MODULE 1. INTRODUCTION TO INTEGRATIVE HYPNOTHERAPY.
1. The nature and history of hypnotherapy; 2. Myths and misconceptions regarding hypnosis; 3. Conceptualization of hypnosis (3.1. Hypnosis as a permissive state; 3.2. Hypnosis and role play; 3.3. Hypnosis as a modified state of consciousness; 3.4. Hypnosis and reality testing; 3.5. Hypnosis as a result of interaction; 3.6. Other theories regarding hypnosis); 4. The context of hypnosis (4.1. Stage hypnosis; 4.2. Medical hypnosis; 4.3. Hypnosis in dentistry; 4.4. Hypnosis in legal medicine; 4.5. Hypnosis in education; 4.6. Hypnosis in business; 4.7. Hypnosis and sports; 4.8 Hypnosis in psychotherapy); 5. Human suggestibility (5.1. Expectations; 5.2. Communication styles; 5.3. Direct and indirect suggestions; 5.4. The structure of suggestions); 6. Susceptibility to hypnosis (6.1. Traditional theories regarding susceptibility; 6.2. Age and hypnotic susceptibility; 6.3. Intelligence and hypnotizability; 6.4. Mental state and hypnotizability; 6.5. Relational factors and hypnotizability; 6.8. Hypnotic susceptibility scales); 7. The structure of a hypnotherapeutic intervention (7.1. Trance induction; 7.2. Deepening of the trance; 7.3. Hypnotherapeutic techniques; 7.4. Trance termination).
MODULE 2. THE HYPNOTIC TRANCE (PART I)
1. The experience of the trance (1.1. The psychological characteristics of the trance state; 1.2. The physical characteristics of the trance state); 2. Hypnosis neuropsychology (2.1. EEG differences between high hypnotizable and weakly hypnotizable persons; 2.2. Hemispheric cerebral asymmetry; 2.3. Frontal lobe activity and hypnotizability; 2.4. Cerebral metabolism and hypnotizability; 2.5. Neuropsychology and hypnosis. Psychoneuroimmunology); 3. Selection of clients (3.1. Evaluation and preparation; 3.2. Indications and contraindications); 4. Induction of hypnotic trance (4.1. Traditional induction: 4.1.1. Progressive muscle relaxation techniques, 4.1.2. Experience of a relaxed scene, 4.1.3. Techniques for fixing the gaze, 4.1.4. Counting technique, 4.1.5. The technique “as if” 4.2. Naturalistic induction: 4.2.1. Use of past experiences, 4.2.2. Indoor centering, 4.2.3. Metaphorical inductions with suggestions included, 4.2.4. Induction by negative suggestions, 4.2. .5 Induction by confusing technique).
MODULE 3. THE HYPNOTIC TRANCE (PART II)
1. Techniques for deepening the hypnotic trance (1.1. Gowing downstarirs metaphor; 1.2. Metaphor of the elevator; 1.3. Arm catalepsy; 1.4. The method of “trance in trance”); 2. Phenomena in the hypnotic trance (2.1. Age regression; 2.2. Creation of false memories; 2.3. Age progression; 2.4. Amnesia; 2.5. Analgesia and anesthesia; 2.6. Catalepsy; 2.7. Dissociation; 2.8. Hallucinations and sensory changes ; 2.9. The ideodynamic response; 2.10. Time distortion); 3. Therapeutic use of the trance state.
MODULE 4. INTEGRATIVE PRINCIPLES IN HYPNOTHERAPY. PART I.
1. Common factors in psychotherapy (1.1. Definition of common factors; 1.2. Classification of common factors); 2. The client variable in psychotherapy (2.1. Stages of change and resistance to change; 2.2. Motivation for psychotherapy; 2.3. The presesentation problem and the degree of functional impairment; 2.4. Development of the client’s self; 2.5. Self-esteem, self-efficacy and learned helplessness; 2.6. Coping styles; 2.7. Attachment style; 2.8. Client personality; 2.9. Personality disorders; 2.10. Capacity to assimilate problematic experiences; 2.11. Client values and preferences; 2.12. Demographic and diversity variables); 3. The psychotherapist variable in psychotherapy (3.1. The relational variables; 3.2. The professional variables; 3.3. The developmental variables; 3.4. The demographic and diversity variables).
MODULE 5. INTEGRATIVE PRINCIPLES IN HYPNOTHERAPY. PART II
1. Common relational factors (1.1. The therapeutic alliance; 1.2. The therapeutic relationship; 1.3. Transference and countertransference; 1.4. Psychological games); 2. Common trans-theoretical factors (2.1. Clinical decisions; 2.2. The therapeutic context; 2.3. Placebo, hope, expectations; 2.4. Adaptation of the strategy to the presentation problem; 2.5. Extratherapeutic change); 3. Common strategic factors (3.1. The therapeutic myth; 3.2. The evaluation process; 3.3. Confrontation with the problem; 3.4. Reinforcement of the self; 3.5. Insight; 3.6. Attribution of therapy results; 3.7. Enhancement of acquisitions).
MODULE 6. PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS AND CASE FORMULATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
1. The psychotherapeutic diagnosis (1.1. Categorical and dimensional diagnosis; 1.2. Object of psychotherapeutic diagnosis; 1.3. Components of psychotherapeutic diagnosis; 1.4. Relational diagnosis; 1.5. Initial evaluation and case history; 1.6. DSM 5 and ICD 10); 2. The strategic integrative model in psychotherapy (2.1. The 4 domains of the self; 2.2. The biological domain; 2.3. The cognitive axis; 2.4. The emotional axis; 2.5. The psychodynamic axis; 2.6. The social-family domain; 2.7. The existential axis).
MODULE 7. HYPNOTHERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES
1. Strengthening the ego (1.1. “The force of the ego”; 1.2. Hypnotic suggestibility tests used to strengthen the ego: Chevreul’s pendulum, pencil break test, etc. 1.3. Evoking exceptions; 1.4. The affective bridge; 1.5. Using positive suggestions; 1.6. Metaphors; 1.7. Goal-oriented meditation; 1.8. Activation of some parts of the personality; 1.9. Activation of internal resources); 2. Metaphorical interventions (2.1. Definition and role of therapeutic metaphors; 2.2. Construction of therapeutic metaphors; 2.3. Therapeutic use of metaphors); 3. Specific interventions (3.1. Assertiveness training; 3.2. Critical incident processing; 3.3. Creation of new behaviors; 3.4. Constructing specific interventions).
MODULE 8. HYPNOTIC LANGUAGE
1. Suggestions and their structure (1.1. Direct suggestions; 1.2. Indirect suggestions; 1.3. Positive suggestions; 1.4. Negative suggestions; 1.5. Content suggestions; 1.6. Process suggestions; 1.7. Post-hypnotic suggestions); 2. Elements specific to hypnotic language (2.1. Voice; 2.2. Truisms; 2.3. Implication; 2.4. Open suggestions; 2.5. Suggestions that cover all possibilities of an answer class; 2.6. Compound suggestions; 2.7. Implied suggestions; 2.8. Pressure; 2.9. Wordplay; 2.10. Negative language; 2.11. Juxtaposition of opposing elements; 2.12. Approval series; 2.13. Reading of thoughts; 2.14. Nominations; 2.15. Confusion; 2.16. Surprise).
MODULE 9. INTEGRATIVE HYPNOTHERAPY AND THE BIOLOGICAL DOMAIN
1. Elements of genetics and neurobiology (1.1. Genome and epigenome; 1.2. Vulnerability and genetic resilience; 1.3. Experience-expectant neural maps and neural networks; 1.4. Gene expression and brain plasticity; 1.5. Mirror neurons – pros and cons); 2. Mental illness and health schemes; 3. Psychosomatic mechanisms (3.1. Attachment and the immune system; 3.2. Psychosomatic diseases; 3.3. Pain and perception of pain); 4. Hypnosis in pain management (4.1. Dissociative and placebo components; 4.2. Transition from acute pain to chronic pain; 4.3. Clinical strategies; 4.4. Self-hypnosis); 5. Use of hypnosis in the treatment of the burnt patient; 6. Hypnosis in conversion disorders and psychosomatic diseases; 7. Hypnosis in cancer treatment
MODULE 10. INTEGRATIVE HYPNOTHERAPY ON THE COGNITIVE AXIS
1. Schema and cognitive maps (1.1. Central beliefs; 1.2. Intermediate beliefs; 1.3. Explanatory style); 2. Perfectionism; 3. Paradoxical interventions; 4. Exposure techniques; 5. Working with automatic thoughts.
MODULE 11. INTEGRATIVE HYPNOTHERAPY ON THE EMOTIONAL AXIS
1. Emotions and emotion regulation (1.1. Basic, primary and complex emotions; 1.2. Emotional regulation; 1.3. Emotional expression); 2. Neurotic guilt and repression of emotions; 3. Conditions of worth; 4. Attachment (4.1. Formation of attachment; 4.2. Attachment styles); 5. Intersubjectivity; 6. Hypnotherapy on the emotional axis (6.1. Changing the emotional state through hypnosis; 6.2. Hypnosis and relaxation; 6.3. Guided imagery; 6.4. Positive suggestions; 6.5. Self-hypnosis; 6.6. Catharsis).
MODULE 12. INTEGRATIVE HYPNOTHERAPY ON THE PSYCHODYNAMIC AXIS. Part I.
1. The self in psychodynamic orientations (1.1. Elements of Freudian psychoanalysis; 1.2. Elements of Jungian psychoanalysis; 1.3. The conscious and the unconscious); 2. Sub-personalities; 3. Therapy of ego parts (3.1. Steps in therapy of ego parts; 3.2. Hypnosis and the empty chair technoque; 3.3. Management of dissociation; 3.4. Therapy of ego parts according to Watkins and Watkins).
MODULE 13. INTEGRATIVE HYPNOTHERAPY ON THE PSYCHODYNAMIC AXIS. Part II.
1. The ego states; 2. Life scripts (2.1. Injunctions and drivers; 2.2. Types of life scripts; 2.3. Psychological games); 3. Transference and counter-transference; 4. Hypnosis and childhood experiences (4.1. The inner child; 4.2. Age regression; 4.3. The theater visualization technique; 4.4. Developmental strategy for meeting the clinet’s needs).
MODULE 14. HYPNO-ANALYSIS AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
1. History of hypnoanalysis; 2. Psychoanalysis and hypnosis (2.1. Psychoanalytic theories and their applicability in hypnosis; 2.2. Differences between psychoanalysis and hypnoanalysis); 3. Projective tests and hypnoanalysis; 4. Principles of dream analysis (4.1. Interpretation of dreams in hypno-analysis; 4.2. Hypnotic dream technique); 5. Age regression (5.1. Techniques for age regression; 5.2. Age regression to birth); 6. The techniques of “reincarnation”; 7. Structure of hypnoanalytical techniques (7.1. Structural elements; 7.2. The corridor metaphor; 7.3. Journey to a rock; 7.4. Alice in the land of mirrors; 7.5. The interior counselor; 7.6. Automatic writing in hypnotic trance).
MODULE 15. INTEGRATIVE HYPNOTHERAPY IN THE SOCIAL AND FAMILY DOMAIN
1. Family roles (1.1. Role of the person in the family; 1.2. Parental dysfunctional roles); 2. Inter-generational and trans-generational patterns; 3. Differentiation of the self within the family; 4. The family structure; 5. Clinical hypnosis as a method of working with the family and the group (5.1. Principles in working with families; 5.2. Principles in working with groups).
MODULE 16. INTEGRATIVE HYPNOTHERAPY ON THE EXISTENTIAL AXIS
1. Identification / differentiation; 2. The 4 fundamental worries (2.1. Anxiety of death; 2.2. Meaning of life; 2.3. Existential isolation; 2.4. Assumption of responsibility); 3. Time and the “psychopathology of time” (3.1. Perception of time; 3.2. Perception of time in hypnotic trance; 3.3. Neuropsychology of time perception; 3.4. Psychophysiology and perception of time); 4. The inclination towards spirituality; 5. Working on the existential axis (5.1. Feeling of loneliness; 5.2. Anxiety of death; 5.3. Individualization; 5.4. Psychological pain).
MODULE 17. HYPNOSIS, STRESS, DISSOCIATION AND TRAUMA
1. Stress (1.1. Definition of stress; 1.2. Stress; 1.3. Effects of stress; 1.4. Diseases related to stress; 1.5. Psycho-immunology); 2. The post-traumatic stress syndrome; 3. Acute stress disorders; 4. Adaptation disorder; 5. Stressful life situations; 6. Hypnotherapeutic treatment of post-traumatic stress syndrome (6.1. Ideodynamic exploration; 6.2. Re-education experiences; 6.3. Imaging techniques; 6.4. Catharsis; 6.5. “Recovery of memories”); 7. Hypnotic interventions in the critical or traumatic incident.
MODULE 18. HYPNOSIS AND CREATIVITY
1. Creativity and research on creativity; 2. The connection between hypnosis and creativity (2.1. The connection at the personality level; 2.2. The connection at the process level; 2.3. The connection at the production level).
MODULE 19. ERICKSONIAN HYPNOTHERAPY AND INTEGRATIVE HYPNOTHERAPY
1. History of Ericksonian hypnotherapy; 2. Classification of Ericksonian hypnotherapeutic techniques; 3. Accessing unconscious processes; 4. Solution-oriented hypnosis; 5. Facilitating “creative moments” in hypnotherapy; 6. Use of metaphors and interpersonal technique; 7. Use of post-hypnotic suggestions; 8. Ericksonian communication patterns; 9. Principles of Ericksonian psychotherapy (9.1. Principle of use; 9.2. Each individual is unique; 9.3. People have the resources necessary to solve problems; 9.4. The answer of the interlocutor is the one that informs us about the meaning of his speech; 9.5. Any behavior responds to an objective; 9.6 There is no failure, there is feed-back; 9.7. The patient is the expert; 9.8. The use of unconscious resources; 9.9. The use of paradoxical approaches).
MODULE 20. HYPNOTHERAPY WITH CHILDREN
1. History of the application of hypnosis in child psychotherapy; 2. Suggestibility and hypnotizability in children and adolescents; 3. Induction methods specific to children and adolescents; 4. Techniques for deepening the trance; 5. Hypnoanalytical techniques in working with children; 6. Self-hypnosis for the child; 7. Indications and contraindications of hypnotherapy with children; 8. The “Wizarding’ School” program.