Seattle Hypnosis Training brings a second generation education to a city that values depth over noise. I grew up around my father's hypnosis practice and refined the work under masters like Gil Boyne and Gerald Kein, and the quiet, thoughtful students the Northwest sends me consistently turn into some of the finest practitioners I certify.

Is Seattle Hypnosis Training held in person or online?

Seattle Hypnosis Training is delivered through a live, interactive online classroom, so the complete professional certification is open to you from Capitol Hill to Ballard, Fremont to West Seattle, Bellevue to Tacoma, and the rain has never once canceled class. You practice daily in supervised breakout rooms with classmates from across the country.

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.

The Introvert Question

I Am Not a Big Personality. Can I Really Do This Work?

You may be better positioned than the extroverts. Stage hypnosis rewards showmanship, but clinical hypnotherapy rewards the opposite: the ability to sit quietly with another person, listen beneath their words, and respond to what is actually happening rather than performing confidence at it. The strongest practitioners I have trained are frequently the quietest people in the class.

The training builds the speaking part gently. You practice inductions from day one in small supervised breakout rooms, two or three people, never an audience, and by the third module the voice you use in session has become simply another way of listening. Clients do not want a personality. They want to be understood.

The Crowded Field

Seattle Is Full of Therapists and Coaches. Is There Room for Me?

There is, because hypnotherapy mostly complements that landscape rather than competing with it. Therapy waitlists in the Seattle area run long, and many counselors are actively looking for skilled practitioners to refer clients to for habit work, sleep, stress and focused change work that fits alongside talk therapy. A certified hypnotherapist with 220 documented hours is exactly who they want on the other end of that referral.

Some of my graduates build their entire early practice on relationships with two or three therapists and one wellness studio. The demand side of this profession is not the problem. The supply of thoroughly trained people is.

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Mark is an amazing teacher! He took from knowing nothing about hypnosis.. to now making it part of my career path and my souls purpose. Forever grateful for his knowledge and guidance. Highly recommend!

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The Real Connection

Does an Online Classroom Actually Build Community?

Seattle understands remote work better than almost any city, and the honest answer is that this classroom works the way the best remote teams do: live, interactive and genuinely collaborative, not a webinar you watch with the camera off. You are in breakout rooms every class day, trading real sessions, giving and receiving feedback, being hypnotized and doing the hypnotizing.

By graduation you will have worked personally with classmates from all over the country, and most students keep two or three as ongoing practice partners. The friendships formed in a room where people take turns exploring each other’s inner lives tend to hold.

The Practice

What Does a Hypnotherapy Practice Look Like From Seattle?

Lean and flexible. Online sessions work beautifully, my own practice has run that way for years, so your office can be a quiet room at home and your client base can stretch from Bellingham to Boston. No lease on a downtown suite, no commute across the bridges, and rates set by results rather than square footage.

Most students begin part time alongside their existing work and let the calendar decide when it becomes the main thing. The certification, the credential and the confidence come first. The business grows at the pace you choose.

The Clock

What Are Class Hours From the Pacific Coast?

Class runs 10 to 6 Central, which is 8 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon Pacific. Three modules of four days each, Thursday through Sunday, every other week, which costs a standard work week six days off spread across six weeks. The early start buys you free evenings for the entire training.

The 110 self directed hours, the reading list, the video library, and five complete practice sessions with people outside class, happen on your own schedule, which is where Seattle’s long dark winter evenings turn out to be an educational asset.

Do Washington students really connect in an online class?

They do, and Seattle students in particular tell me the online room is easier to open up in than an in person seminar would have been. You trade full practice sessions with classmates every class day, and those partnerships routinely outlast the course by years.

The Emerald City does not need another loud wellness pitch. It needs practitioners with real depth, and that is what this training builds: live demonstration, daily supervised practice, and a certification recognized worldwide, earned from your own quiet room.

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 Washington and internationally. We also review the rules that apply to hypnotherapy practice in Washington, so your Seattle practice starts on solid ground.

Classes run 10:00 to 6:00 Central Time, which is 8:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon Pacific for Seattle students. Early start, free evenings.

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

I hear this one constantly, and I understand it. Here is my honest answer: I teach online the exact same way I used to teach when I traveled to hold classes in Chicago, Atlanta and Phoenix. Same manual, same demonstrations, same practice, same feedback. You discuss the technique, you watch me do it live, then you go do it yourself with a partner while I am available the whole time. Because you are doing the work rather than watching it, you build real confidence from your very first day. And if you can facilitate hypnosis over a camera, walking into your own office and doing it in person later is easy.

It is a relaxed, no pressure conversation, usually about twenty minutes. We talk about your goals, I answer any question you have, and together we work out whether this is the right fit for you. There is no obligation and you will never get a hard sell from me. I have told people the timing was not right for them more than once. When the time is right, the class happens.

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

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