FOUNDATION LEVEL SYLLABUS – MACH

Weekend 1

·      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 hypnotic induction

·      Fears and misconceptions concerning hypnosis

·      Handling abreactions

·      Contra indications to hypnosis

·      Philosophy of the ACH

·      History of Hypnosis

Weekend 2

·        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

       Weekend 3 and 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 instruction

·        Introduction to Clean Language

Weekend 5

·        Introduction to regressions – the nature of memory, imprinting, state dependent memory, effect 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 6

·        Anchoring and collapsing of anchors

·        Reframing

·        Trance phenomena and therapeutic uses

·        Preparation of tapes for assessment  

Weekend 7

·        Guided Affective Imagery

·        Sensory modalities

·        Introduction to counselling skills

·        Concepts of Client Centred Therapy

·        Focusing

·        Working with children  

Weekend 8

·        Stress – defining stress

·        The Autonomic nervous system  and neuro-physiological processes

·        Symptoms of stress

·        Hyperventilation

·        Tests for stress ( including Bio feedback )

·        Ultradian rhythms

·        Stress management including time management, assertiveness training, goal setting, physiological and emotional stress management approaches.  Includes further application of self-hypnosis and meditation  

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

·        Freudian, Jungian and Ericksonian theories of the conscious and unconscious and preconscious  

Weekends 11 and 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. business advice  

Weekend 13

·        Pain control including:

·        Glove anaesthesia

·        Indirect Ericksonian pain control techniques

·        Other varied approaches to pain control

·        Aspects of IBS

     Weekend 14

·        Smoking cessation (including Alcohol reduction)

·        Unwanted habits

·        Weight loss and Eating disorders

 `    Weekend 15

·        Revision for exams including practical skills review