Rick Collingwood
Rick Collingwood is a therapeutic hypnotist, hypnosis and mesmerism trainer, lecturer, public speaker and author. He is the founder and president of Mind Motivations, established in 1993. He has trained hypnosis in Australia and internationally for the past 31 years and is the founder and president of the Global Hypnosis Academy.
He developed a unique style of hypnosis from a combination of traditional hypnosis, Ericksonian hypnosis and mesmerism. Drawing on the direct and rapid methods used by both modern hypnotists and the hypnotists of the past, he moulded those techniques into a therapeutic model - and that model is what the Academy teaches. The curriculum is created, formatted and updated by him.
He has personally assisted many thousands of people. His clients have included international movie stars, commercial airline pilots, psychologists, medical professionals, sales motivators, business people, homemakers and children, facing challenges from stress disorders, nicotine and drug dependency and gambling addiction to pain management, depression, panic disorder, insomnia, chronic fatigue syndrome and cancer.
Peer acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled professional hypnotists and hypnosis trainers, he has trained more than 5,000 students in the correct and effective use of his hypnosis styles.
Qualifications
Methods he practises
Recordings and awards
Hypnosis Field Therapy and the 2005 cancer trial
In 2005, in conjunction with pharmacist Nathan Elliott, Rick conducted Australia's first monitored clinical study evaluating improvements in quality of life using hypnosis as an adjunct to conventional medical treatment. The participants were nine doctor-referred and doctor-monitored volunteers living with various cancers at various stages of progression.
The advanced techniques used in that trial became Hypnosis Field Therapy - a deep trance methodology that works on the subconscious patterns underlying a habit, emotional issue or health concern. They have been developed further across thousands of hours of clinical experiment and research since.
Read the full trial report: the method, the results, the nine participant records and the references.
In the media
Achievements
The Academy
Founded in 1993, the Academy has taught clinical hypnosis as a significant and valuable modality within the professions of physical and emotional healing for three decades. More than 5,000 students have been trained in Australia and internationally.
Graduates practise in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, the UK, Germany, Sweden, Canada, Iceland, Fiji, South Africa, Holland and Costa Rica. Training is recognised by the major hypnosis associations in Australia and accredited by the Hypnotherapy Council of Australia.
Recognition and accreditation
The Hypnotherapy Council of Australia, the peak body for hypnosis in Australia, accredits the Academy’s training.
Training is recognised and approved, supporting graduate membership applications.
Training is recognised and approved, supporting graduate membership applications.