Hypnotherapy Academy of America
Hypnotherapy Trainers & Staff
Meet Your Trainers and Support Staff
Facilitators, Published Authors and Agents for Positive Change
Tim Simmerman Sierra
Co-Director

Since 1988 our school has been licensed as a private post secondary institution/career school by the New Mexico Higher Education Department. Tim has been a Director of our hypnotherapy training program since 1995. He is the vice-president of the International Board of Hypnotherapy and a former president of the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners. Tim is recognized internationally as an expert in all applications of clinical hypnotherapy. As a former nationally registered paramedic, he contributed to the reprint of Hypnosis, a tool for nurses. His book, Medical Hypnotherapy: Principles and Methods of Practice is available now. More info about Tim... More info about the book

Tim Simmerman Sierra
Angela Simmerman Sierra
Co-Director

Angela experienced first hand the transformative power of hypnosis after a near fatal car accident in 1988 in which her skull was crushed. Her attending physician, one of the top neurosurgeons in the country, believing she was about to die, sent her home blinded and semi-conscious without any hope. Soon after, her family found a new neurosurgeon, who also used hypnosis and guided imagery. Without surgery or medication, he helped Angela regain her will to live. Within months her sight returned, she could walk again, and not long after was fully recovered. Angela, wanting to pass on to others the tools that helped her heal, is now the Co-Director of the Academy, a Certified Medical Support Clinical Hypnotherapist and practical skills coach sharing the healing power of hypnosis. She is one of our bilingual practitioners, working in English and Spanish.

Elke Malley
Patrick Singleton

Patrick is an Associate Instructor, Clinical Hypnotherapist and certified practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). NLP is essentially a set of language patterns and processes developed from the study of human excellence. He also specializes in the Core Transformation process which changes old limitations into new resources as well as strengthens your connection to Infinite Intelligence.

Patrick Singleton
Robert Sapien, MD, CMS-CHt

Robert has been in Pediatric Emergency Medicine for 21 years and is Chief of Emergency Pediatric Medicine at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is recognized as a national expert in emergency asthma care and school emergencies. After training at the Hypnotherapy Academy of America in clinical hypnotherapy, he incorporated hypnosis in the care of children in the Pediatric Emergency Department. He is president of the International Board of Hypnotherapy and also has an active hypnotherapy practice, which specializes in medical hypnotherapy referral and consultation.

Robert Sapien
Barbara Gordon

Barbara is the Academy's Administrative Coordinator. She is also a graduate, Clinical Hypnotherapist and practical skills coach. Barbara is a spiritual counselor with extensive background studies in the medicine way of Native American indigenous wisdom. Her passion is bridging indigenous wisdom and modern science and philosophy in a way that enhances personal growth, inspires conscious evolution and helps people align with their soul's purpose.

Barbara Gordon
Aleah Ames

Aleah is the Academy's Admissions Coordinator. She is a graduate of our program and is a practicing Clinical Hypnotherapist. She holds a BA in Psychology and has spent over 20 years studying the mind sciences, and Eastern and Western spirituality. Aleah has traveled nationally as a meditation teacher and is also a practitioner of Kriya yoga. Her passion is to assist others in awakening.

Aleah Ames
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