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HYPNOTHERAPY
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
  • Appointments
  • Hypnosis Training
  • 2021-2026 class schedule
  • HYP100 Basic Hypnosis
  • HYP100 Table of Contents
  • HYP100 Syllabus
  • HYP100 Reading
  • HYP200 Hypnotherapy
  • HYP200 Table of Contents
  • HYP200 Syllabus
  • HYP200 Reading
  • HYP300 Electives
  • HYP300 Table of Contents
  • HYP300 Syllabus
  • HYP300 Reading
  • HYP400 Hypnoanalysis
  • HYP400 Table of Contents
  • HYP400 Syllabus
  • HYP400 Reading List
  • Course Evaluation
  • CEs for Professionals
  • References for CEs
  • Downloads
  • Neurofeedback
  • M. Geers Dahl, Ed.D.
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1990 photo by Admiral Frank Busby, Monica (nee Geers) Dahl during music making with Roger and Robin.

 1990 photo by Admiral Frank Busby, Monica (nee Geers) Dahl during music making with Roger and Robin. 

Services and Training Manuals

Insurance Reimbursed appointments

FL MH13153.  Accepted by 15 insurance providers through Grow Therapy.

Insurance reimbursed mental health appointment

Hypnosis Sessions, Self Pay

If you don't have insurance and will be paying for your sessions out of pocket.

Hypnosis sessions self pay

Hypnosis Classes

Four hypnosis / hypnotherapy courses are offered annually.

Hypnosis classes

Hypnosis HYP100 Training Manual

Hypnotherapy, Vol. 1:  Basic Hypnosis.  

Hypnotherapy Vol. 1: Basic Hypnosis order here

Hypnosis HYP200 Training Manual

Hypnotherapy, Vol. 2  

Hypnotherapy Vol. 2 order here

Neurofeedback

Not offering live sessions at this time. 

Restoring the Brain, 1st edition, July 2015

Monica is author of Chapter 10.  Restoring the Brain, Editor, Hanno Kirk

Restoring the Brain, 1st edition

Restoring the Brain, 2nd edition, March 2020

Monica is author of Chapter 13.  Restoring the Brain, Editor, Hanno Kirk

Restoring the Brain, 2nd edition, March 2020

Geers for Success!

Bio

Neurofeedback

Hypnotherapy

  Monica Geers got her start in mind power training when she was 9 y.o. Her mother brought home material from the Silva Mind Control training and told her that this is how adults used their minds properly.  Monica assumed that the da Silva methods were normative processes for competent adults.


  Monica discovered to her surprise that other people didn't always have the habits of using their minds "like adults are supposed to."  


Her free time got tied up helping other people learn how to use their minds for more effective outcomes.  


In her early 20s, Monica discovered hypnosis and realized that she was using the methods known through out ages by different names.  In 1985, she found Omni Hypnosis in Ft. Lauderdale, studied with Rev. Jack Mason, and Jerry Kein.  She was certified as a Master Hypnotist with the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners, founded by Mark Gilboyne aka Gil Boyne.  She opened a private practice in hypnosis and sought additional training from the best hypnotists she found in the field.


In 1987, she spent a month in study with Gil Boyne, highest paid hypnotist in Las Vegas the year Monica was born.  Giboyne studied at Esalen with Fritz Perls, founder of Gestalt Therapy.

Hypnotherapy

Neurofeedback

Hypnotherapy

Within three years of focusing on medical applications of hypnosis, basing her work on the teachings of  Dave Elman, local physicians were asking Monica how she was getting the excellent results they were seeing in their patients.


HYPNOSIS


The physicians' insisted that it was different from the hypnosis they knew.  


Monica had mastered and was using the best, most effective strategies of the hypnotists she tracked down.


From 1989 to 1994, Monica spent her free time compiling a three part training manual of "what works" in hypnosis.  


HYP100:  

Basic Hypnosis


HYP200:  Hypnotherapy


HYP300:

Advanced Hypnotherapy


HYP301:

Medical


HYP302:

NLP


HYP303:

Past Lives / Spirit Releasement / Fragmented Soul


HYP304:

 Multicultural Energy work, Chakras, and Taoist practices


The International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association  (IMDHA) reviewed her training manuals in 1994 and requested to be the certifying body for her students due to the quality of her work.

Neurofeedback

Neurofeedback

Neurofeedback

Hanno Kirk, editor, recruited Monica Geers Dahl, Ed.D. to submit chapters for his book Restoring the Brain:  Neurofeedback as an Integrative Approach to Health.


Topic:  Neurofeedback for use with PTSD and mTBI


(2015).  Chapter 10.  CRC Press


(2020) 2nd Ed.  Chapter 13

Routledge


Amazon link

Academic Credentials

 

2003 - 2010: Ed.D., Counseling Psychology, Argosy University, Sarasota, FL.

          Dissertation topic:  Neurofeedback for PTSD Symptom Reduction


2000 - 2003: M.A. Human Development, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI.

           Thesis:  ADD/ADHD and psi phenomenon


1998 - 1999 incomplete: M.A. Counseling, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA.

            Thesis:  Hypnosis and Hospice workers


1997: Summer Study Program, Rhine Research Center, Durham, NC.

            Parapsychology Research Program, Topic:   ADHD and Telepathy.  High  

            Honors.


1995 - 1998: B.A. Human Development, Gender Studies minor, Eckerd College,  

           St. Petersburg, FL.  Summa Cum Laude           

Licenses, Credentials

    

2020 - Present:  City of Inverness, FL  Occupational License

2015 – Present:  Florida Mental Health Counselor (MH13153)

2011 – 2015:  Florida Internship (FL IMH 8673)

1994 - Present: Educator International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy 

                           Association (IMDHA), Laceyville, PA.

1985 - 2020: City of Key West and Monroe County Occupational Licenses, 

                      Hypnosis practice.

Professional Affiliations

2021  Founder, Geers Hypnosis, LLC

2022 - present Grow Therapy

2020 to 2022:  Happier Living Telehealth

2020  Wellness Room Miami (WRM), educator

2005 - Present: American Counseling Association (ACA).

2005 - 2006: Chi Sigma Iota, a Counseling, Academic & Professional 

            International honor society for counselor educators and professional 

            counselors.

1989 – present:  IMDHA 2019 Life Membership Award

1987 - Present: International Association of Counselors and therapists (IACT) 

                           Life Member

1985 - 1989: American Council of Hypnotist Examiners (ACHE).

Awards

  

2019: Life Member, IMDHA

2017: Life Diplomate in Hypnotherapy, IMDHA

2013: Life Fellow in Hypnotherapy, IMDHA

2010: Educator of the Year, IMDHA.

2004: Best New Program in District, State of Florida Key West Junior Chamber of 

          Commerce (JAYCEE).

2002: JAYCEE Spark Plug, Key West, FL.

1998: B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL.

1997: High Honors, Rhine Research Center, Durham, NC.

1994: Honorary Board Member, IMDHA, southfield, Michigan.

1988: Color and Hypnosis, a presentation for the annual ACHE conference, 

          Glendale, CA.

Relevant Professional Experience

 (6/20/2020 This section is a work in progress assimilating the presentation history of Dr. Dahl):


2021:  Elman Hypnosis Conference

    Presentation:  Dave Elman:  My Professional Foundation


2020 to present:  "Weekly online Jam" Airmeet sessions to "show me your chops."   

       Pro bono weekly group support for hypnosis students to gather and practice          

       their skills, and discuss issues ore relvance in using hypnosis strategies for living well.

       (by invitation)


2016:  IMDHA conference, 

   Presentation:  basic hypnosis training

   Presentation:  


2015:  IMDHA conference

   Presentation:  


2014:  IMDHA conference

   Presentation:  


2013:  IMDHA conference

   Presentation:  


2012:  IMDHA conference

   Presentation:  


2011: Hypnosis Education Association
 Presentation: Hypnosis and Time


2011: IMDHA annual conference, Daytona Beach, FL.
 Presentation Topics: Hypnosis and Forgiveness; Hypnosis and Color


2011: Combat Operational Stress Control (COSC), San Diego, CA.


2011 - 2015: Registered Intern for Florida licensure in Mental Health


2010: IMDHA annual conference, Daytona Beach, FL.


2008 - 2015: Field Experience in Neurofeedback (ADHD, Asperger syndrome, 

           migraines, pain reduction, peak performance, PTSD, sleep         

           improvement, stress reduction, study habits & test taking, substance 

           abuse), supervised by Dr. McKnight, Dr. Siegfried Othmer & Sue                  

           Othmer.


2008 - 2009: Neurofeedback Training, Othmer Method.


2008 - 2009: Crisis Intervention Hotline Volunteer for Helpline, Monroe County, FL.


2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 (poster), 2010 (nf demo): Traumatology Symposium, 

           American Counseling Association and Argosy University, Sarasota, FL.


2000 - 2015: Field Experience, hypnosis for medical applications.  

          Medical Supervisor: Dr. Raymond McKnight, multiple year president of 

          the county medical assocation, Monroe County, Key West, Florida.


Spring, 1998: two semester Internship, St. Petersburg Free Clinic, St. Petersburg, FL.


1997: Pain Management Conference, University of Iowa, Washington, D.C.


1997: Annual Conference, Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 

          (SCEH), Washington, D.C.


1995 - 1997: Adjunct, introduction to hypnosis, Edison Community College, 

           Naples, FL. Contact: Dr. Warren Heltsley.


1988, 2004 & 2007: Annual Conference, IMDHA, Southfield, MI.


1988: Crisis Intervention Hotline Volunteer, Helpline, Monroe 

          County, FL.


1987 & 1990: Annual Conference, ACHE, Glendale, CA.


1986-2001: Guest and substitute host for television and radio broadcasts of Mind 

         Power Programs.


1985-1994, & 2000-2005: Weekly hypnosis groups, Key West, FL.

Publications

 2020:  Chapter 13:  Neurofeedback with PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).  

           Restoring the Brain:  Neurofeedback as an Integrative Approach to 

           Health.  (2nd Ed.). Editor, Hanno W. Kirk.  Boca Raton, FL:  CRC Press, 

           Taylor & Francis Group.

2016:  Chapter 10:  PTSD Symptom reduction with neurofeedback.  Restoring  

           the Brain:  Neurofeedback as an Integrative Approach to Health.  Editor, 

           Hanno W. Kirk.  Boca Raton, FL:  CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.


(11/25/2020 this section is a work in progress assimiliating the written publicatoins of Dr. Dahl)


March 11, 2011: Free Will


December 24, 2010: Hypnosis and Working with ADHD. Subconsciously 

            Speaking


September 29, 2010: Ed.D. Thesis: Case Study: Neurofeedback for PTSD 

           Symptom Reduction Argosy University / Sarasota


July 30, 2010: Rapid Resolution of a Dog Phobia or Kids Are Great Subjects. 

           Subconsciously Speaking


June 25, 2010: Trauma: Hypnosis Intervention. Subconsciously Speaking


2003: M.A. Thesis: ADHD and psi phenomenon. Self published. 


1998: M.A. Thesis: Hypnosis for Hospice. Self published.


1994: Hypnotherapy: A Training Manual, Volumes I, II, & III. Self published.

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