Current News - Clinical Hypnosis & Brief Therapy
We are delighted to announce that St Mary’s University College (psychology department) has joined in collaboration with the BST Foundation to provide the first recognised Diploma of Higher Education & BSc (Hons) Degree in Clinical Hypnosis in the UK.
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After completing the under graduate programme there are also opportunities for suitable students to progress to post graduate qualifications including PhD in Clinical Hypnosis.
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News Flash! BSc Hons in Clinical Hypnosis
We are delighted to announce that
St Mary’s University College (psychology department) has
joined in collaboration with the BST Foundation to provide
the first Diploma of Higher Education in Clinical Hypnosis
thereby allowing students to gain an accredited university
qualification through vocational training.
St Mary's University College and the BST Foundationin collaboration is the
first academic establishment in the UK to offer a BSc (Hons.) Degree in Clinical
Hypnosis & Diploma of Higher Education. The BSc (Hons.) Clinical Hypnosis
Degree is the only university college awarded qualification of its
type in Clinical Hypnosis available the UK. The BSc (Hons.) in Clinical Hypnosis
builds upon the DipHE in Clinical Hypnosis with one further year of part time
study.
The DipHE in Clinical Hypnosis is the first recognised
undergraduate qualification in clinical hypnosis in the
UK. It is therefore,will be the "gold standard"
training programme for all those interested in studying
hypnosis and becoming a clinical hypnotherapist. The DipHE
in Clinical Hypnosis is a highly vocational training programme
providing students with a university academic qualification.
It is a part time, flexible course which allows you to
continue working whilst obtaining a recognised qualification.
Springboard to a degree
The course has been specifically designed to enable students
to progress their studies further and where appropriate
to obtain a degree in psychology. Upon successful completion
of the DipHE in Clinical Hypnosis students are eligible
to enter the British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited
Psychology degree programme at St Mary’s University College
at Level 2. This means that with only a further 2 years
study students will also hold a BPS accredited Psychology
degree.
In other instances students can normally convert a higher
education diploma to a degree with one extra year of study.
This makes the DipHE an attractive alternative route to
obtaining a degree which may be more appropriate for individuals
returning to education as it allows you to study part
time initially before entering full time education.
Currently practising or Previously Trained Hypnotherapists
It is therefore important to be able to offer currently
practicing and trained hypnotherapists the opportunity
to acquire a formal academic qualification in hypnosis
through completing the Diploma. As recognition of practicing
hypnotherapists’ prior learning, students proficient in
hypnosis and those who can demonstrate a sufficient level
of experience will be accepted onto Level 2 of the Diploma
of Higher Education, therefore obtaining an academic qualification
in hypnosis through one year of study.
Module Structure
A Diploma of Higher Education represents 240 academic
credits. Over the course of two years you will complete
8 modules each representing 30 credits. Four modules are
taught each year over two semesters. The programme will
commence in September 2009, please contact the Foundation
for further information or click here University
Accreditation - Diploma of Higher Education
Research News
2007
The positive use
of hypnosis in the treatment of breast cancer. Please
click to read hypnosis
and breast cancer article- Published
in the Daily Telegraph
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As of December, 2004 there are more than 5,000 clinical
research
studies having to do with hypnosis and its benefits currently
being
conducted worldwide? (According to: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)
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As of December 15, 2004 results from more than 3,000 clinical
research studies are available showing positive benefits
from hypnosis?
(According to: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)
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According to studies done at the Institute of Cognitive
Neuroscience,
University College London, suggestions given in a hypnotic
state, even once,
can produce actions in human beings that are the same
type of actions that
would have resulted from more long-term conditioning and
practice.
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In a research study on Self-hypnosis for relapse prevention
training with chronic drug/alcohol users, (Am J Clin Hypn.
2004 Apr;46(4):281-97), individuals who played self-hypnosis
audiotapes "at least 3 to 5 times a week," at 7-week follow-up,
reported the highest levels of self-esteem and serenity,
and the least anger/impulsivity, in comparison to the
minimal-practice and control groups.
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In a research study done with 60 college student volunteers
(Spring of 2004 at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
Arizona), using hypnosis with ego-enhancement suggestions
showed "significantly dramatic effects" in brain-wave
patterns, subjective sense of self-confidence, and test
scores.
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Research using positron emission tomography (PET) scans,
shows that hypnosis might alleviate pain by decreasing
the activity of brain areas involved in the experience
of suffering. Scientists have found that hypnosis reduced
the activity of the anterior cingulate cortex, an area
known to be involved in pain, but did not affect the activity
of the somatosensory cortex, where the sensations of pain
are processed.
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Clinical trials of therapeutic hypnosis confirm its potential
benefits. Christina Liossi, a psychologist at the University
of Wales in Swansea, recently conducted a study of 80
cancer patients aged 6 to 16. She found that those under
hypnosis experienced far less pain during treatments than
control children, who simply talked to the researchers
normally.
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According to published results of clinical studies (Am
J Clin Hypn. 2004 Apr), the use of hypnosis facilitates
a more uncomplicated birth process. In a separate research
study done by University of Florida counseling psychologist
Paul Schauble, it was also found that women who learn
hypnosis before delivering babies suffer fewer complications,
need less medication and are more likely to have healthier
babies than are women without hypnosis. Schauble's first
study involved adolescents getting prenatal care at a
public health clinic. A group of 20 patients who received
hypnosis preparation were compared with 20 who were given
supportive counseling and 20 patients in a control group
who received only the standard prenatal care. None of
the women who received hypnosis required surgical intervention
in their deliveries, compared with 12 in the supportive
counseling group and eight in the control group, he said.
"Patients who are prepared for labor and delivery in hypnosis
are more likely to absorb and benefit from information
because they are in a relaxed, highly focused state,"
he said.
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In an ongoing pilot study being done by University of
Florida counseling psychologist Paul Schauble, preliminary
results show hypnotized patients with hypertension are
more easily able to make lifestyle improvements that can
lower blood pressure.
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A study being done by a team of University of Florida
researchers is finding that learning self-hypnosis gives
a patient greater control over the stress, anxiety and
pain of medical operations and childbirth, overall. "Training
patients in hypnosis prior to undergoing surgery is a
way of helping them develop a sense of control over their
stress, discomfort and anxiety," says Dr. Paul Schauble,
psychologist. "It also helps them better understand what
they can do to bring about a more satisfying and rapid
recovery." He also said, "We've found, in working with
individual patients, that they often feel literally stripped
of control when they go into the hospital. The surgeon
may do a good job of explaining the surgery, but patients'
anxiety may make it difficult for them to absorb or comprehend.
This can result in undue apprehension that can create
complications or prolonged recovery."
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"Children make excellent subjects for hypnosis because
they spend more time using their
imaginations," says Florida counseling psychologist Paul
Schauble. "But with practice most adults can learn how
to enter into a therapeutic hypnotic state quite easily
as well."
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In 1998 Henry Szechtman of McMaster University in Ontario
and his co-workers used PET to image the brain activity
of hypnotized subjects who were invited to imagine a scenario
in which they were listening to someone speaking to them,
and who then actually experienced a scenario in which
they were listening to someone speaking to them. The researchers
noted that the act of imagining a sound, called hallucinating
a sound, was experienced exactly the same as real hearing,
both being experienced as coming from an external source.
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18 separate studies found that patients who received cognitive
behavioral therapy plus hypnosis for disorders such as
obesity,
insomnia, anxiety and hypertension showed greater improvement
than 70 percent of the patients who received psychotherapy
alone.
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