About HOPE Wellness Institute

OUR MISSION

At HOPE Wellness Institute, we believe in helping as many people as possible experience dramatically improved health and wellness without invasive procedures or detrimental side effects. We are guided by a patient-before-profit approach, and we refer to other practitioners who share our principles and ideology.

The HOPE Wellness Institute service philosophy is rooted in holistic healthcare, complementary and alternative medicine. Our team of therapist and technicians have over 100 years of collective and collaborative experience reflected in our unparalleled products and technology.

Our goal at HOPE Wellness Institute is to be part of your healing team and not your dependency system.

MEET OUR TEAM

Venice Sullivan, Ph.D., CNMT

Venice Sullivan is the founder, and Director of Care, at the HOPE Wellness Institute. She has been a medical massage therapist for over 30 years, specializing in pain relief, and clients who have experienced pain for long term and have tried multiple types of therapies with little or no relief . Her clients have ranged in age from newborn to 104 years old. She says there is nothing more special than working with babies. It is her joy to have been able to successfully assist in pregnancy with numerous couples struggling with infertility.
Venice believes her role is to be a conduit in helping you find the answers you seek. Her ultimate goal, with every client, is to unravel the puzzle and treat the problem, not the symptom.

Venice is a perpetual student, and is always looking for ways to improve her skills to assist clients to a deeper level of healing. She trained with Paul St. John in St John Neuromuscular Therapy, now Neurosomatic Educators and has studied with the Four Winds Society, Inner Access 101, BioLight Technologies and Cereset. She was an assistant instructor with St John Neuromuscular Therapy over 10 years, and was an instructor at the Massage Therapy Institute for Neuromuscular Therapy for another 10 years.

Venice loves to share all her knowledge with the therapists at the HOPE Wellness Institute, increasing their skills for your benefit. She is currently focusing her time working with depression and cognitive brain issues. Her passion lies with the Veterans, and increasing their level of care and healing.

Venice’s driving force is unraveling the mystery of pain, dysfunction and often the depression that accompanies it. She excels when someone has been in pain for an extended period of time and has been unable to find resolution for it. This has been the drive of her training, to help find more answers in order to deliver better care to you. Her belief is there is no one therapy that is right for everyone, or that any therapy is right all the time. We must work with the whole person, not the parts. This is theory behind the programs that we provide. Rather than using band-aids to fix the pieces lets provide care through a variety of programs to address the whole.

As Director of care, Venice enjoys working with the team insuring the best care for each client that we work with.

 

Heather Buchanan, NMT

Heather started her massage journey in 1999 when attending The Massage Therapy Institute of Davis. There she specialized in Swedish, Sports Therapy, Energy work and Lymphatic Massage. She continued her journey practicing on friends and family. Heather continued her learning at National Holistic Institute in San Jose, Ca, where she learned Shiatsu, Cupping and Advanced Chair Massage. Heather worked with a Chiropractor and a few Spas in Los Gatos. After moving back closer to family in Sacramento, she came to work at Hope Wellness Institute doing various roles. Venice Sullivan was gracious enough to teach her Neuromuscular Massage course one last time at The Massage institute of Davis, so of course Heather took full advantage of learning from a great teacher. Heather has continued to practice massage and is always on a journey of learning. Heather has two children, McKenzie (14) and Hunter (13). She also enjoys being outdoors and taking the kids on adventures. They love going to Disneyland when possible. She is also the Head Coach at Bella Vista High School with the Colorguard and Dance Teams. Heather has a love of performing with various Winterguard and Senior Drum and Bugle Corps over the years. She currently takes a few dance classes to learn and be healthy.

Availability: Sun-Wed: By appointment only

Nancy Payne

Nancy Payne works as a Cereset Stress Coach for HOPE Wellness Institute. Nancy owned a medical transcription company before leaving the working world to raise her children. She had experience with brain wellness technology due to the special needs of her son, who is on the autism spectrum, as well as her own challenges with caregiver stress. With her life experience and an aptitude for technology, she is a valued part of the Cereset team at the HOPE Wellness Institute.

 

Bill Schlack, Cereset Brain Wellness

Bill was raised in Downey in California. He came up to UCD and has lived in Northern California ever since. Out of college he began working in agriculture for a few years but realized he liked people more than tomato plants. He worked in retail and wholesale electronics and began working with small computers and the internet in the late 90s. In 2012 he had meningitis and "minor" brain surgery. The doctors saved my life but had no options available to give me a life back. After exploring Oriental medicine and several "non-medical therapies" he found Venice and HOPE Wellness Institute. With their help he has rebuilt capacity & function well beyond what was considered possible. Today he runs Cereset Brain Wellness sessions to help others achieve success like he has seen. He travels with his wife and dog, especially enjoying hiking.

  Rosie Beguhl, Office Manager

Rosie Beguhl works as the Office Manager for HOPE Wellness Institute since 2016. Rosie was born in and raised in Sacramento, CA. After graduating from Elk Grove High School, she took on various occupations while going to college at the various community colleges in her area. Due to her background, as an EMT-1A, Medical Coding, Cabinet Making, Jewelry Making, she had been self-employed for most of her lifetime, and raised a family with her husband of 30 years. Using her various skills, she applies all of those to be an integral part of the HOPE Wellness Institute team. Her most recent professional and personal goal was met by graduating in the Spring of 2023 from American River College with a double major in Social Science and Psychology. Rosie has always been interested on why people do what they do. Some of her hobbies include, reading, sewing, jewelry making, and fitness.

 

 

Testimonials

Pain Free!  I have been receiving message therapy from Venice for over 2 years and her targeted work and expertise has greatly improved the Quality of my life both physically and mentally. As a cancer survivor I have gone from chronic muscular and nerve pain to being pain free with a positive mental outlook. She is a master at recognizing and treating very specific pain points on your body. Venice has truly given me HOPE for a pain free and healthy future. I am grateful to be her client.
Bob T Huntington Beach, CA

I can walk!  Amazing! Before going in I couldn't even walk my back was so bad. After one session I was able to walk & continue my therapy with no pain.
Erika G. Sacramento, CA

Sleep!  Hope wellness is an amazing institute that provides so many health care needs under one roof. When you walk in you are pleasantly greeted by Rosie that immediately makes you feel welcome.
Venice Sullivan has mastered a brain balance program. This relaxing Treatment helps with PTSD and helps get your sleep patterns back in place. I didn't realize how badly I was sleeping till I went through her program and started actually really sleeping through the night. I would recommend this program for restless sleepers like myself.
I also recently just got a deep tissue massage by Phyllis Lando and felt a huge sense of relief after leaving. She had very comfortable hands and really focused on releasing the pain in my shoulders that I had been suffering with. If you’re having pain I would recommend her for all your massage needs.
As a whole this is a very well run, clean, and comfortable wellness institute that I would recommend to my friends and family.
Georgia S. Sacramento, CA

6 months later I was brace-free, living life!  The Hope Wellness Institute is a rare find. I had a thoracic condition that I believed I would need surgery for. I went to dozens of doctors over the course of 2 or 3 years, and even the so-called experts on my condition gave me advice that only made me more hopeless and in physically worse health. On a whim, I found this place after a friend recommended Neuromuscular massage therapy. I started seeing Venice and she told me "Yep, I can fix you." I didn't believe her at first (for the first month at least). But I soon started to see some real results. I previously would not have taken any establishment that toted "medical massage" very seriously. But this is a very powerful Treatment modality that should not be ignored. Especially by those people that find themselves slipping between the cracks of our medical system. I walked into Hope Wellness Institute in a back brace, and 6 months later I was brace-free, living life and running for exercise again. Highly recommended.
Ryan M. Davis, CA

Why work with Hope Wellness Institute?
I had a great experience working with the standard medical world when I had a life-threatening event. They diagnosed and I responded quickly to the standard Treatment. Further they identified a rare underlying cause and performed surgery to patch that. While the condition is rare, most (probably the vast majority) people with this seem to have gotten here one way. However, that surgery identified that I was unique and my causation path was not the common path. From that point, the medical world has been of little to no help. I am a round peg in a square world.
Venice and her team at Hope Wellness use multiple disciplines they find effective in helping people solve problems. In my case, they looked beyond the walls of the official "medical" world and did that from multiple perspectives. They identified tools they thought might help. Some have more/quicker than others. We have found round holes where I was told they didn't exist. Mostly, it is the combination of tools including various kinds of physical and mental exercises, understanding body chemistry including nutritional needs to heal/ rebuild (in my case specific parts of the brain) and activities that interplay. Round holes appear. I still have a way to go.
Others choose Hope Wellness because of the exceptional quality of their services that fit inside the box. I choose Hope because I don't fit in a box and needed a team that could see and treat outside it.
Thank You!!!!
Bill S. Fair Oaks, CA

I haven't felt this good in years!  I have gotten some amazing results from the Brain Balance Treatment from Venice. Two years ago, I had a major head trauma, and I've had trouble sleeping ever since. I'm now going through a divorce. I thought I had it all under control, but I was fooling myself. After just four sessions, I'm feeling so much better. I feel like my brain is balanced within myself, I'm much more relaxed, and my sleep habits are back to normal. I haven't felt this good in years. My daughter tells me I have more spring to my walk and I'm always smiling, just like I used to do. It's hard to describe how much better I feel after the Treatment. Thank you, Venice, for bringing this technology to Sacramento.
Steve S. Sacramento

By far the best massage and wellness office I have ever been to!  From the moment you walk in, you feel welcomed and relaxed. Rosie who is the front desk person, always ensures you are fully taken care of and takes the time to have genuine conversations. Jessica Layton is the massage therapist I have been seeing for a little over a year now and I can’t express enough gratitude for all she has done for me. Not only do you feel nice and relaxed during the massage, but the amazing post massage feeling actually lasts! She really knows what she’s doing so don’t hesitate and book an appointment! The owner Venice Sullivan really has done outstanding work in creating this healing space and absolutely has the best staff. Whoever you book your appointment with, you are in good hands and you won’t regret it.
Celeste H Orangevale

Your body will thank you!  Jessica is a wonderful massage therapist. She listens to what my complaint is or what body part is in pain. She checks for structural alignment or should I say looks for what's out of alignment. She uses different modalities to help provide relief and realignment. That almost sounds like a front-end alignment on car tires. But if car tires are out of alignment, the car doesn't run smooth and tires wear out quicker. Do yourself a huge favor and book an appointment with Jessica. Your body will thank you.
Claudia C Rancho Marietta

Jessica always does an amazing job, she is very professional, extremely knowledgeable, and very skilled.
Rick K. Folsom

This place makes me feel human again.  You never realize how much lasting pain can mess with your head, your brain really. Venice makes a difference in my life. More than she even knows. I highly, deeply, and truly recommend Hope Wellness and everything they do.
Crystal V. Roseville, CA

Cancer Treatment Recovery. Twenty + years ago I had throat cancer. I have survived, however due to 20 radiation Treatments, I had severe radiation burns. It left me in constant pain that was intensifying over the years.  I have been working with HOPE Wellness for a couple of years to decrease the pain, and improve my range of motion and….  We were making very slow progress, When Venice added her latest laser she convinced me to give it a try.  After 5 sessions there was significant difference. And after 7 I have to say that while getting bodywork done I was pain free.  In the past the pain was significant, although the sessions were very beneficial.  My body is happier, I am less tired and less cranky.  This is life changing for me. I appreciate HOPE Wellness that they stay on the cutting edge of healing techniques and technology. Bob CEO Roseville

Don’t fall off ladder onto your head.  While working as set builder I fell off a 12 foot ladder 8 years ago. After 5 years of being pretty dysfunctional and severe whiplash from my Traumatic Brain Injury I found HOPE Wellness Institute.  I came in for their Cereset Brain Reset.  Although I had done a lot of things to help myself heal, this was amazing, and was a major step forward to changing my life. My brain started working better. After a while I also started using the medical massage to help with the whiplash and the arm injury.  I continued to have success, by having less pain and better mobility.  I could do so much more than I could do before.  This year I added the laser to my healing journey.  Venice said it would make a big difference.  I was not prepared for how big. In just a few sessions my pain decreased.  I didn’t think it would last, but, I went two weeks before my next session and I was pain free the whole two weeks. 

Fibromyalgia relief: At 35 I was too young to have be in constant pain, so tired I could barely function, and sick most of the time.  I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue and a hand full of other issues. I was unable to work, my parents were supporting me, and life was pretty miserable.  After working with HOPE Wellness Institute I am back to work, I truly feel alive, and although I have more healing to do I now have HOPE that I will have my life back. I was already making great progress but adding in the laser has made a significant difference for me.  I can’t say enough good things about it. 

Lyme Recovery: I have suffered with lyme for over 10 years, along with many other co-infections.  I have been treated multiple times, but it keeps coming back.  Every time I make a few steps forward on my health it pops back up and knocks me back down. Since working with HOPE Wellness Institute and their laser system, for the first time my fingers actually work. The numbness is going away, and I can do things I have not been able to do for many years.