Seth-Deborah Roth has been in the medical profession since 1969 when she became a registered nurse, working in oncology nursing. Soon after, she completed a years training, at a major New York teaching hospital, in a 12 suite operating room . She then worked in the operating room of a 500 bed orthopedic hospital in New York City. In 1973, she entered a Nurse Anesthetist training program at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. Kings County Hospital had 3,500 beds at that time. Seth-Deborah finished her training in 1975 doing over 3,000 cases before graduating. During her training in anesthesia is when she first witnessed the use of hypnosis for surgery. She was married to a physician who totally supported her in realizing how much the mind and body are connected.

Seth-Deborah is a Fellow of the National Board of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists and is a Certified Instructor and faculty member of the National Guild of Hypnotists. She also holds membership in both the  Psychophysiologic Disorders Association and the International Hypnosis Federation. She is an instructor in Medical Hypnosis nationally and internationally.  She received the 2005 "Award of Excellence" in the category of Health Care from the International Hypnosis Federation (IHF). She has been featured on the Discovery Channel's "Myth Busters" segment on hypnosis.

She has special advanced hypnosis training in Medical Hypnosis, Pain Control, Hypno-Anesthesiology, Cancer Hypnosis, Emergency Hypnosis, Hypno-Birthing®, Habit Control, Advanced Reiki, Lux-Mani Energy Work, and Pediatric Hypnosis. She also is a Master NLP Practitioner, Time-Line Practitioner®, and a Certified Results Coach trained by Christopher Howard. She continually attends the most current workshops and seminars in order to stay on top of new information. She also utilizes and teaches EFT(Emotional Freedom Technique) with each client so they go home with tools they can use for the rest of their lives.

She has presented to the National Guild of Hypnosis, the International Medical and Dental Hypnosis Association, the International Hypnosis Federation, the American Board of Hypnotherapy, The Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy in London, the Institute for the Advanced Studies of Health World Conference and the Dermatology Nurses Association regarding the many uses of hypnosis in the area of health and the annual UCSF Integrative Health Medicine Forum. She has often been asked to present on medical hypnosis at the elective on integrative medicine at UCSF Health Science Center students. She lectures in the hospital setting regarding medical hypnosis including St. Rose Hospital, Seton Hospital and the Bay Area Cancer Forum at Sutter Hospital. Seth-Deborah teaches a two day medical hypnotherapy certification training course as well as a courses in using hypnosis for cancer patient support, IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and pain management.

In 2007, Seth-Deborah appeared on the Discovery Channel's "MythBusters" season 5 episode 7 segment on hypnosis.

Seth-Deborah was inducted into the "Order of Braid" with the National Guild of Hypnotists in 2011. The Order of Braid Council is the centerpiece of the NGH Awards System and recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication, and service. She was also included in the 2012 top 100 Nurse Practitioner Round-Up. In 2013, she received one of the the highest awards within the National Guild of Hypnotists the "Charles Tebbetts Award"- Spreading the Light of Hypnotism