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WHAT
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FIND
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- What is hypnosis / hypnotherapy - trance states, types of trance and trance phenomena
- Suggestibility tests
- Demonstration and practice in eye closure, progressive passive relaxation, analeptic circles, future progression, reorientation
- The use of trance deepeners
- Ego strengthening
- Reorientation from trance states
- Principles of a hypnotic induction
- Fears and misconceptions concerning hypnosis
- Handling abreactions
- Contra indications to hypnosis
- Philosophy of the ACH
- History of Hypnosis
- Ethical considerations
- Boundary and transference issues
- Consultation and the first session
- Goal setting
- Self hypnosis - a variety of approaches will be taught
- Therapeutic uses of self hypnosis
- Post hypnotic suggestions
- Affirmations
- Ideo motor responses Elman techniques
Weekends 3 & 4
- Milton Erickson - hypnotic skills
- Demonstration and practice - a major Ericksonian piece of work.
- Imagery, with and without content, including ‘Wise Being ‘ visualisation
- ‘Centre of comfort and healing ‘ visualisation
- Process instructions
- Introduction to Clean Language
Weekend 5
- Guided Affective Imagery
- Sensory modalities
- Introduction to Counselling skills
- Concepts of Client Centred Therapy
- Focusing
- Working with children
Weekend 6
- Anchoring and collapsing of anchors
- Reframing
- Trance phenomena and therapeutic uses
- Preparation of tapes for assessment
Weekend 7
- Introduction to regression - the nature of memory, imprinting, state dependent memory, effects of past trauma
- State dependent learning and memories
- Regression techniques - demonstrations and practice
- Regression to birth and pre birth
- Aspects of False memory
- Past Life Regression
Weekend 8
- Stress - defining stress
- The Autonomic Nervous System and neurophysiological processes
- Symptoms of stress
- Hyperventilation
- Tests for stress ( including Biofeedback )
- Stress management techniques including time management, assertiveness training, goal setting, physiological and emotional stress management approaches - includes further application of self hypnosis and meditation
- Ultradian rhythms
- Drug therapy in Stress management
Weekend 9
- Fears, Phobias, anxiety disorders - causes and maintenance of
- Behavioural approaches, desensitisation, hierarchies
- Hypnotic approaches
- Cognitive approaches - self talk and errors of logic
- Business advice
Weekend 10
- Nutritional considerations within Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy
- Grief and bereavement issues
- Smoking cessation ( including Alcohol reduction )
- Unwanted habits
- Weight loss and Eating disorders
- Freudian, Jungian and Ericksonian theories of the conscious, unconscious and preconscious
Weekends 11 & 12
- Information Centred Therapy - Introducing the work of David Grove
- Grove Quadrant 2 - including epistemological metaphors, clean language, wounded child within, T minus 1, T and T + 1, classification of metaphors and various interventions.
Weekend 13
- Pain control including:
- Glove anaesthesia
- Indirect Ericksonian pain control approaches
- Other varied approaches to pain control
- Aspects of IBS
Weekend 14
- Revision for exams including practical skill review
Foundation & Diploma Course Overview