Robert Doc Barham

For more than twenty years, Robert ‘Doc’ Barham has been coaching people to improve themselves, their lives and their organizations.

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His path to coaching is unique. When Doc was seven years old, his father coached him in different sports including baseball, basketball and football. He learned about coaching by watching his father and asking questions. Years later, Doc volunteered as an elementary school basketball coach and a counselor for children. In college, he made his start as a stand up comedian by producing an open mic stand up comedy show in Blacksburg, Virginia while majoring in Theatre Arts at Virginia Tech University’s School Of Performing Arts. He also hosted a music radio show at the university radio station WUVT FM. The stand up comedy show was successful, and in its second year, moved to another venue adjacent to campus. 

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While still in school, he was invited to open 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 friends who were also professional comedian inspired him relocate from the Northern Virginia area to Haight Ashbury in San Francisco, California. 

In 1998, his agent landed him an audition at the the famous Improv in Hollywood. 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 host comedians Jake Johanssen, Mark Maron and Dave Atell. While on tour, he recorded a live sold out show at the Funnybone in Boise, Idaho which led to the release of a stand up comedy album titled Global Village Idiot.

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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 company. He worked as the executive coach to the senior leadership team and lead trainer for programs for the company employees at Metabolic Research. In 2001, he moved to Los Angeles, California to work with Positive Changes Hypnosis Centers and to continue his work as a professional entertainer. 

In Los Angeles, he started his own executive coaching practice, consulting with peak 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, Oprah Winfrey Network and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies.
 

He has continued his education in psychology, personal growth and development, the performing arts and 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, and holds a dozen different certifications in television and radio arts.

He has appeared in the media on television, radio, the web and in print on The History Channel, PBS, Comedy Central, Spike TV, the Bob and Tom Show, Big Biz Radio, Zo What? Show, Business Rockstars, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Success Magazine, Business Insider, Fast Company, Psychology Today, and Huffington Post. 

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He is certified as a coach and mentor, master hypnotist, hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, and reiki master teacher. He is also a member the International Coaching Federation, National Guild Of Hypnotists, and the National Federation Of Hypnotists Union OPEIU 104 AFL-CIO, CLC. He is host and producer of his radio show, American Dreamtime.