Tim Brunson DCH

Welcome to The International Hypnosis Research Institute Web site. Our intention is to provide quality information to clinicians and the general public concerning hypnosis, hypnotherapy, and other mind/body modalities. We intend to expand our coverage to include such topics as Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), energy psychology and medicine, and other related topics. While our intention is to provide quality information derived from valid sources, including peer reviewed literature concerning significant research, this site is not presented as a source of medical or psychological advice. Clinicians wishing to expand their scope of practice or protocols based upon presented information should perform due diligence prior to use. It is our sincere hope to stimulate interest in these topics and to contribute to the evolution of the science of hypnosis. -- Tim Brunson, PhD

Alan Crossley

Master Hypnotist Alan Crossley began studying Hypnosis over 25 years ago. He has trained extensively at the University of Toronto Campus with award winning Hypnotist and Trainer Dr. Mike Mandel. Alan has also trained with the National Guild of Hypnotists, NLP Canada and through the Holistic practitioner program at Centennial College.

He is a Master Hypnotist, Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner,certified Reflexologist, EFT Practitioner and certified member of the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH). You will find that Mr. Crossley has a soothing, relaxing voice that will help you easily drift off into a wonderful trance experience.

For more information visit www.hypnosisdownloads.org.

Frederick “Cork” Graham

Frederick "Cork" Graham was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Cork has lived and traveled extensively throughout Asia, and Latin America, first as a Third Culture Kid (TCK), and then as an award-winning journalist. Cork was a guest speaker on NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS and Good Morning America. He lectures on many subjects including Vietnam, political prisons, guerrilla warfare, post-traumatic stress, hypnotherapy and environmental issues. Cork is also the second American trained by the US Navy Seals at the Salvadoran Naval Special Forces School.

For more information visit: www.CorkGraham.com

Michael Duguay

Michael is an energetic and effective professional with solid experience in motivating, mentoring and training individuals and groups to attain personal and professional excellence. Michael has served clients in the automotive, real estate and customer service industries through inspirational presentations and one to one coaching and consultation. A creative and innovative individual, Michael has developed a series of workshops focused on A.D.A.P.T. I N G developmental and behavioral change from within. A master of Clinical Hypnotherapy and a Certified Hypnotist, Michael holds a Practitioners Certification in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and is a member of good standing with the National Guild of Hypnotists and the Ontario Association of Hypnotherapists. A past director of C.A.P.S. (Canadian Association of Professional Speakers), Michael has an innate ability to engage participants and identify potential for success in individuals resulting in improved personal and professional performance.

For more information visit www.adapting.ca.

Carol Henderson

Carol Henderson is the founder of New Day Hypnotherapy, LLC. She practices in the Overland Park, Kansas area, serving the greater Kansas City area.

Carol holds a B.S. degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia. She is a former art teacher, as well as a former Health Educator for the City of Kansas City, Missouri.

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Peter McLaughlin, CCHt

Peter McLaughlin is a Hypnotist certified by the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners and the National Guild of Hypnotists. He was trained by Tim Simmerman and the legendary Gil Boyne in Santa Fe, NM at the American Academy of Hypnotherapy. He has also received training in Neuro-Linguistic Programing from the NLP Training Center in New York City. His training consisted of a variety of techniques and methods including NLP, Regression, Basic and Advanced Suggestion, Gestalt and Ericksonian.

Mr. McLaughlin is licensed by the state of Connecticut as an EMT - Emergency Medical Technician and he volunteers with the Brookfield, CT Headquarters Fire Department as a Firefighter and EMT. Peter resides in Brookfield with his wife and three children.

For more information visit www.bluesky-hypnosis.com.

Lisa Zaccheo

Lisa Zaccheo is one of the few Board Certified Hypnotists in New England. In addition, she is certified in advanced clinical hypnosis, regression, complimentary medical, child & adolescent and forensic hypnosis by the National Guild of Hypnotists. She is also certified by the National Board of Hypnotists and is a member of the National Federation of Hypnotists. She earned a B.S. in psychology from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and has successfully worked with thousands of clients, both adults and children, on a myriad of issues.

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Carmen Lynne, C.Ht., G.It.

Carmen Lynne has been helping clients for a number of years using a combination of hypnotherapy, guided imagery, neurolinguistic programming and cognitive behavioral therapy. She specializes in chronic pain, addictions and trauma. She can also help you with anxiety, stress, weight management, fears and phobias, relationship issues and many other problems that people face. She is a natural and empathetic healer with a creative approach to therapy based on her years as a creative artist (writer, actress, singer, dancer). Other healing modalities she incorporates into sessions on an as-needed basis are dreams analysis; handwriting analysis and numerology.

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Mark Avnet, MPS/CCHt

Mark Avnet is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, certified by the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners and the National Guild of Hypnotists.

Mr. Avnet trained with world-renowned hypnotherapist and educator Tim Simmerman at The Hypnotherapy Academy of America, with the legendary Gil Boyne, pioneer of 20th century hypnotherapy, and with Paul Durbin, Director of Clinical Hypnotherapy at Methodist Health System Foundation/Methodist Hospital.

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Bobbie Escolas

Bobbie Escolas has been privileged to experience the power of Angels in her life. They inspired her to learn hypnosis and subtle energy techniques so that she can help people heal their lives. She has authored two books of poetry, and six guided hypnosis recordings. She practices transpersonal hypnosis that integrates body, mind and spirit. She also offers workshops on various topics that connect body mind and spirit. Before devoting herself solely to this calling, she worked as a marketing executive for over twenty years.

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Lauren Archer

Lauren Archer offers mind-body hypnotherapy and coaching, using an integrative approach to positive achievement and wellness, serving the greater Seattle area, especially Seattle's Eastside. She teaches weight loss and wellness classes at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland.

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Kenneth Doka, PhD

Dr. Kenneth J. Doka is a Professor of Gerontology at the Graduate School of The College of New Rochelle and Senior Consultant to the Hospice Foundation of America. A prolific author, Dr. Doka has written many books, and he has published over 100 articles and book chapters. Dr. Doka is editor of both Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying and Journeys: A Newsletter to Help in Bereavement.

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Babette Rothschild, MSW, LCSW

Babette Rothschild has been a practicing psychotherapist and body-psychotherapist since 1976 and a California Licensed clinical Social Worker since 1978. She is a member of the International and European Societies for Traumatic Stress Studies, the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists and the National Association of Social Workers. Babette has trained extensively in Transactional Analysis, Gestalt Therapy, Psychodrama, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Somatic Experiencing, and is a certified Bodynamic Analyst and certified Radix Teacher.

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Reid Wilson, PhD

R. Reid Wilson, PhD is a licensed psychologist who directs the Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center in Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina. He is also Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

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Diana Fosha, PhD

Diana Fosha, PhD, the director of the AEDP Institute, is the developer of AEDP, a healing-based, transformation-oriented model of psycho–therapeutic treatment. She is the author of The Transforming Power of Affect: A Model for Accelerated Change (Basic Books, 2000), and of numerous articles on healing transformational processes in experiential psychotherapy and trauma treatment.

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Pat Ogden, PhD

Pat Ogden, PhD, is the founder and director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, an internationally recognized school that specializes in training psychotherapists in somatic/cognitive approaches for the treatment of trauma, developmental and attachment issues. She is a co-founder of the Hakomi Institute, served on the faculty of The Naropa University in the Somatic Psychology and Contemplative Psychology departments from 1985 to 2005, and lectures internationally.

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Lino Stanchich, LN, LMBT

Lino Stanchich is a Licensed Nutritionist, Kushi Institute Certified Macrobiotic Educator and Counselor, and Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist with over 40 years experience. He is a respected author and teacher of the macrobiotic diet, philosophy, and lifestyle, along with energy exercises (Chi Kung), shiatsu massage, Do-In self-massage, and Conscious Eating Techniques. Mr. Stanchich received the prestigious Aveline Kushi Award, from Michio Kushi in 2006.

As a former faculty member of the Kushi Institute, Lino currently serves on the K.I. Summer Conference faculty, both in the U.S.A. and Europe. He is a member of the Kushi Institute Macrobiotic Educators Association.

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Margaret Lee Lyles

Margaret Lee Lyles, known as "Marge" to most, was a busy massage therapist when, in 1992, she discovered she had a malignant tumor. She opted for natural healing without chemotherapy or radiation. Six months after the diagnosis however, Marge contracted hepatitis-A virus, causing the tumor to regain size and forcing her to choose a lumpectomy to spare her life.

In her third year of recovery, her doctor encouraged her to practice the "Reiki" healing method to strengthen her immune system. Today, in her mid-seventies, the author maintains her remission from cancer with a strong enthusiasm for living. She does not claim Reiki cured her cancer but definitely feels it is largely responsible for her current state of wellness.

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Nanci Trivellato, MS

Nanci Trivellato, MS is one of world's leading non-local consciousness researchers, with over 20 years of experience as an educator, research, and practioner of out-of-body experience and psychical perception. Trivellato is the editor of the Journal of Conscientiology, a quarterly consciousness science publication read in over 30 countries for over a decade. An international circuit speaker, currently based at IAC Campus in Portugal, she is IAC's Director of Research and Scientific Communication. Trivellato has been featured in numerous media around the world from Brazil to Japan, People Magazine to Univision's Show de Cristina. Her best-known research are a survey on the out-of-body experience with over 12,000 participants; the Projective Field experiments on remote perception; Goal: Intrusionless on training energy perception and self-defense; and studies on the so-called vibrational state.

For more information visit www.iacworld.org.

Nelson Abreu

Nelson Abreu is an electrical engineer and consciousness scholar. He has been researching and practicing subtle energy, out-of-body experience, and related phenomena for over a decade. Abreu is a volunteer-instructor at International Academy of Consciousness - Florida Office. His most recent work is a chapter on out-of-body experience and remote perception published in the International Consciousness Research Laboratories anthology "Filters and Reflections: Perspectives on Reality." The former Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory intern has lectured in several cities and academic conferences. At University of Florida, he co-created an annual curricular course on Consciousness Studies.

For more information visit www.iacworld.org.

Anne Arsenault

Anne Arsenault has spent over 15 years studying health related topics, along with numerous courses and counseling people on their health. She is a Certified Nutritional Consultant (CNC), with a Certificate in Reflexology and has also taken many other Holistic Health related courses. She has managed Health Stores and Natural Food Sections in larger stores. One of her goals has always been to simplify health so that everyone can use and understand it. What good is all the knowledge if you cannot educate people in a way they can understand and learn to change and better their life?

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Joyce-Anne Locking

Joyce-Anne Locking B.Mus. is a member of The Canadian League of Composers. Several of her chamber music compositions are housed in the Hornbake Library, University of Maryland. Other compositions are kept at Halgrims Church, Iceland and The Cleveland Chamber Orchestra Library.

Joyce-Anne was a member of a committee formed by The League of Canadian Poets to launch youngpoets.ca, set up to encourage an appreciation of poetry and aid in teaching budding young poets, resources for teachers are included on this website.

Joyce-Anne recently launched a weekly column in the Life section of the local newspaper and is actively promoting nature, good health and the creative arts.

Brenda J. Crawford-Bee

Brenda, sometimes called "BJ" hails from the Motor City. She and husband Tommy Bee, a former jazz disc jockey in Los Angeles now reside in Phoenix. Brenda is affiliated with self-empowering forums and writes articles for other respected self-help, self-empowering online networks, an expert contributor on self Improvement and has published many articles. Her first e-book, the "Can Do Handbook," will be available soon. As a public service, she conducts Workshops and leads Discussion groups as a community service.

For more information visit http://www.BeeBlessedDaily.com.

Charles Skillas, PhD, DD, BCH, FNGH, CI

Dr. Skillas is a National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH) Board Certified Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist practicing in Atlanta GA. He is an NGH Certified Instructor in Hypnotherapy, a Fellow of the NGH (FNGH) and he earned a Doctorate of Divinity (DD) in Spiritual Healing Arts. He has practiced Energy Medicine and Hypnotherapy since 1981, is a member of the Business and Metaphysical Teaching Faculty of St. Johns University and is a Faculty Member of The National Board of Hypnotherapy and Hypnotic Anesthesiology.

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Savely Savva

Savely Savva founded the Monterey Institute for the Study of Alternative Healing Arts (MISAHA- nonprofit corporation) in 1990 and has been serving as Executive Director thereof. The objective of the Institute was scientific study of the phenomenon called 'energy healing'-- the ability of some talented individuals to interfere with the organism's control system by intent. From 1993 to 2005 Savva edited quarterly periodical "MISAHA Newsletter." A serious effort was made to organize an International Scientific Symposium on Paradoxical Effects in Biophysics and medicine in 2005 that failed due to lack of funding (41 abstracts by scientists from 13 countries were published in the Newsletter).

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Andrew McCombe

Andrew McCombe has a Bachelor of Physical Education Degree from the University of Otago in New Zealand and is the owner and managing director of Activate Your Life, which has over 16 years experience as an international life, business and high performance coaching company.

Andrew is a Life, Business and High Performance Coach which he combines with his expertise as an Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Practitioner. Andrew regularly facilitates Health, Wealth, Relationship, Career and Business Workshops and Retreats throughout Australasia.

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Bob Lucas, BS, MA, MA, CPLP

Bob Lucas holds dual roles as President of Creative Presentation Resources --- a creative training and products company, and as a founding Managing Partner for Global Performance Strategies, LLC --- an organization specializing in performance-based training, consulting services, and life planning seminars.

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Alexander R. Lees, DCH, RCC

Dr. Alexander R. Lees has been in private practice for over 20 years, as a counsellor, therapist and personal coach. He is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, with a Doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy. He is also an EFT Expert with over nine years experience, and a Certified International Trainer of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) having been involved with NLP for 25 years.

Besides seeing clients privately, he presents international seminars and workshops, and has taught EFT to thousands of people. As well, he has taught NLP and a wide variety of topics related to health, happiness and the mind/body connection. The focus of his workshops is on the how-to techniques people can use to create healthier, happier lives.

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Adele Ryan McDowell, PhD

Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D., is a psychologist, teacher and healer who blends psychospiritual, vibrational and intuitive energies. She works with individuals and groups in a synergistic fashion and acts as a channel for divine input, be it energies or information.

Dr. McDowell has been trained as a transpersonal, cognitive-behavioral psychologist who specializes in addiction, abuse, anxiety, depression, transitional shifts, trauma, health crises, death and dying, existential questions of life and other intensities.

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Avghi Constantinides D.hom HMC MA

Avghi Constantinides D.hom HMC MA Has been named as one of the best homeopaths that California has to offer. She holds a BS in Nutrition, a Masters in Homeopathy, a Diploma in Homeopathy and is a Homeopathic Master Clinician.

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Kathy Caprino, MA

Kathy Caprino, MA, is a nationally-recognized women's work-life expert and author of Breakdown, Breakthrough: The Professional Woman's Guide to Claiming a Life of Passion, Power, and Purpose. Founder and President of Ellia Communications, Inc., a women's executive and work-life coaching and consulting company, Caprino is a trained psychotherapist, seasoned career and life coach, and sought-after writer and speaker on women's issues. She is a popular blogger on business, workplace, and career topics and trends, and as a top media source, she has appeared in more than 100 leading newspapers and magazines and on national television.

For more information visit: www.breakdownbreakthrough.com.

Sharon M. O’Connor, RN

Sharon O'Connor is founder and owner of Atlantic Complementary Medical Solutions, LLC. Sharon provides complementary and alternative intervention solutions for the healthcare market utilizing hypnotherapy and guided imagery to help people deal with STRESS, depression, phobias, and much more. Sharon is an RN, Certified Hypnotherapist, and Guided Imagery Practitioner. She attended the University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Technical College, Hypnotherapy Training Center of Boston, Banyon Hypnosis Center, and studied Ethics in Medical Practice at Harvard University. Her nursing career began in the Emergency Room.

For more information visit: www.acmswellness.com.

Jon Rhodes

Jon Rhodes has worked with people suffering from severe mental health problems since 2001. He has been involved in the successful long term rehabilitation of many people, helping them to integrate back into society. He works with people suffering from such severe illnesses as schizophrenia, autism, personality disorders , and many secondary illnesses such as depression.

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Jane Nash, BEd, MEd, CHt, NLP Master

Jane Nash is a Clincal Hypnotherapist, Master Hypnotist and NLP Master Practitioner. Her practice spans Sale, Bairnsdale and Melbourne in Victoria, Australia . She has a Masters in Education and is currently pursuing a doctorate combining Education and Hypnotherapy as well as training in Forensic Hypnosis techniques. She is also an experienced teacher and writer and presently writes courses in advanced Hypnotherapy and Applications of NLP for colleges in California and London.

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Debra Burdick, LCSW

Debra Burdick, LCSW, is the owner and Clinical Director of Advanced Options, LLC. She opened her practice in 1994 and added Neurofeedback in 1999. Using Neurofeedback, she was able to get her own daughter off medication for ADHD, and to heal herself from 13 years of Fibromyalgia. She has helped hundreds of clients reduce or eliminate medications using Neurofeedback. 93% of Deb's clients who had 5+ Neurofeedback sessions reported improvement in their symptoms and lives.

For more information visit www.theBrainLady.com.

Ken Silvestri, EdD

Dr. Kenneth Silvestri is a psychotherapist, a certified classical homeopath (CCH, Council for Homeopathic Certification ) and is a Registered Homeopath with the North American Society of Homeopaths (RS Hom). He has had a private practice since 1980 and offers a unique integrative and systemic approach to resolving emotional and physical problems.

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Iain B. McIntosh, BA (Hons), MBChB, DGMRCP, DRCOG .FTTMRCPS(Glas)

Accredited clinical hypnotherapist practising in primary health care setting for 30 years. Former President, Journal Editor and Fellow of the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis(Scotland) Published research in anxiety and phobic states and public and professional attitudes to hypnotherapy. Editor of The Rostrum Compendium of Hypnotherapy and author of many lay and professional articles and book chapters on hypnotherapy.

Coach Cary Bayer

The keynote speaker at the 2006 American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) national convention, Cary Bayer is a Life Coach, CE provider licensed by NCBTMB, and faculty member of Massage Business University. He writes regular columns on success and marketing for Massage Today, and for AMTA publications in more than a dozen states. His 27 publications include 10 specifically for massage therapists (LMTs). Cary has coached more than 150 massage therapists and dozens of healers from a variety of modalities. His "Build a $100,000 Annual Massage Business in Just 1 Hour a Day" 6-CE seminar is very popular among LMTs.

For more information visit www.CaryBayer.com

Christel Autuori, RDH, RYT

Christel Autuori is a graduate of Lotus Gardens Yoga and is a certified AcuYoga instructor. She has been practicing yoga for over thirty years, primarily the gentle Kripalu and Anusara styles of yoga. She has been teaching in Ridgefield, CT for the past six years. Christel has written several articles about yoga which have appeared in national publications. Christel has been trained and is certified to teach yoga to children through Growing Lotus Kids She is registered with the nationally recognized Yoga Alliance. Christel is also a certified Reiki I and II practitioner, and is a frequent contributor to www.NourishThis.com, providing information about yoga, meditation, and guided imagery.

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David Kohlhagen LPC, NBCCH

David Kohlhagen LPC, NBCCH is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri. With a career-long interest in holistic health and healing, he has been a practicing psychotherapist for thirty years. In 1997 he began a hypnotherapy apprenticeship with Dr. Jon Connelly of Jupiter, Florida, with whom he attended numerous residential training experiences, served as an assistant trainer and obtained several hundred hours of training experience. He is the author of the soon-to-be-published psychology/self-help book, Force of Habit: Get Well and Stay Well by Clearing Up Your Bad Habits of Mind, Body and Spirit (working title). Doing business as Tranceformation, he provides hypnotherapy, coaching, consultation and professional training.

For more information visit www.TranceFormation.us.

Dave Siever

Dave graduated in 1978 as an engineering technologist. He later worked in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Alberta designing TMJ Dysfunction related diagnostic equipment and research facilities. He organized research projects, taught basic physiology and the advanced TMJ diagnostics course. Dave had noted anxiety issues in many patients suffering with TMJ dysfunction, prompting him to study biofeedback, which he applied to their patients and later design biofeedback devices. In 1984, Dave designed his first audio-visual entrainment (AVE) device – the "Digital Audio-visual Integration Device," or DAVID1. Since this time, through his company, Mind Alive Inc., Dave has been researching and refining AVE technology since, specifically for use in relaxation, and treating anxiety, depression, PMS, ADD, FMS, SAD, pain, cognitive decline and insomnia, which he presents at conferences and for special interest groups. Dave also designs Cranio-Electro Stimulation (CES), transcranial DC stimulation and biofeedback devices. Dave continues to conduct research and designs new products relating to personal growth and wellness.

For more information visit www.MindAlive.com.

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