Karen Mattison with

Tim Simmerman and Gil Boyne

Professional Memberships
Karen Mattison is a clinical hypnotherapist certified by the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners (#108-054) and licensed by the US state of Washington. She is the former Outreach Coordinator for the International Mental Health Professionals of Japan.

Training
Karen graduated from the Hypnotherapy Academy of America in New Mexico. She had the honor of studying with Gil Boyne, a leader in the field and the founder of the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners; Tim Simmerman, the author of Medical Hypnotherapy; and Patrick Singleton, a Master NLP Practioner trained by NLP Founder John Grinder.

Karen has also completed advanced training and certification in accelerated healing and pain management with Dr. Robert Sapien, chief of the University of New Mexico Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She was certified in painfree childbirth hypnosis and cancer support hypnosis by Gerald F. Kein, author of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy: Basic and Advanced Techniques for the Professional.

Karen also became the first certified Blissborn Childbirth Hypnosis Educator in Washington state after training with Blissborn founders Shelley Black and Laura Wood. Karen is also a Usui Reiki Master/Teacher trained by Dr. Catherine Schultz, the author of Bliss: Living in Silent Awareness.

Background
Karen became interested in complementary medicine after developing chronic pain and weakness in the hands. Her condition required extended periods of rest and increasing amounts of pain medication. After receiving repeated ineffectual cortisone injections in the wrists, Karen pursued alternative means of managing pain and inflammation. She was relieved to discover that hypnosis could stop her dependency on pain medication. Since chronic pain can greatly impair one's life and lead to depression, Karen is particularly interested in helping clients with pain management.

In addition to her training in complementary medicine, Karen has a BA from the University of California at San Diego and an MA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Her writing on a variety of topics (primarily as a ghost writer or rewriter) has appeared in publications around the world. She has lived in Japan for more than ten years and speaks Japanese.