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Written by Rick Collingwood
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 John Vernes
John enjoys a very active professional and social life and his interests include music, the arts, philosophy, frequencies, human behaviour, natural health, hypnosis, magnetism, and playing basketball, and is rather well known and appreciated in certain circles for his excellent beer brewing and alcohol distilling skills.
Endowed with a strong sense of self, John resonates a caring, friendly, and charismatic personality to all and sundry. He is also possessed with a natural and energetic zest for life. After completing a BA in Philosophy at UWA and not really knowing what he wanted to do, he did, however know what he didn’t want to do, so he took a year off and travelled to London and Europe.
After much ruminating, John decided that he wanted to pursue a career in the helping and human endeavour professions. So he studied and completed accredited training in massage and Bowen Therapy before, through a mutual acquaintance; he met Rick Collingwood, principal of The Australian Academy of Hypnosis.
John completed a “Certificate of Hypnosis” with the academy in 2002, after which time he began to include Clinical Hypnotherapy as an additional or complementary modality to his Bowen Therapy. Finding that he had a natural talent for inducing hypnosis and using it with great effect in a clinical situation, John then completed his “Advanced Certificate of Hypnosis” in 2004.
The passion John has for hypnosis, and the skills he developed for using it were quickly noticed by Rick, and since February 2005 he has been Rick’s understudy and assistant trainer. John has now assisted training during the last five Certificate and Advanced Certificate training courses and often conducts the on-going monthly training days for The Academy whilst Rick away on his frequent travels.
John enjoys his professional practice and the satisfaction that comes with the ability to help others walk a smoother and more comfortable path. He also revels in training hypnosis, especially the old direct styles and rapid inductions, and looks forward with positive anticipation to the future of hypnosis in Australia as an equally recognised and respected clinical health and healing modality. |
