A collective committed to humanitarian resilience
AHH brings together hypnotherapists, former humanitarians, researchers and health professionals — all volunteers, all driven by one conviction: resilience is a universal right.
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- Active members
- 100%
- Committed volunteers
- 5+
- Nationalities represented
- 3
- Working languages
Leadership
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President · Founder
Marta Hegyaljai Python
A former ICRC delegate, Marta Hegyaljai Python works as a psychotherapist, hypnotherapist and business coach. A certified NGH instructor, she founded and directs an international hypnotherapy-training school in Switzerland and France.
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Vice-President
Laurence Perroud
Currently head of the Lebanon and Syria Programme at the Swiss Red Cross. MSc in Molecular Biology and Public Health (LSHTM), she has carried out many missions with the ICRC. OMNI/NGH hypnotherapist, also a coach and yoga therapist.
Committee
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Treasurer
Luc Python
Former ICRC delegate and economist, specialized in the non-profit and union sector.
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Committee member
Claude Ribaux
Involved in more than 50 international development or peacebuilding missions worldwide. Owner and director of GO, a company active in coaching, consulting and hypnotherapy.
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Committee · Media
François Demanche
Former reporter, TV documentary director and executive producer. After 20 years in audiovisual media, he retrained as an OMNI/NGH hypnotherapist. He runs Hypnoèsis, focused on therapeutic hypnosis and brief therapies.
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Committee member
Michelle Stricker Brooks
An operating-room nurse, she carried out 6 war-surgery missions with the ICRC. A double master practitioner in hypnosis, HypnoBirthing practitioner and transformational coach.
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Committee member
Sandrine Bovet
Committee member of the Association Hypnose Humanitaire.
Research & Programmes
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Programme Lead
Annick Python
MA in Cultural Anthropology and International Law, PhD candidate in international law at the University of Zurich. Experience in project management within NGOs and international cooperation. Co-author of the AHH chapter in the Routledge Handbook 2026.
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Scientific advisor
Sylvie Lurot
Winner of the Best Poster Award at the Swiss Public Health Conference (Ticino, 2025). Co-author of the AHH scientific posters presented at the Swiss Public Health Conference and the Berlin Mental Health Congress 2026.
Want to join our team?
We are always looking for committed volunteers — hypnotherapists, humanitarians, researchers or mental-health professionals.