Counselling Hypnotherapy Diploma
(640 Hrs. 8 months, 20hrs. per week)
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This comprehensive 8 month course prepares the student to be proficient in hypnotherapy, counselling and various complimentary approaches. Students start with the Basic course. After successfully completing all of the required assignments of the Basic Course the student receives a certificate as a "Resident Hypnotherapist". Upon becoming a member of the IACH they also receive a second certificate as a "Resident Hypnotherapist" from the association. This allows the student to be in private practice with some restrictions which focus on staying within their area of competence.
As they seamlessly continue on, the student acquires a more sophisticated skill set which enables them to work with a broader range of therapeutic modalities eventually arriving at the final exams and assignments. Upon the successful completion of their requirements the student receives a Diploma as a "Counselling Hypnotherapist (cand.)" . The cand. is deleted when the practitioner acquires 600 hours of working with clients. At The Orca Institute we strive to offer our expertise and support not only during but after the course through our support services.
The Distance Diploma course can be taken from anywhere at anytime. This course requires the student to attend a minimum of 6 weekends in class in Vancouver , BC. or by distance through our virtual classroom. The balance is done through Distance learning which includes assignments, videos, textbooks,and exams.
In this video Sheldon discusses some general questions on The Orca Institute's training. If you have any trouble with playback then click the HD at the bottom of the screen to watch in standard definition. List of Interview Questions.
The Orca Institute's Diploma Counseling Hypnotherapy Diploma course consists of:
1. Hypnotherapy I
2. Basic Counseling Skills
3. Hypnotherapy I
4. Hypnotherapy II
5.
Hypnotherapy III
6. Basic Practicum
7. Resident Exams
8. Advanced Hypnotherapy
9. Advanced Counselling Skills
10. Counselling Hypnotherapist Exams
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Practicum
This first part of this training gives the student a good grounding in basic and advanced hypnosis and counseling skills as well as the ability to apply these skills in a therapeutic client-therapist relationship. Much focus is placed on professional ethics and respect for the integrity of the client. Students are also taught to work within their field of competence. The course is taught from a holistic or mind/body approach rather than from a purely psychological perspective. This allows for great leeway in touching on many related areas and in the ability to show how hypnosis is part of a much larger picture integrating many complementary approaches.
The Advanced or Diploma section of this program is designed to enhance and refine the skills the student has acquired through basic with a strong emphasis on enhancing basic Ericksonian skills learned in the Basic Training . The course is taught through watching video of actual sessions, lecture, research and practice, the intent being to assist the student to achieve a high level of Hypnotherapy practice.
This is accomplished in part by the wide range of actual sessions on video (60 hours) coupled with an in depth analysis by the teacher of the session including the intent of the therapist during key aspects of the session. This format allows the student to review specific procedures and gain valuable knowledge.
Support is provided throughout the course either person, by phone and or e-mail.
The following is a detailed outline of what each section of the course covers and required materials.
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Required Materials
Program Book list:
Therapeutic Trances: The Cooperation Principle in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Stephen G. Gilligan
Hardcover Textbook
Skilled Helper A Problem-Management Approach to Helping
Author: Gerard Egan
Exercises in Helping Skills The Skilled Helper
Choices: Interviewing and Counselling Skills for Canadians.Shebib, Bob
Included in this 8 month. 640 hour Course (20 hrs. per week)
Minimum of 6 weekends (Sat. & Sun.), 1 per mth. of onsite training in Vancouver,BC or through our Virtual Classroom.
4 Basic Video DVD's (45 hours)
34 page course Basic manual
70 page Basic Video Manual
3 Diploma course DVD's (60 hours)
240 page Advanced Video Manual
Approximately 350 (3 DVD's) hours of audio and video covering a wide range of approaches.
Hypnotherapy Skills 1
The intent of this section is to give the student a basic grounding in traditional hypnosis skills using "direct" methods. In addition to basic hypnosis skills, the student will also learn how other complementary approaches such as Yoga, Breathing, Meditation, Chi Kung, Acupuncture Theory, Chakras, Huna and Kinisiology integrate with and complement hypnotherapy. As is common throughout the complete program, the focus is on experiential learning. A manual written by the instructor is used in this course. The topics covered in the course are: History of Hypnosis, Defining Hypnosis, Synonymous terminology, Conscious, Sub-conscious, Super-conscious, Self Hypnosis techniques and other methods, Subjective and objective experiences in trance, Physiological response to stress, Suggestibility tests, Comparing direct and indirect approaches, Developing effectiveness, Techniques of hypnosis (progressive relaxation, count, fascination, fractionation, arm levitation, confusion, rapid induction and guided imagery), Deepening the trance (deepening techniques, levels of consciousness), Depth testing, Abreactions, Affirmations, Ideo-motor response, Wording of hypnotic suggestions, Representational systems, Anchoring, Vipassana Meditation.
Counseling Skills
The Counseling skills course is based on the textbook and workbook by Gerard Egan. Aimed at helpers, the text emphasizes the collaborative nature of the therapist-client relationship and using a practical, three-stage model that drives client problem-managing and opportunity-developing action, leads readers step-by-step through the counseling process, while giving them a feeling for the complexity inherent in any helping relationship. As readers master the various steps of the helping model, they should be able to improve their competence and confidence measurably. The 85 practical exercises in this manual allow the student to practice communication skills and each of the steps of the model in private before practicing them in actual helping interactions with others.
Hypnotherapy Skills 2
The main focus of this course is on Ericksonian Hypnosis. The concept is that once students have begun to master direct methods of hypnosis, they can begin the process of learning the more versatile and subtle form which is Ericksonian. The broad base of multi- level communication skills that students learn serves to enhance their ability to be "absorbed" in the therapeutic moment and really hear, see and feel what the client needs. The experiential aspect of this course includes demonstrations of various methods as well as students practicing with each other. The students will get feedback from each other as well as from the teacher.
Topics covered are:
Ericksonian definitions of hypnosis and hypnotherapy
Principles of Ericksonian hypnotherapy
Induction approaches
Major steps in hypnotic inductions
Four induction approaches:
Directing the client's attention inwards
Non-verbal pacing and leading
Accessing a previous trance state
Informal hypnotic induction
Key Modalities of
Ericksonian Hypnotherapy
Metaphor and stories
Confusion
Dissociation
Embedded suggestions
Generalities