Don Ross, BA, CHT, is a Medical Hypnotherapist, founder of Happy Hypnosis Sedona and the author of “Happy Hypnosis & The Twelve Steps.” He has a private Medical Hypnosis practice in Sedona, AZ. Don has helped clients via Skype and FaceTime from diverse places including Austria, London, New York, Mississippi, Wisconsin, and California.
Don is dedicated to promoting the ethical use of hypnosis firmly based in current research using proven methods. He has found and uses proven techniques to help his clients with Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss, Addictions, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Clinical Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Phobias, Insomnia and much more. The goal of healing at happy Hypnosis Sedona is to be happy.
Don earned a BA in Biology from Northland College in 1975 and an Associates Degree in Nursing from Indianhead Technical College in 1989. As an RN he worked in nursing homes, home health and hospice. He has an advanced certification in Healing Touch and Hospice and Palliative care. Toward the end of his nursing career Don headed up the Health Service Units in two minimum security prisons.
After battling depression with prescribed medications and various therapies from 1996 to 2009, Don found himself suicidal on two anti-depressant meds. Being disillusioned of the idea that his depression was a medical problem that could be corrected with medication, he weaned himself off them with a great deal of difficulty. His story is in his book “Happy Hypnosis & the Twelve Steps”.
Don has been married to his soulmate Donna since 1972, is father to 3 sons, grandfather to 9 and counting. He enjoys sailing, photography, drumming, hiking, and horsing around.
