
Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis - Practitioner Level
Our Practitioners Diploma here at Evolve is an all-encompassing Hypnotherapy course which will enable you to confidently start up your own practice or add it to an existing business or profession.
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You will learn the basic principles, tools and techniques for effect hypnotherapy
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How to apply treatments safely and ethically providing a safe environment for therapy
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Learn the importance of evaluating and reviewing client progress as well as own clinical practice

Accreditation
EVOLVE ethos
The law of hypnosis
History of hypnosis
History – NLP
The science of hypnosis
The conscious, subconscious and unconscious mind
The Sleep Cycle
Myths and misconceptions of hypnosis
The difference between emotions and feelings
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Presuppositions
VAKOG system
Rapport
Brainwaves
FOUNDATION UNIT

UNIT 1
Creating the State of Hypnosis
Inductions – VAK, Rapid, Fast
Suggestibility tests
Deepeners
Yes set
Absorb – Bypass – Stimulate – Utilise
Visualisation
Guided imagery
IMR
Arm levitation

UNIT 2
Language
Labelling
Taboo words
Suggestions
Direct and indirect suggestions
Post hypnotic suggestions
Embedded commands
Contingent suggestions
Nominalisations
Predicates
Secondary gains
Consultations
Structuring therapy
Selling the benefits

Basic neuroscience
The limbic system
Creating state control
The 3 brain theory
Working in the now
Auto suggestion
Working with auto suggestion
Self-hypnosis
UNIT 3
Neuroscience

Aversion therapy
Spinning
Swishing
Re-framing
Metaphor
Fears
Phobias
Treatment for fears and phobias
Anchors
UNIT 4
Techniques

Professional registration
GHSC code of ethics & requirements
Clinical administration & record keeping
Professional presentation
Personal & professional records
Supervision & CPD
Legal responsibilities
Dealing with complaints
Acquiring a DBS
Marketing yourself as a professional hypnotherapist
UNIT 5
Setting up in Practice

Common issues
Definitions of mental health issues
Stress, anxiety & depression
Types of stress
Fight flight or freeze
Physiological signs and symptoms
Hypnotherapy for stress management
Anxiety
Signs and symptoms
Hypnotherapy for depression
Duty of care
Confidentiality
UNIT 6
Mental Wellbeing

UNIT 7
Regression
False memory syndrome
Leading & guiding
Timeline regression
Watkins bridge
Dealing with an abreaction
Age progression - Pseudo orientation in time
Future pacing
Facilitation of past life regression
Spontaneous past life regression

Types of pain
Ethics and pain management
Hypnotherapy and the treatment of pain
Control room
Inner pharmacy
Arm levitation
Glove anaesthesia
Sub modalities
Noesitherapy
UNIT 8
Pain Management

UNIT 9
Workshops
IBS defined
Signs and symptoms
NICE guidelines
IBS & stress
Hypnotherapy for the treatment of IBS
Weight control
Identifying the relationship with food
Types of over eaters
Hypnotherapy for weight control
Creating a professional audio
Smoking Cessation

Who are we safeguarding and why?
What to do if - reporting concerns
Hypnotherapy & working with vulnerable adults
Consent - do’s and don’ts
Recognising child abuse
Working with children
Having a safeguarding policy
Safeguarding yourself as a therapist
Reporting a concern
Risk assessment
Good practice
What to do if – scenarios
UNIT 10
Safeguarding

Our Advanced Practioner course will be available next year and open to all practising Hypnotherapists wishing to advance their techniques and knowledge beyond practitioner level.
Please click the following link to view a full list of all our other CPD courses available to you to support your development.