Outline for Hypnosis Training:

Introduction – the Mind/Body Connection
  • The connection between the Unconscious Mind and the Body
  • What is Real?
  • Why do we want to learn Hypnosis
A Brief History of Hypnosis
  • 1500: the early stages
  • 19th century: the beginnings
  • 20th century: the development
  • 21th century: the applications
Trance
  • Trance and Rapport
  • Experiencing Trance
  • Stage Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
  • Trance and Learning
Milton Model Patterns of Hypnotic Language
  • 19 Linguistic strategies
Utilisation
  • ‘That’s right – very good!’
Personal History
  • Questions for obtaining detailed personal History
  • Using the Metamodel
Pre-talk and suggestibility Tests
  • Addressing Misconceptions
  • Helping the Client Understand Trance and its benefits
  • Suggestibility Tests
  • Suggestibility Tests as convincers
Stages of Hypnosis
  • Recognising levels of Trance
  • Stages of Hypnosis
  • Applicability of the stages of Hypnosis
Ericksonian Methods
  • The Usefulness
  • Utilisation Approach
  • Steps in Trance work
  • Hypnotic patterns and indirect Suggestion
  • Evaluation of Results
The Pendulum and other Ideomotor Signals
  • The use of the pendulum
  • Other signals
Metaphors
  • Mutliple Embeded Metaphors
Progressive Test Induction based on Estabrooks
  • Close eyes test
  • Eyelid test
  • Stiff arm
  • Weak legs
  • Automatic movement
  • Talking in your sleep
  • Sleep walking
  • Visual Hallucinations
  • Post-hypnotic suggestions
  • Deepening Techniques
Elman Methods
  • Elman induction
Time Line Induction
  • Dissociated history regression
  • Past lives and/or geneology
Conclusion
  • Developing your own style