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SFBT Skills Training for Hypnotherapists

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SFBT Skills Training for Hypnotherapists is a course designed to achieve the following:

a) Provide a nationally accredited SFBT qualification suitable for and relevant to hypnotherapists.

b) Provide SFBT skills, both practical and academic, which will give supportive structures for use in the consulting room.

Probably the fastest growing area of psychotherapy is Solution Focused Brief Therapy. Modern science tells us that it is probably also the most adaptable format for Hypnotherapy and Hypnotherapists. Rubin Battino said: "To my mind, the solution- focused brief therapy approach is just plain common sense". Expectation (2006)

The SFBT course at the Clifton Practice is very practical as well as informative. Most of all it is designed to be useful for the practitioner in the consulting room. SFBT is meant to be enjoyable and this course adheres to that philosophy. Described as 'interesting', 'very, very useful' and 'fun' the SFBT course consists of 50 guided learning hours plus extra murals over a three month period including three weekend attendances at the Clifton Practice.

Qualification Level

SFBT Skills for Hypnotherapists is jointly administered by NCFE and CPHT. The diploma is designated as 'NQF equivalence Level IV'.

Syllabus

There are five core units:

Unit 1 – The origins and basic concepts
Unit 2 – The Structure
Unit 3 – Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Unit 4 – Solutions Focused Brief Hypnotherapy (SFBH)
Unit 5 – ORS and SRS

SFBT Course Programme

Unit 1
Module 1	SFBT in context
1.1	Course overview.
1.2	History and background of SFBT – Steve de Shazer, Insoo Kim Berg
1.3	Ericksonian 'uncommon therapies'.
1.4	Brief therapy as Institutional Discourse.
1.5	Ecosystemic Therapy.
1.6	Brief therapy as constructivism.
1.7	Strategic family therapy.
1.8	SFBT worldwide.
1.9	SFBT in the United Kingdom.
1.10	EBTA
1.11	Glossary

Module 2	Therapeutic principles and techniques
2.1	A positive, collegial, solution-focused stance.
2.2	Looking for previous solutions.
2.3	Looking for exceptions.
2.4	Questions vs. directives or interpractices.
2.5	Present and future – focused questions vs. past orientated focus.
2.6	Gentle nudging to do more of what is working.
2.7	The Change format.

Module 3	Major tenets of SFBT – De Shazer
3.1	If it isn't broken, don't fix it.
3.2	If it works do more of it.
3.3	If it is not working do something different.
3.4	Small changes can lead to big changes.
3.5	The solution is not necessarily directly related to the problem.
3.6	The language for solution development is different from that needed to describe a problem.
3.7	No problems happen all the time. There are always exceptions that can be utilised.
3.8	Summary – O'Hanlon's 'Essentials'

Module 4	Research indicators
4.1	Neuroscience and its application to hypnotherapy. (Powerpoint presentation)
4.2	Neuroscience and its relationship with SFBT. (Powerpoint presentation)
4.3	Research on the effectiveness of SFBT.
4.4	The paradigm shift from traditional therapy.
4.5	Questions and misconceptions.
4.6	Differences between SFBT and SFBH.
4.7	Differences SFBT, CBT and NLP

Unit 2	The Structure
Module 5	Opening Gambit
5.1	The first session – Opening and Questions to Open Collaboration
5.2	Future focus
5.3	Past and present focus.
5.4	Progress highlighting.
5.5	Closing.

Module 6	The model
6.1	Second and subsequent follow-up - Questions
6.2	The meeting metaphor.
6.3	Exploring change - Discussion
6.4	Signs of progress - Discussion
6.5	Closing - Discussion

Module 7	Interpersonal
7.1	Meeting the person not the problem.
7.2	Connecting.
7.3	Problems free language.
7.4	Listening to the story.
7.5	Discovering Areas of competence.

Module 8	Listening constructively
8.1	Evidence of resource.
8.2	Encouraging resourceful answers.
8.3	Evoking client solutions and competencies
8.4	Establishing what the client wants – Achievable goals.
8.5	Unrealistic hopes.
8.6	Preferred future.
8.7	Educating the customer.

Unit 3	SFBT
Module 9	Creating the picture
9.1	Shifting from the negative to the positive – 'Impossibility Talk'
9.2	General to specific – Problems into Preferences
9.3	Building the detailed picture.

Module 10	What is already working
10.1	Pre-session.
10.2	Instances of preferred future happening.
10.3	Exceptions.
10.4	Coping.
10.5	Compliments.

Module 11	The Tools
11.1	Scales.
11.2	Constructing a scale.
11.3	Signs of progress.
11.4	Specific scales
11.5	The Miracle Question.
11.6	Other types of Questions and Statements
11.7	EARS – Sophisticating language patterns

Module 12	Appraisal and reflection.
12.1	Reflective feedback
12.2	Second and subsequent sessions.
12.3	If things do not improve (or even worsen)
12.4	Customers, Complainants, Visitors.
12.5	Cognitive dissonance.
12.6	How many sessions
12.7	Ending therapy. Follow ups

Unit 4	SFBH
Module 13	The initial consultation
13.1	Overview.
13.2	The 'Intellectual brain' and the primitive 'emotional brain'
13.3	The prefrontal cortex. The effect of negative thinking
13.4	The effect of positive thinking, positive activity, positive interaction.
13.5	Biochemical patterns.
13.6	REM
13.7	Hypnosis.
13.8	Establishing the rules.

Module 14	Understandings. First session and beyond
14.1	Repetition. Applying the same template.
14.2	Discipline and playfulness.
14.3	Control as a constant.
14.4	Revision.
14.5	Scaling.
14.6	Miracle Question.

Module 15	Continuing change
15.1	Revision – Adding new explanations
15.2	Aspects of storytelling.
15.3	Recognising change.
15.4	More of the same.
15.5	Relationship of ACC and 'best hopes'
15.6	Scaling and Miracle Question in relation to SFBH.
15.7	The application of hypnotherapy.

Module 16	Applications
16.1	Depression, Anger and Anxiety.
16.2	Disease.
16.3	Pain.
16.4	Obesity.

Unit 5	ORS and SRS
Module 17	Historical perspective
17.1	Losing faith.
17.2	Making Treatment Count
17.3	Outcome over progress in Clinical Practice
17.4	Introductions and 'Climatic Settings'.

Module 18	The Alliance. What is it?
18.1	Key findings in the Research.
18.2	Defining the Alliance.
18.3	The Therapeutic curve effect.

Module 19	The Tools
19.1	Outcome Rating Scales.
19.2	Session Rating Scales.
19.3	Cut-off points.
19.4	The Tools in Practice.
19.5	Evaluation of the ORS Scores.
19.6	The Reliability Change Indicator.

Module 20	Responding to Outcomes
20.1	Core skills in addressing quality of change.
20.2	ORS with involuntary clients.
20.3	SRS evaluation.
20.4	ORS with specific groups.

Verification and Teaching

The Clifton Practice independently accredited to teach awards to Level IV.

The Head of the Centre and Internal Verifier is David Newton. He is the Senior Practitioner at the Clifton Practice, Senior Lecturer on the CPHT HPD course and is recognised as one of the most experienced hypnotherapists in the UK. In 2005 he became a Fellow of the Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (APHP) in recognition of his services to teaching within the hypnotherapy profession.

External Verification is by NCFE – a national awarding body. NCFE is recognised by the qualifications regulators for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales, and the Council for Curriculum, Examination and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland.

The teaching is done by David Newton, Susan Rodrigues and Phillp Harris. David Newton has used SFBT in his consulting rooms for fifteen years, approximately 20.000 clinical hours. He has been teaching it for six years. Susan Rodrigues is a Clifton Practice Practitioner and Courses Co-ordinator. In addition to lecturing in SFBT and on the HPD course at the Clifton Practice, She supervises students in their application of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy.

Philip Harris worked for eight years for Direct Assess Drug Agencies as both a Clinical Practitioner and Director. He is now a freelance trainer, researcher and consultant in addition, mental health and dual diagnosis. He has designed numerous programmes and is a consultant lecturer at the Bristol University. There is no doubt his ideas are making the difference, challenging traditional ideas and myths concerning dependency. His second book, "Empathy for the Devil", how to help people with drug and alcohol problems, was published in 2007. It has a very good section on SFBT. Those practitioners who have heard Philip speak will appreciate his style and knowledge. A very popular lecturer!

Paula Rose is front of the team as Assessor. She has until relatively recently been a trainer in Health Education after a career as a registered psychiatric nurse. Her CV includes developing and delivering the training programme for staff at the University Hospital for Wales. She has CSCT Diploma in counselling and a post-graduate diploma in CBT. In 2005 Paula trained at CPHT and was awarded the HPD. Subsequently she has become a lecturer on the HPD programme and is the CBT Assessor. Paula, in addition to her teaching roles has a flourishing practice in Wales.

Fees / Dates

2009
Intake 2 SFBT Aug 22/23, Oct 24/25, Nov 21/22 2009

2010
Intake 3 SFBT Apr 24/25 May22/23 June26/27 2010

Fees: £450 – Includes external registration, internal marking and Diploma submission (may be paid over the three month period).

Fees may be paid by credit card, cash, cheque or bankers draft.

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