily discuss raises and promotions while you are completing AXP and taking the ARE & CSE.
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Planning your next move after you get licensed! (limited to 2 additional sessions at this rate after licensure)
**My rates will go up in response to demand and inflation, but you will be locked into this special rate until you get licensed and as noted above.
Commonly asked questions ...
This is a fair question. If you truly want to pass your exams, and you are ready to get licensed and move onto the next thing in life, you are more likely to benefit from this offer. If you struggle against the idea of these exams or the “bureaucracy” of the profession, you might want to look at how these views are limiting your success in architecture.
This is why I offer the first foundational session as a stand-alone deposit.
You will learn how the mind works from a hypnosis perspective, how to take yourself into the natural hypnotic-state of mind, and have a 5-7 minute personalized recording to listen to that will help you relax and stay focused on what you need to succeed. You will also receive a copy of my Self-Hypnosis How-To PDF Guide.
There won’t be a hard sales pitch at the end of the first session. If you are ready to move forward and schedule 3 more sessions, all you have to do is say, “sign me up for the exam prep package.”
I know this might be an issue for folks. Asking for this type of help can be hard. Are you worried your coworkers will think this is woo? I hear you. There are a few myths and misconceptions floating around from movies and stage shows where a hypnotist “makes” someone do something we think is crazy. I understand that all those movies might keep folks from learning this fun and relaxing tool. But there is actually a lot of science behind this technique. You can learn more about that here.
Why would anyone want to cluck like a chicken on stage in front of hundreds of people? Because they want to have fun. They want their friends to have fun. They want to trust the hypnotist to help them have fun and the hypnotist tells them it’s okay to have fun and do funny things. They also want to relax. When we do funny things, we feel relaxed.
The truth is, we can’t be made to do what we don’t want to do without force, entrenchment, and coercion. Fundamentally, the folks who cluck like a chicken at the county fair want to cluck like a chicken because it feels good to relax, laugh and be silly without any ill side-effects.
It is true that hypnosis is the main modality I use to help my clients successfully pass their exams, but I’m also a California licensed architect so I understand exactly what you are going through. So really you are signing up for mentoring and coaching from an architect with almost 30 years in the profession who will help you learn how to deeply relax your mind so you can be more creative and learn to help yourself pass these exams.
When you pass that exam you have been struggling to pass, you won’t worry about what other people think, you’ll be too happy celebrating.
There is that potential because there are a lot of factors at play. We only meet once a week for 90 to 120 minutes. There is a lot of time between our calls and I can’t control what you do for all that time.
You have to want to pass these exams.
Also, passing a license exam includes a lot more than mindset shifts. Things like good quality sleep, nourishment, and other lifestyle changes that can be made to optimize studying (all things we can work on together, if needed). And this is all based on the assumption you are studying the right material for the exam.
The upside is, you won’t have wasted your time too much because you will benefit from the relaxation, the one-on-one time with someone who listens to you and helps coach you through lifestyle and mindset issues that may be getting in the way of your success.
If at any point in the process you are absolutely unhappy with my services, you can reach out to me, and I will refund you the cost of any unused sessions.
No, this program is not about the content of the exams, you should already have access to applicable study materials before your first session.
This program is designed to help you pass your exams with less anxiety and get licensed more quickly by staying motivated to continue moving forward.
This program is not a replacement for good study material or consistent study habits.
How to move forward ...
If you think you might be a fit for this program, I invite you to schedule a call and fill out my Aspiring Architects Application.
It is very important to me that we are a fit for each other.
I want you to be successful and see you get licensed.
Being a fit for each other is part of that success. Click the link below and schedule a 30-minute consult so we can talk about your specific situation, and I can address any concerns and answer any questions you may have about my process, my credentials or hypnosis.
If you do decide to sign up, you are only signing up for the first foundational session, not the entire package.
Once you’ve been through the first session, you will have a better idea if this is a fit for you or not.
Remember, learning how to design your mind so you can design your life, may be one of the best tools you could add to your toolbox to help you pass your ARE exams and feel more successful at work.