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Our Hybrid Programme We've learned about the importance of flexibility, and we have seen what works.
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Flexible Learning Designed for Real Life
Going back to study as a busy adult can feel like a big step, and that’s why I’ve designed all of my courses with flexibility at the heart. Whether you’re balancing work, family, or other commitments, my online, hybrid, and blended learning programmes are made to support your goals without overwhelming your schedule. For just £95 per month, you’ll have access to the full Eleven-Module Practitioner Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy, along with regular workshops, live Zoom masterclasses, peer supervision, and a supportive community of trainee and qualified hypnotherapists. You can work through the academic content at your own pace, by reading, watching video lessons, or listening to audio materials whenever it suits you. The core learning is fully accessible online through my eLearning platform, making it easy to fit study around your life. But you won’t be learning alone. Every week, you’re invited to join live Zoom sessions and masterclasses, where we meet face-to-face in real time to explore techniques, ask questions, and connect with others. These interactive sessions keep you engaged, supported, and on track, bringing the course content to life. My hybrid model also includes in-person training at learning retreat weekends and at our annual NCCH Convention, offering hands-on practice in a nurturing, retreat-style environment. This is a truly flexible way to train, with the structure and connection you need, and the freedom to learn in a way that works for you. |
The Best of Both Worlds: Structure & Flexibility with Hybrid Training
Do you thrive with the structure of a classroom but need the freedom to study on your own terms?
My hybrid training is designed exactly for that.
You’ll join our live, interactive weekly masterclasses from the comfort of wherever you are, giving you the experience of being in a real-time classroom, without having to leave home. These virtual sessions offer the connection and support of face-to-face learning, with all the flexibility that online study provides.
Each Monday, you can attend timetabled masterclasses, where you'll take part in live discussions, ask questions, and interact with tutors and fellow students in a fully engaged learning environment. Then through the week, you can join HypnoHuddles, our Practice and Peer Supervision sessions, giving you the chance to deepen your skills, share experiences, and get support in a safe, collaborative space.
In every module, you'll see live demonstrations of hypnotherapy techniques and have the opportunity to practice them yourself, just like you would in a physical classroom. The difference? You’ll have your tutor and peers right there with you, guiding and supporting you as you go.
To keep your learning on track between sessions, you’ll also have access to a full library of guided online materials, including reading, videos, and audio content, so you can study in your own time, at your own pace.
And once you graduate, you won’t be on your own. For just £250 per year, you can stay connected to the Trance Tribe learning community with continued access to resources, weekly masterclasses, Clinical and peer supervision, ensuring your professional growth doesn’t stop at certification.
This is learning that works for real life, structured, supported, and flexible.
Do you thrive with the structure of a classroom but need the freedom to study on your own terms?
My hybrid training is designed exactly for that.
You’ll join our live, interactive weekly masterclasses from the comfort of wherever you are, giving you the experience of being in a real-time classroom, without having to leave home. These virtual sessions offer the connection and support of face-to-face learning, with all the flexibility that online study provides.
Each Monday, you can attend timetabled masterclasses, where you'll take part in live discussions, ask questions, and interact with tutors and fellow students in a fully engaged learning environment. Then through the week, you can join HypnoHuddles, our Practice and Peer Supervision sessions, giving you the chance to deepen your skills, share experiences, and get support in a safe, collaborative space.
In every module, you'll see live demonstrations of hypnotherapy techniques and have the opportunity to practice them yourself, just like you would in a physical classroom. The difference? You’ll have your tutor and peers right there with you, guiding and supporting you as you go.
To keep your learning on track between sessions, you’ll also have access to a full library of guided online materials, including reading, videos, and audio content, so you can study in your own time, at your own pace.
And once you graduate, you won’t be on your own. For just £250 per year, you can stay connected to the Trance Tribe learning community with continued access to resources, weekly masterclasses, Clinical and peer supervision, ensuring your professional growth doesn’t stop at certification.
This is learning that works for real life, structured, supported, and flexible.
The Syllabus.
The first Module is a foundation Course introducing you to the fascinating world of modern clinical hypnosis. Packed with examples and demonstrations; and you even get to hypnotise each other for the very first time! You'll learn how to Induce trance and build confidence. You'll complete the eLearning module at your own pace, joining weekly Masterclasses, live practice sessions, and peer supervision.
In Module 1 you'll learn how to deepen trance, discover language patterns, how to communicate with the subconscious and how to create unique inner sanctuary spaces. You'll complete the eLearning module at your own pace, and join weekly Masterclasses, live interactive practice sessions, and peer supervision.
In Module 1 you'll learn how to deepen trance, discover language patterns, how to communicate with the subconscious and how to create unique inner sanctuary spaces. You'll complete the eLearning module at your own pace, and join weekly Masterclasses, live interactive practice sessions, and peer supervision.
Foundation In clinical Hypnotherapy. |
Module 1. |
HEALTH AND SAFTY CONTRAINDICATIONS OF HYPNOSIS |
BRAIN WAVES |
THE HISTORY OF NLP |
ENTRAINMENT |
THE HISTORY OF HYPNOSIS |
BINUAURAL BEATS AND STIMULATION |
HYPNOTIC PIONEERS |
THE BRAIN |
THE 3 LAWS OF SUGGESTION |
LAWS OF SUGGESTION |
WHAT IS HYPNOSIS? |
THE VAK INDUCTION (TOTES) |
COMMON QUESTIONS CLIENTS ASK |
NLP SUBMODALITIES |
THE AMAZING HUMAN MIND - HOW HYPNOSIS WORKS |
THE SEVEN HYPNOTIC INDUCTIONS |
THE POWER OF SUGGESTION |
IDEO MOTOR SIGNALS |
WHY HYPNOSIS WORKS? |
DOWSING |
PERCEPTION |
PLANNING YOUR THERAPY |
PRESUPPOSISIONS OF HYPNOSIS |
GETTING A SUD LEVEL |
PREMATURE COGNITIVE CONDITIONING |
TABOO WORDS |
WHO IS IN CONTROL? |
LABELLING |
THE THERAPEUTIC SPACE |
SPECIFIC QUESTIONING |
PLANNING THE THERAPY |
SUBJECTIVE INTERPRETATIONS AND TRANSFERENCE |
THE UNIQUE CLIENT |
SECONDARY GAINS AND BLOCKS TO THERAPY |
SENSORY SYSTEMS |
THE CONSULTATION FORM |
GAINING RAPPORT |
ARM LEVITATION |
ACCESSING THE SUBCONCIOUS MIND |
VERBAL & NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION |
GAZING INDUCTION |
ELMAN INDUCTION |
SELF-HYPNOSIS |
FRACTIONATION |
PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION |
DEEPENING TRANCE STATE |
AUTOGENIC RELAXATION |
SOMNABULISTIC STATE TRANCE |
THE VAK AND ABS INDUCTION |
ESDAILE STATE TRANCE |
ETHICS SELF REFLECTIVE PRACTICE |
SLEEP STATE TRANCE |
ACTIVE LISTENING |
ABREACTION |
YOUR FIRST HYPNOTIC INDUCTION PRACTICE |
THERAPY SCRIPT |
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SPECIAL PLACE TECHNIQUE |
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HYPNOTIC CHILDREN |
In module 2 you'll get to grips with multiple ways of creating and using suggestion therapy in addition to learning more powerful language patterns that bring about rapid transformation. You'll start to understand the theories about regression therapy for exploration, hypnoanalysis, and getting to the root cause of challenges. You'll discover psychological therapies of memory and then begin to apply them in practice. You'll complete the module 2 eLearning module at your own pace, and participate in optional weekly Masterclasses, live interactive practice sessions, and peer supervision.
In module 3 you'll further explore and develop your ability to use hypnotic language patterns, for effective consultation processes, rapid transformation or behaviour change and state change. You'll learn how to create sessions for audio, video and group therapy. You'll also learn the rapid phobia release and 3 step rewind. We also start to help you to create you own clinical practise. Your schedule incudes academic study via the module 3 eLearning programme, and option to join Masterclasses and Peers Supervision days and interactive practical learning.
In module 3 you'll further explore and develop your ability to use hypnotic language patterns, for effective consultation processes, rapid transformation or behaviour change and state change. You'll learn how to create sessions for audio, video and group therapy. You'll also learn the rapid phobia release and 3 step rewind. We also start to help you to create you own clinical practise. Your schedule incudes academic study via the module 3 eLearning programme, and option to join Masterclasses and Peers Supervision days and interactive practical learning.
Module 2 |
Module 3 |
ARM ELEVATION TECHNIQUES |
UNDERSTANDING REGRESSION |
ANCHORING |
LOCATING ROOT CAUSES |
SESSION STRUCTURE CONSULTATION |
INNER CHILD & EARLY LIFE WORK |
RAPID INDUCTIONS & CATALEPSY |
EMOTIONAL CLEARING & HEALING |
SUGGESTION THERAPY MASTERY |
SYMBOLIC PROCESSING |
REGRESSION THERAPY & TIMELINE WORK |
CLINICAL APPLICATION & ETHICS |
ADVANCED VISUALISATION AND METAPHOR |
REFRAMING |
THERAPUTIC LANGUAGE & CLEAN COMMUNICATION |
MARKETING |
CLIENT CENTRED PRACTICE SKILLS |
BUSINESS STRATEGIES |
Module 4 – In this module, you’ll explore open-eye hypnosis and rapid-change techniques that help clients shift unwanted thoughts, feelings, and behaviours with speed and precision. You'll begin to understand how to work with the subconscious in a conscious state, using methods that empower clients to access inner resources and rewire unhelpful patterns.
You'll also be introduced to Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and learn powerful, solution-focused strategies to help clients overcome fears, dissolve phobias, and break free from limiting beliefs. These tools support fast, meaningful change — helping clients reconnect with a sense of strength, calm, and confidence.
Importantly, this module also integrates core counselling skills essential for building trust, creating psychological safety, and supporting deep therapeutic work. You'll develop your ability to listen actively, respond with empathy, hold space for emotion, and guide conversations with clarity and compassion.
By the end of Module 4, you’ll be equipped with practical, evidence-informed techniques that bring about real transformation, and you’ll have the communication skills to apply them with professionalism and heart.
Throughout Modules 5 to 10, You'll learn how to apply the tools and techniques you've learned in specialist areas. You'll work on a project to research create and deliver hypnotherapy in a variety of settings. Delivering Hypnotherapy through audio, video, in-person sessions, group settings, as well as the traditional methods and ensuring accessibility for all.
Module 5 is the first of our workshops, here we take a journey though time to discover the basic viewpoints, theories, methods and technologies of psychological science. You will examine basic psychological phenomena such as human perception, memory, thinking, language, consciousness and emotion so that you can have a scientific understanding of the mind, behaviour and establish critical thinking. We journey to the present date and see through a microscope what is happening in the brain when we think, feel, imagine and remember and how this has an impact on the cells of our body. We look at what is happening in the brain when our clients are in a trance state and how that can guide us in selecting tools and techniques.
We then look at pharmacology and the impact of specific medicines, the theories, research and hypnotherapeutic interventions to assist with tolerance, withdrawal and how to work alongside other medical and health practitioners.
This teaching enables us to understand deeper the therapeutic interventions we can offer with hypnotherapy to assist with PTSD, Depression and Panic disorders. You'll complete three eLearning modules of academic study and be able to attend Masterclasses, Practise sessions and Peer Supervision.
You'll also be introduced to Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and learn powerful, solution-focused strategies to help clients overcome fears, dissolve phobias, and break free from limiting beliefs. These tools support fast, meaningful change — helping clients reconnect with a sense of strength, calm, and confidence.
Importantly, this module also integrates core counselling skills essential for building trust, creating psychological safety, and supporting deep therapeutic work. You'll develop your ability to listen actively, respond with empathy, hold space for emotion, and guide conversations with clarity and compassion.
By the end of Module 4, you’ll be equipped with practical, evidence-informed techniques that bring about real transformation, and you’ll have the communication skills to apply them with professionalism and heart.
Throughout Modules 5 to 10, You'll learn how to apply the tools and techniques you've learned in specialist areas. You'll work on a project to research create and deliver hypnotherapy in a variety of settings. Delivering Hypnotherapy through audio, video, in-person sessions, group settings, as well as the traditional methods and ensuring accessibility for all.
Module 5 is the first of our workshops, here we take a journey though time to discover the basic viewpoints, theories, methods and technologies of psychological science. You will examine basic psychological phenomena such as human perception, memory, thinking, language, consciousness and emotion so that you can have a scientific understanding of the mind, behaviour and establish critical thinking. We journey to the present date and see through a microscope what is happening in the brain when we think, feel, imagine and remember and how this has an impact on the cells of our body. We look at what is happening in the brain when our clients are in a trance state and how that can guide us in selecting tools and techniques.
We then look at pharmacology and the impact of specific medicines, the theories, research and hypnotherapeutic interventions to assist with tolerance, withdrawal and how to work alongside other medical and health practitioners.
This teaching enables us to understand deeper the therapeutic interventions we can offer with hypnotherapy to assist with PTSD, Depression and Panic disorders. You'll complete three eLearning modules of academic study and be able to attend Masterclasses, Practise sessions and Peer Supervision.
Module 4. |
Module 5. |
AUTO SUGGESTION |
APPLICATION WORKSHOP 1 |
AFFIRMATIONS |
PSYCHOLOGY PERSEPCTIVES |
EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE |
BASIC NEUROSCIENCE |
CLIENT QUESTIONNAIRE |
THE BRAIN AND HYPNOSIS |
PSEUDO-ORIENTATION IN TIME |
ANXIETY |
FEARS AND PHOBIAS |
PANIC ATTACKS |
FEARS AND PHOBIA RELEASE TECHNIQUES |
EFFECTS OF MEDICATION |
PAIN MANAGEMENT |
DEPRRSSION |
REGRESSION THERAPY |
TRAUMA |
TIMELINE THERAPY |
PTSD |
AVERSION THERAPY |
CASE STUDIES |
CORE COUNSELLING SKILLS |
LOVING KINDNESS |
Module 6 – Leading with the Mind, Guiding with the Body Focuses on the core educational content you will teach your clients, emphasising how to lead with the mind and guide with the body to transform unconscious birth beliefs. You will learn to teach clients how to harness the power of words and use positive birth visualisation, drawing lessons from nature by understanding the mammalian birthing experience and the role of magical hormones. Crucially, this module covers the physical aspects, including an understanding of what's happening in the uterus, the benefits of pelvic floor exercises, managing estimated due dates, and discussing the nuances of a birth plan and birthing locations. Finally, you will learn to teach clients practical tools for relaxation and discomfort management, such as embracing relaxation, creating discomfort management anchors, and essential breath work techniques.
Module 7 – Essential Physical and Mental Comfort Tools- is dedicated to equipping you with a comprehensive toolkit of physical and psychological techniques for managing comfort and promoting progress during labour. This module introduces the power of massage and touch as a crucial tool for both relaxation and discomfort management. You will then master the technique of visualisation, understanding how to use the mind to create positive physical responses. The core of the module focuses on a variety of comfort measures and discomfort/pain management techniques that your clients can rely on throughout their birth experience. Finally, you will explore the vital role of movement and gravity by learning about and teaching different positions for birthing, ensuring your clients can instinctively adapt and find the most beneficial and comfortable positions for each stage of labour.
Module 7 – Essential Physical and Mental Comfort Tools- is dedicated to equipping you with a comprehensive toolkit of physical and psychological techniques for managing comfort and promoting progress during labour. This module introduces the power of massage and touch as a crucial tool for both relaxation and discomfort management. You will then master the technique of visualisation, understanding how to use the mind to create positive physical responses. The core of the module focuses on a variety of comfort measures and discomfort/pain management techniques that your clients can rely on throughout their birth experience. Finally, you will explore the vital role of movement and gravity by learning about and teaching different positions for birthing, ensuring your clients can instinctively adapt and find the most beneficial and comfortable positions for each stage of labour.
Module 6. |
Module 7. |
Module 8 |
The Fear-Tension-Pain Cycle |
Acupressure & Massage |
Induction & Intervention |
Mind-Power & Relaxation |
Visualisation |
Cesarean Births |
Language and Perception |
Comfort Measures. |
Embracing Change |
Visualisation & Stories |
Water Births |
Birth trauma, PTSD |
Mammalian Birth |
Flexible Planning |
Specific Grief |
Hormones,oxytocin and endorphins. |
Birthing Positions |
Therapeutic Responses |
Logistics & Physiology. Planning & Choice. |
Practical Tools |
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Techniques, discomfort management, anchors & breath work. |
Essential Comfort |
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Module 8 – Comfort, Interventions, and Emotional Healing - is dedicated to advanced practical tools and techniques, and the critical skills needed to navigate interventions and emotional healing. You will learn to teach clients comfort measures, including the use of touch and massage and the strategic power of visualisation, alongside class activities around general comfort measures and exploring different positions for birthing and tools like a birthing bowl. A significant portion of the module addresses medical considerations, including using hypnotherapy for the induction of labour, understanding and navigating various medical interventions, and preparing for and navigating Cesarean births while retaining the benefits of hypnobirthing tools. Finally, this module provides the vital skills for helping clients embrace change and working therapeutically with individuals who have experienced previous loss, bereavement, birth trauma, or postnatal PTSD.
Module 9 – The Role of the Birthing Partner and Journey Navigation- zeroes in on the practical application of the entire birth process and the crucial support role of the birthing partner. You will master the skill of navigating the entire birth journey, understanding the unique techniques and support required at each phase and stage of labour. A central theme is the preparation of the birthing partner, discussing their essential role, guidance on what useful items to include in a birth prep bag, and teaching them how to effectively support the birthing mum. This preparation includes practical skills like how to guide or time surges (contractions) and, importantly, how to confidently guide partners to work in hypnosis with their partners on the day.
Module 10 – Creating Your Unique Hypnobirthing Business- is the ultimate capstone, focusing on creating your own unique brand and business within hypnobirthing. You will be guided through the process of crafting and marketing your own unique hypnobirthing course, audios, and sessions, using strategies like harnessing the power of stories and maintaining group engagement. The module covers how to develop a variety of session scripts and programs, including specialised techniques like Hypno-anaesthesia, allowing you to create your own bespoke brand of hypnobirthing. Furthermore, you will receive extensive resources and training on delivery methods, ensuring you are equipped to run your program successfully whether it's online, in-person, one-to-one, one-to-many, or as a combination of audio and video resources.
Module 10 – Creating Your Unique Hypnobirthing Business- is the ultimate capstone, focusing on creating your own unique brand and business within hypnobirthing. You will be guided through the process of crafting and marketing your own unique hypnobirthing course, audios, and sessions, using strategies like harnessing the power of stories and maintaining group engagement. The module covers how to develop a variety of session scripts and programs, including specialised techniques like Hypno-anaesthesia, allowing you to create your own bespoke brand of hypnobirthing. Furthermore, you will receive extensive resources and training on delivery methods, ensuring you are equipped to run your program successfully whether it's online, in-person, one-to-one, one-to-many, or as a combination of audio and video resources.
Module 9. |
Module 10. |
The Birth Journey |
Session Creation & Creating your own hypnobirthing sessions and courses. |
Partner's Role |
Programme Design |
Partner Techniques |
Tools & Techniques |
Practical Partner Skills |
Delivery Formats |
Partner Hypnosis |
Teaching & Engagement |
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Client Management |
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Resources |
Weekly Masterclasses & Monthly Training
Masterclasses Begin each September running on Mondays from 6 pm till 8 pm over 45 Mondays, we break for Christmas, Easter and the Summer. Below is a list of weekly masterclasses that all Trance Tribe Members can attend and are now all available on demand. Monthly Diploma course training days begin each September and run from September to February and from March to July.
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