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Christian Skoorsmith, Best Hypnotist in Seattle, Poet, Writer, Robert Burns Performer (photo credit: Nate Gowdy 2022)

Christian Skoorsmith

Author, Teacher, Speaker

Email christian@skoorsmith.com
Hometown Seattle, WA

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ABOUT

Christian is a prolific writer, a sought-after speaker, an enthusiastic and skilled performer, and an award-winning mental health professional, living and working in Seattle, Washington.

"The Best Alternative Therapy in the Pacific Northwest."

-The Seattle Times (9/24/23)

resumé

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

  • Adjunct faculty and speaker at national and international educational conferences.

  • Published poet with two recent volumes of poetry.

  • Popular performer of Robert Burns poetry and songs.

  • Professional whisky nose and tour guide, helping people appreciate the history, variety, and flavors of this global spirit.

  • Author of five non-fiction books and more than 50 articles in academic and professional journals.

  • Deeply compassionate and skilled mental health worker, bringing together diverse threads of hypnotherapy, Jungian psychology, Internal Family Systems, and emotional awareness, to effect profound social change one individual at a time. The Seattle Times called him "the Best Alternative Therapy in the Pacific Northwest." (9/24/23)

  • Highland Bagpiper

  • Speaks Russian & Dutch (and a little German and Spanish if time to practice)

WORK EXPERIENCE

2016 - Present

Board Certified Hypnotherapist

WholeHealth Hypnosis

Seattle, Washington

Fellow of the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH)

Board Certified by the NGH and the International Association of Hypnosis Professionals (IAHP)

2006 - 2015

Peace & Education Minister

Executive Minister

Community of Christ

Peace & Education - Greater Pacific Northwest, USA

President of Europe (Executive Leadership) - Eastern & Western Continental Europe

2003-2006

Member Organizer

Service Employees International Union, Local 925, University of Washington

Seattle, Washington

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1999-2002

Professor of Applied English

Izmail State University of the Humanities

Izmail, Odesa, Ukraine 

EDUCATION

2024

Charisma University

Doctor of Psychology (candidate)

Specializing in Psychodynamic Counseling Psychology

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2022

Colorado School for Family Therapy

Post-Graduate Certificate in Jungian Psychotherapy

Post-Graduate Certificate in Systemic Sandplay Therapy

Post-Graduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision

Aurora, Colorado

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2006-2009

Graceland University

Master of Arts in Religion

Independence, Missouri

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1999-2002

Izmail State University of the Humanities

Aspirant (Masters) in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Honorary)

Izmail, Odesa obl., Ukraine

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1993-1997

Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Philosophy and Religion

Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa

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Endeavors

Christian Skoorsmith, Best Hypnotherapist in Seattle

Christian is the leading hypnotherapist in Seattle. Consistently named among Seattle's "Top Three" hypnotherapists since 2019.

Board Certified Hypnotist

Fellow of the National Guild of Hypnotists (fewer than 20 in the world)

PGC in Jungian Psychotherapy

PGC in Systemic Sandplay Therapy

PGC In Clinical Supervision

Christian Skoorsmith, Best Hypnotist in the Pacific Northwest

A professional whisky nose, Christian is the consummate enthusiast about whisky. Specializing in Scotch, but offering tours, tastings, and consultations for all types and regions.

Certified Whisky Specialist

Certified Scotch Professional

Professional performance and recitation of Robert Burns poetry and songs

The Pacific Northwest's most sought-after interpreter of the poetry and songs of Scotland's Favorite Son,

offering animated performance, colorful perspective, and a truly enjoyable experience.

Books

Christian writes on a variety of topics across multiple genres.

These are recent books available online.

Trust Only the Trembling & other poems about manhood

Pacific Northwest poet Christian Skoorsmith navigates the terrain and terroir of being male-socialized and male-identifying, while seeking authenticity and meaning in a world which in recent decades has seen little of worth in manhood or masculinity.

Transformation Trance Formation, hypnosis and self-hypnosis by Christian Skoorsmith

In this short volume, Christian Skoorsmith makes the complex psychology of hypnosis and personal transformation both understandable and useful. It includes an easy, simple method to form your own transformative trances.

Dynamics of Hypnosis: Its Uses, Qualities, and Relationship to Other Modalities

A curated collection of Christian's articles on hypnosis-related topics from academic and professional journals. Appropriate for both a seasoned hypnosis professional and the hypno-curious.

Unlocking Human Potential: Motivational Interviewing for Hypnotists

The time before clients close their eyes is the biggest missed opportunity in hypnosis. Mobilize clients’ own psychology to set themselves up for profound and meaningful change from the moment they start talking about what they want to happen.

Out of Nowhere: Poems of Place and Being

Christian draws deeply from a well of personal introspection. Kneeling into the reflective turn of mid-life, Skoorsmith mines his past and present for understanding and insight, but most of all for beauty, even amid the honest difficulties of life.

Each Heartbeat a Stone, poems by Christian Skoorsmith

In this limited chapbook release, Christian Skoorsmith shares twenty-two poems of tender vulnerability and reflection. Orbiting his embodied experience as a husband, in middle age, as a father, as white in a still-racially charged culture, as a Jungian mental health worker, and more.

The Sound of Silence: Working with Tinnitus in Hypnosis

A training manual for using hypnosis to help with tinnitus. Written by one of the nation's foremost authorities on the topic, this book provides the professional everything they need, from orientation to scripts to use.

Trance-Gender: Working with Transgender Clients in a Professional Hypnosis Practice

"A remarkably comprehensive yet accessible overview combining issues of transgender experiences and hypnosis."

- Samuel Lurie, LICSW, MSW, MEd, CHt

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Helping people at their most vulnerable is a sacred trust. This edited volume offers a concrete, step-by-step process for working with those in spiritual distress, and invaluable perspective and guidance from a variety of authors.

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CONTACT

Email christian@skoorsmith.com

Address Seattle, WA

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