What Is Emotion Replacement Therapy?

Emotion Replacement Therapy, often shortened to E.R.T., is Tom Silver’s structured educational approach to exploring emotional triggers and practicing new responses through hypnosis-based techniques. The academy teaches it through his recorded instruction and live online teaching with Tommy Giorlando.

Learning a method involves more than remembering its name or following a script. Students examine how Tom explained his work, observe demonstrations, ask questions, and develop their understanding through guided practice.

What you study in E.R.T. training

The academy’s curriculum includes emotional attachment and behavior, fear and confidence, rapport, language, emotional cues, and hypnosis as a cooperative process. These topics provide context for studying Tom Silver’s framework.

Live teaching creates room to discuss what happened in a demonstration, what remains uncertain, and how a practitioner’s training and professional scope affect appropriate application. Topics, sequence, and depth may vary with the live course.

Is E.R.T. independently clinically validated?

The academy does not present E.R.T. as an independently clinically validated treatment. Published research about hypnosis can inform the discussion without proving the effectiveness of this specific methodology.

E.R.T. training is for education and professional development. Results vary, and the method does not replace medical, psychiatric, or psychological care. Students must work within their existing credentials, training, and applicable professional scope.

How E.R.T. relates to Scientific Hypnosis

E.R.T. is one part of the academy’s broader Scientific Hypnosis curriculum. The course also examines published hypnosis research, Tom’s EEG observations, communication, demonstrations, and practical assessment.

Read about Scientific Hypnosis and the research context.

Studying the method at the academy

Students learn from Tom’s original recordings and Tommy’s live teaching, with opportunities for questions, guided practice, and feedback. Lifetime course recordings support review after the live sessions. Academy certification requires successful completion of written and practical assessments.