Throughout my 32 year career in hypnosis there have been many things that have surprised me. The ability of a client to become free of pain. Children who are able to improve their grades. Removal of negative conscious and subconscious behaviors. The one element of hypnosis that still leaves me in awe is regression.  Early on in my career, I was told that a person can recall anything that they have ever seen, heard, felt, or read. Being from Missouri, The Show Me State, I initially had a hard time believing that all information was stored in the subconscious.Around 1983, I started to investigate the benefits of hypnotic regression. I discovered that by categorizing regression into five specific types it could then be used successfully with almost every type of session. The one element that disturbed me was the fact that it was easy for a client to fantasize while under hypnosis. I wanted to ensure that the information I was retrieving was accurate.

After regressing over 1,000 people I came up with key words, phrases, and sets of suggestions that would ensure that the information was accurate. We named the set of suggestions verifiers, and now use them with all of our regressions.I also found that some clients appeared to regress easier than others did. It wasn’t until the mid-80s that I found everyone is capable of being regressed, if I was using the correct techniques. This is when we started to develop our 20 different techniques and a way of testing which technique would work best for a specific client.I cannot even imagine having a high success rate with clients without having the ability to use at least one of the forms of regression that we have developed. I have a very specific goal for this class, I want every attendee to master the techniques of regression and be ready to utilize them.