Training Courses

As a training school, we offer various courses. Our flagship course is a ten month diploma in Clincal and Advanced Hypnosis (Dip. CAH) and PNLP which will qualify you to practice Hypnotherapy and NLP. For those already qualified, we can offer a variety of courses to further enhance your basic training, including specialisms.

When considering spending money on training it's important you make the right choice of school. Before signing up please check these for your own peace of mind:

Ask these questions:

Is the school accredited by the NCH? or other professional Body?
Who assess the work?
How much therapy experience do your trainers have themselves?
How many students have they taught before and how many of those qualified are working as Hypnotherapists?
What support will I have after finishing training?
Are the Trainers in supervision themselves, if not why not?
Are the Trainers full time Hypnotherapists? if not Why not?
Do they have any teaching qualifications and experience as well as having trained as a certified instructor?.
Do they actually have any qualifications in anything? ask to see their qualifications.

All trainers with the UK Academy hold either Cert Ed or PGCE Teaching Qualifications as well as being Certified Instructors of Hypnotherapy. They are all experienced full time practioners and are all supervised.

Below is a brief course prospectus for the Scottish course. A full UK Academy (Dip. CAH) Prospectus is available to download here.

Diploma in Clinical and Advanced Hypnosis Dip.(CAH)

Our Diploma Course is the Dip.(CAH). It is run part time over one year and has 450 hours of both classroom tuition and directed independent study. Courses are held in Elgin, Perth and in Linlithgow and The UK Academy also holds courses in Manchester and London.

Hypnosis Scotland Ltd

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

John D Lawrence & Rae Jenson

Viewforth Cottage
Mannerston Holdings
By Linlithgow
EH49 7ND

Tel: 01506 830190

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-Linguisics.

Hypnosis-Scotland represents the The UK Academy, in Scotland. Courses were first run in Scotland from 2002, 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.

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 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 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.

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

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.

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 2002 and has successfully run hypnosis courses for the past two 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 Hypno-psychotherapy Council 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 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.

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.

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.

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)

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

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:
Currently our fees are: Diploma in Clinical and Advanced Hypnosis (Dip.CAH) £1750 (VAT & Certification Fee Inclusive)

Complete Course fees must be paid whether every weekend module is attended or not. Terms are deposit (£150) (non refundable) with acceptance onto the course. Thereafter 10 monthly payments of £160 or alternatively one up front payment of £1425 (10% discount) on day one of course. By joining the course you agree to these conditions.

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.