Vocationally Focused Hypnotherapy Training!

This is a vocational training and qualification, so our training focuses on practical face-to-face classroom exercises and group learning with written assessment following completion of the classroom training.

Far too many courses, in our opinion, fill you up with theories and knowledge which have no relevance to the skills you need to have and the choices you need to make in the therapy room with your client! Other courses make a whistle stop tour on every psychological theory in 12 weekends.

Our “spiral learning” approach takes you step by step through a key piece of theory, practical application experience of that concept (in therapist-client pairs), debrief & discussion – and then another chunk of theory, experiential practice, debrief and discussion.

The training is grounded in a “cognitive behavioural approach” (rather than a miss-mash of approaches).. As we spiral around onto the same core concepts and themes you begin to naturally develop a clear, deep, well-integrated way of thinking about therapy and client problems.
Within this cognitive behavioural approach you will learn (and experience!) a wide range of evidence-based techniques – from which to design treatment programmes for your clients.

By the end of the course you will have probably conducted over 30 therapist-client sessions (and received about as many too!)

So you leave the training experienced, knowledgeable, skilled and clear about the key concepts and tasks in hypnotherapy.

Firstly, we have an ethical duty to not only believe deeply in our own methods but to have scientific evidence that these methods actually work.

(Belief alone, without evidence, is the domain of religion and the faith healer. Whereas as healthcare practitioners, we are making claims to know something that is based on evidence).

Secondly, if you are switching career, you want to be sure that what you are doing is based on solid research and is regarded as current “best practice” by professionals.

When you start your therapy practice on the solid foundation of evidence it gives you an immediate confidence boost.

In addition you appear highly credible and professional – to clients – AND to doctors and other medical professionals who might want to refer clients to a professional hypnotherapist they can trust.

Evidence-based practice is not meant to replace clinical skill and experience but to supplement and inform it.  The interests of the client are paramount.

Every client, however, has the right to expect a high standard of care from their therapist.  That includes the expectation that the therapist should be informed with regard to research in his or her field, and basing his or her actions upon a considered interpretation of credible scientific research.

“…. there is an implicit contract between practitioners in psychology and psychiatry and the clients who seek their help.  This involves the assumption that the techniques of mental health specialists are based on scientific grounds. ”   (Singer, 1974: 5)

Reading this article will give you a good idea of what research tells us about hypnosis and how we can use this to inform and educate our clients.

Entry requirements

• Students attending the hypnotherapy diploma course must be aged 18 or over
• Students should have no history of criminal convictions or sanctions by professional organisations that might reflect upon their suitability to practice as a therapist
• Students should be sufficiently fluent in spoken English to engage with English-speaking clients
• Students must be in suitable mental health for training, e.g., without a history of psychotic symptoms or current mental health problems of a serious nature, that may impair their ability to act as a therapist.

Click here to view our Course Eligibility Criteria.