George Bien is the world's first recipient of the National Guild of Hypnotists' President's Award, the world's first recipient of the Rexfold L. North Memorial Trophy (the "Oscar of Hypnosis"), the world's first recipient of the Charles Tebbetts Award, and the only person in the world twice honored with the International Association of Counselors and Therapists' Educator of the Year Award. He is the former Principal Trainer for the National Guild of Hypnotists and the American Board of Hypnotherapy.

George created and taught the first Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapy Certification Seminars (ACH) sponsored by the National Guild of Hypnotists, and created and taught the first Certified Stress Management Consultant Seminars (CSMC), sponsored by the International Association of Counselors and Therapists. He has served on the faculty at the Swedish Institute, Five Towns College, and the City University of New York. He conducts seminars and workshops internationally, and his training audios/videos are used by speakers, trainers, business executives, and politicians, throughout the world.

George served as Clinical Director of "Dynamic Changes", which during their operation, were America's largest and most successful hypnotherapy centers. He has been featured on the covers of professional journals, magazines, in scores of books (including Gary Null's Encyclopedia of Natural Healing, and the best-seller, Just A Breath Away, by Rev. Ed Tabbitas), and on numerous radio and television programs, including: Donahue, Good Day New York, First Edition, America's Talking, Alive and Wellness, Fox 5 News, NBC News, CNN and Inside Edition, and has been called the "Twenty-first Century Hypnotist." His list of former students reads like a "who's who" in the field of subconscious reprogramming, many of whom have gone on to become international celebrities.

George is a Certified Master Trainer for NFNLP, and is the Principal Trainer for the International Association of Counselors & Therapists, and the creator and Director of the IACT Master Trainer program. He is also a world-class guitarist, and holds a Black Belt in Tai Kwon Do Karate. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Theory, a Master's Degree in Composition, a Doctorate in Transpersonal Counseling, and a Doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy. George is the CEO of Hard Knocks College, and the current president of the American Society of Professional Speakers and Trainers (ASPST).

George was inducted into the International Hypnosis Hall of Fame in 1989.

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