Our VISION and MISSION

The National Pediatric Hypnosis Training Institute (NPHTI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational corporation with a VISION that children will develop skills to regulate and control their emotions, behavior, and mind-body reactions, and be confident in their capacities.

NPHTI’s MISSION is to be an educational and communication resource for health professionals and parents regarding therapeutic hypnosis to maximize children’s and teens’ resilience and overall well-being.

To accomplish this mission, NPHTI provides a:

  1. Training Program in ongoing clinical hypnosis skill development for advanced practice pediatric clinicians to assist children and teens in developing self-regulation, optimizing resilience related to medical and mental health issues and stressful experiences, and maximizing well-being and peak performance.

  2. Resource Center for parents and professionals to locate NPHTI-trained clinicians in their area, and to access literature and media resources regarding the most pertinent and current clinical and research information in the field of pediatric hypnosis.

  3. Communication Hub for bringing together hypnosis-trained child health clinicians around the globe who share a vision of empowering healthy and ill children through the use of self-hypnosis to foster self-regulation and resilience.