Diploma in Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy
Course
In Croydon
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
Croydon
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Duration
7 Days
Provide excellent quality training. Suitable for: This course is popular with psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, NLP practitioners and life-coaches looking to add hypnotherapy to their existing skills.
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About this course
Students must be aged 18 or over.
Students should have no history of criminal convictions or sanctions by professional organisations which might reflect upon their suitability to practice as a therapist.
Students should be sufficiently fluent in spoken English to engage with English-speaking clients.
Students must be in suitable mental health for training, e.g., without a history of psychotic symptoms or current mental health problems.
Reviews
Teachers and trainers (1)
Donald Robertson
Main trainer
The College principal and founder, Donald is well-known as a proponent of cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy through his talks and writings. He is also a published authority on the origins of hypnotherapy and the editor of The Discovery of Hypnosis, the Complete Writings of James Braid (2009). Braid coined the term "hypnotism" and was the founder of hypnotherapy as it's known today. Donald is an accredited Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH) and registered psychotherapst (UKCP/EAP).
Course programme
This is the third stage (module) of training for the Diploma in Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy.
Training focuses on practical face-to-face classroom exercises and group learning with rigorous online assessment following completion of the classroom training.
Students maintain records of all practical exercises during training which are reviewed in their subsequent written assessment (portfolio of evidence) completed online.
The course content outlined below is constantly subject to revision and improvement; it is provided only as a guide.
Course Syllabus
Mainly focused on cognitive (rational) approaches to hypnotherapy and draws upon parallels between traditional hypnotherapy and modern cognitive therapy, especially in the use of mental imagery techniques.
- Mindfulness Exercises & Hypnosis
- Introduction to Cognitive Hypnotherapy & REBT
- Mindfulness / Body Scan Exercise
- Psycho-education in Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness-Based Exposure Script
- Cognitive Homework & Thought Forms
- Coping Statement & Autosuggestion
- Time Projection (Hypnotic Progression) Imagery
- Overview of Mental Imagery in Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy
- Cognitive Thinking Errors and Negative Self-Hypnosis (NSH)
- Cue-Controlled Exposure Script
- Cognitive & Behavioural Assignments in Hypnotherapy
- Coping (Behaviour Rehearsal) Imagery in Hypnosis
- Problem-Solving in Hypnotherapy
- Socratic Disputation in Cognitive Hypnotherapy
- Direct Gaze Autosuggestion Technique
- Cognitive (Autosuggestion) Rehearsal Exercise
- Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy for Insomnia
- Cognitive Therapy Scripts in Hypnosis
- Idealised Self-Image Script (Susskind)
- Pain Control in Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy
- Stoic Philosophy & Cognitive Hypnotherapy
- The View from Above (Socratic Meditation)
Also covers material corresponding to Units 2 (Professional & Ethical Issues) and 3 (Theory & Concepts in Hypnotherapy) of the National Occupational Standards and the Diploma award and is followed by online assesment using written test questions.
Diploma Trainers
We have a variety of associate trainers who specialise in areas such as sports hypnosis, medical hypnosis, applied relaxation, and deliver components of the diploma training.
Assessment
Students are required to complete a short written assessment at home. This can be done either online via our assessment module, or for those without access to a computer or the Internet, a paper copy is available.
Additional information
Diploma in Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy