Hypnotherapy Course
Following on from the level 1 Foundation course. Once you have the basic hypnosis skills, this training in hypnotherapy will broaden your understanding and skill set to include therapeutic frameworks, clinical applications, and condition-centred protocols in order to be become a competent professional hypnotherapist.
The course includes a variety of approaches and protocols to treat a variety of issues such as confidence, stress, anxiety, fears, phobias, weight control, pain management, reactive depression, performance enhancement, and smoking cessation. You'll also expand your skills using a range of inductions, deepeners and NLP techniques.
Curriculum Modules
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Practical information: How to Progress Through This Course
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RESOURCES (scripts, additional videos, supplementary material)
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- Overview of resources
- Glossary of terms
- SCRIPTS: Hypnotherapy Practicals
- SCRIPTS: Attributions, considerations and contraindications
- Susceptibility tests
- Podcast: HypnoSOS
- Books by Ursula James
- Transformation: Self-hypnosis Handbook by Ursula James: Downloadable PDF
- Hypnotherapy MP3s by Ursula James
- Recommended videos & Podcasts
- Recommended reading
- National Occupational Standards in Hypnotherapy
The Structure of the Hypnotherapy Session
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- Elements of a hypnotherapy session
- Conducting a hypnotherapy session
- The roles of pre and post hypnosis elements and homework
- Selecting the most appropriate hypnosis script for each client: Personality and condition
- Homework in Hypnotherapy - Purpose, Practice, and Integration
- The power of silence
- Client intake form (pre-session)
PRACTICAL SESSION: VISUAL PERMISSIVE SCRIPT
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Hypnotic Events
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Hypnotherapy Theories and Techniques
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- HYPNOSIS & YOU: podcast episode Theories of Hypnosis
- Therapeutic techniques: Overview
- Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH)
- Ericksonian hypnosis and language patterns
- Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH)
- Regression Therapy in Hypnosis
- 🎧 HYPNOSIS SESSION: summary of theories of hypnotherapy
- VIDEO: Milton Erickson playlist
PRACTICAL SESSION: AUDITORY PERMISSIVE
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NLP in Hypnotherapy
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- HYPNOSIS & YOU: podcast episode NLP
- What is NLP?
- Modalities: Definitions, identification and utilisation
- 🫵 EXERCISE: Eliciting Modalities from Friends and Family
- Eye accessing cues (3:32)
- "I feel a connection" NLP techniques in rapport and therapeutic relationships
- VIDEO: NLP Documentary - MIND PROGRAMMING - Neuroplasticity & Neuro-Linguistic Programming
- VIDEO: NLP Documentary - Altered States: The Richard Bandler Story
Parts Therapy
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🎧 HYPNOTHERAPY CONTENT FREE: Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy
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PRACTICAL SESSION: KINAESTHETIC PERMISSIVE INDUCTION
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Matching Client to Therapeutic Approach
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- Unconscious signaling: when the words and the behaviour of the client are at odds
- Distorted language - How the client speaks and what they actually mean
- 🫵 EXERCISE: how to work with distorted client language patterns
- The practitioner/client contract: Give the client what they ask for - within limits
- Understanding how character traits influence hypnotherapy approaches
- Additional criteria for determining the therapeutic course of action
- Crib sheets
- Crib sheet - hypnotherapeutic case history
- Crib sheet - Assessment and Therapeutic Technique Selection
Clinical Applications of Hypnotherapy
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PRACTICAL SESSION: ANCHORS
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The Hypnotherapist
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- The characteristics of a good hypnotherapy practitioner
- There is only room for one ego in a consulting room
- The danger of assumptions: When personal experience complicates client outcomes
- Professional boundaries
- Maintaining your work-life balance
- Recognizing and Preventing Burnout
- 🫵 EXERCISE: Identifying your drivers and what brings you joy
- 🫵 EXERCISE: Self-hypnosis session for work-life balance
- Impostor syndrome
- 🎧 HYPNOSIS SESSION: Creating a therapeutic persona
The Hypnotherapy Client
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- I'm calling for a friend...
- The road to recovery or to perfecting a neurosis
- Client expectations: Unrealistic and realistic
- Managing multiple outcomes
- Factors influencing client engagement with hypnotherapy
- Types of client for whom hypnotherapy is contraindicated
- What to do when remission/recovery does not happen
Psychological Foundations
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- HYPNOSIS & YOU: Podcast episode on Psychological Foundations
- Fundamentals of psychological theories and behaviour analysis
- Human Behaviour and why therapy is useful
- Cognitive-Behavioural Models: The relationship between our thoughts, behaviours and emotions
- Neuroscience fundamentals relevant to hypnosis
- Psychological disorders: Which are treatable and which are contraindicated for treatment with hypnotherapy
- Treatable Psychological Disorders: Other interventions including medication
- 🎧 HYPNOSIS SESSION: adding to the library
- VIDEO: Dr David Speigel: interviews
- VIDEO: The science of hypnosis
Hypnotherapy in Confidence Building/Ego-Strengthening
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- 🎙️ HYPNOSIS & YOU: podcast episodes - Confidence Building
- Contraindications for the use of hypnotherapy in confidence building
- Hypnotherapy for confidence building
- Hypnosis scripts useful for confidence building/ego-strengthening and why
- Personality factors in low self-esteem
- Client approach to therapy: How to use this information to select the appropriate script for confidence building/ego strengthening
- Symptoms and relevant script elements for confidence building
- Pre-induction questions - Confidence Building
- Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH) Script for Confidence Building
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Script for Confidence Building
- Regression Hypnotherapy Script for Confidence Building
- Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH) Script for Confidence Building
- Summary client statements and associated protocols: Confidence Building
- Pre-induction checklist - Confidence Building
- Quiz: Selecting the appropriate protocol for confidence building/ego-strengthening.
🎧 HYPNOTHERAPY CONTENT FREE: Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy
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Ethics, Legalities, and Professional Practice
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Hypnotherapy in Stress Management
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- 🎙️ HYPNOSIS & YOU: podcast episodes - Stress Management
- Contraindications for the use of hypnotherapy in stress management
- Hypnotherapy for stress management
- Hypnosis scripts useful for stress management and why
- Personality factors in an individual's responses to stress
- Client approach to therapy: how to use this information to select the appropriate script for stress management
- Symptoms and relevant script elements for stress management
- Pre-induction questions - Stress Management
- Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH) Script for Stress Management
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Script for Stress Management
- Regression Hypnotherapy Script for Stress Management
- Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH) Script for Stress Management
- Summary client statements and associated protocols: Stress Management
- Pre-induction checklist - Stress Management
- Quiz: Selecting the appropriate protocol for stress management
The Use of Hypnotherapy Audios for Clients
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Hypnotherapy for Phobias
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- 🎙️ HYPNOSIS & YOU: podcast episodes
- Contraindications for the use of hypnotherapy for phobias
- Hypnotherapy for phobias
- Hypnosis scripts useful for phobias and why
- Life events and predispositions of phobia sufferers
- Client approach to therapy: how to use this information to select the appropriate script for phobias
- Symptoms and relevant script elements for Phobias
- Pre-induction questions - Phobias
- Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH) Script for Phobias
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Script for Phobias
- Regression Hypnotherapy Script for Phobias
- Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH) Script for Phobias
- Summary client statements and associated protocols: Phobias
- Pre-induction checklist - Phobias
- Quiz: Selecting the appropriate protocol for phobias
Hypnotherapy for Fears
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- 🎙️ HYPNOSIS & YOU: podcast episodes - Fears
- Contraindications for the use of hypnotherapy for fears
- Hypnotherapy for fears
- Hypnosis scripts useful for fears and why
- Personality traits, life events and predispositions of fear sufferers
- Client approach to therapy: how to use this information to select the appropriate script for fears
- Symptoms and relevant script elements for fear
- Pre-induction questions - Fears
- Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH) Script for Reducing Fears
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Script for Reducing Fears
- Regression Hypnotherapy Script for Reducing Fears
- Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH) Script for Reducing Fears
- Summary client statements and associated protocols: Fears
- Reframe: Replace Fear with Excitement
- Pre-induction checklist - Fears
- Quiz: Selecting the appropriate protocol for fears
Research Methodology and Evidence-Based Practice
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Hypnotherapy for Reducing Anxiety
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- 🎙️ HYPNOSIS & YOU: podcast episodes - Anxiety
- Contraindications for the use of hypnotherapy in treating anxiety
- Hypnotherapy for anxiety reduction/management
- Hypnosis scripts useful for anxiety and why
- Personality traits of the anxious individual
- Client approach to therapy: How to use this information to select the appropriate script for anxiety
- Symptoms and relevant script elements for reducing anxiety
- Pre-induction questions - Anxiety
- Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH) Script for Reducing Anxiety
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Script for Reducing Anxiety
- Regression Hypnotherapy Script for Reducing Anxiety
- Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH) Script for Reducing Anxiety
- Summary client statements and associated protocols: Anxiety
- Pre-induction checklist - Anxiety
- Quiz: Selecting the appropriate protocol for reducing anxiety
- 🎧 HYPNOSIS session: Reducing Anxiety
Hypnotherapy for treating Reactive Depression
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- 🎙️ HYPNOSIS & YOU: podcast episodes - Reactive Depression
- Contraindications for the use of hypnotherapy in depression
- Hypnotherapy for Reactive Depression
- Personality profile for reactive depression
- Hypnosis scripts useful for reactive depression and why
- Client approach to therapy: how to use this information to select the appropriate script for reactive depression
- Symptoms and relevant script elements for reactive depression
- Pre-induction questions - Reactive Depression
- Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH) Script for Reactive Depression
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Script for Reactive Depression
- Regression Hypnotherapy Script for Reactive Depression
- Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH) Script for Reactive Depression
- Summary client statements and associated protocols: Reactive Depression
- Pre-induction checklist - Reactive Depression
- Quiz: Selecting the appropriate protocol for treating reactive depression.
Hypnotherapy in Pain Management and Analgesia
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- 🎙️ HYPNOSIS & YOU: podcast episodes - Pain Management
- Contra-indications for the use of hypnotherapy in pain management and analgesia
- Hypnotherapy for pain management and hypnoanalgesia
- Personality profile and factors in pain perception
- Scripts for different types of pain
- Hypnosis scripts suitable for pain management, and why
- Client approach to therapy: How to use this information to select the appropriate script for pain management/analgesia.
- Symptoms and relevant script elements for pain management
- Pre-induction questions - Pain Management and Analgesia
- Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH) Script for Pain Management and Analgesia
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Script for Pain Management and Analgesia
- Regression Hypnotherapy Script for Pain Management and Analgesia
- Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH) Script for Pain Management and Analgesia
- Summary client statements and associated protocols:: Pain Management and Analgesia
- Pre-induction checklist - Pain Management
- Quiz: Selecting the appropriate protocol for pain management and analgesia.
- VIDEO: My voice will be with you
- VIDEO: Hynosurgery live: surgery performed under hypnosis
Hypnotherapy for Smoking Cessation
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- Hypnotherapy for smoking cessation
- Personality considerations for a smoker
- Client approach to therapy: Why smoking cessation is different
- Hypnosis scripts useful for smoking cessation and why
- Pre-induction questions - Smoking cessation
- Pre-induction checklist - Smoking cessation
- What to do if the client does not stop after one session
- Smoking cessation questionnaire (SCQ) and Smoking cessation protocol (SCP)
🎧 HYPNOTHERAPY CONTENT FREE: Ericksonian Hypnotherapy
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Business and Marketing for Hypnotherapists
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Hypnotherapy for Weight Management
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- 🎙️ HYPNOSIS & YOU: podcast episodes - Weight Management
- Contraindications for the use of hypnotherapy in weight management
- Hypnotherapy for weight management
- Personality profile for those who experience difficulties managing their weight
- Hypnosis scripts useful for weight management and why
- Client approach to therapy: how to use this information to select the appropriate script for weight management
- Symptoms and relevant script elements for weight management
- Pre-induction questions - Weight Management
- Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH) Script for Weight Management
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Script for Weight Management
- Regression Hypnotherapy Script for Weight Management
- Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH) Script for Weight Management
- Summary client statements and associated protocols: Weight Management
- Pre-induction checklist - Weight Management
- Quiz: Selecting the appropriate protocol for weight management.
🎧 HYPNOTHERAPY CONTENT FREE: Regression Hypnotherapy
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The Hypnotherapy Practice: Booking Systems
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Hypnotherapy in Performance
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- 🎙️ HYPNOSIS & YOU: podcast episodes
- Hypnotherapy for performance
- Personality considerations in performance-based issues
- Hypnotherapy in examination performance
- Hypnotherapy in sports performance
- Hypnotherapy in business performance
- Hypnotherapy for public speaking
- Hypnotherapy for performance in the creative arts
- Hypnotherapy for performance in high pressure fields: law, medicine, military
- Client approach to therapy: how to use this information to select the appropriate script for performance
- Symptoms and relevant script elements for performance
- Pre-induction questions - Performance
- Solution-Focused Hypnotherapy (SFH) Script for Enhancing Performance
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Script for Enhancing Performance
- Regression Therapy Hypnotherapy Script for Enhancing Performance
- Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH) Script for Enhancing Performance
- Summary Table: Types of Performance based issues with primary and alternative approaches, stating reasons for use
- Pre-induction checklist - Performance
- Quiz: Selecting the appropriate protocol for performance.
Moving on to Level 3 - Practitioner
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"The course content has exceeded my expectations, and my wellbeing has also improved, with better sleep and feeling more grounded and assertive. This course is a life changer - both for me and for those who will benefit from the knowledge I will use to help others."
Isabella
Psychologist and Researcher in Oncology
As taught at the following UK Medical Schools
"In science, outstanding practitioners are many, and gifted teachers are few.
It’s rare to find both in one person.
Professor Ursula James is that rare exception - combining deep expertise with a talent for teaching that inspires and endures.
Whichever course you choose, and at whatever level, you’ll be guided by someone uniquely equipped to help you achieve your goals"
Dr Mark Feldman
General Practitioner