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 Diploma in Professional Hypnotherapy
Advanced Diploma in Professional Stress Management
Diploma in Smoking Cessation Therapy
Working With Survivors of Rape and Sexual Violence
Setting up a Handmade Soap  Making Business
Diploma in Past Life Regression
Assertiveness Training
Certificate in IBS Treatment by Gut Orientated Metaphor
Modern Psychology
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Senior Course Tutor
 

MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN

is a Fellow of The National Council of Psychotherapists (NCP), a Fellow of The National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH), a General Hypnotherapy Register (Registered Hypnotherapist) (GHR), a Member of The General Hypnotherapy Council Advisory Board (GHSC) & former editor of "Fidelity" (Newsletter of The NCP). Michael founded the Hypnotherapy Articles web site:

www.hypnotherapyarticles.com

 

Textbooks for the Professional Hypnotherapy Diploma Course

The version or year of publication is not important but the more recent the better. The following titles are all excellent and will form the basis of a comprehensive professional library.

REQUIRED READING

Human Givens, a new approach to emotional health and clear thinking by Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell

The Complete Idiots Guide to Hypnosis by Roberta Temes

OR

Hypnosis for beginners by William W. Hewitt
 

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SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READING

(Note: Books listed below are not supplied with the course.  They are not required reading for the course but they are all useful titles for addition to a professional library)

Advertising

Influence (rev) : The Psychology of Persuasion Robert B Cialdini. ISBN: 0688128165. A fascinating and insightful book about the authors discoveries on selling techniques

Ericksonian suggestion therapy

Patterns of the hypnotic techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D. Vol.1 by Bandler R & Grinder J. Meta Publications 1975. Suggestions for using Ericksonian use of language in inductions.

Ericksonian Approaches - A Comprehensive Manual by Battino R & South T. Neuyptology Press, 1997 Analysis of Ericksonian language and techniques.

Hypnotic Realities - The Induction of Clinical Hypnosis and Forms of Indirect Suggestions by Erickson M, Rossi E. & Rossi S Irvington. 1976 Book 1 in series. Covers the basic Ericksonian model. Book include's audiocassette of Erickson himself doing two inductions.

Hypnotherapy - An Exploratory Casebook by Erickson M., & Rossi E Irvington. 1980 Book 2 in series. Transcripts of many specific cases plus audiocassette of a session run by Erickson.

General Hypnotherapy

Hypnotic Secrets by Paul McKenna, Peter Willis and Clare Staples. Boxtree Press, ISBN: 0752201921

Precision Therapy: A Professional Manual of Fast and Effective Hypnoanalysis Techniques by Duncan McColl
The magic of mind power by Duncan McColl

Psychology

Hilgard’s Introduction to Psychology by Rita L. Atkinson, Richard C. Atkinson, Edward E. Smith, Daryl J. Bem, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Carolyn D. Smith

Language and Communication

The Structure of Magic: A Book About Language and Therapy by Richard Bandler

Trance-Formations: Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Structure of Hypnosis by John Grinder, Richard Bandler

Client and Session Safety

Hypnosis Complications: Prevention and Risk Management by Frank J. MacHovec ISBN: 0398052719


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Keep your purchase receipts for your end of year tax return. Professional textbooks are normally tax deductible.

Ebooks
 

There are now available the first two of a series of e-books on various health related issues.  Full details of new titles will be published on this site as soon as they become available. Our first publications are:

>> The truth about the threat from bird flu

>> The definitive guide to a career in hypnotherapy


Diploma in Professional Hypnotherapy

 


After successfully completing our hypnotherapy training course you become eligible to apply to join a number of professional associations, including but not limited to The National Council of Psychotherapists. Upon course completion you will also become eligible for professional indemnity insurance. Once enrolled on the course, should you wish, you will be listed with the The General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR) as a registered student, at no additional cost, and will be sent any material distributed by the GHR to the profession...

Click here to see what some former students say
 

 
Hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis make it possible for you to help people stop smoking, lose weight, build confidence, reduce stress, deal with anxiety, enhance sporting performance... even overcome phobias and panic attacks.

 

The College of Integrated Therapies distance learning Diploma in Professional Hypnotherapy training course is designed to pass the maximum amount of knowledge to our students. Graduates of the course will be fully equipped to establish themselves as professional hypnotherapists and set up in private practice.

 

"Hypnotism is the most practical science of the
age. It confers advantages that cannot be
conveyed through any other medium."
William Wesley Cook M.D.

 

"Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie...
which we ascribe to heaven."

Shakespeare

Of course some students may wish to enrol on the course to study for other reasons, such as gaining a greater understanding of themselves or out of personal interest. The potential rewards for self-development are enormous. At CIT we believe in being open with our students and so we do not involve ourselves in the kind of overblown language and claims you may see elsewhere.

 

The authors have experienced what is like to be new to the field and seeking a training course. We found a number of trainers promising that we would be earning unrealistic sums of money as soon as we graduated from their courses. We found others who claimed to teach to a professional standard from only a few, low-priced lessons. We didn't take those courses. Instead, we took the kind of course that we are now offering to you - one with plenty of material not often covered in other distance learning programmes, information about the very latest scientific research, with experienced tutors and flexible learning. We believe our course represents excellent value for money and offers flexible learning. A tall order to offer all this? Maybe, but we believe that we have achieved it.

 

There are many therapists who make a full time living from their skills. Generally, however it has taken them some time to achieve this. They have, like you, taken a training course, gained experience, built up their reputations and taken time to develop their practice.

 

We promise to do our absolute best to teach you effective and innovative hypnotherapy based on both our experience and modern research into what makes for effective hypnotherapy. Your tutors are only ever an email or phone call away if you require assistance, and as a registered student with the GHR (a feature of this course) you may also use that organisation as a resource.

 

The course authors are both experienced therapists and hold a number of professional awards between them.

 

What some of our graduates say!!!

"The course authors set high standards in their expectations from the assignments which could only be gained through fully participating in their provided reading material together with additional extensive recommended reading and through this a thorough understanding of the main principles of hypnotherapy was attained.  The support was first class, far quicker than I ever expected and always with helpful comments, enthusiasm and the highest of standards of expertise..."

 



C C, Hampshire

"I am so pleased to have gained my Diploma in Professional Hypnotherapy with the College of Integrated Therapies. The coursework is comprehensive and clear; the teaching methods are straightforward and well thought out and therefore totally easy to understand. As a pupil, I knew what was expected of me, and was able to match my response to what was required. Any questions I had were answered promptly by my Tutor who was supportive throughout and I was delighted to find that this continued beyond my completion of the course, and extended to questions I had regarding the setting up of my professional consultancy. I really recommend this course..."

M U, Lincs


TABLE OF CONTENTS

MODULE 1 – THE BASICS OF HYPNOTHERAPY
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
HYPNOSIS AND HYPNOTHERAPY
  - Definition of “hypnosis”
  - Definition of “hypnotherapy”
  - Definition of “subconscious”
  - Definition of “unconscious mind”
BRAINWAVES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
  - Brainwaves and their functions
  - Biorhythms and brainwaves
REASONS FOR SEEKING HYPNOTHERAPY
  - Who can benefit from Hypnotherapy?
  - Who can be hypnotised?
THE HYPNOTHERAPIST
  - The hypnotherapist
  - Duration of treatment
  - Does a person always know they
    are being hypnotised?
  - Can subjects remember all that is
    being said?
  - Do subjects retain any control over
    what they say and do?
  - The level of trance
  - How long does it take to learn to
    hypnotise someone?
  - Responsibilities of the therapist
  - History of hypnotherapy

MODULE 2 – THE POWER OF
SUGGESTION
WHAT IS SUGGESTION?
  - Why should hypnotherapy involve
    suggestion?
DOES SUGGESTION WORK?
  - Advertising and suggestion
  - Suggestion and honesty
  - Does advertising really work?
  - Implications, suggestions and
    the hypnotherapist
  - Advertising – summing up
SUGGESTIONS AND HYPNOTHERAPY
DEFINITION OF SUGGESTION
  - Suggestions and the unconscious mind
  - The difference between a suggestion
    and a command
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUGGESTION
  - Direct suggestions
  - Indirect suggestions
  - Implicit and implied suggestions
  - Suggestion and trigger words
  - Suggestions and trigger events
USE OF IMAGERY IN SUGGESTION
  - Suggestions should be non-judgemental
THE IMPORTANCE OF TONE OF VOICE
  - When not to use suggestions
TAKING CARE WHEN USING SUGGESTIONS
  - Using suggestions to confuse your
    client - the hypnotic power of confusion
  - Suggestion and motor action
  - Mantras

MODULE 3 – HYPNOTIC INDUCTIONS AND DEEPENERS
HYPNOTIC INDUCTIONS AND DEEPENERS
  - Reassuring the client
  - Am I going to make a fool of myself?
  - What if I blurt out all of my secrets?
  - Can you (the therapist) make me do
    something I don’t want to do?
  - Can you guarantee to cure me?
  - What does it feel like to be hypnotised?
  - Can I hear & speak while I’m hypnotised
  - The induction
  - Does the client know what is happening
    while the therapist does the induction?
  - Can the client stop the induction if
    they so wish?
OTHER INDUCTIONS
  - Arm-Drop Method
TONE OF VOICE
  - Signs of hypnosis
DIFFICULTY IN INDUCING HYPNOSIS DEEPENERS
  - Use of specific words
  - Use of words implying movement
TERMINATING TRANCE
  - Putting yourself in the client’s shoes
  - Self hypnosis 		MODULE 4 – PSYCHOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
  - The development of psychology
THEORIES WHICH INFLUENCE MODERN PSYCHOLOGY
  - Sigmund Freud
  - Is the work of Freud still relevant today?
  - Carl Gustav Jung
  - Alfred Adler
  - Carl Rogers
  - Abraham Harold Maslow
COMPENSATORY BEHAVIOUR PERSONALITY
  - Types A, B and C – overview
  - Impact of parents/authority figures
  - What is it that determines a person’s
    personality?
CONDITIONED BEHAVIOUR
  - Conditioning and Learning
WHY HYPNOTHERAPY AND NOT MORE CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT?
  - Psychosomatic conditions
  - Neurotic conditions

MODULE 5 – COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE
WHY THE CORRECT USE OF LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT
  - The road map
  - The real problem revealed
  - The hidden message
LANGUAGE
WHAT IS TALKING?
WHAT IS LISTENING?
WHAT IS COUNSELLING?
LANGUAGE AS A SKILL
  - Mirroring, pacing and leading
ESTABLISHING RAPPORT
  - Don’t interrupt
  - Silence
  - Good questioning
  - Non-judgemental listening
  - What your client doesn’t tell you
  - Signs and symptoms
  - Talking
  - What kind of people will come to see you
  - Words to beware of
  - Listening skills
  - Active listening
  - Listening wrongly

MODULE 6 – SESSION SAFETY AND ETHICS
DANGERS TO HYPNOTHERAPISTS
  - Burnout
  - Boredom or disinterest
DANGERS TO CLIENTS ABREACTIONS
  - Definition of abreaction
  - When abreactions occur
  - Are abreactions curative?
  - What to do when an abreaction occurs
  - The number of abreactions
SENSIBLE RULES TO ENFORCE SESSION SAFETY
  - Boundaries
  - Treatment options
  - Terms and conditions
  - Client questionnaire
  - Communication while in trance state
  - Quiet
  - Environmental issues
  - Physical safety
ETHICS
  - Introduction
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
  - Defining the client-therapist relationship
  - Protect yourself and your client
  - Professional relationship – privacy
CONFIDENTIALITY, LAW, AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES.
  - What does the law require?
  - Disciplinary and Civil Court
    Case Procedures
  - Appearing in Court
  - Summing up

MODULE 7 – ANXIETY AND PHOBIAS
FIGHT, FREEZE OR FLIGHT
ANXIETY DISORDERS
SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY
  - Understanding the symptoms of anxiety
  - Free floating anxiety
  - Depression 		MODULE 7 – ANXIETY AND PHOBIAS continued...
PANIC DISORDER
  - What is panic disorder?
  - Panic attack symptoms
TREATMENT FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS
  - Anti-depressants
  - Anti-Anxiety Medications
  - Other Medications
TREATING ANXIETY
  - Cognitive behavioural therapy
  - The rewind technique
THE IMPACT OF EVENT SCALE
TWO-MINUTE RELAXATION
THE RELAXATION BREATHING CYCLE
PHOBIAS
  - Causes of phobias
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
A WORD ON CO-EXISTING CONDITIONS

MODULE 8 – SMOKING CESSATION
WHY SMOKING CESSATION WORK IS NECESSARY
SMOKING CESSATION AND HYPNOTHERAPY
  - Who will your clients be?
  - The therapist as a non-smoker
THE DANGERS OF SMOKING
CONTENTS OF CIGARETTES
  -  Most widely known components
    of cigarettes
PASSIVE SMOKING
  - The dangers of passive smoking
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SMOKING
MEDICAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKING
PREGNANCY – A GOOD TIME TO QUIT
  - Consequences linked to smoking
    during pregnancy
WHY PEOPLE SMOKE
  - Social smokers
  - Group smokers
  - Stressed smokers
  - Long time addicts
THE BENEFITS OF STOPPING SMOKING
VARIATIONS ACCORDING TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUP
SMOKING CESSATION SCRIPT
  - Ego strengthening and confidence
    building

MODULE 9 – PAIN RELIEF
WHAT IS PAIN?
CHARACTERISTICS OF PAIN
  - Location and distribution
  - Localised pain
  - Referred pain
THE IMPORTANCE OF A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS
DURATION AND FREQUENCY OF PAIN
PAIN THEORY
  - Pain sources
PERCEPTION OF PAIN
  - Living with chronic pain
SOME COMMON METHODS OF PAIN RELIEF
HYPNOTHERAPY AND PAIN RELIEF
  - Relaxation techniques
  - Self-hypnosis
  - Specific sessions aimed at pain relief
SLEEP AND PAIN RELIEF
  - Diagram: Wheel of Pain showing potential interactions

MODULE 10 – ATTRACTING AND KEEPING CLIENTS
YOUR CONVERSION RATE
  - How to attract clients over the
    phone timewasters
THE INITIAL CONSULTATION
CREATING A CARING ATMOSPHERE
  - Professional relationship
  - Money
  - Stating your charges
  - Concessions
  - When to ask for the money
  - Managing your time
THE CLIENT’S EXPECTATIONS
  - The initial approach
  - Selecting a therapist
  - Some Practice Building Tips

Various Appendices

Your investment in the Diploma in Professional Hypnotherapy Course and How to Enrol

There are two study options for this course, the option that you chose is reflected in the course fees.

Option 1: A fully printed manual in a presentation folder, together with the course text books, all mailed to an address of your choice = £385.00

(Payment must be in pounds Sterling and payable through a UK Bank)

Option 2: A downloadable e-learning manual which you can print or read on your PC = £300.00 - You provide your own textbooks - this option is recommended for international students as there are no additional postage costs to add...

Option 3: As per option 2 above but by 5 separate instalments of £60.00 each. You purchase 2 modules at a time and you decide when you purchase additional modules. Ideal for students working around other commitments...

The textbooks are all available via Amazon and other on-line book sellers. They may also be available via your local lending library. They can also be purchased used which represents a further saving.

What happens after you have enrolled?

To enrol on this course simply forward your details together with payment to us
or use the PayPal links below.

Please note:  When enrolling using PayPal, once the transaction has been completed, you will be taken directly to a download page so that you can recover your files.  This can sometimes take a minute of so, so please be patient, the transfer back to the download page is automatic.  Should you experience any problems please contact us, we aim to respond to all emails within 24 hours during the working week.
 

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152 - 160 City Road
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ONLINE ORDERS WITH PAYPAL
 

Option 1 Orders >> £385
Option 2 Orders >> £300

Option 3 Orders - 5 separate instalments of £60.00 each

 >> Total = £300 <<

Modules 1 & 2
Modules 3 & 4
Modules 5 & 6
Modules 7 & 8
Modules 9 & 10

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PLEASE NOTE: Overseas orders for option 1 please email for information - additional postage costs will apply, these will be limited to additional international mailing rates. There are no postage costs associated with option 2. Option 1 fee includes 2 course text-books and course materials plus tuition and tutorial support for up to 3 years from date of enrolment... Option 2 & 3 fee includes the e-learning manual (or manuals) and 3 years tuition from the date of enrolment. There are no additional examination fees. The issue of your diploma upon satisfactory course completion is also included in the stated fees.



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