Joann Abrahamsen
Keynote Speaker
Join us at the Saturday Night Dinner featuring our keynote speaker, Joann Abrahamsen, as she shares her wisdom in her keynote titled "Hypnotist Heal Thyself".
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Conference Topic
A Potpourri of Hypnotic Techniques —Adding the WOW Factor to Your Practice
Do you want to captivate an audience? Add some zip to your lectures? Be remembered as an effective speaker who is invited back? Included are many demonstration techniques and interactive processes which you could incorporate into your pre-talks and include in your lectures demonstrations to make them informative and fun! I will also demonstrate an induction that I developed that induces hypnosis, tests & deepens the client in five minutes or less.​
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Conference Topic
Weighing in on Hypnosis: Lifestyle and Habit Changes for Weight Loss Success
Weighing In on Hypnosis is not a quick-fix diet program—it’s a practical, experience-based guide to long-term weight management. After facing a breast cancer diagnosis and joining a 10-year lifestyle study, I began to truly understand how gradual behavior change, paired with consistent self-hypnosis, creates sustainable results.
As practitioners, we know hypnosis can reinforce powerful change—but lasting weight loss also requires strategic shifts in eating, movement, and mindset. In this talk, I share my personal journey, client insights, and the hypnosis tools I used to help myself and others build healthier habits that last. You’ll walk away with practical techniques and inspiring takeaways you can use immediately in your own practice—and in your own life.
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Bio
Joann Abrahamsen is a keynote speaker and a major presenter for many national and international hypnosis organizations and is a board certified consultant in hypnosis by the National Guild of Hypnotists and the International Certification Board of Coaches and Hypnotists. Joann was inducted into the National Guild of Hypnotists, “Order of Braid,” recognizing a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication, and service. Joann has received both the NGH Outstanding Achievement Award and the Charles Tebbets Award for “spreading the light of hypnosis.” She was named the Association to Advance Ethical Hypnosis’ “Person of the Year”, and was recipient of both the President’s Award and the Harry Arons Award for the AAEH.
Joann teaches certification courses in hypnosis and hypnosis courses for adults at local high schools and colleges. Joann has written three books, Weighing in on Hypnosis: Lifestyle and Habit Changes for Weight Loss Success, Self-Hypnosis, Easy as 1,2,3 and A Potpourri of Hypnotic Techniques and is a regular columnist for the Journal of Hypnotism. In her on-line and in-person private practice, Abrahamsen has helped many people achieve their goals by combining her award-winning hypnotic techniques with behavior modification. She enjoys traveling (especially cruising), line dancing, and ballroom dancing. Joann lives in Westchester County, NY with her husband, Robert and their calico cat, Nutmeg.