San Diego Hypnosis Training brings a second generation education to a city where discipline and healing arts share the same streets. I grew up around my father's hypnosis practice and refined the work under masters like Gil Boyne and Gerald Kein, and San Diego students, military families, established practitioners and career changers alike, bring exactly the mix of structure and heart this craft rewards.

How does live online hypnotherapy training work in San Diego?

San Diego Hypnosis Training is delivered through a live, interactive online classroom, so the complete professional certification is open to you from North Park to Point Loma, La Jolla to Chula Vista, Oceanside down to the border, with class done by 4 in the afternoon Pacific and the evening still yours. Live demonstration and daily supervised practice.

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

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 Transition

Is This a Real Option for the Military Community?

One of the most natural I know. Military life builds exactly what this craft requires, the discipline to master a procedure, composure when things go sideways, and the habit of earning trust fast. Veterans, military spouses and retirees take to this training quickly, and the profession travels with every PCS and outlasts every uniform, since an online practice moves wherever you do.

A word on scope, because I teach it carefully, hypnotherapy serves stress, sleep, habits and confidence beautifully, and clinical trauma work belongs with licensed providers. You learn the difference thoroughly, how to serve your community powerfully and refer wisely, which is precisely what makes you trustworthy in it.

The Practitioner Upgrade

I Already Do Bodywork, Yoga or Breathwork. What Does This Add?

A deeper floor and a stronger credential. San Diego is dense with skilled practitioners who sense that their clients’ knots, tension and shallow breathing begin somewhere the hands and the breath cannot quite reach. Hypnotherapy reaches it, the stored patterns underneath, addressed directly through regression to cause and suggestion built from the client’s own words.

For an established practitioner, the 220 hour certification does double duty, it adds the most powerful tool in your kit and it distinguishes you instantly in a market of weekend certificates. Your existing clients become your first hypnotherapy clients, and the modality pays for itself from inside a practice you already have.

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5 Star Google Review

The world of hypnosis has always has curiosity for me and became more interesting as I have continued my clinical work as a psychologist. The training with Mark has provided the confidence to move in this modality with greater ease than I had anticipated. Mark has many years of knowledge and great wisdom that he shares generously with his students. Mark is also a great personality. He is human, grounded, and personable. It is obvious why he has had success in this field, as he simply has that easy going and non-judgmental personality that feels safe to explore and share so that the learner gets to where they seek to be. I am returning for more of his courses and study. :)

Brenda·California

The Lifestyle Question

Does This Career Actually Fit the San Diego Life?

Almost suspiciously well. Class runs 8 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon Pacific, three Thursday through Sunday modules every other week, which leaves the evenings free during training. Once you practice, you set the calendar, a home office, no commute on the 5, clients online from anywhere, and rates determined by results rather than rent.

I will not pretend the afternoon surf report played no role in some graduates’ scheduling decisions. A profession you can practice well and live well around is the entire point of changing careers.

The Crowded Market

How Do I Stand Out in Southern California Wellness?

By being verifiably trained in a market that mostly is not. Southern California wellness is wide and shallow, weekend certifications, borrowed scripts, vibes in place of method. A 220 hour IACT certification with 110 live supervised hours is a different species, and clients feel it within minutes, because you respond to what is actually happening in the session instead of steering back to a script.

Depth is rare here, which makes it valuable. In a market this noisy, being unambiguously qualified is the loudest thing you can be.

The Practical Path

What Are the Steps From Here?

Simple ones. The next class date is on this page. The discovery call below is a relaxed twenty minute conversation, no pressure and no obligation, where we talk through your goals and whether this training fits them. If it does, you reserve a seat, complete the three modules and the 110 self directed hours, pass the exam we prepare for together, and certify through IACT with your first year of membership included.

Tuition also includes six months of the Good Vibes Hypnosis Mentor Circle, a live group session on the third Tuesday of every month, so you build your practice with experienced eyes on it. The first step is a conversation. Everything else follows from there.

Will I be the only San Diegan in class?

Doubtful. California is reliably among the best represented states in every class, which makes same time zone practice partners easy to find and keep. Several of the Google reviews on my profile are California graduates, and the Golden State pipeline shows no sign of slowing.

America's Finest City deserves finely trained practitioners. Build your skill through live demonstration and daily supervised practice, earn an IACT certification recognized worldwide, and practice a profession that fits the San Diego life instead of fighting it.

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 California and internationally. We also review the rules that apply to hypnotherapy practice in California, so your San Diego 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 San Diego students. Early start, evenings and late afternoons free.

Yes. This 110 hour live certification is the specific Newton Institute prerequisite for California students drawn toward past life regression and Life Between Lives work.

Hypnosis training teaches you the skill. Certification is a professional body confirming you met a standard. You can learn to guide someone into trance from a weekend workshop or a video course and never certify at all, and plenty of people do exactly that. Certification adds three things that matter once you intend to charge for this. There is an outside standard you had to meet rather than self assess, the professional membership that clients, other practitioners and insurers recognize, and a body of ethics you are accountable to.

The distinction people miss is that certification alone does not make anyone skilled either, because the standards behind it vary enormously. That is why the hours and the supervised practice are the thing to look at first, and the certification second. This program gives you both, 220 hours of actual training and certification through the International Association of Counselors and Therapists at the end of it.

They will once they see results, and that is worth more than any credential you can hang on a wall. A medical doctor near me was openly skeptical of hypnosis until one of her patients quit smoking in a single session. She started sending me her most difficult cases. Years later, when she was preparing to climb Kilimanjaro and found herself paralyzed by anxiety her own tools could not touch, she booked a session for herself. She summited, and she still refers patients to me. I will teach you the ethics, the boundaries and the referral language that make that kind of relationship possible.

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