HIGHER DIPLOMA IN HYPNOTHERAPY/PSYCHOLOGY
Alchemy Institute, Santa Rosa, California, USA
What is Hypnotherapy - Psychology? 
Hypnotherapy - Psychology is among the latest developments in the field of transpersonal hypnotherapy. The aim of the program offered by the Alchemy Institute and the School of Analytical & Cognitive Hypnotherapy is to provide hypnotherapy with the proper theoretical underpinnings, and give hypnotherapy the academic and professional credibility it deserves as a serious therapeutic discipline.
Hypnotherapy - Psychology bridges the science of Psychology and the art of Philosophy with the powerful tools of hypnosis. Thus it goes beyond the presenting issue to establish for the client an integrated identity. This new psychological specialty facilitates growth across the life span, with a focus on health related, sexual, emotional, vocational, social and spiritual concerns.
Through the integration of theory and technique, demonstration and practice, this specialty encompasses a broad range of practices that help people improve their well-being, alleviate distress and maladjustment, resolve crises and increase their ability to live more highly functioning lives.
As a graduate you will be able to identify the patterns and themes that different clients have in common, by recognising specific personality types, and start creating new therapeutic interventions adapted to the needs of these clients.
In addition, Hypnotherapy - Psychology will train its practitioners in sensitivity to a world of increasing cultural and religious diversity.
Higher Diploma in Hypnotherapy - Psychology
Beyond the script - beyond the techniqueAre you trained as a hypnotherapist but having trouble creating a successful practice with ongoing long-term clients? Then this is the next step in your professional development!
This is the first accreditation program in Hypnotherapy/Psychology offered in the USA. This training will deepen your therapeutic skills to achieve results beyond your clients' expectations and keep them coming back to you for long-term therapy. It will also establish your international qualifications as a respected practitioner of Hypnotherapy/ Psychology.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTSAt least 100 hours of previous hypnosis training is required for admittance to the program. In addition to the listed courses, students are required to complete 250 hours of further hypnosis instruction before receiving their diploma.
AFFILIATIONSThis advanced course series for certified hypnotherapists leads to certification by the City and Guilds in the United Kingdom, which is the oldest accrediting body of professionals in the World.
OUR INSTRUCTOR:
Jure Yoram Biechonski MSc (Counseling - Psychology) PGCEJure Biechonski is a Hypnotherapist - Psychologist and is author and designer of the course material.
Jure brings to the course 25 years of practice as a psychotherapist and 9 years study of Hypnotherapy and NLP. He is the director of one of the United Kingdom's largest and most respected schools of hypnosis, counselling and psychology. He is the creator of the world's first Hypnotherapy - Psychology program.
Former teacher and actor, he has eight years of academic education plus three years of training in Humanistic Counselling and two years in Family Counselling.
He has studied Psychodrama in Berlin, Art & Dance Therapy in Italy.Jure has studied for three years in The U.K. College of Hypnotherapy & Counselling and is a graduate of The Atkinson Ball College of Hypnotherapy & Hypnohealing. His qualifications and extensive studies have provided him with a wide scope of various counselling and hypnotic skills, which ensures a high success rate among his clients and students.
He is founder of the School of Analytical and Cognitive Hypnotherapy and creator of Transactional Hypnoanalysis.Jure enjoys giving lectures and workshops in the UK and internationally.
He is a regular guest lecturer in Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, and The Academy of Therapeutic Studies in St. Petersburg, Russia. He also lectures regularly in the USA and the eastern block.
"Jure Biechonski is one of today's most extraordinary therapists and teachers in the field of transpersonal therapy. I found myself hanging on every word he shared about his revolutionary techniques. When he returns here from England I will be in class as a student and I don't want any Alchemist to miss this opportunity!"
David QuigleyCreator of Alchemical Hypnotherapy
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
The Higher Diploma Course in Hypnotherapy - Psychology is designed according to the latest requirements of various professional organisations. Anyone who wishes to become a therapist capable of helping those suffering from emotional disorders requires a thorough and comprehensive training which includes a clear demonstration of the skills and approaches taught.
Such training should include a study of psychology, and theories and methods of psychotherapy, as well as acquiring the ability to use a wide variety of hypno-therapeutic techniques.
Students will be expected to take full case histories and to maintain confidential records. Students will be required to complete three case studies per month to fulfil the course requirements. Case studies will be written as a result of work with supervised study groups.
Opportunities are given for students to present and offer case histories for open discussion. By the end of the course students are expected to have documented 60 case studies. Students will be tested on their success in developing their own counselling approach according to the integrative principles presented.
Through the training there will also be an emphasis on self-awareness, personal growth and development. The practice of co-counselling is encouraged.
PERSONAL THERAPYStudents as future practitioners are expected to be mentally and emotionally fit to help others. Due to the sensitive material that will be handled during the course, it is inevitable that one's own issues will surface. These issues will be worked with on the course, but as the course is not regarded as Ôtherapy', students will be required to work with these issues outside of the course hours if need be. If students feel they need to refer to therapy at any point within the course, a list of recommended and competent therapists, trained by the School, will be provided. Therapy is not a requirement of the diploma course, but with some professional bodies it is expected as part of their membership requirements.
DURATIONAppreciating the pressures of modern life, time and financial constraints, the training course is conducted at weekends, one weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) every two months. The programme is designed to be completed within one year.
The training days are mainly experiential, and commence from: 9.00am until 9.00pm, Friday & Saturday & 9.00am until 6.00pm Sunday. (33 credit hours per weekend)
There will be two 15-minute tea breaks and 1-hour lunch & dinner breaks. As we will be working as a group, students are encouraged to bring food to share, and the lunch break is an integral part of the course.
Throughout the training course, students are expected to meet regularly between the course dates. This is to enhance practice and gain benefit from the exchange of information in regard to practice and previous knowledge from those students already in the caring professions.
ASSESSMENTThe assessment on this course is ongoing and accumulative. Students have to demonstrate understanding of what they are doing, being able at all times to explain and clarify their therapeutic interventions as well as being able to critically evaluate their work and the work of others.
By the end of the course students are expected to submit a portfolio of case studies that show evidence of understanding and applying the course material to therapy.
As we have a professional responsibility
to maintain a high standard of practice within the Hypnotherapy - Psychology
field, the School staff will constantly assess students. If any student
does not reach the required standard of work, intellectually and interpersonally,
then they may be asked to withdraw from the course or be referred to
further training in Hypnotherapy.
INVESTMENT
The cost of the course is $2700 in total, which is spread across the duration of the course. This is divided into 6 monthly instalments of $450, (10% discount if paid in advance) and a non-refundable deposit payable with your application of $200 for registration fees and course materials. $150 optional cost for registration and assessment fee City & Guilds Certification.
APPLICATIONSTo register for the course, fill out & send your application form with your $200 deposit and evidence of previous approved hypnotherapy training.
COURSE CONTENTThe following outline of the course is a necessarily general one. The syllabus below will be adopted to the needs of individual students and constantly updated with the latest technologies of Hypnotherapy-Psychology as they are developed. This is a LEARN BY DOING, Ôhands on' programme and not just a theory-lecture course.
THE SYLLABUS601: Counselling Skills: A Three Stage Model
Introduction to psychology; psychoanalytical theories of personality; Freud, Jung and Adler. You will learn to identify the stages of childhood development according to Freud; identify and work with defence mechanisms; explore basic theory of Jungian archetypes and work with Adler's birth order theory.
602: Object Relations Therapy: Utilizing Transference and Countertransference
Often an inner parents for the inner child is not enough for your clients. They need your parenting as well. Using Winnicott's concept of holding the client, Melanie Klein's theory of the paranoid-schizoid position and Bowlby's Attachment Theory, we will learn to work with and within the transference and countertransference in the hypnotic state to maximise client results. We will also learn corrective parenting skills for the therapist.
603: The Therapeutic Alliance
Using Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy to facilitate client change. Unfocused listening - how to listen to what the client is not saying that you need to know. Using the "Internal Supervisor" - (your inner guide to effective therapy work) to evaluate objectively while also sharing subjectively the client's process. Developing an understanding of how the therapeutic relationship is developed and maintained.
604: Refining the Tools of Humanistic Psychology for the 21st Century
Using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs you
will help clients to understand and achieve their full potential in
hypnotherapy. We also cover: Rogerian Theory, Transactional Analysis,
Gestalt Theory and Practice, and using philosophical concepts of Existentialism
to help clients define a life purpose beyond their presenting problem.
605: From Regression to Progression
All Hypnotherapists know how to fix
the past. Now learn to help clients discover and experience a clear
path to their future. They will learn to discover and resolve every
obstacle, every incremental step to this dynamic future, using both
the Future Self and rescue missions for whichever inner child may be
blocking each stage of the client's journey to fulfilment.
606: Archetypes and the Conference
Room
Taking sub-personalities work down to the body and up to the soul by incorporating Transactional Hypnoanalysis and Alchemical Hypnotherapy methods of sub-personality work.
First help your clients to integrate mind and body into a spiritual integrated self by developing awareness of our body's different parts as archetypes within our psychic makeup.
Then we will integrate the Western tradition of fairy tales as archetypes of our collective unconscious with the Native American tradition of animals as sources of wisdom and power. By placing these figures around the conference room table we experience sub-personality work at a deeper soul level.
We will also learn to deal with the issues of transition and bereavement, which are an integral part of the human condition.
On successfully passing the Diploma course you will be entitled to:
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Receive a Diploma from SACH in Hypnotherapy - Psychology
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Use the letters D.H.Psy. after your name. (Diplomat in Hypnotherapy-Psychology)
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Qualify for National Vocational Qualification with City & Guilds (NVQ level 4)
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Receive continuing education credits with the American Council of Hypnotists Examiners
With this programme, we believe that we have provided a course that not only fully equips you with the knowledge and tools to be a successful therapist, but also the essential extras to make your new career a success.
The course begins in Northern California in 1st - 2nd - 3rd October 2004.
And will be followed by 5 more weekends x 3 days (Friday, Saturday & Sunday) once every two months, for a total number of 200 hours.
Further courses will be available throughout the US according to local demand.
To sponsor a programme in your area, contact the numbers below:
For further information please contact:
The Alchemy Institute of Healing
Arts
567-A Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa, CA
95405
(800) 950-4984 Outside the US (707) 537-0495
FAX: (707) 537-0496
e-mail: Info@alchemyinstitute.com
web: http://alchemyinstitute.com/
For information about SACH INTERNATIONAL please contact:
SACH INTERNATIONALThe Jontons, Blind Lane, Billericay,
Essex, CM12 9SN.
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1277 659404 Fax: +44 1277 659403
e-mail: biechon@msn.com
web: www.sachinternational.com
