HYPN 400: MODULE 5: CLINICAL PRACTICUM
COURSE INFORMATION
This course provides participants with the opportunities to work with actual scripts, inductions and therapeutic strategies. Participants will conduct recorded practice sessions of inductions and use of scripts for therapies. Evaluations are made by qualified instructors and participants are progressed to conducting actual sessions with volunteer participants, with full evaluations by instructors. The experiential process in this course is carefully developed, guided and evaluated. Contact hours of education = 25. Course Code: HYPN 400.
This course is particularly designed for those who would like to apply for Certification as a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist by the American College of Hypnotherapy.
Instructor/Course Author: Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D, RN,BC, CH-C
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E-mail: info@aihcp.org
This is a guided, independent study CEU Course. You are to study and progress at your own rate. There are no written assignments. It is recommended that you follow this process for completing the course:
1. Review the course objectives.
2. Review the course assignments (below).
There is No online examination for this course. This is a practicum course and grading is based on a "pass/fail" basis in relation to the defined course objectives.
There are no textbooks or required readings for this course.
If you successfully complete the two-part practicum with a passing score, we will process your CEU Certificate, which will include the course title, the awarded contact hours of continuing education, and the date of completion. Your CEU certificate will be postal mailed to you. You can expect to receive your certificate within 2 weeks of completing the online examination.
TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete all of the courses in this hypnotherapy program. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the courses within the two-year time-frame, you will be removed from the course and an "incomplete" will be recorded for you in our records. Also, if you would like to complete the courses after this two-year expiration time, you would need to register and pay the course tuition fee again.
Instructor: Your instructor for this course is Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D, DCH, RN,BC, CH-C, a certified clinical hypnotherapist and the executive director of the American College of Hypnotherapy. Access information.
GRADING: You must achieve a passing score of at least 90% of adherence to the course objectives (below) to complete this course and receive the 25 hours of awarded continuing education credit. There are no letter grades assigned. Scoring is on a "pass or fail" basis.
CERTIFICATION: upon successful completion of this course, you are eligible to apply for and receive national certification as a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, from the American College of Hypnotherapy. Access Information.
BOARD APPROVALS: The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. is a licensed Continuing Education Provider in the State of California, Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 15595. Access information
Additional CE Option: this course is co-sponsored by CCMS, Inc., which is an approved provider with NBCC (National Board of Certified Counselors). CCMS, Inc., is also a continuing education provider with NAADAC,, CASAC (California), OASAS, the states of Wyoming, Montana, Arkansas, Idaho and many others. CCMS, Inc. offers our students the option of applying for and receiving a CE certificate for this course. Their CE certificate means that your course will show evidence of NBCC approval, as well as the other approvals which CCMS, Inc. provides. The fees for CE certificates with course approvals from CCMS, Inc. are very reasonable. Full information is provided in our online classrooms for enrolled students.
Online Classroom Resouces and Tools
* Message Boards: each specialty program has an area to "post" on the message board. Students may post messages at anytime. Posting allows students to converse with those in the same specialty practice and to discuss issues/course content etc. Instructions for posting are provided in the online classrooms.
* Chat Rooms: each specialty has it's own unique "chat room." Inside of the classroom there is a schedule for "chat time" with students in your specific specialty practice. Participating in "chats" is voluntary. The chat sessions are used as means for students to come together and discuss course content or anything related to the courses and/or certification specialty.
* Examination Access: there is link to take you right to the online examination program where you can print out your examination and work with it. All examinations are formatted as "open book" tests. When you are ready, you can access the exam program at anytime and click in your responses to the questions. Full information is provided in the online classrooms.
* Student Resource Center: there is a link for access to a web page "Student Resource Center." The Resource Center provides for easy access to all of our policies/procedures and additional information regarding applying for certification. We also have many links to many outside reference sites, such as online libraries that you may freely access.
* Online Evaluation: there is a link in the classroom where you may access the course evaluation. All students completing a course, must, without exception, complete the course evaluation.
* Faculty Access Information: you will have access to your instructor's online resume/biography, as well as your instructor's specific contact information.
* Additional Learning Materials: some faculty have prepared additional "readings" and /or brief lecture notes to enhance your experience. All of these are available in the online classrooms.
LEVEL 1 MODULE 5 – CLINICAL PRACTICUM: PRACTICE SESSIONS
PURPOSE: the purpose of the clinical Practicum, Level 1, is to allow students the opportunity to utilize their skill and knowledge in Hypnosis and Clinical Hypnotherapy. Students will develop and produce various audio or video taped sessions as outlined below. This allows the instructor to conduct an in-depth analysis and review of the student’s competencies in applying the theory of hypnosis and hypnotherapy to actual clinical practice.
GRADING: the required audio or video sessions are graded by the instructors on a Pass/Fail basis. Students will receive a feedback report from the instructor detailing their identified strengths in hypnosis and hypnotherapy practice, as well as any areas that may need more practice.
TAPING of the PRACTICUM: students may chose to audio tape their Practicum sessions, or to use video taping. The choice is the student’s. When using audio tape you can use a traditional audio cassette tape, or if you wish, you can record your Practicum on CDs. Again, the choice is yours.
Level II MODULE 5-
Level II of the practicum course begins upon successful completion of level I, and instructor permission. Level II consists of completing three, recorded, complete hypnosis/hypnotherapy sessions with client volunteers. Instructor evaluation is completed on all three sessions, according to the course objectives. Students choose from a multitude of hypnosis/hypnotherapy scripts and utilize complete guidelines and defined processes for conducting sessions with clients. Students are also provided resource information for accessing additional hypnotherapy scripts.
Course Objectives: upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Conduct an assessment interview with a client demonstrating proficiency in client interview and data gathering.
2. Conduct a teaching session with a client including an overview of hypnosis/hypnotherapy and its uses, benefits, and the experiences of a session.
3. Perform suggestibility testing on a client.
4. Induce trance in a client.
5. Utilize several deepening techniques for trance.
6. Assess a client for deep of trance.
7. Utilize scripts for hypnosis/hypnotherapy.
8. Utilize effectively an awakening technique.
9. Conduct a post-hypnosis interview with a client, assessing responses, reactions, potential benefits.
10. End a session with a client.
11. Perform self-assessment by reviewing audio recordings of practice sessions and actual sessions.
12. Complete a series of practice sessions via audio recording.
13. Complete three comprehensive sessions with actual clients, utilizing recording devices.
14. Understand and apply ethical/legal principles in working with clients.