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

Medical Diploma Training Prospectus - 1

The main body of the course will be centred around the teaching of appropriate hypnotherapeutic techniques to treat commonly presenting conditions. The aetiology of the disease process will be covered briefly in the context of treatment with medical hypnotherapy. The course material will be presented with both practical and theoretical details in mind and is outlined below.

Theoretical Considerations

The following topics will be covered:

• Hypnoidal states, depth of trance, power of mental thought/suggestibility, principal stages of hypnotherapeutic consultations. Awakening theory, nature of hypnotic state, hypnotic phenomena, the value of post hypnotic suggestions, contra-indications to clinical hypnosis, stage hypnosis with respect to medical hypnosis, abreactions, and indicators to the depth of hypnosis.
• Left and right brain functioning and locus of control
• Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) will be presented within the framework of hypnotherapy, and will include a description of the Meta Model
• Group theory and logical types
• State dependent memory and learning behaviour
• Reciprocal inhibition
• Ericksonian hypnosis will be discussed with special reference to the following areas; confusion techniques, abreaction, autonomic function / role in perpetuation of symptoms, open ended suggestions /compound suggestions, establishment of a 'yes' set, use of the negative, truism, covering all classes of response, use of questions, implication, binds and double binds, interspersal technique.

Practical Aspects

The following fundamentals will be covered with emphasis on achieving practical skills:

• Induction techniques both permissive and authoritarian
• Deepening hypnosis
• Pattern breaking inductions.
• Awakening
• Techniques for dealing with resistance
• Relaxation inductions
• Verifications of hypnotic trance
• Study of mirroring and associated techniques
• Dealing with abreaction
• Symptom manipulation
• Basic dissociative techniques.
• Advanced and disguised dissociative techniques
• Regression
• Pseudo orientation in time (multiple techniques)
• Basic hypnotherapeutic techniques with children
• EGO strengthening
• Use of ideo motor signalling (IMR)
• Auto-hypnosis
• Use of healing suggestions
• Hypnotherapeutic construction (ELS)
• Glove anaesthesia
• Lucid dreaming
• Theoretical and hypnotherapeutic desensitisation
• Aversions
• Amnesia
• Memory substitution
• Time distortion
• Hallucination
• Automatic writing
• Basic reframing (symptom and situation)
• Assertiveness training
• Hypno drama
• NLP within hypnosis
• Massed practice, desensitisation and flooding

Advanced Techniques

• Mind body dissociation/Alert hypnosis
• Self dissociation reintegration
• Cardiophobia/Myocardial infarction
• Strategic Paradoxical therapy
• Hypno analysis, incorporation of parent / child ego states
• Regression: including diagnostic, free floating, specific age and esoteric regressions
• Hypnotherapeutic approaches with children.
• Symptom signalling
• Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)
• Polarity dissociations/Apposition of opposites
• Disguised techniques
• Metaphorical techniques
• Goal directed therapy