Minneapolis Hypnosis Training brings a second generation education to a metro that takes inner work seriously. I grew up around my father's hypnosis practice and sharpened the craft under masters like Gil Boyne and Gerald Kein, and Twin Cities students appreciate what this method offers: profound change at the subconscious level, pursued with structure, ethics and a respect for privacy.

Is Minneapolis Hypnosis Training held in person or online?

Minneapolis Hypnosis Training is delivered through a live, interactive online classroom, so the complete professional certification is open to you from Uptown to Northeast, St. Paul to Edina, Bloomington to Plymouth, and January has no vote in whether class happens. Live demonstration and supervised practice, every class day.

The Training

What Does the Certification Involve?

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 Training Mentorship Program, 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 Live Online Hypnotherapy Training page.

Beneath the Words

Why Does Hypnotherapy Work When Talking Has Not?

Because talking happens in the conscious mind, and the patterns people fight, the habits, the anxious loops, the sleepless circling, are stored deeper than that. Hypnosis is simply a reliable way to work at that deeper level directly. Regression to cause finds where a pattern began. Suggestion and parts work release it. Clients routinely resolve in weeks what they have discussed for years.

And here is the part Minnesotans quietly appreciate: the work does not require narrating your entire history aloud. The subconscious can do profound work with remarkable privacy. Depth without oversharing is practically a Minnesota specialty.

The Referral Economy

Where Would a New Practice Find Clients Here?

Start with the professionals who already have too many. Twin Cities therapists, coaches and physicians hold some of the longest waitlists in the country, and a trained hypnotherapist who handles habit work, sleep and stress becomes a relief valve they are glad to know. Two or three steady referral relationships can float an early practice by themselves.

The training covers scope carefully, what belongs in your chair and what goes back to the licensed clinician, which is exactly what makes those professionals comfortable referring in the first place. Competence plus boundaries equals referrals.

Hypnotherapy Training

5 Star Google Review

This training in hypnotherapy was the best that I have ever had. It provides the perfect combination of traditional learning and experiential learning. The breakout sessions during which we traded hypnotherapy sessions were extremely valuable. Mark is an expert in this field and shared numerous practice related stories as well. I would recommend this training to anyone interested in practicing hypnotherapy!

Tracy P·Montana

The Long Winter

Is an Online Practice Realistic in Minnesota?

It may be the single best market argument in the country. Your training happens from home, your practice can run from home, and neither ever gets canceled by a snow emergency. Clients keep appointments in January that they would have skipped if it meant clearing the driveway, and your reach extends to warm states you can visit vicariously.

My own practice has run online for years, and the format works beautifully for hypnotherapy specifically: clients relax deeply in their own familiar chair, which is half the induction done before you say a word.

The Path

What Does the Certification Ask of Me?

220 hours total. The live half is three modules of four days, Thursday through Sunday, every other week, 10 to 6 on Minneapolis clocks since Minnesota sits in Central time. Six days off work across six weeks covers it. The other 110 hours, reading, the video library, and five complete practice sessions with people outside class, happen on your own schedule.

You finish with IACT certification recognized worldwide, your first year of membership included, and six months of the Good Vibes Hypnosis Training Mentorship Program, a live group session every month while you establish yourself.

How does hypnotherapy fit the Twin Cities therapy culture?

As a complement, not a competitor. Therapists here carry long waitlists and many refer clients out for habit work, sleep and focused change work that runs well alongside talk therapy. A certified hypnotherapist with 220 documented hours is a referral they can make with confidence, and those relationships build practices.

The Twin Cities already believe in doing the inner work. This training adds the tool that reaches where talking cannot: live demonstration, daily supervised practice, and an IACT certification recognized worldwide, earned entirely from home, snow or no snow.

The Next Step

What Happens Next?

You do not have to decide anything today. The next step is simply a conversation. The discovery call is a relaxed, no pressure talk, about 20 minutes, where we discuss your goals, I answer every question you have, and we figure out together whether this training is your right next step. There is no obligation to enroll, and you will never get a hard sell from me.

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Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. The IACT certification is recognized in Minnesota and internationally. We also review the rules that apply to hypnotherapy practice in Minnesota, so your Twin Cities practice starts on solid ground.

Classes run 10:00 to 6:00 Central Time, and Minneapolis is Central, so class time is your time, no conversion needed.

Yes. This 110 hour live certification is the specific Newton Institute prerequisite for Minnesota students drawn toward past life regression and LBL work.

You are never left on your own to figure it out. There is a button at the bottom of your screen that says Ask for Help. You or your partner press it, and it pages me instantly. Either I or one of my experienced teaching assistants comes straight into your room and walks you through whatever you are facing. I also move room to room on my own throughout the practice sessions. You get real feedback in the moment it matters, not three days later when you have already talked yourself out of trying again.

The program totals 220 hours and certifies through the International Association of Counselors and Therapists, and your first year of membership and certification is included in your tuition. To earn the certified hypnotherapist designation you attend all 110 hours of live class, complete 110 hours of self directed study on your own time, which includes the reading list, the video library, and at least five complete hypnosis sessions with people outside of class, turn in a written homework assignment, pass the multiple choice exam we take in class during the final module, complete a short online ethics course through IACT, and submit one audio recording of an interactive session. The exam sounds more intimidating than it is. We take a practice test together first, so you walk in knowing exactly what to expect.

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

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