Media
Dan Perez Featured in Article in Houstonia Magazine
Excerpt from Houston Creatives Balance and Blend Their Day Jobs with Their Art
by Meredith Nudo, Houstonia Magazine
For author Dan Perez, writing both fiction and nonfiction is “just a hobby” for now. His main source of income is hypnotism. He has over three decades of experience in the field, holding down a private practice for the past 11 years.
Despite the connotations and images of being asleep, hypnotism is more a means of encouraging relaxation and hyperfocus—think mindfulness, not mind control. Cleveland Clinic considers hypnosis a form of complementary therapy that can work in tandem with established medical practices. Perez meets his hypnosis clients either in person or online, assisting with issues as far ranging as panic attacks, smoking cessation, establishing healthy eating habits, and even pain management. He himself has benefited from hypnosis, first getting into it while about to finish college and feeling stuck and depressed.
“Helping people get where they want to be emotionally and psychologically is extremely rewarding,” Perez says.