What is covered in our Clinical Hypnotherapy Training course.
Learning Outcomes from the course
- To be able to induce, deepen and terminate a trance
- To develop competence in many techniques e.g. suggestibility tests, depth of trance testing, anchoring, fast phobia, swish, association and dissociation, reframing, timeline techniques, regression and ideomotor response
- To conduct an effective and efficient initial assessment of the client and their issues
- To confidently explain to clients and interested members of the public what clinical hypnotherapy is, to demystify it, build trust and be a good ambassador for the profession
- To gradually feel confident breaking away from scripts and creatively utilise clients’ own thoughts, language, physiology, etc.
- To understand and respect ethics, professional standards and codes of conduct
- To be able to build rapport and communicate effectively with clients
- To reflect on your strengths and weaknesses and recognise the importance of continuing professional development
- To be able to contextualise clinical hypnotherapy amongst other therapies and healthcare available.
- To understand when not to take on a client, and know when to refer a client to another specialist
- To be confident with therapy planning
- To respect difference, and diversity
- To have an awareness of the basic elements of various other therapeutic approaches, that can be combined with hypnosis
- To be able to recognise when someone is in a hypnotic state by noticing changes in a client’s skin colour, breathing, posture, blinking eyes, etc.
- To know how to handle abreactions (emotional outpourings) sensitively, safely and effectively
- To demonstrate a professional, caring and empathetic approach that recognises personal and professional boundaries
These learning outcomes will be met during face to face course practice, and through homework questions.
Course Structure and your Time Commitment
The total course commitment is 520 hours in total. 4 days of this is face to face, in a classroom based environment for 5 months (20 days in total). The remaining hours consists of reading, practice, homework and research for you to complete outside of the classroom.
The course requires you to attend 4 days (Usually Tuesday to Friday for one week each month). If you are unable to attend one of the days, then you can, if possible, join us on zoom, or you are welcome to join us for that training session on another course at a later date in person, or where possible I will help you catch up on a one to one basis.
This is a practical course and although there is some theory, which is necessary for your knowledge, most of the learning is done by watching demonstrations and then practicing yourself within supervised groups, and then practicing at home..
You will receive full printed training material:
- A comprehensive set of notes covering each module of the course and an extensive set of Hypnotherapy Scripts
- A complete ‘build a business manual’ training guides covering all aspects of Marketing
The day will start at 9.00am, there will be an hour dinner break at approximately 1.00pm, and there will be a 15 minute coffee break in the morning, and in the afternoon, and 5.30pm will be the finish time. Each of the 4 days of live training consist of lectures, group exercises, and practice.
N.B: Content and order may vary.
The above topics are delivered through live training. The topics below are delivered via the course manual, videos, wider reading, and online learning. We continually strive to improve our course.
Home Study Modules
• Famous Pioneers of Hypnosis
• What is Hypnosis
• History of Hypnosis
• Counselling in practice
• What is psychosis, and how to recognise it
• Psychodynamic approaches: Freudian; Jungian
• Working with other professionals
• Hierarchy of human needs – Maslow
• Respecting values, beliefs, cultural differences
• Hypnosis with pregnancy
• CPD Courses and supervision
Our Hypnotherapy Training Summary
What You Receive
This is an approved and accredited course by the GHR, giving you the confidence that it is of a high standard. The professional associations that monitor our standards are independent of our training academy, and therefore objective.
- A complete course giving you everything you need to set up as a confident, competent, ethical, and effective qualified clinical hypnotherapist.
- Highly experienced, qualified and approachable trainers
- An emphasis on hands on learning, not just theory.
- Electronic homework submission.
- Small groups allowing individual attention.
- A supportive environment.
- Receive email, telephone and online video support between modules
- Aftercare: You will need a clinical supervisor for two years after you qualify, and we will be there for you to do this, no charge for the first year, so any help with clients that you need, we will be here to guide you.
- Training recognised by the major associations, GHSC – General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (UK), AHA – Australian Hypnotherapists Association for anyone wanting to learn in Australia.
- Training in how to start a successful clinical hypnotherapy practice.
- A comprehensive training manual, including full training manuals on working with specific client issues, including many scripts and strategies.
- Refreshments provided throughout the training days. Lunch is not provided, but we do have a kitchen area, which includes kettle, microwave, toaster and fridge.