Salt Lake City Hypnosis Training brings a second generation education to the self improvement capital of America. I grew up around my father's hypnosis practice and refined the work under masters like Gil Boyne and Gerald Kein, and Utah students bring the discipline and sincerity this craft rewards, along with a market that has been waiting for the professional grade version of what it already believes in.

Can you learn hypnotherapy online? How it works from Salt Lake City

Yes, you can learn hypnotherapy online, and learn it thoroughly. Salt Lake City Hypnosis Training is delivered through a live, interactive online classroom, so the complete professional certification is open to you from Sugar House to the Avenues, Millcreek to Murray, Provo up through Ogden, with the canyons still there for the weekends off. Live demonstration and supervised practice, every class day.

The Training

What Does Hypnotherapy Certification Actually Require?

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

Enroll by September 10
Deposit

$895

Pay your deposit or your full early bird tuition on or before September 10, 2026 to lock in the early bird rate.

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.

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The Improvement State

Why Does Hypnotherapy Fit Utah So Well?

No state believes in working on yourself like Utah does. The journals, the goals, the early mornings, the self discipline, the whole culture of becoming better is already here, and hypnotherapy is what that instinct looks like with professional tools. Willpower works on the surface. Hypnotherapy works at the level where the patterns actually live, which is why it succeeds where another round of resolutions would not.

For the practitioner, that culture is a ready made clientele. A city full of people actively trying to improve does not need to be sold on the goal, only shown a method that finally reaches it.

The Real Credential

How Is This Different From the Wellness Offers Utah Is Full Of?

Utah has seen every wellness opportunity ever pitched over a kitchen table, and that is exactly why a real credential lands so well here. This is not a starter kit or a downline. It is a 220 hour professional certification, 110 live supervised hours, demonstrated technique, an exam, a written assignment, and a credential from the International Association of Counselors and Therapists recognized worldwide.

There is nothing to recruit and nothing to stock. You learn a craft, you practice it under supervision until it is demonstrably yours, and you charge for results. The oldest business model there is, and the most respected.

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Mark is an incredibly trainer with many years of experience. The quality of the class and hands-on training is beyond value. I feel much more confident with my ability to help people because of the training I have received. Highly recommend.

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The Slopes and the Startups

What Would a Salt Lake Practice Actually Serve?

A younger, faster Utah than outsiders imagine. Silicon Slopes runs on startup stress, the valley is full of young families balancing ambition against exhaustion, and the pressure to appear thriving runs high in a community this achievement minded. Stress, sleep, habits and confidence, the core casework of this profession, are all abundant here.

The reserved, values centered nature of the market suits the work too, sessions are private, respectful of the client’s own framework, and require no oversharing. Nothing in hypnosis asks anyone to set aside their beliefs; clients remain aware and in control throughout, and many of my students and clients are people of deep faith.

The Young Market

Is Salt Lake Big Enough to Support This?

The youngest state in the country, one of the fastest growing metros in the West, and almost no thoroughly certified hypnotherapists between Denver and the coast. That is not a marginal market, it is an open lane. Add online sessions and a Salt Lake practice serves the entire Mountain time zone without leaving the Wasatch Front.

Most students recoup tuition within their first twenty paying clients, and the growth math here does the rest. First mover advantages are rare in a hundred year old profession. Utah still has one.

The Path

What Are the Steps From Here?

Simple and visible. The next class date is on this page, tuition and the early bird rate through September 10, 2026 are in the details box above, and the discovery call below is a relaxed twenty minute conversation about your goals, no pressure and no obligation. From there, three modules, 110 self directed hours including five real practice sessions, the exam we prepare for together, and certification.

Your first year of IACT membership is included, and tuition carries six months of the Good Vibes Hypnosis Mentor Circle, a live group session on the third Tuesday of every month, so the first year of practice comes with experienced eyes on it.

Do class times work from Utah?

About as well as geography allows. Class runs 10 to 6 Central, which is 9 to 5 Mountain, so the training day fits a Salt Lake day almost exactly. Three Thursday through Sunday modules, every other week, and the ski season objection is noted and overruled by the week off between modules.

Utah already does the work of becoming better; this training makes it a profession. Live demonstration, daily supervised practice, and an IACT certification recognized worldwide, earned on Mountain time with the canyons waiting on your weeks off.

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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Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Classes run 10:00 to 6:00 Central Time, which is 9:00 to 5:00 Mountain Time for Salt Lake students. The training day fits a Utah day almost perfectly.

Completely. Hypnosis is a natural state of focused attention, clients remain aware and in control throughout, and nothing in this work asks anyone to set aside their faith. Many students and clients are people of deep conviction who practice comfortably within it.

In most of the United States, no. Hypnosis is a self regulated field, and in the great majority of the country there is no state licensing board, no government exam and no degree requirement standing between you and seeing clients. Your professional standing comes from certification through a recognized body, which for my graduates is the International Association of Counselors and Therapists.

That said, a handful of states do have their own rules, usually about what you may call yourself in your marketing, or a simple client disclosure form, or registering with the state. Those rules change, so I am not going to state anything here as settled law for where you live.

We go through what applies to you in class, before you build a website or write your intake paperwork, and I would always tell you to confirm your own state for yourself rather than take a web page's word for it, mine included. If you already hold a clinical license, that license stays your baseline authority and you start from a strong position.

You stay calm and keep working, because a client can be in a perfectly workable trance while telling you they are not. Having an answer ready is the difference between panicking and staying in charge of the session. I had a very analytical client sit with me who, after twenty minutes of deep relaxation work, announced that he was not hypnotized, that he could still feel the sofa underneath him and hear the air conditioner running. He was right about all of it. Hypnosis does not switch off your senses or knock you unconscious. So I asked him to close his eyes, imagine standing up, and slowly turn a full circle three times. On the third turn he dropped straight into his fourth birthday party, describing the pinata hanging over his head. You will leave here with a whole library of those quiet nudges, one for every kind of brain that sits in your chair.

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