Practitioner Foundation Training in Clinical Hypnosis

 

 

 
 


Foundation Level
VALIDATED TRAINING
General Hypnotherapy Standards Council

This Foundation Training in Hypnosis with NLP offered by abetterlife has been assessed and validated at Foundation Level by the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (UK).

This is the first level of practitioner training qualification. No prior training or experience is required to join this course. You will be certified to Foundation level as validated by the GHSC.

Hypnosis is a powerful tool to enhance performance, enable behavioural change and resolve emotional and physical problems. Neuro Linguistic Programming represents the latest thinking and effective means for understanding behaviour, effective communication and enabling change, without formal trance. NLP is well-proven and widely applied in business, education, sports and performance, and in therapy.

Whilst NLP is powerful in itself, we believe that the fundamentals of NLP also provide an excellent framework for understanding and more effectively delivering change though hypnosis, or indeed any therapy technique. This is born from our experience in delivering therapy and training in Hypnosis and NLP, and from our own experience of training. This unique course will let you discover the fundamental thinking and approach to change which comes from NLP, alongside the power of Hypnosis, in an integrated format. It also creates the opportunity to take either discipline to the next level..

The material is delivered within a clear ethical and ecological framework. The course is delivered over four weekends. Certificates are issued with accreditation by the GHSC, subject to successful demonstration of performance, full attendance, of the course and supplementary supervision (6 hours), and completion of an open-book exam. 


  • what is hypnosis?
  • what is hypnotherapy?
  • what is NLP?
  • origins of NLP
  • fundamental assumptions
  • introduction to Learning Theory
  • premature cognition
  • personal power
  • communication model
  • mind-body
  • neurotransmitter
  • unconscious & conscious mind
  • structure of behaviour
  • structure of change
  • principles of success
  • Well-Formedness conditions
  • Presuppositions of NLP
  • Prime Directives of the Unconscious Mind
  • keys to an achievable outcome
  • state vs. goal
  • sensory acuity
  • Representational Systems rapport
  • introduction to the techniques of NLP
  • origins of hypnosis
  • stage hypnosis
  • theories of hypnosis
  • hypnoidal states
  • animal hypnosis
  • five stages of hypnosis
  • hypnotic induction
  • types of induction
  • factors affecting induction
  • self-hypnosis
  • laws of suggestion
  • preparation
  • post-hypnotic suggestion
  • depth of trance
  • types of suggestions
  • trance phenomena
  • awakening
  • ego strengthening
  • Ericksonian hypnosis
  • dissociation
  • regression
  • introduction to therapeutic techniques using hypnosis

The GHSC require not less than 50 hours classroom / personal tuition at Foundation Level. In addition there should be:

  • Adequate opportunities to both practice and demonstrate essential skills and for group interaction;
  • Written assignments
  • Reading assignments

The course offered exceeds these requirements as follows:
Class Tuition (52hrs), Supplementary Supervision (6hrs), Practice (10hrs), Assignment (reflective report - 5 1/2hrs), Reading (20hrs), Review (20hrs), Exam (6 1/2hrs). Total study hours 120 hrs.  

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