The Transparent Hypnotist

Location: Salt Lake City and Park City, UT
Cyber Location: www.scientificmindcontrol.com

1. Are you a full time hypnotist, a part-time hypnotist, a professional who incorporates hypnotism occasionally in your other practice, or are you a hobbyist?

I am a full time hypnotist.

2. Do you specialize in any type of hypnotism?

I specialize in conversational hypnotism (Eriksonian) but I am comfortable with more traditional methods too.

3. Is there any form of hypnotism that you do not practice and why (i.e. entertainment, past-life regression, pain management)?

I stay away from past-life regression, mostly because I am not convinced it is real. I am pretty much a “skeptic” philosophically speaking.

4. Do you use self-hypnosis regularly in your life? If so, how?

Absolutely. In fact, I believe everyone does without necessarily knowing it. Our “identity” is the biggest trance of them all!

5. Describe your hypnotism office or work setting.

My practice is in a professional medical building between Salt Lake City and Park City in Utah. The offices do have rather stark walls but we do have comfortable chairs!

6. Describe a typical day in your life.

Hm, a lot of reading, writing, working with clients, and enjoying time with my wife and daughter. Of course, I make some time for fitness and fun as well.

7. Where did you get your training in hypnotism and are you certified by any organization?

I am an auto-didact mostly. I had dabbled in hypnosis since being introduced to visualization as a teenage oncology patient but I didn’t begin serious, deliberate study until a few years later in 1993. By 1997 I was creating mischief and adventure for myself with hypnotism every single day in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

However, I did finally get certified by the International Association of Professional Conversational Hypnotists once I decided to begin a practice. As a prank, I didn’t tell the others at the certification about my past experience with hypnosis so they were all quite amazed when I was fully hypnotizing strangers later that night at the bar after just day one. A creative hypnotist with a sense of humor can be quite fun.

8. What is the most fabulous hypnotism technique you use or prefer?

I am a huge fan of embedded commands.

9. What was the worse moment you ever experienced in a hypnotism setting that ended up being a valuable learning experience?

Any abreaction is horrible, luckily I’ve learned how to navigate the minefields (or “mindfields” as the case may be) deftly in my many years of play and experiment. Perhaps one of the most akward was when a girl I had done hypnotic work with experienced “transference” post-hypnotically…

10. Do you have any words of advice to potential clients or other hypnotists that you would like to share?

Have fun, be sincere, and be honest. The rest will take care of itself!

Tags: Jake Shannon

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