Will Michael

Bio

Clinical Hypnosis Institute of Montana, Founder/Director; Private practice hypnotherapist, specializing in personal empowerment, coping with life-threatening disease, pre and post operative training, pain management, habit control and performance enhancement; professor of psychology at UM-Helena; prevention specialist; media literacy and social media marketing professional; Institute for Holistic Living, Founder/Director, providing and creating empowerment activities around the globe; Health, Healing and Happiness Television Show Host and Producer for last 4 years (HCTV); Health, Healing and Happiness Radio Show Host for 8 years in N. Michigan (longest running health related radio show in MI);selected as Doctor of the Year by Northern Express Newspaper Poll, 1997; Co-Founder of the Bliss School (with Nancy Decker), Bliss, MI; Co-Founder of the Blissfest Music Organization (with Jim Gillespie), Cross Village, Petoskey and Harbor Springs, MI; Northern Michigan Hunger Project, Founder; Jamaican Journeys, Founder. Education: Western Michigan University, BA, MA in clinical psychology,full clinical internship at Fort Custer State Home; Michigan State University, PhD Candidate, ABD Counseling Psychology; full clinical internship at Pine Rest Christian Hospital; American Institute of Hypnotherapy, PhD in clinical hypnotherapy specializing in body-mind healing, personal empowerment and pain management. Certified Hypnotherapist through the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association (IMDHA). Board Certified Diplomate, The American Pain Management Association; private practice psychologist for 32 years with Psychological Services in Petoskey, MI; adjunct staff psychologist at Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey, MI and Mercy Hospital, Cadillac, MI; instrumental in initiating Integrated Medicine Committee in both hospital settings; wrote, designed and presented hundreds of seminars, workshops and retreats; additional training in energy medicine/psychology.