Damon,President

Welcome -
This is your invitation to participate in the
30th annual World’s Largest and Friendliest
Professional Hypnotism Conference. Join us
also in celebrating the 67th Anniversary of
the National Guild of Hypnotists!
Over the last twenty-nine years, our Annual NGH Convention
has become the premier forum for sharing the study of hypnotism
in an atmosphere of camaraderie. An adjunct faculty from
around the world provides an open forum for a free exchange of
ideas concerning hypnotism. It is truly the convention for all professional
hypnotists.
The Program Committee members who spent so many hours
evaluating the submissions have selected an incredibly rich
constellation of presenters to make this a special occasion. An
extraordinary roster of seminars and workshops, plus an outstanding
Saturday Social evening are scheduled in our newly renovated
convention location, the Best Western Royal Plaza
Convention and Trade Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
You can choose from over 300 seminars and workshops at the
largest convention of its kind, with exciting social and networking
opportunities. Many professional contacts and lifelong
friendships with people you might otherwise have never met are
formed each year at this convention. You will earn valuable continuing
education and member certification renewal credits!
Turn to any page in this catalog and chances are an interesting
topic will immediately engage your interest. Yes, there is something
for everybody. Make an investment in your future, register
right now by completing the Registration Form on page 3. Make
the most of this opportunity by coming early for pre-convention
courses or stay for post-convention courses.
The pre- and post-programs will give you even greater knowledge
in specialized areas. We are sure you will find this convention
an exciting, rewarding experience both personally and
professionally. NGH continues the journey started 65 years ago,
working to establish our field of expertise as a separate and distinct
profession. Truly we are a brand new profession that is
thousands of years old.
I look forward to personally welcoming you in August when you
will truly feel that you belong as you experience the “Success Factor”
with old and new friends from around the world.
Dr. Dwight F. Damon,President
Dr. Dwight F. Damon, DNGH
President
National Guild of Hypnotists, Inc.
Convention Details
HOW TO REGISTER: Phone the NGH registrar at (603)
429-9438. Complete and mail or fax registration form or use
the form on facing page or online at www.ngh.net
CONVENTION FEES: Includes your choice of any of the
one hour seminars, Saturday evening Awards Banquet,
seminar materials, and access to your choice of Elective
workshops and the pre and post-Convention Summer
Institute Courses; but does not include other meals or
accommodations.
GROUP RATES: 15% discount group rate for groups of
six or more from one office or organization (full Convention
registration only ... does not apply to additional Elective
Workshops.) To qualify: Include completed registration
forms for entire group in the same envelope; include
payment in full; postmark by July 31, 2017.
ROOM RESERVATIONS: The Best Western Royal
Plaza Hotel Phone - 508-460-0700. Be sure to mention the
National Guild of Hypnotists Group Code: Guild17
CONTINUING EDUCATION: Certificates will be
awarded upon request (with appropriate Continuing
Education Units).
TAX DEDUCTIONS: May be allowed for educational expenses,
including tuition, travel, meals and lodging undertaken
to maintain and improve professional skills. Check
with your accountant.
MEETING POLICIES: No smoking in seminars or workshop
sessions. Convention badges must be worn by
attendees at all times. No pets or children are allowed in
convention meeting room areas. (The only exceptions are
service dogs.) Cell phones must be silenced or turned off
during meetings.
RECORDING: No personal recording is allowed.
Professionally produced CD/DVDs will be available to
order at the Convention. Fill out the CD/DVD order forms
in your Welcome package and drop them off at the NGH
Registration Desk by 3pm Sunday.
KINDLY NOTICE - AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING IN
PROGRESS: Pictures are routinely taken at the convention
for broadcast and other distribution. Attendance at this
convention will be deemed consent to the use of your picture
in such distribution.
SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE

Register Today for
the World’s #1 Hypnotism Convention
NGH 2017 Annual Convention, Educational Conference & Exhibition
August 11-13, 2017 • Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel • Marlborough, MA
Convention Fees:
postmarked: before May 1st after July 15th
NGH Members $385 $445
Spouse $325 $385
Nonmembers $435 $495
Partial Convention:
Friday $185
Saturday (includes Banquet) $225
Sunday $140
Pre- and Post- Institute Fees
Tuition as indicated on pages 54-57
All participants registered for the full 3-day NGH 2017 Convention
are eligible for a $50 discount on each Pre/Post course
DRIVING: Take exit 24B off Interstate 495.
Hotel is one mile on the right.
If you are not currently a member of the National Guild of
Hypnotists, please join now! Go to our website www.ngh.net
and fill out an application form online. If you would like an
information package sent, please call (603) 429-9438 or email:
ngh@ngh.net.
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across the United States and inmore than 80 countries.
We are the largest and oldest organization of our kind,
and we welcome new members as well as members of
other groups who would like to maintain dual
memberships.
As an active paid-up member of the 67-year-old National Guild of
Hypnotists, you receive: The prestige of belonging to the premier
hypnotism organization; Referral through our computer listings;
The largest and friendliest Hypnotism Convention & Conference;
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activities; The Journal of Hypnotism ® magazine quarterly; Hypno-
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NGH 2017 Convention • August 11-13, 2017 • Marlborough, Massachusetts
No additional charge for one-hour Seminars or Special two-hour Workshops #120701 and #221101
Special two-hour workshop #22091 includes DVD: $35
Elective 2 or 3-hr Workshops: $25 each; SPECIAL $100 for 5 when ordered at same time
Seminars/Workshops Selection Form
Circle one (only) for each time period during days you will attend and mail or fax it with
your registration form. Changes and/or additions may be made during the Convention.
FRIDAY
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Tickets $8.00 each show
7:30 pm • 9:30 pm
SATURDAY
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6:30 pm
7:30 pm Banquet & Awards/Dancing
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“THE POWER OF YOUR PROFESSION”
National Guild of Hypnotists Convention 2017
August 11-13, 2017 • Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Table of Contents
Page 2 ......................................................Welcome Letter, Registration Information
Page 3 ......................................................Register Today for Your 2017 Convention
Page 4 .............................................................Seminars/Workshops Selection Form
Page 5 ......................................................................Contents, Convention Schedule
Page 6-7 ........................................................Order of Braid/Official Proclamations
Page 8-9 ............................................................................FRIDAY AT-A-GLANCE
Page 10-11 ..................................................................SATURDAY AT-A-GLANCE
Page 12-13 ......................................................................SUNDAY AT-A-GLANCE
Page 14-21 ..........................................................................Friday 1-Hour Seminars
Page 22-27 ........................................................................Friday 2-Hour Workshops
Page 28-35 .......................................................................Saturday 1-Hour Seminars
Page 36-40 ....................................................................Saturday 2-Hour Workshops
Page 41 .........................................................................Saturday 3-Hour Workshops
Page 42-47 .........................................................................Sunday 1-Hour Seminars
Page 48-51 ......................................................................Sunday 2-Hour Workshops
Page 52 ...........................................................................Sunday 3-Hour Workshops
Page 54-57 ............................................................................NGH Summer Institute
Page 58-69 ......................................................Your 2017 NGH Convention Faculty
Page 70-72 ..........................NGH ACHIEVEMENTS AND SO MANY “FIRSTS”
Page 73 ......................................................................Your Personal Learning Goals
Page 74 .....................................................................NGH Membership Information
Convention
Sunday-Thursday,
Aug 6-10
Thursday, Aug 10
Friday, Aug 11
Saturday, Aug 12
Sunday, Aug 13
Monday-Wednesday,
Aug 14-16
Schedule
NGH Summer Institute (Pre-Convention)
All programs start at 9am.
Exhibitor Registration (5pm)
Early Registration (5-9pm)
Convention Faculty Meeting (5:15pm)
NGH Certified Instructors Meeting (6:30 pm)
Registration Opens (7am)
Opening Session (8-9am)
Exhibit Hall Opens (9am-7pm)
Concurrent Seminars & Workshops (9am-6pm)
Clergy Special Interest Group Meeting (5:30pm)
Concurrent Workshops (7pm-10pm)
Stage Shows (7:30pm, 9:30pm)
Exhibit Hall (8am-5:30pm)
Concurrent Seminars & Workshops (8am-6pm)
Social Hour (6:30pm)
Banquet, Awards, & Dancing (7:30pm)
Exhibit Hall (8am-4pm)
Concurrent Seminars & Workshops (8am-4pm)
Board Certification Exam (4pm)
NGH Summer Institute (Post Convention)
All programs start at 9am.
NGH 2017 Annual Convention, Educational Conference & Exhibition 5

The Order of Braid
The Order of Braid is the centerpiece of the National Guild of Hypnotists’ Awards System
which recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication and service. While
contributions are varied, our inductees have all enriched the lives of others and made a significant
difference to the profession. The Order of Braid is also unique because most of
the inductees have already received many of the top awards through the years.
Council members are charged with two duties: Their opinions are solicited annually for
names of members they feel are worthy recipients for NGH awards, some of which are not
strictly peer-nominated. At our annual convention, they will be available to colleagues as
well-experienced professionals to share their knowledge.
The Order of Braid is by invitation—i.e: nomination by the Board of Governors or Council members. The Board
of Governors is composed of NGH charter members, or those who have been Guild members for at least four
decades. Eventually this will change as the last of the current Old Guard shuffles off this mortal coil and Council
members are chosen to replace them.
The NGH Order of Braid is therefore established to draw from the best and brightest hypnotists in our profession.
Governors
• Anthony DeMarco • Maurice Kershaw • Dwight Damon • Elsom Eldridge Jr. • Don Mottin •
Council Members
Joann Abrahamsen
Alan Alves
Rondall Bailes
Norbert Bakas
Calvin Banyan
Maureen Banyan
George Baranowski
Lindsay Bates
Robert Bayliss
Edwin Bebee
Ralph Benko
Norton Berkowitz
Fiona Biddle
Elaine Billy
Jacob Bimblich
Carmen Blacconiere
Peter Blum
Walter Brackelmanns
Robert Brenner
Shaun Brookhouse
Mary Louise Bulmer
Salvatore Campagna
Dorothy Campbell
Georgina Cannon
John Cerbone
Beryl Comar
Roxanne Cortese
Charles Curtis
John D’Angelo Jr.
Peggy Kelly Davies
Barbara Davison
Anthony DeMarco
The Order of Braid
Carol Denicker
Don Dow
Robert Dunscomb
Barbara Dryden-Masse’
Lynsi Eastburn
Michael Ellner
Robert Erdody
M. Ron Eslinger
Arthur Fecteau
Susan Fox
David Frederick
Lawrence Galante
Larry Garrett
John Gatto
C. Scot Giles
Ron Goldstein
Marilyn Gordon
Celeste Hackett
Lisa Halpin
Nat Harris
C. Devin Hastings
Michael Hathaway
Virgil Hayes
David Heon
Lois Hermann
Kevin Hogan
William Horton
Marx Howell
C. Roy Hunter
Rudolph Johnson
Timothy Jones
Adeline Kania
Gerald Kein
Dorothy Kerzner
Martin Kiely
Marcel Klasen
Dan LaRosa
Arthur Leidecker
Debi Livingston-Boushey
Roxanne Louise
Patricia MacIsaac
Albert Marotta
Scott McFall
Charles Mignosa
Marie Mongan
Babu Moses
Don Mottin
CJ Mozzochi
Thomas Nicoli Jr.
Karen Paolino Correia
Lee Pascoe
Wendy Packer
Debbie Papadakis
David Quigley
Mary Elizabeth Raines
Robert Reese
Marjorie Reynolds
Donald Rice
Theodore Robinson
Seth-Deborah Roth
Mary Rothchild
Roger Saxelby
Elana Schondorf
Rosemarie Schulman
Billy Shilling
Ines Simpson
William Smith
Anne Spencer
Walter Stock
Richard Sutphen
Barbara Swanwick
J. Joseph Swartz
Al Tatarunis
Claire Tatro
Ernest Telkemeyer
Myles Timmins
Jerry Valley
Tommy Vee
Daniel Vitchoff
A.L. Ward
John Weir
Sandy Yagendorf
Deceased
John Hughes*
Arnold Levison*
Henry Bolduc*
Carlos Davila*
Charles Francis*
Ramona Garcia*
Richard Harte*
Ed Hightower*
Wendall Loder*
Ormond McGill*
Edward Morris*
Walter Sala*
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NGH 2017 Annual Convention, Educational Conference & Exhibition 7

7 am
8 am
9 am
10 am
11 am
Noon
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
4 pm
5 pm
6 pm
#11071
Yoga
Exercise
Dorothy Kerzner
#11081
2017 Keynote
Address
Dwight Damon
#11091
#11092
#11093
Destructive Triggers Hot Flash! Hypnosis
- Healing Triggers And Menopause
The Giggle
Anthony DeMarco Amye Scharlau Roger Willard
#11101
#11102
#11103
Healing Past How To Make How To Use
Resentment And Post-Hypnotic The Web
Negativity Suggestions Stick! Mesmerizingly
Tricia Meister William Mitchell Ralph Benko
#11111
How To Use Dreams
To Empower Your
Clients
Janice Matturro
#11121
Hypno-Humor -
Expecting The
Unexpected
Ron Eslinger
#110101
Smoking Cessation
For Success
Shaun Brookhouse
#11021
The Professional
Home Hypnosis
Office
Celeste Hackett
#11031
Hypnosis And
Quantum Physics
Ina Oostrom
#11041
Compassion
And Boundaries
Peter Blum
#11112
Hypnosis The
Perfect Match For
PTSD
Don Mottin
#11122
Grow A Profitable
Business With Zero
Advertising Expense
#11123
NGH Board
Certification
Exam Intro
Lois Hermann Maurice Kershaw
#110102
#110103
Reading People For Molecular
Better Results Hypnotism
Robert Harrison Chuck Mignosa
#11022
Use Hypnosis To
Look Younger Plus
More Beautiful
Wendy Packer
#11032
Belief Change
Work
Kevin Martin
#11042
10 Keys To Working
With Adolescent
Clients
Brenda Titus
#11113
The Magic Of
Metaphor
Karen Hand-Harper
#11023
The Universal
Patter Script!?!
Calvin Banyan
#11033
A Target Rich
Environment –
Working With
Students
Marx Howell
#11043
The Three
Doors
Fredric Mau
#11094
Teaching
Self-Hypnosis
In Groups
Lee Pascoe
#11104
Dealing Effectively
With Weight
Control
Jacob Bimblich
Friday
#11095
9 Ways To Get More
Clients Which Will
Cost You Next To
Nothing
Helen Mitas
#11105
Using Mind Styles
To Improve Client
Rapport
C. Scot Giles
#11114
#11115
Testing & Challenges Hypnosis
For Deepening
Hypnosis
With Children
Jerry Valley & Tommy Vee Vicky Thomas
#11124
Self-Love And
Appreciation
George Casazza
#110104
Your Legal
Obligation To
Keeping Kids Safe
Elana Schondorf
#11024
Hidden Footprints
From The Past
Lucy Portlock
#11034
Hypnosis For Pre &
Post Operations
Myles Timmins
and Rondall Bailes
#11044
How Do You Know
You Were
Hypnotized?
Lisa Halpin
#11051
Powerful And
Profitable
Presentations
Dan Candell
#11125
Police, Fire & Para-
Medic Course That
You Can Teach Now!
Robert Bayliss
and Ruth Garrett
#110105
Turning Pro
Monica Marusceac
#11025
The Powerful Role
Of The Hypnotist
Marcel Klasen
#11035
Avoiding
Burnout
Roxanne Louise
#11045
Video Record Your
Hypnosis Sessions -
Technology Update
Scott Babb
#11052
Clearing And
Grounding At The
End Of The Day
Elizabeth Campbell
#11096
EFT’s Power For
The Profession
Charles Crenshaw Jr.
#11106
The Power of
Mindfulness. Attract
New Clients Fast!
#11116
Donna Bloom
Hypnosis 911
Brian DiRamio
#11126
The Power Of
Suggestion
Ariel Sherker
#110106
Sleep Issues And
Hypnosis
Boris Opancha
#11026
The Art Of Spatial
And Temporal
Language
Melissa Tiers
#11036
Conscious Mind-Set
Tricks For A Happy,
Effective Hypnotist
Cheryl DeDecker
#11046
Hypnosis For A
Healthier,
Wealthier Life
Ruth Garrett
and Robert Bayliss
#11053
Use Self-Hypnosis
As A Meditative
Technique
Michael Myers
#11097
The Overload &
Other FUN
Inductions
Cris Johnson
#11107
Never
Good
Enough
Patricia Pearson
#11117
Active-Alert
Hypnosis
Claude Andre Ribaux
#11127
“I’m Not Getting
Anything… It’s Not
Working”
Carol Denicker
#110107
Rapid Emotional
Release &
Empowerment
Rick Saruna
#11027
The Simpson
Protocol: Moving
Forward From The
Cutting Edge
Timothy Horn
#11037
Failing Need Not
Equal Failure
Beth Keil
#12041
Listen So You
Will Hear
—Strategies
For Client
Success
Karen Hand-Harper
7 pm
∂∂∂∂∂∂∂∂
STAGE SHOWS
Tickets $8.00 each show
7:30 pm • 9:30 pm
∂∂∂∂∂∂∂
#120701
Meet Your Tribe -
Make New
Hypno-Buddies!
—Connections With
Colleagues Equals
Power In Our
Profession
Cheryl DeDecker
#120702
Exploring The
Natural Electric
Energies Of The
Mind And Body—
Energy Techniques,
Kinesiology And
Hypnosis For
Rapid Change
Arthur Fecteau
#120703
#120704
Zero To Hero Entrancements
—Transition From And Entrainments
Part-Time To —Sound And Music
Full-Time To Enhance Your
Hypnotist With Hypnotism Practice
Confidence
Monica Marusceac
Peter Blum
#120705
Thought
Shifting
—How To
Eliminate The
Negative Inner
Voice
Rick Saruna
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SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS AT-A-GLANCE
No Additional Charge for Seminars or Special 2-hour Workshop #120701
ELECTIVE WORKSHOPS (Shaded Blocks): $25 each
SPECIAL 5 for $100 when ordered at same time
#12091
The Formula For A
Successful Pre-
Talk—Initial
Contact + Telephone
Conversations +
Pre-Session
Interview = Success
And Referrals
Alan Alves
#12111
Women In Hypnosis
—Evolution Of The
Role Of Women,
Their Current
Influence, And The
Obstacles And
Opportunities
Moving Forward
Amye Scharlau
#12092
Cerebrospinal
Fluid
Technique
And
Self-Hypnosis
Dorothy Kerzner
#12112
Start Your Business
Right The First
Time—It’s All
About The Really
Important Business
Things You Do
Before You Open
Your Office
Roger Willard
#12093
How To
Conduct A
Golf Hypnosis
Workshop
Laura
Boynton King
#12113
Teaching Self-
Hypnosis In
Groups—Make
Money And Inform,
While Publicizing
Your Practice
Lee Pascoe
#12094
The $5,000 A Week
Hypnotist—A New
Marketing Method
For Weight Loss
And Stop Smoking
Developed In
Europe With
Outstanding Results
Jason O’Callaghan
#12114
“Quantum Leap”
Hypnosis Success
With A Systematic
Approach—How
The Banyan Five-
Phase Approach (5-
PATH ® ) Absolutely
Transforms Your
Skills & Confidence
Calvin Banyan
#12095
How To Position
Yourself As The
Obvious Expert
—Turbocharge
Your Hypnotism
Practice NOW!
Elsom Eldridge Jr.
#12115
Proven D.E.P.T.H.
Model For Weight
Loss Success—The
Only Proven Weight
Loss Program Seen
On National
Television
Thomas Nicoli
#12096
Breaking Free
From Pain &
Opioids—The Why
And How of
Ethically Working
With Pain Clients
Robert Fernandez
#12116
Meditation
Mindfulness/
Mysticism In
Hypnosis
—The Power Of
Knowledge For
Your Practice
Charles Crenshaw Jr.
& Carol Crenshaw
#12097
Art And Structure
Of The “Dynamic
Hypnosis Session”
—Discover Your
Style
Myles Timmins
& Rondall Bailes
#12117
NLP Regression:
Faster, Gentler
Regression—Help
Your Clients
Release Negative
Emotions And
Achieve Their
Goals Quickly &
Easily!
Cris Johnson
#110108
Amplify Your
Personal Power
With Hypnosis
Erika Flint
#12021
More Clients,
Greater Income &
Success By
Answering The
Phone Right—How
I Booked Millions
Of Dollars Worth
Of Hypnosis
Appointments
Maureen Banyan
#12042
Building A Great
Hypnotism Practice
Without Spending A
Penny—The Road
To Success For
Financially
Challenged
Hypnotists
Jacob Bimblich
#110109
The Ultimate
Weight Loss
Hypnosis Script
Selena Valentine
#12022
Mastering
Metaphors,
Indirect And
Disguised
Suggestions
Don Mottin
#12043
How To Use The
Web Mesmerizingly
—Project Yourself
And Your Story And
The Art Of
Hypnosis To Make
Your Practice
Mesmerizing
Ralph Benko
#110110
Hypnotic
Language
Patterns
Taylor Sherman
#12023
Practical
Applications Of
Listening—Hearing
Between The Words
To Quickly
Formulate Positive
And Effective
Suggestions
Ariel Sherker
#12044
Empower Your
Clients To Create
Profound
Transformation
With Permanent
Change—Overcome
Negative Thoughts
By Resolving Past
Memories
Lois Hermann
#110111
Clients Want The
Magic, The Hypnotic
Phenomena !!!
William Mitchell
#12024
Mindfulness
Demonstrations
For A Successful
Practice
—Mentoring Magic
For The Mind
Ron Eslinger
#12045
Crank Up Your
Success Rate With
Social Media
Networking
—It’s Easier
Than You Think
Carol Denicker
#110112
Guidance From
Your Soul - Soul
Entrainment ®
Karen Paolino Correia
#12025
How A Consulting
Hypnotist Can
Design A Practice In
Complementary
Medical Hypnotism
—Have A Practice
That Results In A
Six-Figure Income
Using Referrals
C. Scot Giles
#12046
Never Good
Enough
—Applying
Cognitive-
Behavioral
Hypnosis To Low
Self-Esteem
Patricia Pearson
#110113
Convincers Before,
During, And After
Each Session
Margaret Worthington
#12026
Integrating
Dreamwork Into
Your Hypnosis
Sessions—Dreams
As Hypnotic
Suggestions And
Techniques
Janice Matturro
#12047
The Mindfulness
Formula—Quick
And Easy Methods
To Build Your
Hypnotism Practice,
With Focused
Intention And
Enthusiasm
Donna Bloom
#110114
Basic
Neuroanatomy
Annelle Soponis
#12027
How I Made
$165K In My
FIRST Year Of
Hypnotism
Without
Traditional
Advertising
Helen Mitas
#12048
Investigative
Hypnosis—Using
The Trance State To
Gather Information
And Conduct
Research
Brian DiRamio
#120706
Creating
Professional
Hypnosis
Programs—
Transforming Your
Individual Sessions
Into Professional
Hypnosis Programs
Glenn Kakely
#120707
The Body
Language Code
—Improve The
Power Of Your
Profession By
Understanding
The Non-Verbal
Clues
Petra Frese
#120708
Hypnosis As
A Tool
For Sleep
Issues
Boris Opancha
#120709
Changing The Life
Of The Hypnotist:
Active-Alert
Hypnosis A New
Way To Do
Hypnosis—How To
Combine
Movement And
Hypnosis Induction
Claude Andre
Ribaux
#120710
Neuroanatomy Of
The Pain Pathway
—Visualize The
Pain Pathway By
Learning Its
Specific Structures
In The Nervous
System
Annelle Soponis
#120711
The Simpson
Protocol: Mapping
The Subconscious
Mind—Setting The
Superconscious
Mind To Work
Timothy Horn and
Tonya Gunnarson
NGH 2017 Annual Convention, Educational Conference & Exhibition 9

7 am
8 am
9 am
10 am
11 am
Noon
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
4 pm
5 pm
6 pm
#21071
Yoga
Exercise
Dorothy Kerzner
#210801
#210802
#210803
#210804
#210805
#210806
#210807
Ideomotor Response From Grief To
Power-Filled
Ride Your Elevator
Introduction To EQ Vs IQ: Hypnosis For
A Joyful Life
Sessions With Successful What’s The
Testing WORKS!
Speech To The Top Children And Teens
The Caregiver
Regressions Difference?
Cecilia Crowley
Tony Kyprios and
Linda Donalds Bergstein
Jason Linett Leigh Ann Ledbetter Larry Garrett Beryl Comar Angella Ocheltree
#21091
#21092
#21093
#21094
#21095
#21096
#22091
Past Life
Meet Your
Tree Reading
Ron’s Multipurpose Vulnerability &
Imagery And
Special Elective:
Factor
Induction
Change: Expanding
Guardian Angel Self-Healing Interpretation
Your Hypnotism
Demonstration
Non-Verbal
Practice
Michael Hathaway Karen Paolino Correia Nat Harris Janet Crain Ron Eslinger Roberta Fernandez Hypnotic
#21101
#21102
#21103
#21104
#21105
#21106
Induction
Creating Your Day
8 Requirements For Secrets Of Laundry
— $35 Tuition
Marketing
Youth In
A Trip To
In The Most
A Successful Weight
List Marketing:
Includes DVD
Mastery
Sports
Discover What Your The Beach
Positive Way
Loss Program
Clients Want
Dorothy Campbell Robert Harrison Jereme Bachand Don Mottin Lisa Halpin Clay Dinger Marx Howell
#21111
#21112
#21113
#21114
#21115
#21116
#22111
Advertise And Be Hypnosis
NGH Mission Why Old Waking
How To Generate
Paid For It! Neurobiology &
Statement To
Metaphors That Ethics And Legal
Hypnosis Techniques
Depth Testing Repeat Clients Preserve The Power
Issues For The
Robert Bayliss
Of Your Profession Don’t Work
Calm The Mind
Consulting
and Ruth Garrett Billy Shilling Timothy Jones Robert Dunscomb William Horton Michael Raugh Hypnotist 2017
#21121
#21122
#21123
#21124
#21125
#21126
—Where Does Our
Overview About Presenting Fun And
An Induction
Instant Craving
EMDR - What It Is,
Sinking
Balancing Two Profession Stand
Unique Hypnotic Removal: The
For All Occasions How & Why It
With Legislation
Techniques
Into Peace
Professions
Works
Ultimate Convincer
Joann Abrahamsen Hansruedi Wipf Richard Gordon Cris Johson Charles Curtis Suzi Nance C. Scot Giles
#210101
Knowing When
To Say NO-
Scott McFall
#210102
Menopause Relief
Using Hypnosis
Roy Cantrell
#210103
Palliative Care
With Hypnosis
Mona Abdurahim-Santl
#210104
Hypnotism As
A Profession
Edward Lane
#210105
Pre & Post Surgical
Conditioning
Elizabeth Campbell
#210106
It’s All About
The Exhale
Nancy Klase
#210107
Reading Client
Body Language
Andrew Neblett
#21021
#21022
#21023
#21024
#21025
#21026
#22021
No-Pressure
Beyond Past Lives...Tall Before The Powering Up Your Practical Strategies Help, S/he Has
Tales, Truth Or
Business To
For Confident Public
Sales Model Mindfulness
Pre-Talk
Speaking & Broken My Heart
Therapy?
Succeed
Performance —NLP Techniques
Jason Kropidlowski Deborah Yaffee Lucy Portlock Maurice Kershaw Robert Merlin Nicholas Pallesen For Those Break-
#21031
#21032
#21033
#21034
#21035
#21036
Ups We Think
Mindfulness-Based
Reprogram Now For Ancient Hawaiian
We’ll Never Get
Color Induction
Hypnosis Workshops
Effective Marketing
Stress Reduction
For Your Practice In Over
Lasting Happiness! Secrets Revealed & Depth Testing Program (MBSR) At Public Libraries!
2017 And Beyond
Maggie Minsk David Frederick Billy Shilling Roy Thaller Gloria Drewitz Thomas Nicoli Beryl Comar
#21041
#21042
#21043
#21044
#21045
#21046
#22041
The Power Of A “Two Night Adult Deliver An Power Pre-Talks
Bullying: How You Can Take Instant And Rapid
Your Hypnotic Ed” Self-Hypnosis Empowering Stress – Insider Secrets
Back Control Of Hypnosis Inductions
Marketing Pen
Class Buster Workshop For Hypnotists
How To Cope
Your Health —How To Use
Ernest
Robert Martel VanDenBossche Erika Flint John Cerbone Marcia Proctor Robert Saviola Instant & Rapid
Inductions For More
#21055
#21056
“Tranceformation”
Beyond Fear—From
5-Steps To
Powerfully
Time And Lose Fear
Survival To Thrival Close Sales Of Applying Them
#21051
Chakra Balancing
For Weight Loss &
Well-Being
Adeline Kania
#21072
Morning Hypnosis
To Start Your Day
#21052
Hypnotic
Testimonials
Scott Babb
#21053
The Power Of Your
Profession Using
Mega Vision
Margaret Worthington
Saturday
#21054
Educating Your
Communities On
What Hypnosis
Can Do
Vilene Farina
Dan LaRosa
Denise M. Simpson
Hansruedi Wipf
6:30 pm
Social Hour
7:30 pm
Banquet & Awards/Dancing
10 NGH 2017 Annual Convention, Educational Conference & Exhibition

SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS AT-A-GLANCE
No Additional Charge for Seminars or Special 2-hour Workshop #22111
ELECTIVE WORKSHOPS (Shaded Blocks): $25 each; SPECIAL 5 for $100 when ordered at same time
Special Workshop #22091: $35 Tuition (includes DVD)
#210808
Perfect Your NGH
Hypnosis Training
Pitch To Clients
Selena Valentine
#22092
Magical
Metaphors
Shaun Brookhouse
#22112
Rewiring The
Brain For Change
—On Becoming
A Neuroplastician
#210809
HypnoSlim - Losing
Weight Starts In
Your Mind
Sandra Blabl
#22093
Genes, Memes
& Epigenetics
—A Message Of
Hope For Your
Clients
Fredric Mau
#22113
Make 100K In A
Hypnosis Home
Office—How I
Make 6 Figures
Working Out Of My
Home As A
Hypnotist And How
You Can Too
#210810
How To Write A
Sales Letter That
Sells
Robert Martel
#22094
Essentials Of
Mastering Age
Regression
—Hypnotic Age
Regression Work
Builds Your Practice
And The Profession!
Calvin Banyan
#22114
Light Body
Hypnosis
—A Powerful Inner
Child Technique
For Strengthening
Self-Worth And
Self-Esteem
#210811
Discovering Your
Still Point
Kenneth Ring
#22095
Your Clients Want
The Magic, The
Wow, The Hypnotic
Phenomena!!!
—Why You Want
To Use Hypnotic
Phenomena In
Your Practice
William Mitchell
#22115
How To Be The
“EXPERT” In
“Taking CARE Of
The CAREGIVER”
—Learn
Everything From
A To Z
#210812
Symbolanalysis
Angelina Ahumada
#22096
Body Language
And Hypnosis
—Client’s
Subconscious Clues
For The Hypnotist
Myles Timmins
& Rondall Bailes
#22116
Advanced Energy
Hypnosis
—Effective Ways
To Attract
Clients
Globally
#210813
Neuroplasticity
Thom Bloomquist
#22097
Dynamic Stop
Smoking
Seminars—Learn
How To Find The
Companies Like
AT&T Who Paid
Us $11,700 For 3
Group Sessions
Jerry Valley
& Tommy Vee
#22117
Attract More
Clients & Enjoy
Success With
Multiple Options
For Tobacco
Cessation —Don’t
Get Stuck In A One
Size Fits All
Approach
#23081
Quick And
Impressive Demos
You Can Do
Anywhere
—Demonstrate The
Power Of Your
Profession
Kevin Martin
and Brenda Martin
#22118
Help Teen Clients
Find Their Power!
—The Specialized
Needs Of Your Teen
Clients And How
To Help Them
Melissa Tiers
#210108
Somatic
Method
David Quigley
#22022
How To Have
A Successful
Regression
Every Time
Larry Garrett
#22042
Discovering Your
Future Memories
—Utilizing Time
For Goal Setting,
Releasing Negativity,
And Powerful
Motivation
Taylor Sherman
Celeste Hackett
#210109
Cashing In On
Medical Referrals
Penny Chiasson
#22023
Power-Filled Fun
And Games =
Powerful Success
And Healing
—For Children
And Adolescents
Leigh Ann
Ledbetter &
Tony Kyprios
#22043
Releasing Anger
Without Killing
Anyone!
—Making It Work
For You!
Roxanne Louise
Ina Oostrom
#210110
Incorporating The
Akashic Records
Into Your Practice
Lori Chrepta
#22024
Changing History
For Amazing
Success—How To
Effectively Create
Change By
Changing Personal
History In Hypnosis
George Casazza
#22044
Hypnosis: Your Key
To Profit & Success
In The Alzheimer’s
Market—Using
“The Power Of
Your Profession” To
Prevent Alzheimer’s
In Caregivers
Robert Bayliss
and Ruth Garrett
Wendy Packer
#210111
Creating Tailor
Made Scripts On
The Spot
Ginny Goldman
#22025
Pain, A Billion
Dollar Industry
—Hypnosis Can
Stop Pain And
Suffering
Ron Eslinger
#22045
Easy Way To Book
Corporate Speaking
Gigs—The Easiest
Way To Book High
Paying Corporate
Speaking Long Term
Relationships With
Big Corporations
Robert Harrison
Marcel Klasen
#210112
Every Parent Is
A Hypnotist
Susan Iacono
#22026
Conversational Past
Life Regression
—Creating Past
Life Trances While
A Client Is In A
Waking State
Carol Denicker
#22027
Hypnogenes:
Epigenetics &
Hypnosis
—The Hypnotic
Prevention/
Promotion Of
Predisposition Gene
Expression
Michael Hathaway Anthony DeMarco
#22046
#22047
Auto-Suggestion Adult ADD/ADHD
For Hypnotists &
Works!—How
Clients—Success
You Can Boost
Strategies When
Results and Benefit
Either You Or Your
Every Client Client Has ADD
Lisa Halpin
#210113
The Secret To
Session And Sales
Success
Andria Michele
Linda Donalds
Brenda Titus
#210114
Inner Secrets Of
Milton Erickson
Deborah Nettles
and Will Hayes
#23021
Hypnosis For
Moving Through
Illness—Helping
Those With
Chronic And
Critical Illness
(And Their
Caregivers) Attain
And Maintain
Serenity And Peace
Throughout The
Course Of Illness
Angella Ocheltree
NGH 2017 Annual Convention, Educational Conference & Exhibition 11

7 am
8 am
9 am
10 am
11 am
Noon
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
#31071
Yoga
Exercise
Dorothy Kerzner
#31081
Train Your Brain
—Be Your Best
Gary Cameron
#31091
Creating Client
Expectations
Michael DeSchalit
#31101
Mindscaping
Hypnosis
George Guarino
#31111
How To Run A
Successful Group
Hypnosis Session
Doug Jones
#311201
Introduction To
Outsourcing Your
Business Needs
Craig Mackay
#310101
Hypnosis And The
Law of Attraction
Michael Hathaway
#31021
Why Hypnosis
For Fertility?
Lynsi Eastburn
#31031
Crossing Over
—Using Hypnosis
At The End Of Life
Lisa Sigsworth
#31072
Interfaith Service
Of Worship
#31082
C.P.R. Motivation
Method For Easy
Results
Linda Donalds
#31092
Move Beyond
‘Scriptnosis’ With
Session Outlines
Scott Babb
#31102
Fundamentals Of
Powerful Hypnotism
Practice
Johnny Moran
#31112
How To Use
Mindfulness In A
Hypnotism Practice
Birgit Zottmann
#311202
Introduction To
Theater Therapy
Elana Schondorf
#310102
Aversion
Hypnosis
Boris Opancha
#31022
Recording
Hypnosis
Audios 101
Andy Dolph
#31032
Video Marketing
For Hypnotists
Cynthia Lindner
#31083
You Have The
Choice, Stop
Making Excuses
Ulrike Milner
#31093
CRNH (Certified
Registered Nurse
Hypnotist )
Roger Woods
and Marc Sacco
#31103
Computerized
Trance
Robert Pargament
#31113
3 Must-Have
Sessions For Your
Hypnotism Practice
John Cerbone
#311203
Achieving
Empowerment
Sherri Bernier
#310103
Meet Your Main
Spirit Guide
Eric Richmond
#31023
Hypnosis For
ADHD
David Huffman
#31033
The Possibilities
Process -Questions
As Post-Hypnotic
Suggestions
John Koenig
#31084
Why Rapport Is
CRITICAL To NLP
And Hypnosis
Roy Thaller
#31094
A New NLP
Technique For
Rapid Change
William Horton
#31104
Delegate Effectively
In Multicultural,
Multigenerational
21st Century
Rhonda Waters
#31114
The RX For
Hypnosis Awareness
In The Medical
Community
Wendy Packer
#311204
ABC’s Of Success
For Hypnotists
Dan LaRosa
#310104
Post-Traumatic
Stress In The Black
Community
Heddy Keith
#31024
Parts Therapy For
Reliable Results
Elizabeth Campbell
#31034
Your Voice
At Its Best
Magen Slesinger
Sunday
#31085
#32081
How To Run A
Inductions
G.I.F.T. Program At
– Nothing But
Your Local YMCA
Deborah Yaffee Inductions!
#31095
—A Potpourri Of
The Magic
Induction
Of Make Believe Techniques
Lee Pascoe Joann Abrahamsen
#32101
#32102
21st Century NLP Business Mind-Set
Flash Technique For New
—Remove
Practitioners
Restrictive
—Business Mind-Set
Movement And
Chronic Pain In
Program
Under 5 Minutes
David Frederick
#311205
How To Bypass Or
Use The Resistances
In Hypnosis
Frank Platzek
#310105
Stage Hypnosis -
Can It Help Your
Practice?
Tommy Vee
#320201
Verbal Medicine
—Covert Hypnosis
Used In The
Emergency
Department That
Can Work
Anywhere!
Roger Woods
and Marc Sacco
Roy Cantrell
#311206
Mindfulness Benefits
And The Easy 5-3-1
Daily Practice
Rebecca Berke
#310106
Intro To Total
Transformation
Cecilia Crowley
Bergstein
#320202
The Power Of Your
Profession Using
Your NGH Training
Materials To Make
Multiple Seminars
—Using This
Simple Outline
Vilene Farina
and Karla Bracy
#32082
NLP And
Journaling In
Dealing With
Stress—Speeding
The Process Of
Stress Relief
Charles Curtis
#32103
Dowsing - “Tuning
Into Your Intuition”
—Instant Rapport
& Appropriate
Inductions
Every Time
Dorothy Campbell
#311207
Pre & Post
Surgery Hypnosis
(Case Studies)
Bonnie Hammersley
#310107
Hypnotic-Aids
Eye-Opener
Lisa Evans
#320203
Color In
Suggestion
& Depth Testing
—SES Color
Induction & Depth
Testing
Billy Shilling
NGH MISSION STATEMENT
“CONSULTING HYPNOTISTS HELP ORDINARY, EVERYDAY PEOPLE
WITH ORDINARY, EVERYDAY PROBLEMS USING INDIVIDUAL
HYPNOTIC TECHNIQUES”
If, by habit, you have memorized and use our shorter “elevator talk” version —
“We help ordinary, everyday people with problems” -
it is fine as you can then elaborate on it in conversation.
OUR VISION
A TIME WHEN A VISIT TO THE CONSULTING HYPNOTIST IS AS COMMON
AS A VISIT TO ANY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
12 NGH 2017 Annual Convention, Educational Conference & Exhibition

#32083
HypnoDontics
—Kick Start Your
Practice Into High
Gear With Dental
Hypnosis
Timothy Jones Marcel Klasen
#32104
#32105
Hidden Footprints Hypnosis, The
From The Past Key To The
—How Past Lives Metaphysical
Can Influence The —The Power Of
Present Lifetime Your Profession
Lucy Portlock
#311208
Hypnosis Yoga
—Integration Of
Mindful Movement
Sujun Chen
#310108
Show Your
Handwriting For A
“Bumper Sticker”
Analysis
Pearlan Feeney-Grater
#320204
Hypnosis – The
Next Generation
—The Next
Generation Of
Innovative Secrets
& Methods To
Enhance Session
Results
John Cerbone
#32084
The Power Of
Sound In
Hypnosis—How To
Use Your Voice,
Music & Tones As
Hypnotic Tools
Ernest
VanDenBossche
#311209
Journey To The
Center Of Your
Mind
Chuck Mignosa
#310109
Build A Thriving
Practice For Pennies
On The Dollar!
Penny Chiasson
#320205
Freedom From
Compulsive Habits
—Hypnotism &
NLP For Alcohol
& Drug Issues
William Horton
SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS AT-A-GLANCE
No Additional Charge for Seminars
ELECTIVE WORKSHOPS (Shaded Blocks): $25 each
SPECIAL 5 for $100 when ordered at same time
#32085
Easy, Quick And
Effective Group
Hypnosis
Inductions—How
To Hypnotize
Groups From 10 To
100 To 1000 Quickly
And Easily To Make
A Massive Impact!
Dan Candell
#32106
Create Your Own
Magic Script
—Secrets Of
Hartland’s Ego-
Strengthening
Lisa Halpin
#311210
Making It Stick
—Give Your
Suggestions Extra
Staying Power
Michael Raugh
#310110
Rapport Is The
Foundation Of
Successful Hypnosis
Alexander Ivlev
#320206
The Alternative
Weigh To Weight
Loss—Implement
A Proven 4-Session
Hypno-Behavioral
Weight Loss
Program
Adeline Kania
#32086
#32087
Molecular Dreamwork
—New Keys To
Hypnotism
Unlocking The
—Achieving Perfect
Power Of The
Health Of Body,
Subconscious
Mind And Spirit Mind
Chuck Mignosa
#32107
Empower Your
Facebook
Marketing
—Strategies For
Local And Global
Success
Jason Linett
#311211
Anger Management
Through Mind
Control
Kenneth Ring
#310111
Technology is Power
– Use Your Tablet!
Illya Mashalidis
#320207
Homeopathy
And Hypnosis
—Holistic Energy
Healing
Lawrence Galante
David Quigley
#32108
Advanced Valid
Muscle Testing
Techniques—Learn
To Integrate Muscle
Testing With
Hypnosis, EFT,
NLP And Other
Modalities
Andrew Neblett
#311212
Mind-Body
Integration In
Hypnosis
Barbara Swanwick
#310112
Power Of Past
Life Regression
Robert Merlin
#320208
The Emotional
Body – Your Most
Powerful Resource
—Resourcing And
Reframing For
Powerful Results
Nancy Klase
#31086
How To
Hypnotize
Anybody
Jason Linett
#33091
Soup To Nuts
Weight Loss!!!
—All You Will
Ever Need To
Run A Successful
3 Month Weight
Loss Program!!!
Laura
Boynton King
#311213
The Power Of Our
Profession To Help
Those Who Serve
Anthony Davis
#310113
Building A
Worldwide Brand
In Hypnotism
Paul Ramsay
#320209
Beyond
Mindfulness
—The Healing
Power Of Mind
Meditation
Deborah Yaffee
#31087
Fill Your Weight
Loss Classes Using
Groupon
Bob Felix
#33092
Practical Hypnosis
For The Elderly
—Techniques Of
Hypnosis In
Geriatrics
Maurice Kershaw
#311214
Hypno Youth
And Beauty
Stephanie Ho
#310114
Automate Your
Pre-Talk
Selena Valentine
#320210
Non-Verbal
Communication
Scott McFall
National Guild of Hypnotists, Inc.
BOARD CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
BOARD CERTIFIED
1. Must be an active member of NGH at the Certified Hypnotist level for one (1) year.
2. Must write a minimum 1000 word hypnotism paper suitable for publication in the Journal of Hypnotism ® or Hypno-Gram ® .
3. Must be in active practice or using hypnotism as an adjunct to another profession a minimum of one (1) year.
4. Must be of good moral/ethical character, with no criminal record, and meet the educational standards of the NGH.
5. Must pass a written examination.
6. Must complete an oral interview.
7. Must submit two written character references (non-family).
The written examinations and oral interview questionnaires developed by the Certification Board will be administered 2 times a year.
— NEXT BOARD CERTIFICATION EXAMS —
5 PM • SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017 • MARLBOROUGH, MA
NGH BOARD CERTIFICATION IS TRUE AUTHENTICATION OF PROFESSIONAL
KNOWLEDGE OF HYPNOTISM AS DETERMINED BY PEER EXAMINATION
NGH 2017 Annual Convention, Educational Conference & Exhibition 13

FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
7:00-7:50 AM SEMINARS
(11071) YOGA EXERCISE
Dorothy Kerzner, CH
All-levels
Begin your day relaxed and in control with stress-reducing,
easy movements for body and spirit. Attendees should wear
comfortable clothing and bring a towel to sit on. Experiential
8:00-8:50 AM SEMINAR
(11081) THE POWER OF YOUR PROFESSION
Dwight Damon, DC, BCH, DNGH
All-levels
Keynote Address of 2017 Convention
Lecture
9:00-9:50 AM SEMINARS
(11091) DESTRUCTIVE TRIGGERS - HEALING
TRIGGERS—Eliminate Urges, Cravings, Obsessive
Thoughts And Actions
Anthony DeMarco, DNGH, LLB, BCH, CI, OB All-levels
The passion, or the circumstances, or the repetition with which
any given stimulus is presented to us, dictates the effect resulting
in specific reactions that please us, or empower us, or haunt
us, or disturb us, or ‘attempt’ to destroy us. Tony shall offer his
insights into the workings of the subconscious mind and the
collective unconscious, the elevation of consciousness, and
several triggers to use to combat cravings, urges, obsessions
and give your clients the kick-start. Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(11092) HOT FLASH! HYPNOSIS AND MENOPAUSE
Amye Scharlau, CH, CI
All-levels
Learn to tell fact from fiction in order to provide the absolute
best care and support for your clients going through “the
change.” Help your clients ease genuine physiological
changes, dispel the fears and myths of rampant misinformation,
and empower your clients as they enter a fabulous new
chapter in life!
Lecture/Discussion
(11093) THE GIGGLE—Give Your Clients The NLP
Giggle To Change
Roger Willard, CH, BA
Introductory-Intermediate
Based on Richard Bandler’s research and techniques of NLP,
this seminar will show you how to quickly collapse client’s
negative triggers with a simple giggle while in hypnosis. It will
also show how to motivate your clients to continue positive
outcomes which will be self-rewarding for them. This powerful
technique is broken down to its simplest form, no knowledge
of NLP is required for it to work.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(11094) TEACHING SELF-HYPNOSIS IN GROUPS
—Make Money, Inform, & Publicize Your Practice
Lee Pascoe, BCH, CI, FNGH, OB Introductory-Intermediate
Teaching a self-hypnosis class not only establishes you as a
credible professional, but at the same time you remove the fear
of hypnosis, educate the public, create rapport with the audience,
and actually make money for yourself instead of paying
out for expensive publicity. Lee will take you step-by-step
through a 6-hour course, to be presented over 2 or 3 separate
sessions.
Lecture/Exercise/Q&A
201 Expert Seminars
No Additional Charge
Included With Your Convention Fee
(11095) 9 WAYS TO GET MORE CLIENTS WHICH
WILL COST YOU NEXT TO NOTHING
Helen Mitas
All-levels
Effective marketing is expensive, right? WRONG! 8/9 of the
strategies in this seminar are completely free (and the last costs
next to nothing). Generate a steady flow of clients into your
practice with these simple, effective and affordable strategies.
This seminar describes the 9 strategies that I used to grow my
practice well beyond the 6 figure mark and that I still use today
to attract new clients. Lecture/Discussion/Exercise/Demonstration/Q&A
(11096) EFT’S POWER FOR THE PROFESSION
—What You Didn’t Know About EFT
Charles Crenshaw Jr., CH, CI
All-levels
Emotional Freedom Technique has evolved out of the subtleties
of the human energy body (chi body). The general consensus
is that EFT is just blindly tapping and talking, but it is
a lot more subtle than that. It can be used as part of the arsenal
of tools that continue our progress as hypnotists in the present
and into the future, helping to prove to clients the reality of
change work.
Lecture/Demonstration/Experiential/Q&A
(11097) THE OVERLOAD & OTHER FUN
INDUCTIONS—Learn Several FAST Rapid & Instant
Inductions In This Fun Seminar!
Cris Johnson, BCH, CI
All-levels
Discover the hidden power of the Overload Induction, a rapid
induction even faster than the Elman Induction! Learn The
Handshake Interrupt Induction and the incredible Ambiguous
Touch Induction, which as legend has it, was so effective for
Milton Erickson that people refused to shake his hand! Cris
will demonstrate the inductions, explain some of their uses,
and time permitting, have you practice to deepen your understanding
of the processes involved. Lecture/Demonstration/Practice
10:00-10:50 AM SEMINARS
(11101) HEALING PAST RESENTMENT AND
NEGATIVITY—Moving Forward To Success
Tricia Meister, BCH, CI
All-levels
Raise awareness of past, unforgiven events and people leading
to resentment and harness personal power in order to move forward.
By surfacing previously unrecognized, yet limiting
beliefs, and helping to identify recurring behaviors blocking
success, the presentation will enable you to release negative
influences from the past, to progress personally, and in turn to
transfer this empowering approach to assist others, including
your own clients.
Lecture/Demonstration/Exercise
(11102) HOW TO MAKE POST-HYPNOTIC SUGGES-
TIONS STICK!—The Automatic Reinstatement Of
Specific Suggestions After The Hypnotic State
William Mitchell, CI, BCH
All-levels
Post-hypnotic Suggestion refers to the subject’s ability to
respond at a later time to a suggestion given during trance. The
post-hypnotic suggestions can be directed toward behaviors,
attitudes, or feelings and can involve any one of the hypnotic
phenomena such as anesthesia, amnesia, tunnel vision, hypnotic
dreaming, etc. Learn how William Mitchell, CI, routinely
delivers suggestions that STICK! Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
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(11103) HOW TO USE THE WEB MESMERIZINGLY
—Project Yourself And Your Story And The Art Of
Hypnosis To Make Your Practice Mesmerizing
Ralph Benko, BA, JD, OB, CH
All-levels
By configuring your website to present your own narrative,
conveying yourself, your skills, your credibility, and the ability
of hypnosis to bring about desirable outcomes will engage
prospects as clients far more powerfully than mere descriptors
and stock images. You will learn the basics of how to do this
simply and effectively.
Lecture/Q&A
(11104) DEALING EFFECTIVELY WITH WEIGHT
CONTROL—How To See Less & Less Of Your Client
Jacob Bimblich, BCH, CI, OB, DNGH
All-levels
Through many years of research and experimentation, some
very effective suggestions with great impact have been developed
for use in the hypnotic approach to weight control. In this
seminar, you will learn the mechanism and suggestions that
will produce the best results. Learning basic nutritional
approach that will motivate the client to pursue the desire
weight goal. You will be impressed with the incredible results
the client will achieve.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(11105) USING MIND STYLES TO IMPROVE CLIENT
RAPPORT—An Easy Technique That Improves
Practitioner Effectiveness
C. Scot Giles, BCH, CI, OB, DMin, DNGH
Introductory-Intermediate
The Eye-Roll, when done properly discloses how hypnotizable
your client can be. It also tells you a lot about the client’s personality
and what sort of hypnotic approach will be most effective.
The Complementary Medical Hypnotism Certification
program of the NGH uses this technique extensively and this
seminar will give you a boost if you desire to use those techniques
in your practice.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(11106) THE POWER OF MINDFULNESS. ATTRACT
NEW CLIENTS FAST!—Secrets To Deliberately
Create The Hypnotism Practice Of Your Dreams
Donna Bloom, BCH
All-levels
Build the hypnotism practice of your dreams with excitement,
enthusiasm and the proper mental mind-set! You will learn
how to get clients by consistently focusing on that which you
really, really desire. Discover four quick and easy processes to
start attracting new clients! This class is full of visualizations,
exercises and processes to help you create a thriving hypnotism
practice with practically no money. Lecture/Participation/Q&A
(11107) NEVER GOOD ENOUGH—Cognitive
Behavioral Method; A Low Self-Esteem Intervention
Patricia Pearson, CI, CH
All-levels
Our beliefs are the foundation of our actions and choices. But
negatively distorted core beliefs result in low self-esteem and
high self-criticism. This seminar introduces Cognitive Behavioral
Hypnosis, an exciting new option that rapidly alters core
beliefs. It improves self-confidence and boosts motivation for
those with low self-esteem. Learn how incorporating CBT into
your practice will help your clients rapidly improve, increase
your acceptance in the professional counseling/medical community
and boost your referrals.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
11:00-11:50 AM SEMINARS
(11111) HOW TO USE DREAMS TO EMPOWER
YOUR CLIENTS—Helping Clients To Actively
Engage Their Dreams for Health, Well-Being,
Guidance, And Personal Success
Janice Matturro, CH, CI
Introductory
Dreams and their powers are the best kept secret among the
most successful and inventive people of our time and across
history. In fact, the fields of medicine, manufacturing, media,
art, music, literature, psychology, science, politics and business
have all been influenced by dreams - in practical ways. As
professional hypnotists, we have a unique opportunity to
empower our clients by guiding them to actively engage their
dreams for success and personal transformation.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(11112) HYPNOSIS THE PERFECT MATCH FOR
PTSD
Don Mottin, BCH, CI, FNGH, OB
All-levels
There are millions of people who have some degree of PTSD
that took place after an injury, a crime, or other traumatic
event. In just one hour, you will master the ten most common
symptoms of PTSD and how to treat them. Emotional &
Physical Reactions - Understanding the risk factors - How to
use anchors - Children and PTSD - Overcome Self-blame - The
side effects - Causes of PTSD - Impact phase First responders
- Irrational behavior. Here is your chance to give back to those
who have given so much to all.
Lecture/Q&A
(11113) THE MAGIC OF METAPHOR
—To Make The Change For Good
Karen Hand-Harper, BCH, CI Introductory-Intermediate
In this seminar, you find yourself discovering how to easily
deliver your suggestions straight into the subconscious without
resistance. Learn some tried and true metaphors that work for
a variety of issues and be able to add some new ones to your
repertoire. Realize you can enhance your sessions with storiesthat-stick
and increase client (AND YOUR) success.
Lecture/Exercise/Discussion/Q&A
(11114) TESTING & CHALLENGES FOR DEEPENING
HYPNOSIS
Jerry Valley, MACP and Tommy Vee, CH, CI All-levels
This presentation will teach you how to effectively use the
proper testing and fool-proof challenges to get your subjects
into a deeper state. This will also eliminate subjects from saying
“I don’t think I was hypnotized.” If you have ever heard
that statement, this class is for you! Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(11115) HYPNOSIS WITH CHILDREN
—Little Rascals - Big Results!
Vicky Thomas, CH
All-levels
Hypnosis with children (and their parents) is simple and effective.
If you can tell a story, remember what it feels like to be
filled with childhood dreams, and love to play, then hypnosis
with children is for you! In addition, how wonderful you can
feel when you teach parents to “be the hypnotist for your
child.” Rewards and referrals are abundant when you help a
child!
Lecture/Exercise/Demonstration/Q&A
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(11116) HYPNOSIS 911
—You Can Make Your Hypnotism Practice Safer
Brian DiRamio, CH
All-levels
You will learn brief descriptions of CPR, first aid, and general
office safety. You will learn specific information related to
office emergencies and how to respond. Most importantly, you
will learn how to obtain free or inexpensive training that will
be most useful. This presentation, although useful for all, is
most useful for those that are solo providers. Lecture/Q&A
(11117) ACTIVE-ALERT HYPNOSIS
—From Couch To Bike. Action Instead Of Relaxation
Claude Andre Ribaux, CH
All-levels
Active-alert hypnosis is a gateway into a truly remarkable state
of alert, awakened consciousness mind. Individuals can easily
learn to seek refuge in this dynamic state of undistracted presence
even in the midst of their daily routines. The idea behind
this class is to demonstrate to you how easily the active-alert
hypnosis can be applied and thus motivate you to use this
method in your own practice. Lecture/Discussion/Demonstration/Q&A
NOON-12:50 PM SEMINARS
(11121) HYPNO-HUMOR - EXPECTING THE
UNEXPECTED—My Heart Was Pounding - But Now I
Am Laughing
Ron Eslinger, CRNA, RN, APN, BCH, CMI, FNGH, OB
All-levels
This seminar presents humorous exerts from Ron’s 40 years of
client experiences. They were not funny at the time - some
almost heart stopping for Ron. There was the one who as soon
as I had her close her eyes and imagine she was in her kitchen
started screaming, yelling and crying at the top of her lungs.
Then there was the client, when asked to imagine a white light
yelled out “BLUE”. You will learn how to handle such unexpected
reactions.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
(11122) GROW A PROFITABLE HYPNOTISM
BUSINESS WITH ZERO ADVERTISING EXPENSE!
—Fill Your Schedule With Paying Clients Using
Powerful Networking Strategies!
Lois Hermann, CH, CI
All-levels
Are you missing a golden opportunity to grow your business
with minimal investment? Since hypnotists are natural communicators,
it is easy to relate well to other business people. As
we help business professionals grow their business, we naturally
grow our own. Learn to be an expert Networker, develop
tools to connect confidently with others, and fill your schedule
with paying clients.
Lecture/Discussion/Exercise/Q&A
(11123) NGH BOARD CERTIFICATION
—The Questions You Ask
Maurice Kershaw, MA, FNGH, BCH, OB
All-levels
A member of The National Guild of Hypnotists Certification
Board will conduct this important seminar to provide general
information to hypnotists who qualify to sit for the Board
Certification examination. This seminar will provide instruction
on the requirements necessary and an explanation of the
testing process. It will discuss the benefits of this professional
recognition, and the level of hypnosis skills and professional
practice experience the Board will assess. Introduction/Lecture
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(11124) SELF-LOVE AND APPRECIATION
—Most Important Session To Maximize Success For
Every Client & Hypnotist!
George Casazza, CH, CI
All-levels
Everything is easier and success is effortless when self-love
and appreciation is present! Learn why every hypnotist should
add this specific session every time! Your practice will
improve and continue to expand with referrals! Discover the
most effective, step-by-step, self-love techniques to empower
every client! Experience a powerful group “Self-Love &
Appreciation” session.
Lecture/Experiential/Q&A
(11125) POLICE, FIRE AND PARAMEDIC COURSE
THAT YOU CAN TEACH NOW!—Train The Trainer
Course For Fast Growing Alzheimer’s Market
Robert Bayliss, CH, CI, OB and Ruth Garrett All-levels
Specialize and you can become “The Obvious Expert!” by
training the elite in your community. Doctors do it. Lawyers do
it. First Responders must now be trained to safely interact with
Alzheimer’s patients who wander off from their home or facility.
Alzheimer’s patients will soon be 50% of the senior population
and more than half will wander when unattended.
Responding to this situation requires special training for First
Responders and you can be their “Obvious” instructor.
Lecture/Q&A
(11126) THE POWER OF SUGGESTION
—Using Pre-Talk To Create Effective And Positive
Suggestions For Your Client’s Success
Ariel Sherker, CH, CI
All-levels
Clients come to see us to help them on their journey of change
and our job is to help them get on the right mind-set for their
success. This seminar will teach you how to recognize the suggestions
that your clients repeat to themselves that keep them
from succeeding in their goals. Upon this recognition, you will
have a clear direction of where change can happen and can formulate
new suggestions that are readily accepted by your
clients.
Lecture/Q&A
(11127) I’M NOT GETTING ANYTHING… IT’S NOT
WORKING—How To Handle That Dreadful Response
From Your Client
Carol Denicker, BCH, CMI, OB Introductory-Intermediate
Learn to think on your feet and be able to redirect a stalled
regression session (even after the client says that he/she is
unable to). Know what to say and do so you save the session
and proceed productively. On the rare occasion when a client
continues to fail to regress, utilize a powerful Ericksonian technique
so the client still has a positive experience and they can
continue to work on it at home.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
“Friendly participants, helpful staff. A great break from
real life. A “must” weekend for all hypnotists. Learn
something new each year.” —
Carol Minalga, Niantic, CT
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(110101) SMOKING CESSATION FOR SUCCESS
—Master The Skills For The One Session Smoking
Treatment
Shaun Brookhousse, DNGH, BCH, CI, OB All-levels
One of the key components of a successful hypnotism practice,
is the ability to do successful smoking cessation sessions. This
one hour presentation will give you the keys as to how to
approach this with confidence in a single session protocol. This
approach has been fine tuned over a 28 year career.
Lecture/Experiential/Q&A
(110102) READING PEOPLE FOR BETTER RESULTS
—Advanced Strategies To Access Your Client’s
Personality Profile For Better Results And Deeper
Rapport
Robert Harrison, CH
All-levels
In this seminar, you will learn some of the most common mistakes
even the seasoned pros make when working with clients
and walking them through programs like smoking cessation,
weight loss, stress and other common issues. You will then
learn how and why personality differences can make or break
a client’s success and how to leverage them for the best possible
results. We will then teach a simple 8-step process to do the
initial profile assessment. Finally we’ll review testing procedures
and troubleshooting tips and tricks. Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(110103) MOLECULAR HYPNOTISM
—Achieving Perfect Health Of Body, Mind And Spirit
Chuck Mignosa, CH
Intermediate-Advanced
This technique has been used for over 10 years and has produced
significant results in relieving physical ailments. This is
applying hypnosis techniques to the molecular level of the
body. It is based on the principle of science that says “the mere
process of looking at something changes it”. Come and find
out what results have been obtained and how you can add this
technique to your hypnotic tool box and give your clients the
opportunity of producing miraculous results.
Lecture/Demonstration/Practice/Q&A
(110104) YOUR LEGAL OBLIGATION TO KEEPING
KIDS SAFE—A Practical Guide To Recognizing &
Reporting Child Neglect/Abuse
Elana Schondorf, LMSW, CH
All-levels
Children have little independent power and rely upon the
adults in their lives to protect them and keep them safe. As
mandated reporters, we are legally and ethically bound to
report any suspicion of child abuse, maltreatment, or neglect.
We need to take our role as helping agents seriously and protect
our younger more vulnerable clients. Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
“As always, the convention is an incredible gathering
of some of the most talented and passionate people in
this profession.”
—Kevin Martin, Lowell, MA
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
(110105) TURNING PRO—Overcome Your Limiting
Beliefs About Becoming A Full-Time Professional
Hypnotist
Monica Marusceac, BCH
Introductory-Intermediate
Leaving your job to become a professional full-time consulting
hypnotist can be a nerve wracking and difficult decision to
make but a necessary one in order to achieve the freedom and
autonomy that a private hypnotism practice can provide.
Lecture/Exercises/Q&A
(110106) SLEEP ISSUES AND HYPNOSIS
Boris Opancha, MS, BCH
All-levels
1 out of 3 people have sleep issues at some point in their lives,
20-40% of all adults have sleep issues in the course of any
year. Struggle for hours to get to sleep, no matter how tired you
are? Or do you wake up in the middle of the night and lie
awake for hours, anxiously watching the clock? The better we
understand sleeplessness, the more charge we can begin to take
of sleep and health. That includes understanding how and
when hypnosis can be used.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(110107) RAPID EMOTIONAL RELEASE &
EMPOWERMENT—Empowering Clients By Quickly
Removing “Stuck” Emotional Issues Through Eye
Patterns
Rick Saruna, CI, CH
All-levels
RER - Rapid Emotional Release & Empowerment is a process
that is very unique and fascinating. Through the use of eye patterns
and processes RER was developed to very quickly
remove stuck emotional issue. The class will explain to you
how emotions work and how they get stuck. RER is the only
technique that can quickly remove stubborn locked in emotions.
This is an intro to RER to demonstrate this process in
class.
Lecture/Demonstration/Participation/Q&A
(110108) AMPLIFY YOUR PERSONAL POWER WITH
HYPNOSIS—Learn How To Use Hypnosis To Reach
Your Potential, Then Teach It To Your Clients
Erika Flint, BCH
Introductory
You will learn how to identify and amplify your own personal
power using hypnosis - then learn how to teach it to your
clients. You will learn the science behind these techniques to
help educate your clients and empower them for success while
you enjoy more personal success than ever before. This is an
engaging and dynamic presentation and you will walk away
feeling empowered and motivated to take your personal and
business success to the next level. Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(110109) THE ULTIMATE WEIGHT LOSS HYPNOSIS
SCRIPT —Help Clients Achieve Healthier Lifestyles
Selena Valentine, CH, CI
Introductory
In this professionally written script which can be used to help
motivate clients in their quest for a healthier lifestyle, this presentation
will offer guidelines and visualization techniques to
offer assistance in becoming more mindful of triggers that lead
to overeating. We will address issues such as boredom eating,
secretly overindulging in food, family obesity, and lack of
exercise.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
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(110110) HYPNOTIC LANGUAGE PATTERNS
—An Introduction To The Linguistic Triggers That
Influence Change
Taylor Sherman, CH, CI
Introductory-Intermediate
Join us for an exploration of how you can use language patterns
in your hypnotism practice or in your life to make you
more influential. Language patterns are the structured ways
that persuasive people communicate, where they link ideas
together within a sentence. Utilizing these patterns will make
your hypnosis patter much easier to generate, and more effective.
In this seminar, you will learn several specific language
patterns to use in any situation.
Lecture/Q&A
(110111) YOUR CLIENTS WANT THE MAGIC, THE
WOW, THE HYPNOTIC PHENOMENA!!!—Why You
Want To Use Hypnotic Phenomena Such As
Amnesia, Hallucinations, Age Regressions, Age
Progressions, Analgesia, etc. In Your Practice
William Mitchell, CI, BCH
All-levels
Clients come to a hypnotist for the Wow, the Magic! The hypnotic
phenomena is the Wow, the Magic that allows clients to
make powerful breakthroughs! Our unique offering is inducing
hypnotic phenomena such as amnesia, hallucinations, age
regression, analgesia, hypnotic dreams, post-hypnotic suggestion
etc. Too many hypnotists induce trance and hope the subconscious
will benevolently do something. As a result many
clients do not think they were hypnotized and fail to achieve
positive outcomes. Your business and reputation will grow dramatically
when you learn to use powerful and relevant hypnotic
phenomenon.
Lecture/Video Demonstration/Q&A
(110112) GUIDANCE FROM YOUR SOUL - SOUL
ENTRAINMENT ® —Access The Wisdom Of The Soul
Karen Paolino Correia, CH
All-levels
The Soul knows everything about your past, present and future
and it can guide you to your highest and best. Learn a powerful
technique to access the superconsciousness of the Soul. Help
your clients receive the answers they are seeking for healing,
growth and change. Come and experience a demonstration of
Soul Coaching and receive insight into the future. Discover
this transformational process and realize how it can take your
hypnotism practice to the next level. Lecture/Experiential/Q&A
(110113) CONVINCERS BEFORE, DURING, AND
AFTER EACH SESSION—(Yes, I Said After) Ensure
Your Client Will Be Back For More
Margaret Worthington, BCH, CI Introductory-Intermediate
Convincers used before, during the session, and most important
after the session, become lasting impressions. We all know
the value of a lasting impression. Join me for this very interesting
and valuable time together exploring convincers and a few
new ways to use them that makes you GREAT and helps to fill
up your book with as many clients as you want! Get the scripts
for Before, During, and After Convincers to slide into the program
you’re already using and let your clients tell you how
you’re all that!
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
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Office at (603) 429-9438
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(110114) BASIC NEUROANATOMY—Knowledge That
Is Essential For Stress Reduction And Pain
Management
Annelle Soponis, BCH, CI
All-levels
The nervous system can be visualized as a series of pathways
like roads on a map. In this seminar, you will learn to differentiate
between white and gray matter, neuron and nerve, CNS
and PNS. You will also draw a pain pathway using neurons
with exact locations of their beginnings and endings in the
PNS and CNS. Learning the basics of neuroanatomy makes it
easier for you to visualize the pain pathway and explain it to
your clients in a pain management session.
Lecture/Exercise/Discussion/Q&A
2:00-2:50 PM SEMINARS
(11021) THE PROFESSIONAL HOME HYPNOTISM
OFFICE—Key Elements For Opening Your Home
Hypnotism Practice
Celeste Hackett, BCH, CI, OB
Introductory
We’ll cover the pros and cons of working from a home office
including safety concerns. Plus, what equipment and supplies
you’ll need to gather to properly outfit your office space. Also
we’ll spend time on simple free ways to keep track of taxes,
phone calls, and payments from clients. We’ll also discuss why
some homes may not be suitable for a hypnotism business and
we’ll even touch on the income you can expect to make.
Lecture/Q&A
(11022) HOW TO USE HYPNOSIS TO LOOK AND
FEEL YOUNGER PLUS MORE BEAUTIFUL AND
HANDSOME—Easy, Sweet, Self-Hypnosis Is How!
Wendy Packer, BCH, CI, OB, RN
All-levels
This seminar will broaden the viewpoint regarding the benefits
in establishing a powerful mind-set of feeling younger which
in turn makes one happier plus look younger and more attractive.
The effectiveness of the mind-body connection will be
referenced. A step-by-step review of the NGH Simple 3-Step
Process of Self-Hypnosis will be discussed. Scientific literature
will be shared along with information on who to market
to…the Baby Boomers.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(11023) THE UNIVERSAL PATTER SCRIPT!?!
—Is it Possible That One Script Could Do It All?
Calvin Banyan, MA, BCH, CI, DNGH, OB
Intermediate-Advanced
Have you ever been frustrated because you didn’t have the
right patter script for your new client’s issues? That may never
happen again when you learn this Universal Script! This script
is great for helping people end habits such as smoking, or
change behavior such as overeating. I am constantly amazed at
the wide variety of issues that are perfect for this universal
approach.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
“This convention is superb for substantial content,
practical, hands-on at the same time sharing how hypnosis
works - the NGH has it all.” —
Fredric Mau, Columbia, SC
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(11024) HIDDEN FOOTPRINTS FROM THE PAST
—How Past Lives Can Influence The Present
Lifetime
Lucy Portlock, CH
All-levels
This seminar is about relating perceived cause and effect of
past lives on our present one. There will be a guided group
hypnosis session for you to experience a past life regression of
your own, in which you will be instructed to find a connection
or lesson in that life which relates to your own life today. This
seminar looks at the “time stream hangovers” or “footprints”
that can be a leftover of a memory in a traumatic past life. Are
they harmful? Can you get rid of them? Come and find out!
Lecture/Experiential/Discussion/Q&A
(11025) THE POWERFUL ROLE OF THE
HYPNOTIST—Keep The Space Between You And
Your Client Safe
Marcel Klasen, BCH, CI, OB
All-levels
Hypnosis can facilitate healing but hypnotists can easily be
affected by their work. By influencing the subconscious mind
we open a floodgate of feelings and emotional energy. This
energy can be so intense that it may affect our health and wellbeing.
In this seminar, you will learn three effective methods to
prevent absorption of negative energy released by clients.
Hands-on instructions will help your energy be safer and more
protected in doing healing hypnosis sessions. You will learn
how to balance your own energy centers and those of your
clients.
Lecture/Experiential/Demonstration/Q&A
(11026) THE ART OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL
LANGUAGE—Creating Shifts Through Space And
Time
Melissa Tiers, CH, CI
All-levels
This lecture will cover the many ways you can begin to use the
language of space and time in ways that matter most. You will
learn simple linguistic tricks to doing conversational timeline
and using space in ways to activate your clients’ unconscious
landscape. You will learn how to create easy nonlinear language
patterns to short cut to unconscious processing.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(11027) THE SIMPSON PROTOCOL: MOVING
FORWARD FROM THE CUTTING EDGE
—Connecting With The Subconscious Mind For
Better Results
Timothy Horn, BCH, CI
Intermediate-Advanced
By communicating with the mind at deeper levels, you can discover,
modify and release issues that otherwise could be hidden.
This seminar is to introduce the groundwork for communicating
with the subconscious mind at the Esdaile and other
deep states. This technique is a method that can produce
incredible benefits for our clients. At these previously unexplored
deep levels, the superconscious mind connects and
interacts with areas of mind that were not easily accessible
before.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
“Excellent workshops! Up-to-date cutting edge! Many
choices and variety.”
—Annelle Soponis, Reading, PA
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
3:00-3:50 PM SEMINARS
(11031) HYPNOSIS AND QUANTUM PHYSICS
—Take The Power Of Your Profession Into The 21st
Century By Taking Quantum Physics Into Account
Ina Oostrom, CH
Introductory-Intermediate
In order to take the power of your profession into the 21st century
it is important to understand what quantum physics is and
what hypnosis has to do with it. In this presentation, the power
of belief is taken into the next level, that of the model of consciousness
according to quantum physics and what the implications
are for the hypnotism practice. The presentation takes
you through concepts such as the unified field theory, the butterfly
effect to taking responsibility for your own live.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(11032) BELIEF CHANGE-WORK—The Simple And
Quick Way To Change Limiting Beliefs And Create
Empowering Ones
Kevin Martin, CH
All-levels
Belief change work is often vital in what we do. Clients might
think they can’t believe they can quit smoking or can’t believe
they can lose weight. Your techniques will help reshape the
belief but if you can address the belief beforehand you significantly
increase the odds of your client’s success. This seminar
is not only geared towards identifying them but showing how
to change them and form empowering beliefs which in turn,
will help solidify any change work you are doing with the
client.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(11033) A TARGET RICH ENVIRONMENT –
WORKING WITH STUDENTS—The 3-Legged Stool
Approach To Working With Students
Marx Howell, BS
All-levels
Learn step-by-step how to work with both high school and college
students to enhance academic achievement. Learn effective
strategies for improving memory and specific strategies to
“automatically trigger the relaxation response on demand” to
counteract TEST ANXIETY. Discover how to use this practical
information, which is presented in a clear, concise and systematic
order. You will be able to use these techniques immediately
upon returning to work.
Lecture/Q&A
(11034) HYPNOSIS FOR PRE & POST OPERATIONS
—The Process
Myles Timmins, BCH, CI, OB and Rondall Bailes, CH, OB
All-levels
You will gain the knowledge of how to combat fear while
building trust both in the external team (the doctor and his
team of professionals) and the internal team (all systems internally).
Learn how to construct a metaphor for pre and post op
clients. Recognize client fears and address them. Help clients
relax and overcome fear of the procedure. You will be exposed
to how to tap into “The Second Wind” which is stored energy
used in the “flight or fight process”. This energy can be tapped
into and used for healing.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
To register, call (603) 429-9438
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(11035) AVOIDING BURNOUT
—More Than Stress Management
Roxanne Louise, CH, OB, BA
All-levels
Burnout is caused when more energy is being withdrawn from
your energy reserves by multiple stressors than is coming in
through rest and renewal. Learn multiple ways to get energy
into your system and stop it from leaking out, and how to put
together a well-rounded life that feeds your spirit and enhances
overall health, provides happiness, connection with others, fulfillment,
meaning and purpose, to provide the internal
resources and increased life force to deal with challenges not
just to cope but to thrive. This seminar is designed both for you
personally as well as your clients.
Lecture/Q&A
(11036) CONSCIOUS MIND-SET TRICKS FOR A
HAPPY, EFFECTIVE HYPNOTIST—How Your
Thought Process Before And During Your Time In
Session Impacts Your Clients’ Success
Cheryl DeDecker, BCH
All-levels
Have you ever found yourself getting stuck in your head before
or during a session—your own thoughts, plans and reactions
getting in the way? Most hypnosis training fails to cover ways
we as hypnotists can effectively manage our own thinking and
focus during each session. In this seminar, you will learn components
of an ideal mind-set and easy steps to use before and
during your sessions to maintain successful focus. Join me and
learn how to “get your head on straight” to be the best hypnotist
you can be!
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(11037) FAILING NEED NOT EQUAL FAILURE
—If You Haven’t Failed Then You Haven’t Reached
Far Enough!
Beth Keil, BCH, RN
All-levels
We live in a culture where failing at something has been equated
with BEING a failure. The fear of being a failure holds
many people back from action, from trying something and,
therefore, reaping the gifts failing brings with it: learning about
themselves, what worked and didn’t work, tenacity, strategizing,
patience, and resiliency. Come and learn how each of these
is necessary for your growth, achievement, and your success!
Discussion/Exercise/Q&A
4:00-4:50 PM SEMINARS
(11041) COMPASSION AND BOUNDARIES—How To
Keep Your Heart Open And Your Guard Up
Peter Blum, CI, CH
All-levels
In our attempts to be understanding and compassionate in
working with our clients, we want to keep our hearts open and
practice compassion. On the other hand, it is sometimes too
easy to lose our own centers and get sucked into our clients
dysfunctional stories and patterns. Here, we will address warning
signs to look for to prevent this before it happens, and practices
to protect ourselves from possible no-win situations
involving loss of boundaries.
Lecture/Q&A
NEW this year
the COUE CAFE
201 Expert Seminars
No Additional Charge
Included With Your Convention Fee
(11042) 10 KEYS TO WORKING WITH ADOLESCENT
CLIENTS—Exploring The Rewards And Challenges
Of Working With Teens
Brenda Titus, BCH
All-levels
The teen years can be tumultuous. No longer children, not
quite adults, this is a time for this age group to begin exploring
who they are. We will discuss “10 Keys to Working With Teen
Clients” to help hypnotists prepare for the unique challenges
and rewards of working with this client group. As we help teen
clients find themselves, they find their power in this seemingly
powerless life stage, therefore preparing them for adulthood.
Lecture/Exercises/Q&A
(11043) THE THREE DOORS—The Creative
Subconscious Evaporates Stress, Anxiety & Anger
Fredric Mau, BCH, CI
All-levels
Something happens and I react! The reactions are not conscious
choices – they happen at an immediate, visceral level.
From anger to stress to the blues we are carried along by emotional
responses that happen before conscious thought. This
process – useful with any clients with stress or anger – engages
the creative subconscious to fix the problem before it even
happens. There is no need to manage anger or stress – better
automatic responses can unconsciously come first.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Practice/Q&A
(11044) HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU WERE
HYPNOTIZED?—A Checklist To Prove It!
Lisa Halpin, BCH, CI, OB
All-levels
My clients always leave my office with the answer to “How do
you know you were hypnotized?” It’s important both for our
clients’ success, and for them to be able to describe and relate
their experience to others. It’s also important for your reputation.
I’ll share with you a brief “checklist” and a sample script
that you can use with all your first session clients to make sure
they know they were hypnotized. You’ll see greater results
with your clients, get more referrals, and increase your confidence.
You can be sure they KNOW they were hypnotized and
can tell others when they leave your office. Lecture/Visual/Q&A
(11045) VIDEO RECORD YOUR HYPNOSIS
SESSIONS - TECHNOLOGY UPDATE—Get Started
Video Recording Your Sessions For Under $100!
Scott Babb, BCH, CI
All-levels
New technology lets you get started video recording your sessions
for less than $100. Learn why you should video record
your sessions and discover how quickly, easily, and inexpensively
you can start immediately. See a live demonstration of a
low-cost, highly effective video recording system.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
VISIT THE NGH
CONVENTION BOOKSTORE!
Each year participants tell us one of the things they like best
about the NGH Convention is the chance to purchase the
books audions and videos of our featured speakers. You will
be able to choose from a wide assortment of books, audios
and videos not easily found elsewhere.
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201 Expert Seminars
No Additional Charge
Included With Your Convention Fee
(11046) HYPNOSIS FOR A HEALTHIER, WEALTHIER
LIFE—Life’s Wealth Starts With Good Health
Ruth Garrett, PhD, MEd and Robert Bayliss, CH, CI
All-levels
The road map to a healthy, secure retirement begins with
expectation and planning. A long life requires planning for
financial security and maintaining good health. Gaining/maintaining
good health is not optional, if you wish to live well into
your 80s and beyond. The link between health and income is
clear. Healthy people work longer and harder. Those with better
health are generally more financially stable. Learn to use
hypnosis for better health and financial security. Lecture/Q&A
5:00-5:50 PM SEMINARS
(11051) POWERFUL AND PROFITABLE PRESENTA-
TIONS—How To Turn Any Live Presentation Or
Demo Into “Client Getting Machines!”
Dan Candell, CH, CI
All-levels
You have heard it before… Live talks, demos, and presentations
are a surefire way to add clients to your practice… There
is a very specific way to do presentations, demos, and talks
that will get you clients every time. You have to know what to
offer, how to offer it, and when. This seminar will teach you
what to do in any presentation and how to do it in a way that
will add clients and income to your practice. We will also
cover the 2 mistakes to avoid when doing group presentations,
and three ways to persuade any audience so that they want to
work with YOU.
Lecture/Q&A
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
(11052) CLEARING AND GROUNDING AT THE END
OF THE DAY—Restore Your Energy Using Simple
Techniques
Elizabeth Campbell, BCH, CI
All-levels
Hypnotists and energy workers have a tendency to ‘pick up’
the energy of the people they help. Combining her background
in hypnosis, bodywork, NLP and energy work, Elizabeth
teaches you how to perform an energy break to separate from
the client’s energy field at the end of each session, and how to
ground and clear your own energy field at any time. She introduces
easy, safe bodywork that allows your body, mind and
energy field to emerge grounded, refreshed and recharged.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Exercises/Q&A
(11053) USE SELF-HYPNOSIS AS A MEDITATIVE
TECHNIQUE: HYPNOMEDITATION TO DISCOVER
YOUR GREATNESS—Self-Hypnosis And Meditation:
Know How To Create Both To Be Great
Michael Myers, CH
All-levels
You can apply the Dave Elman Eye Lock Technique to bypass
the critical factor and enter hypnosis or meditation easily. Use
5 steps to deepen any state of hypnosis and meditation successfully.
You can use these 3 suggestions to engage the 3 main
learning modalities. You can identify and distinguish the difference
between self-hypnosis and meditation and know when
to use each. There is a demonstration at the end of class to
experience the process.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´
FRIDAY STAGE SHOWS
7:30 PM • Terry Stokes
A Hypnotic Legend
9:30 PM • Scott & Heather McFall
The Most Magical
Show In Hypnosis!
Tickets $8.00 each show
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
94 Special Elective
2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
9:00-10:50 AM
(12091) THE FORMULA FOR A
SUCCESSFUL PRE-TALK—Initial
Contact + Telephone
Conversations + Pre-Session
Interview = Success & Referrals
Alan Alves, BCH, CI
All-levels
• Learn the secrets of building good rapport
and trust with a prospective client
from your first conversation
• Refine & redefine your skills at building
your client’s confidence in your ability to
help them achieve their goals through a
well crafted pre-talk
• Achieve clients’ goals
A great pre-talk is at the heart of your
clients achieving their goals and your
continued success. Any hypnotist who
wants to see a consistent flow of clients
through their doors will benefit from this
workshop on developing an excellent
pre-talk, beginning with the initial contact.
Learn how to properly apply this
method into your own practice and be a
success. Lecture/Discussion/Video/Q&A
(12092) CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
TECHNIQUE & SELF-HYPNOSIS
Dorothy Kerzner, CH
All-levels
Experience the role of the cerebrospinal
fluid (CST) in the spine and how it
effects the nervous system, the meridians
and the nerve plexuses that correspond
to the major chakras. This technique
looks for impedance to CSF flow from
the coccyx to the top of the cranium at
every single vertebral segment. Many
CSF recipients have a spiritual experience,
deepened relaxation, a sense of
healing energy and are receptive to hypnosis
on a physical, mental, emotional
and spiritual level. Comfortable clothing
is worn and through various gentle
hands-on contact to induce optimum circulation,
recipients receive the experience
they need in that moment in time.
Lecture/Demonstration/Participation
(12093) HOW TO CONDUCT A
GOLF HYPNOSIS WORKSHOP
Laura Boynton King, BCH, CI All-levels
• Discover how to conduct golf hypnosis
workshops to grow your business and
help more people
• Explore the hidden trade secrets of conducting
group hypnosis sessions that
produce massive success
• Learn various ways to structure and
design your programs that have proven
successful
• Immediately apply the information and
use it to generate more prosperity
This workshop reveals the trade secrets
to conducting golf hypnosis groups of all
sizes. You will discover how to design a
program, how to do it, and how to sell it.
It’s time to tap into the golf community
to build a prosperous hypnotism business
and help people in the process.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(12094) THE $5,000 A WEEK
HYPNOTIST—A New Marketing
Method For Weight Loss And
Stop Smoking Developed In
Europe With Outstanding Results
Jason O’Callaghan, CI
All-levels
• Make up to $5,000/week in your practice
• Use new method of marketing for your
weight loss and stop smoking to improve
results and eliminate failure of clients
• Avoid client no show or coming back
with no weight loss results
• Use social media to raise your client
profile and reduce costs
Jason O’Callaghan is an Irish Psychologist
and NGH CI trained by William
Horton. In 4 years, he has made over
$1/2 million dollars working part-time in
his clinic in Dublin, Ireland. His new
marketing methods bring a unique and
special viewpoint which throws the current
session based methods of hypnosis
upside down. His success rates for stopping
smoking are close to 100% and he
has massive success with weight loss
plus has gained press for his clinic in
most countries including the US, UK,
Taiwan and Ireland. Lecture/Q&A
(12095) HOW TO POSITION
YOURSELF AS THE OBVIOUS
EXPERT—Turbocharge Your
Hypnotism Business NOW!
Elsom Eldridge Jr., MEd, CPC All-levels
• Instantly use fastest and surest ways to
make your expertise known
• Ingeniously create PR for yourself—and
have clients seek you out
• Profit from niche marketing
• Know what content belongs on your web
site and how to attract massive traffic
Learn how being recognized as THE
Obvious Expert can make the difference
between ultra-success and failure. Creating
and managing your visibility is
vital to maximizing your potential for
success. Methods are specific, proven,
inexpensive, painless and fun! You’ll get
an arsenal of insights, tools and shortcuts.
Lecture/Participation/Q&A
Questions? Call the NGH
Office at (603) 429-9438
(12096) BREAKING FREE FROM
PAIN & OPIOIDS—The Why And
How of Ethically Working With
Pain Clients
Roberta Fernandez, BCH, CI All-levels
• Learn about the prevalence and costs of
chronic pain and opioid use in the US
• Understand how the brain processes
pain in the body
• Explore the emotional components that
manifest chronic pain
• Examine the relationship between pain
and stress
• Learn specific mind and body techniques
to work ethically with pain clients
Chronic pain affects nearly 1/3 of our
population, prescription opioid addiction
is a massive problem, and the Affordable
Care Act requires medical institutions to
provide integrative medicine. What a
great time for hypnotists. This workshop
gives you everything you need to work
intelligently and ethically with pain
clients: • Learn about the prevalence and
costs of chronic pain and opioid use in
the US • Understand how the brain
processes pain in the body • Explore the
emotional components that manifest
chronic pain • Examine the relationship
between pain and stress • Learn specific
mind/body techniques to work ethically
with pain clients Interactive Participation
(12097) ART AND STRUCTURE
OF THE “DYNAMIC HYPNOSIS
SESSION”—Discover Your Style
Myles Timmins, BCH, CI, OB
and Rondall Bailes, CH, OB All-levels
• Recognize and use your own style more
effectively
• Know for sure when a session starts and
stops
• Learn how to gain meaningful rapport
for building trust and understanding
• Learn to use your life lessons to build
your own dynamic hypnosis session
Tim and Ron will demonstrate how their
two diverse backgrounds cross paths at
different junctures and how they get
their clients to resolve issues. This
process will help you look at your own
background, education and life experiences
to develop your own personal style
of hypnosis. This process teaches the
importance of gaining rapport by being
able to identify with the client on a deep
personal level. Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
“A great convention with superb
offerings.”
—Michael DeSchalit, Tucson, AZ
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94 Special Elective
2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
11:00 AM-12:50 PM
(12111) WOMEN IN HYPNOSIS:
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
—Evolution Of The Role Of
Women In Hypnosis, Their
Current Influence, And The
Obstacles And Opportunities
Moving Forward
Amye Scharlau, CH, CI
All-levels
• Acquire a rich history of how women
contributed to the development of
hypnosis
• Receive the current statistics of women
in hypnosis: stage, clinical, and clients
• Review the strengths and challenges of
the female hypnotist and learn how to
identify your own
• See the projected view of the participation
of women in hypnosis in the future
This presentation is an overview of
women in hypnosis from their beginnings
in both the clinical and show setting,
through their current contributions,
and a look into the potential of their
future. An excellent overview demonstrating
the voice of women in hypnosis
with added media and a special section
on identifying your own strengths and
challenges as a hypnotist.
Lecture/Exercise/Discussion
(12112) START YOUR BUSINESS
RIGHT THE FIRST TIME—It’s All
About The Really Important
Business Things You Do Before
You Open Your Office
Roger Willard, CH, BA Introductory-Intermediate
• Identify basic long term presets in creating
your hypnotism business
• Help the newcomer to this or any business
in establishing a good business
foundation and not have to be reworked
because of unthought out mistakes
• Help you to create a plan/list of actions
to create or recreate a business
• Help you to continue the move forward
with a business like attitude
Too often a hypnotist wants only to do
the hypnosis and not have to be bothered
with the business end of this profession.
But the truth is there must be a conscious
and unconscious level of business attitude
in doing hypnosis professionally. If
you haven’t already made the commitment
to be professional, you will be
doomed to be unprofessional, unable to
help others to overcome their problems.
Learn how to get the basics of being in
business right the first time. If you are
already in business, how to change and
prevent problems that will happen in the
future.
Lecture/Q&A
(12113) TEACHING SELF-
HYPNOSIS IN GROUPS
—Make Money And Inform, While
Publicizing Your Practice
Lee Pascoe, BCH, CI, FNGH, OB Intermediate
• Develop the confidence to present your
own class
• Make the most of skills you already
possess
• Discover how to “wow” your audience
• Learn to structure your material
• Participate in a group session of
“self-hypnosis”
The best way to build up a clientele is to
get yourself known as an expert. Teaching
a self-hypnosis class not only establishes
you as a credible professional, but
at the same time you remove the fear of
hypnosis, educate the public, create rapport
with the audience, and actually
make money for yourself instead of paying
out for expensive publicity. Lee will
take you step-by-step through a 6-hour
course, to be presented over 2 or 3 separate
sessions. Lecture/Exercise/Q&A
(12114) “QUANTUM LEAP”
HYPNOSIS & HYPNOTHERAPY
SUCCESS WITH A SYSTEMATIC
APPROACH—How The Banyan
Five-Phase Approach (5-PATH ® )
Absolutely Transforms Your Skills
& Confidence
Calvin Banyan, MA, BCH, CI, DNGH, OB
All-levels
• Understand the 5-PATH ®
• Learn how a systematic approach
improves skills, confidence and success
• Learn how to integrate direct suggestion,
age regression and parts work
• Learn why it is vitally important that
you have a way to work with Secondary
Gain
This workshop gives you a basic understanding
of why so many successful hypnotists
have sought out and trained in 5-
PATH ® . See why using a systematic approach
builds your confidence and skills.
Find out why it is one of the fastest
growing Special Interest Groups in the
NGH.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
“This year’s convention was a cornucopia
of information and practical
techniques for the hypnotist.”
—John Farina, Lewiston, ME
(12115) PROVEN D.E.P.T.H.
MODEL FOR WEIGHT LOSS
SUCCESS—The Only Proven
Weight Loss Program Seen On
National Television
Thomas Nicoli, BCH, CI, OB All-levels
• Be able to help clients expose underlying
motivators to unhealthy behaviors
• Learn a proven model to guide clients to
weight loss success by focusing on “why”
and not “what” of the problem
• Learn a variety of inductions to the hypnotic
process and understand why this is
important
• Why weight loss is a must if you want to
work with more clients and increase
business
• Learn the importance of the client’s
landscape
• Learn a hypnosis based weight loss program
that actually works!
• Increase success working with weight
loss clients, or any clients, using Tom
Nicoli’s D.E.P.T.H. Model
Since the exposure of Tom Nicoli’s hypnosis
weight loss program on national
television on Dateline NBC, he has
improved his methods and created his
DEPTH Model doing thousands of sessions
with continued success. His clear,
concise and thorough presentation of
how this program is used with any client
will assist any hypnotist, new or seasoned
veteran, to increase client success
and business. Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(12116) MEDITATION/
MINDFULNESS/MYSTICISM IN
HYPNOSIS—The Power Of
Knowledge For Your Practice
Charles Crenshaw Jr., CH, CI
and Carol Crenshaw, CH
All-levels
• Learn how NLP and hypnosis have a
basis in the science of yoga/meditation
• Understand relationship between disassociation
that occurs in NLP/hypnosis
and dispassion in meditation
• Experience breath awareness meditation
to note differences/similarities to selfhypnosis
• Understand how the autonomic nervous
plays into meditation and trance work
• Understand what the goal of meditation
is in comparison to self-hypnosis and
NLP
There are things that the science of yoga/
meditation has bequeathed to hypnosis.
A practical understanding of these things
will empower the hypnosis practitioner’s
work tremendously. The past, present,
and future of our field depends on a thorough
and proper understanding of how
these modalities relate to each other.
Lecture/Demonstration/Experiential/Q&A
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
94 Special Elective
2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
(12117) NLP REGRESSION:
FASTER, GENTLER REGRESSION
—Help Your Clients Release
Negative Emotions And Achieve
Their Goals Quickly & Easily!
Cris Johnson, BCH, CI
All-levels
• List reasons why traditional regression
methods may be harming your clients
• List the steps to the Overload Induction
• Describe the thinking behind the
Overload Induction
• List the steps to NLP Regression
• Describe troubleshooting approaches to
NLP Regression
• Describe ways to maximize your success
with regression for clients
• List the scenarios when and when NOT
to use regression
Most hypnotists know and accept regression
as a fast way to get to the root cause
of an issue and once there, use a technique
to release the emotions, change the
perception of the event and so on. With
NLP Regression, you will have a fast,
gentle way to release the emotions and
heal … without revivification and all
while actually changing the client’s neurological
processing of the event, meaning
their response to future situations is
different! On top of this, you will also
learn the incredible Overload Induction,
which is a rapid induction that for most
clients is even faster than the Elman
Induction! Help your clients heal and
make your job easier with this class!
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
2:00-3:50 PM
(12021) MORE CLIENTS,
GREATER INCOME & SUCCESS
BY ANSWERING THE PHONE
RIGHT—How I Booked Millions Of
Dollars Worth Of Hypnosis
Appointments & You Can Too
(Even If You Are A Beginner)
Maureen Banyan, CH, OB
All-levels
• How to answer each telephone call and
turn them into appointments
• How to take control of a call when they
are just shopping around
• How to set up multiple appointments in
a single phone call
• How to prevent “no-shows” and last
minute rescheduling
• When and how to ask for a “Doctor’s
referral”
• How to schedule your appointments for
“office hours” instead of evening and
weekends
To register, call (603) 429-9438
This workshop will help you book hypnosis
clients and get your hypnotism
practice buzzing with clients. If you ever
intend to do any kind of marketing,
remember that the reason you market or
advertise is to get that telephone to ring.
You must know how to book those calls
in order to make your marketing efforts
pay off. Maureen will share her insider
techniques on how she and Cal built one
of the largest and most successful hypnotism
practices in the country, the
Banyan Hypnosis Center for Training
and Services, Inc. As a bonus, Maureen
will give you tips on setting up your
practice.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(12022) MASTERING
METAPHORS, INDIRECT AND
DISGUISED SUGGESTIONS
Don Mottin, BCH, CI, FNGH, OB All-levels
This exciting two hour workshop will
change the way that you conduct sessions.
Then you will learn by actually
discovering the hidden meaning in the
suggestions that took place in the live
demonstration from the class. There has
never been a workshop that fell into the
experiential category like this one. In
this class, you will receive a CD filled
with techniques that were taught at the
class. This is a $30.00 value, and will be
given out only to those who attend the
live class. Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(12023) PRACTICAL
APPLICATIONS OF LISTENING
—Hearing Between The Words To
Quickly Formulate Positive And
Effective Suggestions
Ariel Sherker, CH, CI
All-levels
• Identify trigger words spoken by clients
that reveal the roots of healing
• List 3 practical questions to get your
clients speaking in order to formulate a
proper plan of action to work with
• Apply 3 practical applications to your
pre-talks that will define a clear direction
to success
• Construct positive and effective suggestions
to facilitate change for your clients
Hypnosis alone is not enough to create
the changes that our clients desire, it is
what we do with it that matters. In this
hands-on workshop, you will learn universal
applications that you will be able
to apply with all your clients. This will
fine-tune your listening skills so that you
can develop positive and powerful suggestions
to facilitate the changes your
clients’ desire & to effectively build your
profession. Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(12024) MINDFULNESS
DEMONSTRATIONS FOR A
SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE
—Mentoring Magic For The Mind
Ron Eslinger, CRNA, RN, APN, BCH, CMI,
FNGH, OB
All-levels
• Review and experience a scientific relaxing,
healing and pain relieving breath
• Experience a Harvard experiment that
releases endorphins
• See a demonstration of Do-It-Yourself
Eye Movement Techniques for
Emotional Healing
• Experience a colorful expansion of inner
peace and understanding
There are over 100 million pain sufferers
in the US. Mindfulness training is a powerful
and easy to learn hypnotic technique
for changing the biological and
physiological response to pain and other
client issues. You will learn 7-mindfulness
techniques and their benefit to you
and your clients. These simple easy and
productive techniques will set you apart
from other hypnotists. You will understand
Harvard research for releasing
endorphins that is equal to the administration
of morphine to heart patients for
relieving pain and stress. These is a must
attend workshop.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
(12025) HOW A CONSULTING
HYPNOTIST CAN DESIGN A
PRACTICE IN COMPLEMENTARY
MEDICAL HYPNOTISM—Have A
Practice That Results In A Six-
Figure Income Using Referrals
C. Scot Giles, BCH, CI, OB, DMin, DNGH
Intermediate-Advanced
• Orient you to the general issues and concerns
of adding complementary medical
hypnotism to your practice
• Practical tips on running a successful
complementary medical practice from a
seasoned and successful practitioner
• Discover the hidden issues that can make
or break a practice
There are special issues and concerns
that you must consider if you want to do
complementary medical hypnotism as a
serious part of your practice. Complementary
medical services need to be
marketed in a completely different way
than other hypnotic services and there
are special concerns to keep the practice
lawful. This program by a successful
colleague will cover these issues and
show you how to run a successful and
stable practice focused on medical
issues.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
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94 Special Elective
2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
(12026) INTEGRATING
DREAMWORK INTO YOUR
HYPNOSIS SESSIONS—Dreams
As Hypnotic Suggestions And
Techniques
Janice Matturro, CH, CI
All-levels
• Identify the 9 powers of dreaming
• Explore the similarities and differences
between dreams and hypnosis
• Learn 3 complementary hypnosis/NLP
techniques to integrate dreamwork
into your hypnosis sessions
There is a secret history to the power and
wisdom of dreams that has influenced
the course of medicine, physics, science,
psychology, literature, fashion, movies,
art, and music in positive ways. Our
dreams encourage and empower us to
change our personal history - to live our
best life story. Integrating dreams into
your hypnosis sessions will teach you
how to use dreams to help your clients
live their best life story.
Lecture/Discussion/Demonstration/Exercise/Q&A
(12027) HOW I MADE $165K IN
MY FIRST YEAR OF HYPNOTISM
WITHOUT TRADITIONAL
ADVERTISING
Helen Mitas
All-levels
• 5 steps to hypnotism business success
• Describe the 2 formulas for crafting
your message, clarifying your niche
• List 20 ways of attracting clients
• Describe how to create an compelling
offering to clients
Learn the step-by-step system that
allowed me to earn 10 times the average
salary of a US hypnotist. You will be
able to: identify the strategies to attract
and retain as many clients as you want,
expand your mastery of communication
styles, have increased ability to hold
your prospect’s attention and convert
them to paying clients and learn lots of
valuable tips & golden gems on running
a successful business & have an enormous
amount of fun doing it!
Lecture/Discussion/Exercise/Demonstration/Q&A
4:00-5:50 PM
(12041) LISTEN SO YOU WILL
HEAR—Strategies For Client
Success
Karen Hand-Harper, BCH, CI
Introductory-Intermediate
• Describe the difference between direct
and indirect (inferred) language
• Name 2 key factors in listening for
client motivation strategy
• Identify at least 3 ways to discover (hear)
limiting belief systems
Listening may be the most important
skill set for facilitating client change.
The secret answers for successful hypnotic
change work sneak out of your
client’s subconscious via their words and
actions. When you know how to HEAR
it, your success rate increases. Discover
how to elicit and listen for motivation
strategies, useful metaphors, & limiting
beliefs. When you know what to hear,
clients write their own perfect suggestions
and scripts for the goal they desire.
Lecture/Exercise/Discussion/Q&A
(12042) BUILDING A GREAT
HYPNOTISM PRACTICE WITH-
OUT SPENDING A PENNY—The
Road To Success For Financially
Challenged Hypnotists
Jacob Bimblich, BCH, CI, OB, DNGH All-levels
• Learn to access hundreds of medical
doctors at no cost
• Learn the secrets of how to promote
your practice at absolutely no cost
• Learn who to contact in more than
10,000 major USA corporations w/o
spending a penny
Having been in practice for more than 30
years, I have developed and discovered
that you don’t need any financial investment
to create a very prosperous hypnotism
practice. This workshop is intended
for financially challenged hypnotists
who hate to spend any kind of money
promoting their profession. I will show
how to create a win-win situation in the
process of building a very lucrative practice.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(12043) HOW TO USE THE WEB
MESMERIZINGLY—Project
Yourself And Your Story And The
Art Of Hypnosis To Make Your
Practice Mesmerizing
Ralph Benko, BA, JD, OB, CH All-levels
• Produce a site design using personal
narrative to make the difference
between a powerful website and a mere
virtual brochure
• Design and set up an very affordable
website
• Find and use excellent free site content
• Present yourself professionally and powerfully
By configuring your website to present
your own narrative, conveying yourself,
your skills, your credibility, and the ability
of hypnosis to bring about desirable
outcomes will engage prospects as
clients far more powerfully than mere
descriptors and stock images. You will
learn the basics of how to do this simply
and effectively. Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(12044) EMPOWER YOUR
CLIENTS TO CREATE
PROFOUND TRANSFORMATION
WITH PERMANENT CHANGE
—Overcome Negative Thoughts
By Resolving Past Memories
Lois Hermann, CH, CI
All-levels
• Describe the importance of discovering
the past memory
• Discern between various different types
of memories
• Experience an example of the discovery
and resolution process
• Explain the most important action to
take for resolution
Empower your clients to overcome
habits, fears, and negative thoughts as
they recognize and resolve past memories.
Discover strategic skills to help
clients break through, and break free at
profoundly meaningful levels. Gently
guide your clients to the origin of limiting
memories…past life, spirit, genetic,
and more. Resolve unwanted emotions,
thoughts, behaviors, night terrors, grief,
or feelings of being ‘stuck’. Learn amazing
professional techniques for expanded
awareness. Lecture/Discussion/Video/Q&A
(12045) CRANK UP YOUR
SUCCESS RATE WITH SOCIAL
MEDIA NETWORKING
—It’s Easier Than You Think
Carol Denicker, BCH, CMI, OB All-levels
• What SM networking actually is and
what it is not
• What effective Social Media Networking
will accomplish for you
• Principle SM Sites – What they are and
how are they different from each other
• SM using video – You’ll learn how/what/
where to use this media
• What proper SM etiquette is
• How to use one way SM - a/k/a blogging
• Popular (add on) SM tools
It is undeniable that social media (SM)
has changed the societies of the world.
This lecture will help you choose how
best to promote yourself on the social
platforms that work best for your profession.
Learn how to avoid wasting time or
spreading your resources too thin. To
create a successful strategy, you must
first become familiar with how each network
functions, the kinds of audiences
you can reach and how you can best utilize
each platform. Each of the major
social networks will be profiled. Strategies
for newcomers, as well as tips for
seasoned networkers, will be provided
so you can crank up your success rates!
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
94 Special Elective
2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
(12046) NEVER GOOD ENOUGH
—Applying Cognitive-Behavioral
Hypnosis To Low Self-Esteem
Patricia Pearson, CI, CH All-levels
• Learn how Cognitive Behavioral
Hypnosis rapidly alters distorted selfbeliefs
and self-talk
• Apply targeted suggestions to “flip”
negative self-image
• How a structured program and after
session activity increases client commitment
and satisfaction
• Learn how using Cognitive Behavioral
Hypnosis boosts income, referrals and
acceptance by other professionals
In this workshop, learn to identify and
correct distorted core beliefs and apply
CBH interventions with humor and
“Stop it” as adjunctive methods. These
structured, contracted sessions optimize
client buy-in and emotional clearing.
Cognitive Behavioral Hypnosis is well
accepted so including this adaptation in
your practice increases referrals, boosts
your income and professional status.
Handouts provide description of common
thought distortion and low selfesteem
scripts.
Lecture/Demonstration/Experiential/Q&A
(12047) THE MINDFULNESS
FORMULA - GET INTO “THE
ZONE” TO GET NEW CLIENTS
—Quick And Easy Methods To
Build Your Hypnotism Practice,
With Focused Intention And
Enthusiasm
Donna Bloom, BCH All-levels
• Describe at least 1 advantage of using
mindfulness to consciously and continuously
build your hypnotism practice
• Describe a visualization process to help
conceptualize your preferred work environment
• Describe the importance of optimism
and positive attitude as it relates to efficient
business development
• Identify 4 methods to quickly get back
on track, when life throws that proverbial
curve ball
• List 3 efficient, mindfulness processes to
start attracting new clients
Learn secrets to get new clients with
enthusiasm and proper mental mind-set.
Learn 4 quick and easy processes to
attract new hypnosis clients! Plus learn
strategies to shift your mental focus in
seconds, to consciously get into “The
Zone” of effortless manifestation. This
workshop is full of visualizations, exercises
and processes to help you create a
thriving hypnotism practice, with practically
no money. Lecture/Participation/Q&A
(12048) INVESTIGATIVE
HYPNOSIS—Using The Trance
State To Gather Information And
Conduct Research
Brian DiRamio, CH
Introductory
• Apply research techniques to a modern
hypnotism practice
• Construct a research based practice plan
• Define Research Hypnosis and Forensic
Hypnosis
• Describe research/investigative hypnosis
• Demonstrate an investigative hypnosis
session
• Distinguish when research based investigative
hypnosis is not appropriate
In this workshop, you will learn through
video, description and first hand description
the amazing field of research and
investigative hypnosis. Many people,
including hypnotists do not recognize
how beneficial hypnosis can be during
research. You will learn skills and information
found nowhere else, such as past
crime investigation, statement recall,
information recall and identity clarification.
Additionally, you will learn when
not to use these skills. Many more topics
will be covered in this awesome presentation.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
7:00-8:50 PM
SPECIAL FREE WORKSHOP
(120701) MEET YOUR TRIBE
—MAKE NEW HYPNO-BUDDIES!
—Connections With Colleagues
Equals Power In Our Profession
Cheryl DeDecker, BCH
All-levels
• Name 3 benefits of being friends with
your colleagues
• Name 2 ways strong personal connections
strengthen our profession
• List the names of at least 3 new contacts
to continue ongoing collegial interactions
during the convention
• List 2 actions to complete post-convention
to continue to build hypno-buddy
connections
Being surrounded by hypnotists is invigorating;
finding opportunities to meet
new colleagues can be a challenge. This
FREE 2-hr workshop invites both new
and seasoned hypnotists to mingle in this
fun, interactive experience. Make new
connections, meet people at another
level, so you can continue to spend time
during convention — going to classes,
having meals, chatting ... and maybe become
hypno-buddies for life! It’s FREE,
it’s fun, it’s Friday night...Join us, meet
people - and continue those connections
all weekend and beyond.
Lecture/Discussion/Interaction/Q&A
(120702) EXPLORING THE
NATURAL ELECTRIC ENERGIES
OF THE MIND AND BODY—
Energy Techniques, Kinesiology
And Hypnosis For Rapid Change
Arthur Fecteau, CH, CI
All-levels
• Identify difference between consciousness,
unconsciousness and electromagnetic
energy field
• List the 3 major blocks
• Describe 2 of the 14 algorithm points
needed to correct problems
• Display ability to align positive and negative
polarity on client
Hypnosynergetics is a list of steps to
solve a problem in an easy to follow format.
Experience this process personally
and come away with a chart outlining the
basic algorithms necessary to facilitate
rapid change. Hypnosynergetics is an
ideal modality for all because it is totally
non-invasive and based on specific exercises
which can be easily repeated daily
to maintain the improvements.
Lecture/Demonstration/Experiential/Q&A
(120703) ZERO TO HERO
—Transition From Part-Time To
Full-Time Hypnotist With
Confidence
Monica Marusceac, BCH
Introductory-Intermediate
• Identify your own fears and limiting
beliefs associated with leaving a stable
job and dedicating yourself to a full-time
hypnotism practice
• Identify your values and connect how a
full-time hypnotism practice would align
with your values
• Develop a vivid vision for what your
full-time practice would look like and
the benefits it would give you
Going from a part-time to a full-time
hypnotism practice can be a nerve
wracking and difficult decision to make.
It takes confidence and resolve to burn
your boats, leave your stable job, and
practice hypnosis on a full-time basis
with no alternative source of income.
Learn why this leap is the only viable
option for growing a thriving hypnotism
practice and why it is easier than you
think.
Lecture/Exercises/Q&A
(120704) ENTRANCEMENTS AND
ENTRAINMENTS—Sound And
Music To Enhance Your Practice
Peter Blum, CI, CH
All-levels
• Explain the principal in acoustics of
“entrainment”
• List all 4 of the major brain wave states
• Recognize and play a basic theta rhythm
on a frame drum
• Use tuning forks with a client
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94 Special Elective
2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
Music, drumming, chanting, and sound,
in general, have been used since pre-historic
time to induce and sustain trance.
Learn, from this master soundhealer and
musician, how to incorporate the magic
of rhythm and melody into your hypnotism
practice. We will explore how
sound entrains brain wave activity, and
experience directly the magic of singing
bowls, tuning forks, and frame drumming
for shamanic journeying. Simple
techniques that can be easily mastered,
will be explained and demonstrated.
Lecture/Demonstration/Practice/Q&A
(120705) THOUGHT SHIFTING
—How To Eliminate The Negative
Inner Voice
Rick Saruna, CI, CH Introductory-Intermediate
• Understand and identify the inner voice
and how it determines ALL thoughts
and feelings
• Learn the step-by-step Thought Shifting
Processes and how to apply them
Thought Shifting is the study and understanding
of the inner voice and how to
change it. Negativity is the plague of this
century. A negative client will focus on
issues instead of solutions almost derailing
the best hypnotist’s work. If you
have had negative clients, this course
will help you create changes in their
thoughts and thinking. Lecture/Q&A
(120706) CREATING
PROFESSIONAL HYPNOSIS
PROGRAMS—Transforming Your
Individual Sessions Into
Professional Hypnosis Programs
Glenn Kakely, CH Introductory-Intermediate
• Learn 6 key components for creating
your very own marketable Hypnosis
Program
• Learn 3 reasons for the importance to
create “Program Objectives” for each
Hypnosis Program
• Learn at least 4 additional ways to
market your professional Hypnosis
Program(s)
I’m here to share with you that your hypnosis
certification is the foundation to
build your practice upon. Often overlooked,
there is one major step necessary
to build your professional practice with
complete confidence in your training.
Stand out as a Professional. Learn the
next valuable step to creating a successful
business. Learn how to turn certifications
that you have earned, into profitable,
recognizable, professional hypnosis
programs! Lecture/Experiential/Q&A
To register, call (603) 429-9438
(120707) THE BODY LANGUAGE
CODE—Improve The Power Of
Your Profession By Understanding
The Non-Verbal Clues
Petra Frese, BCH
All-levels
• Name 3 communication channels and
value their significance
• Name 4 types of communicators
• Recognize and analyze at least 2 positions
of feet/legs
• Identify 3 indicators for non-authentic
behavior
Did you ever desire to read your client’s
mind? Experience to decipher the underlying
truth of what your vis-à-vis is
telling you with his/her words. Learn
and practice to read the non-verbal messages.
Make your business and private
life easier by using this knowledge.
Lecture/Discussion/Practice/Exercises/Q&A
(120708) HYPNOSIS AS A TOOL
FOR SLEEP ISSUES
Boris Opancha, MS, BCH
All-levels
1 out of 3 people have sleep issues at
some point in their lives, 20-40% of all
adults have sleep issues in the course of
any year. Struggle for hours to get to
sleep, no matter how tired you are? Or
do you wake up in the middle of the
night and lie awake for hours, anxiously
watching the clock? The better we
understand sleeplessness, the more
charge can begin to take of sleep and
health. That includes understanding how
and when hypnosis can be used.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(120709) CHANGING THE LIFE
OF THE HYPNOTIST: ACTIVE-
ALERT HYPNOSIS A NEW WAY
TO DO HYPNOSIS—How To
Combine Movement & Hypnosis
Induction For Your Clients
Claude Andre Ribaux, CH
All-levels
• Describe 10 specific cases of active-alert
hypnosis practical application
• Identify at least 2 areas of possible application
of active-alert hypnosis
• Receive a written guideline on how to
proceed with the active-alert induction
Active-alert hypnosis is a gateway into a
truly remarkable state of alert, awakened
consciousness mind. This class is to
show you how easily active-alert hypnosis
can be applied and thus motivate you
to use this method in your own practice.
It is an easy 9 point step-by-step induction,
which can be applied to most, if not
all, hypnotic and coaching issues in your
work. Lecture/Discussion/Demonstration/Q&A
(120710) NEUROANATOMY OF
THE PAIN PATHWAY—Visualize
The Pain Pathway By Learning Its
Specific Structures In The
Nervous System
Annelle Soponis, BCH, CI
All-levels
• List gross anatomical structures of CNS
and PNS
• Distinguish between sensory, motor, and
association neurons
• Draw a pathway with 2-3 neurons
• Draw 2 different pain pathways with
their precise anatomical locations
The nervous system can be visualized as
a series of pathways like roads on a map.
In this workshop, you will learn to differentiate
between white and gray matter,
neuron and nerve, CNS and PNS.
You will also draw a pain pathway using
neurons with exact locations of their
beginnings and endings in the PNS and
CNS. Learning the basics of neuroanatomy
makes it easier for you to visualize
the pain pathway and explain it to your
clients in a pain management session.
Lecture/Exercise/Discussion/Q&A
(120711) THE SIMPSON
PROTOCOL: MAPPING THE
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
—Setting The Superconscious
Mind To Work
Timothy Horn, BCH, CI and Tonya Gunnarson
Intermediate-Advanced
• List the steps necessary to achieving the
Esdaile State
• List how the different levels of mind can
help affect powerful change
• Describe how triggers are created in the
Simpson Protocol to get to deeper levels
instantly
• Explain the obstacles that the Simpson
Protocol can address that other methods
may not
By communicating with the mind at
deeper levels, you can discover, modify
and release issues that otherwise could
be hidden. This workshop is to introduce
the groundwork for communicating with
the subconscious mind at the Esdaile
and other deep states. This workshop
will include a demonstration of the
Simpson Protocol with the use of triggers
to achieve deep states instantly.
Practical applications of the Protocol
will be discussed.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
“Tools I can add to my sack of
goodies and use now!”
—Robbie Hinchey, Rockland, ME
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
7:00-7:50 AM SEMINARS
(21071) YOGA EXERCISE
Dorothy Kerzner, CH
All-levels
Begin your day relaxed and in control with stress-reducing,
easy movements for body and spirit. Attendees should wear
comfortable clothing and bring a towel to sit on. Experiential
8:00-8:50 AM SEMINARS
(210801) IDEOMOTOR RESPONSE TESTING
WORKS!—Effective Finger Signaling For Identifying
Root Cause
Linda Donalds, BCH, CI
Introductory-Intermediate
Ideomotor Response Testing is easy to do, and really works!
Learn the 7 key causes of all client issues; structuring questions
to reveal the key cause; setting up the 4 finger signals needed;
reasons why clients may not signal; bridging from IMRT into
other interaction. Class participation will give you experience
to do this with your clients immediately.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(210802) FROM GRIEF TO A JOYFUL LIFE
Cecilia Crowley Bergstein, BCH
All-levels
Hypnosis is a powerful tool. Self-hypnosis can help clients
sleep better, regression can give them a better view of the death
experience. This is a not to be missed presentation. Whether it
is the loss of a pet, an arm, a spouse, a friend or a child, the
grieving need us. It is incumbent upon us to make them smile
again.
Lecture/Exercise/Q&A
(210803) RIDE YOUR ELEVATOR SPEECH TO THE
TOP—Build Your Business With Network Marketing
Jason Linett, BCH, CI
All-levels
“You have the most interesting job of anybody in this room.”
If you’ve ever found yourself in a business networking meeting
and didn’t realize this true statement, this seminar is for you!
Learn how I built a packed schedule of clients in my first
month of business, investing money only in business cards and
a small amount of time. Experience my methods of creating
effective “elevator speeches” to build an immediate clientele
and referral partners.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion
(210804) POWER-FILLED SESSIONS WITH
CHILDREN & TEENS—Keep It Simple For Success
Tony Kyprios, CH and Leigh Ann Ledbetter, CH All-levels
How would you like to have more play at your work? Working
with young people is financially and personally rewarding.
Learn to tap into this huge market and expand your business
with clients who will appreciate and respond quickly and easily.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(210805) INTRODUCTION TO SUCCESSFUL
REGRESSIONS
Larry Garrett, CH
All-levels
Larry will introduce you to a method which can have consistent
success when doing regressions. Do you wish you could
have a more dynamic regression and satisfy your client. Join
Larry Garrett for his 47 years of experience doing regressions.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
201 Expert Seminars
No Additional Charge
Included With Your Convention Fee
(210806) EQ VS IQ: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
—Understand The EQ Revolution
Beryl Comar, MA, MEd, CH
All-levels
An international Emotional Intelligence Development Specialist
shares the basics of Emotional Intelligence and how you
can benefit by adding this to your portfolio with business and
health care professionals. Learn the basics without reading the
hundreds of books on the market.
Lecture/Exercises/Q&A
(210807) HYPNOSIS FOR THE CAREGIVER—Learn
to Help the Forgotten, The Caregiver, With Hypnosis
Angella Ocheltree, CH
All-levels
The patient is always the central focus in critical or chronic illness
situations, and the caregiver is often forgotten in the care
equation. It is vital to remember the caregiver’s well-being is
critical. Offering these services to the caregivers of patients
and even of the elderly will give them the tools to handle their
new role with more ease while maintaining their own health.
Lecture/Q&A
(210808) PERFECT YOUR NGH HYPNOSIS
TRAINING PITCH TO CLIENTS
—Make Your Clients Want To Train With You
Selena Valentine, CH, CI
Introductory
Every new NGH Certified Instructor will have to sell their
hypnosis training and this presentation teaches you how to
have a steady stream of students. A well-structured training
offer can answer most of your potential students questions,
increase awareness about hypnosis, extend the power of the
NGH and bring in extra revenue to your practice.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(210809) HYPNOSLIM - LOSING WEIGHT STARTS IN
YOUR MIND—Solve The Connection Between
Stress, Emotional Eating, And Sugar Cravings
Sandra Blabl, CH
All-levels
After a diet a lot of people fall back to overeating because the
connection between stress, emotional eating and sugar cravings
has not been solved. Learn the real reasons behind
overeating and overweight and how you can help your clients
with hypnosis to get them out of the yo-yo dieting.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(210810) HOW TO WRITE A SALES LETTER THAT
SELLS—Leverage The Power Of Direct Marketing To
Build Your Practice
Robert Martel, BCH
All-levels
A sequence of sales letters, written well and with the right
strategy, will yield a response that sparks the beginning of new
potentially lucrative business relationships. As a result of attending
this seminar, you will be able to plan and write an
effective sales letter campaign that makes your phone ring. A
self-hypnosis script for overcoming fears and obstacles to writing
success will be made available.
Lecture/Discussion
“I’ve attended seminars in the past and none of them
has come close to the amount of education I received
here!”
—Shelley Bennett, Clifton Park, NY
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201 Expert Seminars
No Additional Charge
Included With Your Convention Fee
(210811) DISCOVERING YOUR STILL POINT
—Applying Mindfulness To Your Practice
Kenneth Ring, CH, CI
Introductory-Intermediate
In this class, we’ll learn to still the mind using the power of
special breathing and sensation techniques. Key simple techniques
of watching the breath in a unique manner can change
your attitude and empower your focus. This technique can be a
powerful tool to help your clients to calm themselves at will
and get them into deep receptivity for hypnosis session. The
breath is your ally.
Lecture/Experiential/Discussion
(210812) SYMBOLANALYSIS—Using Symbols To
Empower Your Professional Identity
Angelina Ahumada, CH, BA
All-levels
The language of the inner mind comes up as symbols in
dreams, regressions, inspirations, and hypnotic sessions. From
images chosen by volunteers, you will experience a sample of
what can be done in a workshop to improve your work and life
as a hypnotist. The interpretation of the images chosen is done
by asking the right questions to discover and understand a new
perspective and take action.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(210813) NEUROPLASTICITY
—Can We Rewire The Brain?
Thom Bloomquist, CH
All-levels
Rewiring the brain – the process goes on all the time in both
voluntary and involuntary ways. Can we change the process by
performing tasks such as eating, speaking, mental exercise,
nutrition choices or physical activity? By exploring this topic
more deeply, can we improve how we help clients?
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
9:00-9:50 AM SEMINARS
(21091) PAST LIFE FACTOR—How Past Lives
Constantly Influence Our Daily Lives
Michael Hathaway, FNGH, BCH, CI
All-levels
This seminar is designed to help you identify past life influences
by using your observation and listening skills. Learn by
lecture and demonstration how past lives may factor into people’s
daily lives in decision making as well as physical, mental
and spiritual situations. Understand how resolving past life
karma can help subjects get a new perspective of situations in
their current lives.
Lecture/Discussion/Experiential/Q&A
(21092) MEET YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL
—Never Feel Alone Again
Karen Paolino Correia, CH
All-levels
Can you imagine the comfort of never feeling alone again?
Everyone has at least two guardian angels gifted by God.
Come to this seminar to meet and connect with your guardian
angel. Experience a powerful meditation and learn how to
communicate with your guardian to receive messages of divine
guidance to help you in every aspect of your life.
Lecture/Experiential/Q&A
“Most friendly convention!! Great information - fun -
always enjoy myself and learning new things.”
—Rio Cordy Barlow, Foley, AL
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
(21093) IMAGERY AND SELF-HEALING
Nat Harris, MS, LMSW, CI
All-levels
You will gain information about the effectiveness of imagerybased
methods in the hypnotic process. Discussing one’s ability
to “image” to improve goals experimentally, behaviorally
and physiologically are open for analysis. You will watch film
of presenter’s battle with colon cancer involving five surgeries
and personal challenge to survive. Benefits will also include
learning that healing also includes growth emotionally and
spiritually — NOT just physically. Lecture/Discussion/Video/Q&A
(21094) TREE READING INTERPRETATION
—Let The Wisdom Of The Tree Help You Form
Empowering Suggestions
Janet Crain, CH, CI, DMD
All-levels
This simple drawing of a tree gives a plethora of information
useful in developing empowering suggestions. In less than two
minutes, unique characteristics are uncovered that reveal the
life changing experiences of the past that are influencing the
current situation. It can have an effect and can elevate the benefits
to your client.
Lecture/Exercise/Discussion/Q&A
(21095) RON’S MULTIPURPOSE INDUCTION
DEMONSTRATION FOR GUARANTEED SUCCESS
—An Induction Of Metaphors, Convincers,
Embedded Suggestions, And EMDR
Ron Eslinger, CRNA, RN, APN, BCH, CMI, FNGH, OB
All-levels
The Eslinger Model starts with priming the client during the
interview and the activation of the client’s endorphins, melatonins
and serotonins. Followed by four questions that set the
stage for success. Suggestions that pertain to the client’s issues
are weaved into purposeful colors, eye movement techniques,
relaxation, confusion, metaphors, direct suggestions and concludes
with an eye catalepsy that never fails.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(21096) VULNERABILITY & CHANGE: EXPANDING
YOUR HYPNOTISM PRACTICE
Roberta Fernandez, BCH, CI
All-levels
Expanding from part-time to full-time or from a small practice
to a center, change can feel vulnerable. If you are considering
changes or growing your practice, this seminar will enable you
to: know what control you have in the change process, describe
vulnerability’s relationship to change, define essential characteristics
about yourself, the expansion and your relationship,
assess your strengths for success, develop a clear action plan.
Discussion/Exercises/Q&A
10:00-10:50 AM SEMINARS
(21101) CREATING YOUR DAY IN THE MOST
POSITIVE WAY—Beyond Everyday Self-Hypnosis
Dorothy Campbell, CH, CI
All-levels
Learn the techniques that take you beyond self-hypnosis and
allow you to create each day the way you want it to be.
Experience what it feels like to flow through the day with balance,
calm and peace. You will feel the power of taking control
of your life using a process that only takes about 12 minutes of
your morning routine.
Discussion/Exercise
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(21102) MARKETING MASTERY—Top 3 ‘FREE’
Marketing Tools To Fill Your Practice
Robert Harrison, CH
All-levels
You will learn some of the most common mistakes even the
seasoned pros make with their marketing and how to avoid
them in your practice. You will then learn some easy steps you
can take to troubleshoot your specific marketing campaign and
fix them. We will discuss marketing best practices and where
to start whether you are just starting out or re-tooling your marketing
campaign from top to bottom. Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(21103) YOUTH IN SPORTS
—Peak Performance For The Young Athlete
Jereme Bachand, CH
All-levels
The importance of using hypnosis with young people in sports
is just now being brought to the forefront. We as a professional
hypnotism organization need to realize the great potential we
have for doing good for young people in all parts of life, but
we’ll concentrate on sports for now.
Lecture/Q&A
(21104) THE EIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR A
SUCCESSFUL WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM
Don Mottin, BCH, CI, FNGH, OB
All-levels
Weight loss is a multifaceted problem. Early in Don’s career he
had over a dozen hypnotists working for him full-time. Don is
always saying that he knows that hypnotists are creative individuals
and may want to use various technique. However, Don
has a list of techniques that must be used with every client. His
hypnotists all knew the 8 required techniques for weight loss
and used them. Don has hypnotized over 50,000 people, and he
knows what works.
Lecture/Q&A
(21105) SECRETS OF LAUNDRY LIST MARKETING:
DISCOVER WHAT YOUR CLIENTS WANT
—So You Can Give It To Them!
Lisa Halpin, BCH, CI, OB
All-levels
Utilizing a ‘laundry list’ as a marketing tool can help you figure
out what to do. It can also build you a segmented mailing
list and increase your interaction with prospective clients. Lisa
developed her Laundry List at the very beginning of her practice
and has shared it with many other hypnotists who’ve also
gotten great results. Learn how your Laundry List can become
a free, effective and immediate marketing tool that you can use
right after Convention!
Lecture/Visual/Q&A
(21106) A TRIP TO THE BEACH—Ridiculously
Effective Self-Hypnosis And Much More
Clay Dinger, CH
All-levels
You will learn to use the hypnosis, visualization and NLP techniques
blended in this specialized procedure to teach your
clients how to mentally step away from overwhelming or
stressful situations, re-focus, and proceed with calmness and
clarity - all in the space of a breath or two! As an added bonus,
learn to teach your clients to exponentially amplify these
effects by adding powerful suggestions to achieve their specific
goals. During this seminar, you will learn the factors that
make this technique so effective, and experience them for
yourself during an experiential session. Lecture/Experiential/Q&A
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(21111) ADVERTISE AND BE PAID FOR IT!—How To
Present Yourself As “The Obvious Expert”!
Robert Bayliss, CH, CI, OB and Ruth Garrett All-levels
You will learn how you can be paid for advertising your services,
and fill your appointment book! Speaking to groups as
“The Obvious Expert” can be fun when you walk on stage with
the confidence of a seasoned professional presenter. But, what
if you are not yet “comfortable on stage”? This seminar will
feature the “7 Best Secrets of Professional Speakers” to position
you as “The Obvious Expert”!
Lecture/Q&A
(21112) HYPNOSIS NEUROBIOLOGY & DEPTH
TESTING—Hypno-Neurobiology Of The Arons Depth
Scale
Billy Shilling, CI, CH, OB
All-levels
This presentation will highlight modern theories of hypnosis
which provide a foundation for contemporary bio-psychosocial
theories and neurobiological models of hypnosis that will be
the main focus of this presentation, along with their direct
application in hypnotism practice. The dissociative elements of
current hypnosis theories, which produce the phenomena of
the Arons Hypnosis Depth Scale will be demonstrated.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(21113) HOW TO GENERATE REPEAT CLIENTS
—Proven Strategies To Encourage Your Clients To
Visit You Every 6 Weeks For A Tune-Up
Timothy Jones, BCH, CI, BMin, FNGH
All-levels
Clients should feel confident enough in you to visit regularly
for “tune ups” even after they’ve met their initial objectives.
Ideally, one-quarter of your clients should visit you every 6
weeks to remain feeling motivated and invigorated. Much
more than a how-to-dress seminar, this is a presentation of
often overlooked techniques that express you’re not only
inspired in what you do, but also look and feel like a respected
practitioner.
Lecture/Q&A
(21114) THE NGH MISSION STATEMENT IS MEANT
TO PRESERVE THE POWER OF YOUR
PROFESSION—Don’t Let People Get The Idea That
YOU Are Practicing Medicine!
Robert Dunscomb, BCH, OB
All-levels
When Consulting Hypnotists are asked to describe what we do,
for some years now the NGH has advised us to say “we help
ordinary, everyday people with ordinary, everyday problems,
using individualized hypnotic techniques”. This is an excellent
answer – it implies that we are a helping profession, not a
bunch of strange folks who go around making people bark and
cluck. Learn just what this phrase means, how to recognize
“ordinary people with ordinary problems”, and why it matters.
Lecture/Q&A
“I had such a great experience, I learned so much and
look forward all year to the NGH Convention.”
—Pam Tortorello, Brick, NJ
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(21115) WHY OLD WAKING HYPNOSIS
TECHNIQUES DON’T WORK
—How To Effectively Do Waking Hypnosis
William Horton, PsyD, CADC, CMI, BCH
Intermediate-Advanced
In today’s rapidly changing word, Facebook, Twitter, texting
have made waking hypnosis harder to do and only those that
can use these things to their advantage will be able to really
master Waking Hypnosis. You will also learn why Ericksonian
is effective in today’s world. Discussion/Demonstration/Q&A
(21116) METAPHORS THAT CALM THE MIND
Michael Raugh, BCH, CI
Introductory-Intermediate
Metaphors are expressive ways to get your client’s imagination
engaged in the session. In this seminar, you will see demonstrations
of the presenter’s favorite metaphors for stress reduction
and helping clients get to sleep. Take these techniques
home with you and use them right away.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
NOON-12:50 PM SEMINARS
(21121) AN INDUCTION FOR ALL OCCASIONS
—The Abrahamsen Induction - Induce Hypnosis,
Test & Deepen – One Smooth Process
Joann Abrahamsen, BCH, OB, CI
All-levels
This induction combines the double bind with some subtle
tests and deepening. The advantage to this induction and deepening
is that if a client is in hypnosis, the process will deepen
the hypnosis and if the client is not in hypnosis the tests and
deepening will put the client in hypnosis. And, the client does
not know he is being tested. You can do the induction and tests
in about three minutes. Following the induction, I use a short
progressive relaxation as a deepening technique. The entire
induction with the progressive relaxation deepening takes
about ten minutes.
Lecture/Demonstration/Practice/Q&A
(21122) OVERVIEW ABOUT HYPNOWAVE ® (EMDR
LIKE TECHNIQUE) - WHAT IT IS & HOW IT WORKS
AND WHY IT WORKS—How HypnoWave ® Is A
Useful Tool In The Hypnotist’s Toolbox And Every
Hypnotist Should Know How To Use It
Hansruedi Wipf, BCH
All-levels
Find out about HypnoWave (EMDR), how it works, why it
works, when to apply it. Today I use EMDR about 3 - 4 times
a week in my hypnotism center, especially with cases that seem
to be having trouble following the instructions, still hold fears
or who still need a good convincer.
Lecture/Q&A
(21123) THE POWER OF YOUR PROFESSION BY
PRESENTING FUN AND UNIQUE HYPNOTIC
TECHNIQUES—How To Make Money By Presenting
Fun And Unique Hypnotic Techniques
Richard Gordon, CH, CI
All-levels
Just take a moment to think about where you could present
while educating your community that hypnosis is not scary or
to be feared. Show your community The Power of Your
Profession as you build your practice. Take people’s education
of hypnosis to the next level. This seminar gives detail information
on over a dozen subjects so you can use them immediately.
Lecture/Q&A
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
(21124) INSTANT CRAVING REMOVAL: THE
ULTIMATE CONVINCER & “ANYTIME, ANYWHERE”
CALMING TECHNIQUE—Teach Your Clients This
Amazing, Nearly Instantaneous Method...And Use It
For Amazing Demos!
Cris Johnson, BCH, CI
All-levels
Help your clients learn ways to eliminate their cravings or negative
thoughts easily and effortlessly, giving them a feeling of
control over their own responses. In this exciting seminar,
you’ll learn the theories behind the process, why it works, and
most importantly, how to use the technique as a powerful convincer
for one-on-one consultations/screenings, group demos/
talks, and more.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
(21125) SINKING INTO PEACE
—A Meditation Method That Really Works
Charles Curtis, BCH
All-levels
If you’ve had difficulty with meditation techniques, you’re in
good company. If you’re not getting into meditation deeply
enough, welcome to the club. If you’ve heard about the benefits
of mindfulness, but they’re not happening to you, now’s
the time to climb on board. Learn a dirt-simple method of meditation
that only takes a few minutes to master, always works,
and brings deep peace to yourself, your clients and groups.
Lecture/Experiential/Q&A
(21126) BALANCING TWO PROFESSIONS—How To
Take Them Both From Surviving To Thriving
Suzi Nance, CH, CI
All-levels
Many newly and not so newly certified hypnotists take the
advice “don’t quit your day job yet” when starting their hypnotism
practice. While in many cases quite practical, balancing
two professions can be daunting….but also very doable and
very rewarding. Well your “soon I will...” is now and you will
leave this seminar energized and inspired with practical tools
and strategies to do it and enjoy the rewards that come with it!
Lecture/Q&A
1:00-1:50 PM SEMINARS
(210101) KNOWING WHEN TO SAY NO-
Scott McFall, DCH, CH, LMT
All-levels
This course will concentrate on the skill of refusing to accept
clients that should be sent to other professionals to lower your
liability as a consulting hypnotist in the marketplace. Predicting
which clients might be dangerous physically or a case that
has more down side than potential benefit to the client will be
covered. This is a subject no one wants to discuss and yet it is
one of the most important skills the practitioner must possess.
Lecture/Q&A
(210102) MENOPAUSE RELIEF USING HYPNOSIS
—Menopause Relief
Roy Cantrell, CH, CI
All-levels
Learn techniques to offer prospective clients a proven method
of dealing with and overcoming menopause in their lives.
Learn steps to use to offer personal relief to both sexes regarding
proven methods of hot flushes in their lives. Handouts will
be provided to you of this course.
Discussion/Q&A
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(210103) PALLIATIVE CARE WITH HYPNOSIS
—For A Natural And Peaceful Transition
Mona Abdurahim-Santl, BCH, CI
All-levels
Fear of death is way up there in the list of fears. Hypnosis is a
wonderful tool to dispel this fear of something that is
inevitable and thus pass peacefully. In my experience, one of
the most rewarding sessions. The aim of this seminar is to be
relaxed around this topic, for the person dying, the family
members and also you, as a hypnotist.
Lecture/Q&A
(210104) HYPNOTISM AS A PROFESSION
—Make Your Business A Winner
Ed Lane, BCH, CI
All-levels
This seminar will focus on enhancing your business by
increasing profitable activities. Special attention will be given
to gauge the effectiveness of various activities to produce a
steady stream of clients. Measurable successful activities will
be given so that you will be focused on what you can do to create
awareness in your community. Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(210105) PRE & POST SURGICAL CONDITIONING
—A Process For Better Outcomes & Faster Healing
Elizabeth Campbell, BCH, CI
All-levels
Expand your practice to include this simple process that
enables your clients to have favorable reactions to any medical
procedure and a shortened recovery phase. Clients conditioned
with these hypnotic and NLP techniques report calmness
before surgery and healing times that are significantly shorter
than their physicians have predicted. Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(210106) IT’S ALL ABOUT THE EXHALE
—Breathwork For Great Success
Nancy Klase, CH, CI
All-levels
Experience a powerful self-hypnosis technique that produces
total relaxation and increased focus in under three minutes
allowing you to tune in, turn on and tap into all your natural
resources. In this session, we will focus on a breathing technique
with a new twist. Feel the relaxation immediately and
then you can settle in and get your positive suggestions to work
for you.
Lecture/Exercise/Q&A
(210107) READING CLIENT BODY LANGUAGE
—Learn To Be In Sync With Your Clients
Andrew Neblett, CH
All-levels
This fun and enlightening seminar will show you how body
language is read correctly and whether or not your client is
with you or against you. Learn how to recognize and read body
language clusters, if the client is in rapport with you, how to
create rapport, and exude confidence and control in the office.
Gender differences, personal space and cultural body language
will also be explained. Lecture/Demonstration/Exercises/Q&A
(210108) SOMATIC METHOD—Clear The Underlying
Cause Of Illness In The Subconscious Mind
David, Quigley, CH, CI, OB
Introductory
Because of the connection between the immune system and the
central nervous system, any chronic psychological strain
which affects the central nervous system can damage the
immune system and make a person more vulnerable to disease.
Sometimes illness is the direct result of past trauma and emotion
stored in the body. This seminar includes an 11-step hypnosis
protocol to help clients heal pain and illness. Lecture/Q&A
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(210109) CASHING IN ON MEDICAL REFERRALS
—How To Get More Referrals And Handle That
Pesky Insurance Question!
Penny Chiasson, BCH, RN
All-levels
Knowing how to reach out to the office manager and present
your pitch really makes a difference. I’ll share with you what
has worked for me and what has not. I’ll present in detail how
to carry out a professional contact that will result in referrals.
We will also discuss how to handle that pesky question “Do
you accept insurance?”. Hint...The answer you give the physician,
nurse practitioner or physician assistant is not exactly the
same as the one you give the client.
Lecture/Q&A
(210110) INCORPORATING THE AKASHIC
RECORDS INTO YOUR HYPNOTISM PRACTICE
—Working With The Spiritual/Metaphysical
Community
Lori Chrepta, CH
Intermediate-Advanced
The Akashic Records is an energetic archive of our souls,
including thoughts, feelings and experiences of past, present
and future. By incorporating the Akashic Records, you can
expand your services to clients and blend with your hypnosis
sessions. Access the Records to explore past lives and your
soul purpose, understand and transform patterns and life struggles,
explore relationships, discover the possibilities for your
life, business and more.
Lecture/Discussion/Exercise
(210111) CREATING TAILOR MADE SCRIPTS ON
THE SPOT—How To Use Your Pre-Talk To Elicit
Suggestions For The Client
Ginny Goldman, CH, JD
All-levels
This seminar is designed especially for new hypnotists but can
be beneficial to anyone practicing hypnosis. You will be
instructed on how to use the pre-talk to elicit relevant information
from clients and create tailor made scripts on the spot that
can be used during the hypnosis session. Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(210112) EVERY PARENT IS A HYPNOTIST
—Help Parents To Raise Happy Confident Kids
Susan Iacono, CH, CI
All-levels
Parents, teachers, and caregivers have great influence over
how our children are growing up and how they think of themselves
and the world around them. By giving parents, teachers
and caregivers the knowledge that we have on how the mind
works, and the tools we use as hypnotists, we will help the next
generation to grow up with healthier self-esteem, armed with
the belief in their own worth, importance and power.
Lecture/Demonstration/Exercise/Q&A
(210113) THE SECRET TO SESSION AND SALES
SUCCESS—This One Simple Tip Will Amplify All Of
Your Other Efforts!
Andria Michele, CH, CI
Intermediate
This course is designed to give you exactly what you need,
something that you can use immediately to improve your sales
and session success. You will literally walk out with something
that didn’t exist before this class, something that you developed
in the class itself to help you. This immersion teaching
method will ensure your success beyond the class time into
your office back home! Time well spent! Join us!
Lecture/Exercise/Q&A
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(210114) INNER SECRETS OF MILTON ERICKSON
Deborah Nettles and Will Hayes
All-levels
You will benefit by learning the inner secrets of Erickson’s
approach through six representative techniques, i.e. – encouraging
resistance, providing a worse alternative, encouraging a
response by frustrating it, seeding ideas, amplifying a deviation,
and prescribing the symptom. You will learn how to use
motivating tales to help clients make shifts toward their goals.
Gleaning from the genius of Erickson, you will be able to take
away powerful and practical skills for use in your office.
Lecture/Demonstration/Exercise/Q&A
2:00-2:50 PM SEMINARS
(21021) NO-PRESSURE SALES MODEL—No-
Pressure Sales Model That Closes 8 Out Of 10 Sales
Jason Kropidlowski, CH
All-levels
This no-pressure model allows hypnotists to focus on the
clients’ needs, and to allow the information presented to sell
itself. This reduces both hypnotist and client tension, and
strengthens rapport rather than creating distrust due to persuasive
or manipulative tactics. This model has consistently
resulted in closing 8 out of 10 screenings.
Lecture/Discussion/Demonstration/Q&A
(21022) BEYOND MINDFULNESS
—The Healing Power Of Mind Meditation
Deborah Yaffee, CH, CI
All-levels
The 12 stage Healing Power of Mind Meditation utilizes powerful
hypnotic techniques that take your clients beyond mindfulness
meditation and into a deep sense of personal peace and
security. It has been used worldwide to help people reduce
stress and support mental, physical, emotional and spiritual
healing.
Lecture/Experiential/Q&A
(21023) PAST LIVES...TALL TALES, TRUTH OR
THERAPY?—What’s The Real Scoop On Past Lives
Lucy Portlock, CH
All-levels
This seminar is designed to present up-to-date information on
the veracity of “past lives” through discussion of actual research,
citing numerous authors and their published works. It
will also show the merits of using past life regressions in your
hypnotism practice as well as explaining why past life regressions
have been viewed as make-believe stories of the mind in
past years.
Lecture/Discussion/Experiential/Q&A
(21024) BEFORE THE PRE-TALK
Maurice Kershaw, MA, FNGH, BCH, OB
All-levels
If you are using a canned pre-talk and prepared scripts. If you
are using a one-size fits all approach in your practice, this presentation
is not for you! If you are creative, treat each client as
an individual and tailor your methods to that individual, then
be sure to attend this information-packed event and learn to
hear when you listen, see when you watch and really tune-in to
your clients’ wavelength...then you will get a case history like
no other hypnotist can!
Lecture/Discussion
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
(21025) POWERING UP YOUR BUSINESS TO
SUCCEED—Bundling Sessions And Other Proven
Techniques
Robert Merlin, BCH, CI
Introductory-Intermediate
Learn how to keep clients coming back for more sessions after
the initial sessions are over. Why it is important to bundle sessions
together. Learn what services can be bundled and why.
How to create a rapport where the clients are asking you for
additional services. Learn to avoid no shows and fill your week
with clients who are looking forward to their appointment and
have the money to pay.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(21026) PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR CONFIDENT
PUBLIC SPEAKING AND PERFORMANCE
—Never Worry About Stage Fright Again
Nicholas Pallesen, BCH, BA, MM, ADOS
All-levels
This class features perspectives learned “in the trenches” by an
internationally performing opera singer who sings for crowds
of thousands and assists performers in his hypnotism practice.
Learn practical, fun techniques that you and your clients can
use to nail that next presentation or performance!
Lecture/Demonstration/Exercise/Q&A
3:00-3:50 PM SEMINARS
(21032) REPROGRAM NOW FOR LASTING
HAPPINESS!—Structuring Suggestions For Optimal
Optimism!
Maggie Minsk, CH, CI
Introductory-Intermediate
The way we view the world, the meaning we give to significant
events, and what we attribute those events to determine our
level of happiness and life satisfaction. Previously, our ‘happiness
set point’ was thought to be rigid and unmoving but now
because of Dr. Martin Seligman’s work with LEARNED
OPTIMISM you can reprogram your thinking in a very specific,
quick and easy-to-learn way that is also extremely grounded
in science and research. Lecture/Demonstration/Exercise/Q&A
(21032) ANCIENT HAWAIIAN SECRETS REVEALED
—Hawaiian Healing Of Mind And Body
David Frederick, CH
All-levels
The Ancient Hawaiians originally came from the middle East
carrying their secret knowledge of healing both the body and
mind. They knew how to manifest desired petitions for a positive
outcome using the psychology of projection adding the
HA (Breath) Rite and Mana (Life Force Energy). You will be
shown how energy moves from one person to another, how to
charge water for healing, a short overview of the AUTHENTIC
Ho’oponopono or Conflict resolution. Lecture/Demonstration
(21033) COLOR INDUCTION & DEPTH TESTING
—SES Induction with Color Depth Testing
Billy Shilling, CI, CH, OB
All-levels
The general meaning of colors to the subconscious as well as
their use in the Stroop Test and in producing visual illusions
will be introduced. And the use of the Stroop Test as an objective
measure of hypnosis depth versus the subjective Arons
Depth Scale will be examined and demonstrated in the color
based Shilling-Elman-Stroop (SES) Induction, which is useful
in forensic hypnosis and other types of practice.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
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(21034) MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS
REDUCTION PROGRAM (MBSR) AND HYPNOSIS
Roy Thaller
Introductory-Intermediate
This presentation will describe each step of the 8 week program
and how hypnosis can be used to make the program more
effective and easier to learn and practice. Hypnosis can be used
to have the individual feel the power & restfulness of mindfulness
before actually doing each step of the program. Shortcuts
are presented using hypnosis & self-hypnosis that can be used
for a few minutes throughout the day. Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(21035) HYPNOSIS WORKSHOPS AT PUBLIC
LIBRARIES! A GREAT WAY TO EDUCATE THE
PUBLIC AND EARN INCOME AT THE SAME TIME
Gloria Drewitz, CH
Introductory-Intermediate
This seminar will provide guidelines for how to go about marketing
workshops to your area libraries and how to make your
program a success. Learn how to write proposals and market
workshops that will make it to the calendar of events in your
areas local libraries. Learn how to get a portion of the allotted
program budget to pay your professional fee while you provide
an important public service to the community.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
(21036) EFFECTIVE MARKETING FOR YOUR
HYPNOTISM PRACTICE IN 2017 AND BEYOND
—Cutting Edge Techniques To Market & Promote
Your Business
Thomas Nicoli, BCH, CI, OB
All-levels
As technology has changed the way we do many things, it has
been a major shift in how we market and promote our business.
Learn how to use technology in easy to implement ways to
change your business from 2017 and beyond, whether you are
a techno-geek or technophobe.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
4:00-4:50 PM SEMINARS
(21041) THE POWER OF YOUR HYPNOTIC
MARKETING PEN—Writing Your Way To Hypno-
Success In The Corporate World
Robert Martel, BCH
All-levels
Most hypnotists struggle to “break into” the corporate and
small business world, which is in great need of our services. A
review of conversational hypnosis will be briefly covered to
illustrate its role in creating effective direct mail, and how it
applies to landing page content, and all communication with a
prospect. A self-hypnosis script for overcoming fears and
obstacles to success will be made available. Lecture/Discussion
(21042) A TWO NIGHT ADULT ED “SELF-
HYPNOSIS” CLASS—Bring The Power Into Your
Profession
Ernest VanDenBossche, BCH, CI Introductory-Intermediate
Present a class that intrigues and beckons your students to want
more. Teach self-hypnosis and all its components in a way that
brings curiosity and a desire to find a better way to proceed in
life. Allow students to tell their own story as to their struggles
with individual situations. They love to relate to each other and
find common ground. Give your students a full taste of hypnosis
using your own CDs to hypnotize them in class.
Lecture/Q&A
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(21043) DELIVER AN EMPOWERING STRESS
BUSTER WORKSHOP—Educate, Inspire, And Drive
Business With An Empowering Stress Buster
Workshop
Erika Flint, BCH
Introductory
Learn the science behind these de-stressing techniques to help
educate your audience and empower them for success. Learn
everything you need to know to deliver this workshop in your
area to grow your practice including the strategies, tools, and
techniques that get results.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(21044) POWER PRE-TALKS – INSIDER SECRETS
FOR CLINICAL HYPNOTISTS—Powerfully Improve
Your Private Or Group Session Pre-Talk - Tips And
Techniques
John Cerbone, FNGH, BCH, CI, OB
All-levels
A hypnotist’s pre-talk can be one of the very most important
aspects of the private session, and when done properly, will
provide information, build rapport, even pre-hypnotize the
client, often leading to enhanced, unstoppable high-impact session
success. So come learn the keys to a more lively yet
informative, even fun presentation plan for an optimized, success
generating, pre-talk – this is a must have seminar for any
professional hypnotist.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(21045) BULLYING: HOW TO COPE—Building
Coping Strategies To Build Self-Confidence In
Stressful Environments
Marcia Proctor, CH
All-levels
Recognizing the client might be regarded as being better in
some way than the bully and therefore a potential victim.
Working to understand the client’s concerns and fears to deal
with the problem. Teaching the student self-hypnosis techniques
to build confidence and build their emotional strength.
Strategies for coping. How to show little reaction to bullies.
Build self-confidence. Avoid involvement with bullies. Cyber
bullying. Awareness of surroundings. When to contact appropriate
authorities.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(21046) THE POWER OF HYPNOSIS AND HOW YOU
CAN TAKE BACK CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH
—Learn The Secrets To Regaining And Maintaining
A More Youthful You
Robert Saviola, CH
All-levels
This seminar shows how people have been hypnotized to
believe that they will be stricken with various diseases and ailments
that will ultimately destroy their health and compromise
quality of life. New information is then provided explaining
alternative methods to regain and maintain health and quality
of life using the combined power of hypnosis and a FDA
approved device that can change the way we view our personal
health care.
Lecture/Visual/Q&A
“The most professional hypnotism organization. You
learn so much at NGH, you can’t put a price on it.”
—James Vera, Naugatuck, CT
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201 Expert Seminars
No Additional Charge
Included With Your Convention Fee
5:00-5:50 PM SEMINARS
(21051) CHAKRA BALANCING FOR OVERALL
WELL-BEING & HEALTHY WEIGHT
—Healing The Hungry Heart
Adeline Kania, CH, OB
All-levels
Learning how to balance the energy chakras in your body that
are involved with food, nourishment, curbing emotional eating
and self-care that are essential to overall well-being of mind,
body and spirit. As a hypnotist, addiction counselor and energy
worker, Addie has created techniques and visualizations to
help heal and balance these chakras. Helping to heal the “hungry
heart” restores a healthy relationship to food, body and
self-empowerment. Experience these powerful chakra balancing
techniques for your own chakra balancing and well-being
and for your clients.
Lecture/Discussion/Experiential/Q&A
(21052) HYPNOTIC TESTIMONIALS
—Leverage Today’s Success For The Future
Scott Babb, BCH, CI
All-levels
The success you had with a client today can be leveraged for
even greater success for your practice and your clients in the
future. Learn the easy way to not only get testimonials from
clients, but also to make sure that those testimonials are blockbusters
that make you the #1 choice when someone is looking
for a hypnotist.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(21053) THE POWER OF YOUR PROFESSION USING
MEGA VISION
Margaret Worthington, BCH, CI Introductory-Intermediate
If clients are already minimizing pain — then MEGA VISION
is for you! Mega Vision is a powerful technique giving clients
real control and making you the expert! Most everyone can
visualize during hypnosis, true. Hypnosis with MEGA
VISION can produce visions your client can relate to because
they control the size of the effect they want or don’t want. They
can choose to walk into their vision, connect their feelings to
the visualization, get every cell in agreement with it, and own
the results they created! Why not have the most up-to-date
information about this powerful technique, and its use today in
the world! Mega Vision will make your Sessions great again!
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
You’ll discover that nobody
works harder to give you a
better convention experience
than the staff of the National
Guild of Hypnotists.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
(21054) THE POWER OF YOUR PROFESSION
EDUCATING YOUR COMMUNITIES OF WHAT
HYPNOSIS CAN DO FOR GETTING A GREAT
NIGHTS SLEEP—A Complete 50 Minute Seminar
With Handouts And Scripts Ready To Present. This
Proven Seminar Has Been Presented By Just
Graduating Hypnotists To Experienced Hypnotists
Who Need To Present A Simple, Yet Powerful 50
Minute Seminar.
Vilene Farina, CH, CI
All-levels
You will be able to just read the entire materials and have a
well-presented 50 min seminar. Handouts, scripts and teaching
hints included. This seminar has been presented by new hypnotists
and experienced hypnotists needing to present a 50 min
seminar. Great seminar for CIs to teach to students because the
materials are part of the NGH Training package. Lecture/Q&A
(21055) BEYOND FEAR—From Survival To Thrival
Dan LaRosa, CI, BS
All-levels
It’s a scary world we live in. It seems that every day we hear
more bad news about the world and its problems. Fear is everywhere
and….wait a minute…. Fear is not everywhere, it’s created
in the mind and the solution is also in the mind. In this
program, you will learn how to help your clients—and yourself
— conquer fear and more importantly how to live an inspiring
and productive life. Every human knows fear; now you will
know exactly how to help them and at the same time greatly
improve your bottom line.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(21056) 5-STEPS TO POWERFULLY CLOSE SALES
—Clarity, Strategies And Action Are The Keys To
Income
Denise M. Simpson, CH
All-levels
Do you struggle increasing your income and decreasing “No”
responses from prospective clients? In this seminar, you will
learn a proven 5-step method to soar your close rate to 70% or
more. You’ll position yourself as an expert, provide clarity of
the cost of the problem, give best recommendations for solutions,
and an action plan whereby they are excited to say “Yes!
I want to buy!” By identifying perfect clients, quality outcomes
are assured.
Lecture/Exercises/Discussion/Q&A
CDs
Afraid You’ll Miss One Workshop by
Going to Another? Don’t Worry!
CDs of all the Seminars & Workshops
will be available to
order at the convention.
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94 Special Elective
2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
9:00-10:50 AM
SPECIAL 2-HR WORKSHOP $35 (INCLUDES DVD)
(22091) NON-VERBAL HYPNOTIC
INDUCTION
Marx Howell, BS
All-levels
• Observe a complete demonstration
• Step-by-step explanation
• Guided practice session
Inspector Marx Howell explains the
easy-to-follow procedure for using his
NON-VERBAL HYPNOTIC INDUC-
TION technique. Learn how to induce
trance without saying a word. Use this
technique with hearing-impaired individuals.
It’s like nothing you’ve ever
seen! You will receive a DVD, which
includes a demonstration and step-bystep
explanation of the technique.
Lecture/Demonstration/Practice
(22092) MAGICAL METAPHORS
Shaun Brookhouse, BCH, CI, OB, DNGH
All-levels
Milton Erickson is arguably the father of
the modern understanding and use of
hypnosis. One of the most important elements
of his work was seamless use of
stories and metaphors within his hypnotic
interventions. This presentation will
show you how to construct and deliver
effective metaphors which will assist
your practice in going to the next level.
Even if you do not see yourself as a story
teller, this presentation will give you all
you need to be able to deliver metaphors
confidently and effectively.
Lecture/Experiential/Q&A
(22093) GENES, MEMES &
EPIGENETICS—A Message Of
Hope For Your Clients
Fredric Mau, BCH, CI
All-levels
• Describe the process of epigenetic
methylation
• Construct appropriate hypnotic metaphors
and techniques to improve emotional
health and reduce methylation
• Help clients construct more healthy
ways to understand their personal family
histories
• Apply this information to your marketing
to healthcare providers and potential
clients
The hundred year Nature vs. Nurture debate
has ended and Nurture wins hard.
Epigenetics shows how emotional memory
is passed to future generations via
chemical riders alongside the genetic
code. Emotional trauma can be inherited
biologically. Positive changes made in
the current generation are inherited as
well. This has profound significance for
our understanding of past family traumas,
even erasing the family curse and
creating a new future – not just for your
client, but for their children.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(22094) ESSENTIALS OF
MASTERING AGE REGRESSION
—Hypnotic Age Regression Work
Builds Your Practice And The
Profession!
Calvin Banyan, MA, BCH, CI, DNGH, OB
All-levels
• Learn the basics of hypnotic age regression
• Learn to locate the cause of the problem
in the past
• Learn the essentials to neutralize the
emotions in the past event
• Learn the 5 questions that must be
asked during an age regression
• Learn how age progression can increase
the power of age regression
• Learn why this can make your direct
suggestion work much more powerful
This is an information packed, fast
paced workshop, perfect for those who
want a fast introduction to hypnotic age
regression, and those who want to learn
the insider techniques that make age
regression work much more powerful.
You’ll hold on to your seats as Cal
Banyan shows you how it is really done
in his usual passionate all out way of
teaching. Attend this class if you want to
be the best of the best, a Hypno-1%er!
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(22095) YOUR CLIENTS WANT
THE MAGIC, THE WOW, THE
HYPNOTIC PHENOMENA!!!
—Why You Want To Use Hypnotic
Phenomena Such As Amnesia,
Hallucinations, Age Regressions,
Analgesia, etc. In Your Practice
William Mitchell, CI, BCH
All-levels
• Learn to identify hypnotic phenomena
• Learn how to apply hypnotic phenomena
to create positive results
• Learn how to introduce and discuss
hypnotic phenomena with clients and
referring professionals
• Identify and recognize hypnotic phenomena,
such as skits in a stage show or
techniques of another hypnotist
Clients come to a hypnotist for the Wow,
the Magic! The hypnotic phenomena is
the Magic that allows clients to make
powerful breakthroughs! Too many hypnotists
induce trance and hope the subconscious
will benevolently do something.
As a result many clients do not
think they were hypnotized and fail to
achieve positive outcomes. Our unique
offering is inducing hypnotic phenomena
such as amnesia, hallucinations, age
regression, analgesia, hypnotic dreams,
post-hypnotic suggestion etc. Your business
and reputation will grow dramatically
when you learn to use powerful and
relevant hypnotic phenomenon.
Lecture/Video/Demonstration/Q&A
(22096) BODY LANGUAGE AND
HYPNOSIS—Client’s
Subconscious Clues For The
Hypnotist
Myles Timmins, BCH, CI, OB
and Rondall Bailes, CH, OB All-levels
• Recognize from the handshake, different
skin & hair textures in individuals, their
meaning and how to use the information
to create rapport
• Determine the meaning of the temperature
of the hand, what it means and how
to use it to relax your client
• Recognize facial forms of profile, the
meaning and how they can be used during
the hypnosis session
• Identify the 4 directions the voice moves
and the role it plays in behavioral
change
We will cover the importance of reading
body language in the hypnosis session.
Several body language topics will be
demonstrated and discussed to give you
insight into the client’s repressed and
suppressed issues. This insight will help
you as well as the client deal with those
issues, not just the symptoms. You will
pair off in two different exercises to read
each other’s body language. There will
be a question and answer period during
the exercise.
Lecture/Demonstration/Participation/Q&A
VISIT THE
NGH CONVENTION
BOOKSTORE!
Each year participants tell us one
of the things they like best about
the NGH Convention is the chance
to purchase the books, audios and
videos of our featured speakers.
You will be able to choose from a
wide assortment of books, audios
and videos not easily found elsewhere.
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2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
(22097) DYNAMIC STOP
SMOKING SEMINARS: HOW TO
BOOK, PRESENT THEM & MAKE
GREAT EARNINGS—Learn How
To Find The Companies Like
AT&T Who Paid Us $11,700 For 3
Group Sessions
Jerry Valley, MACP and Tommy Vee, CH, CI
Introductory-Intermediate
• Learn how to “crack” the corporate wall
for a booking
• Learn our techniques that win over any
committee
• Learn our suggestions that give you up
to 92% success rate
• Learn to use “testing” to impress your
attendees
This workshop will teach you how to
find the right companies and to increase
your success ratio in groups & individual
sessions. Learn to effectively use the
Nova Pro light/sound unit to put individuals
faster & deeper in hypnosis. This
instrument produces Alpha-Theta Waves
and binaural beats which help clients get
to deeper levels of hypnosis and achieve
greater success. Effectively structure
your advertising & introductory letter.
Lecture/Demonstration
11:00 AM-12:50 PM
SPECIAL FREE WORKSHOP
(22111) ETHICS AND LEGAL
ISSUES FOR THE CONSULTING
HYPNOTIST 2017—Where Does
Our Profession Stand With
Legislation
C. Scot Giles, BCH, CI, OB, DMin All-levels
• Learn about how hypnotism is legally
regulated around the nation and in
Canada
• Learn the National Guild of Hypnotists
methods for safe and lawful practice of
hypnotism
• Discover what the laws are in your
state for the practice of Consulting
Hypnotism
• Become aware of the legislative and
political climate around professional
regulation
Every practitioner needs to know the
rules for safe and lawful practice. The
National Guild of Hypnotists has been
the undisputed leader in protecting the
rights of hypnotic practitioners around
the nation and in Canada, and takes
responsibility in this free two-hour
workshop to educate its members about
the law. You will not only learn what the
laws are in your state, but how you can
(22112) REWIRING THE BRAIN
FOR CHANGE—On Becoming A
Neuroplastician
Melissa Tiers, CH, CI
All-levels
• Focus on strategic techniques and
process for encouraging neuroplasticity
• Learn the key components for memory
reconsolidation to rewrite implicit preverbal
programs as well as teach client’s
self-directed neuroplasticity
This workshop will teach you strategic
ways to encourage the brain to change.
You will learn the vital steps necessary
for memory reconsolidation to rewrite
early implicit patterns and encourage
your clients own power for self-directed
neuroplasticity. You will learn simple
bullet metaphors to describe the process
to your clients and doctors to reinforce
the work. Understanding the process by
which you’ve already been fostering
neurogenesis is an important part of capturing
attention and getting conscious
buy in for a more generative change.
Even though it’s science, the workshop
is a lot of fun!
Lecture/Demonstration/Practice/Q&A
(22113) MAKE 100K IN A
HYPNOTISM HOME OFFICE
—How I Make 6 Figures Working
Out Of My Home As A Hypnotist
And How You Can Too
Celeste Hackett, BCH, CI, OB
Introductory-Intermediate
• Identify 3 methods to remove blocks to
your success in attaining a 6 figure
income
• List 5 proven marketing & promotional
strategies to help attain a 6 figure
income
• List necessary hypnotic training & techniques
that sustain a 6 figure practice
• List the benefits of becoming a hypnosis
instructor for attaining a 6 figure income
This two hour class is all about how to
make great money (six figures or more)
as a hypnotist working from your home.
You’ll learn what hypnotic techniques
you need to master to consistently get
excellent results with clients, practical
strategies for promoting and marketing
and most importantly how to become
mentally tough to sustain the momentum
needed on a daily basis to achieve your
goal. We’ll also talk about ongoing
development of your practice and how
you can give yourself a raise by becoming
an instructor. Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(22114) LIGHT BODY HYPNOSIS
—A Powerful Inner Child
Technique For Strengthening
Self-Worth And Self-Esteem
Ina Oostrom, CH Intermediate-Advanced
• How to detect a family or parent problem
that is transferred to the client
• Know a technique on how to remove the
transferred problem
• Understand the importance of forgiveness
for deeper seated problems caused
by others
• Know a powerful technique to guide the
client into forgiveness
• See a demonstration of the Inner Child
• Know how to use standard techniques
already learned for more advanced work
Hypnotists working with techniques
such as regression or parts therapy may
sometimes encounter problems in clearing
the issues and/or problems whereby
the client is unable to forgive or clear old
negative emotions. Sometimes deepseated
emotions are transferred from the
parents to the child and the client may
still be carrying these transferred emotions.
With this unique technique, the
client is guided into clearing these old
negative emotions which may block further
healing using regular hypnosis techniques.
Sometimes where forgiving is
needed and the client is unable to forgive,
these extra techniques are required
to help the client go through a forgiveness
process with an alternative way of
forgiving. Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(22115) HOW TO BE THE
“EXPERT” IN “TAKING CARE OF
THE CAREGIVER”
—Learn Everything From A To Z
Wendy Packer, BCH, CI, OB, RN All-levels
• Define the caregivers in our society
• Identify caregiver needs and address
with hypnosis
• List where and how to market caregivers
• Name 3 items in one’s caregiver portfolio
“Taking Care of the Caregiver” will
open up a new world of business opportunities
for hypnotists around the world.
Caregivers and the complexities of that
role will be thoroughly examined. Leave
with a complete understanding of how to
create and administer the perfect hypnosis
plan; from the marketing aspect to the
actual hypnosis session itself. Become
an EXPERT and make a difference in the
life of a caregiver!
Lecture/Discussion/Demonstration/Q&A
comply with them. Lecture/Q&A To register, call (603) 429-9438 Questions? Call the NGH
Office at (603) 429-9438
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94 Special Elective
2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
(22116) ADVANCED ENERGY
HYPNOSIS—Effective Ways To
Attract Clients Globally
Marcel Klasen, BCH, CI, OB All-levels
• Understand how the Human Energy
System can create well-being and illness
• Learn how to use a proven system as a
framework for a client’s challenges
• Practice methods that enhance the perception
of energetic imbalances
• Receive an energy balancing hypnosis
script to use in sessions with clients
• Be able to start introducing ongoing
energy hypnosis programs for clients
When subtle energy and hypnosis are
effectively linked, we are able to sense
the energetic information of a person on
physical, emotional and mental level. By
using unique hypnosis methods, we can
receive thoughts, ideas and insights from
outside our own frame of reference using
the human energy system as a framework.
Learning how to practice this special
skill gives the modern-day hypnotist
a tremendous advantage to help clients
transform their lives. Simultaneously, it
effectively grows a successful ongoing
practice attracting clients from all over
the world.
Lecture/Experiential/Demonstration/Q&A
(22117) ATTRACT MORE
CLIENTS, EARN MORE MONEY
AND SUCCEED MORE OFTEN
WITH MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR
TOBACCO CESSATION
—Don’t Get Stuck In A One Size
Fits All Approach
Carol Denicker, BCH, CMI, OB
Introductory-Intermediate
• Learn the benefits of learning and offering
more than one kind of smoking cessation
process as well as why being flexible
with multimodal approaches results
in more successful non-smokers and better
earnings for you!
Some hypnotists learn a script or two
early in their careers and get stuck in a
smoking cessation program that is rigid,
stagnant and/or unreliable. In this workshop,
you will learn to broaden your
scope of services and offer flexibility to
your clients with more dynamic techniques
for tobacco cessation. You will
assess your own approaches.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
“This was the best year EVER. I
learned things that I can use right
away.”
—Amye Scharlau, St. Paul, MN
(22118) HELP TEEN CLIENTS
FIND THEIR POWER!—The
Specialized Needs Of Your Teen
Clients And How To Help Them
Brenda Titus, BCH
All-levels
• Identify a developmental stage within
the teen years that you are especially
interested in working with
• Identify client needs/presenting issues
unique to teens that you are especially
interested in working with
• Identify challenges of working with
teens (and their parents), and ways that
you will address these challenges in
your practice
• Gain inspiration for working with teens
by having a personal experience supporting
your inner teen self/informed
child technique
The teen years are a time of incredible
growth and change. This is an exciting
yet difficult period as young people
begin exploring who they are and what
they want to do with their lives. We will
have an in-depth discussion about specialized
issues affecting this population
and how to help them and their families.
Using the power of our profession, hypnotists
can help teen clients find their
power in this seemingly powerless life
stage.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
2:00-3:50 PM
(22021) HELP, S/HE HAS BROKEN
MY HEART—NLP Techniques For
Those Break-Ups We Think We’ll
Never Get Over
Beryl Comar, MA, MEd, CH
All-levels
• Name the mental & emotional processes
clients go through before, during and
after the break-up
• Help self/clients deal with the emotional
consequences of a break-up
• Describe the depression, guilt and lack
of self-confidence/self-esteem issues that
accompany break-ups
You will observe techniques that can be
used to help recovery so clients have
greater influence on the outcome of a
break-up than they think - help them use
their energy positively through the difficulties
of a split. Break-up or divorce do
not have to be disaster; how well you
cope with it is very much under your
control. In this talk and demo, we look at
the solutions so everyone comes out at
the other end a happier and more competent
person with the use of hypnotic and
NLP techniques combined.
Lecture/Demonstration/Case Studies/Q&A
To register, call (603) 429-9438
(22022) HOW TO HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL REGRESSION
EVERY TIME
Larry Garrett, CH
All-levels
Allow us to dissect a regression into
small parts which will allow you to
experience what your client is experiencing
and recording the session with great
detail. This workshop will include
detailed instructions of a regression
through this life, a past life regression
and a common request of late, finding a
lost item or remembering something
important to them. You will receive a
manual of doing successful regressions
every time. Regressions have become in
demand and you can charge more for a
regression than regular hypnosis. This
will be a complete class for the beginner
as well as the advanced hypnotist. Let’s
take a ride back in time to another time,
another place as another person.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
(22023) POWER-FILLED FUN AND
GAMES = POWERFUL SUCCESS
AND HEALING
—For Children And Adolescents
Leigh Ann Ledbetter, CH & Tony Kyprios, CH
All-levels
• List the 4 core issues specific to children
age 5-18 years of age
• Describe how to apply 8 different child
centered activities during hypnosis sessions
with young children and teens
• Identify 4 techniques used to build and
maintain rapport quickly and easily
with children and teens during sessions
• List 3 clear methods to help move the
child from the presenting state to a
desired state
• Name the steps used to help the child
client clarify what a healthy desired
state may look, sound or feel like
Thinking about expanding your practice
to work more with kids and teens? Do
you want your practice to really make a
difference? Working with children is
hugely rewarding and fun. Learn to
apply powerful, creative child-centered
techniques into your hypnotism practice.
You’ll learn to quickly build rapport and
to help your young clients find greater
awareness of their feelings as well as an
ability to express those feelings in a productive
manner. You’ll learn specific
techniques to help your young clients
grow up happier and healthier. This is a
hands-on, experiential workshop which
requires active participation and promises
great results and easy retention of
techniques and protocols.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
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2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
(22024) CHANGING HISTORY
FOR AMAZING SUCCESS
—How To Effectively Create
Change And Heal By Changing
Personal History In Hypnosis
George Casazza, CH, CI
All-levels
• Identify the clients who would benefit
the most from changing history sessions
• List the key points of an effective pretalk
for this type of session
• Describe and list various sessions leading
up to changing history session
• Describe the importance of good information
gathering
• Describe how to effectively change the
client’s history for optimum success
• List the benefits and proven results of
this session
• Describe the differences between a
changing history session and a regression
session
• Describe a model structure for changing
history hypnosis sessions
• List effective ways to successfully implement
this session
Discover an easy and powerful alternative
to doing regressions. Add an exciting
and fun new technique to your practice.
Your clients will love the effective
changes and the amazing healing results.
Learn step-by-step how to structure the
changing history sessions for optimal
success. Experience a group “Changing
History” session.
Lecture/Discussion/Demonstration/Q&A
(22025) PAIN, A BILLION DOLLAR
INDUSTRY—Hypnosis Can Stop
Pain And Suffering
Ron Eslinger,
CRNA, RN, BCH, CMI, FNGH, OB All-levels
• List the parts of the Limbic System
• Illustrate how hypnosis activates
comfort
• Examine the activation of anti-stress
hormones
• Demonstrate how hypnotic language
produces a physiologic effect
Pain Clinics are a billion-dollar industry
but do little to stop pain and suffering.
You can enjoy financial rewards and
help stop pain and suffering. Hypnosis
and the Pain Brain Connection gives the
hypnotist evidenced-based tools and an
understanding of physiology to greatly
enhance client success. Success is based
on a firm foundation of basic training,
good mentoring and practice experience.
Anyone can do hypnosis. All will have
some degree of success. However, great
success comes from being taught by the
best and most experienced experts. This
course is your foundation for a successful
career in Pain Management.
Lecture/Demonstration/Experiential/Q&A
(22026) CONVERSATIONAL PAST
LIFE REGRESSION—Creating
Past Life Trances While a Client
Is In A Waking State
Michael Hathaway, FNGH, BCH, CI All-levels
• Learn to listen and observe how clients
connect with past lives
• Build mind models of thought processes
• Create waking trances that examine past
life influences
This workshop is designed to help you
recognize how people are constantly
influenced by their past lives. You will
learn to create models of your clients’
thinking processes and create waking
trances to help examine past life influences.
You will also learn how to take a
client back before any past life trauma
and reframe negative past life influences
to help enhance abilities from a past life
for current use.
Lecture/Demonstration/Experiential/Q&A
(22027) HYPNOGENES:
EPIGENETICS & HYPNOSIS
—The Hypnotic Prevention/
Promotion Of Predisposition
Gene Expression
Anthony DeMarco, DNGH, LLB, BCH, CI, OB
All-levels
• Gain practical knowledge of how predisposition
works
• Gain practical knowledge of how genes
work
• Methods to switch gene predisposition
“on and off”
• Identification of “real and imaginary”
genes for great health
• Learn immune system enhancement
Epigenetics is the field of study that
assesses the mechanism by which environmental
information interfaces with
the genome and controls genetic activity.
The outer environment and our perception
of it influences our thoughts, emotions
and responses. Hypnosis provides
the mechanism to regulate the original
predisposition gene activity thereby regulating
the cell responses. This is truly a
formidable power in that we can change
our destiny through changing our perceptions.
Hypnotists are on the cutting
edge of this biological understanding of
our body functions by our environment.
Lecture/Discussion/Participation/Q&A
“Good fun, good learning, likeminded
people.”
—Karen Hand-Harper, Chicago, IL
4:00-5:50 PM
(22041) MAKE INSTANT
INDUCTIONS YOUR
TRADEMARK!—How To Use
Instant & Rapid Inductions In The
Hypnotic Environment For More
“Tranceformation” Time & Lose
All Fear Of Applying Them
Hansruedi Wipf, BCH
All-levels
• Draw and explain the process of an
instant hypnosis
• Learn how to identify and recognize
signs for readiness for instant hypnosis
• Know at least 3 advantages of instant &
rapid inductions
• Learn the one thing you always have to
do after an instant induction to get deep
somnambulism
• Hypnotize in half a minute and less, if
not seconds and become more efficient
and proficient in your approaches
Our clients actually do not come to us
for hypnosis - they come for help.
Hypnosis is our tool to then better apply
our work - the shorter the time to get our
clients into the somnambulism, the more
“tranceformation” time the hypnotist has
for his clients. In this 2 hours class, you
will learn to apply at least 3 easy methods
that can be used in the office environment.
Step-by-step instructions on
how to create the right amount of expectation,
easy to identify signs for readiness
on the client side, and a lot of in
class practice time, incl. video analysis.
Lecture/Discussion/Practice/Q&A
Please note:
An important notation below the
seminar or workshop description
indicates what technique the presenter
is using and would include at least
one of the following: Lecture, Discussion,
Demonstration, Participation,
Q&A, Visual, and Experiential.
“Conference had an atmosphere of
enthusiasm for the profession, a
deep knowledge of hypnosis and
years of experience.”
—Beake Zammint, S. Amboy, NJ
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
94 Special Elective
2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
(22042) DISCOVERING YOUR
FUTURE MEMORIES
—Utilizing Time For Goal Setting,
Releasing Negativity, And
Powerful Motivation
Taylor Sherman, CH, CI
All-levels
• Identify the 3 types of clients that would
benefit most from Future Sourcing
• Describe the 4 keys to Hypnotic
Progression
• Name 3 different temporal perspective
shifts that usually produce light-bulb
type insights
• Describe the 2 body language cues that
tell you a person is in the appropriate
state to move forward with creating a
Future Memory
Join us for this class on using the power
of time to set persistent goals, develop
unstoppable motivation, and release negative
thoughts and ideas, even from present
life circumstances. Future Memories
are those vivid representations created in
the future which act as a new direction
for the subconscious mind to follow.
During this class, you will learn how to
utilize the future as a problem solving
device, and as a time-enhanced alternative
to direct suggestion.
Lecture/Demonstration/Exercise/Q&A
(22043) RELEASING ANGER
WITHOUT KILLING ANYONE!
—Making It Work For You!
Roxanne Louise, CH, OB, BA All-levels
• Understand the benefits and underlying
dynamics of anger and how to use it to
help yourself and others improving both
their communication and their lives!
• Know how to shift underlying anger producing
assumptions and judgments
• How to use anger as motivation for
much needed self-understanding, healing
and change
• Teach multiple techniques, positive
countermeasures, and visualizations that
work
Learn how to screw up negative repeating
patterns! Learn effective confrontational
language patterns, and how to stop
conversations from spiraling downwards!
Multiple techniques, positive
countermeasures, and visualizations that
work will be offered in this extraordinary
information-packed workshop. In
short, you will learn how to turn your
anger and your adversaries into your
friend that can bless every aspect of your
life. And you will immediately be able to
apply it with your clients.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
Questions? Call the NGH
Office at (603) 429-9438
(22044) HYPNOSIS: YOUR KEY
TO PROFIT & SUCCESS IN THE
ALZHEIMER’S MARKET
—Using “The Power Of Your
Profession” To Prevent
Alzheimer’s In Caregivers
Robert Bayliss, CH, CI, OB and Ruth Garrett
All-levels
• Identify 5 ways to avoid Alzheimer’s
Dementia
• Describe 3 characteristics of dementia
• Differentiate the 3 most common dementias
• Demonstrate ways to interact with the
patient
• Demonstrate self-hypnosis techniques
for caregivers
There are 12 million Alzheimer’s caregivers
in the United States and over 60%
are female at high risk for dementia due
to environment and lifestyle rather than
genetics. No doctor or medication can
cure Alzheimer’s. However, the hypnotist
is the one professional that can lead
caregivers to prevention by teaching
them self-hypnosis. You will learn the
“how and why” of preventing Alzheimer’s
in caregivers. The market is
wide open for you to become “The
Obvious Expert” when you leave this
workshop. NOTE: Yes, the brain will be
at this workshop! Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(22045) EASY WAY TO BOOK
CORPORATE SPEAKING GIGS
—The Easiest Way To Book High
Paying Corporate Speaking Long
Term Relationships With Big
Corporations
Robert Harrison, CH
All-levels
• Identify and name top 3 entry points to
corporations that are absolutely free
• Understand the 5 characteristics that
MAKE or BREAK the corporate relationship
• Learn the 8 key CONVINCING
POINTS you MUST cover to gain trust
and credibility with any corporation
• Understand how a FREE corporate talk
can turn into a $7,000 paid speaking gig
instantly
This presentation is paramount for any
hypnotist/coach who wants to leverage
the power of public speaking and get
droves of clients to sign up from a 1-
hour free talk. Robert has scooped up
$10,000+ from a 1-hour brown bag
lunch talk at more than one corporation.
He has delivered a FREE Keynote that
turned into over $13,000 in back of the
room sales and over $25,000 in backend
hypnosis programs.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
(22046) AUTO-SUGGESTION
WORKS!—How You Can Boost
Results and Benefit Every Client
Lisa Halpin, BCH, CI, OB
All-levels
• Explain to clients how & why to make
auto-suggestion an everyday ritual
• Describe how to add triggers to autosuggestion
• Explain how auto-suggestion can be
used during sleep or waking
• Design effective phrases for auto-suggestion
• Teach a simple method of auto-suggestion
to groups or individuals
• Learn how & why Coue´ created his
method and generated the popular selfhelp
craze
If you recognize “Every day, in every
way, I’m getting better and better…”
then you may know something about the
work of Coue´. I had the pleasure of
working with the BBC on a documentary
about the legacy of Emile Coue´, which
inspired me to offer this. Auto-suggestion
still works and you can easily teach
this tool to your clients to help increase
their success. Learn how to make autosuggestion
very effective, and about the
laws of why it works, which will also
benefit all areas of your hypnotism practice.
Learn specific steps and explanations
that you can use with your clients
to boost their results and your success,
no matter what the presenting problem.
Learn some hypno-history about the
background of the pharmacist named
Coue´.
Lecture/Exercise/Q&A
(22047) Adult ADD/ADHD For
Hypnotists & Clients—Success
Strategies When Either You Or
Your Client Has ADD
Linda Donalds, BCH, CI
All-levels
• Identify at least 15 common challenges
for someone with ADD/ADHD
• Identify 10 key areas where hypnosis
can help improve ADD symptoms
• Tips and strategies for inducing & deepening
hypnosis in ADHD clients
Running a hypnotism business is both
exciting and challenging, but if you have
ADD/ADHD, it can be overwhelming
and play havoc with your confidence.
However hypnosis is a fantastic tool for
managing ADD/ADHD. Learn a 6-session
protocol for addressing key challenges
that will help improve ADD
symptoms; plus additional non-hypnotic
strategies that can be woven into scripts
or used as coaching points. Discover advantages
to having ADD & learn to reframe
the experience of ADD to be more
empowering. Lecture/Experiential/Q&A
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4 Special Elective
3-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
(23081) QUICK AND IMPRESSIVE
DEMOS YOU CAN DO
ANYWHERE—Demonstrate The
Power Of Your Profession
Kevin Martin, CH and Brenda Martin, CH
All-levels
• List at least 4 occasions in which you can
do demos
• List the types questions to ask to get the
best candidates
• Differentiate these given demos from
typical hypnosis demos
• Easily relate these demos to hypnosis for
your audience
• List the types of issues that the demos
can be used for
• Be able to perform these demonstrations
on others
This workshop will show you 3 incredible
and quick NLP based demonstrations
that can create change within a person
instantly. Every demonstration will be
broken down to show you how they
work and everyone will be given a
chance to practice 1 or 2 of these demos.
These can be done anytime and anywhere.
Lecture/Demonstration/Exercise/Q&A
(23021) HYPNOSIS FOR MOVING
THROUGH ILLNESS—Helping
Those With Chronic And Critical
Illness (And Their Caregivers)
Attain And Maintain Serenity And
Peace Throughout The Course Of
Illness
Angella Ocheltree, CH
All-levels
• 6 common ways a client may feel and
react to devastating news about their
health
• Tools to effectively manage the emotions
and stress surrounding illness
• The different types of pain associated
with critical and chronic diseases and
management of that pain
• Learn about the decision making process
surrounding treatments and physicians
and how to aid their clients in accepting
their decisions and having faith in that
decision
• How to prepare for and recover from
upcoming surgery
• Learn how hypnosis aids in the healing
process after surgery…less anesthesia,
blood loss etc
• Learn how the immune system works
• Learn what may be affecting sleep…
• Why good nutrition is so important in
the battle and recovery of illness
• How to help children deal with their own
illness
• How to help children deal with the issue
of an ill parent or sibling
• Caregivers - signs that the caregiver may
be struggling
• Tools to help the caregiver cope and stay
as healthy mentally, physically and emotionally
as possible
• How to understand the various losses
that a client experiences
This workshop is especially important to
hypnotists at this time because of the
very high rates of illness in our country.
As the knowledge and belief in Integrative
Medical Care comes of age it opens
the doors to hypnotists to assist the medical
community in helping their patients
mentally, emotionally and spiritually as
well as physically. Offering these services
to patients eases their journey and
promotes mind and body healing.
Lecture/Q&A
ANNUAL RE-CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
This is a Great Way to Earn Your Continuing Education Hours
This is a recommendation not a requirement.
This annual re-certification recommendation is standard among other professions and has been
enacted by the Guild for the advancement of our members and the profession since 1990.
We recommend that you have 15 hours of annual continuing education for your re-certification. Here
are just some ways you can accumulate 15 hours for approved continuing education programs:
• Attendance at the annual NGH Convention, Solid Gold Weekend, an NGH continuing education workshop/
seminar, or course given by an NGH Certified Instructor.
• Attendance at NGH chapter meetings.
• Submit a completed quiz from the Journal of Hypnotism. ®
• Any pre-approved (by NGH) course or seminar conducted by a recognized professional hypnosis group.
The annual period in which to attain these fifteen hours of credit starts on your dues renewal date (if
your renewal is due January 1, 2017, you have until January 1, 2018 to accumulate the next fifteen credit
hours).
Keep track of any of the ways in which you achieve your re-certification hours during the next 12
months. Have that information available when you pay your yearly dues. Approved credits sent to NGH
during the year will be entered as you accumulate them and will appear on your dues invoice next year.
It’s up to you to keep track and to inform us as you accumulate hours ... it’s up to us to add the hours
to your computer information. We keep track of only the number of hours, not the breakdown of the
courses.
Important—If you do not complete the continuing education recommendation your membership
will still remain active on payment of your dues. If you need assistance, please call the NGH at
(603) 429-9438.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
7:00-7:50 AM SEMINARS
(31071) YOGA EXERCISE
Dorothy Kerzner, CH
All-levels
Begin your day relaxed and in control with stress-reducing,
easy movements for body and spirit. Attendees should wear
comfortable clothing and bring a towel to sit on. Experiential
-(31072) INTERFAITH SERVICE OF WORSHIP
—Welcoming the New Day
All-levels
Interfaith Service
8:00-8:50 AM SEMINARS
(31081) Train Your Brain—Be Your Best
—An Introductory NLP And Hypnosis Workshop To
Present To Middle Management Professionals
Gary Cameron, CH
Introductory
This seminar has been successfully presented to middle-management
in a small group of the Canadian Civil Service. The
agenda covers a brief overview of the basics of NLP (11 principles)
as well as a contrast to and coordination with hypnosis.
Lecture/Exercise/Discussion
(31082) C.P.R. MOTIVATION METHOD FOR EASY
RESULTS—Empower Clients Using The Root Desire
Of Their Goal
Linda Donalds, BCH, CI
All-levels
Learn the 3 key elements in a CPR statement & why “Context”
is critical to motivation and outcome. Learn how to guide your
clients through the 9-Step process of writing a powerful CPR
statement, and how to use it within their hypnosis session.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(31083) YOU HAVE THE CHOICE, STOP MAKING
EXCUSES
Ulrike Milner, CH
All-levels
I will demonstrate why, at times, it is necessary to talk turkey
instead of sweet talk to your clients and how you and your
client will profit from it. Also why it is crucial for you and
client alike to truly understand “You have the choice”. And
how we can help ourselves and our clients to turn around our
lives in virtually one second.
Lecture/Q&A
(31084) WHY RAPPORT IS CRITICAL TO NLP AND
HYPNOSIS
Roy Thaller
Introductory-Intermediate
We will learn the 7 essential points of establishing rapport.
Also the 5 most important questions to ask your client and
why. We will look at techniques that can help you establish
rapport. What to do when rapport cannot be established and/or
client is not willing to share the issue with you. Lecture/Q&A
(31085) HOW TO RUN A G.I.F.T. PROGRAM AT YOUR
LOCAL YMCA
Deborah Yaffee, CH, CI
All-levels
NGH Certified Consulting Hypnotists learned about Richard
Harte’s Goal Image Focusing Technique (GIFT) during their
training. Learn why this program is an ideal way to bring hypnosis
to your local YMCA. Offering the GIFT at your local Y
is an easy way to build your business. Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
201 Expert Seminars
No Additional Charge
Included With Your Convention Fee
(31086) HOW TO HYPNOTIZE ANYBODY
—Simplicity = Success
Jason Linett, BCH, CI
All-levels
Helping your client get into hypnosis should be the easiest part
of your session, and this “Back to Basics” program is a great
opportunity for the new student of hypnosis as well as the
experienced consulting hypnotist. There is strength in simplicity,
and this seminar will even teach you how to create hypnotic
inductions on-the-fly custom-designed for your client.
Experience real-world demonstrations designed to make you
more successful.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion
(31087) FILL YOUR WEIGHT LOSS CLASSES USING
GROUPON—Attract Paid Attendees To Your
Hypnosis Presentations!
Bob Felix, CH
All-levels
Instead of giving free talks to local groups such as the Kiwanis
or Rotary, Bob uses Internet coupons. People now eagerly pay
to attend his 3-hour hypnosis presentations. Learn how you,
too, can use Internet coupons to attract paid attendees - and
potential clients - to your hypnosis presentations. Lecture/Q&A
9:00-9:50 AM SEMINARS
(31091) CREATING CLIENT EXPECTATIONS
—Releasing The Client’s Genie And Helping Them
Get Their Wishes
Michael DeSchalit, CH
All-levels
Learn a proven system and method to help clients identify their
expectation of outcome of their session(s) and how to properly
help them create those expectations. You will also learn a simple
and easy to use method of setting up the session while creating
expectations of successful outcomes in such a way that
no client will resist. Lecture/Demonstration/Experiential/Q&A
(31092) MOVE BEYOND ‘SCRIPTNOSIS’ WITH
SESSION OUTLINES—Quickly And Confidently
Leave Scripts Behind & Start Doing Better Sessions
Scott Babb, BCH, CI
All-levels
Most hypnotists start their careers using scripts. Some quickly
move away from scripts, but many get stuck doing ‘scriptnosis’
with their clients for years. Discover how session outlines
can help you confidently leave scripts behind and start doing
more adaptive, more effective sessions with your clients.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(31093) CRNH (CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE
HYPNOTIST )—What is it?! Who can get it? How It
Can Fill NGH Certification Classes And Ultimately
Benefit The Whole Profession!
Roger Woods, BCH, RN, CI and Marc Sacco, BCH, RN, CI
All-levels
By welcoming such a large and influential caring profession
such as nurses, the hypnosis profession gains a powerful ally
in bringing hypnosis into the mainstream of healthcare. We
will discuss the scope and depth of the CRNH program as
well as the specific advanced training methods involved. We
will also discuss the marketing strategy of combining the 100
hour NGH Certification Course and CRNH intensive weekend
for nurses in Hospitals, Medical Offices, Nursing Homes,
and Nursing Schools to fill your classes! Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
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201 Expert Seminars
No Additional Charge
Included With Your Convention Fee
(31094) A NEW NLP TECHNIQUE FOR RAPID
CHANGE—Bypass The Mind, Fix The Body!
William Horton, PsyD, CADC, CMI, BCH
All-levels
Have you ever done a technique that seems to work then have
the person go backwards, depression, substance abuse, anxiety,
fear? Well after 35 years, a new technique has finally been
developed that seems to ROOT OUT the reason, and remove
obstacles for change. A focused, fast and fun technique like
you have never experienced..... Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(31095) THE MAGIC OF MAKE BELIEVE
—How To Act Your Greatest Role - You!
Lee Pascoe, BCH, CI, FNGH, OB
All-levels
“Make-Believe” means “creating a belief”. We may know
what we want, but cannot believe it’s possible. Lee Pascoe
uses her background experience in theater, education and hypnosis
to show how we can “trick” our mind into accepting new
beliefs and exploring new possibilities. This is a fun-packed
hour dipping into the powerful and wise magic of childhood
games.
Lecture/Exercise/Q&A
10:00-10:50 AM SEMINARS
(31101) MINDSCAPING HYPNOSIS
—Landscape The Map To Resolve The Problem
George Guarino, CH
All-levels
Mindscaping, or landscaping the mind, is a tool that presents
the mind model of a map that when symbols appear within it,
can be adjusted to change outcomes. The process is useful for
enhancing motivation or removing blocks as well as making
unconscious corrections for moving clients toward wellness.
Mindscaping hypnosis is natural and easy for the client to participate
in for profound change.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(31102) FUNDAMENTALS OF POWERFUL
HYPNOTISM PRACTICE—An Exploration Through
The Scientifically Researched Key Principle Of
What Makes Successful Sessions Through The
Lens Of Hypnosis
Johnny Moran, CH
All-levels
You are invited to a presentation that will explore the common
factors as they apply, impact and engage a powerful hypnotism
practice. This will include a journey tracking the origins and
history of hypnosis, identifying hypnosis’ unique powerful
contribution and relevance to both the very origins and subsequent
development of today’s mental health care. Getting in
touch with, connecting, engaging with the common factors of
all successful sessions through the lens of successful hypnosis
fundamentals will give you the platform for every client
engagement.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(31103) COMPUTERIZED TRANCE—How Light And
Sound Machines Induce Specific Levels Of Trance
And Increase Whole Brain Thinking
Robert Pargament, CH
Introductory
Research shows that they make us calmer, more focused and
perhaps more intelligent. They can be a great addition to a hypnotist’s
practice or they can serve as a quick self-hypnotic tool
that reduces stress for the hypnotist. You will better understand
the value of this technology and how it helps stressed or focus
challenged clients.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
(31104) HOW TO DELEGATE EFFECTIVELY IN THE
MULTICULTURAL, MULTIGENERATIONAL 21ST
CENTURY—Delegate Without Disasters
Rhonda Waters, CH
Introductory-Intermediate
This interactive seminar will include brief self-evaluation and
projected plans for making progress quickly using some readily
available online tools as well as paper and pencils. Learn
who to trust and how to make sure your hard earned money is
not wasted is a key part of this seminar and decision making
for business owners.
Lecture/Discussion/Exercises
11:00-11:50 AM SEMINARS
(31111) HOW TO RUN A SUCCESSFUL GROUP
HYPNOSIS SESSION—Individuals May Not Have
The Money To See You, Group Sessions Give
Access
Doug Jones, CI, BCH
All-levels
Do you ever get client calls saying they would to love to work
with you but you’re too expensive? Learn how to run a group
class. Learn to feel comfortable talking in front of groups.
Experience making the money you know you are worth for the
same amount of time.
Lecture/Q&A
(31112) HOW TO USE MINDFULNESS IN A
HYPNOTISM PRACTICE
Birgit Zottmann, CH, CI
All-levels
Scientific studies showed that mindfulness is working not only
for clients with pain, anxiety and stress symptoms. It’s a
“must-have”; a way to keep our brains healthy, to support selfregulation
and effective decision-making capabilities, and to
protect ourselves from toxic stress. I will show you 5 mindfulness
interventions that have a huge impact on the lives of my
clients.
Lecture/Exercise/Q&A
(31113) 3 MUST-HAVE SESSIONS FOR YOUR
HYPNOTISM PRACTICE!!!—Your Clients Need
These 3 Sessions
John Cerbone, FNGH, BCH, CI, OB
All-levels
Included in this class are three must have private sessions
every modern hypnotist needs for their practice, to improve
lives, inculcate change, and boost your client and the next best
moments of their lives, carefully constructed and designed for
maximum client benefit.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(31114) THE RX FOR HYPNOSIS AWARENESS IN
THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY—RN Demonstrates
How To Get The Medical Community Calling You
Wendy Packer, BCH, CI, OB, RN
All-levels
This presentation will be a guide for you to establish the understanding
of attitudes and knowledge your health care community
has regarding hypnosis. Suggestions will be made on
whom to contact to facilitate the education process, the listing
of scientific and peer review articles, the importance of documenting
testimonials, proper charting techniques and the
importance of representing themselves as hypnosis professionals.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
Questions? Call the NGH
Office at (603) 429-9438
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
NOON-12:50 PM SEMINARS
(311201) INTRODUCTION TO OUTSOURCING YOUR
BUSINESS NEEDS—Save Time, Money AND Build
Your Business By Outsourcing Tasks
Craig Mackay, CH, CI
Introductory
As a hypnotist - have you ever felt like you have to take care
of so many things besides seeing clients? Many of them may
not be your specialty! Both new and seasoned hypnotists can
benefit from outsourcing a number of their business needs. By
identifying those needs and effectively outsourcing them you
free up your time! And you let those professionals handle
them, so you can focus on what YOU do best.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(311202) INTRODUCTION TO THEATER THERAPY
—A Dynamic Approach To Accelerated Healing
Elana Schondorf, LCSW, CH
All-levels
Theater Therapy is a dynamic process based on action-oriented
methods, which uses group energy to empower clients. This
method of self-expression helps the client to go beyond symptom
resolution and see their choices as part of a bigger picture.
They are able to come away with a greater understanding of
those around them with increased appreciation of their position
and life experiences. Lecture/Discussion/Demonstration/Practice/Q&A
(311203) ACHIEVING EMPOWERMENT
—Increasing Self-Esteem And Self-Worth
Sherri Bernier, EdD, MS, CH
All-levels
As hypnotists and educators, it is important to assist clients to
achieve empowerment to bring joyfulness into their daily
life. You will take away the knowledge to teach your clients
self-hypnosis and journaling in reaching empowerment,
increasing their self-esteem and self-worth. Lecture/Q&A
(311204) ABC’S OF SUCCESS FOR HYPNOTISTS
—Discover How You Can Do, Be, Or Have Anything
You Want
Dan LaRosa, CI, BS
All-levels
So you feel like you’re going through life at “half-speed?”
Achieving less than you are capable of? Watching others succeed
who are less talented than you are? What’s their secret?
Are they just plain lucky, or is there more? The truth is that
superachievers have discovered their own plan for success.
They know what works for them—and what doesn’t. In this
one-hour seminar, you’ll discover the best ways to make your
dreams come true. You will learn The ABC’S Of Success For
Hypnotists!
Lecture/Q&A
(311205) HOW TO BYPASS OR USE THE
RESISTANCES OF THE SUBJECTS IN HYPNOSIS
Frank Platzek
All-levels
Most of our clients are afraid of the change, and can resist one
way or another. The establishment of a relationship of trust,
“the rapport” is essential, and will already bring down the
number of resistances. However it is important for the hypnotist
to welcome the resistances of his clients, to accept them, to
integrate them into the session, and use them, even recommend
them.
Lecture/Q&A
To register, call (603) 429-9438
201 Expert Seminars
No Additional Charge
Included With Your Convention Fee
(311206) MINDFULNESS BENEFITS AND THE EASY
5-3-1 DAILY PRACTICE—Integrating Mindfulness
Into The Flow Of Well-Being
Rebecca Berke, BCH
All-levels
We will explore how we get taken away by recurring negative
thoughts and how we can miss the good moments and our natural
instincts for noticing inspiration for ourselves and our
clients. Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment
awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding
environment. Three daily practices of tuning into
ourselves in good and healthy ways in my 5-3-1 Daily Practice
of Mindfulness we learn about the breath, gratitude and selfcompassion.
Lecture/Exercise/Q&A
(311207) PRE AND POST SURGERY HYPNOSIS
(CASE STUDIES)
Bonnie Hammersley, BCH, CI
All-levels
Hypnosis is an effective tool for addressing common concerns
of pre and post-surgery clients. This presentation will review
three cases – the clients and their goals, how hypnosis was
used and the effects. The types of surgery involved: a mastectomy,
installation of trigeminal nerve pillows and a shoulder
replacement.
Lecture/Q&A
(311208) HYPNOSIS YOGA—Enhancing Successful
Induction Of The Self-Hypnotic State Through The
Integration Of Mindful Movement
Sujun Chen, CH
All-levels
Throughout this experiential seminar, you will enhance your
understanding of how movement can enhance the activation of
the parasympathetic nervous system. You will be presented
with movement techniques that can enhance client receptivity
to hypnosis and stimulate the induction of the self-hypnotic
state.
Lecture/Experiential/Discussion/Q&A
(311209) JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF YOUR
MIND—What Lies Beneath?
Chuck Mignosa, CH
Intermediate-Advanced
Hypnosis deals with the client’s mind but our training does not
allow us to explore the way our minds work. This seminar
allows you to experience the way your mind works and therefore
gives you insight into how your client’s mind works. This
seminar introduces a “non-intrusive” hypnosis method that
leads to significant results in allowing your clients to achieve
the changes they desire. Lecture/Demonstration/Practice/Q&A
(311210) MAKING IT STICK
—Give Your Suggestions Extra Staying Power
Michael Raugh, BCH, CI
Introductory-Intermediate
A lot of hypnotists find that sometimes it’s hard to get a suggestion
to really take hold in their client’s mind. In this seminar,
we will explore some of the reasons this can happen and
arm you with techniques to help seat those suggestions more
firmly in your client’s subconscious mind. Lecture/Q&A
“I always learn something even if it is a single tidbit to
help my clients.”
—Nancy Reno, Jenks, OK
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(311211) ANGER MANAGEMENT THROUGH MIND
CONTROL—I Am Not Angry For The Reason I Think
Kenneth Ring, CH, CI
Introductory-Intermediate
Understanding anger, its cause, uses and abuses. How might
we control our negative emotions before they control us. We
will use hypnotic self-talk and trance with the breath to catch
and tame our angry moments with instant reprograming. Learn
to understand what is really under the anger.
Lecture/Experiential/Discussion
(311212) MIND-BODY INTEGRATION IN HYPNOSIS
—The Use Of Bodywork In Hypnosis
Barbara Swanwick, BCH, CI, OB
All-levels
A brief description of significant people in the history of bodywork
will be followed by a demonstration of bodywork on a
volunteer. Care is taken to be gentle and respectful. The volunteer
will first be hypnotized and the variety of places on the
body will be demonstrated. You will be invited to use your
hands to experience the technique required. A descriptive one
page handout will be provided. Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(311213) THE POWER OF OUR PROFESSION TO
HELP THOSE WHO SERVE—Reach An Untouched
Market And Strengthen Our Communities
Anthony Davis, BC
All-levels
Throughout our communities we rely upon those who put us
before their own families. They work extended hours in hazardous
environments, and are expected to respond quickly
without error. Our law enforcement, fire fighters, military,
EMS, medical professionals and their families need our
expertise. This seminar describes how we as NGH hypnotism
professionals can be THEIR First Responders and build our
profession.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(311214) HYPNO YOUTH AND BEAUTY
—Use Hypnosis, NLP and Chinese Acupressure To
Rejuvenate And Look Young, Healthy And Beautiful
Stephanie Ho, CH, CI
All-levels
This seminar will show you how to use hypnosis to stimulate
and rejuvenate the cell systems, enhance beauty, and look
younger. You will learn how to teach clients self-confidence so
that they may view and place many aspects of their lives in the
proper perspective, keeping them young and healthy.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
1:00-1:50 PM SEMINARS
(310101) Hypnosis And The Law of Attraction
—How To Create Powerful Manifesting Images
Michael Hathaway, FNGH, BCH, CI
All-levels
Some people are masters at manifesting almost anything they
want, while others spend their lives experiencing one disappointment
after another. There are reasons that some people
are successful and others are not. Knowing the difference can
help change your life. This seminar shows you how to develop
techniques to clearly set intentions and to create hypnotic
trances to enhance the mind’s images. This technique can be
used for yourself or a client. Lecture/Discussion/Experiential/Q&A
Questions? Call the NGH
Office at (603) 429-9438
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
(310102) AVERSION HYPNOSIS—Yes Or No?
Boris Opancha, MS, BCH
All-levels
Aversion hypnosis is a form of behavior therapy in which an
aversive (causing a strong feeling of dislike or disgust) stimulus
is paired with an undesirable behavior. This conditioning is
intended to cause the client to associate the stimulus with
unpleasant sensations in order to stop the behavior such as
smoking, overeating or alcohol use. Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(310103) MEET YOUR MAIN SPIRIT GUIDE
Eric Richmond. BCH, CI
All-levels
There will be a discussion of the difference between spirit
guides and guardian angels. A nice progressive relaxation will
be followed by opening the flow of energy throughout the
body. Psychic protection is applied. Trip to the mansion of
your higher self. You meet your main spirit guide and establish
a method of communication. You can ask questions of your
spirit guide.
Lecture/Experiential/Q&A
(310104) POST TRAUMATIC STRESS IN THE BLACK
COMMUNITY—We Have The Power To Help African
American Clients
Heddy Keith, CH, CI
Introductory
Many African Americans live in constant fear that they and
their children are not safe when they leave home. Incarceration,
violence, and death—all rain down smothering hope and
keeping them chained to despair. They’ve prayed and prayed,
but their minds are chained to old negative beliefs about who
they are as American Black people. How does imagery rooted
in the subconscious mind keep them bound? We’ll discuss how
hypnotists have the power to help. Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(310105) STAGE HYPNOSIS - CAN IT HELP YOUR
PRACTICE?—Yes It Can - I’ll Show You How You
Can Benefit From It Too!
Tommy Vee, CI, CH, OB
All-levels
The question of whether stage hypnosis is good or bad for
hypnosis has been discussed for years. Discover how stage
hypnosis can be good for hypnosis and your practice. Learn
some techniques used by stage hypnotists that you can use in
your practice and lectures. Discover how to get the attention of
groups, how to impress them and how to use lecturing to get
new clients.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(310106) INTRO TO TOTAL TRANSFORMATION
USING THE POWER OF HYPNOSIS—Transform
Yourself With The Power Of Hypnosis!
Cecilia Crowley Bergstein, BCH
All-levels
Once we remove old programming about how we look, think,
earn or are, we can transform the mind for greater power and
proficiency. Using your preferred methods of inductions, and
some that would be introduced, you learn how to repattern
yourself from the inside out for amazing transformation.
Whether it be aesthetic or emotional, the change is real, profound
and permanent.
Lecture/Exercise/Q&A
NEW this year
the COUE CAFE
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(310107) HYPNOTIC-AIDS EYE-OPENER—Explore
Adjunct Tools & Aids To Enhance Hypnosis
Lisa Evans, CH, CI
Introductory-Intermediate
This seminar is a FUN Eye-Opener into the many holistic and
mindful aids that are proven to provide support and comfort for
creating successful hypnosis sessions. This class will not only
teach you how to calm your clients and increase their wellbeing
but support your own self-care needs as well. You will be
able to construct the applications of various complementary
aids into your hypnosis sessions and also apply learning to
self-care as needed for yourself.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
(310108) SHOW YOUR HAND(WRITING) IF YOU
DARE FOR A “BUMPER STICKER” ANALYSIS
—Your Trump Card Revealed And How To Play It
Pearlan Feeney-Grater, CH
All-levels
Imagine having the chance to experience a “Bumper Sticker
analysis of “YOU”. In a matter of minutes, learn for yourself
why this tool is invaluable in the work we do with our clients.
Allow Pearlan to weave what she sees into a conversational
that leaves you feeling understood where others might not.
This entire process can happen in minutes with our subject
slipping into a trance without ever being aware of when the
hypnosis began. When you come to this session, you will see
how Pearlan “nails it” by using samples of handwriting from
willing participants. Talk about the power of our profession
when we use the gateway to the subconscious mind — handwriting.
Nothing like it! Lecture/Discussion/Demonstration/Q&A
(31010) BUILD A THRIVING PRACTICE FOR
PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR!—Maximum Results For
Minimum Investment
Penny Chiasson, BCH, RN Introductory-Intermediate
We will discuss how to determine the minimum resources
(equipment, advertising, space) needed to start your practice.
Once you have decided what you need, you must decide 1) if
you already have items that can be re-purposed into your office
space, 2) what services you can learn to do yourself (marketing,
web design) and 3) those items that require capital investment.
Prioritization becomes key in allocating not only your
time, but more importantly your money, as wisely as possible.
Penny will share several opportunities for free marketing and
publicity, and introduce you to bartering for needed goods and
services. Learn to be objective in deciding when and how to
spend your capital investment in your business. Lecture/Q&A
(310110) RAPPORT IS THE FOUNDATION OF
SUCCESSFUL HYPNOSIS—Learn How To Quickly
And Easily Build Instant Rapport With Your Client
To Become A More Successful Hypnotist
Alexander Ivlev, CH
All-levels
This seminar shows you how to easily and quickly create hypnotic
rapport with your client from the very first moment. You
will learn what to say to your new client during a free phone
consultation and what not to say and how to behave when you
meet with your client first time at your office. Also you will
learn how to quickly re-build rapport if it was lost during your
session. After this seminar, you will be able to become a more
successful hypnotist.
Lecture/Demonstration/Exercise
201 Expert Seminars
No Additional Charge
Included With Your Convention Fee
(310111) TECHNOLOGY IS POWER – USE YOUR
TABLET!—All Your Scripts On A Tablet, Your Client
Data, And More
Illya Mashalidis, CH
All-levels
It’s a paperwork maze when selecting the appropriate scripts to
use on a client. It’s easy when you use your trusted script, you
don’t need to read it, but when a different approach is needed
you need to refer to one or more less used scripts and read.
However, with all your scripts on a tablet you’re just a click
away! On a tablet, you don’t have to squint to read the small
print in low light, instead you enlarge the print and read away
without any distracting paper shuffling.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(310112) POWER OF PAST LIFE REGRESSION
—What Every Hypnotist Must Know
Robert Merlin, BCH, CI
All-levels
Learn how to help clients understand their highest self and why
they keep repeating behaviors. When traditional hypnosis fails
to obtain the desired results, past life regression may be the
answer. Your clients who are spiritual may experience a very
powerful awakening in one session. This is an integrative
process not an alternative to traditional hypnosis. Adding this
to your tool box will add new clientele and revenue to your
practice. More people are asking for the meaning in their life,
wouldn’t it be rewarding if you could help them on their journey?
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(310113) BUILDING A WORLDWIDE BRAND IN
HYPNOTISM—Sharing The Power Of Your
Profession Through New Media
Paul Ramsay, BCH, CI
All-levels
Many practitioners overlook the importance of branding in
their business strategies. With the prevalence of new media
today, a worldwide brand can be established in hypnotism for
pennies on the dollar compared to traditional media marketing.
This seminar will help you define your brand and identify
which platforms could help you reach a worldwide audience
for your products and services.
Lecture/Exercise/Q&A
(310114) AUTOMATE YOUR PRE-TALK
—Make Your Pre-Talk Work Without You
Selena Valentine, CH, CI
Introductory
Every new client will have a pre-talk with their hypnotist,
learning about what hypnosis is and what it’s not. The talk
breaks down barriers and fears and prepares the client for their
hypnosis session. A well-structured automated pre-talk can set
the hypnotist free because an automated pre-talk answers most
of the questions. At the end of the presentation, clients are
ready to begin their session and the hypnotist can simply move
onto the work that the client came in for in the first place.
Lecture/Discussion/Video/Q&A
“This was my first time and I’ll be back! It was incredibly
stimulating and friendly. I was inspired at least 3
times a day by courses and by people I met.”
—Jack Aaker, Teaneck, NJ
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2:00-2:50 PM SEMINARS
(31021) WHY HYPNOSIS FOR FERTILITY?
—Hypnosis Works!
Lynsi Eastburn, BCH, CI
All-levels
A very real concern for many people is the inability to conceive
a baby. Hypnosis is fast becoming the top method of
choice for non-invasive infertility assistance and one of the
most sought-after approaches in fertility today. Millions of
dollars are spent on fertility procedures (conventional, complementary
or alternative) each year in the US alone. Hypnosis
for fertility is much needed and not only is it not a field
dependent upon discretionary income, it is incredibly rewarding
work!
Lecture/Q&A
(31022) RECORDING HYPNOSIS AUDIOS 101
—Let It Be Easy
Andy Dolph, BS
All-levels
Creating high quality MP3 self-hypnosis audios can be easy.
We will cover what you need to know to choose the right
equipment and use the computer you already have to create,
edit and export finished recordings that are ready for sale. If
you have had difficulty with making recordings in the past,
please bring your problems and questions.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
(31023) HYPNOSIS FOR ADHD
—A Look Inside The Distracted Mind
David Huffman, CH
All-levels
ADHD is a disorder that affects millions of children and adults
all over the nation. Take a glimpse inside the mind of an
ADHD client. This seminar is designed to teach you how to
effectively assess the goals and needs of clients with ADHD.
Then put together a step-by-step program that will gain success
with these clients. Also gain a better understanding of the
challenges and hardships that these people face daily.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(31024) PARTS THERAPY FOR RELIABLE RESULTS
—Explore A Direct Path To Cause And Effect
Elizabeth Campbell, BCH, CI
All-levels
Parts have their own agendas and once uncovered, they
become parts that support, rather than parts that cause problems.
Create change without the need to revisit past traumas
and unpleasant events, and install new, better beliefs and
behaviors with Parts Therapy. This technique can be used for
simple change as well as more troubling issues with reliable
results, often within one session. Parts Therapy is a straightforward
technique which is quick to learn and comfortable to use.
Lecture/Experiential/Discussion/Q&A
You’ll discover that nobody
works harder to give you a
better convention experience
than the staff of the National
Guild of Hypnotists.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
3:00-3:50 PM SEMINARS
(31031) CROSSING OVER—Using Hypnosis At The
End Of Life
Lisa Sigsworth, CH, RN
All-levels
Everyone will benefit from this seminar. This seminar is a
must for anyone working with clients and their families dealing
with the dying process, the grief process or the stages of
grieving and loss. This seminar takes you beyond Elizabeth
Kubler-Ross’s 5 stages of grieving and loss. It teaches you to
utilize the gift of hypnosis to allow dignity at the end of life.
Lecture/Q&A
(31032) VIDEO MARKETING FOR HYPNOTISTS
—Strategies For Generating More Money
Cynthia Lindner, CH
All-levels
Videos are a fun and highly effective way to promote a hypnotism
practice, and they give you the power to reach many people.
If you do not keep up with the latest marketing strategies,
you will be left behind. Using video is an exciting low cost or
no cost way to reach your target market. Cynthia Lindner will
dispel the myths about producing video and teach you the
value and ease of using video as part of an Internet marketing
plan. It is one thing to write down the reasons why someone
should choose your practice. It is quite another for prospects to
actually see the process unfold and how problems are solved.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(31033) THE POSSIBILITIES PROCESS - USING
STRATEGIC QUESTIONS AS POST-HYPNOTIC
SUGGESTIONS—Starting With “Why Not Make NGH
2017 A Turning Point In Your Career As A
Hypnotist?”
John Koenig, BCH, CI
All-levels
The Possibilities Process adapts the work of Noah St John in
his book, AFFOREMATIONS ® to the creation of powerful
post-hypnotic suggestions. These strategic questions open the
mind to “possibility” and then introduce embedded positive
suggestions that bypass the critical factor in a unique way. We
end with the question “Why not make the NGH 2017
Convention a turning point in your career and life?”
Lecture/Experiential/Q&A
(31034) YOUR VOICE AT ITS BEST
—Tips And Tricks For The Vocal Athlete
Magen Sleslinger, CH, BS
All-levels
As a hypnotist, your voice is an essential tool of your trade. Do
you ever feel hoarse after several sessions? Have you been
advised to find your “hypnotic voice”? Have you heard someone
speak and thought, “I could listen to them speak all day”?
Like teachers, politicians and speakers of all sorts, YOU are a
vocal athlete. Learn vocal technique from a Certified Mc-
Closky Vocal Technician and discover “your voice at its best”.
Lecture/Demonstration/Exercise/Discussion
“Every year I learn something new and I look forward
to this more than anything else.”
—Linda
Diggins-Domina, Mancherster, CT
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94 Special Elective
2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
8:00-9:50 AM
(32081) INDUCTIONS – NOTHING
BUT INDUCTIONS!—A Potpourri
Of Induction Techniques
Joann Abrahamsen, BCH, OB, CI All-levels
• Rediscover inductions you already know
• Learn many new inductions and variations
• Become skilled in induction techniques
• Gain confidence
• Choose the right induction for each
client
• Practice many of the inductions learned
• Have fun!
Induction methods abound. Knowing
many methods empowers you to pick
and apply the precise technique for each
client. Learn new induction skills and
improve those already possessed.
Discover new variations of inductions
you already know. Increase your confidence
level, and practice many of the
inductions demonstrated: instant, rapid,
Ericksonian, confusion, non-verbal, etc.
Learn and practice my own special technique
that shows you how to detect and
overcome resistance, test the client and
deepen the hypnosis in one smooth
process. Lecture/Demonstration/Practice/Q&A
(32082) NLP AND JOURNALING
IN DEALING WITH STRESS
—Speeding The Process Of
Stress Relief
Charles Curtis, BCH
All-levels
• Describe in one sentence a theory of
stress recovery
• List the 8 sequential stages of stress
recovery
• Describe a 3-step process for assessing
the client’s requirements
• Describe 3 reasons why NLP is ideal for
stress recovery
• List 3 benefits of journaling in stress
recovery
• Describe a 4-step process for implementing
the 8-stage model
Every client has stress. Pinpointing
stress is easy, easing the stress is more
difficult. NLP’s focus on calibrating distinctions
in subjective awareness makes
it ideal for an assessment using an 8-
state model, which shows where the
client is stuck. Add journaling to form a
synergy, relieving stress easily, and leading
to movement quickly. Learn & practice
this easy-to-use technique to relieve
stress in yourself and your clients.
Lecture/Demonstration/Experiential/Q&A
To register, call (603) 429-9438
(32083) HYPNODONTICS—Kick
Start Your Practice Into High Gear
With Dental Hypnosis
Timothy Jones, BCH, CI, BMin, FNGH
All-levels
• Identify the differences between dental
anxiety, fear, and phobia, and how to
measure them
• The inherent precautions of pain removal
while enhancing and accelerating
the client’s natural self-healing abilities
• How to approach the dental practitioner
and how to have their front office staff
work for you referring clients
• The most effective ways to advertise
your services, and to how to easily generate
referrals from clients
80% of all people grow up affected with
dental fear from a combination of experiences.
Of those, it’s estimated 40-50%
don’t seek dental help until their discomfort
exceeds the level of pain expected
during treatment. This workshop details
how to help reverse those negative dental
beliefs, boost client confidence and
overall physical health, which results in
a noticeable increase in word-of-mouth
referrals.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
(32084) THE POWER OF SOUND
IN HYPNOSIS—How To Use Your
Voice, Music And Tones As
Hypnotic Tools
Marcel Klasen, BCH, CI, OB All-levels
• Why sound affects us physically
• The importance of tonality in hypnosis
sessions
• Ways to use induce trance through toning
sounds
• How we resonate with vibrations in our
surroundings
• Effective methods to use sound, voice
and music as hypnotic tools
Sound, voice and music are potent tools
for restoring the inner balance of the
body and awakening the spirit. Understanding
how and why sound and vibration
affect us is essential for hypnosis
practitioners to fine-tune their techniques.
Applying the musical principles
of entrainment, resonance, toning, and
harmonics helps us achieve overall wellness,
greater energy, and a deep level of
fulfillment. Using the power of sound
helps hypnotists to take their practice to
a higher level.
Lecture/Experiential/Demonstration/Q&A
Questions? Call the NGH
Office at (603) 429-9438
(32085) EASY, QUICK AND
EFFECTIVE GROUP HYPNOSIS
INDUCTIONS—How To Hypnotize
Groups From 10 To 100 To 1000
Quickly And Easily To Make A
Massive Impact!
Dan Candell, CH, CI
All-levels
• How to condition large groups of people
to be hypnotized
• The 5 steps that have to fall into place
with any group before hypnotizing them
• The powerful and effective group pretalk
• 3 power inductions to use on groups
• How to adjust these to stage hypnosis,
classes, or presentations
• A quick change motivational process to
do with groups
Giving presentations, demos, and/or
stage shows is one surefire way to ignite
your hypnotism career. You will learn
powerful inductions step-by-step that
will hypnotize any group and how to
give them an experience. Knowing these
strategies will give you a competitive
advantage, give you unlimited confidence,
and teach you how to make an
impact. You will also learn a very transformative
process that can be done on
any group. This one process has helped
change thousands of lives, and now you
can learn it so that you too can use it to
change the lives of your clients or the
lives of the attendees of any group or
stage show.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
(32086) MOLECULAR
HYPNOTISM—Achieving Perfect
Health Of Body, Mind And Spirit
Chuck Mignosa, CH Intermediate-Advanced
This technique has been used for over 10
years and has produced significant
results in relieving physical ailments.
This is applying hypnotic techniques to
the molecular level of the body. It is
based on the principle of science that
says “the mere process of looking at
something changes it”. Come and find
out what results have been obtained and
how you can add this technique to your
hypnotic tool box and give your clients
the opportunity of producing miraculous
results. Lecture/Demonstration/Practice/Q&A
“The smallest big convention
where everyone is a friend.”
—Cecilia Bergstein,
Manorville, NY
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2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
(32087) DREAMWORK—New
Keys To Unlocking The Power Of
The Subconscious Mind
David Quigley, CH, CI, OB Introductory
• Learn to recognize when to use dream
work with clients
• Discover how to incubate a dream to
gather insight from the subconscious
mind
• Learn to speak to dream entities and
hear their wisdom
• Learn to use regression with dreamwork
to resolve emotional issues presented by
the dream
Your dreams contain many valuable
keys to understanding your life and living
it more fully. These keys are often
practical answers to your important personal,
relational and financial questions.
Learn techniques to “incubate” a dream,
then enter that dream in a hypnotic state
and talk to the dream figures to gain the
answers you seek. These dream figures
can also tell you how to utilize their
resources to enhance your life.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
10:00-11:50 AM
(32101) 21ST CENTURY NLP
FLASH TECHNIQUE
—Remove Restrictive Movement,
Or Pain In Under 5 Minutes
David Frederick, CH
All-levels
• Remove any restricted movement
• Remove chronic pain
• Clear cellular memory
• Enhance performance
• Remove mental blocks
You will learn how to remove or clear
cellular memory from the initial sensitizing
even. It is PTSD on a cellular
level. It can be used to remove restricted
movements, chronic pain, performance
enhancement, emotional blocks, weight,
nervous tics and much more all in under
FIVE MINUTES.
Lecture/Demonstration/Participation
“I am a new hypnotist. At my first
NGH convention, I found everyone
to be helpful, friendly & very
informative. I have learned so
much that can be applied right
away in my practice.”
—Cheryl Reynolds. Warwick, RI
(32102) BUSINESS MIND-SET
FOR NEW PRACTITIONERS
—Business Mind-Set Program
Roy Cantrell, CH, CI Introductory-Intermediate
• Offer steps to beginners and intermediate
hypnosis practitioners to further
their respective businesses for growth
within the local community
• Offer proven steps to gain “becoming
the local expert” in your area of practice
• Interactive discussion
Offer proven methods to those struggling
to get their business off the
ground. Offer methods to overcome the
fear of meeting the public to get their
business name and credentials in front of
the public. Numerous handouts provided
only to those attending the class.
Discussion/Q&A
(32103) DOWSING - “TUNING
INTO YOUR INTUITION”—Instant
Rapport & Appropriate Inductions
Every Time
Dorothy Campbell, CH, CI
All-levels
• Learn how to become balanced and
centered to allow the intuition to process
• Understand how to use dowsing rods to
tune into your intuition for practical,
spiritual and healing purposes
• Learn how to ask clear, precise
questions to receive accurate answers
• Understand how to locate and access the
4 energy fields surrounding the body
and the chakra energy centers within
the body
When you know the condition of each
energy field and chakra of your client,
you have the information that will assist
in choosing the most appropriate induction
for that client. This workshop teaches
how to tap into your intuition through
dowsing and accelerate the power of
each hypnosis session. Learn how to
locate and assess the client’s energy
fields and chakras to determine their
physical, emotional, mental and spiritual
condition before they arrive for their
session. Get ALL the answers you need
for yourself and your clients.
Discussion/Demonstration
Please note:
An important notation below the
seminar or workshop description
indicates what technique the presenter
is using and would include at least
one of the following: Lecture, Discussion,
Demonstration, Participation,
Q&A, Visual, and Experiential.
(32104) HIDDEN FOOTPRINTS
FROM THE PAST—How Past
Lives Can Influence The Present
Lifetime
Lucy Portlock, CH
All-levels
• Identify at least 7 ways that past lives
can affect the present life
• List 3 or more strong emotional words in
“infinite phrases” which when spoken in
a death scene in a past life will often
carry over into the present life and affect
the actions and even health of the client
in present day
• State 2 reasons why most people don’t
remember past lives
• Give at least 2 reasons that show how
past life regressions can help a client free
themselves of these “time stream hang
overs”
This workshop is about relating perceived
cause and effect of past lives on
our present one. It is to show that past
lives are a series of parables or metaphors.
Examples will be taken from the
presenter’s personal experience as well
as some from well-known hypnotists
and authors. There will be a guided
group hypnosis session for you to experience
a past life regression of your own,
in which you will be instructed to find a
connection or lesson in that life which
relates to your own life today. This
workshop looks at the “time stream
hangovers” or “footprints” that can be a
leftover of a memory in a traumatic past
life. What are these “footprints”? Are
they harmful? Can you get rid of them?
Come and find out and even have a past
life regression of your own!
Lecture/Experiential/Discussion/Q&A
(32105) HYPNOSIS, THE KEY TO
THE METAPHYSICAL
—The Power Of Your Profession
Ernest VanDenBossche, BCH, CI All-levels
• Be open to spiritual awareness of others
• Discover needs and intent of client
• Map strategy with client
• Resolve issues
• Discover appropriate suggestions and
affirmations
• Introduce potential success
People have many varying views, realizations
and experiences which lead to
spiritual goals and aspirations. Hypnosis
is the way to explore and solidify them.
Be prepared for the many paths people
seek and the depth they may wish to take
it to. Help them to integrate their higherselves
into their daily conscious lives
through hypnosis, using a prearranged
agreement and plan. Set goals and create
suggestions together for success.
Lecture/Exercise/Q&A
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
94 Special Elective
2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
(32106) CREATE YOUR OWN
MAGIC SCRIPT—Secrets Of
Hartland’s Ego-Strengthening
Lisa Halpin, BCH, CI, OB
All-levels
• Identify the key components in
Hartland’s script
• List several hypnotic triggers within the
script
• Describe how/why the ‘negative’ language
is actually a positive
• Begin to formulate your own scripts
following this pattern
For many years, I have been explaining
how to effectively use Hartland’s Ego-
Strengthening script which is so effective
that I refer to it as “The Magic
Script”. Hypnotists continue to tell me
that this script ‘saved’ their practice, or
increased their income, or has increased
their clients’ success more than any other
single tool they’ve learned! If you’re a
new or old fan of The Magic Script, join
me to go behind the curtain as I deconstruct
the magic script and show you the
framework that can help you create your
own magic!
Lecture/Visual/Q&A
(32107) EMPOWER YOUR FACE-
BOOK MARKETING—Strategies
For Local And Global Success
Jason Linett, BCH, CI
All-levels
• Name no-cost to low-cost strategies to
grow your hypnotism business
• Describe action steps to be found on
social media
• Identify practical steps for spending
marketing dollars where it matters most
• Name methods to track which strategies
are performing best
More than a billion people are active on
Facebook each month, and it has become
one of the fastest ways to get in front of
your potential clients… only if you’re
using the right strategies. In this handson
workshop, you will learn methods to
get found, position yourself as experts in
your field, and use your valuable advertising
dollars based on strategies I’ve
tested in my own business for you.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion
“It was interesting to meet fellow
hypnotists from around the world.
I enjoyed the diversity of workshop
options.”
—Kristine Miller, Rochester, NY
(32108) ADVANCED VALID
MUSCLE TESTING TECHNIQUES
—Learn To Integrate Muscle
Testing With Hypnosis, EFT, NLP
And Other Modalities
Andrew Neblett, CH
All-levels
• Identify conscious and subconscious
incongruities with client and how to
correct them
• Demonstrate and perform clearing
meridian blockages
• Perform locating root cause and waking
state affect bridge
• Learn and perform blockage removal
and desired integrations to allow faster
and deeper NLP changes
This hands-on workshop will teach you
to integrate valid muscle testing with
hypnosis, EFT, NLP and other modalities.
Using muscle testing, the client can
see and feel the imbalances in their energy
and their thoughts and when identified,
techniques from EFT, NLP and
hypnosis can be rapidly applied providing
instant feedback for both the client
and the practitioner. This allows for
much higher client confidence in themselves,
the practitioner and the process.
Lecture/Demonstration/Exercise/Q&A
2:00-3:50 PM
(320201) VERBAL MEDICINE
—Covert Hypnosis Used In The
Emergency Department That Can
Work Anywhere!
Roger Woods, BCH, RN, CI
and Marc Sacco, BCH, RN, CI All-levels
• Identify the use of 3 covert hypnosis
techniques during the initial assessment
of an emergency room patient
• Describe the techniques used to relax
& gain compliance with trauma patients
• Name 5 common words that can set
patients & staff up for failure or success
• Describe 6 case studies in which covert
hypnosis was dramatically successful in
the emergency room
How we changed the words we use with
patients and coworkers to positively
affect their perceptions and outcomes.
How we effectively use covert hypnosis
techniques during the initial triage
assessment. How we successfully integrated
complementary medicine practices
into the emergency room setting
effectively. The practical use of self-hypnosis
for managing staff stress. The practical
use of hypnosis in trauma patient
care and a review of case studies of hypnosis
techniques successfully used to
help emergency department patients.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Video/Q&A
(320202) THE POWER OF YOUR
PROFESSION USING YOUR NGH
TRAINING MATERIALS TO MAKE
MULTIPLE SEMINARS—Why
Recreate The Wheel When You
Have All The Professional NGH
Scripts All Ready To Utilize.
Create Seminars And Workshops
Using This Simple Outline
Vilene Farina, CH, CI and Karla Bracy, CH
All-levels
• Use your NGH training materials and
create a seminar
• Create multiple topics to use in adult
educations, lunch-N-learn or special
seminars within your own business
We will explain how to make the short
50 min seminars into longer workshops
for Adult Education or educating organizations
about the value of hypnosis. This
technique can be used with any NGH
materials, like weight management, and
stress management that are a part of the
NGH training packets. Be able to incorporate
your own specialty into a simple
seminar or workshop. Great workshop
for CIs to teach to students because the
materials are part of the NGH Training
package.
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(320203) COLOR IN SUGGESTION
& DEPTH TESTING—SES Color
Induction & Depth Testing
Billy Shilling, CI, CH, OB
All-levels
• Identify and describe how color and
image brightness are used in non-conscious
processes, and presented to conscious
awareness, and why it can produce
optical illusions
• Identify the relative importance and uses
of colors in Western & other societies
• Identify and describe how color is perceived
and processed while reading
• Describe and experience the use of colors
in assessing hypnosis or trance depth
• Observe the Shilling-Elman-Stroop
(SES) Induction
The general meaning of colors and their
influence as well as their use in demos,
visual illusions, suggestion, and practice
will be discussed and demonstrated.
Specifically the use of the color-based
Stroop Test as an objective measure of
hypnosis depth versus the Arons Depth
Scale will be discussed and demonstrated
in the color based Shilling-Elman-
Stroop (SES) Induction, which is useful
in forensic hypnosis and practice.
Lecture/Discussion/Demonstration/Q&A
Questions? Call the NGH
Office at (603) 429-9438
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94 Special Elective
2-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
(320204) HYPNOSIS – THE NEXT
GENERATION—The Next
Generation Of Innovative Secrets
& Methods To Enhance Session
Results
John Cerbone, FNGH, BCH, CI, OB All-levels
• Your next generation of intake management
and techniques
• Your new view of suggestion writing
• Creating self-adaptive suggestion and
reinforcement techniques
• How to write and structure suggestions
to lower resistance
• Systematic suggestions to target your
client’s weak-spots
• Utilizing the latest methods and techniques
• Intensifying session results while achieving
greater session success
• Personally developed readjustment techniques
will be taught and shared
• Breakthrough suggestion methodologies
are taught and practiced
Time to boost your practice with this
workshop, while turbo-charging your
session results and more importantly
improving clients’ lives. After learning
how to achieve a more sufficient level of
trance depth, and learning the signs
detailed in this class, the next most
important thing for any hypnotism professional
is delivering high impact suggestions
that get results! You will learn
to create better trance depth, better functioning
suggestions, working smarter
while building a database of self-written
suggestions in this program.
Lecture/Demonstration/Practice/Q&A
(320205) FREEDOM FROM
COMPULSIVE HABITS—Hypnosis
& NLP For Alcohol & Drug Issues
William Horton, PsyD, CADC, CMI, BCH
Introductory-Intermediate
• Learn the addictions process
• Discover the medical disease model
• Explain the cycle of recovery
• Learn the 12-Step model
Learn from Will Horton’s 20 years in the
field of addictions. He has worked in
inpatient, outpatient, criminal justice,
detox and long-term treatment facilities.
Will Horton was the regional director for
the Governor’s Commission for a Drug
Free Indiana. He teaches you how to
blend traditional methods with cutting
edge techniques for rapid and lasting
change.
Discussion/Demonstration
NEW this year
the COUE CAFE
(320206) THE “ALTERNATIVE
WEIGH” TO WEIGHT LOSS AND
WELL-BEING—Implement A
Proven 4-Session Hypno-
Behavioral Weight Loss Program
Adeline Kania, CH, OB
All-levels
• Learn effective weight loss strategies &
nutritional tips for successful weight
loss/release and maintenance of a
healthy weight and life-style
• Understand “the addiction” of emotional
eating and learn empowering strategies
to unplug emotional eating and get
to the heart of “what’s eating you”
• 7 keys to effective weight loss
Addie, as an addiction counselor & energy
worker, has effectively combined
behavioral modification, hypnosis and
energy work in her highly successful 4-
session weight loss program. Her techniques
have assisted her clients to get to
understand what is sabotaging them, and
get to the heart of “what’s eating them.”
Goals for the client are also learning how
to create a healthy life-style, develop
positive self-esteem and body image,
unplug emotional appetites and thus to
shed pounds to reveal their true “healthy
size” and “happy self.”
Lecture/Discussion/Experiential/Q&A
(320207) HOMEOPATHY AND
HYPNOSIS—Holistic Energy
Healing
Lawrence Galante, CI, OB
All-levels
• Understand what homeopathy is
• How you can combine homeopathy with
hypnosis to help your clients to improve
their physical, mental and emotional
well-being
Homeopathy is the second most popular
medicine in the world today. Yet most
Americans know almost nothing about
it. Many confuse it with Naturopathy or
Herbalism. Why have our drug companies
fought so hard to suppress it and
information about this non-toxic, over
the counter system of healing? How can
we as hypnotists and citizens, benefit
from this benign system of energy healing?
This class will teach the history,
development and use of this safe, healing
system. And teach you how to combine
these safe remedies along with hypnosis
to get enhanced positive results.
Lecture/Demonstration/Practice
“Hypnosis education at its best.
Learn new tools every year!”
—Vilene Farina, Lewiston, ME
(320208) THE EMOTIONAL BODY
– YOUR MOST POWERFUL
RESOURCE—Resourcing And
Reframing For Powerful Results
Nancy Klase, CH, CI
All-levels
• Learn how to define client’s issues
• Access feeling emotions that govern the
behavior
• Witness and/or experience a dramatic
change occurring
The magic for change is all in the emotional
body. The key is in identifying the
true nature of the client’s problem. In
this experiential workshop, you will
learn how to tap into and implement the
solutions your clients are looking for.
Experience the transformational process
of a simple, effective way to eliminate
fears, negative thinking and limiting
fears.
Lecture/Demonstration/Q&A
(320209) BEYOND MINDFULNESS
—The Healing Power Of Mind
Meditation
Deborah Yaffee, CH, CI
All-levels
• Learn how this technique can be
expanded and used as a healing hypnosis
session for your clients
• Explore the differences and similarities
between meditation and hypnosis
• Learn how mindfulness is used in this
hypnotic meditation practice
• Identify the “four healing powers” of the
mind that are utilized in hypnosis and in
this meditation method
Discover and experience the rich and
profoundly hypnotic methods of ancient
Buddhist healing practices as adapted by
a contemporary Tibetan teacher for modern
users. The 12 stage Healing Power of
Mind Meditation utilizes powerful hypnotic
techniques that take your clients
beyond mindfulness meditation and into
a deep sense of personal peace and security.
It has been used worldwide to help
people reduce stress and support mental,
physical, emotional and spiritual healing.
Lecture/Experiential/Discussion/Q&A
(320210) NON-VERBAL
COMMUNICATION
Scott McFall, DCH, CH, LMT
All-levels
The art of gesture, tone, pace, distance
and pantomime as it relates to client
reactions within the hypnosis environment
is the deciding factor that controls
client results. This course will demonstrate
the profound differences in effectiveness
caused by the absence or presence
of skill in this area. This set of skills
is absolutely a blast to work on and very
helpful with regard to maximizing results.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 113
4 Special Elective
3-Hour Workshops
Tuition: $25; 5 for $100
9:00 AM-11:50 AM
(33091) SOUP TO NUTS WEIGHT
LOSS!!!—All You Will Ever Need
To Run A Successful 3 Month
Weight Loss Program!!!
Laura Boynton King, BCH, CI All-levels
• Identify the unique benefits of using
hypnosis for weight management &
overall wellness
• The science behind overall “happiness”
and weight management
• Use of hypnosis to create a healthy mind
• Tools for creating a natural desire for
health & wellness for all of your clients
• Tips & tools for helping any client work
towards self-love & creating lasting
changes
• Tools to effectively work with clients
using hypnosis and NLP
• Tried and proven exercises for helping
the client release the past “diet/weight
loss failures” and build a future
roadmap for personal success
• How to do a customized plan including
timelines, goals and affirmations
• Classify different food groups and
provide examples
The reason why most diets fail, in my
opinion, is that they impose unrealistic
restrictions on how you live your life.
Some advocate eating tons of protein;
while others emphasize carbohydrates.
In either case, you’re left with having to
make rather drastic changes to the types
of food you eat and when you eat it. In
this special presentation, we take an indepth
look at using the mind to help you
achieve a healthy body. To quote Deepak
Chopra, “The way you think, the way
you behave, the way you eat, can influence
your life by 30 to 50 years.”
Lecture/Discussion/Q&A
(33092) PRACTICAL HYPNOSIS
FOR THE ELDERLY—Clinical
Techniques Of Hypnosis In
Geriatrics
Maurice Kershaw, FNGH, BCH, OB All-levels
The senior citizen population in the US,
Canada and throughout the world is rapidly
increasing, year after year. Seniors
can be guided to cope with aging problems
physically, intellectually and emotionally
and while doing so, can hope to
add comfortable, rewarding years to
their extended life. In this workshop, we
will look at some hypnosis-oriented
techniques for the geriatric client. Group
sessions and individual strategies will be
covered in a number of problems and
settings relevant to the senior citizen.
These will include activity and exercise,
sleeping soundly, handling stress, aggravation
and loneliness, anxiety, pain
relief, sexuality and self-image. Your
knowledge of hypnosis will tell you that
very specialized techniques and understandings
of the senior client are essential
in treating the older citizen.
Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion/Q&A
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY:
CDs
Afraid You’ll Miss One
Workshop by Going to
Another? Don’t Worry!
CDs of all the Seminars
& Workshops will
be available to order
at the convention.
We’ll Take Your Orders There!
“It was nice seeing old friends and meeting new ones. I learned some techniques I had not seen or heard of before.
Without the NGH convention there would be no way I would have known about them.”
—Melissa Shute, New Britian, CT
“NGH Convention 2016 really brought together a mix of veteran and new hypnotists, a myriad of topics, useful
information and opportunities galore. I loved the knowledge skills gained, expanded repertoire of techniques,
increased confidence and the fun. I even have new business so it’s a win all around.”
—Denise Simpson, Derry, NH
“The best year of presenters to date. Each class was better than the next and focus was on evidenced based practices
so required for professionals.” —Susan Raskin, Yorktown Heights, NY
“Everyone here is so friendly and supportive of each other and the profession. This is clearly a group of people
who want to make the world a better place. The convention is a great way to come together to make that a reality.”
—Brenda Titus, Santa Ana, CA
52 NGH 2017 Annual Convention, Educational Conference & Exhibition

You’re Invited To Join The Union
THERE ARE NFH UNION HYPNOTISTS IN 37 STATES AND CANADA
For our profession, the union really amounts to connections and clout. How many of our consulting hypnotists can walk into
the offices of lawmakers in our states or provinces and be on a first name basis with the majority of elected representatives?
Professional lobbyists can. In the 23 years that we have had our union connection, OPEIU and the AFL/CIO have come to
our rescue numerous times because of this ability.
With all of this in mind, we’ve looked at member union benefits that will help each of us personally, such as the $2000 accident
and life insurance ($4000 if both occur), identity theft protection, emergency roadside services, and 42 other perks (see
below) available with union membership.
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movie tickets in advance.
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tickets and get access to hard-to-get seats.
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rentals, worldwide tours, condo rentals.
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plans from AT&T, the only nationwide unionized wireless company.
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Flowers - Save 20% when you send flowers, gifts or plants.
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buy or sell a home.
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at no cost. Additional coverage also available.
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or commissions.
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their families pursuing higher education.
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vision, hearing, physician and hospital care for the whole family.
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members facing financial hardship.
This is the opportunity for us to build our union strength and to reach 125,000 or more white collar union members about
how we help ordinary, everyday people with ordinary, everyday problems with hypnotic techniques.
When you sign up you will receive your NFH Local 104 union membership certificate as well as information on how to sell
your services to union members individually and in groups. Remember all union members are fraternally connected and do
business with their brothers and sisters.
Option #1 — Paying Full One Year Membership (This will waive the $20 initiation fee). Your Total Cost for One Year $180.
Option #2 — Paying monthly payments, which will be an auto payment of $15 after the first month of $35 (which includes
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IT PAYS TO BELONG
To join or for more information contact NFH 104 Sec./Treas. - Sharon Morris, BCH
PO Box 815 - Merrimack, NH 03054
(603) 429-9438 • hypnounionsec@aol.com
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NGH
The National Guild of Hypnotists
5-Day Intensive Train The Trainers Program
NGH CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR HYPNOTISM
CERTIFICATION COURSE
presented by Don Mottin, BCH, CMI, DNGH, OB
This exclusive program is designed for all Certified Hypnotists who want to teach NGH Hypnotism
courses to new students and who desire to enter the lucrative seminar business. During the 5 days, you
will learn & be trained to teach: • Preliminary Suggestibility Tests — demonstrated and practiced.
• Favorable and Unfavorable Influences of Hypnosis. • How to hypnotize — A 3-step classical hypnotic
induction procedure is taught and practiced. Authoritative and Permissive methods are discussed.
• Suggestion Management - How to deliver suggestions under hypnosis. • How to utilize color, visual and
kinesthetic imagery under hypnosis. • Depth Stages of Hypnosis — the depth stages of hypnosis for judging
trance depth.
Learn how to teach the integration
of hypnosis, imagery and suggestion
to manage most problems
brought to a hypnotist by clients.
Special emphasis is given to fears,
self-esteem and confidence issues,
sports performance, sales relationship
and business problems.
In addition, you will learn how to
teach:
u Self-Hypnosis Training — You will
learn the rationale for using self-hypnosis
and how it can positively influence
all phases of your life.
u How To Structure A New Hypnotism
Practice — The various possibilities
and options available to enhance a profitable
hypnotism practice are explored.
This includes how to market one’s private
and teaching practice.
u Various time-formats which will meet
Guild requirements while accomadating
prospective new students
During the training an approach is conveyed
where the opportunity exists for you
to gain confidence as an instructor by practicing
and teaching with other students. The
primary objective is to teach and train you
in all aspects of hypnosis and its applications
as thoroughly, scholarly and completely
as possible.
The structured course you will be teaching your students,
to qualify them for NGH Certification, will include an
easy way to explain hypnosis to clients and other professionals,
and covers:
* What is Hypnosis?
* Structure & number of sessions with a client.
* Assessment – Goal Setting – Reinforcement and
Encouragement.
* Image Psychology and Hypnosis.
* Teaching a Self-Hypnosis Course.
NOTE: Special emphasis is given to training students in a six-session
Goal Image Focusing Technique (GIFT), a modern behavioral
program for helping clients change negative patterns.
Upon Completion of the
5-day Trainer’s Course:
You will have learned how to set up workshops that will get you
doctor’s referrals and give you entrée into corporations and
government agencies. This will be a game changing experience
for you and your future students.
Your Five Days of Instructor Training will include:
How to start and expand an office practice, including advertising
and marketing. A step-by-step approach on how to offer
health, sales enhancement and motivated training programs.
How to set up a profitable teaching practice – how to get students,
literature preparations, establishing instructional objectives
and course curriculums, training materials required, and
much more.
SUNDAY-THURSDAY, AUGUST 6-13
TUITION: $2,150 INCLUDES CONVENTION
Call 603-429-9438 for a FREE course syllabus
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National Guild of Hypnotists
Summer Institute
August 6-10 & August 14-16
Each all-day and multi-day Pre- and Post-Convention
NGH Summer Institute Course provides an opportunity
to learn techniques and explore topics in-depth.
Each intensive course is a separate learning opportunity.
Registration is separate from and not included in
the Convention registration fee, except where otherwise
noted.
All participants registered for the full 3-day NGH 2017
Convention are eligible for a $50 discount on each Pre/Post
course except for #151 and #152.
To register, call (603) 429-9438
NGH Summer Institute
Pre-Convention
SUN-THUR, AUG 6-13
(151) TRAIN THE TRAINER
INSTRUCTOR - HYPNOTISM
CERTIFICATION COURSE
with Don Mottin, DNGH, CMI, BCH, OB
Does the challenge of helping hundreds of
people a year appeal to you? Are you ready
to make the commitment it takes to be successful?
This 5-Day Intensive Course is
designed to train professionals to teach the
Guild’s course in hypnotism. Learn the most
effective ways to provide your students with
all the information and understanding necessary
to become a Certified NGH Hypnotist
through hands-on “performance method” of
teaching. Receive the complete Convention
registration including Awards Banquet and
entertainment. Tuition $2,150
SUN-SUN, AUG 6-13
(152) CONSULTING HYPNOTIST
CERTIFICATION COURSE
with Patricia MacIsaac, BCH, CMI, FNGH, OB
Explore a whole new career as a highly
respected professional. Learn how to use
hypnotism to increase your self-confidence
and potential. Gain self-satisfaction and
gratification by helping others. Master the
techniques of visualization & self-hypnosis.
Improve your own life, help others, and open
new doors in an unlimited field. Once completed,
you will be qualified to be considered
for certification. Course consists of discussions,
demonstrations, case studies, roleplaying
activities, simulations, exercises,
homework assignments, and tests. Receive
the complete Convention registration including
Awards Banquet and entertainment.
Tuition $1,595
“Best way for a new hypnotist to
learn & get immersed in the profession.”
—Theodora Litsios, Stratford, CT
MON-THUR, AUG 7-10
(141) NLP PRACTITIONER
CERTIFICATION TRAINING
with William Horton, PsyD, CMI, BCH
This is invaluable training for every hypnotist,
social worker, alcohol and drug counselor,
psychologist, or anyone in the mental
health field. For an investment of four days
and a small fee, you will gain insights and
abilities you never thought possible. Experience
a personal transformation that will leave
you inspired, informed, and motivated.
Master the basic techniques that have made
NLP the most sought-after training. Don’t
miss this intensive hands-on learning experience.
Tuition $645
TUE-THUR, AUG 8-10
(131) THE ULTIMATE STAGE
HYPNOTISM WORKSHOP
with Jerry Valley, CH, Tommy Vee, CH, CI
and Michael DeSchalit, CH
Learn from 3 of the great masters just how it
is done. Discover the details and secrets that
turn a good show into a great one. Award
winning techniques will be demonstrated and
explained in simple, easy-to-learn terms.
Whether you are a seasoned professional or a
novice, what you will accomplish in this
course will enhance your career beyond your
expectations. Experience: super dynamic
inductions, routines that “kill” audiences,
and money making methods. Tuition $995
“Virtually each and every seminar
will provide at least one take
away! The instructors share their
sec-rets openly and with generosity!”
—Dennis Mecca, Lake Grove, NY
WED-THUR, AUG 9-10
(121) HYPNOSIS FOR FERTILITY
with Lynsi Eastburn, BCH, CI
Each year, more than a million North
Americans pursue treatment for “infertility.”
Most consult conventional doctors - an infertility
work-up is conducted and, depending
on diagnosis, drugs or high-tech procedures
such an IVF are recommended. However, the
success rate for those who undergo high-tech
procedures is currently about 20%. To boost
this, women are seeking complementary
treatments. One of the most powerful of
these is hypnosis. Following the guidelines
of this program not only increases the odds
of conception but also enhances overall
health. Tuition $375
(122) ADVANCED PAIN
PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION
with Ron Eslinger, RN, CRNA, APN, BCH, CMI
This class is the most in-depth pain management
course you will take. The purpose of
this deeper and more intensive training program
is to provide you with a deep consideration
for taking your skills to the next level.
This intensive includes video case presentation
with discussion, practice sessions, skillbuilding
clinical exercises, live demonstration,
practice sessions. Learn to handle the
most common pain scenarios, including:
back pain, headache, fibromyalgia and phantom
limb pain. You will receive hundreds of
scripts, articles, client forms, etc.
Tuition $375
“It’s a wonderful convention to
gain knowledge and meet extraordinary
people. It absolutely helps
you to lift your practice up to the
next level.”
—Petra Frese, Allentown, PA
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NGH Summer Institute
Pre-Convention
(123) 6 KEYS TO WINNING
SPORTS CERTIFICATION
with Laura Boynton King, BCH, CI
One of the more frequent challenges faced by
all athletes is how to improve their performance.
They express frustrations that they
often possess identical - if not superior -
physical attributes to their competitors, yet
they’re consistently being out-performed by
that competitor. In many cases, the problem
is rooted in self-doubt, which limits their levels
of performance. Using hypnosis and
Neuro-Linguistic Programming, the client
will learn how to identify and accept selfdoubt.
Once this is achieved, the client can
stop dwelling on past failures and other negative
feelings and images through hypnosis
techniques, positive imagery, concentrationfocusing
skills. Whether the athlete feels
held back by physical fear or by negative
comments from competitors, trainers or officials/judges
or by performance anxiety, the 6
Keys to Winning Sports Certification will
help the hypnotist to help their clients replace
a “losing” mentality with the winning edge.
Tuition $375
(124) BASIC PAST LIFE
REGRESSION TECHNOLOGY
with David Quigley, CH
Past Life Regression has enormous power to
change lives. This is an unprecedented
opportunity to learn Past Life Regression
from one of the foremost experts in the field,
David Quigley. Whether or not you have previous
training in Past Life Regression, you
can revolutionize your practice with this
course. This two-day course includes how to
help clients distinguish between real past
lives and metaphorical journeys, and the
value of both; foolproof induction methods
to help access past life memories; how to
help clients contact creative abilities from
past lives and how to bring them forward to
the present. Learn to help clients heal the past
life traumas which create lingering patterns
of fear and self-sabotage, and to heal the
source of these traumas. You will learn to
examine the after-death decision and how to
eliminate deeply held negative core beliefs.
Tuition $375
“The 2016 NGH convention
brought in many new up and coming
presenters to this year’s line
up. It was a pleasure to learn frrom
the best.”
—Doug Jones, Rochester, NY
(125) INTEGRATIVE HYPNOSIS
With Melissa Tiers, CH, CI
We are in the perfect time to be Hypnotists!
Research is not only validating many of our
tried and true techniques, it’s offering countless
ways to hone our skills and utilize how
the brain learns and changes. Incorporating
practical neuroscience into your work will
take your change work into the twenty first
century. Everything from epigenetics, which
shows us how to turn on and turn off gene
expression to studies on the adaptive unconscious,
which proves our unique skill set is
exactly what people need in order to change
deeply engrained programs, this class makes
all of this practical. This two day course will
teach my integrative approach to change
work. You will learn protocols for changing
habituated patterns of thought, feelings and
behavior by using practical neuroscience
designed to rewire the brain. Pulling from
studies on the adaptive unconscious, you will
learn how to effect change on unconscious
biases, heuristics and filters. You will learn
protocols for utilizing reconsolidation of
memory for changing implicit emotional
learnings and counteractive strategies of creating
alternative pathways of response. All
the techniques are rooted in research from the
fields of neuroscience, embodied cognition,
and cognitive behavioral psychology.
Tuition $375
THUR, AUG 10
(111) CERTIFIED SMOKING
CESSATION SPECIALIST
with Jacob Bimblich, CI, BCH
This workshop will teach you special
approaches that have been used very successfully
for the treatment of smoke cessation.
Acquire hypnotic techniques that increases
motivation and determination of the client.
Expand your expertise and learn step-by-step
how to do successful smoking cessation
sessions and turn smokers into non-smokers.
Examine aversive methods for smoking
cessation and discover how effective it is
even when dealing with difficult clients.
Leave completely equipped to successfully
deal with smoking cessation clients and with
the knowledge of how to attract new clients
to your hypnotism practice. Tuition $225
NEW this year
the COUE CAFE
To register, call (603) 429-9438
(112) HOW TO CREATE SUPER
SUCCESS WITH WEIGHT LOSS
CLIENTS
with Thomas Nicoli, BCH, CI, OB
This is the only hypnosis weight loss program
proven on national TV & 40 countries.
Imagine working with complex weight loss
clients with great success! The results were
witnessed by millions on Dateline NBC during
the Ultimate Weight Loss Challenge.
Tom Nicoli has created a complete and effective
system of creating tremendous success
with weight loss clients, his D.E.P.T.H.
model. Tom has created this complete
approach to tremendous success with these
clients. The necessity to be proficient with
weight loss clients is a must for quick business
growth and to help those looking for
better health. Tom will present his customized
program complete with intake questions,
effective subconscious sentence structure,
direct and indirect hypnotic suggestions,
metaphors that work like magic, and
more. Earn your share of the $38 billion
weight loss industry while helping people
change. Tuition $225
“I have not had this much fun with
a fun group of people in my life!”
—David Hardy, Fairbanks, AK
“Great workshops offered on a
wide variety of topics. Members
very approachable even the top
names.”
—Ron Venning,
Kwawik, Ontario, Canada
“I attend every year. I learn every
year. I use what I learn.”
—Thomas Butler, Harrisburg, SD
Please note:
An important notation below the
seminar or workshop description
indicates what technique the presenter
is using and would include at least
one of the following: Lecture, Discussion,
Demonstration, Participation,
Q&A, Visual, and Experiential.
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NGH Summer Institute
Post-Convention
MON, AUG 14
(211) EMDR - (EYE MOVEMENT
DESENSITIZATION &
REPROCESSING)
with Hansruedi Wipf, BCH
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
(EMDR) is a technique in which the
client recalls a dramatic or traumatic event
while simultaneously undergoing bilateral
stimulation that can consist of moving the
eyes from side to side, vibrations or tapping
movements on different sides of the body. I
use EMDR about 3 - 4 times a week in my
hypnotism center, especially with cases that
seem to be having trouble following instructions,
still hold fears or who still need a good
convincer. It is a great tool to make you a better
hypnotist. Tuition $225
MON-TUE, AUG 14-15
(221) ERICKSONIAN HYPNOSIS
with Shaun Brookhouse, DNGH, OB, BCH, CI
Ericksonian Hypnosis is one of the most beneficial
forms of help and self-change. The
techniques covered in this program form the
basis of some of the most modern technologies
available today. Neuro-Linguistic Programming
and Solution Focused Therapy
owe much to the techniques and approaches
of Milton H Erickson. You are already a
skilled hypnotist, and as such you are looking
for innovative ways to assist your clients to
help themselves. This program will equip
you with approaches and techniques you can
use as soon as you go back to your office.
These techniques will assist you in being
more exquisite with your interventions and
will allow you to tap into your own limitless
creativity. Tuition $375
(223) IMAGINARY GASTRIC
BAND SURGERY FOR WEIGHT
LOSS
with Anthony DeMarco, DNGH, OB
This program contains the knowledge that the
presenter has gained through 25+ years of
experience in working with obsessions of
every sort, including food. He has woven into
this weight loss program scripts and techniques
and affirmations that will enable you
to do more than just focus on weight, as
overeating, snacking in between meals, and
eating the wrong foods are the symptoms and
not the cause. Learn how to really help your
clients not only to become thinner but to live
the rest of their lives in a much happier fashion.
Everything that Tony teaches you can be
converted to most of the other types of issues
clients bring to your office. Tuition $375
(224) HYPNOTIC CHARISMA:
HOW TO USE HYPNOSIS TO
BECOME MORE CHARISMATIC
with Wendy Packer, CH, CI, RN, OB
and Ralph Benko, CH, OB
Scientific research proves that charisma
comes mostly from what scientists term “dynamic
expressive style.” This can be tunedup
fast through simple, custom designed,
hypnotic techniques for you and for your
clients. This training shows specifically, stepby-step,
how to use the mind-body connection
to subtly transform your emotional tone.
You can make yourself as charismatic as a
movie star! Heightening your own charisma
through hypnosis, and teaching others how to
become charismatic through hypnosis, promises
to lead to massive increases in your professional,
social and financial success.
Tuition $375
(226) ADVANCED PAST LIFE
REGRESSION TECHNOLOGY
with David Quigley, CH
This training offers precise tools to help
clients clear the consequences of Karma
including overt acts, in ways that are powerful
and lasting. Learn how to heal troubling
or obsessive relationships whose roots are in
past lives and how to heal inappropriate
karmic attachment and unresolved relationship
contracts from past lives and interlife
periods. Experience a group interlife journey
to the time of the pre-conception contract,
where we decided on our life purpose and
destiny. Learn how to help clients discover,
examine and change their pre-conception
contract. Tuition $375
MON-WED, AUG 14-16
(231) NLP MASTER
CERTIFICATION
with William Horton, PsyD, BCH, CMI
Now is your opportunity to earn the prestigious
title of NLP Master Practitioner and
gain the critical skills and abilities you need
to excel in personal growth, relationships,
and business. This training leads you to the
secret of creating your future. Learn the specific
NLP techniques that affect the most
rapid change possible for your clients, the
true art of persuasion with integrity. Discover
here the fail-safe technology, which creates
new patterns for success, achievement, happiness,
and love. Tuition $645
(232) HYPNOTIC AGE
REGRESSION CERTIFICATION
COURSE
with Calvin Banyan, BCH, CI, DNGH, OB
Are you ready to take your hypnotism practice
to the next level? Would you like to be
counted among the best of the best in the profession?
Basic and entry level hypnosis certification
courses simply don’t spend much
time teaching this most powerful tool; in
fact, it usually gets only a brief mention.
There simply isn’t enough time, and new students
are simply not ready for this kind of
advanced training. Now is the time for you to
take this next step in your professional development
as, Cal Banyan, the highly recognized
authority in the use of hypnotic age
regression work is teaching this very special
Age Regression Certification course that
covers everything you need to know to be
among the best age regressionists in the
world. This course is being presented in a 3-
day intensive certification course and may
never be offered again. Tuition $495
(225) SOUL ENTRAINMENT
(222) CERTIFY AS AN
with Karen Paolino Correia, CH
This certificate workshop will prove to you,
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE beyond any doubt that the Soul holds all the
DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST answers to our past, present and future. Come
with Beryl Comar, MA, MEd, CH
and discover how you can help yourself and
This is an interactive course to introduce others access the wisdom of their soul to
Emotional Intelligence and how hypnotists achieve any goal and at the same time have
can get into the EQ training business with the privilege of witnessing miracles. This
their existing skills. EQ embraces 2 aspects course will give you all the tools you need to
of intelligence: understanding yourself, your help your client access their higher self, their
goals, intentions, responses, behaviors and soul with ease where they can rediscover that
understanding others and their feelings. Find the answers they are searching for dwell
out how to market, present and assess EQ within. This amazing and life changing process
will give you with the ability to see into
courses before those less qualified than you
gain the momentum. This 2 day practical the soul where you will discover that the soul
workshop gives you the vocabulary, tools and is the one who can help your client heal back
vision for accelerating change in three levels: to the root cause with protection and unconditional
love. Discover that your client can
organizational, relationship, and individual.
This practical workshop offers you the receive higher guidance that will empower
opportunity to model an international expert them and guide them with specific steps so
in EQ so you too become HOT in this new they can live a life filled with joy, love, purpose
and fulfillment . Tuition $375 To register, call (603) field. Tuition $375 429-9438
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Benefit from the experience and
knowledge of these outstanding experts
Mona Abdurahim-Santl
[BCH, CI; Mind Your Power,
Dubai, UAE] lives and works
in Dubai and Lebanon, in 4
languages. Her certifications
include NLP, Emotional Intelligence,
3Q training, Hypno-
Coaching, Kinesiology, EFT
and Pranic Healing, Hypno-
Birthing and HypnoFertility.
She loves using hypnosis for birth, and also
palliative care. She holds motivational workshops
across the MENA region and is also a
founding member of FourTuned . . .210103
Joann Abrahamsen
[BCH, OB, CI; Hypnosis For A
Change, Yonkers, NY] is an
NGH board certified Consulting
Hypnotist and received
the NGH Hypnotism Achievement
award in 2012. In 2009,
she was inducted into the
NGH Order of Braid, recognizing
a lifetime of outstanding
dedication, achievement, and service. She
is a freelance writer and has written and selfpublished
several hypnosis books and other
hypnosis & self-help articles. . .21121, 32081
Angelina Ahumada
[BCH, BA, Distrito Federal,
Mexico] has a BA in Educational
Psychology. She has
organized & taught healing &
self-development workshops
since 1988. She is an alternative
methods media speaker.
As Director of Alternativa, she
is devoted to healing & awareness.
She was a speaker at many international
conferences as well as at the NGH Conventions
in 2004, 2006 and 2007. . . .210812
Alan Alves
[BCH, CI; Southcoast Hypnosis
Center, Fall River, MA] is a
full-time Consulting Hypnotist.
He has received NGH’s
Hypnotist Member of The
Year in 2013 and in 2016 was
inducted into NGH’s Order of
Braid. In 2015 he was awarded
the first ever Gerald Kein
Omni Award for “Excellence In Hypnotis”. He
has appeared on various radio and TV programs,
national magazines and has been featured
in four books and two documentaries.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12091
Scott Babb
[BCH, CI; Northern Lights
Hypnosis LLC, Amherst, NH]
has been a hypnotist since
1977. He is in full-time practice
in Amherst, NH where he
helps clients make remedial &
generative changes. He has
written books, done live talks,
delivered corporate training,
and done both radio and television appearances.
He also has extensive experience in
the areas of technology and marketing.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11045, 21052, 31092
Jereme Bachand
[CH; NGH, Merrimack, NH]
has worked full-time at the
NGH since 1997 and he has
been around hypnotism since
childhood. He is an NGH Certified
Consulting Hypnotist.
He handles all the incoming/
outgoing e-mail & maintains
the NGH website. His passion
is wrestling. He is head coach for the
Merrimack Middle School and volunteer coach
for the Merrimack Youth Wrestling Association
over the past 14 years. . . . . . . . . . . . .21103
Rondall Bailes
[CH; Boulder City, NV] is
President of International Inc.
Management Seminars and
Consulting. He has developed
and taught management
training for a wide variety
of companies: financial,
food, manufacturing, & health
care. He has taught classes
on body language to teaching professionals
through the University system, Las Vegas, NV.
He developed & recorded a 5 disc video series
on body language. . . . .12097, 11034, 22096
Calvin Banyan
[MA, BCH, CI, DNGH, OB;
Banyan Hypnosis Center For
Training and Services, Plano,
TX] has a Masters Degree in
Psychology, has written several
highly praised books,
manuals and produced many
hypnosis related audio and
video training programs. He
has received many awards from the NGH
(including, Instructor of the Year and Educator
of the Year), and is a member of the Order of
Braid. . . . . . . . . . .12114, 11023, 22094, 232
Maureen Banyan
[CH; Banyan Hypnosis Center
For Training & Services,
Inc., Plano, TX] is a Certified
Hypnotist & General Manager
of the Banyan Hypnosis Center
for Training and Services,
Inc. She trains receptionists
and hypnotists how to answer
the telephone and make appointments.
She is the recipient of the 2010
NGH Hypnotism Achievement Award and was
entered into the Order of Braid in 2015.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12021
Robert Bayliss
[CH, CI, OB; Tennessee Hypnosis
Center, Antioch, TN]
specializes in tinnitus management
& the neuroscience
of Alzheimer’s Disease. He is
a Certified P.A.C. Trainer, is
Alzheimer’s Assoc. essenti-
ALZ Certified and recognized
as an expert in dementia
caregiver training by the Metro Nashville
Board of Education. He has made over 4000
presentations, lectured in Europe and served
as an NGH Adjunct Faculty Member since
2004. . . . . . . . . .11125, 11046, 21111, 22044
Ralph Benko
[BA, JD, OB, CH; N. Potomac
MD] has received the NGH’s
highest honor, the Order of
Braid, and has been featured
on the cover of The Journal of
Hypnotism. He is the author
of the award-winning book on
best Web practices The Websters’
Dictionary: How to use
the Web to transform the world. He is the cofounder
of HypnoticBeauty.com and Hypnotic-
Charisma.com and is a long time adjunct faculty
member at NGH conventions.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11103, 12043, 224
Cecilia Crowley Bergstein
[BCH, Manorville, NY] began
life with many physical challenges
and because of this,
she has had to transform herself
at every stage of her
development. At home, on
the concert stage or at a podium,
she lives to share her life
& gifts with others. She has
been involved with hypnosis since her teen
years when a family tragedy drew her in. She
is convinced it is the power of the mind that
makes us remarkable. . . . . .210802, 310106
Rebecca Berke
[BCH, Danville, CA], with a 40
year career in dance, gave
her the knowledge of the
powerful mind/body connection.
She teaches ballet and
directs Diablo Ballet Professional
Training Program. As a
Health Educator for Kaiser,
she leads Stanford’s Healthier
Living workshops. At the core of her teachings
are the importance of mindfulness tools
and the power of the mind; resulting in a positive
quality of life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311206
Sherri Bernier
[EdD, MS, CH; Bernier Hypnosis
and Life Enrichment,
LLC, Southington, CT] is an
Associate Professor in the
Human Services Program at
Goodwin College, where she
incorporates guided imagery
and stress reduction into her
curriculum. She uses hypnosis
to guide clients to well-being and empowerment.
She has presented her Breast Cancer
program at the National Guild of Hypnotists
and at local Cancer Support groups and is a
19 year breast cancer survivor. . . . . .311203
Jacob Bimblich
[BCH, CI, OB, DNGH; Brooklyn,
NY] is a certified hypnotist
by the NGH and a life
member of the National Psychiatric
Association. He is the
Executive Director of the Institute
for Advanced Studies
in hypnosis and holistic sciences.
He is a 36 year member
of Mensa and past member of its Board of
Directors. He has conducted many lectures
and workshops at various institutions in New
York State. . . . . . . . . . . . .111, 11104, 12042
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Your 2017 NGH
Convention Faculty
Sandra Blabl
[CH; Hypnosecenter, Effretikon,
Switzerland] is an OMNI
Hypnosis Instructor, Holistic
Health Professional, Burnout
Coach, Teacher, HypnoSlim ®
Instructor, & author. She specializes
in weight management,
fears, treating eating
disorders, alcohol dependency
and pain management. At the International
Hypnosis Conference in Zurich 2014 she got
the Hypnosis Newcomer Award. She is working
full-time in her own practice and as a hypnosis
instructor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210809
Donna Bloom
[BCH, Wise Mind Hypnosis,
Bethpage, NY] is a Board
Certified Hypnotist and Certified
Life Coach. Her unique
approach helps clients experience
inner calm and leads
them to follow their own inner
guidance system. She teaches
meditation classes and
gives seminars on Law of Attraction & Ho’oponopono.
Attendees learn healing techniques to
help manage stress and to feel a true sense of
inner peace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11106, 12047
Thom Bloomquist
[CH; Beyond Your Best, LLC,
Concord, NH], being a polio
survivor, amputee, and exchronic
pain patient, dedicated
his life to relieving pain for
others as nurse anesthetist,
pain management specialist
and teacher. Thom earned his
credentials from the Riverside
Hospital School of Nursing, Cleveland Clinic
School of Anesthesia. Thom is a fellow in the
American Academy of Pain Management and
a member of the NGH. . . . . . . . . . . . .210813
Peter Blum
[CI, CH, OB; Entranceways/
Sounds For Healing, Woodstock,
NY] has had a full-time
practice in hypnosis since
1988. He was awarded Hypnosis
Instructor of the Year by
the NGH in 2004, and is a
member of the Order of Braid.
Peter is a respected soundhealer
as well. The 7 CD’s in his “Sounds for
Healing” series are well-known for their use in
conjunction with hypnosis, meditation, massage,
acupuncture and yoga session.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11041, 120704
Karla Bracy
[CH; South Paris, ME] has a
BS in Elementary Education,
Masters Literacy, is a Reiki
practitioner and literacy consultant
for Affinity Hypnosis,
ME. She is a Certified Hypnotist
(2013). Spent 30 years
teaching elementary children.
Her dedication of teaching
grows right into her hypnotism career. She
brings hypnosis knowledge into the education
system of ME. She presents after school seminars
to teachers & staff. Her favorite is stress
reduction using self-hypnosis. . . . . . .320202
Shaun Brookhouse
[MA, DNGH, CMI, OB;
National College of Hypnosis
& Psychotherapy London, UK]
is an internationally recognized
Consulting Hypnotist,
psychotherapist and teacher.
He has received many awards
and honors from the NGH as
well as other organizations
worldwide. He has written 5 books and several
book chapters about aspects of hypnosis. He
specializes in Ericksonian & Solution Focused
Hypnosis. . . . . . . . . . . . .110101, 22092, 221
Gary Cameron
[CH; Kingston, Ontario, Canada]
has been a NGH Certified
Hypnotist for 5 years, enhancing
tutoring and examination
stress sessions, as well as
making presentations on hypnosis,
self-hypnosis, and this
seminar. He has worked with
NLP since 1981, and has
updated his hypnosis training especially with
Don Mottin live and by disc every year since
original certification. “I will not waste your
time” is his promise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31081
Dorothy Campbell
[CH, CI; Self-Power Center,
Attleboro, MA] has established
a holistic approach to
hypnosis in her private practice
by incorporating many
modalities that integrate body,
mind, and spirit into one calm,
healthy, happy being. She is
certified in NLP & mind/body
work. She is a speaker on a national level dedicated
to teaching how to bring balance, harmony
and peace through her informative &
entertaining presentations. . . . .21101, 32103
Elizabeth Campbell
[BCH, CI; TranceformU,
Stuart, FL] is a Board Certified
Hypnotist, Certified Instructor,
HypnoBirthing Practitioner,
Master NLP Instructor,
and a Reiki Master. She
teaches nationally & internationally,
sees private clients,
conducts group workshops
such as Manifesting and Abundance and Past
Life Regression. She is the President of the
Hypnotists of the Treasure Coast NGH
Chapter. . . . . . . . . . . .11052, 210105, 31024
Dan Candell
[CH, CI, Northborough, MA]
has been practicing hypnosis
since he was 13 years old,
and has since built a thriving
practice. He is an NGH Certified
Instructor, and also mentors
and coaches fellow hypnotists
on how to build a more
successful practice. He consults
with other hypnotists on how to boost
their practice, cast aside the idea that it is just
a hobby, and move people into making hypnosis
a profession. Dan is also a stage hypnotist
and motivational speaker. . . . .11051, 32085
Roy Cantrell
[CH, CI, Charleston, SC] is a
Certified Medical Hypnosis
Practitioner, Certified Complementary
Medical Hypnotist,
Certified Diabetes Motivational
Coach, Certified Bariatric
Hypnotist, all of which
relate to the issues of menopause.
His practice is now
45+ years in medical hypnotism. He is the
NGH South Carolina Chapter President and
provides courses, workshops and seminars to
the general public and other hypnotists.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210102, 32102
George Casazza
[CH, CI; Deltona, FL]
has been mastering astral
traveling, dream control, remote
viewing, remote healing
since early childhood. He is
passionate about teaching
others to have similar experiences
through hypnosis. He
offers fun, life transforming
metaphysical hypnosis workshops. His hypnosis
certification course which includes extensive
NLP training, instills a confidence of limitless
possibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . .11124, 22024
John Cerbone
[FNGH, BCH, CI, OB;
Cerbone Hypnosis Institute,
Staten Island, NY] has taught
public speaking on the college
level and has hypnotized tens
of thousands of people. He
has taught and performed for
companies and colleges all
over the USA, on the Las
Vegas Strip & has appeared on radio stations,
MTV and Fox News. He has helped people to
permanently quit smoking, lose weight, reduce
stress, sleep better. . .21044, 31113, 320204
Sujun Chen
[CH; Concord, Ontario, Canada]
was born and educated in
China where she had careers
as a doctor, banker, school
principal, and educator. She
challenged herself by immigrating
to Canada and continued
learning, earning Diplomas
in Early Childhood Education,
Personal Support Worker, Relaxation
Therapist and Yoga Teacher Training. Then
she started her own yoga studio and took a
number of hypnosis, yoga, meditation and
qigong instructor programs. . . . . . . . .311208
Penny Chiasson
[BCH, RN, Philadelphia, MS]
is a Registered Nurse, Certified
Registered Nurse Anesthetist,
and Board Certified
Hypnotist. She is certified as a
Consulting Hypnotist by the
NGH. Penny has advanced
training & certification in Pain
Management and 5-PATH ®
Hypnosis. She is a member of the American
Association of Nurse Anesthetists, International
Association of Hypnosis Professionals
and NGH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210109, 310109
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Lori Chrepta
[CH; Succasunna, NJ] is a
Certified Hypnotist, Certified
NLP Practitioner & Certified
Akashic Records Teacher
and Advanced Practitioner.
She offers individual & group
hypnosis sessions, Akashic
Records consultations and
travels & teaches an Akashic
Records Certification program. Her passion is
connecting people with the wisdom of their
body and beauty of their soul and sharing this
work with others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210110
Beryl Comar
MA, MEd, CH, OB; The
CHANGE Associates, Dubai,
UAE] turned entrepreneur to
establish a training, coaching
and counseling company in
Dubai introducing NLP, EFT
& hypnosis to the Middle
East. She travels as NFNLP
representative teaching &
working with the local UAE population and
expatriates from all around the world. She is
from Manchester, UK, and NGH Member of
the Order of Braid. . . . . .210806, 22021, 222
Janet Crain
[CH, CI, DMD; The Center
For Headaches and Facial
Pain, S. Amboy, NJ] a retired
dentist, author, hypnocoach &
personal strategy advisor,
has appeared on television
and radio. Her first book, If
You Want an Eggroll, Get Out
of the Pizzeria has helped
woman across the country shop for a life they
love. She teaches nationally and internationally.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21094
Carol Crenshaw
[CH; Tools For Joyful Living
LLC, Indianapolis, IN] is a
Consulting Hypnotist & Certified
Practitioner in NLP, EFT,
& Emotional Stress Release.
She is a contributing author to
Clinical EFT Handbook and
Energy Psychology magazine.
She is a yogi, meditation
teacher for over 25 years & initiator in meditative
tradition of the Himalayan sages. She is a
former University of Phoenix faculty member,
Dept of Humanities. . . . . . . . . . . .12116
Charles Curtis
[BCH; Reading, PA]
has offered trainings and private
sessions since 1983. He
combines hard-science background
in physics, chemistry,
electronics, and engineering,
with hypnosis, NLP, & Ericksonian
approaches. A lifelong
student of meditation
methods, he has spent time in an ashram,
taught meditation for many years, most
recently conducting 8-week MBCT certification
trainings for medical and mental health
professionals and others. . . . . .21125, 32082
Dwight Damon
[DC, BCH, DNGH; National
Guild Of Hypnotists, Merrimack,
NH] is President of the
National Guild of Hypnotists,
Editor of The Journal of Hypnotism
® & Executive Editor of
The Hypno-Gram ® . He started
his career as a student of
Dr. Rexford L. North. He is
the author and co-author of articles and books
on hypnotism. He has maintained careers as
a Doctor of Chiropractic, television personality,
and theatrical entrepreneur. . . . . . . .11081
Anthony Davis
[BCH; Healing Hypnosis,
Charlottesville, VA] is a NGH
Certified Consulting Hypnotist,
and Leadership, Stress
and Professional Life Coach.
His primary focus is helping
long-term trauma and stress
clients regain their lives. He is
a retired US Coast Guard
Officer and served as Chief of Intelligence
immediately following 9/11. He was a Federal
Investigator, recognized as the 2003 Federal
Employee of the Year. . . . . . . . . . . . .311213
Cheryl DeDecker
[BCH, Oneonta, NY] has a
master’s degree in Counseling
Psychology & is an NGH
Board Certified Hypnotist.
She spent 20 years as a
Licensed Professional Counselor,
utilizing Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy and specializing
in women’s health and
stress management. Her background in CBT
blends perfectly with hypnosis to help her
clients benefit from both conscious and subconscious
work. . . . . . . . . . . .11036, 120701
Carol Denicker
[CI, OB, BCH; New York Hypnosis
Training Center, Northport,
NY], has been a proud
member of the NGH, is President
of the Long Island NGH
Chapter, NGH Member of the
Year, 2007, Inducted into the
Order of Braid Council, 2008.
Attendees at her seminars &
workshops are relaxed & have fun while learning
practical solutions for the challenges most
hypnotists encounter in their work. Simple solutions
simply stated. . .11127, 12045, 22117
Michael DeSchalit
[CH; Motivating Minds Hypnosis
Center, Tucson, AZ] is a
practicing Certified Clinical
Hypnotist and professional
speaker. He is co-author of a
children’s book/audio book
that uses hypnotic suggestions
and is sole author of a
self-improvement book and
seminar that utilizes hypnotic suggestions and
visualization techniques. He is a Founding
Charter Member and Officer of the Southern
Arizona NGH Chapter. . . . . . . . . .131, 31091
Clay Dinger
[CH; Cheektowaga, NY] has
been using hypnosis to help
people for over 25 years. He
is certified with the National
Guild of Hypnotists and has
been trained through the Banyan
Hypnosis Center for 5-
PATH ® Hypnosis & 7th Path ®
Self-Hypnosis. He is also an
ordained minister and author of the book, Do
You Know Your Self(s)? . . . . . . . . . . . .21106
Brian DiRamio
[CH, Weymouth, MA] is a
long time college educator
and public safety officer. He is
a multi-occasion NGH presenter.
Brian has instructed
almost fifteen thousand students
in CPR, first aid and
general safety. Brian was a
certified EMT for almost thirty
years and has treated many patients. This
interest, when combined with these experiences
will lead to an amazing and unique
presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11116, 12048
Charles Crenshaw Jr.
[CI, Mdiv; Tools For Joyful
Living LLC, Indianapolis, IN]
is a Certified EFT Practitioner,
& contributing author to Clinical
EFT Handbook, Consulting
Hypnotist, Certified Instructor,
Master NLP Practitioner
and trainer, Certified
in Advanced Pranic healing
and Pranic psychotherapy. He is a Yogi,
Meditation teacher for 25 years, trainer of
yoga teachers, master’s degree in Eastern
Studies/Comparative Psychology.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11096, 12116
Anthony DeMarco
[CI, LLB, BCH, OB, DNGH;
Academy Of Professional
Hypnosis, Union, NJ] is the
co-founder of the first school
of hypnosis approved by the
State of NJ Dept. of Education.
He is a member of the
NGH and the NJ representative
to Local 104 of the
OPEIU of AFL/CIO. He is a major presenter of
seminars on addictions, pain management,
hypnosis, EFT, weight management, mythology,
emotion cleansing, & stress management
throughout the US. . . . . . .11091, 22027, 223
Andy Dolph [BS; Rochester,
NH] has been a professional
sound engineer for almost 20
years, most of that as the person
responsible for event AV
at the University of NH. He
has provided sound for 4 US
presidents and one vice president,
musical greats such as
Branford Marsalis, Clark Terry
and Marian McPartland and countless other
musicians, speakers and presenters. Andy is
a hypnotist doing both personal growth work
and stage performances and sells his selfhypnosis
audios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31022
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Convention Faculty
Linda Donalds
[BCH, CI; New Horizons In
Hypnosis, Lunenburg, MA] is
a Board Certified Hypnotist
and Certified Instructor. She
has been a member of the
NGH for more than 18 years,
and has been published in the
Hypno-Gram ® . She taught
classes through community
education on a variety of hypnosis topics,
including being the HypnoBirthing ® instructor
at two major hospitals in Central MA.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210108, 22047, 31082
Ron Eslinger [Capt, USN
Retired, CRNA, RN, APN,
BCH, CMI, FNGH, OB, Healthy
Visions, American School
of Clinical Hypnosis – International,
Clinton, TN] was
recipient of the prestigious
Ormond McGill Chair 2004,
Order of Braid, Charles Tebbetts
Lamp 2012 and the
Rexford L. North Trophy in 2014. He is an
international acclaimed speaker and author.
Ron always gives more than expected.
. . . . . . . . .122, 11121, 12024, 21095, 22025
Bob Felix
[CH; Bellevue, WA] has been
a certified hypnotist with the
NGH since 2001. For the past
ten years, he has been conducting
successful weight
loss and stop smoking clinics
several times a year. He has
been using Groupon and
Living Social coupons for the
past two years to easily attract audiences of
40, 50, even 80, paid attendees to his weightloss
presentations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31087
Gloria Drewitz [CH;
Restora Hypnosis, Merrick,
NY] has been creating programs
that use hypnosis to
help people overcome their
situational challenges and
reach their self-improvement
goals. She is committed to
helping clients attain healthier,
happier and more balanced
lifestyles. Certified Hypnotist by the
NGH, including specialty training in Addictions
Hypnosis, Forensic Hypnosis, & Complementary
Medical Hypnosis. . . . . . . . . .21035
Robert Dunscomb
[BCH, OB; Charlottesville,
VA] is a Board Certified Hypnotist
and has worked to raise
public awareness of professional
hypnotism services in
an area where they were virtually
unknown. He joined the
NGH as a Certified Member
in 2002, was Board Certified
in 2007, he was named NGH Member of the
Year at the NGH Annual Convention in 2010
and was chosen to join the Order of Braid in
2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21114
Lynsi Eastburn
[BCH, CI, OB; Eastburn Hypnotherapy
Center, Westminster,
CO] is the creator of
HypnoFertility ® . She taught
her methods internationally.
She is the author of 3 worldrenown
books in her field, has
received multiple awards for
her groundbreaking work and
has been featured in national and international
media. Her clientele is globally-based and
includes CEOs, attorneys, authors, medical
doctors, celebrities, etc. . . . . . . . .121, 31021
Lisa Evans [CH, CI; The
Body Maintenance Place,
Taunton, MA] is an NGH Certified
Consulting Hypnotist,
and Certified Instructor as well
as a National Board Certified
Massage Therapist at Neck
Back and Pain Relief Center
where she works along side
two doctors in a wellness clinic.
She is currently active in the NGH
Commonwealth chapter. She instructed massage
programs for Career Educational
Institute & Lincoln Technical Institute. 310107
Vilene Farina
[CH, CI; Affinity Hypnosis,
Lewiston, ME] is president of
the ME NGH Chapter, has
been a Certified Hypnotist
since 2005 & a CI since 2012.
She enjoys gaining knowledge
& teaching this information
to others and has been
teaching from the beginning
of her certification on Self-Hypnosis, Stress
Management, Reiki & Essential Oils. Creating
seminars & workshops with the NGH training
materials was natural. . . . . . .21054, 320202
Arthur Fecteau
[CH, CI, Modern Hypnosis,
Wheelwright, MA] is a Certified
Hypnotist, Certified Instructor,
Member of NGH,
Member of Hypnodyne Foundation
and creator of Hypnosynergetics.
He has successfully
treated clients to help rid
them of undesired behaviors,
improve their performance and concentration
in school, sports and business. His unique
and effective technique allows hypnotists to
finally unlock any resistance. . . . . . . .120702
Roberta Fernandez
[BCH, CI; The Fare Hypnosis
Center, Eden Prairie, MN]
has 30 years entrepreneurial
experience in education, sustainability,
finance and hypnosis.
She has conducted workshops
for Kemps, Pentair,
Target, Sam’s Club, Starwood
VO, JP Morgan Chase, many
government and educational institutions. She
has certifications including the NGH Complementary
Medical Certification, Pain Management,
& NLP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12096, 21096
Erika Flint
[BCH, Cascade Hypnosis
Center, Bellingham, WA] is a
Board Certified Hypnotist.
She became a hypnotist after
years as a software engineer.
She is Google Ad-Words certified
and is experienced at
using online advertising to
bring in new hypnosis clients.
She’s a full-time hypnotist, author, and hypnosis
instructor who combines her analytical
expertise with hypnosis techniques.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110108, 21043
David Frederick
[CH, OB; World Institute Of
Integrative Health Science,
Lancaster, PA] is a world
renown educator and lecturer
who holds 4 degrees in psychology
& alternative health.
He is Dean at the Natural
Health Sciences at Westbrook
University; Executive
Director for the World Institute of Integrative
Health Science; NGH Faculty recipient of the
2000 Ormond McGill Award and is member of
the NGH Order of Braid. . . . . .21032, 32101
Elsom Eldridge Jr.
[EdM, CPC, CPMC; NGH
Convention Director, Winter
Springs, FL] is known as the
Consultants’ Consultant. He
is co-author with Dan Kennedy
of Maximum Success in
the Consulting Business and
with his son, Mark, The Obvious
Expert series. In the
last 40 years, he has produced more than
50,000 seminars nationwide & been Convention
Director for the largest hypnosis Convention
in the world since 1988. . . . . . . . . 12095
Pearlan Feeney-Grater
[CH; The Self Center, North
Reading, MA] has a full-time
practice in helping others help
themselves. She is a Certified
Master Handwriting Analyst
from the International GraphoAnalysis
Society. Since
1985, she has worked with
corporations from small to
Fortune 100 for team building, management
training, conflict resolution, employee development
and hiring. She uses handwriting
analysis ongoing with hypnosis, NLP, and
other alternative holistic modalities. . .310108
Petra Frese
[CH; Allentown, PA] is a NGH
Certified Hypnotist and was
trained by Jerry Kein, Hans
Wipf, Ron Eslinger, Melissa
Tiers, Don Mottin, Scot Giles,
Ines Simpson, Ted Robinson,
Art Leidecker, Frederic Mau,
Paul Ekman and others. She
is a certified expert of communication
and body language. She has
worked in science and industries. She runs
two hypnotism practices in Allentown, PA and
Switzerland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120707
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Lawrence Galante
[CI, OB; Center For Holistic
Arts, New York, NY] is the
author of Energy Healing, and
Tai Chi – The Supreme Ultimate.
He has been teaching
alternative and complementary
healing systems for over 40
years. He has taught these
and other holistic modalities
at Hofstra, NYU, CUNY and SUNY University
in NYC, and as the Director of The Center for
Holistic Arts, and Founding Director of The
Atlantic Academy of Classical Homeopathy.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320207
Larry Garrett
[CH; Garrett Hypnosis & Wellness
Center, Chicago, IL] is a
Certified Hypnotist with the
NGH since 1989 & has been
in practice since 1970, operating
the longest, largest &
most sophisticated hypnosis
center in Chicago. He is a
consultant and instructor to
many doctors, dentists, psychologists, lawyers
and other professionals in hypnosis for
their respective fields. He has received many
awards from the NGH. . . . . . .210805, 22022
Ruth Garrett [PhD, MEd,
MPH; Nashville, TN] is the
recipient of awards in Gerontology,
including the 2015
Jane Kennedy Excellence in
Aging Award. She has lectured
for the European Federation
on Aging. She has
published over 500 articles &
authored the book, Embracing
Aging. She has trained over 60,000 health
care professionals and incorporates hypnotism
as an adjunct tool for successful aging.
. . . . . . . . . . . . .11125, 11046, 21111, 22044
C. Scot Giles
[DMin, BCH, CI, OB, DNGH;
Wheaton, IL] is a member of
the Advisory Board of the
NGH and is the Legislative
Liaison to our AFL-CIO NFH
104. He holds the rank of
Diplomate and is a member
of the Order of Braid. He has
won most of the awards
offered by the Guild. His practice in the
Chicago area is a specialty practice in complementary
medical hypnotism.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11105, 12025, 22111
Richard Gordon
[CH, CI; Happy Hypnosis,
Richmond, ME] has been a
Certified Hypnotist since
2000 & a Certified Instructor
in 2004 as well as a Certified
Past Life Regression, Certified
Adult Education Instructor,
Reiki Master/Teacher and
Shamanism Practitioner. He
has fun working in the Adult Ed programs at
various local communities. Both client and
hypnotist can benefit by having fun with hypnosis.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21123
George Guarino
[CH; Hypnosis Works Well,
Albany, NY] has been practicing
hypnosis successfully for
a decade in upstate NY and
sees private clients in 2 locations.
He is a Certified Instructor
with NGH & teaches
hypnosis workshops to individuals,
groups, and institutions.
He is currently working to expose people
to the connection between symbols and
changework through pictures, art, metaphor
and Mindscaping hypnosis. . . . . . . . . .31101
Tonya Gunnarson
[CH; Manassa, VA] has been
involved in holistic practices
for several years. After being
trained in different modalities
including becoming a Master
Reiki Teacher and Instructor,
she completed her hypnosis
training in 2015. Tonya has
trained in the Simpson Protocol
and has found it to be incredibly powerful
and a great addition to the methods of hypnosis.
She is excited to be able to share her love
of hypnosis with other hypnotists. . . .120711
Celeste Hackett
[BCH, CI, OB; Family First
Hypnosis & Dallas Hypnosis
Career Training, Plano, TX]
became a hypnotist after a 24
year career as a radio announcer.
She works with a
wide range of issues in her
practice, and her work has
been featured in magazines
and on the radio. She loves supporting and
inspiring new hypnotists. She owns a statelicensed
hypnosis school, and has co-hosted
a weekly Web-TV Show. . . . . .11021, 22113
Bonnie Hammersley
[BCH, CI; La Plata, MD] is the
sole proprietor of Hypnotist
on Wheels, LLC. She is a
Board Certified Hypnotist
specializing in stress and pain
management for pre/postsurgery,
effects of cancer
treatments and general wellbeing
(i.e. sports hypnosis).
Through hypnosis, to the amazement of her
clients, they have achieved the goals they
desired for pre & post-surgery. . . . . . .311207
Karen Hand-Harper
[BCH, CI; Chicago, IL] after a
30-year career as a Chicago
radio personality, became an
NGH Certified Hypnotist. In
2005, she opened a large
hypnosis center in Chicago.
In 2007 she became an NGH
CI, 5-Path Certified Hypnotist,
and 7th Path Self-Hypnosis
Instructor. In 2011, she moved her full-time
hypnotism business to her home office. She
teaches NLP & hypnosis throughout Chicago
and the US. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11113, 12041
Nat Harris
[MS, LMSW, CI; Solutions
And Success, New Rochelle,
NY] is a celebrated educator,
social worker and basketball
coach in the New York area.
He is an NGH Certified Instructor.
Clients include children,
adolescents, adults,
couples and families. He specializes
in work with athletes. He conducts
self-motivation lectures that deal with guided
imagery, visualization, and positive self-talk.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21093
Robert Harrison
[CH; Bay Area Hypnosis Center
& The Hypnosis Academy,
San Carlos, CA] is a professional
hypnotist, life and business
coach and serial entrepreneur.
He works as a consultant
and has given workshops
at many of the Top
Companies in the Bay Area
like Oracle, REACH Fitness, Club One, NEC,
General Dynamics, and Netscape. He is also
an author, speaker, and director of Bay Area
Hypnosis Center. . . . .110102, 21102, 22045
Ginny Goldman
[JD, CH; Boca Raton, FL] has
maintained a hypnotism practice
since 2010 and has hypnotized
clients to quit smoking,
lose weight, overcome
fears, eliminate bad habits,
increase self-confidence and
other issues. She is also an
attorney for over 30 years and
has her own law practice. Combining her
skills, she created a program for attorneys,
Hypnosis For Lawyers, which is accredited by
the FL Bar as a continuing education program.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210111
Lisa Halpin
[BCH, CI, OB; San Ramon,
CA] is an NGH Board Certified
Hypnotist, an NLP Practitioner,
and a CI. She is a
regular columnist and has
been on the NGH Convention
Faculty for over 20 years.
She is a recipient of several
NGH awards including the
President’s Award, the Member of the Year
Award, and was a charter inductee into the
Council of Braid in 2005.
. . . . . . . . . . . . .11044, 21105, 22046, 32106
Michael Hathaway [FNGH,
BCH, CI; White Mountain
Hypnosis Center, Madison,
NH] has been practicing hypnosis
since the 1980s, is an
NGH Fellow and a certified
instructor. He is a Board Certified
Past-Life Regression
Therapist, HypnoCoach, and
has a private practice. He is
author of 9 books including The Everything
Hypnosis Book, Everything Lucid Dreaming, &
A Complete Idiot’s Guide to Past Life Regression.
In 2015 he was awarded the Ormond
McGill Chair. . . . . . . .21091, 22026, 310101
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Will Hayes
[CH; Albany Hypnosis Center,
Albany, NY] is a seasoned
professional performer and
newly Certified Hypnotist.
Will is proud that he received
his certification through the
NGH this past July (2016).
He helps clients make positive
changes in their lives
through the Albany Hypnosis Center in Albany,
NY. Will was privileged to have been initially
educated by Dr. Vicky Thomas of California
and is currently actively mentored by Scott
McFall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210114
Lois Hermann [CH, CI, OB;
Amherst Hypnosis Center,
Amherst, NH] is passionate
about empowering clients to
release their past & embrace
new life. A Certified Consulting
Hypnotist, Certified Instructor,
Order of Braid Member
with 23 years’ experience
she is a multi-registered medical
professional with extensive experience in
corporate education and leadership. She
coaches via personal sessions, workshops,
webinars, and presentations . .11122, 12044
Stephanie Ho
[CH, CI; Stephanie & Associates,
New York, NY] is an official
NGH Envoy for China,
Certified Hypnotist and a
Certified Instructor. Due to
demand of her clients wanting
to look young, healthy and
beautiful, she created unique
hypno youth and beauty program
to help many of her clients feel and look
young, healthy and beautiful, uses hypnosis
and NLP to help many people feel and look
younger and beautiful. . . . . . . . . . . . .311214
Timothy Horn
[BCH, CI; Manassas, VA]
owns & operates Hypnoconsult
LLC in Manassas, VA. He
became an NGH Certified
Hypnotist. As a teacher for
20+ years, he enjoys researching
how the conscious &
subconscious minds work
together. Tim has done extensive
work on how patterns are created and
can be modified. He is one of only three
Certified Instructors of the Simpson Protocol in
North America. . . . . . . . . . . . .11027, 120711
Marx Howell
[CH, BS; Round Rock, TX] is
a 32-year veteran of the TX
Department of Public Safety,
a graduate of the FBI National
Academy, holds a BS in criminal
justice, and served in the
US Marine Corp. He is a graduate
of Dr. Reiser’s Law Enforcement
Hypnosis Institute
in L.A., other hypnotism schools and holds an
Investigative Hypnotist Certificate with the TX
Commission on Law Enforcement Standards
and Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . .11033, 22091
David Huffman
[CH; Rochester, NY] was
diagnosed with ADHD at age
seven. He pursued multiple
doctors, therapists and medications
only to find little to no
success. He discovered hypnosis
in 2011 and immediately
achieved great success
with his disorder. He knew
then that he wanted to help others achieve
success the same way he did. He became a
certified hypnotist later that year and now specializes
in using hypnosis for ADHD. . .31023
Susan Iacono
[CH, CI; Indian Shores, FL] is
a 32 year parenting veteran,
clinical hypnotist, coach, and
speaker who enjoys sharing
her parenting, coaching and
hypnotism experiences and
tools with parents in a supportive
& encouraging atmosphere
through workshops,
groups and speaking engagements. By educating
and bringing to consciousness the
basic needs of children, we can raise a generation
of confident, happy, adults. . . . .210112
Alexander Ivlev
[CH; Brooklyn, NY] loves to
help people. Building rapport
with his clients is easy for him.
Being an introvert also helps
him to focus on his clients’
needs. He thinks that every
hypnotist can develop his own
peaceful, optimistic & cheerful
state of mind in order to be
able to build rapport with his/her client.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310110
Doug Jones
[CI, CH; Rochester, NY] is a
Certified Instructor with the
NGH, he has a Masters in
Education and a BS in Biology.
Doug was the shy kid in
school but with hypnosis has
overcome that. He speaks on
a regular basis to schools and
colleges. He talks about hypnosis
to anyone who will listen. He runs a fulltime
hypnotism practice in Rochester, NY
which specializes in weight loss, stress relief
and sports performance. . . . . . . . . . . . .31111
Timothy Jones
[BCH, CI, BMin, FNGH; Trinity
Hypnotherapy, Caledon,
Ontario, Canada] is a Board
Certified Consulting Hypnotist
where his focus is on helping
people take back control of
their lives. As an NGH Instructor,
he teaches advanced
level and specialty techniques
to certified hypnosis professionals. Rev. Tim is
a contributing author with speaker Bob Proctor
in the book, CONCRETE JUNGLE - Survival
Secrets For The Real World. ..21113, 32083
Glenn Kakely
[CH; G.R.O.W.T.H. Personal
Transformation Services, Albany,
NY] has merged his
diverse background in consulting
& training, education,
business, and health & wellness
in pursuit of his higher
vision to create a comprehensive,
inspiring, & self-empowering
Holistic Wellness Practice and creating
books, programs, products, and materials to
best serve ones successful journey into the
power of their inner mind. . . . . . . . . .120706
Adeline Kania
[CH, OB; Transformational
Hypnosis, Haverhill, MA] is a
Holistic Hypnotist, & founder
of “The Alternative Weigh”.
She is an author and sought
after speaker. Addie has been
featured in print, on Boston
radio and on Cable TV. She
has created many hypnosis
CDs on various topics. Her new eBook: Re-
Visioning Weight Release: Stepping into your
“Light” Body has been highly review by her
NGH peers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21051, 320206
William Horton
[CMI, PsyD, CADC; National
Federation Of NLP, Venice,
FL] is a leading NLP trainer, a
licensed psychologist, certified
alcohol/drug counselor,
and master hypnotist. He is
author of Primary Objective,
Neuro-Linguistic Psychology
and Guerrilla Warfare and coauthor
of The Psychology of Sales. His courses
have won acclaim for their easy to understand
format. Learn from the leader in the
field. . . . . . .141, 21115, 31094, 320205, 231
Cristopher Johnson
[BCH, CI; Niagara Falls Hypnosis
Center Inc, Niagara
Falls, NY] has presented educational
talks on topics like
memory and mnemonics to
companies and organizations
across North America, making
him an international entertainer/speaker.
He has earned an
income by incorporating magic and mind reading
into his presentations, guaranteeing his
audiences are captivated. He is the director of
Niagara Falls Hypnosis Center where he sees
20-25 clients/week. . . . .11097, 12117, 21124
Beth Keil
[BCH, RN; Tucson, AZ] is a
Board Certified Hypnotist, Registered
Nurse, certified in
GastroBand Hypnosis , and
a Mind-Set Coach in a fulltime
hypnotism practice since
2004. She has had many success
and wonderful failures all
of which have contributed to
her growth as a consulting hypnotist, businesswoman,
and entrepreneur. She has been
a faculty member of the NGH and convention
presenter since 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11037
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Heddy Keith
[CH, CI; HK Hypnosis LLC,
Milwaukee, WI] earned a
bachelor’s degree in education
from UW-Milwaukee, and
a master’s from Cambridge
College, Cambridge, MA. She
has researched Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder and
worked with veterans who
suffer from it, teaching them meditation and
journaling skills. She tells her personal experience
with PTSD in her healing memoir,
Through it all: The Men I Choose to Love and
the Lessons learned. . . . . . . . . . . . . .310104
Maurice Kershaw
[MA, BCH, FNGH, OB; Canadian
Institute Of Hypnotism,
Cote Saint-Luc, Quebec,
Canada] is a hypnotist & college
professor & has been in
the hypnosis field since 1952,
when he founded the Canadian
Institute of Hypnotism,
a full-service hypnosis center.
He taught full credit courses of NGH since
1952. He is Chairman of the NGH Board
Certification Committee & recipient of the Rexford
L. North Award. . . .11123, 21024, 33092
Dorothy Kerzner
[CH; Danvers, MA] is a certified
hypnotist, yoga teacher
and body worker. She has
developed an Umi character
(nicknames oo-mee) that represents
the inner self. The
program uses hypnosis to
help the client gain flexibility in
mind/body, therapeutic yoga
movement to align the body, breathing and
stretching. She teaches at her hypnosis and
yoga center and North Shore Community
College. . . . . . .11071, 12092, 21071, 31071
Laura Boynton King
[BCH, CI; Summit Hypnosis &
Wellness, Lake Park, FL] is
an experienced hypnotist,
NLP practitioner and Certified
Hypnosis Instructor and life
coach now specializing in
wellness & self-development
programs, sports performance,
overcoming performance
anxiety, peak performance, pain reduction,
increasing memory and concentration,
test anxiety, weight loss and stress management.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123, 12093, 33091
Marcel Klasen
[BCH, CI, OB; Fairfield Wellness
Center, Southport, CT] is
an NGH Board Certified Hypnotist/Certified
Instructor with
over 25 years of experience
as a practitioner and presenter.
He teaches practical hypnotic
methods to create super
fast solutions for many challenges.
He uses the essence of vibrational
healing. He is co-author of Everyday Miracles
In Hypnotherapy and author of the popular
self-help book HEALING It’s Not What You
Think. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11025, 22116, 32084
John Koenig
[BCH, CI; Barrington, RI] is a
Board Certified Hypnotist and
Certified Instructor who has
been in practice since 1998
with offices in Rhode Island
and Southeastern MA. He is
the co-author of The Hypnotic
Coach: Creating a life you
love by combining hypnosis
with personal coaching. His work has been
featured on both NBC and ABC national television.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31033
Jason Kropidlowski
[CH; ROC Hypnosis, Churchville,
NY] was introduced to
hypnosis back in 1987, & has
used it throughout his life. He
is a Certified Consulting Hypnotist,
Certified Sports Hypnotist,
and a member of NGH.
He continues practicing hypnosis,
and discovering many
more important and fulfilling uses for hypnosis.
He has made a career of his passion, and is
dedicated to share the life altering benefits of
hypnosis with others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21021
Tony Kyprios
[CH; Change Your Mind And
Keep It, Toowoomba, Queensland,
Australia] has worked
with both indigenous & nonindigenous
Australian children.
He began his career as
a Transpersonal & Emotional
Release Counselor using expressive
methods. In 2005,
he became a clinical hypnotist and a practitioner
of NLP. Later he went on to attain his
Master Practitioners and Train the Trainer in
NLP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210804, 22023
Dan LaRosa
[CI, OB; Train Your Brain
Institute, Middletown, CT]
became interested in hypnosis
after failing public speaking
twice in college. His selfimprovement
workshops are
presented throughout the US,
the Caribbean, Europe, and
most recently on the aircraft
carrier USS NIMITZ for military personnel
returning from the Persian Gulf. Dan is a master
hypnotist and a Certified Instructor for the
NGH and a proud recipient of the Order of the
Braid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21055, 311204
Leigh Ann Ledbetter
[CH; Atlanta, GA] has had a
diverse career which has
given her training and experience
in mediation, investigation,
teaching and the healing
arts. She has worked extensively
with minority children
and at risk youth in inner city
environments. An NGH Certified
Hypnotist and full-time practitioner, she
conducts workshops with youth and teens in
the use of dreams as tools for creative inspiration
and problem solving. . . . .210804, 22023
Cynthia Lindner
[CH; Advanced Hypnotherapy,
Jefferson, NY] earned
her NGH certification in 1984,
is an NLP Trainer and is a frequent
speaker at the convention
and the LI Chapter of
NGH. She has a successful
practice and helps people
through the effective application
of hypnosis & NLP. She launched a video
production company specializing in the small
media format and has helped many by producing
successful videos. . . . . . . . . . .31032
Jason Linett
[BCH, CI; Virginia Hypnosis,
Alexandria, VA] is the President
of the Northern VA NGH
Chapter, a Board Certified
Hypnotist, Trainer, Master
NLP Practitioner, Entrepreneur,
and host of the Work
Smart Hypnosis podcast. He
was honored with the 2013
Ormond McGill Chair. He has been featured
on CNN, FOX, CBS, and The Travel Channel,
and he has been the subject of dozens of
newspaper articles. . .210803, 31086, 32107
Nancy Klase
[CH, CI; Mindfield Hypnotherapy
Center, Wilmington, NC]
is a Certified Hypnotist and a
Certified Instructor with the
NGH. She is a Licensed Spiritual
Counselor and a Reiki
Practitioner. Nancy founded
Mindfield Hypnotherapy Center
where she continues a fulltime
practice. Nancy has a professional background
in human resources. She is dedicated
to helping people resolve their issues and find
their inner strengths. . . . . . .210106, 320208
Ed Lane
[BCH, CI; A New You Center
for Hypnosis, Dover, NH]
received his NGH Certification
in 2003 and became
Board Certified in 2007. He
took his practice to full-time in
2005 & specializes in smoking
cessation, weight reduction,
pain and stress management,
sleep issues and fertility. Ed has worked with
the medical community to complement traditional
medical treatments. . . . . . . . . .210104
Roxanne Louise
[CH, OB, BA; Unlimited Potential,
Faber, VA] is a Hypnotist,
Reiki Master, & Dowser,
who has received 5
national awards including the
Order of Braid from NGH. She
divides her time between private
practice, teaching, and
writing several books. She is
known for her ability to integrate multiple
modalities for a powerful effect that enables
profound healing not possible with one modality
alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11035, 22043
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Patricia MacIsaac
[FNGH, BCH, CMI, OB, RN;
South Shore Hypnosis Center,
Hingham, MA] brings over
20 years of nursing experience
to her successful practice.
She is a master hypnotist
and Certified Instructor. She
teaches the NGH Certification
Course at the NGH Convention.
A recipient of the NGH Instructor of
the Year & various awards, she has been a
presenter at the NGH Convention for years.
She is on the NGH Advisory Board. . . . .152
Craig Mackay
[CH, CI; Astoria, NY] is an
NGH Certified Hypnotist and
Instructor with his own fulltime
practice in New York.
Since moving to the US from
his Native Scotland he has
found his passion in helping
his clients reach their goals
and overcome challenges.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311201
Robert Martel
[BCH; Positive Results Hypnosis,
Sterling, MA] is a
Consulting Hypnotist. He is
president of the NGH Commonwealth
Chapter, serving
eastern and central MA. Over
the past 4 years in practice,
and for the past 23 as a marketing
consultant, Bob has
used the 16 core desires to help clients
achieve remarkable results in their change
work. He has developed a unique approach to
client centered success. . . . .210810, 21041
Brenda Martin
[CH; Lowell, MA] has been a
Consulting Hypnotist for 6
years. She is trained in pediatric
hypnosis and is certified
in pain management. She is
also a certified NLP Master
Practitioner and a QS60, Quit
Smoking specialist. She has
a passion for working with
people. She brings passion into the hypnotic
experience with the clients. She has been
working with her husband on various Meetup
workshops on hypnosis and NLP. . . . .23081
Monica Marusceac
[BCH; MacLean, VA] as a
Board Certified Hypnotist in a
private practice, helps clients
by using hypnosis to reframe
painful past experiences,
release subconscious emotional
blocks, and forecast
themselves into a future of
abundant success in every
sense of the word. In addition to helping people
with classic problems such as quitting
smoking, losing weight, she helps people mitigate
their suffering from chronic pain and
migraines and more. . . . . . .110105, 120703
Illya Mashalidis
[CH; Hypnosis for Relief,
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada]
graduated with an MBA
and an Engineering degree in
computers. Over the last 20
years he owned & ran a software
company that designed
& developed enterprise wide
custom software. His interest
in hypnosis started as a 12 year old in Greece,
when he found a book on self-hypnosis and
tried it. He became more serious with hypnosis
and got his NGH certification. . . . .310111
Janice Matturro
[CH, CI; The Inner Workshop,
Eastchester, NY] is an NGH
Certified Consulting Hypnotist
and Certified Instructor. More
recently, she has pursued
independent study in the field
of dreams and is a Certified
Dream Teacher. In 2006, she
was awarded a PhD in the
alternative field of studies: World Religions,
Psychic and Spiritual Sciences and Pastoral
Studies in Therapeutic Counseling and Interfaith
Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . .11111, 12026
Fredric Mau
[BCH, CI; Watermark Personal
Improvements, LLC, Columbia,
SC] is an internationally
recognized hypnosis expert,
speaker, & author who is
known for his careful research.
As a practicing hypnotist,
and Licensed Professional
Counselor, he typically sees
25 to 30 clients a week. He has spoken to a
variety of audiences, including physicians,
dentists and counselors on uses of hypnosis
in their fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11043, 22093
Tricia Meister
[BCH, CI; Hamilton, Waikato,
New Zealand] is a Board
Certified Hypnotist, with more
than 25 years’ experience.
She has found a growing
number of clients, particularly
from the corporate world who
harbor resentment. Holding
on to past hurts leads to a
lack of confidence, and impairs personal
growth and physical health and well-being.
Learning to move past these issues empowers
clients to change their thinking & their outcomes,
leading to positive success. . . .11101
Robert Merlin
[CH, CI; Greensboro, NC]
has been in full-time private
practice for over 5 years. He
has built his practice from
scratch into a thriving business.
He is a certified Past
Life Regressionist and Life
Between Lives Therapist. He
has done hundreds of Past
Lives and Life Between Lives sessions during
his years in practice. He also teaches additional
seminars and workshops on the subjects
every year. . . . . . . . . . . .21025, 310112
Andria Michele
[CH, CI; Lead, SD] has
owned 2 hypnosis businesses
in 2 different states, selling
her last business to a student
a few years ago. She now
consults and partners with
hypnosis businesses, trains
hypnotists in her special “immersion
method”, and does
hypnosis coaching full-time. Her passion is
helping turn part-time hypnosis businesses
into full-time practices that support the hypnotist
and the community s/he serves. . .210113
Chuck Mignosa
[CH; The Way Out is In, San
Jose, CA] is a Certified
Hypnotist, Reiki Sensei, NLP
Master Practitioner. He has
lectured & performed around
the world with Ormond Mc-
Gill. He teaches both the art
and science of hypnotism &
magic. He is a member of the
NGH, the Academy of Magical Arts, the
Psychic Entertainers Association, the International
Brotherhood of Magicians.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110103, 32086, 311209
Kevin Martin
[CH; Positive Effects, LLC,
Lowell, MA] is an author,
speaker, hypnotist, and NLP
master practitioner. He has
mentored & coached individuals
and groups, helping them
achieve their goals in both
their professional and personal
lives. He has been delivering
a variety of workshops for his hypnosis
and NLP Meetup groups for several years,
while maintaining a growing consulting hypnotism
business. . . . . . . . . . . . . .11032, 23081
Scott McFall
[DCH, CH, LMT; Christian
Hypnosis Association and
Christian Hypnosis Connection,
Cape Coral, FL] is the
founder of the Dakota Hypnosis
chain of hypnosis centers.
He is an international
hypnosis advocate with students
and product sales
worldwide. A veteran of hypnosis practice,
Scott currently teaches hypnosis, tours as a
stage hypnotist, and enjoys corporate speaking
on achievement. . . . . . . .210101, 320210
Ulrike Milner
[CH; Bad Oeynhausen, Germany]
has been in practice
for 10 years. She is a registered
German naturopathic
doctor, a Certified Hypnotist,
NLP Master Trainer, NGH
Certified Instructor, Hypno-
Coach and Power Mentor. In
January 2017, she will open
her education center which provides seminars
and workshops for companies, business and
individuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31083
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Maggie Minsk
[CH, CI; Raleigh, NC] is a
Certified Instructor & Consulting
Hypnotist, Licensed Professional
Counselor in NC, a
nationally Certified Counselor,
a Certified Clinical Trauma
Professional, and a Certified
Clinical Military Counselor.
She has been a certified hypnotist
since 2006 and also teaches hypnosis
certification and mindfulness classes and has
her own private practice in Wake Forest, NC.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21031
Helen Mitas
[CH; Bulleen, Victoria, Australia]
is a leading Clinical Hypnotist
with a thriving clinic in
Melbourne, Australia, a published
author of the book
Mindset Dominance, international
speaker, business mentor
and respected leader in
her field. Helen is dedicated
to raising the standard of hypnosis globally so
that hypnotists are valued, respected and
compensated for the amazing life changing
work that they do. . . . . . . . . . . .11095, 12027
William Mitchell
[CI, BCH; Springfield, IL] is
the founder of Personal Motivation
Hypnosis Clinics with
a focus on Weight Control
and Smoking Cessation, and
the Mitchell Institute of Professional
Hypnosis where he
teaches as a Certified Instructor
for the NGH. He was honored
with the 2009 NGH Religion & Hypnotism
Award. He also performs as a stage hypnotist
for schools, universities, fairs, and corporations.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .11102, 110111, 22095
Johnny Moran
[CH; Dun Laoighre, Dublin,
Ireland] is a Clinical Hypnotist
holding a honors master degree
in Integrative & Humanist
Psychotherapy positions.
He views hypnosis through
the lens of a range of psychotherapies
and specifically
what makes for successful
hypnosis. His background in the business
world was as a CPA, registered public auditor,
business consultant, including owner of a
number of commercial businesses. . . .31102
Michael Myers
[CH, CI; Palm Desert, CA] is
trained in developing and
delivering training for business.
He has been a hypnotist
for 19 years. He is a
Certified Instructor by NGH.
He has been practicing daily
meditation for 43 years taking
many courses. He has created
and facilitates HypnoMeditaton, self-hypnosis
as a meditative technique to discover
your greatness. He has HypnoMeditation
classes on a weekly basis and teaches this to
each client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11053
Suzi Nance
[CH, CI; Newport Center for
Hypnotherapy, Newport, RI] is
both a Certified Hypnotist and
a Certified Hypnosis Instructor
with the National Guild of
Hypnotists, a motivational &
inspirational speaker. She is
president of Capitol Realty
Company, a leading real
estate firm in Newport RI, she has held that
position for the past 20 years. . . . . . . .21126
Andrew Neblett
[CH; Integrative Natural Wellness
Associates, Ridgefield,
CT] is a Certified Hypnotist,
author, instructor, energy kinesiologist,
TBM practitioner,
metaphysician, herbalist and
a natural health consultant.
He also practices aromatherapy,
reflexology, EFT and iridology.
He has created two wellness modalities,
Octoenergetics & Psychosomatic Kinesiology.
He teaches seminars and workshops in the
USA and Europe. . . . . . . . . . .210107, 32108
Deborah Nettles
[CH; Albany, NY]
is the founder and director of
Albany Hypnosis Center in
Albany, NY. Deborah works
with 55–60 clients each week,
helping them to make positive
changes in their lives in a fun,
safe environment. Not only
does she enjoy working with
clients, Deborah is also active in delivering
corporate seminars and stage shows.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210114
Jason O'Callaghan
[CI; Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland]
is an award winning
Irish psychologist and hypnotist,
who has spent the past
ten years studying the ancient
and mystical art of hypnosis.
He was named on the college
honor roll of for his research
into the effects of hypnosis on
cancer patients to help them reduce stress
and anxiety. He trained in CBT and counseling,
and volunteered for over 4 years in the
mental health sector to better understand the
workings of the human mind. . . . . . . . .12094
Angella Ocheltree
[CH; Right Path Hypnosis,
Marietta, GA] is certified
through the NGH. Her education
includes Neuro-Linguistic
Programming, and specialty
certifications in Education,
Weight Loss, Moving Through
Illness, Sports Performance,
Golf Specialist, and she is
now working on Pain Management certification.
She speaks to groups and organizations
about the importance of mental, physical, and
emotional health. . . . . . . . . . .210807, 23021
Ina Oostrom
[CH; Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant,
Netherlands] is currently
working and living in both
the Netherlands and Kenya
and has international experience
in working with hypnosis
and teaching in different cultures.
She has met with ministers
& government officials,
giving presentations on entrepreneurship, networking
and culture. She has dedicate her
time to hypnosis for training, product development
& individual sessions. . . .11031, 22114
Boris Opancha
[BCH; HypnosisOnTheNet,
Brooklyn, NY] has been in the
field of hypnotism since 1999.
He became Board Certified
by the NGH in 2002. His practical
knowledge in this subject
is from personal experience.
In 2005, he received training
in Polysomnography technology
and 2007 passed the exam and became
a Registered Polysomnography Technologist
& is employed at New York University’s sleep
disorder center. . . .110106, 120708, 310102
Don Mottin
[BCH, CI, FNGH, OB; Weirsdale,
FL] opened his first
office in 1980. He has hypnotized
over 44,000 people and
has the practical experience
in every phase of hypnosis.
He is the only hypnotist to be
named Educator of the year 3
times: 1993, 1996, 2000. In
1994, he received the Ormond McGill chair. In
1997, he received the Rexford L. North Award.
In 1998, Don received the Charles Tebbetts
Award. . . . . . . . . . .151, 11112, 12022, 21104
Thomas Nicoli
[BCH, CI, OB; A Better You
Hypnosis, Woburn, MA] is the
author of A Better You by
Hypnosis and Thinking Thin –
The Truth About Weight Loss.
He was involved in Dateline
NBC’s Ultimate Weight Loss
Challenge as one of the most
successful parts of the study.
The success of his programs has been featured
on national & local television, radio and
print publications. He has received numerous
awards from the NGH. . . .112, 12115, 21036
Wendy Packer
[CH, CI, OB, RN; New Rochelle,
NY] is the co-founder of
HypnoticBeauty.com. Wendy
assists both adults and children
in her home-based hypnotism
practice in New Rochelle,
NY. Wendy prides herself
in keeping up to the
minute referencing supportive
scientific research showcasing the mindbody
connection. All of her clients are taught
the NGH Simple 3 Step Process of Self-
Hypnosis. . . . . . . 11022, 22115, 31114, 224
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Convention Faculty
Nicholas Pallesen
[BCH, Whole Artist Hypnosis,
Dumfries, VA] is a Board
Certified Hypnotist & Certified
Laughter Yoga Leader who
balances a full schedule of
clients with an international
performing career in opera.
Recent & upcoming performances
include the Metropolitan
Opera, the English National Opera (UK),
and Cologne Opera (Germany). His greatest
joy comes from making change fun and helping
other artists get out of their own way, both
on stage and off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21026
Karen Paolino Correia
[CH; Heaven On Earth, Pembroke,
MA] is NGH Certified
Hypnotist, a Certified Past
Life Regressionist and she is
certified as an Angel Therapy
Practitioner. She developed
Soul Entrainment to help
clients access the wisdom of
their soul to heal and manifest
their heart’s desires. She is the author of 3
books, What Would Love Do?, The Everything
Guide to Angels and 101 Ways to Meet Your
Angels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110112, 21096, 225
Robert Pargament
[CH; The Westchester Hypnosis
Center, Harrison, NY]
has been using mind entrainment
machines for more than
20 years. It was the use of
these machines that motivated
him to learn hypnosis. He
has studied their history & effectiveness.
He is a CH, NLP
Practitioner & learned Pediatric Hypnosis &
Medical Hypnosis. He’s appeared on ABC TV,
NPR, profiled in The Best of Westchester
Magazine and many other media. . . . .31103
Lee Pascoe
[BCH, CI, FNGH, OB; Mind
Boost Ltd, Dereham, Norfolk,
UK] is an Australian in Europe
lecturing worldwide. Trained
in psychology, drama & languages,
she was lecturer for
the Australian Government.
As a Certified Instructor, she
has helped train hundreds of
hypnotists and translated the Guild material
into French. She appeared as cover story
Sept 2000 Journal and was awarded Order of
Braid in 2008. . . . . . . . .11094, 12113, 31095
Frank Platzek
[CH; Saint-Malo, Bretagne,
France] began by practicing
hypnosis through sport as a
high-level sportsman. At the
end of the 2000’s, he began to
teach Ericksonian Hypnosis &
NLP, at the Psynapse Institute
to technician level & teacher
level with specializations in
gastric band, smoking, weight, spiritual hypnosis
and symbolic. He does many conferences
to people on brevess therapies and he’s the
president of the French Federation Hypnosis
and Breve Therapies. . . . . . . . . . . . . .311205
Lucy Portlock
[CH; St. John, USVI] was certified
by the NGH in 1995 and
has been a member for 17
years. She lives in St. John,
US Virgin Islands and has a
general practice there. She
has recently been certified as
a “Spiritual Regressionist (Life
Between Lives)” by Michael
Newton. She trained at the Guild as well as
with Jerry Kein & Henry Bolduc for advanced
hypnosis work and past life regression.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11024, 21023, 32104
Marcia Proctor
[CH; Marcia Proctor Hypnotherapy,
Germantown, MD] is
a hypnotist in the metropolitan
Washington, DC area and has
over 20 years’ experience in
practicing hypnosis to help
clients with a variety of issues,
& often specializes in Smoking
Cessation. She maintains
a private practice, and conducts certification
training classes. She has taught at local
Maryland colleges, and runs her own school.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21045
David Quigley
[CH; Alchemy Institute Of
Hypnosis, Santa Rosa, CA] is
the author of the popular textbook
Alchemical Hypnotherapy
& his new book Alchemy
of Healing. Having used hypnosis
to recover from rheumatoid
arthritis, he has devoted
his life to bring this healing
work to others. He has extensive training in
Gestalt, primal therapy, group process and
Jungian psychology as well as in Ericksonian
and NLP. . . . . . . . .124, 210108, 32087, 226
Michael Raugh
[BCH; Second Trances Hypnosis,
Laurel, MD] has over
12 years experience in working
with clients and teaching
professional hypnotism and
NLP. As a self-described hypnosis
geek, he collects interesting
techniques from hypnosis,
NLP, improv, and other
sources that bring something extra to the hypnotic
process, then shares them with others
through his classes and lectures.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21116, 311210
Claude Andre Ribaux
[CH; GO Claude Ribaux and
Ribaux & Partner, Zuerich,
Switzerland] initiated his own
training organization in 1991
and started work as a fulltime
coach and therapist in
1999. His experience was
used in many Asian countries
such as Bangladesh, India,
Pakistan, Nepal, Vietnam, Mongolia, Sri
Lanka. Today he runs his own coaching and
training organization in Switzerland, teaches
active-alert hypnosis. . . . . . . .11117, 120709
Eric Richmond
[BCH, CI; El Paso, TX] is a
Board Certified Hypnotist and
Certified Instructor with the
NGH. He is a Certified Registered
Nurse Anesthetist, EFT
Practitioner, & Reiki Master.
Eric has been doing metaphysical
related hypnosis for
years. He has multiple certifications
in past life regressions, and other
metaphysical topics. He is a regular visitor to
Sedona, AZ and is a regular speaker at seminars
and events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310103
Ken-Adi Ring
[CH, CI; Madison, WI] is
member of NGH; Hypnotist
since 2003, Certified Instructor
since 2010; Owner/CEO
Tri-Unity Wellife Associates,
Ring is certified yoga/meditation
instructor, Licensed Massage
Therapist and Instructor.
Trained and taught Yoga and
Meditation starting with Kundalini, Kriya and
Tantric 1974, Hatha Yoga Teachers Training
Certificate, Beh Ram, Rockford, IL, (1984).
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210811, 311211
Patricia Pearson
[CI, CH; Harbor Center Hypnosis,
Rochester Hills, MI] is
an entertaining speaker, NGH
Certified Hypnotist & Instructor.
She is a Certified Cognitive/Behavioral
Therapist &
Mental Health Educator. She
is Licensed Michigan Master’s
level Psychologist and in private
practice since 1986. Her mix of hypnosis
and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies have
manifested rapid change and joy in her clients’
lives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11107, 12046
Paul Ramsay
[BCH, CI; Loudon, NH] has
used YouTube, Facebook,
Twitter, and other new media
forms to generate followers
from all over the world. He
has been interviewed by people
in the US, England, Italy,
and Australia because of his
ability to create content about
hypnosis that people find engaging. Paul selfpublished
a reality web series in 2013, and
continues to produce content on multiple platforms
in support of his brand. . . . . . .310113
Marc Sacco
[CH, RN, CI; New Fairfield,
CT] is an NGH Certified Consulting
Hypnotist, a RN in the
emergency department at
Danbury Hospital’s Level II
Trauma Center, and one of
the owners and founders of
The Patient Whisperers. He
has been involved in emergency
management for over 25 years. He is
on a mission to teach the advantages of integrating
complementary medicine into the
practice of modern medicine. .31093, 320201
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Benefit from the experience and
knowledge of these outstanding experts
Rick Saruna
[CI, CH; Body & Mind Natural
Health, Windsor, Ontario,
Canada] is a hypnotist, lecturer
and trainer. He runs a very
busy clinical practice where
he sees on average 20 to 25
clients a day. He has developed
many unique processes
that work with all clinical
issues most hypnotists will see and experience.
He has developed a process called
“Thought Shifting” that eliminates negative
inner voices in a step-by-step easy process.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110107, 120705
Robert Saviola
[CH; Treasure Island, FL] is a
world class hypnotist who
owns one of the most successful
hypnosis offices in the
country. Buffalo Hypnosis has
been located in the same
medical office for over 12
years. He works closely with
the medical community while
receiving countless medical referrals and
endorsements. He performs presentations to
practitioners & the general public at a Buffalo
NY area hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21046
Amye Scharlau
[CH, CI; Saint Paul, MN] is an
Certified Consulting Hypnotist
& Certified Instructor by NGH
with over 15 years of success
on both the stage and her
office in Saint Paul, MN. She
holds two degrees from the
University of Saint Catherine’s.
Amye presents lectures
and demonstrations to corporate clients and
schools around the country. She has performed
hundreds of comedy hypnosis shows
from coast to coast. . . . . . . . . .11092, 12111
Elana Schondorf
[LCSW, CH; L.I. Institute Of
Hypnosis & NLP, West Hempstead,
NY] is a social worker
and NLP trainer. She utilizes a
unique blend of therapy and
incorporates elements of conventional
psychotherapy, traditional
and Eriksonian hypnosis,
NLP, therapeutic touch,
and hypnodrama. NLP is used in her practice,
both in and out of trance, to facilitate changes
quickly, easily and effortlessly for her clients.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110104, 311202
Taylor Sherman
[CH, CI; Rockville, MD] has
been a hypnotist in practice
since 2005. He is the coauthor
of Tranced Out: The
World’s First Instant and Rapid
Inductions Home Study
Course. In the Washington,
DC Metro Area, Taylor is the
co-owner of the Washington
DC Hypnosis Center. His expertise in innovative
hypnotic techniques and language patterns
comes from years of working with clients
in his private practice. . . . . . .110110, 22042
Billy Shilling
[CI, CH, OB; Mind Works Of
Alexandria, Alexandria, VA] is
a retired US Navy Captain
with over 2 decades of service
in submarines & special
operations; he has led multidisciplinary
research efforts &
projects and authored books
& studies on submarine tactics
and operations. He has degrees in chemistry,
physiology and psychology which are
integral to understanding bio-psychosocial
theories of hypnosis. .21112, 21033, 320203
Lisa Sigsworth
[CH, RN; Covington, LA] has
spent over 26 years in the
field of hospice. She is a
Certified Hypnotist & has spoken
at the Louisiana Mississippi
Hospice and Palliative
Care Organization on the use
of hypnosis in Hospice. She is
the author of the book Crossing
Over: Your Guide to Dying with Dignity.
She has studied in India under the Lamas in
Dharmsala & Bir & was blessed to have studied
with the Dalai Lama while there. . .31031
Denise M. Simpson
[CH; Courageous Heart Living,
Derry, NH] is an expert
coach in money mind-set creating
breakthroughs in confidence,
courage and charisma
enabling clients to proliferate
their income, take bold action,
and improve health, relationships.
With years of leadership,
award-winning training, outstanding
results as one of the world’s first Evolutionary
Meditation Facilitators, she is an accomplished
coach, speaker and author. . . .21056
Annelle Soponis
[BCH, CI; Reading, PA] has a
PhD in biology and taught
college level human anatomy
and physiology for 20 years.
She was trained in hypnosis
and NLP in 2010 by Charlie &
Nancy Curtis. She received
further NGH training from Cal
and Maureen Banyan, Devin
Hastings, Don Mottin, and Richard Harte. A
Reiki Master, she specializes in pain management
following Ron Eslinger’s protocol.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110114, 120710
Barbara Swanwick
[BCH, CI, OB;
Port Washington, NY] has
been practicing hypnosis for
23 years, achieving success
in all areas. Hypnosis can
help you achieve your goals
and overcome obstacles in
your life. She trained as
Rubenfeld Synergist by Ilana
Rubenfeld, prior to becoming a hypnotist. She
has incorporated these techniques into her
regular practice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311212
Roy Thaller
[CH; Vancouver, BC, Canada]
has been a Consulting Hypnotist
with NGH since 2011.
He has other certifications in
hypnosis from The Australian
Academy of Hypnosis & American
School of Hypnosis. He
holds a BSc and MSc from
the University of British Columbia.
He also has a FBA, MBA, and PhD
from several private universities. He teachers
Awakening Dynamics, a new spiritual & metaphysical
healing system. . . . . .21034, 31084
Vicky Thomas [CH; Rev It
Up! Hypnosis Centers, Palmdale,
CA] holds trainer certificates
from the NGH. This has
allowed her corporate outreach
program to open to
speaking engagements, corporate
stress relief, weight
loss, and smoking cessation
programs. Her medical outreach
programs have focused on pain management,
weight management, and pre and
post surgical programs. . . . . . . . . . . . .11115
Ariel Sherker
[CH, CI; Montreal, Quebec,
Canada] is a highly trained
Certified Hypnotist with NGH,
a Certified Instructor of hypnosis
as well as a motivational
speaker. Ariel has explored
the globe mastering the art of
holistic health, nutrition and
mind/body medicine. She applies
hypnosis to guide clients onto a path of
success and help them to develop their mind
with the aspiration to simplify their journey.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11126, 12023
Magen Slesinger
[CH, BS; Waltham, MA] is the
Coordinator of Fine, Applied,
& Performing Arts for Watertown
Public Schools. Magen
became a Certified McClosky
Vocal Technician in 2004. She
has given lectures & demonstrations
of the technique to
teachers & musicians, teaches
voice lessons, works with people with vocal
health troubles and uses it with her chorus of
young singers to encourage healthy & beautiful
vocal production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31034
Melissa Tiers
[CH, CI; The Center For Integrative
Hypnosis, New York,
NY] is an award winning presenter,
author, and international
trainer with a private
practice in New York City.
She is a 2 time winner of the
Pen and Quill Award for her
books Integrative Hypnosis: A
Comprehensive Course in Change & Keeping
the Brain in Mind: Practical Neuroscience for
Coaches, Therapists & Hypnosis Practitioners.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125, 11026, 22112
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Your 2017 NGH
Convention Faculty
Myles Timmins
[BCH, CI, OB; Attitudes &
Images, Las Vegas, NV] is a
multi-year presenter, has
been a Certified Instructor for
over 13 years and had his
own practice in Las Vegas for
years, has specialized on
working with sales people
and young people for stress
and motivation. Has been Chairman of the Las
Vegas Chapter of The NGH and received the
Order of Braid. . . . . . . .12097, 11034, 22096
Tommy Vee
[CH, CI; Tommy Vee Productions/Valley
Hypnosis, North
Salem, NH], certified in 1989,
operates Valley Hypnosis with
founder Jerry Valley. He is an
accomplished stage hypnotist
performing throughout the US
& Canada. He stays busy with
both clinical & stage hypnosis.
His hypnosis shows have been featured at
the NGH Convention many times. He uses his
stage presentations to attract new clients to
his office. . . . . . .131, 11114, 22097, 310105
Roger Woods
[CH, RN; Danbury, CT] is a
NGH Certified Consulting
Hypnotist, a RN in the emergency
department at Danbury
Hospital’s Level II Trauma
Center, and one of the owners
& founders of the Patient
Whisperers. Roger has held
many roles throughout his
nursing career. He is on a mission to teach
about the advantages of integrating complementary
medicine into the current practice of
modern medicine. . . . . . . . . .31093, 320201
Brenda Titus
[BCH; Healing Path Hypnosis,
Santa Ana, CA] is passionate
about helping people
of all age groups transform
their lives with hypnosis. She
worked for 15 years in the
Rape Crisis field, where she
specialized in working with
teen victims of sexual assault
and abuse, and where she trained others on
how to work with this age group. Brenda is a
co-host on Cal Banyan’s Hypnosis, Etc.
Podcast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11042, 22118
Selena Valentine
[CH, CI; New York, NY], has
assisted people in discovering
their own creative mind
powers for personal growth
and abundance since 2008.
She is NGH Certified Hypnotist
and Instructor, a member
of the NGH, a Certified Life
Coach, an EFT Practitioner
and is NLP Certified. Her work has been featured
in the NY Post, WPIX Channel 11, the
Fox Channel and other TV and radio programs.
. . . . . . . . . .110109, 210808, 310114
Jerry Valley
[CH; Valley Hypnosis, Inc.,
Methuen, MA] has had, with
over 40 years as a stage hypnotist,
the opportunity to appear
all over the world as one
of the finest entertainers in
show business today. He was
the recipient of the President’s
Award by the NGH. In
1994, WWW presented him with the first-ever
award for Excellence in Stage Hypnosis. He
has received the NGH Research Award & the
Rexford L. North Award. . .131, 11114, 22097
Rhonda Waters
[CH; Mutare Hypnosis, LLC,
Boston, MA] was NGH Board
Certified in 2016, has a PhD
in Organizational Development
from the Union Institute
& University and a MEd from
Cambridge College. She is
President of Mutare Group –
a consulting agency based in
Boston with clients across USA & Canada.
She specializes in changing corporate production
and morale using innovative and energizing
speaking presentations & training. .31104
Roger Willard
[CH; Conestoga, PA] has
been a licensed private detective.
He has had 2 books
published and has appeared
on national television to discuss
his expertise in the field
of investigation. He was able
to have himself written about
in newspapers all across the
country. He has been interviewed by radio stations
in both the US & Canada. In 2005, he
began accepting clients who wanted to make
change with hypnosis. . . . . . . .11093, 12112
Hansruedi Wipf
[BCH; HYPNOSE.net/OMNI
Hypnosis Training Center,
Zurich, Switzerland] has been
involved in hypnosis for more
than 25 years and since 2007
runs the OMNI Hypnosis
Training Center in Switzerland,
teaching hypnosis as
well as working with clients
seeking his help. His knowledge and passion
for instant inductions has become his trademark.
He uses instant and rapid inductions in
his office every day. . . . . .21122, 22041, 211
Margaret Worthington
[CI, BCH; Westmont, NJ] has
over the span of 20 years
studied hypnosis and the
subconscious mind. People
fascinate her, which is why
she has a psychology background
& a thriving hypnotism
practice where she encounters
secondary gain everyday
and has dealt successfully with it. She gets
many amazingly, challenging clients referred
from the State Drug and Alcohol Program in
her building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110113, 21053
Deborah Yaffee
[CH, CI; Shelburne Falls, MA]
is an NGH Certified Consulting
Hypnotist and Certified
Instructor. She is a Veriditas
Certified Labyrinth Facilitator,
Reiki Master Teacher, Nutritionist
& Senior Trainer with
Tai Chi for Health Institute.
She is The Planet Whisperer ®
and creator of Liberation Astrology ® . Her specialty
is in integrating her various trainings to
provide clients with a total mind-body-spirit
approach. . . . . . . . . . .21022, 31085, 320209
Birgit Zottmann
[Bad Vilbel, Germany] is a
Certified Hypnotist & Hypnosis
Instructor. She is trained
as a MBSR (Mindful Based
Stress Reduction) teacher in
the Center of Mindfulness of
the University of Massachusetts
Medical School, the
University of Jon Kabat-Zinn.
She has been practicing hypnosis for more
than 16 years in Frankfurt and New York. Her
knowledge and compassion for change
processes is her brand. . . . . . . . . . . . .31112
Ernest VanDenBossche
[BCH, CI; HypnoWave Hypnosis
Training Center, Fairfield,
ME] is an NGH Certified
Instructor, hypnotist in private
practice at Wavelengths Hypnotherapy,
hypnotist with In
Spite of Life Hypnosis Shows,
President of NGH Central ME
Chapter, Member NFH #104
Union, Registered Counselor with the State of
Maine, health care, public and business
speaker and teacher, Reiki Master, Spiritual
Medium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21042, 32105
VISIT THE NGH
CONVENTION BOOKSTORE!
Each year participants tell us one of
the things they like best about the
NGH Convention is the chance to purchase
the books, audios and videos of
our featured speakers. You will be
able to choose from a wide assortment
of books, audios and videos not easily
found elsewhere.
“This convention is amazingly
effective for the professional that
is looking to expand their practice.
Lots of information and direction,
chocked full of information.”
—Brenda Martin, Lowell, MA
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National Guild of Hypnotists ACHIEVEMENTS AND SO MANY “FIRSTS”
Leading the Way, Setting the Standards
PUBLICATIONS
Established the first full edition magazine, The Journal of Hypnotism ® , to serve practicing professional hypnotists (started 1951 with Dr.
Rexford L. North, Editor/Publisher, with contributing editors Harry Arons, Dwight Damon, and Bernard Yanover; continuing today as the premier
publication for the profession).
Launched the Hypno-Gram ® in 1987 as a timely 4-page newsletter, which has evolved into the current 24+ pages with columnists and guest
articles. (Dr. Dwight Damon, Editor).
Began Hypnosis Today in 1999 - our magazine for consumers was launched. (Dr. Dwight Damon, Editor/Publisher).
Publications that have merged with NGH publications are: Hypnotism (est.1956-merged 1986), Hypnotic Education Bulletin, (est.1942-
merged1990), HEC International Newsletter (est.1963-merged 1990), DEEPENING (est.1983-merged 1997).
SEMINARS
Initiated a series of East Coast seminars in 1987 for professional hypnotists, (first with Ormond McGill and Arnold Furst) which today are
offered nationwide.
OUTREACH
Assisted start-up of the Philippine Hypnodontic Society.
NGH helped charter and contributed seed money to Council of Professional Hypnosis Organizations (COPHO).
Three Spanish-language instructional videos were recorded for NGH by Jacob Bimblich. A Spanish-language version of Henry Bolduc’s
book Auto Hipnosis - Creando tu Propio Destino translated by Angelina Ahumada was published by NGH. Numerous Spanish-language
CD’s and books by leading hypnotists such as Reny Varas.
CERTIFICATION TRAINING
1990 First professional hypnotism organization to require 15 hours of continuing education hours for active certification status.
1991 Train the Trainers Program launched.
1991 Core curriculum launched - Minimum number of training hours for Certified Hypnotists raised to equivalent of two college semesters:
100 hours (70 hours in class plus 30 hours independent study).
1991 Forensic Hypnosis - developed by George Baranowski, CI, FNGH.
1992 NGH continuing-education workshop program for NGH members developed and initiated by Don Mottin, DNGH.
1995 CH (Certified Hypnotherapist) designation replaces Rhy (Registered Hypnotherapist).
1998 NGH Certification Board created to improve professionalism of practitioners.
1998 Pediatric Hypnotism - developed by Don Mottin, CI, DNGH.
1999 NGH Certification course accepted at Medgar Evers College - City University of New York with Ed Hightower, CI.
1999 Emergency Hypnotism - developed by Don Mottin, CI, DNGH.
1999 Complementary Medical Hypnotism - developed by Rev. C. Scot Giles, CI, FNGH.
2000 NGH core curriculum has been translated into: Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Indonesia, Spanish, Polish, and Japanese.
2003 Sports Hypnotism - developed by Bob Reese, CH.
2003 Clinical Hypnotism (12-month curriculum) developed by Don Mottin, CI, DNGH.
2004 Hypno-Coaching developed by Lisa Halpin, CI, BCH.
ANNUAL CONVENTIONS & EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES/EXHIBITIONS
1988 – Danvers, Massachusetts.
1989 – New York City, New York.
1990-2004 – Nashua, New Hampshire.
2005-present – Marlborough, Massachusetts.
1999-present - Solid Gold Weekend - West Coast.
RECOGNITIONS
1989 August 18 proclaimed NGH Day in New York City by Mayor David Dinkins.
1993 NGH honored by the 103rd Congress of the United States with a tribute published in the Congressional Record.
1990 - 2004 National Guild of Hypnotists Week proclamations by successive governors of New Hampshire.
1990 - 2004 Declarations and Resolutions by NH Senate and House of Representatives.
2005-2011 National Guild of Hypnotists Day proclamations by successive Mayors of the City of Marlborough, MA.
1986 - 2004 Partial list of media which featured NGH: Readers Digest Family Guide to Natural Medicine; Grolier Book of Knowledge;
Bottom Line; Personal; Business Week; Consumer Reports; Redbook; Women’s Week; Woman’s Health; Newsweek; Astra Opua (Greece);
NY Times; PBS TV; TV’s 20/20; Dateline shows; British Royal Free & University College Medical School CD-ROM.
2008 The Wall Street Journal ® Personal Finance page featured an article and interview with Jacob Bimblich re: “A Hypnotic Answer to
Financial Angst,” which resulted in articles and interviews in many publications about the profession.
2014 NGH honored by the 113th Congress of the United States with a tribute published in the Congressional Record.
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ORGANIZATIONS MERGED OR AFFILIATED
International Hypnological Association founded in 1953 merged 1959.
Hypnosis Educational Council International founded in 1980 merged 1990.
National Association of Clergy Hypnotherapists founded in 1983 merged 1997.
Hypnosis Information Network founded in 1990 merged 2001.
American Society of Research & Clinical Hypnotism founded in 1953 merged 2005.
National Society of Hypnotherapists founded in 1984 merged 2006.
Institute for Advanced Studies in Hypnosis and Holistic Science, IASHHS, founded in 1990, merged 2009.
The Association to Advance Ethical Hypnosis, AAEH, founded in 1956, merged 2009.
National Board of Hypnosis Education & Certification founded in 1989 affiliated 1996.
EXCLUSIVE NGH MEMBER BENEFITS
1988 Earliest to establish audio and video cassette archives.
1991 Introduced professional written ads, columns, and brochures for use by members.
1992 Member Video Rental Library as another first for any hypnotism organization.
1993 Professional Liability Insurance becomes available to NGH Members from A++ company.
1997 NGH produced and distributed the “Extend Your Horizons” video for public awareness.
1998 NGH produced and distributed the “Women and Hypnosis” video to honor the women practitioners in our profession.
2001 Client Bill of Rights (CBOR) developed and presented for member use. NGH Standards of Practice established.
2002 Professional Terminology established.
2004 National P.R. program reached a readership of 1,426,652 in six months.
2005 January 4th officially becomes known and promoted as “World Hypnotism Day”. Website is: Worldhypnotismday.com.
2005 Two new Special Interest Groups (SIGs) were formed in the NGH: 5-Pathers and Division de Hypnotizadores Hispanos.
2007 CEs available for Licensed Health Professionals.
2007 The availability of Professional Liability insurance was finally secured for NGH Canadian members.
2008 Canadian Professional Omissions and Errors Insurance available.
2008 Health Insurance available.
Local NGH chapters formed: Alabama; Arizona, Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Florida; Georgia; Idaho, Iowa; Illinois; Maine;
Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; Nebraska; Nevada; New Jersey; New Hampshire; New Mexico; New York; North
Carolina; South Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Virginia; Washington State;
Washington, DC; Wisconsin; Ontario, Canada; British Columbia, Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Quebec, Canada; Toronto, Canada; Nova
Scotia, Canada; Denmark; England; Hong Kong; Italy; Australia; Indonesia; Ireland; Germany; Netherlands; France; Spain; Switzerland;
Taiwan; Thailand.
PROACTIVE LEGISLATION APPROACH
1993 Legislative kits developed and distributed to NGH Chapters and State Committees.
1994 National Federation of Hypnotists Local 104 chartered by OPEIU, AFL/CIO, CLC; Dr. Dwight Damon elected president.
1994 Established NGH Legislative Liaison Officer, C. Scot, Giles, for NGH/NFH.
1994 NGH Ethics Committee appointed and protocol developed.
1999 Produced a video instruction kit to help NGH Chapters do legislative and lobbying work.
2002 Florida - Began financial support of groups seeking to pass a Complementary and Alternative Medicine Freedom of Access Laws.
2002 California - Financially supported passage of a Complementary and Alternative Medicine Freedom of Access Law.
2003 Iowa - Gave seed money for a local committee to seek a Complementary and Alternative Medicine Freedom of Access Law.
2003 Georgia - Gave financial support of effort to pass Complementary and Alternative Medicine Freedom of Access Law.
2004 Financial support was given by the Guild to national and state groups in support of Health Freedom Legislative efforts.
2006 Continued financial support was being given by NGH and NFH 104 to Health Freedom Legislative groups.
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY
1993 Effort begun to amend Illinois Clinical Psychologist License Act, which had been transformed into a practice protection act restricting
the practice of hypnotism to licensed health care professionals. Launched first round of corrective legislation that failed by a single vote.
1994 NFH 104 union activities include: Legislative action in: California, Florida, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts,
Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington. Represented our profession at Union
Trade Shows in: Detroit, Las Vegas, New Orleans, a National Health Care Conference in Washington, DC, and OPEIU, AFL/CIO/CLC
Conferences in: Chicago and Fort Lauderdale.
1994 New Jersey Hypnocounselor Law enacted through the efforts of members Tony DeMarco, BCH and John Gatto, BCH with assistance
of NFH, OPEIU/AFL.
1996 NH, ME, and VT Registration Bills introduced with union assistance.
1998 New Hampshire - Introduced Registration Bill in NH with union assistance.
1996 Renewal of Florida Hypnotist Exemption in Mental Health and Psychology License laws passed. The bill renewing the exemption was
the final bill passed on the last day of the legislative session, after intense union and NGH lobbying.
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1997 Illinois - Passed PA 90-473 which amended the Psychologist License Act to permit hypnotism to be practiced by unlicensed persons.
This bill was passed after four legislative attempts.
1997 California - Defeated attempted legislation restricting practice of hypnotism unfairly in a way that benefited only certain organizations.
1998 Legislation to protect the right of professional hypnotists to practice introduced experimentally in MA, VT, NH, and ME.
1998 The Honorable James Edgar, Governor of Illinois, congratulates hypnotists on protecting their right to practice.
1998 Exemption for hypnotists inserted in pending restrictive psychology legislation in Iowa.
1998 State of Mississippi agrees with NGH not to consider hypnotism a regulated psychological practice.
1998 NGH picks up pieces of failed legislative efforts by other organizations in Tennessee and Georgia and organizes its own legislative
teams in those states.
1998 State of Nebraska agrees not to consider hypnotism a regulated psychological practice.
1999 Blocked hostile legislation in New York that would have restricted the practice of hypnotism to licensed professionals.
1999 Killed reintroduced legislation in Iowa that would have restricted hypnotism to licensed professionals.
1999 Indiana - Intervened to halt abuse by the state Hypnotist Committee, which oversees the certification of hypnotists. Eventually we
would file and win two lawsuits against the Committee, one filed jointly with the American Civil Liberties Union. These legal victories resulted
in a restructuring of the Committee with several members replaced and rules rewritten.
1999 Illinois - Filed an experimental license law for hypnotists, which passed the Senate before being blocked in the House by the medical
society.
1999 Georgia - NGH team blocks a restrictive license law for counselors that would have limited practice of hypnotism to only state-licensed
professionals.
2000 Iowa - Once again defeated a restrictive regulatory law (HB285) that would have prevented hypnotists from practicing.
2000 Georgia - Defeated a restrictive counselor license law (HB271) that would have limited the practice of hypnotism to persons licensed
under that law.
2000 Kentucky - Defeated a restrictive hypnotism certification law (SB 283) that would have allowed only graduates of specific schools to
practice.
2000 Illinois - met with the Illinois Medical Association to explore ways hypnotists and physicians could work cooperatively.
2001 Georgia - Arranged veto of a restrictive law (SB 119) that would have limited practice of hypnotism to persons licensed to practice
mental health care.
2001 Illinois - Introduced a bill (SB 79) that would require all hypnotists to practice in accordance with NGH Standards of Practice.
2001 Louisiana - Defeated a license law for hypnotists that would have allowed the local Chapter of the NGH to appoint the regulatory body.
It is the policy of the NGH to oppose all self-serving legislation, even if beneficial to the NGH at the expense of other organizations.
2001 New York - Defeated a restrictive license law (AB 9214) that would have limited the practice of hypnotism to physicians, psychologists,
counselors, and social workers.
2001 Ohio - Negotiated with the Psychology Board for an understanding that hypnotists practicing within NGH Standards of Practice would
not be considered to be in violation of that state’s Psychology License Law.
2001 Rhode Island - Supported a Complementary and Alternative Medicine Freedom of Access Law.
2002 Texas - Retained local lobbyists and assembled a legislative committee that was successful in blocking enforcement of Cease and
Desist Orders that had been distributed to some hypnotists in that state.
2002 Florida - Obtained an Attorney General ruling that hypnotists who practiced within NGH Standards did not violate Florida Law, and
used that ruling to issue a Cease and Desist Order to the State of Florida demanding it not enforce Cease and Desist Orders it had issued
to some hypnotists. The government agreed.
2002 Florida - Negotiated with the Psychology Board to clarify the nature of our exemption.
2003 Indiana - Blocked a proposed change in legislation that would have restricted hypnotism to physicians, counselors, psychologists, and
social workers and banned further credentialing of hypnotists.
2003 New York - Began work to control the interpretation of provisions of a recently-passed mental health license law.
2004 Hawaii - Defeated a bill (HCR 22) that would have restricted the practice of hypnotism to psychologists, physicians, social workers,
and counselors.
2004 Minnesota - Negotiated protective legislation (Ch 146a) to protect the right of hypnotists to practice after the repeal of the Unlicensed
Mental Health Provider laws.
2004 New York - Negotiated an agreement that hypnotists practicing within NGH Standards and Terminology would not be deemed in
violation of a new license law for counselors.
2004 Texas - Reorganization of a legislative team to prepare to launch exemption legislation in the next session of the legislature initiated.
2006 Connecticut laws concerning the practice of hypnotism, which the NGH oversaw and contributed to, became effective. NGH president,
Dr. Dwight Damon, was one of the first to register and receive his certificate.
2008 With the assistance of NFH #104, OPEIU, AFL/CIO, CLC a lobbyist was secured in Ontario, Canada, and a positive outcome resulted
regarding the impact of Mental Health Bill (171) on practicing hypnotists in that province.
2009 The United Nations accepted the National Guild of Hypnotists as a non-governmental organization in The Civil Society Organization
System from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
2011 - NGH 104 OPEIU Lawyer/Lobbyist Robert Levy protected Florida members in legislative threat.
2011 - 2012 - NGH 104 OPEIU came to the aid of a Florida member charged with practicing hypnosis with students. NGH with member
donations helped his financial burden.
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The Power Of Your Profession
National Guild of Hypnotists Convention
Learn to adapt and contribute to the ever-changing hypnotism profession.
Evolve with the latest technologies for the management of your practice.
Acquire a wide range of expertise through 98 workshops and 201 seminars
Reap the benefits of how-to workshops, case studies, business and marketing strategies seminars,
contemporary issues, and research updates.
Network to gain new insights, techniques, and practical applications in hypnotism.
The National Guild of Hypnotists, Inc. is proud that during the past twenty-nine years we have provided publications, seminars,
and workshops which appeal to a wide range of professionals. In addition to those members who are the backbone of our own
profession, certified hypnotists, our membership now includes licensed health professionals from most of the major disciplines.
Many physicians, dentists, chiropractors, osteopaths, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other professionals who have
become aware of the efficacy of hypnosis have found that the Guild provides a wonderful resource for them to tap into for more
information and continuing education, and we are happy to see that they are becoming regulars at our continuing education
events.
Therefore, the program that we provide at our annual convention and educational conference has to adequately meet the needs
of our profession, but also those with advanced degrees in other fields as well.
Each year, as you read through the seminar/workshop titles and descriptions, you will find topics that are more appropriate for
use by licensed health professionals or those with advanced degrees. Does this mean that you cannot or should not attend?
Absolutely not—because in the future you might be called on to lend your expertise to cases which require the attention of a
licensed health professional who does not have your hypnotic knowledge or skill.
With 299 Sessions to choose from, it may seem like an overwhelming task to pick the sessions that are
right for you. Here is one way that will help you make that process a simple and beneficial one.
Personal Learning Goals Form:
1. Review the session topics and titles in this catalog.
2. Fill in the appropriate session numbers under each of the columns.
Sessions that could
help my personal
career development
Subject areas I need
to know about
immediately
Subject areas I would
like to know more
about for the future
Particular presenters
I would like to hear
Other:
Important Information to Help You Enjoy and Profit
From the Annual Convention
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3. Decide which of these best matches your personal learning goals.
4. Once you have your agenda for attending the NGH 2017 Convention, simply fill in the appropriate
information on the Registration Form (pages 3 & 4).
5. After you’ve made your final session selections, list each session on a separate sheet of paper.
6. Write your specific objectives/goals for attendance.
7. Then, make a list of questions you’d like to have the presenter answer or discuss with other attendees.
(Be sure to pack these notes when you leave.)
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If you are reading this catalog and are not yet a member of
the National Guild of Hypnotists, please consider our
invitation to join the largest and oldest group of its kind.
Dear Member-Elect:
It is my special pleasure to welcome you to a very select group of people who are keenly interested in
hypnotism and who recognize the value of joining forces with each other internationally. Here are many
great reasons to be a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists.
BENEFITS: Members receive discounts on hypnotism-related books, tapes, videos, equipment, and
seminars as well as auto rentals, hotels, entertainment, and travel. We also have a Hypnotism
Continuing Education Video Library, professional liability insurance available to members. Members
also receive referrals through our computer database and national pr programs. They have access to an
Internet web site with downloadable features. There is a close affiliation with NFH #104 OPEIU
AFL/CIO CLC for legislative lobbying. And prompt professional service by a friendly staff which
works on behalf of our members. Savings from these benefits virtually pay your dues in just the first
few months.
SHARING: Our annual convention is the largest and friendliest of its type and attracts members from
around the world to share ideas, philosophies, experiences, and friendships. Add to that our mid-winter
Solid Gold conference, local chapters for year-round networking, and Internet network for member
discussions and networking. You will make new friends and establish professional contacts.
KNOWLEDGE: Year-round continuing education seminars and workshops on a wide spectrum of
subjects are scheduled for our members at locations around the country. Specialty Certifications earned
through live, hands-on workshops. Member-only video rental library of hundreds of workshops and
seminars. You will increase your knowledge and skills. If you are already certified by organizations
with comparable certification requirements, you may be eligible for certification by reciprocity.
Include all information about your training and/or certification when you apply for membership.
PUBLICATIONS: The Journal of Hypnotism ® has been acclaimed as the leading quarterly magazine of its
type. This and the Hypno-Gram ® newsletter are available only to our members. You will be informed.
RECOGNITION: The National Guild of Hypnotists was commended in the May 11, 1993 and December
11, 2014 issue of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD for its accomplishments and we are acknowledged,
even by other professional hypnotism groups, as #1 in the field. You will be proud to share in
this recognition.
PRESTIGE: Your impressive 11x14 Certified Hypnotist Certificate and embossed wallet ID card convey a
professional image to all who see them. You will be proud to display your credentials.
If you are not in the field professionally, but have a general interest in hypnotism and would like to join
as a non-professional member, you will receive an 8x10 member certificate, embossed membership card,
The Journal of Hypnotism ® and Hypno-Gram ® subscription, discounts, and member-rates at special
events.
Apply online at www.ngh.net or phone us at (603) 429-9438.
Join with us. Learn with us. Grow with us. Let us bring you closer to the heart of this wonderful
profession!
Cordially yours,
Dr. Dwight F. Damon
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HYPNOTISM CONVENTION, EDUCATIONAL
CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 2017
What you can expect at the NGH 2017
Convention & Educational Conference:
• A 3-day weekend which offers 201 seminars and 94 workshops,
21 Pre/Post workshops, presented by more than
170 of the best and brightest speakers.
• A unique opportunity to combine professional networking,
learning and growth, personal fulfillment, friendship,
and self-nurturing.
• An environment that offers a sense of connectedness and
encourages long-term linkages of its participants.
• A powerful personal and professional experience that will
stay with you long after you return home.
The NGH 2017 Convention & Educational Conference offers:
• Topics for Every Professional: Program content varies
from how-to workshops, case studies, business and marketing
concerns, contemporary issues, research updates, and
practical career hints to personal growth issues.
• Concurrent Sessions: A variety of special topics offering
attendees the opportunity and the option to choose from a
wide-ranging roster of divergent areas.
• Exhibit Area: Major vendors of products and services for
use in your practice are available for demonstrations,
discussions and information distribution. Take time and visit
our exhibit area.
NGH Book Store: Books, Audios and other educational
materials authored or recommended by Convention presenters
are available for purchase in this area. And, much, much more!
Just a few of the reasons you should attend
the NGH 2017 Convention and Educational
Conference:
• Boost Results
• Set New Goals
• Learn New Skills
• Spot New Trends
• Discover New Techniques
• Exchange Ideas with Colleagues
• Meet the Leaders in Our Profession
• Promote Unity Among Hypnotists
As hypnotists, we are challenged every day to develop
innovative methods to meet the needs of our clients. The NGH
2017 Convention Educational Conference & Exhibition — the
largest multi-disciplinary convention of its kind — offers an
unparalleled opportunity to learn how to optimize your
effectiveness.
August 11-12-13, 2017
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As the largest facility outside of Boston, the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center provides the
ultimate in customer service and hospitality, while creating a unique atmosphere for comfort and affordability.
From local shopping and “antiquing” to skiing or golf, the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center is
the perfect venue at which to attend this convention.