Mike Boulch has been a Texas
certified peace officer since 1974. In 1975, he taught
interrogation and interview seminars for law enforcement
and private sectors.
He was the founder of the Texas Association for Investigative
and Analytical Hypnotists, which was the first Investigative
Hypnosis Association in the southwestern United States.
In 1979, he began teaching composite drawing and forensic
illustration courses.
Mr. Boulch developed innovative hypnotic techniques
for overcoming substance abuse in 1981. He is an expert
facilitator in critical incidents, hostage negotiations,
questioned documents, and forgeries. He is the author
of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer
Standards and Education Learning Objects for Investigative
and Forensic Hypnosis, as well as authoring sections
of the Texas State Hypnosis Certification test for
law enforcement officers.
Mr. Boulch is a certified expert witness in the court
of law on hypnosis, and is the founder and director
of the Investigative and Forensic Hypnosis Institute.
For fourteen years he has been with the International
Society for Professional Hypnosis.
He is a nationally renowned speaker to various groups,
organizations, and universities and has appeared on
various radio and television talk shows. His teachings
include sex-crimes profiling for the law enforcement
television network, truth and verification, forgery,
and hostage profiling through handwriting analysis.
