For humanitarians
Preserving balance before, during and after missions
Humanitarian staff, caregivers in crisis zones, field coordinators — we give them concrete tools to regulate their nervous system and maintain clarity and effectiveness.
Registered non-profit · Fribourg, Switzerland
Hypno-neuro-imaginative techniques for the resilience of humanitarians and communities in crisis
We support humanitarians, institutions and communities with fast, intercultural and neuroscience-based techniques — helping the nervous system regain balance, strength and confidence.
- 2021
- Founded in Fribourg
- 136
- Humanitarians trained (MINUSMA)
- 87%
- Used the tools in the field
- 3
- Working languages
About the association
A collective serving humanitarian and community resilience
Hypnose Humanitaire is a collective of hypnotherapists, former humanitarians and professionals from public health, psychology, anthropology and the social sciences.
We develop and share neuroscience-inspired hypno-neuro-imaginative techniques to support mental health, resilience and psychosocial well-being in humanitarian and community contexts.
- Neuroscience-based hypno-neuro-imaginative techniques
- Field interventions & online training, intercultural by design
- Peer training (Train-the-Trainer) for lasting impact
- Simple, fast tools adaptable to any cultural context
Our mission
Two audiences, one conviction
Our mission is to share accessible, intercultural hypno-neuro-imaginative techniques that help the nervous system regain balance, strength and confidence — before, during and after crises.
For communities
Rebuilding confidence and strengthening agency
Communities affected by war, exile or crisis — we share lasting resilience tools, transmissible person-to-person at the heart of communities.
Our approach
What hypno-neuro-imagination activates
We believe in the brain's natural power to self-regulate and rebuild. Our techniques activate these inner resources to produce concrete, measurable effects.
- 01
Reduce stress and anxiety
Calm a nervous system in hypervigilance — disrupted sleep, intrusive thoughts, shallow breathing — and regain stability and clarity.
- 02
Strengthen resilience
Turn fatigue, doubt and tension into constructive energy and inner stability, even in high-pressure environments.
- 03
Restore balance and sleep
Support recovery, confidence and quality of life — peer-transmissible, with no special equipment, in any cultural context.
Our principles
What guides every action we take
- Accessibility
- Resilience
- Interculturality
- Empowerment
- Integrity
Ongoing projects
On the ground, where it's needed
DRC · South Kivu
Local solutions to strengthen community resilience
In South Kivu, we train local actors (Train-the-Trainer) in simple, accessible, neuroscience-based stress-regulation tools. Passed on person-to-person, these tools help lasting resilience emerge at the heart of communities.
- 75% improved their confidence
- 87% used the tools
Gaza & West Bank
Peer support for medical staff
We designed a remote psychosocial support solution adapted to crisis contexts, enabling health professionals to regulate their stress, support their patients and strengthen mutual-aid dynamics — even in situations of intense panic.
Applied research
Connecting research and practice
We are developing an applied-research project to better understand and document the impact of hypno-neuro-imaginative techniques in humanitarian and social contexts. The goal: useful knowledge, directly grounded in the field.
Completed projects
Internationally recognized experience
MINUSMA · Mali
Remote mental-health support for humanitarian staff
Online training of 136 staff members in fast stress-management techniques, directly applicable to maintain clarity and effectiveness in crisis contexts.
Toiles de Vie · Switzerland
Individual well-being and support dynamics
Work with migrants and their support workers to strengthen emotional regulation, quality of support and integration in Switzerland.
ICRC Alumni
Reducing stress symptoms among humanitarians
Targeted support for professionals exposed to critical situations, with fast, measurable effects on stress and emotional regulation.
What our participants say
Concrete results
It's lighter now. I didn't even know how much I was carrying.
For the first time, I saw them as capable, not dependent. And they saw themselves that way too.
I felt a deep inner calm, a sense of profound release and re-centering.
They trust us
Partners & collaborators
- Toiles de Vie
- The Mindfield
- HES-SO Geneva
Our vision
Together, let's make resilience a universal right
We aspire to a world where every humanitarian, every refugee, every person affected by war or exile has concrete mental-health tools to preserve their balance, strengthen their resilience and regain confidence. Through our projects, training and collaborations, we work to make these tools transmissible, adaptable and integrable across every context.
Ready to work with us?
Are you a humanitarian organization, a funder, a mental-health professional or an institution? Let's talk.