In the past the biggest challenge with online training programs has been how to assure that the students have the knowledge. With increased training students can change (techniques|styles|programs} to meet the needs of today’s clients. Before, Hypnosis Certification programs simply taught students the basic knowledge that they needed to work with one style of client.
That is why many hypnotherapists embrace Elman or Erickson only. They are not taught the benefits of both in their training. Students or professionals that only know one way of working with clients limit their success.
Our pupils of today are going to be the instructors of tomorrow. Our job as instructors is to provide them with all the tools to be great. Today’s our average client is more aware of the mind and hypnosis. They deserve more than a script reading hypnotist or hypnotherapist. Scripts are a basic tool. Hypnotherapists today need to do much more than read a script for a client. A good hypnotist can create the session with the clients help on the spot.
I remember when I first started my hypnosis career on stage. My instructor told me that all I needed to do was to memorize the scripts he wrote and I would be a success. The training focused on the stage and performance. I learned how to sell myself and the show. A week after my training I did a show for 400 people. The show was a success. I was still missing an understanding of what hypnosis really was. I felt like a wind-up toy that would perform the same routine over and over because it works. When people started to ask me about hypnosis I had the same canned speech. Information that professionals today are telling their clients and audience. Is it because it works or is it because they have not taken the time to understand hypnosis better?
This led me to more and more classes over the years. Hypnosis professionals still like to use what works for them. The main challenge is that people are different. What works on one does not always work on another. There was a client that wanted to quit smoking. She was in her 90′s. I asked her what she needed to stop smoking. She told me she needed to feel sick every time she went to smoke. Not only sick but disgusted by the thought of smoking as well. She has smoked for 70 years. The doctor said that if she did not stop she would die. You might think that this would give her enough incentive, but it didn’t. Normally, I would not do a negative session (a session that focuses on an abreaction to something) because people are rebels. We like to overcome a negative to say we can. That is why using a benefit approach to stop smoking is better for most. She knew what she needed, so I gave it to her. The client said it was easy to stop smoking. She then told her doctor about the success. This same doctor that told her she was wasting her time, now started to refer his clients to me. This is the difference between doing what works for me, and doing what the client wants. Our clients are the key to our success. Making a diagnosis is for licensed healthcare professionals. Our job is to gather and provide tools so the clients get what they want.
When looking for your online hypnosis training program. Look for a program that provides you more than a textbook or lesson plans. There are many programs out there that provide basic lessons. You can get the same from buying a book and reading it yourself. You want a program that offers time with the instructors. Instructors and a program recommended by organizations other than their own. Is the training recognized by several major organizations or is it just a piece of paper? A state certified school does not mean you receive a state license in California. It will guarantee that you are spending a lot of money for the education. I have mentored a lot of professionals that graduated from state certified schools. There is a school that teaches handwriting analysis and dream therapy as a major subject for hypnotherapists. Hypnotherapists should know about hypnosis not handwriting analysis. Using handwriting to determine the issue of a client is diagnosing an issue.
Key points to look at in a training program:
Do you get personal time with your qualified instructor?
Is the instructor recognized by more than one organization as an instructor? (Note: Several organizations have been created by the same school or person.)
Is there forum to discuss training?
What resources do they provide? Audio and video programs. (Are the resources extra?)
What is their online class structure like? Is it just a teleconference or active participation? Do you get to teach to develop your skills?
Is the certification from a leading Hypnosis Organization or one they created?
Is there reviews and assessments which you keep to reinforce the learning later?
Does the material fit in with your own beliefs and goals?
Is the training designed to take you from the basic knowledge to where you want to go?
Will they teach you how to market your practice?
When you think about it you will see that a piece of paper is not as important as the knowledge you received. It is nice to get a nice piece of paper as well!
Mystically yours,
Doc Magi
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