5-PATH® International Association of Hypnosis Professionals Hall of Fame

Maurice Kershaw

Lifetime Achievement (2017)

Mr. Kershaw is a student of Dr. Milton Erickson and Dr. William Bryant. He is one of the founding members of the National Guild of Hypnotists. For many years, Mr. Kershaw taught the only full credit courses on hypnosis at the college level at John Abbot College.

Mr. Kershaw is the founder of the Canadian Institute of Hypnotism in Montreal in 1953. He is the first Canadian to be President of the Association to Advance Ethical Hypnosis (AAEH). He is a psychology graduate from Concordia and London, and holds an Honors diploma in Collegiate Teaching from the University of Sherbrooke.

Mr. Kershaw has received may awards and recognitions in the profession of hypnotism, including the Order of Braid award from the National Guild of Hypnotists.

He is certified by the Association to Advance Ethical Hypnosis ( AAEH ), the International Society for Professional Hypnosis ( ISPH ), and the National Guild of Hypnotists ( NGH ).