Your School Directors and Instructors!

Cathy J Smith, is the Executive Director for Personal Growth School of Hypnotherapy.  A Certified Stress Management Consultant/Trainer, she was originally certified as a Hypnotherapist through the American Board of Hypnotherapy.  Since 1998, Cathy has enhanced her hypnotherapy practice with training in Marie Mongan’s HypnoBirthing ® and Dr. Susan Baker’s Resilience Therapy. Cathy recently received IACT training in Basic Hypnotherapy and Advanced Transpersonal Hypnotherapy with Patricia Price, MS, Director of the Trillium Institute in Cassadaga , NY . She received her certification through the IMDHA in November 2007. Cathy is Co-founder of the Citadel of Inner Peace Wellness Resource Center which has served Northwest Ohio for over 10 years.  She holds certificates in many alternative and natural healing modalities. Her quiet confidence and attitude of unconditional acceptance, along with a soothing voice, transports her clients to a place of calmness and serenity where they can experience their own rejuvenating space. To contact Cathy directly, please click here

James Stermole is the Education Director for Personal Growth School of Hypnotherapy. James was originally certified by the American Board of Hypnotherapy.  He has been a Hypnotherapist for over 8 years practicing various aspects of hypnosis for healing and specializing in Heal the Need to Smoke. He received his certification through the IMDHA in November 2007. James has been a certified Reiki Master Teacher for over 12 years along with certifications in Touch for Health (kinesiology), as well as many other healing modalities. He is the co-founder of the Citadel of Inner Peace Wellness Resource Center and a spiritual discovery circle, Another Way.  James has been using these talents over time to develop a successful practice in using hypnosis to bring about healing and wellness to countless individuals. To contact James directly, please click here.

The Founders!

Personal Growth School of Hypnotherapy was owned and operated by James and Patricia Sievert. Both James and Patricia have been in traditional and complimentary health care for over 20 years and are still doing private practice and advanced hypnosis training.

James Sievert, was the Executive Director for Personal Growth School of Hypnotherapy.  A Certified Hypnotherapist and Lifetime Fellow of  IMDHA (International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association), he is also a Certified Hypnotherapist through the  NGH (National Guild of Hypnotists) and IACT (International Association of Counselors and Therapists). James also has specialty certifications in Hypnoanesthesia, Pain Management and Regression Therapy with IMDHA.  He holds certification in Forensic Hypnosis with Collin County Community College Law Enforcement Training Division and is also a Certified NLP Master practitioner, Sports Performance Hypnotist  and NLP Trainer with the NFNLP. James is the developer of the SIL™ method of Performance Enhancement. This program is certified through the IMDHA and was offered at the 16th annual Conference in October 2004. James is a Certified Tai-Chi Instructor with over 20 years experience with taijiquan and martial arts. He blends his traditional medical and complimentary care backgrounds with his teaching experience to offer a well rounded training program.  To contact James Sievert please visit www.healthpreservation.net 

Patricia Sievert,  was the Education Director for Personal Growth School of Hypnotherapy.  She is also a  Certified Hypnotherapist with both IMDHA and  IACT . She was named Lifetime Fellow of the IMDHA in 2006. Patricia has specialty certifications in Hypnoanesthesia,  Pain Management, Regression Therapy. She is  trained in Marie Mongan's HypnoBirthing® and Imagery Birthing©  and is the developer of Gentle Birthing a more natural way to birth.  Gentle Birthing was offered at the 20th annual IMDHA conference as their Certified Natural Childbirthing method. A Reiki Master/Teacher since 1999, she teaches Traditional Reiki at several location. Her blend of traditional medical and complimentary care training is directed toward the mind-body connection and natural child-birthing. To contact Patrica Sievert directly, please visit www.healthpreservation.net 

James and Patricia were the recipients of the IMDHA Team Player Award in 2002.

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