Become the Kind of Hypnotherapist Who Understands the Person, Not Just the Symptom
Are you thinking about becoming a hypnotherapist?
Perhaps you have experienced hypnotherapy yourself and saw the difference it can make.
Maybe you are already a coach, counselor, therapist, social worker, or intuitive practitioner looking for another way to help the people you work with.
Or maybe you're looking for an entirely new career, one that allows you to do meaningful work and make a difference in people's lives.
Whatever brought you here, welcome.
At Horizon Center School of Hypnotherapy, I teach you more than how to hypnotize someone or which script to use for a particular problem.
You'll learn how to conduct a thorough consultation, recognize the information that matters, understand what may be contributing to a client's symptoms, and make informed decisions about how to work with the person in front of you.
You'll also learn Whole Brain Hypnotherapy, the approach I've developed through more than 25 years of working with clients. Rather than trying to get the conscious mind out of the way, you'll learn how to involve both the conscious and subconscious minds in the process of change.
My goal is to help you develop the knowledge, practical skills, and clinical thinking to understand why you're doing what you're doing, not simply follow a script.
Curious about the training? Start with the first two units free.
Why Choose Horizon Center?
There are plenty of places where you can learn hypnosis techniques. My goal is to teach you how to think like a hypnotherapist.
Your clients won't arrive as textbook examples. Two people may come to you with exactly the same symptom for completely different reasons. That's why your training needs to go beyond memorizing scripts.
At Horizon Center, you'll learn how to gather information, recognize patterns, understand what may be contributing to a client's response, and decide what to do with what you've learned.
What Is Whole Brain Hypnotherapy?
Whole Brain Hypnotherapy is the approach I've developed through more than 25 years of working with clients, and it's the foundation of what I teach at Horizon Center.
One of its central principles is that deeper hypnosis does not necessarily mean deeper therapeutic work.
Rather than focusing on getting clients as deeply hypnotized as possible or trying to get their conscious minds out of the way, Whole Brain Hypnotherapy involves both the conscious and subconscious minds in the process of change.
We look beyond the presenting symptom to ask a different set of questions:
Why might this response make sense?
What may have contributed to it?
What was it originally trying to accomplish?
And what does the client understand now that could allow something different to make sense?
What we learn helps us develop individualized interventions, including hypnotic arguments built from the client's own history, reasoning, insights, and language.
The goal isn't simply to change a symptom. It's to understand the person well enough to know how to work with them.
Online Hypnotherapy Training Should Be More Than Watching Videos
Learning hypnotherapy involves more than understanding the theory.
You need to know what to do with that knowledge when you're sitting with a real person.
That's why the Practitioner Training includes much more than video lessons.
You'll learn through detailed training manuals, real client examples, practical exercises, and opportunities to apply what you're learning throughout the program.
You'll learn how to conduct consultations, plan individualized sessions, choose and adapt techniques, and think through what to do when a session doesn't unfold exactly as expected.
And you don't have to learn alone.
You can complete the Practitioner Training entirely at your own pace, or add live learning and hands-on support when you want it, from workshops and AMAs to supervised practice, session observation, private support, and more immersive mentorship.
The goal isn't simply to finish a course. It's to help you become someone who can sit across from a real client and know how to think about what happens next.
A Learning Experience That Grows With You
Your Practitioner Training gives you the flexibility to learn at your own pace.
But self-paced doesn't have to mean learning alone.
Sometimes you want to ask a question. Sometimes you want to see a technique demonstrated, practice with another student, talk through a client situation, or have an experienced instructor watch what you're doing and give you feedback.
That's why I've created different ways to add live learning and support as your skills develop.
Add Live Learning When You Want It
Choose individual learning experiences based on what you need at the time.
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Ask Me Anything Sessions: Bring questions about the curriculum, techniques, consultations, or client situations to a live Q&A.
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Inside the Session Lab: Follow real client work and learn how consultation information becomes an individualized hypnotherapy session.
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Hypnotherapy Workshops: Explore specific techniques through demonstrations, discussion, experience, and practice.
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Supervised Practice Lab: Practice working with another student while I observe, guide, and give you feedback.
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Private Training Support: Work with me one-on-one when you'd like individualized help with your learning or clinical skills.
Or Immerse Yourself for Six Months
For students who want more structure, practice, feedback, and mentoring, I've also created the Six-Month Live Hypnotherapy Practice & Mentorship Program.
From January through June, we meet live for one weekend each month. You'll work with the same practice partner across a consultation and five hypnotherapy sessions, learn and practice specific techniques, receive feedback as you work, and develop your ability to think through sessions from one appointment to the next.
It's designed to help bridge the space between learning hypnotherapy and actually feeling comfortable doing it.
What Students Say About the Training
I can tell you how I teach and what I believe makes this training different.
But sometimes it is more useful to hear from the people who have actually taken it.
Carmen Spagnola
Of all the post-secondary and continuing education I have done, this was by far the most value for the money. She has the rare quality of being a phenomenally talented practitioner and also an engaging teacher. Not everyone can excel at both roles, but she does.
Liana Foley
It is a comprehensive program that covers everything I needed to know to start my practice: theory, techniques, ethics, applications, starting a business and more. Linda presents the material with skill and compassion and draws the best out of her students.
Niki Martin
The course exceeded my expectations. We were given many opportunities for hands-on practice under careful supervision, to which I credit the ease with which I was able to launch my own practice upon completing the course.
Why I Teach Hypnotherapy This Way
When I began practicing hypnotherapy in 1999, I quickly discovered something.
Real clients don't follow scripts.
People came to see me with different histories, beliefs, experiences, personalities, and reasons for wanting change. I couldn't assume that because two people had the same symptom, they needed the same session.
I had to learn to listen differently. To notice what mattered. To understand why a response might make sense for that particular person, and then decide what to do with what I'd learned.
Over more than 25 years of working with clients, that way of thinking developed into Whole Brain Hypnotherapy.
And when I began teaching hypnotherapy in 2004, it shaped the kind of practitioner I wanted my students to become too.
I don't want you to leave this training with a collection of scripts and wonder what to do when the person sitting in front of you doesn't fit one of them.
I want you to know what you're doing, why you're doing it, and how to think when things don't go according to plan.
That's the kind of hypnotherapist I want to help you become.
— Linda Sevilla, RCCH
Is This Hypnotherapy Training Right for You?
People come to hypnotherapy training from very different backgrounds. You may recognize yourself in one of these.
You're Looking for a More Meaningful Career
You want to do work that makes a difference in people's lives, with the possibility of building a practice of your own.
You're Already a Helping Professional
You're a counselor, therapist, social worker, massage therapist, bodyworker, coach, intuitive practitioner, or other helping professional who wants to expand the ways you can support clients.
You're Already Trained in Hypnotherapy
You want to move beyond generic scripts, expand your skills and techniques, and become more confident creating individualized sessions.
You're Fascinated by the Subconscious Mind
You want to understand why people develop certain patterns, how hypnosis works, and how hypnotherapy can help create change.
You don't need previous hypnosis training to begin.
The Practitioner Training starts with the foundations and gradually progresses into more advanced techniques and practical client work.
Not Sure Yet?
You don't have to decide from a sales page.
Start with the first two units free and experience the training for yourself.
Training Options and Investment
There isn't just one way to train at Horizon Center.
Start with the complete self-paced Practitioner Training, then choose the level of live practice, feedback, and support that fits the way you want to learn.
1. Self-Paced Practitioner Training
$1,897 CAD + applicable tax
Complete the comprehensive 28-unit Practitioner Training entirely at your own pace.
Your training includes video lessons, demonstrations, detailed training manuals, assignments and practical exercises, consultation and session examples, volunteer practice requirements, and personal feedback on submitted work.
Best for: Students who enjoy independent learning and want maximum flexibility.
2. Self-Paced Training + Live Learning
$1,897 CAD + applicable tax
plus the live learning experiences you choose
Complete the same Practitioner Training, but add live support whenever you want more practice, feedback, demonstrations, or opportunities to ask questions.
Choose from AMAs, workshops, Inside the Session Lab, supervised practice, private training support, and other live learning opportunities.
There's no requirement to purchase a package. Add the experiences that are useful to you, when they're useful to you.
Best for: Students who want the flexibility of self-paced training with additional live support along the way.
3. Practitioner Training + Six-Month Practice & Mentorship
Practitioner Training: $1,897 CAD + applicable tax
Six-Month Practice & Mentorship: $3,000 CAD
Complete training experience: $4,897 CAD + applicable tax
For students who want the most structured, hands-on learning experience, combine the Practitioner Training with six months of live practice and mentorship.
From January through June, you'll meet live one weekend each month for 60 hours of live learning, including supervised partner work, technique training, session planning, demonstrations, feedback, and mentoring.
You'll work with the same practice partner through a consultation and five hypnotherapy sessions, giving you the opportunity to experience how the work develops from one session to the next.
Best for: Students who want substantial hands-on practice, personalized feedback, and the closest experience to learning with me in a live classroom.
Still Have Questions?
Not sure which training path is right for you?
Wondering whether the Practitioner Training will fit your goals, or how much live learning and support you might want to add?
I'd be happy to talk with you.
Book a free Training Fit Call, and we can talk about what you're looking for, answer your questions, and explore which Horizon Center training option may be the best fit for you.