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Carly Ptak, AB LSAR CHt

 

 

Hypnotherapy Training

I received my Master Hypnotist and Hypnotherapy certification through the Hypnotherapy Training Institute (HTI) in California. HTI was founded in 1978 as the first state certified and licensed hypnotherapy program in the country. Unfortunately the internet has spawned an explosion of illegal schools with extremely brief programs. These programs offer "certification" through national organizations that have never received a legal license to operate by an appropriate state agency. HTI is located California, which, unlike most other states including Maryland, has a minimum number of hours of training to receive certification. During my traing I learned how to make effective change responsibly using tools beyond hypnosis such as Gestalt techniques, Psychosynthesis and EFT.

I am also certified by the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners (A.C.H.E.) which is the only major Hypnosis Certification organization in the US to require it's schools to have the necessary state licensing.

Background

I received a degree in Pscyhology and Women's Studies from the University of Michigan in 1996. Upon graduation I decided not to go immediately into a profession but instead to follow my heart as an artist and musician. Since then I have spent many years travelling the world and exchanging ideas with a vibrant community of forward thinking people. As I developed my own expression I became more and more interested in transporting myself and the audience into a trance state provoking change. I found mentors such as Duncan Laurie and Michael Bradford who taught me about subtle energies and the responsibilities involved in applying these learnings in everyday life. I also discovered the I Ching and Qi Gong as personal practices helping me to develop discipline and patience. All of these things lead me to start feeling that performing on a stage was no longer taking me or the audience as far into the energy as I knew I could go. Then I discovered hypnosis as a tool that encompassed many of the ideas I was already involved in as well as providing a more direct relationship with motivated people. Becoming a hypnotherapist was the natural next step in my genesis as both an artist and a person motivated to help others explore their own reality.