CLINICAL HYPNOSIS
PRACTITIONER DIPLOMA - Level One Module
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- History of hypnosis
- Hypnoidal states
- Classification of hypnotic depth
- Stages of hypnosis
- Power of the mind
- Unconscious/ conscious
- A guide to a typical hypnotic session
- Basic definitions of hypnotic phenomena
- Suggestibility
- Contraindications
- Misconceptions about hypnosis
- Utilising the patients beliefs
- Utilising the patient’s response
- Pre induction protocol
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- The importance of a full case history
- Basic counselling skills
- Listening to the patient
- Establishing the goal of therapy
- Therapeutic boundaries
- General aspects for hypnosis
- Ethical practice
- Importance of rapport
- Building rapport
- Mirroring/ pacing/ leading
- Rapid assessment skills/ the meta model
- The use of questions
- Priming the subject for hypnotherapy
- Factors affecting hypnotic outcome
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- Relaxation induction
- Eye fatigue induction
- Eye gaze induction
- Arm catalepsy induction
- Hand levitation induction
- Thumbnail induction
- Authoritarian induction
- Permissive induction
- Indirect Erickson Ian inductions
- Naturalistic induction
- Suggestibility tests
- Handclasp
Chevreuls pendulum
- Postural sway
- Post hypnotic induction
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- Formulation of hypnotic suggestions
- Laws of suggestion
- Types of suggestion
- Positive suggestion
- Negative suggestion
- Content suggestion
- Process suggestion
- Direct/Indirect
- Implementation
- Use of voice
- Delivery
- Contraindications
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- Sensory (light/ heaviness) deepening
- Count down deepening
- Elevator/ stairs technique
- Imagery deepening
- Previous trance deepening
- “As If “ approach to deepening
- Awakening the subject
- Permissive awakening
- Early learning technique (Erickson)
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- Self-hypnosis
- Ideo motor signalling in therapy
- Dealing with abreaction/ emotional release
- Ego strengthening
- Confidence building
- Dealing with stress
- Smoking cessation therapy (one session approach)
- Physiological aspects of smoking
- Psychological aspects of smoking
- Successful treatment
- Dealing with relapses
- Contra indications
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