Course Syllabus
Diploma in Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy
The course content outlined below is constantly subject to revision and improvement; it is provided only as a guide. See our recommended reading list and the page explaining Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy for more information.
Students maintain records of all practical exercises during training which are reviewed in their subsequent written assessment (portfolio of evidence) completed online, in three sections, after each stage of classroom training has been completed. The student handbook for the diploma contains full details of assessments and learning outcomes.
Stage 1: Certificate in Evidence-Based Hypnotherapy
Stage one is mainly focused on basic hypnotherapy assessment, hypnotic induction, and the use of suggestion; it presents a rounded basic training in traditional hypnotherapy.
Principles of Evidence-Based Practice in Hypnotherapy
Basic Sphere of Competence for Hypnotherapists
Hypnosis: Fact & Fiction
Stress Management & Relaxation Script
Basic Group Hypnosis Exercises
Medical & Scientific Support for Hypnosis
Group Hypnotic Responsiveness Test
Your First Hypnotherapy Script (Eye-Fixation, Ego-Strengthening, etc.)
Your Second Hypnotherapy Script (Eye-Fixation, Social Confidence, etc.)
Evaluation of Stage Hypnosis
Basic Hypnotic Skills Training for Clients
Basic Self-Hypnosis
Self-Report Depth Testing
Rapport-Building & Communcation Skills in Counselling / Hypnotherapy
Contra-indications & Risks for Hypnotherapy
Multi-modal Assessment in Hypnotherapy
Initial Consultation & Assessment
Observable Phenomena of Hypnosis
Rules of Suggestion
Script-Writing Exercise
Basic Psychopathology
Anxiety Treatment Strategies
Multi-modal Anxiety Script (Imaginal Exposure)
Dave Elman Induction
Regression Therapy and CBH
Classroom Test Revision
This stage also covers material corresponding to Unit 1 (Assessing the Client) of the National Occupational Standards and the Diploma award and is followed by online assesment using written test questions.
Stage 2: Advanced Certificate in Evidence-Based Hypnotherapy
Stage two is mainly focused on behavioural psychology in hypnotherapy and the role of behaviour therapy in hypnotherapy, especially in the treatment of anxiety and habits.
Introducing Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy
Cognitive-Behavioural Theories of Hypnosis
Behavioural Relaxation Strategies
Tension Control / Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Behaviour Therapy in Hypnotherapy
Hypnotic Desensitisation Therapy
Hypnotic Aversion Therapy
Conditioned Reflex Therapy & Assertiveness Training
Calvert Stein’s "Clenched Fist" Technique (Behavioural Hypnotherapy)
Hypnotic Skills Training for Clients
Triple-Response (ABC) Hypnotherapy
Habit-Reversal in Hypnotherapy
Thought-Stopping & Substitution
Negative Practice & Paradoxical Intention
Alert Hypnosis
Cognitive Mood Induction
Classroom Revision for Test
This stage also covers material corresponding to Units 2 (Conducting Hypnotherapy) and 3 (Teaching Self-Help) of the National Occupational Standards and the Diploma award and is followed by online assesment using written test questions.
Stage 3: Diploma in Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy
Stage three is 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)
This stage 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.