Basic Hypnosis - What You Need to Know

An Introduction to Hypnosis

• A Brief History of Hypnosis – from Franz Mesmer to Elliotson, Braid and Peter Casson.
• Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Brain – a basic comprehension of how the physical brain works is vital to the understanding of hypnosis
• Language – its development and importance
• Authority and Hierarchy – how to use the awareness of this basic human survival technique
• Chemical Reactions – the importance of chemicals such as dopamine and serotonin and how they can be artificially produced using hypnosis

The Psychology of Hypnosis

• The History & Development of Psychology - it's relevance to hypnosis
• The Power of Suggestion - how it can be used to influence both individuals and groups
• The Placebo Effect - how it affects practically every facet of human behaviour
• Behavioural Psychology – it’s relevance to human behaviour as individuals and in groups

Understanding Group Behaviour

• The techniques of American TV evangelists, politicians, lawyers and stage hypnotists - what they have in common and how to use this knowledge to make you a better hypnotist
• The tremendous power of crowd psychology - its relationship to hypnotic suggestion and how your treatment success rate with groups can be dramaticallyimproved

Basic Techniques of Hypnosis

• Suggestibility Tests – six tried and tested suggestibility tests for groups or individuals
• The Process of Hypnosis – how and why hypnosis happens
• The Eye-closure Induction – guaranteed technique for inducing hypnosis
• Key Phrases – these are vital for the successful outcome of hypnosis
• Convincers and Deepeners – helping subjects along by using tests and manipulating their beliefs - taking the subject further into hypnosis step by step
• Levels of Hypnosis – how suggestibility can be exploited to deepen the hypnotic state
• Recognising how deeply a subject has gone into hypnosis – tell-tale physiological signs
• Techniques for Therapeutic Practice – reassurances for subjects
• Post Hypnotic Suggestion – creating ‘delayed reaction’ responses and permanent change

Your First Therapy Session

• Explaining Hypnosis to the Client – the importance of preparation and expectation
• Client History – easy ways to conduct an initial investigation
• Goals & Outcomes – easy ways to identify what the client expects from the session
• Identifying Root Causes – and how to break through barriers and help clients ‘move on’

Business Strategies – Running a Successful Practice

• Marketing, advertising and promotion - strategies to increase profits
• How you can gain more clients - giving public talks, taster sessions and public demonstrations
• Andrew will tell you how he earns up to £1000 a day - and show you how you can do the same!
• Andrew’s tried and tested business plan - how to recover the full cost of this course in just one week!

Self Hypnosis and Autosuggestion

• Using Self-Hypnosis to benefit yourself
• Teaching Others Self-Hypnosis
• Applications of Self-Hypnosis

Advanced Hypnosis

• Dealing with difficult or uncooperative subjects
• How to turn suggestibility tests into inductions and increase your success rate
• Sleep and its role in problem-solving and learning
• Music in Therapy
• Illustrative case histories
• Non-hypnotic interventions

Constructing Successful Scripts

• Detailed exploration of smoking cessation script
• Detailed exploration of weight loss script
• Dealing with Fears and phobias
• Easy Pain management
• Simple Stress management
• Change limiting beliefs that block progress and remove barriers to success
• Change unwanted Habits

Rapid Induction Techniques - see more clients in less time!

• Explanation of the Postural sway
• Handshake induction
• Instantaneous production of REM state
• Andrew Newton’s Tried and Tested Rapid Induction – it works every time and its guaranteed in just 60 seconds

Running Group Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss and Stress Reduction Sessions.

• How to make more money in less time - how to make maximum profits for minimum investment of time, money or personal organisational effort on your part!
• How to make more money from a single 90 minute group Hypnotherapy Session than many therapists make in a week!
• Using Behavioural psychology to conduct successful group sessions
• PLUS! Invaluable advice on how to Market, Organise and Promote the Group Sessions!