History of the Award
In August 2015, a group of people consisting of OMNI founder Gerald Kein, his wife and long-time cherished professional partner Shirley Kein, and his students Hansruedi Wipf and Ralph Benko came together and decided to establish an award for hypnotists who stand out in terms of their dedication to the profession of hypnotism and who have special professional achievements.
The first awards were given to Alan Alves and Ina Oostrom.
2026 Sean Michael Andrews
Sean Michael Andrews receives the Gerald F. Kein OMNI Award for Excellence in Hypnosis for a body of work that has visibly advanced our profession. Classically trained, he serves as Supervising Instructor for the Dave Elman Hypnosis Institute, sharing responsibility...
2026 Lorenz Biggler
Lorenz Bigler has been working with hypnosis since his school years, in his own practice since 2008 and as a trainer since 2012. For years he treated people with chronic pain and chronic illness in the surgical centres of Biel and Langenthal, and it is in that...
2024 Award HypnoScience Project participants
Sometimes good things take time. Sometimes, great ideas meet up with resistance and even hostility. Sometimes only tenacity and conviction can accomplish what you believe is the right thing to do. And if the final results are so solid, so robust, so convincing that...
2022 Award for Robert Brenner
Robert Brenner was a student and long time colleague of Jerry Kein for over 20 years while he was co-instructor during the OMNI hypnosis trainings, known by the students as Bob. Bob has been a member of the NGH for the past 19 years and an inductee into the National...
2022 Award for Katheryn Napier
Katheryn studied hypnosis with Gerald Kein at the esteemed Omni Institute of Hypnosis in Deland, Florida. There she was was certified in basic and advanced hypnotherapy and then went on to become a Board Certified Clinical Hypnotist. She has over 1,500 combined...
2020 Award for Erich Walker
He is a World Cup Winner and Vice World Champion. He suffered from back pain for 20 years, he had a heart attack at the age of 35 and a burnout at the age of 43. In his own words: “All of this taught me: We will only be able to do our best when we unite body, brain...
2019 Award for Wendie Webber
It all started as the owner of a spiritual bookshop and an interest in the working of the mind. After she read an intriguing book many times over and decided to go for a regression session which was life transforming. She decided to become a hypnotherapist specialized...
2017 Award for Mike Schwarz
Mike Schwarz has been awarded for his continuing education of students and therapists worldwide and his outstanding understanding and effort teaching the R2C process of Gerald Kein. Mike Schwarz is OMNI Instructor and the creator of Soul & Parts Therapy process.
2016 Award for Michael Arruda
On August 2016 Michael Arruda received the Award because of his dedication to hypnosis in building up the OMNI Hypnosis Training Center in Brazil. Within a very short time he was able to make the center into a wellknown and respected insitute in Brazil that helps...
2016 Award for Sandra Blabl
Sandra has been given the award for her outstanding work in hypnosis in developing the HypnoSlim programme, a comprehensive way of looking at problems relating to overweight in a holistic and multidisciplinary approach. She is the author of Bulimifrei (German...