Weekend 1: Hypnosis and psychodynamic therapy
part one
Review of Stage-1 Affiliate
Course
Hypno-analysis theory and
techniques: introduction to psychoanalytic theory, catalepsy, hysteria
and conversion reactions, symptom substitution, transference and
projection in hypnotherapy, the work of Charcot and Breuer, automatic
writing, hypno-pictography, age-regression, abreaction and catharsis,
somnambulism, , dream re-entry, associative sieve methods, hypno-synthesis
Home-study components and
assessment
Preparation for weekend-2
Weekend 2: Hypnosis and psychodynamic therapy
part two
Review of weekend-1
Trauma theory
Psychodynamic theory: Freud,
Jung and Adler.
Jungian hypnotherapy (James
Hall)
Word-association tests and
protocols
Jung’s theory of complexes
and the mind-body link
Active imagination
Autogenics
Time-line therapy
Hypnogogia and
sleep-wakefulness states
Trance states and ‘out of
body experiences’ (OBE’s)
Cognitive therapy theory:
Beck and Ellis, cognitive structures and schemas
Cognitive therapy techniques
with hypnosis: cognitive re-structuring and re-framing, the therapeutic
alliance, goal orientated therapy
Working with resistance and
relapse in behavioural and cognitive therapy
Cognitive-behavioural
hypnotherapy (CBH)
CBH with anxiety states
CBH with depressive
disorders
CBH with habit disorders
CBH with phobias
CBH with
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Home study components and
assessment
Preparation for weekend-4
Weekend 4: Ericksonian hypnotherapy
Review of weekend-3
Introduction to Ericksonian
hypnotherapy
Advanced observational
skills
Indirect versus direct
styles of induction
Permissive and
non-authoritarian hypnotherapy
Covert inductions
Therapeutic ‘agents’
Language patterning
Confusion techniques
Therapeutic double-binds
Utilising resistance
Using metaphor and narrative
Home study components &
assessment
Preparation for weekend-5
Weekend 5: Neurolinguistic programming
Review of weekend-4
Introduction to
Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
Pacing and leading rapport
model
Sensory predicates
Utilizing sensory modalities
in hypnosis
Transformational grammar
(Chomsky) applied to hypnosis
NLP Language patterning
Deletion, distortion and
confusion
Anchoring and elicitation
‘Swish’ techniques
NLP modelling techniques
NLP reframing techniques
NLP ‘parts’ therapy
(sub-personality and inner modelling)
NLP techniques as an
alternative to cognitive-behavioural therapy
Home study components &
assessment
Preparation for weekend-5
Weekend-6: hypnosis and psychopathology
Review of weekends 1-5 (all
techniques)
Introduction to
psychopathology
Psychiatric classifications
& treatments
Hypnosis and psychiatry
Dissociative disorders
Contraindications for
hypnosis and medication
Translating between
professional languages
Psychopathology and
scientific-holistic medicine
Integrative practice
(hypnosis with scientific-holistic medicine)
Stage-2 (Renaissance
Associate) Final Assessment
Introduction to Stage-3
Training
Stage-2 Assessment
Students will be continuously assessed on a
skills basis. Each weekend block has an essay assignment on the topics
covered. The final exam is in a short-answer and multiple choice
format. The essays and final examination are externally marked. Students
are required to pass all assessment components of the course.
Successful completion of stage-2 confers the use
of the initials RA (Assoc) designating Associate Professional Membership
of the Renaissance Academy. A Practitioners Certificate and an Associate
Professional Membership Certificate are also issued.
