Become a professional hypnotherapist!

The Successful Hypnotherapy diploma course has been running since 1981 and has launched more Hypnotherapists and Hypno-Analysts into Private Practice than any other programme. Essentially a Practitioner level course, it has been expanded and improved throughout the past twenty years. It is designed to train and equip you with sufficient knowledge and understanding to safely practice Hypnotherapy and Hypnoanalysis.

There is a tremendous public interest in 'alternative medicine', and the opportunities are many and exciting. Whether you want to start a new career, increase your range of skills in your current profession, or benefit the lives of others, this course will help you achieve your goals.

Successful Hypnotherapy is principally a Distance Learning Course. Our experience has shown this to be the most effective way of integrating and understanding the vast range of topics and techniques. We have also found that the home study route offers more opportunity for self reflection and development, which in turn develops a more skilled therapist. In addition to the course there is ample opportunity to attend further training and seminars.

The course is very thorough - when qualified you should possess a better understanding of Hypnosis than the average stage hypnotist, and a greater knowledge of character and behaviour formation than the average doctor. Many different techniques utilising Hypnosis, NLP and cognitive therapies are covered - the predominant one being the use of Analysis under Hypnosis to discover and remove the cause of nervous disorders.

Hypnotherapy course details

The course has twelve modules. Each module introduces new information, theories and skills that build on the learning and insight gained in previous modules, moving you towards a fully integrated understanding of Hypnotherapy. The majority of the modules have accompanying audio or video cassettes, which aid your developing understanding and insight into human nature.

There are useful test exercises at the end of every three modules which will provide you with invaluable feedback on your progress. If you do not wish to continue into practice at the end of the course, you are not required to complete these, but many students find they are a useful benchmark for their studies. The final examination accompanies module twelve, this is completed at home and there is no deadline for its return.

The course is scheduled to take six months to complete, although some take less time and others take longer. Approximately every two weeks the next module (and audio or video cassettes) will be sent to you. You will also need to read some required reading from the list provided.

Every student gets individual attention. The course learning, test exercises and final exam are all completed at your own pace, without the pressure of enforced deadlines.

Module 1

The Practitioner

• The Therapist and The U.K. Law


• The pros and cons of home practice or consulting rooms


• The Therapist's Duty of Care to his clients


• Insurance, Rating and Planning Laws


• How and where to Advertise, advertising controls/standards


• The History of Hypnosis from Mesmer to the present day


• The Therapist's potential motives for seeking to be a Therapist are conjectured and explored

Accompanying Audio Tapes:
Welcome onto the Course and Introductory Talk by Course Principal.
'Relaxalongatherapist!' A journey into the fantasy world of Hypnotic relaxation. Boosted by subliminal sound messages the tape will SAFELY produce Hypnosis in all but those drunk, or high on drugs. The tape is unparalleled for instructional purposes and the feeling of well-being afterwards just has to be experienced.

Module 2

Character types and their symptoms

• Describes in depth three main "Character Types" (into one of which all human beings can be classified) and explains which type of character is prone to what symptoms - and what those symptoms are. e.g. What sort of person is pre-disposed to smoking, over eating and nail-biting? Why do some people brood and worry over things, so much so that they create illness? How come some people remain calm at the scene of an accident, while others become 'hysterical' ?
• Compulsions, obsessions, hypochondria, anxiety, phobias and other symptoms are discussed and explained. How are they formed? Where do they come from? What purpose do they serve? (includes a list of over 300 phobias)
• The doctrine of CAUSE AND EFFECT and the creation of psycho-somatic symptoms is introduced. Why does the subconscious mind create symptoms? How does 'it' do it? How can we get rid of these symptoms?
• Anxiety generally, and the anxiety state in particular, is expounded. What is a 'panic attack'? Why does it feel so bad? How does 'it' know when to happen?

Accompanying Audio Tapes: 3. Explanation of Hypnosis. 4. Continuing explanation of Hypnotic induction.

Module 3

Character Formation

• Early development and the making of our characters and predispositions is explained in detail. The most important years of our lives - from age 1 day to ten years. How we emotionally, psychologically and physically develop into adults is explained. Why do some children take longer to develop than others?
  What happens when children feel very emotional and can't deal with the feelings?

Accompanying Audio Tapes:
5. And 6. Explanations of inducing and deepening the state of hypnosis. Different hypnotic inductions are discussed.

Module 4

Anxiety and sexuality

• A link between sexuality and many anxieties states is explained.
• The case for Analytical Therapy (remove the cause of the problem) as opposed to the use of pure Post-Hypnotic Suggestion (control of symptom) is expounded.
• The Oedipus Complex (a childs emotional attachment to a parent or caregiver) is explained in an understandable and matter of fact way
  
• Our sexual formation and predisposition's are discussed in a frank and natural manner.

Accompanying Tapes:
7 and 8 - Slimming Therapy/Anti-Smoking Therapy. 7A and 8A - Pre-test nerves/nail biting cessation.

Module 5

The effects of Suggestion

• Not just Hypnotic or Post-Hypnotic Suggestion, but our overall responsiveness to suggestion is elaborated.


• Coue's Law of Reversed Effort and Bernheim's Rules Governing Suggestion are clarified, and Chevreul's Pendulum explained.

Accompanying Audio Tape:
9. Talk recapping the lecture notes to date. 10. A complex 'anti-smoking', 'slimming', 'anti-nail-biting' and general 'self-improvement' tape all rolled into one, demonstrating how aversion can be produced by post-hypnotic suggestion - also utilises the power of subliminal perception material.

Module 6

Meeting the client

• Word for word account of what to ask, what to say and how to greet and reassure a client.
• What the client wants and expects - what the Therapist aims to do. The likely outcomes of Therapy.
• NLP Techniques discussed.

Accompanying Audio Tapes:
11. Relaxing piano music which has post-hypnotic suggestions for calmness and confidence "concealed behind" the music in the form of subliminal perception material (the Therapist's voice taken up the frequency range working in a similar way to a dog whistle; your subconscious hears the message - your intellect doesn't). 12. Talk including Demonstration Hypnotic Induction

Module 7

The Analysis

• Step by step, session by session, using a real case as illustration - what to do, how to do it, what to expect, when to expect it.


• Special mention is made of Migraines and also of children and their responsiveness.


• Clearly shows that Analysis need not be a protracted affair but can be accomplished in just six sessions of Therapy and the results can be astonishing.

Accompanying 50 minute Video Cassette
A complete first session of Hypno-analysis is recorded on video - using a real client.

Module 8

Transference and Resistence

• The amazing phenomena of "Transference" is discussed in depth.


• More mention is made of symptoms which can now be further categorised as "Direct" or "Indirect".


• The Client's own unconscious "resistance" to the Therapy is explained.


• Narcissism is described; homosexuality is discussed; fetishes are explained.


• The relationship between Client and Therapist is expounded.

No Accompanying Media

Module 9

An introduction to Hypnosis

• Includes "Waking Hypnosis" and the differing states within Hypnosis.


• Also symbolism, parapsychology and meta-psychology (including "past life" regression), auto-writing techniques and the ideo-motor response.

Accompanying Audio Tapes:
13, 14, 15 & 16 - Now the student has a basic Theory at his fingertips, more detailed instructions are given. "How to" language is used.

Module 10

Hypnosis Explained

• Now the student realises that ALL the other Lessons had been about Hypnosis too!!


• Methods of Induction are explained and thirty three observable (or detectable) signs of the person's entry into the state of Hypnosis are detailed.

Accompanying Audio Tapes:
I5A and 16A - Elaboration, examples. The spoken word brings more and more meaning to the written Course Notes.

Module 11

Technical Difficulties and Dreams

• Dream interpretation with examples.


• The "wish fulfillment" theory of Dreams is touched upon.


• The intervention of relatives into Therapy and other problems likely to arise are explained.

Accompanying Audio Tapes:
X-A, XB, XC, & X-D - Demonstration of "public relations" via Radio Programmes accompanied by lecture.

Module 12

Two Case Histories

• Two cases which epitomise the preceding writing are written up as Case Reports. From start to finish - two real cases that you can follow through and see how hypno-analysis removed the cause of their anxiety

Accompanying Audio Tapes:
17 and Tape 18. The nearly qualified student gets a final lecture before tackling the Examination

Examinations

• Test Exercises accompany LESSONS THREE, SIX and NINE, and the FINAL EXAMINATION accompanies LESSON TWELVE. There are no deadlines for the return of these. (The Student not wishing to enter into Practice need not participate unless wishing to do so).


• As the Course is constantly being improved and expanded, there are, in consequence, some deviations from, and additions to, the details given.

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