PTSD Home Study Program

Pre-requisite: Hypnotherapy Training | Credits: 10 CE hours

Course Description:

PTSD is fast becoming a buzz word these days, not just in therapeutic settings but in our everyday lives. Just what is PTSD? What are the hallmarks for causing this condition? How do you as a hypnotherapist identify when someone has this malady? What specifically do you do then? How are pacing and other factors important to working with this group of clients?

By the time you complete this training, you will be able to:

• Define PTSD
• Know the causes of PTSD
• Learn where hypnotherapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming can help
• Recognize the most common symptoms as they arise
• Determine the appropriate process needed
• Pace and time the process for the best outcome
• Establish client independence for the future

Each process presented will be explored and demonstrated. This course is practical,
enabling you to work with your PTSD clients as soon as you complete the course.

Included in Your Course:

Workbook, audio lecture CD, and DVD of processes

• PTSD Introduction
• PTSD Background/Behavioral Areas
• PTSD Intake/Rapport/Creating Safety
• Easily Creating Change
• Technique: Map Across
• Grief, Anxiety, Guilt
• Anger and Forgiveness
• Releasing Worry
• Changing Troubling Verbal Messages
• Phobias/Panic Attacks
• Moderating Relapses
• Healing Imagery: Dissociation, Shame

The audio and video for this course is from the Hypnotherapy for PTSD: Discovering and Resolving the Symptoms workshop held November 9-10, 2013 at Katherine Zimmerman’s California Hypnotherapy Academy. The workbook has been expanded.

About Your Instructor:

Joan Courtney is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and a Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner. She’s certified by four major national hypnotherapy associations and is also certified in advanced NLP training. Joan is a presenter at the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners International Hypnotherapy Conference. Having over 25 years of experience in this field, Joan specializes in clinical and medical aspects of hypnosis. Throughout her practice, she has worked with veterans and others affected by symptoms of PTSD related to fire, earthquakes, and physical/sexual abuse.