BY James Malone

What could be more satisfying than helping others with the challenges in their lives in just a few sessions while earning a significant income? But you may be confused as to where you should start. What the recommendation for your training will be varies depending on the person’s background.

If an interested party has no previous experience with doing counseling, coaching, or therapeutic work, I strongly advise going through an initial live hands-on training course. That is how I started in 1995 at the Harte Center for Hypnosis in NYC. Much was learned not only from our instructor but among the interactions with fellow students as well. Hypnosis is a living, breathing art and science, so you need hands-on practice. Usually, these initial training experiences involve anywhere from 100 to 200 classroom hours carried out over a number of weeks.

For a number of years, I was an adjunct instructor at the Academy for Professional Hypnosis in Union, NJ, and gladly referred a number of prospective students there. Sadly, our founding director and primary instructor Tony Demarco passed away in 2021 and it doesn’t appear the school will be reopening. At the present time, I do not know of any schools in New Jersey I would refer students to. There are a few instructors in the NYC and other parts of the country that are quite good. Give me a call at (732) 714-7040 if you would like some help in locating an instructor near you.

But what If you are already some sort of coach, or therapist and would like to do an initial training online? I give my highest recommendation to the Uncommon Knowledge group based in the UK. I have done their Rewind Technique training, which I found invaluable, along with their Precision Hypnosis course which is also definitely “a keeper.”

An easy way to get familiar with their class offerings is to sign-up for their weekly newsletter and free book, which you can access through the link below.