Tom Silver

Author of the How to Book of Hypnotism (co-authored with Ormond McGill)


“Every one of us thought your training was absolutely brilliant. One thing though, I was very disappointed to find out just how much I didn’t know!! Your enthusiasm was infectious, not for one single minute did I get bored. How you keep going all day, full of smiles etc. I don’t know. You taught us a lot and it was worth every pound!”

-Marvin Jones-


Tom Silver has appeared on many national television programs in the United States and in Taiwan, including his very own one hour CBS Television Special called “Hypnotized”, The Montel Williams Show, The Ricki Lake Show, The Sally Jesse Rafael Show, The Man Show, Beyond with James Van Praagh, The Other Half on NBC with Dick Clark, and Fox Television Special “Powers of The Paranormal” to name a few.

As founder and creator of the Tom Silver Institute of Hypnosis, Tom Silver is dedicated to teaching more advanced, more accurate and more scientific methods of hypnotism. He has a private hypnotherapy practice in Westlake Village, California, where he helps clients to change their lives.

For many years Tom has successfully trained and helped thousands of students of hypnotism and other therapists, and is currently teaching advanced courses in Scientific Hypnotherapy in America and in England. Tom is considered to be one of the leading experts in group-hypnosis, physical & shock hypnosis induction methods, fears & phobia removal, Emotion Replacement Therapy (ERT), and EEG Scientific Hypnotism.

Tom Silver has toured the world conducting seminars, lectures, and live demonstrations on hypnosis, and was one of the first hypnotists in the world to create a procedure for mass-hypnotizing subjects in a foreign language – through an interpreter. “Interlingual Hypnotic Trance Induction”

Together with Dr. Ormond McGill, the ‘Dean of American Hypnotists’, Tom has co-authored two books, “The How-To Book of Hypnotism” and “Hypnotism – A Hypnosis Training & Techniques Manual – The Real Questions & Answers.”

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