Daniel Browne
Conference Topic
Beyond the Closet: Hypnotic Healing for Shame and Identity
Shame is one of the most powerful forces shaping human behaviour - and for many LGBTQ+ people, it can be a lifelong companion formed through messages of rejection, invisibility, or fear. In this transformative one-hour presentation, you’ll discover how hypnosis can become a profound tool for healing shame and reshaping identity from the inside out.
We’ll explore the unique psychological and emotional experiences that LGBTQ+ clients often carry into the therapy room, including internalised stigma, hypervigilance, and fractured self-worth. You’ll learn how to identify shame-based narratives, listen for the subtle cues that reveal identity conflict, and work sensitively with clients who may have never spoken openly about their experiences.
Through practical frameworks and demonstration-style teaching, you’ll gain tools for:
1) Using hypnotic language to dismantle shame at its root.
2) Guiding clients into compassionate self-recognition and emotional release.
3) Reframing identity as a source of empowerment, resilience, and authenticity.
4) Creating hypnotic journeys that safely explore and rewrite limiting inner stories.
This session goes beyond theory, offering actionable strategies you can use immediately in your practice. Whether you’re an experienced hypnotist or newly developing your inclusive skills, you’ll leave with deeper insight, refined techniques, and a renewed understanding of the role hypnosis can play in helping LGBTQ+ clients live proudly, openly, and without shame.
Pre-Conference Training on Friday, October 23, 2026
Mastering The Mind Bender Method: A One-Day Intensive for Hypnotic Transformation (Certification)
Step into the world of The Mind Bender and learn a revolutionary approach to hypnosis that goes far beyond scripts and surface techniques. In this immersive one-day workshop, you’ll master The Mind Bender Method — a structured yet flexible framework that combines hypnosis, counselling, and coaching to create profound, lasting change.
Through live demonstrations, practical exercises, and hands-on hypnotic practice, you’ll discover how to: Unlock the core pillars of The Mind Bender Method to guide any client from resistance to transformation.
Use advanced hypnotic language patterns and reframing techniques to shift beliefs at the deepest level.
Integrate emotional intelligence, storytelling, and identity work for more powerful client breakthroughs.
Confidently adapt the method to diverse clients — including LGBTQ+ individuals seeking authenticity, empowerment, and self-acceptance.
By the end of this transformational day, you’ll walk away with the mindset, tools, and confidence to deliver hypnosis that doesn’t just change habits — it changes lives.
Participants will gain:
1) Participants will become a registered The Mind Bender Method practitioner and be listed as an approved practitioner for LGBTQ+ clients.
2) Hypnotic techniques and suggestions for working specifically with LGBTQ+ clients, which can be adapted to use with all clients.
3) Knowledge and confidence to work effectively and ethically with LGBTQ+ clients.
4) A tried and tested framework for working with LGBTQ+ clients, from intake to the client's final session.
Investment: $397 CAD if you register by September 20th, and $497 CAD after that date.
Bio
Daniel Browne (aka The Mind Bender) is a multi-award-winning hypnotherapist, counsellor, and coach. He is based in the UK, works worldwide, and has been in full time private practice for 17 years. Daniel has achieved a Diploma in Hypnotherapy, a Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, and an Advanced Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy. He completes around 100 hours of CPD each year to keep his skills and knowledge up to date.
Daniel specialises in working with LGBTQ+ clients. LGBTQ+ people make up over 90% of his clients. As well as seeing clients at his clinic in Royal Leamington Spa, he works online and in-person globally with many LGBTQ+ people.
As well as working primarily with LGBTQ+ clients, Daniel also dedicates a significant amount of time to educating hypnotists and therapists to help them develop their knowledge, skills, and confidence in working with LGBTQ+ clients.
Daniel is the author of the ‘How to be an LGBT+ Affirmative Therapist’ series of books, as well as 'LGBTSEX' and 'The Self-Care Bible'.
He was named among the most influential LGBTQ+ people in the UK by the Independent, has advised the UK government on mental health policy for LGBTQ+ people, and is a leading authority on working therapeutically with this community.
Daniel has won many awards over the years, all for his work supporting LGBTQ+ communities.