Applications welcome from healthcare practitioners eligible for AHPRA registration
Venue: RACGP – all sessions unless otherwise indicated
15 Gover Street
North Adelaide SA 5006
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE SASH COURSE FOR 2020
Confirmed Course Dates for 2020
Feb – 15 & 16, Feb – 29 & 1 March, May – 9, May – 30 & 31, July – 4 & 5,
Aug – 22 & 23, Oct – 24 & 25 & Nov – 14 & 15.
Course days are held on the weekend and generally once a month.
Content may change subject to teaching faculty availability
Course Program
Practical Components in Hypnosis
Day 1 – Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis
Introduction to the Executive / the course / Student introductions
- History of Hypnosis
- Hypnotic Phenomena
- Professional Issues Ethics, Informed Consent, Complications
Myths / Misconceptions / Indications, Contraindications, - Overview of a hypnosis interaction, the 4 steps (SS)
- Inductions: Background, Direct & Indirect Inductions,
Eye Fixation, Deepeners, Emergence & Trance termination. - Group Hypnosis
- Course Overview.
- Practice and Supervision
Day 2 – Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis (cont.)
- Review of Day 1
- Neurobiology of hypnosis, FRMI evidence,
- Abreaction, Deconstruction of a hypnosis Intervention, Re-alerting safely,
- Ideomotor Finger Signalling, Spiegel Induction & hypnotic phenomena in
practise, Arm levitation / Anesthesia and Basket of Cares and Worries,
Age regression, Dissociation techniques for teaching self-hypnosis, - Admin processes and Feedback
- Practice and Supervision.
Day 3 – Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis (cont.)
- Review of Day 1 & 2
- Hypnotic Phenomena
- Introduction to Ideomotor Finger signals
- Hypnosis basics. Favourite techniques
- Seeding plus favourite inductions
- Review and Feedback
- Practice and Supervision
Day 4 – Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis (cont.)
- Introduction to indirect techniques
- An introduction to Metaphor
- Metaphor – Part 2 – Exploring and utilising client metaphors &
Constructing metaphors for effective change - Ego-Strengthening
- Days 1 – 4 Summary/Overview Debrief
- Feedback to group & Evaluation
- Practice and Supervision
Applications of Hypnosis
Day 5 – Hypnosis for Anxiety
- Anxiety Disorders-overview
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in Anxiety-overview
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and use of hypnosis
- Specific Phobias, including flying phobia, needle phobia
- Case Studies
- Anxiety Disorders-psychiatrist’s perspective
- Panic Disorder and use of hypnosis
- Social Anxiety Disorder and use of hypnosis
- Further aspects Hypnosis and Anxiety
- Review and Feedback
- Practice and Supervision
Day 6 – Hypnosis for Managing Pain
- Explain pain in hypnosis
- Acute and chronic pain management
- Examples of hypnosis use
- Small group practice
- Practical techniques for the management of chronic pain
- Review and Feedback
- Practice and Supervision
Day 7 – Applications
- Psycho-neuro immunology
- Affect bridge
- Grief
- Review and Feedback
- Practice and Supervision
Day 8 – Maternity Care
- Opportunities to use hypnosis throughout the pregnancy
- Utilising hypnosis in pregnancy and childbirth in the naive subject
- The use of hypnosis for labour analgesia – further insights
- Antenatal preparation for labour analgesia – The HATCh perspective
- The pregnant patient in pain but not in labour
- Perioperative and Postoperative management with hypnosis of the pregnant patient
- Hypnosis for Hyperemesis
- Hypnosis for the anxious pregnant patient
- Hypnosis for induction of labour and prevention of premature labour
- Review and Feedback
- Practice and Supervision
Day 9 – Hypnosis for Children (Paediatrics)
- Hypnosis with Children – The Psychology Perspective
- Hypnosis with Children – Another perspective
- Hypnosis for paediatrics
- Indirect Hypnosis with Children
- Clinical applications e.g. Developmental Issues, using creativity for play
- Review and Feedback
- Practice and Supervision
Day 10 – Ericksonian Hypnosis
- The utilisation of Ericksonian-, Ego State and Somatic Experiencing therapy: an integrated hypno-somatic approach in the treatment of trauma – Part 1
- Ericksonian approaches demonstration and practical – Part 2
- Review and Feedback
- Practice and Supervision
Day 11 – Hypnosis for Depression
- Hypnosis for depression
- Depression – Solution Focused
- Approaches and Application of Hypnosis
- First Aid for Depression
- Review and Feedback
- Practice and Supervision
Day 12 – Dentistry and Student Presentations
- Dentistry and Hypnosis – Part 1
- Dentistry and Hypnosis – Part 2
- Student presentations (1 to 10)
- Exam practise
- Review and Feedback
- NO PRACTICE & SUPERVISION
Day 13 – Student Case Presentations continues and Wind up
- Student Presentations (11 to 20)
- Wind-up
- NO PRACTICE & SUPERVISION
Day 14 & 15 – Students Viva and Practical Assessment
Case Reports and Short Case Studies
June
Final date for submission of first 5 short case studies to SASH
September
Final date for review of 2 case report by SASH (If required)
September
Final date for submission of 2 case reports to ASH
October
Final date for submission of last 5 short case studies to SASH
(Total of 10 short case studies required)
October
Complete supervision/mentoring hours, including 15 direct supervision to give minimum total of 50 hours.
Please note each study day includes 4 hours of supervision, plus 1 hour at end of each course day between 5 – 6pm.
Course Payment details
Full Course Fee
Pay the full course fee of $4,950 after the 31 January 2020
(Total Course Fee: Deposit $500 + $4,450 = $4,950)
Please Note: All fees include GST
SASH Bank Details:
South Australian Society of Hypnosis
BSB: 805050
A/C No: 100025728
Reference: (Your Name/course)
Please email treasurer@sash.asn.au when you have made a transfer.
Course participants for 2020 who have registered for the Postgraduate Training and paid the deposit before 1st November 2019 receive complimentary registration to attend the Introductory Day in Hypnosis – Saturday 2nd November 2019 at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Please contact the Director of studies for any queries related to the course and registrations of interest for Hypnosis Training.