Hi, I’m Joseph Kao, and I’m a hypnotherapist, writer and hypnosis trainer.

I've been practising hypnosis and meditation since 1997 and working as a professional hypnotherapist since 2005. I’ve had people travel to see me from all around the UK, and even from Europe and America. I continue to find hypnosis utterly fascinating, and an amazingly powerful approach to making changes.

I’ve trained in many forms of changework over the years, particularly solution-focused therapy and hypnotherapy. I’m a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and my teachers include Paul McKenna and Richard Bandler, the co-creator of NLP. 

Since 2006 I’ve also been delivering advanced hypnosis trainings and storytelling workshops to therapists and coaches wanting to improve their skills.

My other lifelong passion is acting - I regularly perform in improv theatre groups around London, and I take part in an annual outdoor Shakespeare production in Wales every summer.

Experience

• I have been a professional hypnotherapist since 2005.
• Head scriptwriter for HypnosisDownloads.com, and co-author of over 400 professional hypnotherapy scripts.
• Supervisor and mentor on the Uncommon Knowledge hypnotherapy diploma course.
• Experienced at assessing and marking trainee therapists’ sessions.
• Hired to give workshops on hypnotic metaphor for NLP Master Practitioner trainings.
• Co-developer and teacher of Precision Hypnosis, an online advanced hypnosis training course.

Training

• Provocative Therapy with Frank Farrelly and Nick Kemp - 2011
• Spiral Somatics with James Tsakalos - 2010
• Provocative Change Works with Nick Kemp - 2010
  
• Advanced Coaching and Changework with Michael Perez - 2012
• Society of NLP Licenced Master Practitioner with Michael Breen – 2007.
• Integral Eye Movement training with Andrew Austin – 2007.
• Creating Therapeutic Change with Andrew Austin – 2007.
• Trance-endental Journeys - Exploring Altered States workshop – Michael Perez 2007.
• Dance of the Elements - bodywork and personal change with Joseph Riggio - 2006.
• One year diploma in solution focused therapy, hypnotherapy and the human givens with Uncommon Knowledge – 2005.
• Society of NLP Licenced Practitioner course with Paul Mckenna, Michael Breen and Richard Bandler – 2000.
• B.A. in Philosophy from University College London, with a special interest in the philosophy of mind and Wittgenstein.