Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma Course Content
The structure of the annual course is 10 weekend modules over 10 months, culminating in a consolidation and assessment 2 day module. All modules must be completed successfully in order to attain the Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma.
The following is a comprehensive outline of the course content. However the tutors reserve the right to change the order and schedule at any time to tailor the training to the group dynamic and learning pace:
Weekend 1 – Introduction to the Art of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
- Ethics and Standards
- Integrative Philosophy
- Hypnosis Introduction and History
- Self Hypnosis
- Suggestibility Tests
- Inductions
- Deepeners
- Ideo-Motor Responses
- Post Hypnotic Suggestions
- Hypnotic Language Patterns
- Milton Erickson
- Milton Model
- Hypnotic Practice
Weekend 2 – Counselling Skills
- Introduction to Counselling
- Rapport and Sensory Acuity
- Body Language
- Eye Accessing Cues
- Representational Systems
- Listening Skills
- Questioning skills
- Meta Model
- Body Language
- Confidentiality
- Ethics
- Egan 3 stage Model
Weekend 3 – Introduction to Psychotherapy
- Introduction to Psychodynamic Theory
- Humanistic Theory
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Petruska Clarkson’s Five Elements of the Therapeutic Relationship
- Transference, Counter Transference and Projection
- Emotional Intelligence
Weekend 4 – Introduction to NLP
- The Science of NLP
- Sub-modalities
- The Art of State Management
- Anchors
- Swish Technique
- Fast Phobia Cure
- Perceptual Positions
- Compulsion Blow-Out Technique
- Well Formed Outcome
Weekend 5 – Hypnotherapist Toolkit
- How to structure a session and therapy programme
- Stop Smoking
- Weight Loss
- Anxiety
- Confidence
- Pain Management
- Depression
- Working with Children
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Practice Management
- Marketing
Weekend 6 – Analytical Hypnotherapy
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy
- Guided Affective Imagery
- Age Regression
- Past Life Regression
- False Memory Syndrome
- Timelines
- Gil Boyne
- Mindfulness
- Trio Therapy Practice
Weekend 7 – NLP Coaching
- Introduction to Coaching
- NLP Strategies
- Wheel of Life
- SWOT Analysis
- NLP Logical Levels
- SMART Goals
- Successful Coaching Models
- GROW Model
- PAW Process
- CRAFT Model
- SCORE Model
- Provocative NLP Coaching
Weekend 8 – T. A Hypnotherapy
- Abraham Maslow and Hierarchy of Needs
- Eric Berne and ‘Games People Play’
- Transactional Analysis
- Life Scripts
- Gestalt Therapy
- Carl Rogers Person Centred Therapy
- Awareness and Mindfulness
- Trio Therapy Practice
Weekend 9 – Thought Field Therapy
- Introduction to TFT, Science and Key Concepts
- Architecture of TFT
- Tapping Points
- TFT Algorithms
- Psychological Reversal
- The TFT Protocol
- TFT in Hypnotherapy Practice
- Trauma and PTSD
- Depression
- Anxiety and Panic Attacks
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Fears and Phobias
- Addictive Urges
Weekend 10 -Consolidation and Assessment Module
The aim of this module is to consolidate the learning from the whole of the training course through the emphasis on practical therapy work to develop competence and confidence prior to going into private practice. The following subjects will be covered in this module:
- Trio Therapy Practice
- Practice Management
- Practical Assessments
- Q&A
This course can be completed within 10 months
