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Train to be a Hypnotherapist and work for yourself. We offer Hypnotherapy training designed to ensure you will be suitably qualified to continue to practice in future, when regulation is introduced. We are fully accredited as a training school by The National Council For Hypnotherapy and we are members of UKCHO and listed as Therapists on the UKCHO Register.

  • The Best reasons to train with Hypnotherapy Scotland

    • Train with us to NVQ level 4(equivalence) become qualified in NLP as well as Hypnotherapy.
    • Great Value for money! 4 Qualifications from one course. One international!
    • Included in  your course  is the only Nationally recognised Hypnotherapy qualification, (HPD) accredited by NCH and NCFE.
    • Study our Ten month Diploma in Clinical Advanced Hypnosis and learn the very latest techniques as well as the more traditional.
    • We teach you how to run a successful practice, as well as how to be a therapist.
    • Included is membership of NCH whilst you study.
    • You will be trained by fully qualified and experienced Practitioner Instructors.
    • We are "real people" approachable and believe therapy training should be fun too! and not stuffy!
    • We have produced 4 NCH Award winning Therapists in the past five years (All from Scotland!)
    • We have trained around 30% of all NCH practicing Members currently practicing in Scotland.
    • You will be trained in one of the most beautiful and relaxing settings in Scotland.
    • Special discounts available on books and training materials.
    • Continuing Support after you qualify.
    • Monthly Supervision Sessions Available at low cost to maintain your continuing professional development requirement.
    • We are the Scottish satellite of The UK Academy of Therapeutic Arts and Sciences
      meaning we can offer you the same high quality training here in Scotland that you would get in London
      and further specialist courses to enhance your skills after qualifying.

    For more information on training please click here or call us and speak to John or Rae at Hypnotherapy Scotland on 01506 830 190.


    Here is our Course Prospectus

    Dip CAH
    Prospectus

    Hypnosis Scotland Ltd

    Representing
    The UK Academy of Therapeutic Arts & Sciences, in Scotland

     

    Dip. CAH Prospectus

    Trainers

    John D Lawrence & Rae Jenson

    Viewforth Cottage
    Mannerston Holdings
    By Linlithgow
    EH49 7ND

    Tel: 01506 830190

    Email

    Or In The North

    Jo Goss

    15 Gordon Street
    Hopeman
    Elgin
    IV30 5SF 

    Tel: 01343 835705 or e-mail
    jo@hypnotherapyscotland.co.uk

    The UK Academy in Scotland

    Hypnosis Scotland is the Scottish satellite of The UK Academy of Therapuetic Arts & Sciences formerly known as (Washington School of Clinical and Advanced Hypnosis), founded in 1996 by Dr Shaun Brookhouse and Sue Washington.

    The mission of The UK Academy is to be a Centre of Excellence for the training of Clinical Hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistics.

    Hypnosis-Scotland represents the The UK Academy, in Scotland. Courses were first run in Scotland from 2001, by John D Lawrence and we currently operate two training venues in Central Scotland and one in the North. Each provides excellent accredited training at a reasonable cost and enable those students living in Scotland to study the same courses as offered by UK Academy in Manchester and London, without the expense of travelling south of the border. Courses are sometimes run in both Scottish locations two weeks apart, giving students an opportunity to have a flexible and wider range of study dates available to them. Meaning if for some reason you are unable to attend a training weekend in your chosen venue, it is possible to study at the other venue.

    As well as our Diploma course, we run specialist courses in Emotional Freedom Technique, Weight Management, Pain Management, Hypnobirthing, Therapy CD Production, Ericksonian Hypnosis and Performance Enhancement.


    A School with High Standards

    The UK Academy is actively involved in the hypnotherapy profession on both a National and International Level. We currently support efforts into the standardisation of hypnotherapy training standards and professional ethics and practice.
    UK academy is a Training Member of the UK Confederation of Hypnotherapy Organisations (UKCHO), and is accredited by:

    " the National Council for Hypnotherapy (UK)
    " the National Guild of Hypnotists (USA) and
    " the National Federation of NLP (USA)


    In 2000, UK Academy incorporated the Core Curricula of the National Guild of Hypnotists and of UKCHO into our internationally recognised Diploma in Clinical and Advanced Hypnosis.

    The Diploma in Clinical & Advanced Hypnosis

    About The Course

    Our Diploma Course is run part time over one year and has 450 hours of both classroom tuition and directed independent study.

    Clinical Hypnotherapy is both a theoretical and practical based study. The UK Academy believes that it is very important for a student not only to know the information taught, but also to be able to use this information in a practical way. To this end, a large proportion of the course is dedicated to practice sessions.

    In addition to the classroom attendance, students will be required to submit a portfolio of work which is also required for course completion.

    The UK Academy Diploma is recognised by several national and international professional associations. Our Diploma Course meets the requirements for the externally accredited Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma awarded jointly by the National Council for Hypnotherapy and the NCFE Awarding Body. This is a level 4 Vocational equivalent award, which you will also receive upon successful completion of this course.

    Upon successful completion of the course you are eligible to use the letters Dip(CAH) and HPD after your name.

    The Course Structure
    The modules are taught over a period of ten months at one weekend per month.

    The Dip. CAH Syllabus
    The following topics are covered in the Dip.(CAH) syllabus:

    History of Hypnosis
    Treatment Design
    Post Hypnotic Suggestions
    Practice Management
    Regressions
    Pseudo Orientation In Time
    Work of Dave Elman
    Indirect Suggestions
    Traditional Hypnotic Phenomena
    Direct Language Usage
    Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
    Eye Patterns
    Contra Indications
    Rapport Building
    False Memory Syndrome
    Systematic Desensitisation
    Milton Model
    Performance Enhancement
    Self Hypnosis
    Presentations

    Clinical Applications of Hypnosis
    Brookhouse's Three S's (Smoking, Slimming & Stress)
    Behavioural Assessment
    Pain Control
    Work of Milton H Erickson
    Meta Communications
    Abreactions
    Symptom Removal
    Insomnia
    Bruxism
    Eating Disorders
    Nail Biting
    Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD's)
    Migraine
    IBS
    Phobias
    Stammering
    Effective Hypnosis
    Script Design
    Utilisation Language


    As this course is constantly updated, this list only represents a sample of what is covered. Other cutting edge techniques will be taught in order to keep the student at the forefront of hypnosis for therapeutic changework. This course also incorporates the National Guild of Hypnotists (USA) Core Curricula. The Dip.(CAH)/HPD course has now been combined with the Certified NLP Practitioner Training, giving graduates 2 internationally recognised credentials


    Course Materials

    On joining the course, students will receive the very comprehensive Dip.(CAH) course training manual and will be advised on various reading materials throughout the duration of the course.


    What is NLP

    Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a model of communication that focuses on identifying and using patterns of thought that influence a person's behaviour as a means of improving the quality and effectiveness of their lives. It offers a paradigm of how the brain works (neuro), about how language interacts with the brain (linguistic), and how we use this interaction to get the results we want for ourselves and others (programming). It is an effective, proven vehicle for accelerated human change, radically altering the "old way" of lengthy psychotherapy. NLP was initially created by linguist Dr. John Grinder and computer scientist and Gestalt therapist Dr. Richard Bandler. Together they produced a linguistic model that identified the language patterns of a few gifted individuals such as hypnotherapist Milton Erickson, MD., Fritz Perls of Gestalt therapy, anthropologist Gregory Bateson and Virginia Satir of family systems therapy. The synthesis of their findings, a blend of cognitive and behavioural science, resulted in the technology known as Neuro Linguistic Programming. In the 20+ years since it was first developed, NLP has grown, changed and expanded, and it continues to do so today. The Washington School of Clinical and Advanced Hypnosis' NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner Courses are validated by the National Federation of Neuro Linguistic Psychology, one of the largest NLP Certifying Agencies in the world. These courses cover both traditional and non traditional NLP techniques and models. For students who wish to go beyond Master Practitioner Training, we can support you becoming a Certified Trainer of NLP. Both the Practitioner and Master Practitioner Courses are stand alone courses in their own right, but the Practitioner Course is also contained within the Diploma in Clinical and Advanced Hypnosis. Please note the NLP Master Practioner Courses are currently held in Manchester and London centres only.

    The NLP Syllabus
    * Behavioural integration of the basic presuppositions of NLP
    * Rapport, establishment and maintenance
    * Pacing and Leading (Verbal and Non Verbal)
    * Calibration (Sensory Based Experience)
    * Representational Systems (predicates and accessing cues)
    * Meta Model
    * Milton Model
    * Elicitation of well formed, ecological outcomes and structures of present state
    * Overlap and Translation
    * Metaphor creation
    * Frames contrast
    * Relevancy
    * As if
    * Backtrack
    * Anchoring (VAK)
    * Anchoring Techniques
    * Ability to shift consciousness to external or internal, as required by the moment's task
    * Dissociation and Association Chunking
    * Submodalities
    * Reframing


    Accreditation

    It is important to understand that because of the UK's legal tradition of common law, there are no formal regulations regarding the practice of Clinical Hypnotherapy. However, The UK Academy feels that external validation is a very good way to assess the quality of training provided. Unlike many schools, we do not have an "Associated Professional Register". By this we mean that UK Academy does not own a Professional body which we place our graduates into. We are, however recognized by the following organisations:

    The National Council for Hypnotherapy: 0800 9520545.
    The NCH is one of the oldest independent hypnotherapy organisations in the UK. It was originally formed as the Hypnotherapy Register in 1973.The NCH provides practice insurance, a referrals system, and Corporate Yellow Pages Advertising, which is very useful to the newly graduated hypnotherapist. Additionally, the NCH also provides a comprehensive Code of Ethics and Practice. The National Council for Hypnotherapy is one of the premier organisations for hypnotherapists in the UK having a membership of over 800.

    The National Guild of Hypnotists: 001 603 429 9438.
    The NGH is the oldest hypnotherapy certifying bodies in the world (est 1951). The NGH provides its members with some of the most comprehensive literature in the field of professional hypnosis
    including the Journal of Hypnotism, the Hypno-Gram and Hypnosis Today. Shaun is a contributing author to their recent book, The NGH Consumers Guide Of Hypnotism. The National Guild of Hypnotists holds two major international conferences per year, the Solid Gold Conference and the International Hypnotism Convention. The latter attracts the largest group of hypnotists in the world to New Hampshire in the United States in August of each year. UK Academy is proud to have all of our Instructors certified through the NGH at the basic level with many being both Board Certified as well as Certified Instructors.

     

    The UK Academy (Scotland) Trainers

    John D. Lawrence - Principal of the UK Academy, Scotland, Clinical Director of the UK Academy.

    John D. Lawrence BSc (Hons), DHP, Dip.(CAH), Dip. (Erk) Hyp. Master NLP and Meridian Therapy Practitioner is a National Guild of Hypnotists Board Certified Trainer and Hypnotherapist based in Central Scotland. He has worked with clients from all over Scotland, the U.K and abroad for specific issues. John formerly ran a highly successful practice in the North of Scotland before setting up practice and training in Central Scotland.

    John setup the first training base for the UK Academy in Scotland in 2001 and has successfully run hypnosis courses for the past seven years. He is a prolific trainer and therapist running specialist courses as well as the UK Academy Dip.(CAH) and has extensive training experience. He has been described as "one of the UK's most gifted and humorous therapists" by Steve Burgess of Lionheart Training in Hull.

    John is a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists and the National Council for Hypnotherapy. He was awarded "The Researcher of the Year Award, 2002" for his work on phantom limb pain and amputees by the latter organisation and holds senior clinician status with that body.

    John is a former Research Director of the NCH. He is an Accredited Hypnotherapy Supervisor with the NCH. He is a volunteer clinical hypnotherapist with Anxiety UK (formerly known as the National Phobics Society). He is on the Register of Approved Gastrointestinal Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists helping to relieve ailments of the digestive system (IBS) and (IBD) etc. Formerly one of only two Scottish expert advisors to serve on the Prince of Wales's Foundation for Integrated Health, looking at the integration of complementary therapies in to the NHS. He is also a former director and chair of Holistic Health Care Ltd, a Scottish charity working to promote education, research and the relief of sickness in a Holistic manner. He is currently chair of UKCHO one of the lead bodies taking the profession towards voluntary self regulation.

     

    Rae Jenson - Trainer, UK Academy, Scotland. Director Hypnosis Scotland LTD
    Rae Jenson BA (Hons), PGGE, Dip CAH, HPD, PNLP, MNCH (reg)

    Rae is a National Guild of Hypnotists Board Certified Trainer and Certified Hypnotherapist . She is also a fully qualified Meridian Therapist and Trainer.

    Working in her practice she helps clients with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, phobias, public speaking, confidence building, smoking cessation and pain management and specialises in the area of Weight Management. She is a member of the National Council for Hypnotherapy and is a former Director of Marketing of NCH.
    Chosen as NCH's Hypnotic Voice of The Year 2004, she has developed her own training courses to help students produce their own Hypnotherapy CDs as well as writing and presenting training courses for the UK Academy's Weight Management Specialist Course Module, Pain Management and EFT For the Hypnotherapist. As well as being a certified trainer and fully qualified teacher, Rae is an artist and designer, bringing her own creative style and sense of humour to the training environment.

     

    Jo Goss -Trainer, UK Academy, Scotland.

    Jo Goss BA (Hons), HPD, Dip. CAH, Master NLP Practitioner and Advanced Meridian Therapy Practitioner is a National Guild of Hypnotists Board Certified Hypnotherapist and Trainer based in Moray in the North of Scotland. In addition to running her own busy practices in Forres and Hopeman she undertakes weekly sessions on a voluntary basis at the Oaks Palliative Care Day Centre in Elgin. Jo is a member of the National Council for Hypnotherapy and holds senior clinician status with that body. Additionally she is an Accredited Hypnotherapy Supervisor with the NCH. In 2005 she was awarded the NCH's "Researcher of the Year Award" for her work with dystonia. Currently she holds the position of Research Director within the NCH. Jo holds Specialist Certification in Anxiety, Depression, Smoking Cessation and Trauma through the UK Academy of Therapeutic Arts and Sciences.

    To arrange training in the North of Scotland please call on 01343 835705 or e-mail jo@hypnotherapyscotland.co.uk


    Continuing Professional Development

    Although the Diploma in Clinical and Advanced Hypnosis is a full practitioner qualification, The UK Academy believes that Continuing Professional Development is vital for the hypnotherapy practitioner and for the profession as a whole. With this aim, UK Academy is proud to offer the following training opportunities. These courses are only open to qualified, practicing therapists.

    Certification in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy (Cert.E.Hyp.): This is a three day course for qualified
    hypnotherapists to enhance their skills in the techniques of the late Milton Erickson, M.D. Recognised by the National Guild of Hypnotists

    Anxiety Specialist Certification: This special certification programme is designed for hypnotherapists who want to consolidate their knowledge and skill in working with anxiety to maximize efficacy.

    Professional Coaching Course (PCC): This special certification programme is designed to equip students to set up in practice as a professional coach, or to employ coaching theory and skills in another setting, such as within a work related role.

    Smoking Cessation Specialist Certification: This special certification programme is designed for hypnotherapists who want to consolidate their knowledge and skill in working with smoking cessation to maximise efficacy.

    Clinical Supervision: Students will be placed in Clinical Supervision after Weekend 4 of the course and will be under supervision for the duration of the course. It is hoped that students will maintain this relationship Post-diploma. UK Academy will provide a list of recognised Supervisors for the student's use. Supervised practice is an integral part of the Course.

    Eligibility

    Students must satisfy ONE of the following entry requirements in order to study with The UK Academy.

    A) A University Degree (Preferably in Psychology, Medicine, Social Science or Education)

    Or

    B) A Professional Qualification in the Helping Professions (ie Nursing, Social Work, etc)

    Or

    C) 3 A Levels or 6 GCSE's

    Or

    D) Those without formal qualifications will be assessed by a senior member of the UK Academy
    Staff to determine if the candidate will be able to cope with the demands of the course
    work.


    Course Fees:
    From September 2008 our fees are: Diploma in Clinical and Advanced Hypnosis (Dip.CAH) £1800 (VAT & Certification Fee Inclusive)

    Hypnosis Scotland is Central Scotland's most dynamic training school. We use the most up to date modern hypnotherapy techniques as well as using traditional approaches to train our students to be the most effective hypnotherapists they can be.
    We only accept students who are totally committed to helping others and who adhere to the codes of practice and ethics of the highest standards. All students are personally interviewed before being accepted onto our courses

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