Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy

Clinical Hypnosis is a powerful tool that can change your life or bring powerful insights to the way that you work. You will acquire an exciting combination of clinical communications, psychotherapy and clinical hypnosis, designed to give you the very best opportunity to understand yourself, your patients and build a successful practice.

• Future clinical hypnotherapists.
• People who want to make comfort and caring a profession of choice.
• Working professionals in Allied Health and the caring professions.
• Medical Doctors and Specialists.
• Graduates with counselling and psychology backgrounds.
• HR Managers and Occupational Health professionals.
• People engaged in motivation and training.
• Members of the public with a strong community spirit.
• People on a journey of self-discovery.
• Life-long learners.

Candidates who have existing training in clinical hypnosis may request to APEL into the Diploma. APEL or Accreditation of Prior Experience or Learning will be assessed on a case-by- case basis.

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You will need to master psychotherapy and counselling techniques.

• Behavioural psychology and pscho-dynamic approaches will provide a strong theoretical framework. The LCCH are also pioneers in integrating these disciplines with clinical hypnosis and you will have an opportunity to discover how this is done.
•  Social psychology and its implications in healthcare management are included in Locus of control, metaphorical communications, clinical communications, information gathering and creating rapport.
• Hypno-psychotherapeutic techniques such as secondary gains, working with resistance, regression therapy, paradoxical intention, hypno-analysis, hypno-behavioural therapy,
  

• You will work with the major groups of illnesses such as behavioural problems, pain management, anxiety disorders, psychosomatic symptoms. In this way, you will have the skills to manage most of the cases which walk into your consulting room.
• You will also practise specific techniques for managing migraine, insomnia, bruxism, hypnodontics, snoring, nightmares, dermatological conditions, irritable bowel disorder, depression, dystonia, minor surgery, pain management, childbirth, breaking unwanted habits, (smoking and over-eating), childhood difficulties including nocturnal enuresis and separation anxiety, panic attacks, asthma and phobias.
• As with all practical skills training courses, you will have an opportunity to observe and then practise each of the techniques taught. Part of your training will involve recognising your own limitations and the contraindications and indications for both presenting patient and symptom. 

• Research shows that clinical communications and psychotherapy are significantly enhanced when hypnosis is included.
• Regressions, dissociation techniques, pseudo-orientation in time (hallucinated age progression).
• glove anesthesia, control room of mind (pain control).
• hallucinations, hypnography (automatic writing/drawing), time distortion,  suggested amnesia, memory substitution.
• Ericksonian hypnosis, including indirect forms of suggestion, compound suggestions, metaphors and narrative, the ‘yes’ set, truisms, confusion techniques, surprise technique, interspersal technique, utilisation technique. 

• NLP, including eye movement patterns, pacing, mirroring.
• Case history taking and management – assessment and treatment planning.
• Lucid dreaming.
• Performance anxiety including public speaking, examination nerves and ego-strengthening; improved sporting performance, negative mind set.
• Pregnancy and fertility.
• Practice Management – building your own clinical practice, getting started and on-going support.
• Therapeutic boundaries, safe practice, ethical considerations, governing legislations.