Some topics included in TWO YEAR MEDICAL HYPNOSIS COURSE

Introductions that are suitable for a medical setting

Progressive relaxation and the ethics of disguised inductions
Pure suggestion
Intermittent counting and suggestion
The problems with rapid and instant inductions
Demonstration and practice with inductions

Tests for depth of hypnosis

Standardised medical definitions of the stages of hypnosis.
Tests to indicate somnambulism

History of Medical Hypnosis

Forel’s research throughout Europe
Bernheim treats over 10,000 patients
Bernheim’s detailed case studies
Success rates of doctors using Nancy methods

Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular (heart) disease
Hypertension ( high blood pressure)
Gastrointestinal disorders
Diabetes

Asthma and Allergies

Allergies and stress
Success of placebos in treating hay-fever
Regression in the treatment of asthma

Hypnosis in surgery

The work of Dr. Jack Gibson
History of James Esdale
Analgesia and anaesthesia
Pre-surgical conditioning
Reducing blood loss
Maintenance of hypno-anestesia during surgery
Postoperative hypnosis
Fewer infections and faster recovery time

Obstetrics (childbirth)

Hypnotic conditioning for childbirth
Management of labour
Suggestions during labour

Gynaecology

Premenstrual Tension
Infertility
Uterine bleeding
Menopause

Dermatology

The skin mirrors the internal self
Hypnotic suggestion produces blisters
Dermatitis
Eczema
Psoriasis
Symptom-removal and contraindications
Glove anaesthesia

Epilepsy

Differentiating between the two types of epilepsy
Tension as a cause of seizures
Hypnosis to suppress and eliminate the tension cycle
Training epileptics in self hypnosis

Genitourinary Conditions

Postoperative Urinary Retention
Chronic Bladder Irritability
Premature Ejaculation
Impotence
Male Infertility

Oncology (cancer)

Hypnosis for the management of pain
Anxiety and depression
Reducing side effects of chemotherapy
Reducing side effects of radiation
Cases of reported cancer cures with hypnosis

Orthopaedics

Rheumatism
Arthritis
Gout
Back pain

Psychosomatic Illnesses

Chronic fatigue
Fibromiliaga
Dissociative Disorders

Medical cases of Milton Erickson

Where Erickson learned medical hypnosis
Erickson’s style of treatment (before Rossi)
How Erickson’s illnesses forced him to change his style of hypnosis
How well do indirect methods of hypnosis work?

The Brain Wave Synchronizer

The first scientific instrument to aid hypnotic inductions
Shortens induction times
Reduces the number of non hypnotisable patients
Lessens resistance, studies of 269 case histories
Demonstrations of inductions with the Brain Wave Synchronizer

Underground medical hypnosis in Hitler Germany

The courageous work of Albert Moll
I.G Farben the chemical-pharmaceutical cartel “discourages”
        mind-body medicine
Hitler’s orders to silently suppress hypnosis

Examining the literature on Medical hypnosis

Books; over 200 years of literature
Journals historical and current
Wealth of documented studies and case histories

Preventive and Holistic Medicine

Obesity treated with hypnosis
Diet to reduce fats, sugar and food additives
Eating organic foods
Hypnotic motivation to exercise
Stress Reduction

Why Does Each Illness Requires an Individual Course Module Of Its Own.

Prevention and Stress:

The course is based on the case study method. The cases are interesting true personal stories that you can easily remember and relate to your patients as examples of others that were cured with hypnosis.

You will learn how to use journal articles as proof to the patient that hypnosis can successfully can treat their illness.

What are the advantages of studying medical hypnosis as a full two year course versus simply taking one or two modules?

There is a definite advantage of taking the two year course instead of just taking one or two modules about illnesses that interest you. It is a basic principle of holistic medicine that we treat the patient as a whole human being, not just treating his or her as asthma, stomach, or painful shoulder. Even orthodox medicine requires doctors to be knowledgeable in the treatment of all illnesses not just their specialty. The latest research on the relationship between the nervous, endocrine, and the immune system has revealed the body’s great multiplicity of healing processes. Because of this multiplicity, particular kinds of physiological repair can be mediated in more than one way. Bi-directional pathways between the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems are being demonstrated now so that medical disciplines such as immunology and endocrinology that were traditionally separate must now work together for optimal results.

All of this research supports the basic thesis of holistic treatment. Furthermore, the history of medical hypnosis clearly illustrates that illnesses overlap and influence each other to a great extent. So there is considerable advantage to taking the full two year course, especially since the stress patterns and psychological causes of so many illnesses are interrelated and are treatable with medical hypnosis.

Ethics of medical hypnosis

Practice only what is scientifically proven to work.
Journal articles and historical case studies provide a vast database of information.
Some other alternative therapies have virtually no scientific proof of working at all.
Why most hypnotherapists are confused on proper definitions of terms describing stages of hypnotic depth and
       hypnotic phenomena.
The proper definition of terms is essential to be able to understand scientific journal articles.
Research articles generally set the standard for which illnesses can be successfully treated with hypnosis.