Fort Lauderdale Hypnosis Training brings a second generation education to the city that rewrote its own reputation. I grew up inside my father's hypnosis practice and refined the craft under masters like Gil Boyne and Gerald Kein, and Broward students receive that lineage as the craft of the rewrite, taught completely.

How does live online hypnotherapy training work in Fort Lauderdale?

Fort Lauderdale Hypnosis Training is delivered through a live, interactive online classroom, so the complete professional certification is open to you from Victoria Park to Las Olas, Wilton Manors to Coral Springs, Plantation to Pompano Beach and Hollywood down the way, with I-95 and the 595 left completely out of it. Live demonstration and supervised practice, every class day.

The Training

What Does Hypnotherapy 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 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 Rewrite Principle

What Does a City’s Reinvention Teach About Personal Change?

That the label and the thing are separable. Fort Lauderdale did not argue with its old reputation or wait for it to fade; it built new evidence until the old story stopped fitting, and the world updated. Clients arrive carrying labels the same way, the anxious one, the smoker, the one who never follows through, and the work is identical, not arguing with the story at the surface, but building new evidence at the level where the story is actually stored.

Hypnotherapy works at precisely that level, the natural state of focused attention where the subconscious files its conclusions, and 110 live supervised hours teach you to work there reliably.

The Yachting Economy

Who Fills the Calendar in Broward?

The industry that replaced the punchline, and everyone it employs. The marine economy runs from billion dollar shipyards to crews who live at their work for months, a workforce managing pressure, close quarters and sleep on someone else’s schedule. Around it, the port and airport running around the clock, hospitality performing paradise through double shifts, the hospital corridor, and a seasonal tide of snowbirds who arrive each winter with time, resources and resolutions.

It is the classic caseload, stress, sleep, habits, confidence, with a Broward signature, clients accustomed to paying professionals well for verifiable expertise.

Hypnotherapy Training

5 Star Google Review

Wow! I wanted to learn hypnosis, and I did, but there was so much more to this training. I did not realize I'd have an opportunity to work on myself in addition to learning how to help others. Mark is a fantastic instructor with so much to share and he shares freely. The online format worked very well for me and I consider many of the other students to be close friends. Avoiding traffic and travel expenses was one reason I feel that learning hypnosis online worked well for me. I got so much out of the practice sessions with the other students, because it gave me the confidence to hypnotize friends, family and clients online. I also found that I can take what I learned and hypnotize people in person as well. I enjoy the flexibility that I have to be able to work in person and online, free of fear and full of confidence. If you are considering learning hypnosis, sign up for this training. You won't find a better instructor than Mark, he makes learning online fun and easy. Don't let that fool you, because you learn a lot, everything you need to know to start working with clients even before you complete the training.

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The Two Language Coast

Does South Florida Practice Cross Cultures?

It has to, and the training is built for it. Broward serves clients in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Creole households, and the techniques are language independent. Focused attention is human equipment. Students planning a bilingual practice are welcome to run their practice sessions in the language their clients will use, and a practitioner who works in the language a client dreams in reaches what a translation cannot.

The plain answer travels across every culture on this coast. Hypnosis is focused attention, awareness intact, control never surrendered, nothing at odds with anyone’s faith.

The Charter

What Does Hypnotherapy Certification Cover for Fort Lauderdale 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, crewing the first year with you.

Miami has its own page. What belongs to Fort Lauderdale?

Broward, which is its own country. Nearly two million people live between the Miami-Dade line and Boca, running the marine industry, the port and the airport, the hospital systems and a professional class that chose Broward specifically because it is not Miami. The county has its own pace, its own money and essentially no certified coverage that I can find, and an online practice here holds it without ever merging onto 95 southbound.

The Venice of America proved an identity can be rebuilt on purpose, and this profession does it one person at a time: live demonstration, daily supervised practice, and an IACT certification recognized worldwide.

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 Florida and internationally, so your Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale students.

Yes. The techniques are language independent, and students planning a bilingual practice are welcome to complete their practice sessions in Spanish, Portuguese or Creole, the languages of the South Florida caseload.

Most of my students take six to nine months from their first class day to holding the certification, and the quickest finish in three to four.

The range exists because the program has two halves that run at different speeds. The live half is fixed, twelve class days across three modules, Thursday through Sunday every other week, plus the two post training days about four to six weeks after the final module, so the classroom portion spans three to four months. The other 110 hours are self directed and self paced, and that is the part that stretches or compresses around your own life. You have six months after the last class day to finish them, so nobody is racing, and most people use a fair portion of that window.

That is less time than most people assume for a genuine 220 hour certification and considerably more than a weekend course would have you believe. One honest note. Certified and confident are not the same milestone, which is why six months of mentorship is included after you finish.

In most states, very few. Hypnosis is a self regulated field, and in most of the country there is no state licensing board or government exam standing between you and practice. Your professional standing comes from certification through a recognized body such as IACT. That said, a handful of states do have specific rules about what you may call yourself in your marketing, or ask unlicensed practitioners to use a simple client disclosure form or register with the state. We go through the rules that apply to you in class, so you are not guessing when you set up your website and your intake paperwork. If you already hold a clinical license, that license remains your baseline authority and you are in a strong position from the start.

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