The Professional Course
The Professional Course is open to holders of the Foundation Course Certificate or those who can demonstrate, at interview, the requisite level of knowledge, skill and/or experience.
The Professional Course provides students with the most thorough and challenging training in hypnotherapy, leading to the Diploma qualification DCH (Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis).
The DCH qualifies the holder to set up in practice and to work with their own clients as well as with NHS or similar complementary therapy teams.
The course is spread over eight weekends at monthly intervals and we normally hold two Professional Courses per year.
Each Professional Course is followed by one day of examinations.
The examination day will consist of:-
- One 3-hour written paper (three essays and a Multiple Choice Questionnaire)
- A practical examination
- a short, written "Definitions Paper"
Throughout the course, theory is mixed with enjoyable and instructive practical sessions, so essential to building the confidence of the future practitioner. All the lecturers are people chosen not only for their superior knowledge of the material but also for their ability to teach it.
The Professional Course syllabus covers the following subjects
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
A thorough introduction is given to the most useful and up-to-date NLP techniques
Erickson and Elman Techniques
The famous Erickson and Elman inductions are taught throughout the course
Inductions
Breathing and Counting, Candle, Confusional, Creative visualisations, Elman, Hand rotation, Hand shake, Inductions with children, Non-verbal, Not knowing/Not doing, Theatre
Hypnotic Tools for Therapy
Age regression and revivification, Anima/Animus therapy, Amnesia, Automatic drawing, Automatic writing, Creative mothering, Death bed/chair therapy, Dissociations, Fast Phobia Cure, Hypermnesia, Kinesiology, Laughter and humour in therapy, Locus of control, Past Life regression, Personal Power Spot, Positive and negative hallucinations, Pseudo-orientation in time, Rebirthing, Stems, Surgical preparation, Therapeutic metaphors, Time Distortion
Psychological Theories
Adler, Freud, Gestalt, Jung, Reich, Rogers,
Client Management
Anatomy and resuscitation, Assertiveness training, Counselling, Dealing with abreactions, Strategic psychotherapy, The effective hypnotherapist, Transference,
Practice Management
Accounting, Advertising, Building the practice, Data Protection Act, Insurance, Lecturing, Legal considerations, Marketing, Referrals, VAT,
Controversial topics such as stage hypnosis or False Memory Syndrome are also explained and discussed in detail. There will be lectures by the medical and legal professions throughout the course.