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This is a 4 day-workshop covering the foundation requirements of using hypnosis with clients. The student will be introduced to traditional and Ericksonian hypnosis techniques. It includes practical lecture, live demonstrations, pair work, supervision and reading assignments.
The training is led by Andy Tomlinson.
Ideally students will be qualified in psychotherapy, counseling, hypnotherapy, psychiatry, energy healing, body work or an approved complimentary therapy with a minimum of 50 hours of training. Applicants without formal qualifications must be able to demonstrate interest, enthusiasm and life experience appropriate to the helping professions and show aptitude and potential for studying.
Seminar Content
- Understanding hypnosis, and its phenomena
- How the mind works and how hypnosis fits into this model
- Ethics and client contra indicators when using hypnosis
- The information to gather in a client interview
- Building rapport with clients through conscious and subconscious mirroring
- Indirect and direct hypnosis principals
- Pacing and leading
- Rhythm and voice control
- Visualisation inductions
- Progressive relaxation induction
- Arm levitation induction
- When to use different inductions
- Trance deepening and depth assessment
- Ideo motor responses
- Steps deepener
- Anchoring
- Suggestions; direct, indirect, presuppositions, embedded commands, metaphors
- Applying hypnosis in areas such as stress reduction, confidence building and smoking cessation
- Bringing clients out of trance
- Producing self hypnosis tapes for clients
Foundation Certificate in Hypnosis
For those wanting to work professionally with hypnosis the workshop leads to a Foundation Level Certificate in Hypnosis. The student will need to have:
- Attended the 4 day Foundation Course in hypnosis workshop
- Skill assessment doing a hypnosis session including the client interview, hypnosis induction, script, arousal and grounding. Alternatively a recording of a session with a friend can be used.
- Completed the workshop hypnosis theory reading and question assignments
- Produced a written summary of the sessions with 5 friends using hypnosis while under supervision
Follow on Training
The follow on training leads to a Diploma in Regression Therapy. The foundation hypnosis and regression therapy training is validated by the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council and the graduate can apply for membership of the General Hypnotherapy Register as a practitioner.
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