Basic Hypnotherapy Courses in Kelowna, BC
(5-8 months, 285 Hrs.)
Basic hypnotherapy Course Curriculum (Kelowna)
1. Hypnotherapy I
2. Basic Counseling Skills
3. Hypnotherapy II
4. Hypnotherapy III
5.Practicum
5.Resident Exams and Assignments
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, respect and safety for 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.
Required Materials
Program Book list
Therapeutic Trances: The Cooperation Principle in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Stephen G. Gilligan ~ ~ ISBN: 0876304420 ~ Hardcover Textbook $100.00
Skilled Helper A Problem-Management Approach to Helping $25.00
Author: Gerard Egan
Binding: Hardcover, 6th edition, 377 pages
Publisher: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company
Published Date: 07/01/1997
ISBN: 053434948X
Exercises in Helping Skills The Skilled Helper $25.00
by Author: Gerard Egan
ISBN: 0534350577
Publisher: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company
Publish Date: 06/01/1997
Binding: Paperback , viii, 177 pages
Included in this 5-8 mth. 285 hour Course
6 weekends in class in Kelowna, BC
4 Basic Video DVD's (45 hours)
34 page course Basic manual
70 page Basic Video Manual
3 Video course DVD's (60 hours)
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.
Counselling 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
Hypnotherapy Skills III
The intent of this course is to allow the student to incorporate skills that they have acquired in a psychotherapeutic context. This is accomplished by having students work with each other on real issues under supervision. We feel that the opportunity to be in the client role as well as the therapists can be a valuable learning experience and provide a different and important perspective. After each session the group will meet and each "client" and "therapist" will relate what they experienced in their session with the exception of confidential information. The teacher, as well as the rest of the class, will give feedback, support and ask questions. This format allows the student therapist to be guided throughout the course in a safe and supportive environment. Also touched on are areas not covered previously such as addictions, bulimia, abuse, hypoglycemia, etc., recognizing the symptoms and knowing when to refer as well as creating a business plan and how to promote. Evaluation consists of observation and verbal feedback.
Please note that students are required to be a member of the IACH upon registering.
Basic Hypnotherapy Certificate
Course Date: Ongoing. Start Anytime! From Anywhere!
Course fee: CAD$1985.00 plus CAD
Books: $135.00
(Payment plan available)
Counselling Hypnotherapy Diploma
Course Date: Ongoing. Start Anytime! From Anywhere!
Course fee: CAD$4400.00
Plus Books: CAD$330.00
(Payment plan available)