Course Syllabus

Module 1: Printed Module, Glossary and CD

Module One covers:

• Course introduction and a history of hypnosis
• Introduction to the subconscious mind
• Understanding Freud's theory of character formation
• Recognizing some of the subtle signs of hypnosis
• Step-by-step through a first session of hypnosis
• How the subconscious mind accepts suggestions
• Bypassing conscious awareness when communicating in hypnosis

Module 2: Printed Module

Module Two covers:

• Rules of analysis
• Dealing with common effects such as abreaction, resistance, transference and neurosis
• Methods of dream interpretation
• How to formulate hypnotic suggestions
• Methods of induction
• Explanation of the causes of phobias
• Functions of the subconscious mind

Module 3: Printed Module and 2 CDs

Module Three covers:

• The process of trance development in depth
• How to deepen the hypnotic state
• How to define the client's problem
• How secondary gain can influence the outcome of therapy
• Symptoms of anorexia, bulimia and obesity
• Helping survivors of child abuse
• Multiple Personality Disorder
• Using anchors in hypnosis to increase the self confidence of your clients
• Step-by-step through the second session of analysis

Module Three also includes 2 CDs containing 8 inspirational hypnotic recordings to enable you to experience hypnosis for yourself.

Module 4: Printed Module

Module Four covers:

• The use of hypnosis with pain relaxation using glove anaesthesia visualization and other techniques
• Providing relaxation for living with various disorders that your clients are likely to seek help for. These include anxiety, arthritis, children's allergies, depression, drug addiction, fears and phobias, irritable bowel syndrome, ME, obsessive compulsive disorders, skin conditions and sleep disorders, amongst others.
• Changing a client's personal history
• The use of hypnosis for child-birthing

Module 5: Printed Module

Module Five covers:

• Memory, learning and photo reading techniques
• Sports and performance improvement
• Hypnotherapy for public speaking
• Age-progression and regression
• Past life regression with hypnosis and other methods such as the Christos Technique
• Hypnotherapy for stress management
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR)
• Instructions for utilizing self hypnosis

Module 6: Printed Module

Module Six covers:

• Several methods of inducing hypnosis in both adults and children
• How to create amnesia with your subjects
• Methods of transferring pain, fractionalization and catalepsy
• Problems likely to arise with children such as hair pulling, nail biting and thumb sucking
• The silent (pantomime) technique
• The Esdaile State

Module 7: Printed Module and CD

Module Seven covers:

• The use of hypnosis with dentistry
• Forensic hypnosis
• Body image visualizations and infertility relaxation
• Learn precisely how to write and record your hypnosis scripts
• Promoting your own hypnotherapy business.
• Legal aspects of hypnotherapy explained
• Dealing with relationship issues
• Using NLP with clients
• Lücher Color Testing
• How to deal with clients with suicidal tendencies

Module 8: Printed Module, Book and Examination

Module Eight contains all the resources that you will need in your practice, including:

• Client assessment forms
• How to write press releases and effective advertisements
• Introductory letters to GPs
• Instructions for using Autogenic Programming with clients
• Handouts for clients wanting to stop smoking
• Details of the quick phobia release
• Common questions and answers that you may need for clients who come to you for help