Kerrilee Pietroski is the owner and director of the Catalyst Hypnosis Center and a board-certified hypnotherapist and certified hypnosis trainer. She is in high demand as both a public speaker and personal coach. She is a Certified Virtual Gastric Band Practitioner, a Certified Eating Psychology Coach, and has developed programs for weight loss, corporate wellness and stress management.

Kerrilee joins me today to share her story of moving from a career as a certified occupational therapist to working with clients through the power of hypnotic energy. She explains how her hypnosis business became successful and the strategies she uses for her weight reduction therapy sessions. She also explains how word of mouth marketing has impacted her business as well as why the initial client contact and treatment should start with the client.

“If you put it out there it will come to fruition for you, so leap before you are ready.” - Kerrilee Pietroski

• The motivations for leaving a successful career as an occupational therapist.
• What is occupational therapy?
• The skills of occupational therapy that transition to hypnosis.
• How she developed a career in hypnosis.
• How word of mouth has created a successful hypnosis business.
• The Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis technique.
• How Kerrilee fell into the niche of weight reduction.
• Client success stories.
• How initial contact and treatment begins with a client.
• Changing your client’s behaviors by making them think in new ways through rapid pattern interruption strategies.
• The weight reduction techniques she uses while working with clients.
• Selling the client what they want and the pivot of giving the client what they need.

Connect with Kerrilee Pietroski:

• Catalyst Hypnosis Center
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• Kerrilee Pietroski on Twitter
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Dr. Tracy Riley is the founder of Tracy Riley Hypnosis, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a published author. In 2005, she acquired her Master’s Degree from Florida State University. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Auburn University and a 2018 Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from California Southern University. Additionally, she has also taught psychology at the University of Phoenix.

Dr. Riley joins me today to discuss the hypnosis scope of practice. She shares her thoughts on when it is appropriate to refer clients to mental health practitioners and doctors and strategies for new practitioners to develop a referral list while building their professional network. She also highlights the symbiotic ways that hypnotherapists should work with mental health professionals and the accepted terminology to use or avoid.

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“You can not possibly be everything to every person in every particular situation. If you aren’t the right fit, you have to recognize your strengths, weaknesses, and limitations and work where you are good.” - Dr. Tracy Riley

• Tracy’s personal story and motivations for being a social worker and hypnotherapist.
• The benefits of not pushing hypnosis onto clients and recognizing when they are ready for a hypnotic session.
• Her experiences of employing the educational component of hypnosis during traditional therapist sessions.
• Her move into primarily a hypnotherapist role.
• The hypnotic scope of practice and what’s appropriate to take on or refer out.
• When is it appropriate to ask for guidance and advice from other hypnotists.
• Referring clients to other practitioners when you aren’t the right fit.
• Conditions where hypnosis is not the right fit.
• How to handle referring a client.
• Ways that brand new hypnotists can handle referrals when they don’t yet have a network of mental health clinicians or doctors.
• The jargon that hypnotists should avoid using.

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• Tracy Riley Hypnosis
• Tracy Riley on LinkedIn

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Titan Lunaro is the pioneer and CEO of Scriptnosis, a company that helps hypnotherapists create therapy sessions in a new and exciting way. Titan attended Flinders University and acquired a Graduate Diploma in Psychology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology and Genetics. His life goal is for Scriptnosis to help hypnotherapists treat more than 100 million people with anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues.

Titan joins me today to share why he is pioneering hypnosis through the Scriptnosis software. He discusses the launch and benefits of the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system, which is scheduled to launch at the end of October. We also discuss how the CRM has been developed specifically with running a hypnosis practice in mind.

“Scriptnosis is a way for people to create and craft scripts from start to finish using the pieces that they have personally chosen from the mindsets of some of the world’s greatest trainers.” - Titan Lunaro

• Titan’s fascination with Influencing people and his introduction to hypnosis training.
• The power of hypnosis demonstrated through a life-saving intervention.
• How the limited number of one-to-one hypnosis sessions per week and a desire to help more people led to the idea of Scriptnosis.
• The lessons held within even poorly constructed scripts.
• Why cutting snippets out of scripts is essential and how to make them your own.
• How Scriptnosis can help the hypnotherapist construct scripts.
• How to think your way through the process with a click and drag style editor.
• Why Scriptnosis is a trusted resource of “the good stuff.”
• How the CRM will transform your business, offering better organization for your practice, from reminders to marketing.
• How the CRM will help you make more money through the automation of re-engaging with past clients.
• How user input has shaped and refined the CRM into a beautiful tool.
• What Titan is most excited about in hypnosis and the Scriptnosis project.

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Dr. Kazi Anam is the founder of Hypnosis Leader Inc, a consulting hypnotist, pharmacist, author, health coach, and motivational speaker. He is a member of the Hypnosis Guild and has a Masters Degree from St. John’s University in New York. He holds an NYS pharmacy license and has witnessed the unwanted side effects of medications. These events inspired him to use hypnosis, nutrition, and lifestyle changes to help patients restore their health and wellbeing. He helps willing individuals to find money and success, lose weight, quit smoking and overcome drug abuse and alcoholism through hypnosis and the reprogramming of the subconscious mind.

Kazi joins me today to share his work and experiences of helping people who have a fear of public speaking or other anxiety issues. He explains what hypnotic prescriptions and hypnotic age regression are and how they help his clients overcome anxiety. He also reveals through which medium his clients are finding him and shares several practitioner/client stories.

“Our minds are really powerful, and hypnosis can utilize that power within.” - Kazi Anam

• His work with anxiety issues.
• Hypnotic age regression and overcoming the fears of public speaking.
• Client case stories surrounding public speaking.
• How he transitioned from pharmacy work to hypnosis.
• The methods he uses to monitor the success of smoking cessation and the statistical results.
• Discovering the events that trigger anxiety problems.
• Scenarios where age regression might not be the best technique.
• How to acquire clients and through which mediums.
• His experience of working with clients experiencing the fear of failure or the fear of success.
• How to work with hard-headed CEOs.

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• Hypnosis Leader Inc.
• Kazi Anam on LinkedIn

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