Chris Hughes (born 18 April 1975) is a British born TV
hypnotist,
hypnotherapist
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,
speaker
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, and
entertainer
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. He is known for attempting to set a world record for the biggest online hypnosis event. The Socialtrance live event was exclusively for users of
Facebook
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and
Twitter
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and attracted over 1,000,000 listeners from over 130 countries.
Since this event he has become increasingly well known for his modern approach to hypnosis. He featured and appeared on
BBC One
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,
BBC Three
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,
ITV
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,
Sky Living
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,
CNN Türk
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,
BBC Radio 2,
BBC Radio 5 Live and
Talksport with
Ian Collins. In the same year on 31 May, over 13,500 people took part in the Socialtrance Stop Smoking Session for World No Tobacco Day once again for users of Facebook and Twitter.
On World Hypnotism Day, 4 January 2011, Socialtrance returned with a weight loss session for charity which over 30,000 people attended. The live 30 minute hypnosis webcast was designed to modify the eating habits of all participants. At the end of the session a weight loss MP3 was released on iTunes and all other major music sites and raised over 10k for Diabetes UK.
In September 2011 Hughes appeared on
Sky Living
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's ''Slave to Food''
with
Steps singer
Claire Richards
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Richards was a contestant on the second series of '' Popstar to Operastar'' before being voted off in the semi finals. She po ...
. During the first episode Hughes is seen hypnotising Claire and trying to help change her relationship with food.
Publishing career
Chris Hughes has produced a range of self-help hypnosis based recordings including:
See also
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Hypnotherapy
References
External links
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1975 births
British hypnotists
Living people
Mentalists
Hypnotherapists