"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an accident, it is a habit," Aristo
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.
Hypnosis Sessions, Self Pay
If you don't have insurance and will be paying for your sessions out of pocket.
Hypnosis HYP100 Training Manual
Hypnotherapy, Vol. 1: Basic Hypnosis.
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, 2nd edition, March 2020
Monica is author of Chapter 13. Restoring the Brain, Editor, Hanno Kirk
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
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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