Hypnotherapy Training Courses at the Hypnotherapy Training Institute of Britain (HTI)
The HTI is a recognised course provider for the British Society of Hypnotherapists (Est 1950), the longest established Hypnotherapy Professional Organisation in the UK. With over 20 years of hypnotherapy teaching experience we are widely recognised as experts in the training of professional hypnotherapists. We have trained many physicians, psychologists, psychotherapists and other professionals as well as individuals from all walks of life to use advanced hypnosis for career applications and personal goals. Our work has received considerable public attention through media coverage of our in-depth hypnosis for medical and health applications, addictions and deep psychological problems. Our comprehensive training programme, comprising 200 hours of intensive classroom teaching in Courses 1-4, with options to study to 300 hours, aims to teach ALL of our pupils to the highest standards, aiding them to become competent professionals and to deliver the highest standards of service effectively and safely to their clients. We provide our trainees with the highest standards of hypnosis training to help them develop their clincal practice and its financial base more quickly. Graduates from our career training programme receive several accreditations and qualifiy for membership of well-respected national and international professional hypnotherapy organisations with meaningful standards. Their training also qualifies them for membership of many professional registers, councils, societies and other voluntary regulatory bodies that currently exist in the field of hypnotherapy in the UK.
The Institute provides hypnosis training courses at several levels from foundation to intermediate and advanced levels and offers a variety of postgraduate support programmes along with training in marketing and building a hypnotherapy practice. The Institute teaches to the highest educational standards while being very practical and interactive in teaching the skills of effective clinical hypnosis. It offers a range of courses in an intensive, accelerated format for the serious student, the most effective way to acquire the skills of hypnotherapy. The Institute staff are highly trained in academic psychology and highly experienced in various psychotherapy and counselling systems in addition to being trained in several styles of hypnotherapy and therefore bring a vast amount of information and skills into their specialised practice of hypnotherapy. Content of our courses includes the most modern, scientifically-validated information and the best evidence-based methods from research and clinical practice. Our courses teach the power of classical hypnosis and in-depth understanding of emotional problems through analytical hypnotherapy. Our programme of training courses also includes a substantiial training in Medical Hypnotherapy, as well as additional postgraduate courses provided to health professionals in conjunction with the Institute of Hypnotherapy for Medical and Dental Practice (IHMDP) a registering body associated with the HTI.
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Our in-depth approach to hypnotherapy means directly addressing the deep emotional components of problems in addition to using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) methods and various "rational" approaches to therapy. We teach a comprehensive rather than a superficial hypnotherapeutic approach, which is especially relevant for deeper psychological problems often encountered in therapy. This comprehensive approach enables an individual to understand themselves, their emotional conflicts and life challenges in much greater depth and provides far greater meaning for the individual about themselves and their lives. Research has consistently shown that human happiness and achievement in various fields is highly related to the level of meaning, purpose, direction and control individuals feel they have in their lives.
The Institute provides training courses for the following groups:
1. Courses for individuals seeking in-depth training to become professional clinical hypnotherapists
2. Courses for practitioners who wish to add hypnosis to their professional practice e.g. Psychology, Psychotherapy, Counselling, Medicine or to upgrade their existing hypnotherapy skills.
3. Courses for individuals pursuing personal development, performance enhancement or a personal interest in the art and science of hypnosis.
The Institute’s courses do not focus on superficial techniques which make inflated claims while being inadequate in dealing with serious personal problems seen in clinical practice. Hypnotherapy has a vast theoretical and practical skills base as well as being the basis from which the discipline of Psychotherapy developed and therefore requires serious training to become effective in professional practice. Psychotherapy, whether a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Humanistic, Psychodynamic, or other system, is a related but seperate discipline, and is taught over 4 years of mainly intellectually-based study, while hypnotherapy mastery requires its own separate comprehensive training. The study of hypnotherapy teaches principles and techniques from which methods such as Neuro-lingusitic Programming (NLP), visualisation, suggestion-based therapies, many mind-programming methods and various "energy" medicine systems were derived. Each of our courses can be taken separately depending on levels of prior experience. Our 200 hours of basic training is comprised of intensive classroom work and does not include home study hours. Some hypnotherapy schools include home study hours when describing their courses as lasting, for example, in the range of 150 to 500 hours when the classroom contact may be in within the range of 60 to 130 hours. To maintain quality and consistency of teaching we do not franchise our training courses to teachers who are not validated trainers of the Institute.
It is advisable not to make decisions about courses and their training standards solely on the basis of recommendations from one of the many competing "umbrella" or "accrediting" bodies as there is no overall regulatory structure governing hypnotherapy, only the voluntary organisations that a graduate of most schools of hypnotherapy can join as an individual member. The UK government has stated that it will not provide statutory regulation for psychotherapy or hypnotherapy as it is not deemed appropriate for these professions but supports these disciplines in developing their own forms of voluntary self-regulation. HTI staff have been highly involved over several decadess in the development of various standards of education and competence, including NVQ and Occupational Standards, but these current educational standards are accepted by the Institute as defining only a very basic level of practitioner achievement that does not yet reflect the competence level of an advanced hypnotherapy practitioner.
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Before embarking on a training course it is advisable for prospective students to carry out their own research to satisfy themselves about the particular system of hypnotherapy they will learn, details of the teaching experience and the clinical background of the principal instructor, details of the training programme (teacher presenting in the classroom, practical and theoretical aspects of courses, study materials, etc), full costs of training, accreditations of courses and trainers and the awards granted on successful completion of training. There are many forms of voluntary accreditation in hypnotherapy as it is not a statutory regulated profession and this can be very confusing to prospective students. In some cases an "Accredited Course” can mean a very short training programme or a medley of therapy systems providing an inadequate skills base in any one of them. In other cases a training programme may teach to very minimum educational standards that have limited relevance to practical effectiveness in hypnotherapy. It is vitally important to seek the best trainers with the genuinely best clinical experience in order to maximize your potential for success as a therapist. Research shows that different trainers produce very different results with the students they teach. Numerous studies report the tendency for "low-functioning trainers" to produce "low-functioning trainees" and for "high-functioning trainers" to produce "higher-functioning graduates" and recorded that the gap between the students' clinical effectiveness with clients is very great.
The Institute's courses are based on over 20 years' experience of training hypnotherapists. Our trainers teach from very extensive clinical practice in addition to long experience in training hypnotherapists. Our trainers also have strong backgrounds in academic psychology as well as extensive trainings in psychotherapy from which the best methods have been included in our training courses. Our principal instructor, Dr. John Butler, who has received much formal recognition for his teaching, has trained many hypnotherapy teachers as well as hypnotherapy practitioners in the UK, USA and other countries over the last 20 years.
If you are serious about learning hypnotherapy, we are serious about helping you achieve the highest levels of effectiveness in your practice and success in your business. Contact us by email or by phone for detailed information on any of our courses.
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Course 4: Medical Hypnotherapy (6 days)
This course provides training in many applications of medical and dental hypnosis. This is a highly rewarding and productive area of hypnotherapy. Science is currently validating specific applications of hypnosis for use as adjuncts to conventional medicine. Hypnotherapy is an important method for investigating and dealing with various underlying emotional factors in certain illnesses. Hypnotherapy teaches the client to use subconscious processes to help the body's natural healing mechanisms. Hypnosis is of major benefit for helping individuals undergoing various medical procedures and surgeries. Fundamentals of pain management are taught for use in chronic pain conditions and for applications in surgery. Dr. John Butler and several of his students have used hypnosis successfully for pain management in a wide variety of surgeries over many years.
14 - 19 May. Cost: £650 (includes course materials). Payment can be made by instalments.
Next Dental Hypnosis Courses for Dental Professionals:
Dental Hypnosis Course 1: Technical Foundations
Dental Hypnosis Course 2: Clinical Applications
13 - 14 June. Cost: £300 (£50 discount if both course taken together).
Please note: These courses are extremely popular. Our courses starting on 22nd February were heavily over-subscribed so early booking is highly advised.
Psychological Medicine at the iFHP conference in Buenos Aires
HTI director of training, John Butler, gave a presentation on psychological medicine at the International Federation of Health Plans (iFHP) in Buenos Aires. The presentation was extremely well received. The presentation covered a wide range of methods and applications which were highly relevant to the increasing challenges of providing affordable health care in both developed and developing countries. Of particular importance to the widespread problems of lifestyle-associated diseases, mental illness and chronic diseases were the subjects of motivation, health behaviours and psychological and social influences in health and illnesses which were addressed by Dr. Butler in his presentation and panel discussions.
Hypnotherapy Training Institute of Latin America
Hypnotherapy training courses are being offered in Latin America by the HTI (Latin America). Dates for the 2013 classes, taught by Dr. John Butler, will be announced shortly. The HTI representative in this region is Dr. Kenneth Fernandez-Taylor. Enquiries to Dr. Fernandez should be directed to: Dr. Kenneth Fernandez-Taylor MD, Director at Clínica de Medicina Mente-Cuerpo, San Salvador, El Salvador. Email: dr.kentaylor9@gmail.com
WATCH SOME EXAMPLES OF HYPNOSIS IN ACTION.
Hypnosis was used for pain control in these surgeries without any chemical anaesthetics or sedatives and to provide accelerated healing and other benefits. These are just 2 filmed examples of the many cases of hypnosis in surgery (hypnosurgery) that we have performed.
» Watch John Butler using hypnoanaesthesia on "HypnoSurgery Live", More 4 / Channel 4 TV (off-site: Google Video)
Comprehensive Training in Gil Boyne's "Transforming Therapy" - Advanced Hypnotherapy - >
OFFICIAL TRAINING CENTRE FOR GIL BOYNE'S ADVANCED ANALYTICAL HYPNOTHERAPY
The HTI professional training also includes a complete training programme in "Transforming Therapy", the advanced system of analytical hypnotherapy developed by Gil Boyne one of the most celebrated practitioners and pioneers in hypnotherapy. The Institute is the only hypnotherapy body in the UK licensed by Gil Boyne to provide training courses in his methods.
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The Institute is also the only body world-wide licensed to use many training films from the extensive archive of teaching material created by Gil Boyne. Dr. John Butler, director of HTI, was the co-teacher with Gil Boyne on many master classes and other courses taught in the UK and internationally. Gil Boyne taught at the HTI prior to his passing in May 2010.
