Rick Collingwood
Rick Collingwood is an internationally renowned 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 33 years and is the founder and president of the Global Hypnosis Academy.
Rick developed a unique style of hypnosis from a combination of traditional hypnosis, Ericksonian hypnosis and mesmerism. Drawing on the direct and rapid induction methods used by both modern hypnotists and the hypnotists and magnetists 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.
For more than thirty years Rick 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.
Peer acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled professional clinical hypnotists and hypnosis and Mesmerism/Magnetism trainers. During his long career in Australia and internationally, Rick has trained more than 5,000 students in the correct and effective use of his unique effective hypnosis styles.
He has worked internationally with and sponsored trainings in Australia for many esteemed hypnosis trainers, including Justin Tranz, Dr Marco Paret, James Szeles, Dodie Magis, Tom Silver, Reg Blackwood, Bob Burns and Beryl Comar.
Previous Academy History
Rick was the owner and principal of The Australian Academy of Hypnosis that he founded in 1995 and owned until March 2023.
Global Hypnosis Academy has no association or affiliations whatsoever with The Australian Academy of Hypnosis or its owners or any training associates. The Global Hypnosis Academy curriculums and training style are all updated, improved and presented differently.
Rick's 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
Initially founded in 1993 as The Queensland Hypnosis Academy and then The Australian Academy of Hypnosis. Rick has taught clinical hypnosis and human magnetism as significant and valuable modalities within the professions of physical and emotional healing for more than three decades. He has personally trained more than 5,000 students both in Australia and internationally.
Graduates practise in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, the UK, Germany, Sweden, Canada, Iceland, Fiji, South Africa, Holland, Costa Rica, Russia and Switzerland.