Mike Boulch graduated from the police academy in 1977. In 1975, he taught interrogation and interview seminars for law enforcement and private sectors.
He was the founder of the Texas Association for Investigative and Analytical Hypnotists, which was the first Investigative Hypnosis Association in the southwestern United States. In 1979, he began teaching composite drawing and forensic illustration courses.
Mr. Boulch developed innovative hypnotic techniques for overcoming substance abuse in 1981. He is an expert facilitator in critical incidents, hostage negotiations, questioned documents, and forgeries. He is the author of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education Learning Objects for Investigative and Forensic Hypnosis, as well as authoring sections of the Texas State Hypnosis Certification test for law enforcement officers.
Mr. Boulch is a certified expert witness in the court of law on hypnosis, and is the founder and director of the Investigative and Forensic Hypnosis Institute. For fourteen years he has been with the International Society for Professional Hypnosis.
He is a nationally renowned speaker to various groups, organizations, and universities and has appeared on various radio and television talk shows. His teachings include sex-crimes profiling for the law enforcement television network, truth and verification, forgery, and hostage profiling through handwriting analysis.
Mr. Boulche's company, Diogenes & Associates is a Texas based company specializing in the training of interview and forensic techniques since 1977. He has taught his unique applications at major universities and law enforcement academies including:
Sam Houston State University
University of Houston
Texas A & M University
Houston Police Department
Pasadena Independent School District
University of Southwest Texas
University of Alabama
University of San Antonio
Texas Department of Public Safety
Many Other Locations Including Canada
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