DAY 1

Part 1, 9.00 to 10.45  

Morning break 10.45 to 11.00

·        Outline the day

·        Introductions

·        Entrancing questions

·        Questions about hypnosis

·        Myths and misconceptions about hypnosis

 

Part 2, 11.00 to 12.45

Lunch break 12.45 to 14.00

·        The 10 step change model

·        10 step hypnosis model

·        Think of hypnosis as the deepest level of rapport

·        Ericksonian hypnotherapy simplified:

·        There are 3 main components that allow hypnosis to take place.

·        Pre-induction talk

 

Part 3, 14.00 to 15.45

A/noon breaks 15.45 to 16.00

·        What is hypnosis?

·        Everyday trances

·        How does hypnosis feel

·        How does hypnosis work

·        Brain wave frequencies

·        Four states of mind

·        Four levels of trance

 

Part 4, 16.00 to 17.30 finishes 17.30

·        The difference between Stage hypnosis and hypnotherapy

·        The mind model

·        Bypassing the "critical factor"

·        The four ways to respond to suggestion

·        How to use your Imagination for effective results

·        The conscious and un-conscious mind

·        Metaphors for the unconscious mind

·        What to expect after the session

·        Termination of trance

·        The uses of hypnosis

·        The hypnotic contract

·          The positive reinforcement hypnosis technique demonstration

·          The positive reinforcement hypnosis technique practice

·          Summary

DAY 2

 

Part 1, 9.00 to 10.45  

Morning break 10.45 to 11.00

·        Metaphoric stories

·        Pre-induction talk practice

·        Pre-hypnosis information pack

·        How to make a pre-hypnosis CD

·        How to make a hypnosis CD

 

Part 2, 11.00 to 12.45

Lunch break 12.45 to 14.00

·        Table: the 6 stages of hypnosis

·        1^st Demonstration 6 stages

·        Breakdown of hypnotherapy session

·        Putting the story together (discussion & exercise)

 

Part 3, 14.00 to 15.45

A/noon breaks 15.45 to 16.00

·        Pacing exercises and practice

·        Self hypnosis induction exercises and practice

·        Analogue marking  exercises and practice

·        Embedded commands exercises and practice

·        Suggestion exercises and practice

 

Part 4, 16.00 to 17.30 finishes 17.30

·        Zebu card game

·        The power of suggestion

·        Pacing and leading exercises

·        Summary

DAY 3

 

Part 1, 9.00 to 10.45  

Morning break 10.45 to 11.00

·      Metaphoric story telling

·    Convincer concentration tests

·    Indirect progressive induction demo

·    The positive reinforcement hypnosis practice

 

Part 2, 11.00 to 12.45

Lunch break 12.45 to 14.00

Communication Model

·  Communication Enhancement.

·  Communication model

 

Part 3, 14.00 to 15.45

A/noon breaks 15.45 to 16.00

The Secrets of Rapport Building

·  Present state of rapport

·  Rapport mirroring and matching, plus exercises and practice

·  The art of pacing, plus exercises and practice

·  Pacing and Leading, plus exercises and practice

·  Rapport matters

·  Rapport Exercises

 

Part 4, 16.00 to 17.30 finishes 17.30

·  Rapport Exercises continued

·   Pacing and Leading Difficult People. Plus practice

·  .Pre - Consultation Talk

·    Pre - Consultation Talk practice

·    Summary

 

DAY 4

 

Part 1, 9.00 to 10.45  

Morning break 10.45 to 11.00

Chapter 15 Precision Language Patterns

·    Metaphoric story telling

·    Intake (pre-induction interview)

·    Meta Model - Precision Language

·    Meta Modelling For a Change.

 

Part 2, 11.00 to 12.45

Lunch break 12.45 to 14.00

·     Meta Model Challenges and Responses.

·     Deletion/Distortion/Generalisation examples.

·     Meta Model language patterns recap.

 

Part 3, 14.00 to 15.45

A/noon breaks 15.45 to 16.00

·     Taking detailed personal history and meta model questions

·       Gathering detailed Information

·       Questions To Help Elicit Present State

·       Chunking Up to the big picture

·       Chunking Down Into Detail

 

Part 4, 16.00 to 17.30 finishes 17.30

Well Formed Outcomes

·       Outcome Direction.

·       My Diploma Outcomes

·       A Well-Formed Outcome Strategy 

·       Well-Formed Outcomes Work Sheet exercise.

·       Eliciting Your Hierarchy of Values

·       Congruency check (Cartesian & somps) questions

·       Hindsight - Solution Frame process for uncovering their resources

·       Summary

  

DAY 5

Part 1, 9.00 to 10.45  

Morning break 10.45 to 11.00

Chapter 2 Presuppositions

·        The Power Of Presuppositions

·        Use these powerful presuppositions that can change someone's life forever

 

Part 2, 11.00 to 12.45

Lunch break 12.45 to 14.00

Chapter 14 Language reframing and chunking

Part 2, 11.30 to 13.15

Lunch Break 13.15 to 14.00

·        Language patterns that create change

·        Chunking & Hierarchy of Ideas

·        Reframing limiting beliefs and language patterns

·        Reframing Examples

·        Those 3 Letter words

 

Part 3, 14.00 to 15.45

A/noon breaks 15.45 to 16.00

Chapter 12 Perceptual Positions

Part 4, 15.45 to 17.30 Finishes                             

·        1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd Perceptual Positions

·        Seeing the world through someone else's eyes

·        Dealing with difficult people

 

Part 4, 16.00 to 17.30 finishes 17.30

Chapter 10 Anchoring

·          Associated/Dissociated States.

·          Managing your states

·          Anchoring to Managing Your State

·          How To Change Your State?

·          Anchoring Types.

·          Skills of Anchoring.

·          Self-Anchoring.

·          Anchoring Others.

·          Circle of Excellence

·          Anchoring good feelings

·          Summary

DAY 6

Part 1, 9.00 to 10.45  

Morning break 10.45 to 11.00

·        Reframing process

·        Review/suggestions

·        Know your limits (discuss)

·        Pre-induction talk (done)

·        Setting realistic, positive goals

·        A simple trance induction

 

Part 2, 11.00 to 12.45

Lunch break 12.45 to 14.00

·        Using the Milton model

·        There are three phases of the Milton model:

·        Milton model language patterns

·        Milton model exercise

 

Part 3, 14.00 to 15.45

A/noon breaks 15.45 to 16.00

·        Meta-model language pattern reversals

·        Creating metaphoric stories

·        Metaphor exercises

·        Metaphor construction

 

Part 4, 16.00 to 17.30 finishes 17.30

·        Delivery & voice (discussion)

·        Mental rehearsal

·        Suggestibility tests

·        Ericksonian question set induction 1

·        Summary

DAY 7

Part 1, 9.00 to 10.45  

Morning break 10.45 to 11.00

·        Ericksonian arm levitation induction 2

·        General conversational induction

·        (deepening, re-alerting, debriefing,

·        Notes for practice.

 

Part 2, 11.00 to 12.45

Lunch break 12.45 to 14.00

·        Embedded-meaning inductions

·        Deepening, re-alerting, debriefing,

·        Notes for practice.

 

Part 3, 14.00 to 15.45

A/noon breaks 15.45 to 16.00

·        Ericksonian interventions

·        Deepener techniques

·        Post hypnotic suggestions

  

Part 4, 16.00 to 17.30 finishes 17.30

·        Ab reactions

·        Ideo-motor responses

·        Hypnosis in sleep

·        Deep progressive relaxation and deepener induction

·        Summary

 

DAY 8

Part 1, 9.00 to 10.45  

Morning break 10.45 to 11.00

Practice, Practice, Practice

 

Part 2, 11.00 to 12.45

Lunch break 12.45 to 14.00

Practice, Practice, Practice

 

Part 3, 14.00 to 15.45

A/noon breaks 15.45 to 16.00

·        Hypnotherapist: being a professional

·        Quick trance induction strategy

·        Rapid induction methods & Demonstration

·        Rapid induction practice

 

Part 4, 16.00 to 17.30 finishes 17.30

·        Rapid induction practice

·        Summary

·        Future pacing

·        Graduation

 

 

·        Extras

 

·        Therapeutic metaphors & clinical hypnosis

·        Ideo-motor responses

·        1, professional liability insurance

·        2, professionalism

·        3, safety of hypnotherapy

·        4, code of ethics

·        5, complaints & disciplinary procedure

·        Recommended study materials:

·        Hypnosis glossary

·        Marketing yourself

·        Priceitis

·        Selling

·        Building your business