Harmony – Hypnosis Meditation - Interview with the developer of a fantastic app

Did you have any prior development or coding experience?

I’m a hypnotherapist, my job is to create the content for the app. The coding I outsource to some very talented coders.

What was the most challenging aspect of developing mobile app?

The constant challenge is to keep the app continually updated both from a technical perspective, from a design perspective and with regards to creating new and engaging sessions and features.

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Darren Marks is an experienced London-based hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner. He trained hypnotherapists for a private school who operated mainly out of Kings College, London, for more than a decade. Darren worked as a hypnotherapist for The South East Cancer Help Centre for many years, where he was invited to demonstrate his hypnotherapy skills for The Prince of Wales during a visit of the Prince to the centre. He is a member of The General Hypnotherapy Register who have awarded him the Senior Qualification in Hypnotherapy Practice.

He serves as a director on the board of The Hypnotherapy Association and is a senior associate member of The Royal Society of Medicine. Darren trained as a hypnosis instructor with the International Association of Counsellors and Therapists. Over the years Darrens hypnotherapy work has been documented in both the specialist as well as popular media.

He Practises at the beautiful Adam House in central London and is often invited to travel and has worked with VIPs around the world and is also available for live sessions via Skype.

Name a few of your favorite apps and reason you love them.

I love Dropbox, it’s a fantastic way to store and access my work and projects cross-platform and with different devices. Zoom is now a firm favourite too, an excellent way to stay in touch with family, friends, and colleagues and I’m actually conducting live hypnotherapy sessions with clients on the platform very successfully.

How long have you been working on this app?

The original version of the app was released 10 years ago and it contained one free session called “Relax Completely- Build Confidence” which is still the first session you will come across when you open it up. Now it contains several free sessions and dozens of other programmes which are available by subscription and is an ever expanding project.

What need of the user did you have in mind when developing this app?

To simulate as closely as possible what it’s like to benefit from the work of a real hypnotherapist. And to help you relax, focus and bring out the best in yourself.

In what way do you think your app is better than similar apps on the market? Please describe in detail what innovation you think you bring and what you are proud of in your app.

Harmony Hypnosis contains virtually every technique I use in my live practice. The workbook enables you to methodically create a personalised programme to help you with whatever challenges you are facing. It can also be used simply to help you relax and sleep well. The unique dual vocal delivery technique used on many of the sessions, where different suggestions or metaphors are delivered separately yet simultaneously through the right and left headphones, is particularly hypnotic and effective.

What are your future plans and expected features of the coming new versions of this app?

We plan to continue adding new sessions and often ask users for feedback and suggestions.

Assuming new users of your app are reading this page. What do you want to ask them to do (contact you about X, Share the app, etc.)?

So, we invite you to download the app, check out the free sessions first and discover what Harmony can do for you.