Become a certified professional hypnotist
Build Skills and Launch your Business.
100 hour In-Person Professional Hypnosis training - Begins Oct 3, 2026 - Limited to 10 students
Founding Cohort Tuition
$2500 Full Tuition
$2000 Early Enrollment Pricing (through July 1)
Payment plans available
do you have what it takes?
Yes. Great hypnotists are not born with a mysterious gift. Hypnosis is a learnable skill.
The qualities that matter most are:
- Empathy
- Patience
- Curiosity
- Calm Presence
- A genuine desire to help others
You don’t need a psychology degree, therapy experience, or be “naturally gifted”, you just need the right training, live practice, and solid mentorship.
why this path matters now
Hypnotherapy is a fast growing market, with over 4 Billion dollars in sales in the US alone. With a growth rate of 30% year over year, there is a strong need for practitioners like you.
More people than ever are seeking help with:
- Anxiety
- Confidence
- Habits and addictions
- Stress
- Performance
- Weight loss
- Self-sabotage
- Personal growth
Hypnosis gives you a practical, powerful way to help people while building meaningful income doing work that matters.
This program is for people who want:
- A meaningful and marketable career helping others
- A powerful modality to add to coaching or wellness work
- Hands-on training with real practice instead of theory only
- Confidence to work with paying clients professionally
- A supportive cohort, mentorship, and accountability
- Clear systems to launch a client practice
Fall 2026 – Limited to 10 Students
designed for the work, not just the credential.
Many trainings hand you scripts, give you a certificate, and send you out the door. That often leaves graduates unprepared when a real client says something unexpected.
This training was build differently.
In Person, Every Time
Hypnosis is a live skill. You learn it by doing it.
Five in-person weekend intensives with a small cohort means real reps, live feedback, supervised practice, and relationships that outlast the training.
Online Practice Jams
Between intensives, we meet online to sharpen skills, practice sessions, and build confidence so momentum never drops.
No-Script Confidence
Scripts can be useful starting points.
But real mastery means understanding the structure behind change work so you can adapt confidently to the person in front of you.
Nationally Recognized Certification
Graduate as an ICBCH Certified Professional Hypnotist, a credential respected across the professional hypnotherapy community.
Build your business
You’ll learn how to structure sessions, use intake forms, convert inquries into clients, create simple offers, build referral momentum, and launch prefessionally and ethically.
Real Mentorship
You won’t be left alone to figure it out.
You’ll receive direct coaching, personalized feedback, supervised reps, and guidance throughout the program.
why learn from joshua peters?
Joshua Peters is the founder of Minnesota Hypnotherapy and has spent over a decade helping clients create meaningful change while studying advanced hypnosis, changework, and ethical practice.
This program was built to give students what many trainings miss:
- Practical skill
- Real confidence
- Ethical foundations
- Business readiness
- Personal attention
This is the training he wishes he had when he started in the industry and he’s excited to bring this to you.
What other practitioners say
“I can’t recommend him enough. He has a deep and broad skillset.”
– James Harrison, Hypnotist, Portland, Oregon
is this right for you?
This training may be a strong fit you are:
- ready for a meaningful new career path
- burned out by work that lacks purpose
- a coach, healer, or helper wanting deeper tools
- drawn to psychology, behavior change, and growth
- ready to build something of your own
- willing to practice and stretch yourself
100 hour hypnotherapy Training Breakdown
Each intensive builds confidence, skill, and professional mastery.
Weekend
01
Oct 3-4
Hypnosis: Foundations
learn to guide willing subject from pre-talk to trance to awakening with skill and confidence.
You’ll learn:
- What hypnosis really is
- How to explain hypnosis professionally
- Suggestibility testing
- Multiple inductions
- Deepening methods
- Effective suggestion design
- Ego strengthening
- Self-hypnosis
Practice Jam
Online practice session with your cohort to reinforce inductions, suggestions, and trance work from Weekend 1.
Weekend
02
Oct 17-18
Hypnosis: The Client's Journey
design and run a complete client-centered session.
You’ll learn:
- Anchoring for confidence and calm
- Suggestion design principles
Future pacing - Session flow from intake to follow-up
- Solution-focused tools
- Full live sessions with feedback
Certificate Milestone:
- Complete your written and practical exam to earn your ICBCH Certified Hypnotist credential, required for the Advanced Hypnosis training.
Practice Jam
Full session practice with a focus on session flow, anchoring, and client-centered language from Weekend 2.
Weekend
03
Nov 7-8
Advanced Hypnosis: The Professional Practice
build the advanced skills to work confidently as a Certified professional hypnotist
You’ll learn:
- Outcome-based sessions
- Guided imagery resources
- Handling resistance
- Strategy calls
- Client screening
- Practice systems and technology
- Client acquisition fundamentals
Practice Jam
Practice the full client experience from first inquiry to follow-up based on the learnings from Weekend 3.
Weekend
04
Nov 21-22
Advanced Hypnosis: Deep Change Work
guide clients through some of the most advanced methods in the field, safely and skillfully
You’ll learn:
- Parts therapy
- Working with inner conflict
- Forgiveness processes
- Conversational regression
- Affect bridge techniques
- Reframing past experiences
- Multi-session planning for common issues
Practice Jam
Practice advanced changework based on Weekend 4 with direct support and supervision
Weekend
05
Dec 5-6
Advanced Hypnosis: Mastery and final Certification
master content free hypnosis and graduate as an ICBCH Certified Professional Hypnotist
You’ll learn:
- Content-free hypnosis methods
- Fast phobia and reframe models
- Ericksonian language patterns
- Therapeutic storytelling
- Session series design
- Final business launch guidance
- Supervised practicum
Graduation Milestone
Complete your written and practical exam to earn your ICBCH Certified Professional Hypnotist designation
Investment
Founding Cohort: $2,500
Early Enrollment: $2,000 through July 1
Includes:
- 100 hours of training
- Five live intensives
- Practice jams
- Certification testing
- Business systems
- Mentorship throughout training
Payment plans available upon request.
fall 2026 cohort begins october 3rd
Only 10 seats are available to preserve personal attention and live practice quality.
If this path has been calling you, now is the time to take the next step.
Readiness matters more than perfections. If you feel the pull, trust it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need any prior experience to apply?
No. Most of our students come in with zero hypnosis background. Some have coaching or therapy experience, some don’t. What matters is that you’re empathetic, curious, and genuinely want to help people. The training takes care of the rest.
What certification do I earn?
You graduate as an ICBCH Certified Professional Hypnotist. ICBCH is the International Certification Board of Clinical Hypnotherapy, a nationally recognized credential respected across the professional hypnotherapy community. You earn two certifications: an Certified Hypnotist credential after Weekend 2 and your full Certified Professional Hypnotist credential after Weekend 5.
How is this different from an online or weekend hypnosis course?
A weekend course gives you a certificate. This program gives you the skill to back it up. You’re training in person across five weekend intensives with a small cohort, doing live reps with real feedback every step of the way. Hypnosis is a live skill. You can’t learn it by watching videos and reading PDFs.
What's the time commitment?
Five weekend intensives spread across October to December 2026, plus online practice jams between weekends. Each weekend covers two full days. Plan on around 100 hours of training time over the program, including reading and light prep work between sessions.
Where do the in-person weekends take place?
The intensives are held in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area. Specific venue details go out to enrolled students once the cohort is confirmed.
Can I do this while working a full-time job?
Yes. The schedule was built for working professionals. Weekends are designed so you can still hold down your day job while you train. Many students come from corporate roles, coaching practices, healing work, or wellness fields.
What if I miss a weekend?
The intensives are sequential and build on each other, so attendance matters. Life happens though, and we work with you. Reach out before the weekend and we’ll figure out how to keep you on track. Repeated absences may affect certification eligibility.
What happens after I graduate? Will I actually be able to work with clients?
Yes. That’s the whole point. By the end of the program you’ll have completed supervised live sessions, learned how to run intakes and follow-ups, and built the systems for client acquisition, offers, and ethical practice. You graduate ready to work with paying clients, not ready to start figuring out how to work with paying clients.
Do you teach the business side, or just the technique?
Both. Most trainings ignore the business side, which is why so many certified hypnotists never see a paying client. We cover client acquisition, session structure, pricing, intake forms, referrals, and a professional launch. You leave with a real business foundation, not just a credential.
Is hypnotherapy regulated in Minnesota?
Hypnotherapy is unregulated in Minnesota, meaning you don’t need a state license to practice. That said, ethical practice and proper certification are essential, and this program holds you to a high professional standard.
What's the investment, and are payment plans available?
Tuition for the founding cohort is $2,500. Early enrollment pricing is $2,000 through July 1. Payment plans are available on request. Reach out and we’ll find an option that works.
Why only 10 seats?
Live practice and personal mentorship are the core of this training. Bigger cohorts mean fewer reps, less feedback, and less attention from the instructor. Capping at ten keeps the quality where it needs to be.
How do I know if I'm ready?
If you’ve read this far, you’re probably more ready than you think. Readiness isn’t a feeling that arrives before you commit. It builds as you train. If something keeps pulling you toward this work, that’s the signal worth trusting.
What's the application process?
Click apply, fill out a short application, and we’ll set up a conversation. The application isn’t a hoop. It’s how we make sure the program is the right fit for you and that the cohort is the right fit for everyone in it.