London College of Clinical Hypnosis

University validated clinical hypnosis and hypnotherapy training
London Exeter Birmingham Manchester Leeds Glasgow
In partnership with the University of West London

Lecturer: Peter Mabutt

Pain management using hypnosis has a long history. Supported by empirical research, there is currently a rapid resurgence of its use in medical practice worldwide as a result of the more holistic approach to patient care. This workshop will provide a hands-on approach demonstrating how pain management using hypnotherapy can be incorporated into existing conventional approaches to pain control. The workshop is experiential and delegates will both learn and experience basic hypnotic induction and deepening techniques along with the common hypnotherapeutic approaches to pain management.

Delegates will also discover that this viable alternative to pain control can help reduce the use of antinociceptive drugs, thus reducing the risk of tolerance and dependence. Delegates will also learn the benefits of the methodology as it applies to patients plagued by drug side effects.

At the end of the workshop participants will have:

• Hands-on experience of trance and its application to pain management.
• Hands-on experience of producing analgesic phenomena using hypnosis.
• Hands-on experience of inducing trance in fellow delegates.
• An understanding of how hypnosis can increase pain threshold by manipulating cognitive factors.
• Personal experience of hypnosis and the ability to return to the trance state using self-hypnosis.
• A better understanding of the mechanisms of secondary gain and how this can prevent otherwise effective pain management.
• Discovered what to look for in a qualified hypnotherapy practitioner.

This workshop is open to all healthcare professionals, therapists and professionals from other disciplines working in the field of pain management who wish to learn how hypnotherapy can be used to effectively augment and enhance pain management.

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