Instructors
Dr. Alphonse M. Tatarunis, Ed. D.
Dr. Tatarunis is the president of the Greater New England Academy of Hypnosis, Inc. The Academy is now in its 27th seminar year and is approved for CE credits by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. The purpose of the seminars is to teach Anesthetist how to use hypnosis in their practice. In the past the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Psychological Association, and the Florida and Massachusetts Nurses Associations also approved the Academy for CE credits. He has conducted these seminars through out the United States, Canada, England, and on cruise ship.
In 1984 he established the New England Stress Management Center. While the major focus of NESMC is stress management, nevertheless, weight loss, smoking cessation, chronic pain management, sports hypnosis, and working with cancer patients is also offered at NESMC. Beginning in 2007 he began teaching his client’s the principles of the Law of Attraction a release technique to control emotions and pain. In 2002 his book: Nobody Drives You Crazy, You Do!! A Stress Management Primer was published. His first book that he co-authored: Teaching Music in Today’s Secondary Schools, two editions 1975 and 1980, were published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
Dr. Tatarunis holds a bachelors degree in Music from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, a master’s degree in Education from Harvard University, and a doctorate in Education from Boston University. He received his initial training in hypnosis from the Greater New England Academy of Hypnosis, studied imagery techniques with Marty Rossman, MD and David Bressler, Ph.D., and advanced hypnotic techniques with T. X. Barber, Ph. D.
For 31 years he was a teacher and school administrator in the Massachusetts Public Schools. The last 26 years in Danvers where he was Director of Music, Media Services, Drama, and wrote the public relations for the school department. He was also an adjunct instructor at Emmanuel College, Berklee College of Music, Boston Conservatory of Music, and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. He retired from education in 1984 and went into the stress management and hypnosis business.
Agustin Hernandez, Jr. C.R.N.A.
Mr. Hernandez is one of the founders of the Greater New England Academy of Hypnosis. He is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist and has over 33 years of experience using hypnosis in his anesthesia practice. He has been teaching Clinical Hypnosis to health care professionals since 1979. Mr. Hernandez received his basic nursing education at Lynn Hospital School of Nursing and his anesthesia training at Carney Hospital in Boston, MA. He is a member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and the Florida Association of Nurse Anesthetist. He has worked for the past 10 years as a freelance CRNA in South Florida.
Advisory Board
Ronald Kozlowski: B.S., D.D.S., F.A.H.D.; Dental Advisor
Paula Tatarunis: M.D.; Medical Advisor
W.M. Ryan: MGD (LON), DO, FUDA, MIAH; Irish Associate and Advisor
Roger F. Estella: M.Ed., L.C.S.W.; Social Worker and Social Psychology Advisor
Jim Ahearn: B.A.; Sports Advisor
Wayne Comeau: D.C.; Chiropractic Advisor
Beryl Ambridge: Ph.D.; United Kingdom Associate and Advisor
William R. Van Osdol: Ph.D.; Psychology Advisor
Ann Dowd: CRNA; Cape Cod Associate and Advisor
Bob Benson: Canadian Associate and Advisor
What makes these seminars different?
If you are tired of going to seminars with hundreds in attendance where individualized attention is impossible, then you will find these seminars a true learning experience.
- Enrollment is limited to 6 participants in Middleton, MA and 10 participants in Naples, FL.
- Individual attention is emphasized with limited enrollment
- Each seminar is primarily practical and experiential in nature
- All theoretical hypnosis concepts reinforced by Supervised Practice
- A comprehensive syllabus, updated for 2006 is provided for each seminar
- Continuing Education Credits approved by A.A.N.A. and the Mass Nurses Association. Approved for 20 CE credits.