Bridgeport Hypnosis Training brings a second generation education to Barnum's own city. I grew up inside my father's hypnosis practice and refined the craft under masters like Gil Boyne and Gerald Kein, and Park City students receive that lineage as the real thing, no showmanship, results that survive the drive home.

Does hypnotherapy training work as well online?

Yes, it does, as long as the classroom is live, and this one is. Bridgeport Hypnosis Training is delivered through a live, interactive online classroom, so the complete professional certification is open to you from Black Rock to the North End, Fairfield to Stratford, Trumbull through Shelton and Milford, with I-95 at the Fairfield line left to fend for itself. Live demonstration and supervised practice, every class day.

The Training

What Does the 220 Hour Hypnosis Certification Cover?

This is a complete 220 hour professional certification taught personally by second generation hypnotherapist Mark Johnson, delivered through a live, interactive online classroom. You practice on real people every single class day, under live supervision, and graduate ready to see paying clients.

  • 110 hours of live, interactive instruction over Zoom, Thursday through Sunday every other week
  • 110 hours of self-directed study on your own schedule
  • Daily supervised practice with personal mentoring in breakout rooms
  • IACT certification, recognized worldwide, first year of membership included
  • Six months of the Good Vibes Hypnosis Mentor Circle, a live 90 minute group session on the third Tuesday of every month
Full Tuition

$3295

Early Bird

$2995

Deposit

$895

Reserve your seat with a $895 deposit.

Most of my students recoup their tuition within their first twenty paying clients, or fewer.

The next class begins October 22, 2026.

The complete picture, the method, the schedule, the certification requirements and every question answered, lives on the full program page.

Live Online Hypnotherapy Training

The Humbug Test

How Is Hypnotherapy Different From the Stage Show?

In every way that matters, and Bridgeport is the right city to say it plainly. The stage act selects volunteers who want to perform and builds entertainment out of compliance; it is theater, and Barnum would have admired it. Hypnotherapy uses the same natural state, focused attention, for the opposite purpose. The client stays aware, stays in control, and works on what they came to change, with a trained practitioner responding to what actually surfaces.

The certification is what separates the professions, 110 live supervised hours, five complete real sessions, an exam, a credential. No show ever required that, which is rather the point.

The Park City Caseload

Who Carries the Load in Greater Bridgeport?

A working city doing the region’s hard jobs. Hospital staff across two systems, the trades and the remaining plants, port and rail workers, families running households on shift work in the priciest corner of America, all of it produces the caseload this craft was built for. Sleep that will not settle, stress that became the baseline, habits doing the coping. And one town over in each direction sits Fairfield County’s professional class, already paying for every other form of self improvement.

A practitioner who can serve both, and knows what refers to licensed clinicians, works a market no one else has claimed.

Hypnotherapy Training

5 Star Google Review

I just finished the class and found it eye opening! There is so much to learn and Mark is an encyclopedia related to hypnosis. You will learn the history of hypnosis, techniques and scripts to use. Most importantly you will learn your own style of practice. The more you practice the better you get! Thank you!

Diana·Massachusetts

The Real Thing Economy

Does an Unpretentious City Support Inner Work?

It supports what works; it just will not pay for packaging. Bridgeport’s standard is the tradesman’s standard, show up, do it right, charge fair, and hypnotherapy practiced honestly fits it exactly, a natural state, used deliberately, for sleep, stress, habits and confidence, with results the client can verify in their own life. No crystals required, no mystique, and nothing at odds with the faith that anchors the city’s parishes and congregations.

Word of mouth in a city of neighborhoods like this is slow to start and nearly permanent once earned, the best kind of clientele there is.

The Main Event

What Does Hypnotherapy Certification Cover for Bridgeport Students?

The complete 220 hours from home, 110 live across three Thursday through Sunday modules, every other week, running 11 in the morning to 7 in the evening Eastern, plus 110 self directed hours including five real practice sessions with people outside class. Six days off a standard job covers the live half, and most students recoup tuition within their first twenty paying clients.

You certify through the International Association of Counselors and Therapists, recognized worldwide, first year of membership included, with six months of the Good Vibes Hypnosis Mentor Circle, a live group session on the third Tuesday of every month, the genuine article, no ballyhoo.

Connecticut’s biggest city gets the fewest services. Why would this be different?

Because this service does not need an office on Gold Coast rent. Bridgeport is the largest city in the richest state and the professions cluster everywhere but here, which leaves both sides of the opportunity open. A working city of one hundred fifty thousand carrying a full caseload with no local practitioner, and Fairfield County’s wealth one town over, reachable from the same online calendar at Bridgeport overhead.

The Park City can spot a humbug at a hundred yards, which is exactly why honest craft wins here: live demonstration, daily supervised practice, and an IACT certification recognized worldwide, the genuine article.

The Next Step

What Happens Next?

You do not have to decide anything today. If you are ready, you can reserve your seat now. If you want the complete picture first, the full program page walks through the method, the schedule and the certification step by step.

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Or start with a relaxed, no pressure discovery call, about 20 minutes, where we talk through your goals and every question you have.
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Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. The IACT certification is recognized in Connecticut and internationally, so your Bridgeport practice is built on a credential recognized worldwide.

Classes run 10:00 to 6:00 Central Time, which is 11:00 in the morning to 7:00 in the evening Eastern for Bridgeport students.

No. Hypnosis is focused attention, clients stay aware and in control throughout, and nothing in the work asks anyone to set aside their beliefs. Many of my students and clients are people of deep conviction.

Some are, including this one, though the word does not mean here what it means at a university.

There is no government body that accredits hypnotherapy schools the way one accredits a college, because hypnosis is a self regulated field, so accreditation in this profession comes from the professional associations rather than the state. This course is accredited by the International Association of Counselors and Therapists, I hold IACT accreditation myself as a Certified Master Trainer, and your first year of IACT certification and membership is included in your tuition.

The practical test of any online course is not whether the word accredited appears somewhere on the website. It is which body stands behind the training, how many hours it actually runs, and whether anyone experienced ever watched you guide a real person. Ask a school those three things and the answer gets clear very quickly.

Traditional academic financial aid does not apply to a program like this, so no, and I would rather be straight with you than let you chase it. What I do instead is make it easy to pay over time. A deposit holds your seat and your rate, and the balance spreads across several months interest free. Between the early bird rate and a plan, most people find the path opens up more easily than they expected.

Schedule a Discovery Call A relaxed 20 minute conversation about your goals. No pressure, no obligation to enroll.

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