Hypnosis Training

Student Hypnotists
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SOME OF OUR GRADUATES AND THEIR STORIES

These people have recently worked very hard to improve the status of the profession of hypnosis in Texas

We have met some wonderful people who presented themselves as students to us and we learned so much from our interaction with them.

Viola Carranza took our full program including Forensic. She continues with her job as a “ pivotal-point” for the owner of a steel company; however, she donates her time to the Hispanic community to help improve lives. The people she has helped wrote wonderful stories to her legislator about her abilities and her heart filled with love and sharing.

She also wrote about the help Dr. Martin provided to her family, helping Viola overcome an almost life-long sleep disorder; assisting her sister so that her sister could heal and remain on her job; assisting her uncle with knee pain; and last, but not least, working adjunctively with traditional medicine in helping her nephew survive a brain tumor. He is alive, five years down the road, working and prospering. He has no apparent results from having the tumor ; nor does he have any side effects from the experimental chemotherapy.

Viola Carranza with Karen Lowery in hypnosis

The above picture also has Karen Lowery. Karen was already a long-term cancer survivor when she came to our classes. She had a very knowledgeable background in law enforcement and chemical dependency. She had moved into right brain interaction as a business owner who is a massage therapist and an employer of other massage therapists.

In our pain class she said that once a year she goes for blood work because of her former history with cancer. It is an all day process and her husband accompanied her each year because her arms are black and blue and sore at the end of the day. She normally was bruised for at least a week afterward. In the pain class, she learned how to numb areas of her body and she obtained a Magic Spot.

Her blood work was the week after the pain class. She breezed through that day with no pain and no bruising…hurray hypnoanesthesia and Karen’s Magic Spot.

Yvonne Howard came to take our classes with her daughter, Stephanie. She had already completed another program, but took all our classes including Forensic. During the year, she talked about the Silva Method.

Ed had heard of Dr. Silva, but I had not at that time.

Dr. Silva decided the year after Yvonne graduated to teach his Holistic Faith Healing in Houston. Over 160 people showed up the night he started the class. Thirty-two of us completed the program he developed for 24 months training.

From taking that course and being in Dr. Silva’s energy a shift in our consciousness took place. We met Wanda Morris, Louise Dewey, Viola Carranza, and Connie Buchanan and others….We don’t teach any of the methods we learned , but we certainly use them in our personal life.

Yvonne Howard Hypnosis Center Beaumont, TX

From Wanda Morris we have learned so much. I had always loved story and was probably a cantedora in another life. Ed has said to me, “You can tell a story wonderfully, just like my Dad could.” Well, Wanda teaches her Basic Silva curriculum by adding stories of her miraculous healings and manifestations. I have used two of them in very emergent circumstances and would never have remembered the proper technique (because of crisis) had I not remembered her stories.

Stories go directly to the subconscious and become a program.

Periodically, Ed and I meet Wanda and Connie Buchanan at the 59 Diner for socialization and FUN. Connie is a calligraphy expert and produces hand-made cards that are wonderful. She is also a science fiction author. We are waiting for her books to become best-sellers. They also attend Ed’s seminars held at Centerpoint and give us a plug by saying that they have not smoked since the Stop Smoking Seminar. However, they came for the hypnosis and had never smoked anyway.

We took Wanda’s full program that she teaches. Email us for how to get in her class….it will change your life. Wanda also took our classes and the picture you see is her playing emcee for stage hypnosis and showing that she can “be rigid as a steel bar”.

Wanda Morris as emcee

Wanda Morris in Stage Hypnosis

We met Louise Dewey through Wanda’s classes and in this picture you see Louise in our energy and stage hypnosis class. She is “walking a tight rope and is being very patriotic.” The guy next to her is Greg Williams looking remarkably like Sai Baba. The figure in red behind Greg is Rose Culberson, who created the “Sai Baba” costume for the stage production. Louise practices in Houston (Sharpstown area) and is a networker extraordinaire. She teaches a class on networking that is a must for someone beginning networking. (email us to get in touch with Louise).

Louise Dewey & Greg Williams

Sai Baba Williams & Rose Culberson

The next picture is of Rose McGreevy and Karen Lowery. Rose was a paralegal by day (and a good one). She worked for a long time for the attorney who made 90 million dollars one year. At night, Rose was a psychic at Magic Island. She was a true left-brain and right-brain person. She was very instrumental in getting me to develop the class on Tree Drawing Interpretation with journeys to find your archetypes. This class also has Forensic graphology and lots more. When I sent out the notices for the first class, hers was the first one back. I still have the note attached to it. It said, “This is the first thing I have had to look forward to in so long. Thanks for getting it done.”

Rose had been undergoing treatment for cancer. In the Tree Interpretation Class I added color healing with spectroscopes and used Rose as a recipient while all participated in the meditation. She looked weak the entire weekend; however, she lived five more months. Rose taught Ed and I that there is freewill in choosing when we will die. We were out of town when she died and I learned of it when we returned. Ed was working on material to present to a convention, but I went to the movies in honor of Rose not knowing what would be on. I saw LEGALLY BLONDE and while standing in line to buy my ticket I saw a cute little girl with a red rhinestone ROSE on her arm. I felt it was Rose telling me she was at the right place.

Rose McGreevy & Karen Lowery

We practice and teach hypnosis because it still has wonderment for us. One of our graduates exudes wonderment when talking and practicing hypnosis. He is Ed Douglas. He is a police officer with the Pasadena Police Department. He was already a forensic hypnotist before taking our classes. He loves hypnosis and is a wonderful practicitioner of rapid inductions. In the first picture, you see Ed using a rapid induction on Jim Larsen. In the second picture, Ed is in hypnosis and Mary Jackson Daniels assisted him with getting into hypnosis by a silent induction. In the third picture, Nancy O’Hern assisted Ed by using an aura induction coupled with parts of a silent induction. You have already read Nancy O’Hern’s story under Weight Loss Sessions.

Ed Douglas & Jim Larsen

Ed Douglas & Mary Jackson Daniels

Ed Douglas & Nancy O'Hern

Mary Jackson Daniels is a computer teacher for one of the school systems in the suburbs of Houston. She became our student after using hypnosis for stress reduction and found she liked it. She also learned that she is a good practitioner. Mary exemplified the initial fear of hypnosis by missing the turn to our facility and calling me from Splendora. I waited for her to return since she was my last client of the day , and we have had a wonderful experience in getting to know Mary.

The next picture is of Gaynell Walker using energy hypnosis techniques to assist Yvonne Washington. Gaynell is the wife of a minister and they have been assisting others for over forty years. Gaynell was also certified as a paramedic. She first came and lost 55 lbs. She also felt that the techniques could be used to powerfully assist others and took all of our courses except Past Life Regression and Forensic.

In class she applied her learning of hypnosis to assist her husband who was already on a sleep apnea machine. Not only did he improve to the point of getting off the sleep apnea machine, but he also decided to return to the ministry. They retired and then un-retired. Gaynell practices hypnosis to assist others through the ministry and has had phenomenal things happen. One man who had been blind since the end of his war campaign years ago regained his sight through cellular releasing © and Cell Command™ and Gaynell’s skill in working with others. Gaynell lives in Cleveland, Texas.

Gaynell Walker Hypnotizing Yvonne Washington

Yvonne Washington took our full program except Forensic. She had retired after being an executive supervisor for the Post Office. Her son was an outstanding scholar and athlete . We grew to care about both of them and was thrilled when he was awarded the highest athletic award in Houston the year he graduated. He also received an academic and full athletic scholarship to Indiana and plays football for Indiana.

Yvonne is gifted in many areas including a gift for hypnosis. She has a business on Antoine called Golden Light Rainbow.

Barbara Mathews was a psychology student at Sam Houston when she began to take our classes. She was one of our younger students but very wise with an extremely wise little daughter. Barbara took all our training classes and then worked in and managed another of our former graduate’s Hypnosis office before moving to Pennsylvania where she now practices hypnosis. We miss you Barbara. She was always ready, willing, and able to assist any situation and usually solved the problem.

Barbara Matthews in hypnosis

Doyle and Judy Neighbours came and took our classes together. Doyle is a practicing attorney in the Lake Jackson area and Judy is his able paralegal. They are both excellent hypnotists also. During their class time, a miracle happened within their family and later they set up practice and a business called, Cosmic Soup, close to the water in their area. So if you need an attorney, a hypnotist, some soup, or to attend a seminar, they can help you. They have assisted us with lots of moral support and friendship since meeting them. They also brought Judy’s cousin, Debbie Hrncir, who has been a real joy to know. Debbie is a mortage broker for Stewart Title and an excellent hypnotist. She lives in West Columbia.

Doyle and Judy Neighbours

Rose Scheller, Judy Neighbours & Wanda Peabody w/ Debbie Hrncir in hypnosis

Debbie Hrncir is the one in hypnosis in the picture above. Rose Scheller is holding her chair and Wanda Peabody is looking on. You have already read about Wanda in the Weight Loss Sessions.

Rose Scheller added peace, calmness, and friendship to the class. She is a caterer that can’t be beat and we enjoyed many wonderful treats while she was taking our classes. She always was a stabilizing, calm force within the group and still provides that type assistance. She took our full program and just completed her permanent forensic certification.

Dr. Gabriel Richmond came to take our classes after retiring as an educator. He was also a chiropractor and naturopath. We did not know it until some time after starting our classes, but his wife, Virginia, who was an acclaimed sculptress had died. Dr. Richmond made health advances after the Grief Class and is now a Scuba Diving Instructor. He started studying for this certification after completing our classes. He was 74 when he started scuba and became an instructor.

Dr.Ed Martin Presenting certificate to Dr. Gabriel Richmond

Jeannie Canalito in the picture below is a former banker who now owns a Day Spa in the Clear Lake area. She produced one of the most profound healings while she was still a student. One of her massage clients had fibromyalgia and was on 33 medications. Her client was a young wife and mother who came for massage in a wheelchair. Her quality of life was nil to say the least. With a referral from her client’s psychiatrist and physician, Jeannie began hypnosis sessions using Cellular Releasing and Cell Command Therapy™. The end result today is: her client is out of the wheel chair, pain free, and fully functioning in life. Her physician and psychiatrist took her off all medications except one hormone. (If you want to email Jeannie, contact us and we will forward the message).

Jeannie Canalito hypnotizing Sherry Prince

Joe Melton and Ron Turner are in the picture below. Both continue to be fully employed; however, both plan to retire to hypnosis. Hypnosis was something they were interested in all their lives. Ron travels extensively and has taken our full program and other programs around the country.

Joe came to classes with pain he had experienced since the 70’s or 80’s. He had had all types of treatment, but still had the pain. He also was diabetic and overweight. His wife had health issues and was overweight. During the year, Joe released the pain completely. His wife, who apologized for not being a good subject (incorrectly), regained her health and lost all her extra weight. Joe is free from insulin and was re-evaluated for his diabetes by his physician. They are committed to the profession of hypnosis and plan to attend the NGH Conventions in Nashua.

Joe Melton & Ron Turner

The picture of Ed Martin with a mallet over Dr. Raphael Segrera’s head looks like abuse; however, it is a joke. Dr. Segrera did wonderfully when working with others in class. However, he admitted to control issues and only went to very light states of hypnosis. In the energy class he went very deep. The mallet is made of foam and it is symbolic of Dr. Martin thinking we would have to use “The Daffy Duck Technique” to get him into hypnosis, but, in the energy inductions he let go and went very deep.

He showed pictures to his wife, a nurse, and she was amazed over his bent spoon, rigid and stiff, and aura hypnosis pictures. She had studied martial arts for twenty years and said he accomplished in six months what it took her years to accomplish in martial arts training as far as applying the mind to circumstance.

Dr. Ed Martin using Daffy Duck on Dr. Raphael Segrera

Heidi Sanchez and Jeanne McCowan are in the picture below with Melody Adair. (Melody is the one in hypnosis). Heidi (at Melody’s head) is very gifted in the practice of hypnosis and has a soothing voice to match the profession. She has worked for Jack Benard and Linda Wise at Positive Changes. She recently set up her own office in the River Oaks area.

Jeanne McCowan has a beautiful singing voice . During her year of training, she worked on letting go of fear of singing beautifully in solo. She accomplished that goal and initially set up office in Sugarland with another graduate David Baldwin. David, who assisted powerfully in updating the image and profession of hypnosis has moved with his family to Atlanta . (Sorry we don’t have a picture of David available).

Jeanne is now in practice alone in Sugarland.

Jeanne McCowan & Heidi Sanchez hypnotizing Melody Adair

Maggie Snyder, Barbara Naiquin & Lynda Mustain, all three under in stage hypnosis

Above is a picture of Maggie Snydner, Barbara Naquin, and Lynda Mustain in stage hypnosis.

Maggie is a registered nurse, registered massage therapist (she is on the left), and certified hypnotherapist. She has “the voice” also and is very good at rapport building and hypnosis. She practices in Angleton.

Barbara (in the middle) is still employed full time. However, she has plans for her retirement in a few years. She has a lovely voice with just a tinge of Louisiana French that makes it easy to go into hypnosis. She is very committed to the profession of hypnosis.

Lynda is on the far right. Lynda is an extrovert with a big heart. She has never met a stranger. She did lots of homework and saw very positive results with everyone she followed during her year. She travels extensively with her husband and planned “an R. V. caravan ministry of helping others enjoy their retirement by learning to relax and love themselves.”

Diane Cheatham has a degree in psychology, is a licensed massage therapist, a Reiki Master, and runs a large massage business in the League City Area. Even this busy, she has spent time promoting the profession of hypnosis and we want to thank her.

Diane Cheatham in hypnosis

Devan Tindall, Steve Bell, Diane Neumann, Julie Bradshaw, and Jeff Martin shared some classes together. (Jeff had been in class with Viola, Karen, Rose, and others for his Basic Certification also).

Devan was already certified in NLP when she came to take our classes. She completed lots of homework during the year she took our full program and helped lots of people. She has the soothing manner with voice and lots of knowledge that is complimentary to hypnosis since she has traveled to England and all around the United States taking wonderful classes. She is now employed with Jeff Martin in his pain clinics and does seminars. A very recent seminar was done at the ARE Center in Houston.

Jeff Martin hypnotizing Devan Tindall

Steve Bell has enjoyed and studied various types of hypnosis over the years. He is retired military and is a licensed Masseuse. He took our full program and recently received his advanced certification. He is employed with Jeff Martin in Jeff’s pain clinics.

Steve Bell

Jeff Martin has completed our full program and has studied with others around the country. He is very committed to the practice of hypnosis and has applied the techniques to his own health successfully. He has made tremendous in-roads in bringing hypnosis into traditional medicine and works for physician run pain clinics.

Fred Lewey (no picture available) is always first in answering the call for help. He is employed in the computer field and has a successful practice of hypnosis in the Kingwood area. Fred does what he says he will do and we are grateful for his promotion of the field of Hypnosis.

Julie Bradshaw is a wonderful writer for a large computer industry. She is also very good in working with others with hypnosis. Because of her demands of the job and a large family, she has been in several class groups. She completed her basic and is very close to her Advanced Certification. She currently does seminars on Past Life Regression in the Magnolia area.

Julie Bradshaw

Diane Neumann is employed full-time for an airline and is married to a traveling pilot. Because of job responsibilities and travel, she completed her basic with two groups and added a lot to both groups. She has plans for helping others through hypnosis at some point in her life and now lives in the Magnolia area. She has helped the profession of hypnosis and we are grateful.

Diane Neumann with her bent spoon

Betty Pyykola, Shelby Prager and Shannon Egle have all powerfully assisted the profession of hypnosis. Betty’s story is under weight loss; however, we need to add that she is the author of a wonderful self help book where she incorporates a technique of forgiveness and reconciliation (she studied with Dr. DeMartini) and Cellular Releasing ™ and Cell Command Therapy™. She teaches this in seminar format through her company Star Journeys. She is also the head of a large Foster Care Organization that is not-for-profit.

Shelby’s picture and story are under Stop Smoking.

The following group of people are with us in the picture below: Ginger Young (her story is under stop smoking), Kathy Horner, Alice Cagle (her story is under Weight Loss), Laura Brackin, Sandi Levin, Judy Thacker, Bob Pekarik, Rita Graves, Michael Hein, and Elizabeth Lloyd have assisted the profession of hypnosis over the last year.

Kathy is a practicing attorney who is also trained as a Master’s level Social Worker. She plans to practice in the near future. Laura Brackin is going to add to her family with a new and (first) baby. Sandi Levin has already been trained in Barbara Brennan’s healing techniques through a three year program and received her basic from us in hypnosis. She is setting up practice in the Pearland Area . Judy Thacker is very good with children since she is a full-time teacher in Lake Jackson and has plans for her hypnosis certification in the future. Bob Pekarik has his own business and he and his wife, Gwen, have been trained in healing techniques for some time. He received his basic through us and will incorporate this into his business life at a later date. He completed the follow-up in class for Ginger’s Stop Smoking session (see that story). Elizabeth Lloyd is an extrovert who works full-time but has many “People-related businesses. (Mary Kay is one of them). She has a wonderful voice and manner and will incorporate her basic and Advanced Certification into her world soon. She has just recently totally reconstructed her home in the Westchaise area.

We are grateful to all of these students and to Michael Hein who drove monthly from Missouri to take our classes. He was already certified , but met us when we were teaching at a retreat center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and decided to come monthly and take our classes.

Former class of the PATH Foundation

Another graduating class of the PATH Foundation

Another Graduating Class above:
Front Row (left to right) is Freda Little, and Julie Bradshaw (who just earned her Advanced Cell Command…she received Basic with another Class). Second Row: (left to right) is Melanie Harrell, Janie Veth, Celeste Hardaway, Daniel Maxwell, Maya Goodson, and Susan Cupples. Not Pictured but graduating: Anna Fryar and Clint McNabb.

Katie Cemer and Laura Phillips both helped the hypnosis profession over the last year. We don’t have pictures for them, but hope they will send some. Katie completed her basic and then had two adorable children. Laura completed basic and is a full-time student. Laura does soul paintings that are very special and does this through Wanda Peabody’s business in Bay City. (See Wanda’s story). We also want to thank Phillip King for all the help he provided. He was already certified in NLP and took our classes and received basic. He moved to New Zealand, but did powerfully assist the profession of hypnosis here and from New Zealand. We thank him.

We also thank Vicki Blake for her letter writing efforts and follow-up with legislators. (We don’t have a picture of Vicki to share). In this same capacity we thank Debbie Crawford, Bea Miller, Liz Pearsall, and Concetta Harrison.

Below is a picture of Debbie with her son, Brian who has an active practice in Louisiana. Debbie is a research nurse for St. Luke’s and is researching in a scientific way the effects of hypnosis on subjects. Bea contacted us recently and she has re-vamped her life in a very positive way and will be sending a picture of the “New Bea” after a few more rejuvenation months. Liz Pearsall is an art teacher in Deerpark, Texas and Concetta Harrison is a business woman in Houston. We thank both of them for their help.

Debbie Crawford hypnotizing Brian Broussard

Helen Morse has been a very important part of our updating our image of hypnosis. She has studied many healing modalities and has been able to keep her husband’s health issues in remission for over 30 years. He is a practicing attorney. Helen has taken our full-program and we are grateful to her for her help over the last one and one-half years.

(We don’t have a picture available for her or Dr. Douglas Sharp).

Dr. Doug Sharp is a trained osteopathic surgeon who came to us in extreme pain from surgeries needed on his hips at a very young age. He has gone on to become and expert in the field of hypnosis for pain treatment and has written articles on this. We thank him for his help over the last one and one-half years.

Ed and I want to thank each other for the hard work we have done in promoting and working for the hypnosis profession. Now after four and one-half years of daily work, this is how we feel. We will be rejuvenating soon, however.

Cheryl Martin taking a time out in stage hypnosis

Ed Martin resting in stage hypnosis

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students learning Stage Hypnosis