1991
Dr. Dyan Haspel-Johnson earned her bachelors degree in design from Rhode Island School of Design.
1992
Dr.Dyan left the art field to work with a board certified Internist, Allergist/Immunologist in his Los Angeles area holistic medical practice.
1995
While still in graduate school, Dr. Dyan was trained in hypnosis and began working consistently with patients using hypnosis in the just mentioned medical setting.
2000
Dr. Dyan completed her Ph.D. with an emphasis on Mind- Body- Spirit Psychology from the Humanistic oriented Saybrook University.
Her training and extensive work with patients led her to develop an original hypnosis protocol for fibromyalgia patients that she used successfully in her post-doctoral work at UCLA in the Behavioral Medicine clinic and is one of the techniques she continues to use in her own practice.
Dr. Dyan’s professional philosophy is based on individual coaching.
In other words, she approaches her therapy work without preconceptions or an agenda about what it means to “heal.” She places an emphasis on communication and focuses on bringing individuals' personal core values to the forefront of their lives. In this respect, Dr. Dyan sees herself as a facilitator. She hopes to actively help you to build your own resources by using life’s challenges as opportunities for learning, becoming stronger, and healing in whatever way is right for you.
Dr. Dyan worked for over 20 years in a holistic medical practice specializing in Internal medicine and Allergy/Immunology.
A nationally-renown expert, she co-founded the Los Angeles Erickson Institute and is a Past President and Past VP of Programs for the Southern California Society for Clinical Hypnosis;
she is also an Approved Consultant for the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
