David John Oates

David John Oates is the founder and developer of Reverse Speech technologies. He was the first person to ever document speech reversals in human speech in 1983 and has worked extensively since then on research and development, as well as maintaining a therapeutic and consulting practice. He has had an active career spanning 24 years, furthering the field of Reverse Speech as his full time occupation. He has developed new theories, and designed therapeutic and training techniques.

Oates has published several books on Reverse Speech, including “Beyond Backward Masking”, “Voices From The Unconscious” and “Its Only A Metaphor”, and numerous tapes and training manuals. He has lectured around the world to crowds of thousands, and trained hundreds of students. He has also instigated some of the first mainstream studies and presented Reverse Speech on 1000s of radio shows, including his own show, “The David John Oates Reverse Speech Show” that ran successfully for 3 years syndicated coast to coast in the United States where he lived for 10 years in the 1990s.

In the United States, he has appeared on dozens of television programs, including CNNs, Larry King Live, Geraldo, Leeza Gibbons, Strange Universe, Extra to name a few. In Australia, he has appeared on such shows as, Good Morning Australia, Today Tonight, A Current Affair, and Today. His work has also been featured in 100s of papers and well known publications such as The New York Times, Harpers Review, Omni magazine and Discover magazine.

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  • Reverse Speech/ Open Lines

    Hypnotherapist David John Oates discussed how "reverse speech" reveals hidden truths. Open Lines followed.More »
  • Reverse Speech/ Current & Future Trends

    David John Oates argued that "reverse speech" reveals hidden truths. Futurist Stephan Schwartz detailed current trends, and what he sees coming by 2050.More »
  • Art Bell: Somewhere in Time

    Art Bell: Somewhere in Time returned to 9/19/96 when David John Oates played a number of Reverse Speech examples that he said demonstrate the power of the subconscious mind.More »
  • Reverse Speech/ Demons

    In the first half, hypnotherapist David John Oates spoke about a technology known as "reverse speech" which he claims can give us new understandings of language and the human mind. In the latter half, paranormal investigator Joshua P. Warren discussed how demonic forces can...More »

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