Meet Jason

JASON AKEL, CCHT, ACHE
Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist,
Results Mindset Coach (Life/Career)


Jason is a member of the highly-respected A.C.H.E. - the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners (#420-087). He is a graduate of two distinguished schools, the Hypnotherapy Training Institute and Northwestern University where he studied Communications, Sociology & Linguistics. Jason received certification in "mind-bending" conversational hypnosis from The Hypno Academy.

Modalities: hypnotherapy/hypnosis, conversational hypnosis/mind-bending language, NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

Of note, the Hypnotherapy Training Institute was one of the earliest licensed and accredited hypnotherapy schools in the United States. Jason's teachers, Randal Churchill and Cheryl Canfield, are legends in the field; Randal literally wrote the books on regression therapy. Jason's techniques also draw from the best practices of famed pioneers in hypnotherapy including Milton Erickson, Fritz Perls, Gil Boyne and Dave Elman.

Jason spent many years working in the tech industry as an executive for startups and established corporations such as Cendant/CheapTickets, The Knot, Appnext, Macrovision, and Exent. He has advised Fortune 500 companies (Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Amazon, Bank of America) and managed cross-functional international teams comprised of designers, developers, engineers, marketers, sales account executives and customer service representatives. 

Jason has first-hand public speaking experience at industry conferences, with Boards of Directors, reporters and analysts.
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Take a quick tour inside our office among the oaks in Orinda, California

Bad Friends Podcast Hypnotist

Jason (bottom) appears on Bad Friends to hypnotize Bobby Lee to quit smoking.

Take a quick tour inside our office among the oaks in Orinda, California

Bad Friends Podcast Hypnotist

Jason (bottom) appears on Bad Friends to hypnotize Bobby Lee to quit smoking.

Professional Career Coaching

Jason (right) moderates a panel at Mobile World Congress at Moscone Center.

Hypnotherapist in the East Bay

Jason is an avid downhill skier and wallyball player. Jason coaches academic teams with kids in 3rd - 8th grades and founded Spont Master, a creative skills video series for youth. Learn more about Jason's background in the featured article about his family in the Orinda Living Magazine.

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