The aim of this 4 weekend Clinical Hypnosis course is to provide a sound introduction to hypnosis, enabling those attending to obtain a foundation of knowledge as an aid to the eventual practice of hypnotherapy. 

The course is designed for both those new to therapy as well as those already working in the helping professions, such as counsellors, doctors, dentists, nurses, social workers and teachers. This course is also for those who wish to simply find out about the workings of the mind. 

Students will be required to do reading and written work as part of the course structure. Whilst this course does not ask participants to delve too deeply into diagnostic routines, emphasis is given to recognition of conditions in which hypnotherapy may not be safe to use. 

Students will acquire skills that are directly relevant to improving the quality of life for themselves and those around them. On successful completion of the Clinical Hypnosis & NLP Certificate course and upon passing the set assessments, students are able to continue on with the Practitioner Diploma course, which runs alongside the Clinical Hypnosis course. 

Essentially this course is the first four months of the Year 1 Diploma course. 

This course will enable students to become associate members of The General Hypnotherapy Register and The Association of Contemporary Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy & Counselling upon qualifying and throughout the course student membership is automatic. 

The course teaching will include lectures, experiential learning and practice as well as the use of video analysis. We use many different learning and teaching styles so as to enable all students a thorough understanding of the skills involved in therapy. Class and tutor discussion and feedback will play an important part of the learning process also.

 
This course is open to all individuals seeking a new career and those wanting to add the skills of clinical hypnotherapy to their current work base.
Students must also be able to demonstrate interest, enthusiasm and life experience appropriate to helping others by means of therapy, and to show aptitude and potential for study in both tutorials and home situations. 

 

 
Appreciating the pressures of modern life, time and financial constraints, the training course is conducted at weekends, one weekend per month for 4 months. The training days are mainly experiential, and commence from 10am until 4.30pm. There will be a 40 minute lunch break and 2 further breaks throughout each day. 

 
The cost of the course is £850 plus VAT. This is divided in a registration fee of £199.75 and 4 monthly payments of £199.75 spread over the duration of the course.

Payments can also be made in full and receive a 10% discount if paid prior to the start date of the course. 

Students that wish to continue onto the Diploma course can join at month 5. The remaining course fees are spread over the remaining 7 months at £199.75 per month.

Our courses are currently run in London, Birmingham and Leeds. 

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Students who successfully complete the 4-month Clinical Hypnosis & NLP course will be awarded a Certificate from The Contemporary College of Therapeutic Studies. This will show you have attended the Clinical Hypnosis & NLP Certificate and reached the required standard of training. This can be used at any point in the future for exemption from the first 4 months of our Practitioner Diploma course. 

The General Hypnotherapy Standards Council validates the course at Foundation level. 

After submitting your application form with your registration fee, if applicable, an A4 summary of your life experience, including your reasons for attending the course, the College will process your application to make sure that you possess the qualities that would enable you to work safely and ethically with clients in a Clinical Hypnosis setting. To apply for this course see the Registrations page. 

Students are required for the assessment of this course to complete a written manual and also present five session reports showing the skills learnt on the course. 

The Clinical Hypnosis & NLP course content is essentially the first part of the Year 1 Practitioner Diploma Course and the material taught is the same as for the Diploma course students.  Please see below for the full breakdown of the material taught.

 

Weekend 1	Weekend 2
Introduction to the course History of hypnosis Rapid induction and slow inductions Data gathering Self Hypnosis Arm deepener Suggestibility tests NLP - Modalities and eye cues	Suggestion and its effects NLP - Anchoring, SWISH Visualisation in therapy Intelligence and cleverness Laws of the mind Artfully Vague language Milton Erickson -the man and the philosophy
Weekend 3	Weekend 4
Smoking Cessation theory and treatment Treating habit control - Addictions Use of Imagery in hypnosis Guided Affective Imagery Pre-post hypnotic suggestion Stein ’s Clenched Fist technique	Weight loss therapy Working with Phobias The Theatre Screen technique Double binds Anaesthesia - Hypnosis and Pain Control Use of Metaphors Therapeutic stories
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