British Medical Hypnotherapy Examination Board
Clinical Hypnotherapy means using hypnosis to treat a variety of medical and psychological problems. It is estimated that 85% of people will readily respond to clinical hypnotherapy. It may even succeed where other, more conventional methods of treatment have not produced the desired results. All Associate members of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis are required to pass a theoretical and practical Diploma exam in hypnosis set by the British Medical Hypnotherapy Examination Board (BMHEB). The BMHEB is made up of five leading psychiatrists.
Exam Syllabus
Each approved Training Organisation may adopt the BMHEB syllabus as part of their own course structure. The Board does not stipulate specific teaching methods, however the course must include classroom teaching with practical demonstration of skills. Correspondence courses will therefore be ineligible to put their students forward for examination.
It is mandatory for Associate members of the BSCH to sit and pass the Diploma examination, as set by the BMHEB. Topics marked with are only examined for the Post Graduate Diploma.
Diploma in Clinical HypnosisSyllabus |
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| MODULE ONE The nature of hypnosis Altered states of consciousness Human suggestibility | MODULE SEVEN |
| MODULE TWO Depth of hypnosis and clinically related hypnotic phenomena Hypnotic phenomena | MODULE EIGHT |
| MODULE THREE Preparing the patient for hypnotherapy | MODULE NINE Advanced therapeutic approaches within clinical hypnosis Quantum therapy* Strategic paradoxical therapeutic manipulations* |
| MODULE FOUR Basic patterns of hypnotic communication Trance Induction | MODULE TEN Major schools of therapy Theories of neurosis |
| MODULE FIVE Ethical Practice Case History Techniques Establishing rapport | MODULE ELEVEN Clinical applications of hypnosis in the treatment of somatic disorders |
| MODULE SIX Advanced hypnotic inductions and deepeners | MODULE TWELVE Clinical applications of hypnosis in the treatment of psychogenic disorders |
MODULE ONE
The nature of hypnosis
- Suggestion theory
- Sleep theory
- Dissociation theory
- Psycho analytical theory
- Conditioned response theory
- Atavistic regression theory
- Neurophysiolgical theory
- Role play theory
Altered states of consciousness
- State of mind
- Hypnoidal states
- Power of the mind
Human suggestibility
- Suggestibility tests
- Laws of suggestion
- Susceptibility to hypnosis
MODULE TWO
Depth of hypnosis and clinically related hypnotic phenomena
- Light
- Medium
- Deep
- Somnambulism
Hypnotic phenomena
- Catalepsy
- Amnesia
- Hypermnesia
- Analgesia
- Dissociation
- Regression
- Revivification
- Time distortion
- Ideo Motor Activity
- Hallucination
- Automatic writing
MODULE THREE
Preparing the patient for hypnotherapy
- Pre induction preparation of patient
- Responding to misconceptions
- Suitability of patient for hypnotherapy
- Resistance: How to deal with it
- Failure of the method
- Conditions for hypnotherapeutic work
- Five Stages of a hypnotherapy consultation
MODULE FOUR
Basic patterns of hypnotic communication
- Use of voice,
- Classification of suggestions
- Positive structure,
- Linguistic feedback techniques
- Linking suggestions,
- Simplistic representation
- Managing response times
Trance Induction
Permissive inductions:
- Relaxation,
- Hand focus,
- Hand levitation
- Hand rotation,
- Dreaming arm
- Confusion,
- “As if…”,
- Naturalistic
- Ericksonian
Authoritarian inductions:
- Eye-to-eye
- Eye-fixation
- Eye-roll
- Pattern breaking
Deepening techniques:
- 10 down to 1
- Balcony
- Hand drop
- Arm catalepsy
- Hand rotation
- Hand levitation
- Places of relaxation
- Mind’s eye
- “Cue” deepeners
- Fractionation
- Utilization of modalities of experience
- Manipulation of distractions
- Working with children
- Inductions/Deepeners
MODULE FIVE
Ethical Practice
- Dangers of Hypnosis
- Contra indications
- Referring on
- Therapeutic time parameters
- Telephone communications
- Scheduling appointments
- Therapeutic scheduling
- Patient discharge
Case History Techniques
Establishing rapport:
- Mirroring
- Pacing
- Leading
- Pinpointing the problem, Use of “Meta Model”
- Key points in a case history
- Establishment of patient goals
- Dealing with resistance
- Role play
MODULE SIX
Advanced hypnotic inductions and deepeners
- Rapid eye de-focus
- Confusion
- Pattern breaking
- Dissociation induction/deepener
- Magnetic field induction
- Rhythmic eye movement induction
- Symptom induction: Symptom signalling
- Time distortion induction/deepener
- Interspersal technique
- Apposition of opposites induction/deepener
MODULE SEVEN
Key analytical approaches utilized within clinical hypnosis
Analytical regressions
- Diagnostic
- Specific Free-floating
- Esoteric
- Inner child
- Rebirthing
Miscellaneous Regression techniques
- Calendar / Diary
- Candle flame
- Time machine
- Television screen
- Crystal Ball
- Cinema Screen
- Rising tunnel
- Guided Imagery
MODULE EIGHT
Behavioural approaches
- SUDS scales, Hierarchies
- Systematic desensitisation
- Hypno desensitisation
- Massed practice
- Aversion therapy
- Assertiveness training
- Flooding/Shaping/Graduated exposure
Dissociative approaches
- Glove anaesthesia
- IMR therapy
- Hand levitation
- Automatic drawing/writing
- Self integration/dissociations
- One/Two stage dissociations
- One/multiple part dissociations
- Hypnodrama
Ericksonian Approaches
- Yes set
- The negative
- Presuppositions
- Contingency
- Implication
- Shock
- Metaphors
- Binds/Double binds
Neuro-linguistic programming
- Modalities
- Reframing in trance
- SWISH
- VK dissociation
- Eye movement patterns
- Anchoring
- Time lines
Solution-focused therapy
- Pseudo orientation
- Free-floating pseudo-orientation
- Miscellaneous solution focused therapies
- Goal directive therapy
Therapeutic techniques for children
- Braiding techniques
- Identification of problem
- Inner resources
- Metaphorical task
MODULE NINE
Advanced therapeutic approaches within clinical hypnosis
- EMDR, Lucid dreaming
- Symptom scaling
- Symptom signalling
- Polarity dissociations
- Advanced pseudo regressive therapy
- Symptom manipulation
- Retrograde amnesia
- Memory substitution
- Time distortion therapy
Quantum therapy
- Delabelling*
- Deconstruction*
- Depolarization*
- Quantum Level Techniques*
Strategic paradoxical therapeutic manipulations*
- Using positive connotation*
- Compliance/defiance based therapy*
- Rationale for prescriptions*
- Constructing a prescription*
- Symptom prescription*
- Symptom restraining*
- Paradoxical positioning*
- Ordeal therapy*
MODULE TEN
Major schools of therapy: Theories of neurosis
- Freud
- Adler
- Jung
- Gestalt
- Transactional analysis
- Co-counselling
- Behavioural therapy
- Systems approach to therapy*
- Group theory*
- Law of logical types*
- Chaos theory*
- State dependent memory and learned behaviour
MODULE ELEVEN
Clinical applications of hypnosis in the treatment of somantic disorders
- Asthma/Allergy
- AIDS/HIV
- Dermatology
- Drug dependence
- Dystonia
- Erythrophobia
- Excessive drinking and associated problems
- Glaucoma
- Headaches/Migraine
- Hypertension
- Insomnia
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Nocturnal enuresis
- Obstetrics
- Pain control
- Post myocardial infarction
- Tinnitus
MODULE TWELVE
Clinical applications of hypnosis in the treatment of psychogenic disorders
- Agoraphobia
- Anorexia nervosa
- Bereavement
- Bingeing
- Bulimia
- Bruxism
- Cardiophobia
- Childhood anxiety disorders
- Claustrophobia
- Frigidity
- Generalized anxiety disorders
- Impotence
- Nail biting
- Neurotic depression
- Neurotic paranoia
- Nightmares
- Obsessive compulsive disorders
- Premature ejaculation
- Panic attacks
- Phobias
- Performance anxiety
- Pseudo dyslexia
- Smoking
- Stuttering
- Weight Control
