Become a Hypnotherapist with London's Cutting Edge Hypnotherapy Training Course
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The ICH Professional Course provides students with the most thorough and challenging training in the subject, leading to a Diploma (DCH - Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis) and the opportunity to join The Association of the Institute of Clinical Hypnosis (AICH). The Professional Course is open to holders of the ICH Foundation Course Certificate or those who can demonstrate, at interview, the requisite level of knowledge, skill and/or experience.
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 (for which there is an additional fee of £170). The examination day will consist of one 3-hour written paper (three essays and a Multiple Choice Questionnaire), a practical examination and 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:
| Inductions | ||
| Breathing and Counting | Candle | Confusional |
| Creative visualisations | Elman | Hand rotation |
| Hand shake | Inductions with children | Non-verbal |
| Not knowing/Not doing | Theatre | |
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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 |
| Neuro-Linguistic Programming |
| A thorough introduction is given to the most useful and up-to-date NLP techniques |
| Ericksonian and Elmanian Hypnosis |
| The famous Ericksonian and Elmanian techniques are taught throughout the course |
| 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 |
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Case Histories
Each weekend, case histories are discussed and analysed. These are provided either by students or by the lecturers.
Controversial topics such as stage hypnosis or False Memory Syndrome are explained and discussed in detail. There will be lectures by the medical and legal professions throughout the course.
Students attending the Professional Course are required to attend a minimum of two sessions of supervision with a trained supervisor prior to taking the Diploma Examination. Supervision is an integral part of the Professional Course and students will be allocated a supervisor during the second weekend of the Professional Course.
Students are expected to prepare six case histories and four homework assignments during the Professional Course and to submit these for assessment. All written work submitted by students is marked and discussed with them individually by the appropriate lecturer. It is also expected that, between course weekends, students will practise the skills that they have learned.
