Southeastern Medical Hypnosis Consultants

Dr. John Franklin, a triple board-certified physician, in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, trained at Boston University School of Medicine and completed his residency training at the Boston VA Medical Center. In 1981 he embarked on the private practice of medicine in Boston. Relocating to Charleston, South Carolina in 1993, Dr. Franklin served as the Medical Director of the Palliative Care Program at the Charleston Veterans Affairs Medical Center. This work led to a deepening of a career-long interest in the relief of pain and suffering. Pursuing advanced training in medical hypnosis with Dr Dan Handel, and Dr. Michael Yapko (in addition to 700+ hours of additional advanced hypnosis training), Dr. Franklin then expanded his expertise, by becoming an Approved Consultant of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). Dr. Franklin has published his work in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis on the use of hypnosis to treat the symptoms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS/Lou Gehrig’s disease) in Veterans. He teaches clinical hypnosis to Veterans Administration clinical staff, nationwide. He is an Affiliated Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. Since retiring from the VA Medical Center in December 2023, he now is a volunteer physician at the Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic on Johns Island, South Carolina. Dr. Franklin believes that medical hypnosis can improve overall health and vitality, thereby restoring hope and the enjoyment of life to many who suffer from chronic illnesses. Convinced of the power of the mind/body connection, and informed by years of advanced training and practice, Dr. Franklin is pleased to bring his services to you, in his new practice at Southeastern Medical Hypnosis Consultants. He believes that every person's unique circumstance, no matter how difficult, can be ameliorated with education, up-to-date interventions and hypnotherapy. His goal is to alleviate all aspects of pain and suffering in his new and innovative practice of behavioral medicine.