Robert 'Doc' Barham

For more than twenty five years, Robert ‘Doc’ Barham has been coaching people to improve themselves and their performance in their personal lives and their businesses.

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His path to coaching is unique. Starting when Doc was seven years old, his father was his coach in different league sports including baseball, basketball and football. He learned about coaching by watching and assisting his father and asking questions and having coaching conversations. That same year his father helped him to be cast in his first professional performing arts work as an actor in Giacomo Puccini's musical Turandot at Wolftrap Theatre. Years later, in high school, Doc volunteered as an elementary school basketball coach and later he worked as a counselor helping children in grades K-6. In college, he made a start as a stand up comedian by producing a comedy show in Blacksburg, Virginia while majoring in Theatre Arts with an emphasis in acting at Virginia Tech University’s School Of Performing Arts. He also DJed and hosted a music radio show at the university radio station WUVT FM. The stand up comedy show was a big hit, and in its second year, moved to another venue adjacent to the university campus downtown.

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While still in school, he was invited to open as a stand up comedian for Ellen Degeneres at an on campus taping of HBO’s Comic Relief. Soon after he decided to become a professional entertainer. He toured the United States and Canada as a standup comedian and stage hypnotist, headlining comedy clubs, colleges, and companies, while appearing on morning radio shows around the nation. Conversations with a friend who was also a professional comedian inspired him relocate from his home state of Virginia to Haight Ashbury in San Francisco, California. 

In 1998, his agent landed him an audition at the the famous Improv in Hollywood on Melrose Avenue. He was one of twelve comedians selected from a field of over two thousand auditioners worldwide who performed in the New Faces Of Comedy Showcase at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal Canada. Later, he was invited to New York City to perform on Comedy Central’s Two Drink Minimum with comedians Jake Johanssen, Mark Maron and Dave Atell. While on tour, he recorded a sold out headline show at the Funnybone in Boise, Idaho which led to the release of a 70 minute live stand up comedy album titled 'Global Village Idiot'. Doc was also invited to be a performing artist for Laughing Hyena Records and has been featured on four of the label's professional stand up comedy various artists albums.

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He added a second career after being offered the roles of Director of Personnel Development and Director Of New Products And Services for a nationally known health and wellness company. While there, he worked as the executive business coach to the senior leadership team, composed of 16 owner-supervisors and the lead trainer for programs for the company employees.

 

In 2001, he moved to Los Angeles, California to work with Positive Changes Hypnosis Centers and to continue his work as a professional entertainer. While still in Los Angeles, he started his own executive coaching and hypnotherapy practice, consulting with high performance clients from such diverse organizations as Mind Valley, the NBA, NCAA, PGA, NASCAR, World Series of Poker, Zappos, Country Music Association, Playboy, Warner Music Group, Zappos, Oprah Winfrey Network and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies.
 

He has continued his education in psychology, personal growth and development, the performing arts and business. He has also completed numerous trainings at the The Institute Of Heartmath, Hypnotherapy Training Institute, NLP Marin, The Monroe Institute, The International Reiki Healing Association, Center For Neuroacoustic Research, EEG Institute, The International Academy Of Holodynamics, INLP Center, Landmark Education Worldwide and holds more than fifteen different certifications in television and radio performing arts.

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Doc has appeared in the media as both and expert and performer on television, radio, the web and in print on The History Channel, PBS, Comedy Central, The Canadian Comedy Network, Spike TV, the Bob and Tom Show, Big Biz Radio, Zo What? Show, Voice Of Reason, Business Rockstars, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Success Magazine, Business Insider, Inc., Fast Company, Psychology Today, Huffington Post and more.​ He has been seen, heard and read by millions of people in nations around around the world.

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He is certified as a coach and mentor, master hypnotist, clinical hypnotherapist, NLP master, and Usui Reiki master teacher, and holds a bachelor of arts degree in Theatre Arts from Virginia Tech University School Of Performing Arts. He is also a member the International Coaching Federation, Toastmasters International, and National Guild Of Hypnotists. He is host and producer of his talk radio show, American Dreamtime The Robert 'Doc' Barham Show.