Photo of Dr. Bob DeGroot's Aura using a modified Kirlian photographic technique circa 1996.

Amazon Top 100 Bestselling author Bob DeGroot is a Doctor of Clinical Hypnotherapy, Associate School Psychologist, Past Life Therapist, Energy Therapist, REIKI Master 1st Degree, and Consultant. He is the former owner of an international training company, a Licensed Professional Counselor, an Assistant Instructor of Psychology at Texas State University, and a Supervisor of the Children's Forensic Clinic for Harris County (Houston).

After completing his military service in the US Coast Guard, Bob attended Texas State University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a Master of Education (MEd) in School Psychology. He earned his Doctor of Clinical Hypnotherapy (DCH) degree from the American Institute of Hypnotherapy.

Dr. DeGroot is now writing a new fiction mystery series using paranormal methods to solve mysteries surrounding locating and recovering missing persons, fugitives, evidence, artifacts, and cargo. While the stories are fictional, the paranormal methods (dowsing, Remote Viewing, etc.) are real and based on the demonstrated capabilities of professionals working in missing person rescue and recovery, fugitive location and capture, contraband discovery, and others.

He is the author of 47 business books, 25 of which have become Amazon Top 100 Bestsellers. And one that has been on the list for almost seven years. Robert DeGroot is the author name on the business books. Dr. Bob DeGroot is considered a "Pen" name and is used for all books and articles involving the paranormal.

For his new adventures in writing nonfiction and fiction paranormal books, here is a list of relevant degrees, licenses, certifications, specialized and esoteric training, and life and work experiences that provide depth, realism, and credibility to his work.

EDUCATION and LICENSES

Doctor of Clinical Hypnotherapy (American Institute of Hypnotherapy - AIH)

Board Certified Hypnotherapist (American Board of Hypnotherapy - ABH)

BA Psychology & MEd School Psychology (Texas State University)

Psychological Associate (Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists)

Licensed Professional Counselor - retired (Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors)

Licensed Private Investigator - Skip Tracing - expired (Texas)

Professional Associate School Psychologist (Texas - Life)

SELECT EXPERIENCES (Psychology, Forensics, Hypnosis, Law)

Assistant Instructor of Psychology (Texas State University)

Associate School Psychologist (Temple ISD)

Supervisor Children's Forensic Clinic for Harris (Houston County, TX (MHMRA Children's Outpatient Services & Juvenile Probation)

Skip Tracer (Austin Recovery Bureau)

SPECIALIZED TRAINING (Psychology, Forensics, Hypnosis, Law)

Advanced Forensic Hypnosis (Collin County Community College Law Enforcement Training Division)

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) of Mental Disorders Diagnosis & Treatment (Premier and CMI Education)

Neuropsychological Evaluations - Certification (University of Texas - McCarron-Dial System)

Psychological Diagnostic (Texas) Certification (IQ, Personality, etc.)

Educational Diagnostics (Texas) Certification

Mental Status Exam (Cross Country Education Certificate)

Emergency Mental Health: Assessment and Treatment (Cross Country Education Certificate)

Certified Emergency Management and Transportation Sick and Injured (Texas Department of Health)

Non-Verbal Hypnosis Induction Technique and Ideomotor Responding (Inspector Marx Howell - Texas Department of Public Safety)

Jurisprudence (TX State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors Jurisprudence Exam)

Texas Mental Health and the Law (PESI)

Certified Anger Resolution Therapist (Center for Anger Resolution)

Cape Coral Citizens Police Academy (Cape Coral Police Department)

ESOTERIC TRAINING

Remote Viewing (ABH Certification & International Remote Viewing Association)

Coordinate and Extended Remote Viewing Techniques Applied Training

Time Line Therapy Practitioner (Time Line Therapy Association)

Past-Life Therapist (ABH Certification)

Spirit Releasement Therapy - Spirit Rescue (ABH Certification)

REIKI Master First Degree (Reiki Academy of Healing Arts)

Kinesiology (International Kinesiology College)

Energy Therapy Techniques (ABH Certification)

Reading Auras (ABH)

Firewalker (Center for Effective Change)

Tarot Cards (Wake County Library Program)

Beginning Psychic Detective (Pam Coronado)

Psychokinesis (Jack Houck - PK Party Master) Achieved 80+% success rate during personally conducted spoon bending parties

Pendulum Dowsing (ABH Certification, Jack Houck)

Ideomotor Training

Map Dowsing (ASD) Conducted Remote Map Dowsing sessions for Spirit activity and paranormal hot spots throughout an historic downtown

Member American Society of Dowsers - (ASD)

Member International Remote Viewing Association (IRVA)

PARANORMAL RESEARCH

Conducted a paranormal research at Texas State University in Extrasensory Perception using a double-blind experiment design with color cards (Zener style)

Participated in the "Intention Experiment" conducted by Lynne McTaggart (Author, Researcher)

Conducted paranormal research and demonstration using a pendulum to communicate with Spirits

Conducted individual Spirit Rescue sessions involving Earthbound Spirit attachments

Conducted Spirit Rescue en masse

MILITARY SERVICE (US Coast Guard 1967 - 1973)

US Coast Guard Cutter Rambler (100 ft. ICW Buoy Tender)

US Coast Guard - Search and Rescue Certification

US Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi, TX (fixed and rotary-wing)

BOATING (In a new series of mystery novels with paranormal plot twists the protagonist lives on a boat)

Sailboat Racing and Cruising - Member of various yacht clubs and racing & cruising associations. Rhodes 19 Class racing (Texas & Virgin Islands) and PHRF racing - Santana 25 MkII, and C&C Mega (Texas). Served on Race Committees

Admiral - Texas Navy (Honorary)

Gold Looper - (American Great Loop Cruising Association) - Lived on our 49 foot DeFever CPMY trawler style boat full-time for three years while we cruised the Great Loop circumnavigating the eastern states by water.