Donald Gerard, MA, CHT, is a Certified NLP Coach and a Certified Hypnotherapist. Donald studied life coaching with the NLP and Coaching Institute of California, trained in basic acupressure at the Acupressure Institute, and studied hypnosis and NLP at the Center for Hypnotherapy. He also served as a part-time teacher at Western Career College and Silicon Valley College, teaching Psychology, Math, and Business Communications. Donald holds a BS in Business Administration and an MA in Holistic Health Education.

Donald attributes his current focus to his deeply transformative experiences in graduate school where he explored paradigms of consciousness, body-oriented psychotherapies, shamanism, collective dreamwork, various theories of the personality, and other tools for exploring one’s self. Prior to launching his coaching practice, he spent many years managing computer operations and information systems for various companies in the Silicon Valley and in Los Angeles. In the future, Donald plans to do multidisciplinary doctorate-level research that combines theories and practices in neuroscience, physics, philosophy, psychology, and spirituality.

For more about Donald Gerard, visit http://www.donaldgerard.com.