2026 Continuing Education
The Neuroscience of Hypnosis
Explore what current research reveals about how hypnosis influences attention, perception, and behavior change. We’ll take a look at recent studies on brain activity during hypnotic states, the role of focused attention, and why hypnotic suggestions can create meaningful shifts.
This training offers a grounded, science based understanding of what is happening in the brain during hypnosis and how these insights can strengthen your work with clients.
Vocal Skills in Hypnotherapy
In this session, we’ll explore how your voice can strengthen the impact of your hypnotic work. We’ll cover pacing, tone, rhythm, and phrasing, along with simple techniques that help you guide clients into deeper states of focus and relaxation. You’ll learn how subtle choices in delivery can shape the client’s experience and support more effective sessions.
We’ll also look at research on vocal influence and attention, and how these findings can be applied in practical ways. This class offers a relaxed space to refine your delivery, build confidence, and develop a voice that feels natural, grounded, and effective.
Helping Clients Navigate Change
This class explores the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change and how understanding a client’s stage of change can strengthen your work as a hypnotherapist. We’ll look at how readiness, ambivalence, and motivation influence outcomes, and how to tailor suggestions and session strategies to meet clients where they are.
This training offers practical insight into why some clients progress quickly while others struggle, and how a stage-informed approach can support more consistent and sustainable change.
Motivational Interviewing
This class introduces the core principles of Motivational Interviewing and how they can strengthen your hypnosis work. We will look at how MI helps clients resolve ambivalence, build inner readiness for change, and take ownership of their goals.
You will learn simple strategies that support collaboration, evoke internal motivation, and encourage clients to follow through on the changes they want to make. This session offers practical tools you can use right away to enhance rapport and guide clients toward meaningful progress.
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