HTI's World-Renowned Hypnosis Instructors

Randal Churchill teaches about half of each Hypnotherapy Certification program, and the other instructors of our internationally acclaimed staff are chosen with an uncompromising stand for high quality. Comments of former students about the remarkable instruction are posted under What Our Graduates Are Saying and profiles of their skills and experience are below.

"The Teacher of the Teachers"™

Randal Churchill has trained many of the leaders in the field. For example, a substantial number of our former students have written significant books about hypnotherapy, psychology, counseling and healing. Many have been featured teachers at International Hypnotherapy Conferences. Many of the primary instructors of state-licensed hypnotherapy schools in the United States were trained directly by us, and other instructors have been trained by some of our graduates.

Also, Randal Churchill's cutting edge teaching texts are being used and recommended by many hypnotherapy teachers, psychotherapists, counselors and hypnotherapists around the world.

The Hypnotherapy Training Institute has thousands of graduates, the largest alumni of any hypnotherapy school. In addition, we have given advanced training to thousands of hypnotherapists at various schools and International Hypnotherapy Conferences. 

Randal Churchill is founder of the Hypnotherapy Training Institute, which became one of the first licensed hypnotherapy schools in 1978. He was the first President of the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners, the original and primary Hypnotherapy Certification organization, and completed his most recent term in 2012. He received his degree in Psychology with Honors from Sonoma State University and has completed 50,000 hours of exceptional hypnotherapy as he enters his 55th year in the field.

Randal has received international acclaim for his creative and comprehensive therapy and teaching skills. An intuitive, highly supportive therapist, he is originator of Hypnotic Dreamwork™ and has been a pioneering leader for 50 years of Gestalt therapy, regression, advanced ideomotor methods, and the assimilation of various modalities with hypnotherapy.

The 1st Edition of Randal Churchill's seminal Become the Dream was the first book about the integration of dreamwork and hypnotherapy. The 480-page 2nd Edition of his classic text, Regression Hypnotherapy, was recently released. Teaching his revolutionary methods in working through underlying issues to overcome the effects of trauma, experts have called it the most important book about regression ever published. Both books have received the Founders Award for Excellence in Professional Literature. His 448-page text, Catharsis in Regression Hypnotherapy, has been published with rave reviews. He is co-author of the new book Churchill-Canfield’s Law.

Randal has taught at numerous conferences and institutions, including teaching psychiatrists at Napa State Hospital. He is on the Board of Advisors of the Gestalt Institute of Austin and a Lifetime Member of the Association for Humanistic Psychology. The subject of a television documentary about his exceptional work, he has been interviewed by many media sources including the BBC, PBS and Japanese television.

We also get raves about our other instructors, each a hypnotherapy specialist with many years' experience, who add further depth to the classes. They have been carefully selected for their exceptional therapy and communication skills and experience, and sensitivity to class needs. We believe there is no finer hypnotherapy training staff of any orientation anywhere. See What Our Graduates Are Saying for samples of dramatic comments about the remarkable teaching of the Hypnotherapy Training Institute's instructors.

Michael Collins, MD, PhD, CCHt, teaches various subjects related to medical hypnotherapy. Trained in internal medicine, cardiology, psychiatry and addictions psychiatry, the focus of his practice was on behavioral medicine. As he describes is his testimonial, he became so enthusiastic about hypnotherapy after taking our training that he quit his medical practice to become a full-time hypnotherapist.

Lyn Moreno, CCHt, has taught at the Hypnotherapy Training Institute since 1992. He demonstrates his signature Crossroads Therapy, hypnotherapy skills for grief, his Sun Passage process, and the relevance to hypnotherapy of insights and practices of Hawaiian traditions.

Terry Stout, PhD, LMFT, has been a Certified Hypnotherapist since 1985. He has expertise in hypnotherapy for grief and teaches a section on consciousness, feeling and discernment. He also has very specialized training in the Inca Medicine Wheel, teaching its philosophy and relevance to hypnotherapy.

Sik-Lam Wong, LMFT, CHT, is a leader in the field of EMDR for the development of the new Flash Technique. He teaches integration of this form of EMDR with hypnotherapy.

Ormond McGill, The Dean of American Hypnotists, continues with us in spirit. Highlights of the Quantum HypnotherapyTM seminar he taught at HTI for 25 years are part of our training.