Hypnotherapist charged with 20 sex crimes reportedly committed against clients over decade

A hypnotherapist was charged with 20 felony sex crimes he allegedly committed against clients over ten years.

William Del Draney was charged on Friday with nine counts of first-degree felony forcible sodomy and 11 counts of second-degree felony forcible sex abuse.

Several victims had gone to Draney for an alternative form of therapy, according to a press release from the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office. The allegations against him date back to 2016.

"During the therapy sessions, [Draney] would ask the clients to remove [all their] clothes or some of their clothes, after which he would allegedly sexually assault them under the guise of therapeutic treatment," the DA's office said.

During one session, Draney allegedly told a victim that if "he were his slave, he would belong and make him feel whole." He also said that if the victim didn't submit to his ownership, the victim "would have varicose veins that would turn into cancer and he would die," according to the DA's office.

Draney allegedly told another victim that he "needed to be owned due to issues with his genitals" and that "in two years he would either be successful or dead depending on whether he did this."

Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said the allegations against Draney show a pattern of someone in a position of trust preying on the vulnerable.

"If you are victim of sexual assault, no matter what the context, reach out to your local law enforcement and report that as a crime," Gill said.

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Very sad.

Many hypnotists are full fledged narcissists and take advantage of their clients in many different ways.

Power is poison. This is one of the main reasons I stopped doing hypnotistism many years ago.

When you add the fact that many people are possessed and the dark spirit often gains more power over the subject when they are hypnotized, it can be very dangerous.

Years ago, I Did many hypnotist sessions with people who were molested as children. Also with many rape victims.

With hypnotist, you can release the fear of the event happening again and it sets them free.

One woman who had been rated as a teenager ten years earlier came to me to help her overcome her fear of intimacy with her loving husband. Her fear even made it difficult to be close to her son.

In one session the matter was resolved completely. The constant emotional pain she carried for many years was gone. She still remembered the event, but it removed all the fear from the event.

I used several simple visualizations that helped her take her power back. The emotional subconscious cannot differentiate between imagination and reality.

Because of this it can be very dangerous and potentially harmful, even when the hypnotist has pure intent.

I never did the surface issues like stop smoking, drinking or weight loss. However, one guy convinced me to help him stop smoking as part of a more severe soul wound in childhood.

The guy, about 40 years old was sonambolistic. He went into a very deep trance where he was highly suggestable.

I merely suggested that cigarettes would no longer end his craving, that it could only be removed by drinking a glass of water.

He came back a week later, again asking for help. He said that he had not had any cigarettes since our session, but that he couldn’t drink that many glasses of water.

He had been smoking 4 packs per day and couldn’t drink 80 glasses of water per day!

I could have killed him. That much water consumption will kill a person. So we did another session and changed the suggestion to a sip of water rather than a glass of water.

The hypnotist tell you that you would not do something in trance that you would not otherwise do. That is a lie to make you comfortable and more suggestable.

In many ways, being a hypnotist is playing God, something I never want to do.

One thing that really brought on miracles was prayer while in trance. It was amazing how it facilitated healing. I’ve had demonic spirits some out of people when they said the Lord’s Prayer while hypnotized.

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