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Clinical Hypnosis: Diploma Course (Level 2)
Clinical Hypnosis Diploma (level two) training
Introduction to the course
How to do this course
Overview of the course
Course aims and objectives
Supervised practice sessions and selection of subjects
Assessments - practical and theory
How to contact your tutor
You will be able to access the full course material from 25th April 2022
Full access to the curriculum is from 25th April 2022
The Hypnotherapist Persona
Therapeutic characteristics
Hypnotherapy session: creation of the hypnotherapist persona
Importance of mentor, peer or personal support
++THEORY: Framework of the hypnotherapy session (level two)
Stages of the hypnotherapy session: overview
THEORY: Contra-indications to the use of Hypnotherapy
Contra-indications: overview
Conditions
Medication
Altered states
Unrealistic expectations
Age of patient
Patient mindset
Receptivity to suggestions
Approaches of patient to recovery
REASSURANCES - PART ONE
Questions asked by patients about hypnotherapy
THEORY: Stages of the hypnosis session: pre induction consultation - essential rapport
Rapport - what it is and why it matters
Factors influencing resistance to hypnotherapy
NLP
Confidence creates trust
Non-linguistic communication
Modalities
Eye-accessing cues
Use of voice
THEORY: Pre-induction element of a hypnosis session
Good communication requires order
Discuss the condition
The timeline of the presenting problem
Distorted language: how to detect how someone feels from how they speak
Pre-induction objective - defining the specific objective for treatment
Pre-induction Objectives: Priming questions – for use in script creation
Pre-induction Objectives: 
Discussing the Condition
Pre-induction Objectives: Hypnosis Explanation
Psycho-cybernetics - model for change
Focus of attention
Models to explain hypnosis
Conscious v unconsious mind
THEORY: Induction of hypnosis
Hypnosis requirements: Ready for Induction
Resistance to induction
Hypnosis requirements: Induction
Modality and delivery of induction
Hypnosis requirements: Deepening
Criteria for selection of deepener
THEORY: Deepening element of a hypnosis session
Hypnosis Requirements: Selection of Modality of deepener
Focus of attention
Hypnosis Requirements: Delivery of Induction
Hypnosis Requirements: Examples of Induction
Hypnosis Requirements: Practicalities
THEORY: Hypnotic events and practitioner interaction
Verification of acceptance of suggestions
Ideo-motor responses
Vary the tense in suggestions to create progression
Incorporate observations
Direct and indirect suggestions
Laws relating to suggestions
REASSURANCES - PART TWO
More questions patients ask about hypnotherapy
THEORY: Condition appropriate post-hypnotic suggestions - level two
Post-hypnotic suggestions: types
Post-hypnotic suggestions: why positive language matters
Selection of modality for posthypnotic suggestions
THEORY: Client appropriate positive suggestions - the fuel to theraueputic change
Ego-strengthening
Ego-strengthening scripts
THEORY: Abreactions
Abreaction
Dealing with abreactions
THEORY: Hypnotic phenomena and associated therapeutic applications
Hypnotic phenomena and their clinical application
Practitioner level usage
THEORY: Awakening and post-hypnosis session
Awakening
Observations
Post-hypnotic session
Homework
THEORY: Stress as a critical factor
Stress as an element in therapy
THEORY: Therapeutic approaches in hypnotherapy
Rationale behind each technique - condition based approach
Smoking cessation
Phobias
Weight loss
Anxiety reduction/stress management
Sleep
THEORY: Ideo-Motor Responses (IMR)
DEFINITION: IMR
APPLICATION: IMR
DEMONSTRATION: IMR
PRACTICE (as part of X script)
Self-Hypnosis
Benefits of self-hypnosis
Teaching patients self-hypnosis
PRACTICE: Preparation for practice sessions
Instructions for audio and practice (video) (1:20)
Practical matters (video) (2:13)
Practising hypnosis online (video) (2:37)
Practising online with a partner
Practising hypnosis in a clinic
New Lecture
PRACTICAL SESSION: VIsual Authoritarian
AUDIO: Visual Authoritarian session - experience it as the subject
DEFINITION: Visual Authoritarian script
DEMONSTRATION: Visual Authoritarian script
PRACTICE SESSION: Visual Authoritarian script
PRACTICE: CASE-HISTORY HYPNOTHERAPY FRAMEWORK
Generic case history proforma PDF
CONDITION PROTOCOL - SMOKING CESSATION
Smoking cessation case history
Smoking cessation protocol overview of technique
Smoking cessation contra-indications
Copy of Script and mp3 audio
PRACTICAL SESSION: Auditory Authoritarian
AUDIO: Auditory Authoritarian session - experience it as a subject
DEFINITION: Auditory Authoritarian script
DEMONSTRATION: Auditory Authoritarian script
PRACTICE SESSION: Auditory Authoritarian script
PRACTICE: CONDITION PROTOCOL - STRESS MANAGEMENT/ANXIETY REDUCTION
Stress management/Anxiety reduction case history
Stress management/anxiety reduction protocol overview of technique
Stress management/anxiety contra-indications
Script and mp3 audio
REASSURANCES - PART THREE
More questions patients ask about hypnotherapy
PRACTICE: CONDITION PROTOCOL - WEIGHT CONTROL
Weight control case history
Weight-loss protocol overview of technique
Weight control contra-indications
Weight-loss script and mp3 audio
PRACTICAL SESSION: Kinaesthetic Authoritarian
AUDIO: Kinaesthetic Authoritarian session - experience it as a subject
DEFINITION: Kinaesthetic Authoritarian script
DEMONSTRATION: Kinaesthetic Authoritarian script
PRACTICE SESSION: Kinaesthetic Authoritarian script
PRACTICE: CONDITION PROTOCOL - PHOBIAS
Phobias case history
Phobia protocol overview of technique
Phobia contra-indications
Phobia Script and mp3 audio
PRACTICE: CONDITION PROTOCOL - SLEEP
Sleep case history
Sleep protocol overview of technique
Sleep contra-indications
Sleep script and mp3 audio
THEORY: Levels of Hypnosis
Light trance
Medium trance
Deep trance
Somnambulism
Physiological & psychological indicators
Ethical practice
Knowing how (and when) to refuse a client
Business considerations/Advertising
GDPR
Hypnotherapy National Occupational Standards (NOS)
National Occupational Standards
Ethics, continuing professional development (CPD) and record keeping William Broom (from The Clinical Hypnosis Textbook - Professor Ursula James)
Course summary
What you have learned and what you can now do with this learning
Obtain your certificate
Take your study to the next level: Clinical Hypnosis Practitioner (level three)
RESOURCES: Hypnotic suggestibility - Theories and measurements
Theories of Hypnosis
Measurement of hypnosis - Measures which may correlate with hypnotic susceptibility
RESOURCES: Recommended Reading
The Clinical Hypnosis Textbook
Articles
+ REFERENCES: Suggestibility Tests
Simple suggestibility tests
Hartland's suggestibility tests
Eye-roll suggestibility test
Post-hypnotic suggestions: why positive language matters
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