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- What does the future of hypnotherapy look like in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence?
In this episode of The Hypnotist, Adam Cox is joined by Scott Sandland, pioneering hypnotherapist, AI innovator and founder of HypnoThoughts and HypnoThoughts LIVE — recognised as the world’s largest hypnosis conference.
Scott shares how a serious car accident left him in significant physical pain. Faced with relying on large amounts of opiate medication, he reluctantly tried hypnosis despite not believing it was real. One transformative session changed his view completely and led him to become a certified hypnotherapist at just 18.
He describes the challenges of working with therapeutic clients while still a teenager, including being underestimated because of his age. Scott explains how preparation, specialist knowledge and quiet certainty enabled him to overcome that credibility deficit — and why being underestimated can sometimes become an advantage.
The conversation then explores the accidental creation of HypnoThoughts.com. Originally described as “MySpace for hypnotists”, the dormant website became a place for Scott and others to remember a mentor who had died. It then grew organically into a thriving international community, attracting hundreds of new members each month without paid advertising.
When that community was prevented from gathering at an established hypnosis conference, Scott and his colleagues decided to create their own. That decision eventually became HypnoThoughts LIVE.
Adam and Scott discuss:
How HypnoThoughts grew to tens of thousands of members
Why opposition from established figures accelerated its success
What Scott learned from attending more than 40 hypnosis conferences
Why HypnoThoughts LIVE focused on learning and community rather than certification
The professional isolation experienced by many hypnotherapists
Why becoming a great practitioner requires more than collecting techniques
Why the most valuable conference conversations often happen outside the presentations
The move from Las Vegas to Atlanta in November 2027
How the physical design of a venue can strengthen or weaken connection
The second half examines the relationship between hypnosis and artificial intelligence.
Scott describes AI as an “exoskeleton”: something that can extend a practitioner’s abilities when used intelligently, but which can also produce dependency, professional atrophy and intellectual laziness.
The discussion includes:
Why AI may replace generic hypnosis recordings before capable practitioners
How AI could rapidly raise the minimum acceptable professional standard
The difference between using AI to support judgement and allowing it to make decisions
Why presence, authorship, listening and creating safety remain human responsibilities
How AI could provide research support and elements of clinical supervision
The danger of outsourcing the thinking that creates genuine competence
Scott also introduces SAGE, a specialist AI system developed using the extensive HypnoThoughts archive and years of HypnoThoughts LIVE material.
Unlike general-purpose AI trained on inconsistent information, SAGE is designed around a deep, structured body of hypnosis knowledge. Scott explains how it can connect lectures, debates, teachers and therapeutic ideas while preserving authorship, sources and intellectual property.
SAGE is intended to function less like a search engine and more like an informed professional colleague — helping practitioners examine cases, connect ideas and deepen their understanding.
A two-week free trial of SAGE is due to become available from 1 September 2026.
This is essential listening for hypnotherapists, coaches and change-work professionals who want to understand how their profession is evolving. AI may not replace excellent practitioners, but practitioners who use it intelligently could outperform those who refuse to adapt.
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09/08/2026 | 24 mins.Adam helped a client who was feeling a lack of enthusiasm for life, like they had lost their mojo. Adam uses timeline approaches to help them access the resources they had in the past that led them to a life of big decisions and prioritising passion over boring but sensible decisions. Home runs are metaphorical here to represent big payoffs that aren't guaranteed.
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🌀Watch Adam's 10 Favourite Hypnosis Sessions
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🎁 Free 7-Day Hypnosis Course
21 powerful hypnosis sessions to transform anxiety, self-doubt, and procrastination — completely free.
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Take the 60-second Hypnosis Suitability Test and find out instantly
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07/08/2026 | 28 mins.Adam helped a client who had been suffering from no burp syndrome, a condition where burping feels impossible, to connect with the idea of allowing a natural response by not restricting or suppressing. The client experienced progress from an earlier session but wanted to feel that burping could be natural and effortless, so Adam used various metaphors and open loops to give the unconscious permission to stop resisting.
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🎓 Free Webinar Masterclass: Why Hypnotherapy Works When Everything Else Hasn't
A free one-hour session with Adam covering why change is hard, whether you can be hypnotised, and exactly what working together looks like. Everyone who registers gets 10 free hypnosis audio downloads.
👉 Register for the free webinar
🌀Watch Adam's 10 Favourite Hypnosis Sessions
Watch Adam's Favourite Hypnosis sessions here:
👉 https://courses.adamcox.co.uk/top10
🎁 Free 7-Day Hypnosis Course
21 powerful hypnosis sessions to transform anxiety, self-doubt, and procrastination — completely free.
👉 Start the free course
🧠 Is Hypnosis Right for You?
Take the 60-second Hypnosis Suitability Test and find out instantly
.👉 Take the test
💬 Work With Adam Directly
Private hypnotherapy sessions for anxiety, confidence, wealth mindset, phobias, trauma, and more. Trusted by CEOs, celebrities, and royalty worldwide.
📅 Book a 30-minute consultation
🧠 Explore private sessions & pricing (GBP & USD)
📲 Connect With Adam🔗 All links | 📧 adam@adamcox.co.uk | 📷 @adamcoxofficial
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Get 50% off a consultation call with Adam using the code PODCAST. Click here to schedule: https://courses.adamcox.co.uk/workwithadam
🎓 Free Webinar Masterclass: Why Hypnotherapy Works When Everything Else Hasn't
A free one-hour session with Adam covering why change is hard, whether you can be hypnotised, and exactly what working together looks like. Everyone who registers gets 10 free hypnosis audio downloads.
👉 Register for the free webinar
🌀Watch Adam's 10 Favourite Hypnosis Sessions
Watch Adam's Favourite Hypnosis sessions here:
👉 https://courses.adamcox.co.uk/top10
🎁 Free 7-Day Hypnosis Course
21 powerful hypnosis sessions to transform anxiety, self-doubt, and procrastination — completely free.
👉 Start the free course
🧠 Is Hypnosis Right for You?
Take the 60-second Hypnosis Suitability Test and find out instantly
.👉 Take the test
💬 Work With Adam Directly
Private hypnotherapy sessions for anxiety, confidence, wealth mindset, phobias, trauma, and more. Trusted by CEOs, celebrities, and royalty worldwide.
📅 Book a 30-minute consultation
🧠 Explore private sessions & pricing (GBP & USD)
📲 Connect With Adam🔗 All links | 📧 adam@adamcox.co.uk | 📷 @adamcoxofficial
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