Today we’d like to introduce you to Doc Hood.
Hi Doc, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I had my first experience with hypnosis in my late teens. At the time, I was writing and performing music but struggling with severe stage fright. My girlfriend’s mom was a therapist who happened to have a book of hypnosis scripts. She offered to hypnotize me, and the difference was immediate. The edge of my anxiety lifted just enough for me to perform more freely. That shift gave me confidence, and within a few years I was teaching—sometimes performing for hours a day in a classroom. Looking back, that half hour of hypnosis opened the door to an entire career I never would have considered otherwise.
For the next 25 years, I taught at both the high school and university levels. My first degree was in psychology, followed by advanced degrees in education and English, including a PhD. I was fortunate to teach across a wide range of subjects—writing, poetry, literature, film, music, public speaking, web design. Unlike many academics, I never settled into a narrow specialization. While that meant I didn’t always go as deep into one field as some of my colleagues, it allowed me to see connections between disciplines. The more I followed those connections, the more I recognized the profound role of the unconscious.
In the later years of my teaching career, I began to intentionally design every aspect of my classes with the unconscious in mind. From the way I structured syllabi and policies to the methods I used in the classroom, my goal was to reach students beneath the level of conscious effort. I helped them develop study rituals to enter focused states more easily, guided short group trances to spark creativity, and showed them how to move past perfectionism and anxiety. I had come to see that most of what we do is directed unconsciously—and I wanted to help my students harness that power.
When I eventually decided to leave the classroom, I knew I wanted to continue working closely with people, helping them create real and lasting change. And I also knew that kind of transformation had to begin at the unconscious level. Hypnosis was the clear fit.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Working with clients has absolutely been the best part. As a classroom teacher, I had so many students, and change unfolded over a structured 16-week journey. The results were often profound, but they were measured in months. Now, I get to witness transformation in real time—sometimes in a single hour. A phobia that has haunted someone for years dissolves in one session. A lifelong smoker takes her first real breath of fresh air since her teens and never looks back. A client walks in devastated by grief or anxiety, and walks out smiling, grounded, and confident. That part of the work has been easy, natural, and deeply rewarding.
The harder part has been learning how to run a small business. Everything from marketing and networking to taxes and operations has required patience, humility, and a whole new kind of education. As a teacher, I used to simply walk into a classroom—someone else scheduled the students, booked the room, handled the logistics. I didn’t realize how much support those systems provided until I was on my own. Now, a significant portion of the work happens outside of sessions. It’s been a challenge, but also a place of real growth.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Deeper Still Hypnosis?
At Deeper Still Hypnosis, I help people create real and lasting change—often in a single session. Clients come to me for many reasons: to overcome phobias, release anxiety, break habits, move through grief, or get unstuck in life. What they discover is that the change doesn’t have to take months or years. Sometimes it happens in less than an hour. That speed and depth of transformation is what sets my practice apart.
What makes my approach unique is the way I work with the creative faculty—what most people call the unconscious. I combine hypnosis with guided imagery and movement to help clients go deeper than conscious effort or willpower alone. The result is change that feels natural, effortless, and permanent. With phobias, for example, clients don’t have to “face their fear.” Instead, we re-pattern the unconscious associations that held the fear in place. With anxiety or grief, clients often leave feeling lighter, freer, and more themselves. I set measurable goals with my clients and we check after every session to make sure we have made progress.
My background also shapes my work. Before starting this practice, I spent 25 years teaching at both the high school and university levels. That experience taught me how to guide people through transformation step by step, how to make complex processes accessible, and how to hold space for growth. Now, I get to bring all of that into a one-on-one setting, where the changes are more immediate and personal.
Brand-wise, I’m most proud that Deeper Still Hypnosis captures the essence of what I offer: profound, meaningful transformation at the deepest levels of the self. The aesthetic of my practice reflects that too—it’s a blend of the mystical and the vintage, grounded in evidence but open to mystery. At its heart, this work is about discovering inner resources and bringing them forward to improve your life. It’s liberating work—and it’s fun. I’ve leaned into that in my brand. It’s not just the imagery of spirals, tarot cards, and the all-seeing eye; it’s also about taking hypnosis into the street, giving people the chance to experience how the creative mind works in simple, even dramatic ways. When someone feels their hand stuck to a table, they begin to understand: if the unconscious can hold you in that moment, it may also be holding you stuck in other ways—and just as easily, it can let go.
What I want readers to know is simple: you don’t have to stay stuck in anxiety, habits, or fear. Hypnosis offers a direct, effective path to change, and freedom is often much closer than people realize.
We’d love to hear about how you think about risk taking?
I walked away from a career as a professor at a major university to become a hypnotist. On paper, that decision made no sense—I had stability, status, and a clear path ahead. But deep down, I knew I was done. The work wasn’t feeding me anymore, and I could feel myself shrinking. Starting Deeper Still Hypnosis was a leap into the unknown, and yes—it was risky.
But to me, the greater risk would have been staying safe and slowly withering. Real growth always asks something of us. It asks us to gamble comfort for authenticity. Of course, not every risk is worth taking—some are just ways of sabotaging ourselves. But the right risks, the ones aligned with our deepest values, are the ones that open doors we didn’t even know were there.
Change is always uncertain. You can’t script the outcome in advance. But you can prepare, do the inner work, and trust yourself enough to step into it. That’s what I did when I left the classroom—and it’s what I ask my clients to do every time they sit down with me.
Pricing:
- $25 Consultation. 20-25 minutes. Cost is credited towards a full session.
- $300 Full Session. 60-90 minutes.
- Multiple Session packages are available at a discount
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.deeperstillhypnosis.com
- Instagram: @deeperstillhypnosis
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deeperstillhypnosis/
- Other: free hypnosis MP3: https://subscribepage.io/PvOyWa
