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Advanced Trainings
CH offers an Advanced
Certification as a Clinical Hypnotherapist for
completion of a total of 250 training hours. The following courses will provide hours
towards the Clinical Hypnotherapist Certification and are designed for hypnotists with at
least 150 hours of training. All courses are approved for CE credits for RNs, MFTs &
LCSWs. All advanced training and short seminar trainings are registered with the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education.
To apply call (925)283-3941 or send in deposits and/or application fees to:
HCH Institute, 3702 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, CA 94549
Calender of Events for 2010 |
| Advanced Hypnotherapy: Poetry and Hypnotic Inductions. Wed/Sept. 8, 15, 22, 6:30-9:30 |
| Spirit Releasement: Sat/Sun September 25, 26 10AM-5PM |
| HCH Clinical Internship: on-going, by application |
| HCH Clinical Externship: on-going, by application |
Advanced Training Course Descriptions
Advanced Hypnotherapy: Poetry and Hypnotic Inductions.
Instructor: John Parke, PsyD
September 8, 15, 22
6:30PM to 9:30PM Cost: $185.00.
In this workshop we will explore the use of poetry to craft hypnotic inductions. Poetry has long been recognized for its ability to transport and open the mind. We will examine language patterns common to hypnotic induction and poetic speech. Participants will learn about the effects of these patterns on clients and how to use them in treatment. An underlying tenet of the workshop is that aesthetic imagery and language is in and of itself healing because it reflects a condition of wholeness. It draws the mind into focus and harmonizes the body. As clients move through these imaginal landscapes, their sense of wholeness is enhanced.
This workshop will explore the use of "copious description"- term coined Walter Ong to describe oral traditional healing. Copious description is the practice of layering up multiple descriptions until they burst into realness- a useful technique for deepening hypnosis. Participants will also learn about speech rhythms, refrains, points of closure and other poetic structures that can increase the effectiveness of their inductions.
Finally, participants will learn about style speaking that anthropologist Dennis Tedlock called "the poetics of verisimilitude." This is a style of narrative that closely mimics the subject being conveyed and incorporates the surroundings were the narrative is being told.
Chosen poems will be used as jumping off points for trance induction.
Your instructor is John Parke, PsyD. New to the HCH learning community, John brings more than 20 years of experience into his private practice. He began his practice in Massachusetts, where he provided hypnotherapy for artists and other clients interested in using creativity to solve problems. He specializes in the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain. John also frequently treats, Depression and Anxiety disorders He has provided psychological consultation for the Pain Management Clinic at Stanford University, and is currently a psychologist on staff at the Native American Health Center in Oakland, CA.
He holds a bachelor's degree in fine art, a master's degree in counseling psychology and a doctorate in clinical psychology. He holds a diplomat in pain management from the American Academy of Pain Management, and is a qualified medical examiner. John uses teaching techniques found in oral traditional cultures where trance, storytelling and healing are often combined. He has a long standing interest in using poetic descriptions to pull people into trance. He often blends techniques from oral cultures with poetic description to evoke trance states in his seminars. He considers this type of direct experience to be a most effective way to learn hypnotherapy. Dr. Parke is a licensed psychologist in the State of California.
Ericksonian Hypnotherapy
Instructor: John Parke, PsyD
To Be Scheduled For 2011
6:30PM to 9:30PM Cost: $250.00.
HCH INSTITUTE invites you to come experience the advanced techniques of Milton H. Erickson while you sharpen your skills as a hypnotherapist.
Erickson was a master at inducing trance and evoking the natural healing power of the unconscious mind. In this advanced hypnotherapy training you will learn a variety of specific induction techniques, how to blend these techniques and use them fluidly during your inductions. You will learn to attune your voice and delivery to a client's physiological rhythms and ways to produce vivid, detailed images for anchoring suggestions. Trance can be a subtle process. Through this class, you will learn to recognize and use minute shifts taking place in your client's body. Most importantly, the class is designed to help you learn these skills by directly experiencing them. This is the same way Milton Erickson taught students in his week- long seminars nearly 30 years ago. You will leave the seminar entranced, inspired and revitalized to find new aspects of yourself coming forward in your practice.
Your instructor is John Parke, PsyD. New to the HCH learning community, John brings more than 20 years of experience into his private practice. He began his practice in Massachusetts, where he provided hypnotherapy for artists and other clients interested in using creativity to solve problems. He specializes in the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain. John also frequently treats, Depression and Anxiety disorders He has provided psychological consultation for the Pain Management Clinic at Stanford University, and is currently a psychologist on staff at the Native American Health Center in Oakland, CA.
He holds a bachelor's degree in fine art, a master's degree in counseling psychology and a doctorate in clinical psychology. He holds a diplomat in pain management from the American Academy of Pain Management, and is a qualified medical examiner. John uses teaching techniques found in oral traditional cultures where trance, storytelling and healing are often combined. He has a long standing interest in using poetic descriptions to pull people into trance. He often blends techniques from oral cultures with poetic description to evoke trance states in his seminars. He considers this type of direct experience to be a most effective way to learn hypnotherapy. Dr. Parke is a licensed psychologist in the State of California.
Sandplay Training
Instructor: Holly Holmes-Meredith, MFT, CCHT
To Be Scheduled
Cost: $45.00 week.
HCH Institute invites you to come play in the sand while you explore your creative resources for problem solving, gaining insight, moving mental blocks and energetic obstacles and expanding your sense of Self. This six month group will meet the second Wednesday of the month for six months. Play while you learn more about sandplay and how to incorporate it into your practice with clients. Sandplayers with all levels of experience are welcome. Sandplay brings focus and insight to questions and personal problems.
Your instructor is Holly Holmes-Meredith, MFT, Clinical Director of HCH. Holly has been learning about sandplay since 1982 both as a client and a facilitator of the sandplay process. She has studied both the Jungian approach of Dora Kalff and the Worldplay method of Margaret Lowenfeld and spent 1000's of hours experiencing and witnessing the healing and empowerment of this magical and powerful therapeutic modality.
This six week group will meet from 1PM to 4:00PM on consecutive Tuesdays beginning June 23rd. Students are requested to bring a camera or video recorder for photographing their own sandtrays. The group costs $45 wk. Students must agree to attend all classes or pay for any classes missed. Approved for CE credits for MFTs, LSCWs and RNs. Advanced Training credit available for Certified Hypnotherapists.
Spirit Releasement Intensive
Instructor: Holly Holmes-Meredith, MFT, CCHT
Saturday and Sunday. September 25, 26 2010 10AM-5PM.
Cost: $250.00
Through this training students will learn techniques for diagnosis, induction, hypnotic strategies for dealing with attachments, processes for protection and for releasing the entities into the Light. There will be lectures, demonstrations, case presentations and supervised partner practice.
Past-Life Therapy
Instructor: Holly Holmes-Meredith, MFT, CCHT
To Be Scheduled
Cost: $250.00
This course will instruct hypnotherapists in induction techniques, theoretical views of past-life therapy, and the stages or components of a past-life regression, how to work with client resistance, and tools for integration of material gained in past-life regressions. Students will observe demonstrations and also participate in a supervised hands-on practicum.
Clinical Internship
Facilitator: Holly Holmes-Meredith, MFT, CCHT
Credit: 100 hours Cost: $750
Open only to HCH grads, this is an on site internship program where Certified Hypnotherapists see clients in our low-fee clinic. Weekly supervision groups insure that students build skill and confidence. Six month commitment. Acceptance into program is by application.
Meetings for two hours/week to be arranged.
Clinical Externship
Facilitator: Holly Holmes-Meredith, MFT, CCHT
Credit: 100 hours Cost: $600
This six month 100 hour program is open to Certified Hypnotherapists who have had 200 hours or more of training. While students conduct their own private practices and receive group supervision twice a month, students accumulate and log client and supervision hours working towards the Clinical Hypnotherapist Certification. Non HCH grads may also apply but are required to submit a video or audio tape of a session for review as a part of the application process.
Meetings for supervision to be arranged.
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3702 Mt Diablo Blvd Lafayette, California 94549
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