From time to time people ask questions about the Basic and Advanced Hypnotherapy Training and I get carried away with the responses via email. I am including various responses here to provide additional information about the training.

The Good Vibes Hypnosis Houston Basic and Advanced Hypnotherapy Training consists of Level 1 and Level 2. When you register for the training, you are enrolling in both parts of the training. The tuition covers both levels, level 2 builds on what you learn in level 1. They are not 2 separate courses.

There are no state requirements in terms of using hypnosis to help others in Texas, so you could actually start working with people right now. The problem with that is 2 fold. First you probably do not have the skills required and without a certification you do not possess the credibility that is important when working with people. These are 2 of the benefits I talk about when it comes to training and certification.

Some students start working with others after level 1, others wait until they have completed level 2. A student from South Texas who is an LPC started using what he learned in Level 1 with his clients before the level 2 training. So it is possible to start working with people after level 1.

Creating Effective Suggestions

The other thing that is important to understand is that hypnosis is not all about suggestions. While suggestions are an important aspect of hypnosis work, and they are included in every session, there are other processes, many of them interactive processes, that we use to help people move past fears, phobias, stress, anxiety and even weight loss and insomnia. When you enroll in the Houston Basic and Advanced Hypnotherapy Training, you will learn about creating effective suggestions as well as how to use interactive processes.

For example, fear is typically a result of some prior event or experience that has created a program in the subconscious mind. Then when someone is in a situation that triggers the memory of that event or experience, even if they are not consciously aware of the connection, the fear is triggered. The initial event can be something you might not even associate with the trigger that causes the fear.

We learn about working with fears and phobias, though since these are more advanced topics we do not get to them until level 2. It is important to learn hypnosis in an orderly manner. Without the foundation of the core concepts and learning to support you, the more advanced topics are not going to be as effective.

Just the process of guiding someone into hypnosis is very calming, providing suggestions that they are calm and relaxed will assist in helping them to feel better. However until the root cause is discovered and released, the fear is likely to return when it is triggered.

I am not trying to say that suggestions do not matter, they do, but there is much more to hypnotherapy than merely providing suggestions to the client. Reinforcing suggestions is a good thing, the more a suggestion is repeated, the more powerful it becomes.

The other thing about suggestions is that some people respond differently to the same suggestion, and some are more responsive to hypnosis in general. Just like some athletes find it easy to play certain sports and some people find it easier to learn to play the piano or to create works of art. Some people tend to respond more readily to hypnotic suggestions.

You may find that effective suggestions work differently with some people. While learning the craft of creating effective suggestions, you will have the opportunity to create your own scripts for any topic you like. We’ll review the scripts and offer suggestions on improving them. You can begin using these with clients and you will likely notice that the same suggestions are more effective with some people than others. There are ways to alter the way people respond based on how you present suggestions, this is something we’ll be discussing as well.

We learn a lot in level 1, and there is a big emphasis on creating effective suggestions and learning powerful ways to present them to the client. We also begin learning interactive processes during level 1. Then in level 2 we continue with more advanced applications of effective use of suggestions and learn additional interactive processes.

Interactive Processes in Hypnotherapy

I keep mentioning this term, interactive process, here’s additional information about interactive processes. With suggestion based work, the hypnotist it typically providing suggestions to the client, it’s a one way conversation and it can be effective in certain situations, such as working with smokers to help them stop smoking. Even with smokers I also use some interactive processes to help them kick the habit once and for all.

Interactive processes involve communication back and forth between the client and the therapist. The conscious mind is not aware of the source of the problem. It might THINK it knows, but most issues reside in the subconscious mind. With the client in the hypnotic state, we have access to the information in the subconscious mind and can find out more about the REAL problem. Then we can work with the client to help them move past the presenting challenge.

Many of these interactive processes are effective in working with a variety of different challenges, and when they are combined with effective suggestions and specific techniques related to specific issues such as phobias, insomnia, sexual issues, relationships and other challenges that may be presented to you, they provide clients with what they need most.

This Houston Hypnosis Training is presented by Good Vibes Hypnosis Training Center which is not licensed by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Good Vibes Hypnosis Center has received an exemption from TWC, E-4434, and is allowed to teach this class in Houston, Texas.

This post provides additional information about the Good Vibes Hypnosis Basic and Advanced Hypnotherapy Training. When you are ready to enroll, you can do so when you visit the training page on our website. We keep the classes small, so once you have made the decision to learn hypnosis with Good Vibes Hypnosis Training be sure to register early.