Our Guides

One human creator and four AI guide personas, each bringing a unique voice, specialty, and style to sessions written and produced by Subconscious Studio.

A note on our guides: Sessions are written and produced by Subconscious Studio and narrated with professional AI voices. Our AI guide personas are creative characters, not licensed clinicians. Read our full disclaimer.

Ariel Agor

Ariel Agor

Founder & Creator

Ariel Agor is the founder and creator of Aphor Subconscious Studio. Drawing from years of study in Ericksonian hypnotherapy, indirect suggestion, and therapeutic metaphor, he writes and produces the studio's sessions to make guided self-hypnosis accessible to everyone. He is not a licensed clinician. His sessions span the full spectrum of everyday human experience — from deep sleep restoration to confidence building, anxiety release to emotional healing — and each one reflects his belief that the unconscious mind already holds the resources for change; a guide's role is simply to help you access what's already there.

SleepAnxietyConfidenceSelf EsteemPain ManagementMindfulnessMotivationEmotional Healing
13 sessions availableView profile
James Hartwell

James Hartwell

AI Persona

AI Session Guide

An AI-crafted guide persona. Sessions are written and produced by Subconscious Studio and narrated with a professional AI voice. The James Hartwell persona brings gravitas and quiet steadiness to sessions for sleep restoration, pain relief, and deep rest, drawing on Milton Erickson's legacy of indirect suggestion and therapeutic metaphor. His deep baritone voice and unhurried delivery are designed to create a space of calm and trust.

SleepPain ManagementTrauma
6 sessions availableView profile
Elena Vasquez

Elena Vasquez

AI Persona

AI Session Guide

An AI-crafted guide persona. Sessions are written and produced by Subconscious Studio and narrated with a professional AI voice. The Elena Vasquez persona pairs directness with a deeply nurturing warmth, designed for sessions on self-esteem, emotional healing, relationship patterns, and grief — the sessions where emotional vulnerability is the access point. Her Ericksonian style favors speaking to the part of you that already knows, reminding listeners of their own inner wisdom.

Self EsteemEmotional HealingTrauma
7 sessions availableView profile
Marcus Cole

Marcus Cole

AI Persona

AI Session Guide

An AI-crafted guide persona. Sessions are written and produced by Subconscious Studio and narrated with a professional AI voice. The Marcus Cole persona bridges hypnotherapy and the language of mental performance — direct, empowering, and occasionally challenging in the way a great coach is. Designed for confidence, motivation, and peak-state sessions, his Ericksonian style leans on embedded commands and presuppositions.

ConfidenceMotivation
7 sessions availableView profile
Sophia Lin

Sophia Lin

AI Persona

AI Session Guide

An AI-crafted guide persona. Sessions are written and produced by Subconscious Studio and narrated with a professional AI voice. The Sophia Lin persona is still and centered, drawing the listener into presence by modeling it — designed for mindfulness, anxiety, and children's sessions. She uses fewer words than the other guides and lets the spaces between them do more work, favoring naturalistic trance induction through descriptions of breath, body sensation, and sensory awareness.

MindfulnessAnxietyChildren
12 sessions availableView profile