Training Courses
All courses shown on this page have been checked and approved by APHP as being of high professional quality. Those with a star * indicated on them have agreed with APHP to give some kind of discount for APHP members. Please contact the training provider direct and state that you saw the training on the APHP website, and they will apply the discount at their end.
The APHP do not take any responsibility for any specific courses and the content and structure of the course is entirely the responsibility of the course provider. If you, as a member of the APHP, choose to undertake any of the courses listed below, it is understood that it is done so wholly with the knowledge that you are making a decision of your own accord. You are welcome to choose any forms of CPD whilst being a member of the APHP, not just those that are listed here.
New Horizon Training – Working With Addiction and Dependency Patterns in Hypnotherapy Practice
Clearer boundaries. Better questions. Safer practice.
Price: £95
Tutor: Lisa Williams Edgar, Clinical Integrative and Solution Focused Hypnotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor. Founder of NHTA.
Would you know how to respond if a client disclosed that alcohol use, drug use or another dependency-related pattern had become part of the way they switch off, manage emotions, escape stress or get through the week?
Many hypnotherapists will encounter clients where alcohol or drug use forms part of the wider presenting picture. Others may disclose gambling, compulsive online behaviours, compulsive shopping or other repetitive coping patterns involving cycles of relief, reward, shame, avoidance and repetition.
This practical and thought-provoking five-hour CPD workshop has been created to help hypnotherapists feel clearer and more confident when alcohol use, drug use, dependency or compulsive coping patterns arise within the therapy room.
It is not a workshop about diagnosing addiction, managing detoxification, providing rehabilitation or working outside professional competence. The focus is on understanding where hypnotherapy can appropriately support change, asking more helpful questions, recognising risk and working safely within clear professional boundaries.
Drawing upon an integrative and solution-focused hypnotherapy perspective, the workshop explores the underlying processes that can keep clients stuck, including habit, reward, learned association, emotional regulation, relief-seeking, shame, avoidance and behavioural repetition.
During the workshop, we will explore:
- the differences between habit, coping patterns, harmful use, addiction and dependency;
• how alcohol use, drug use, gambling and other compulsive behaviours can become connected with relief, escape, identity and routine;
• the role of habit loops, reward, reinforcement and emotional regulation;
• what to explore during the initial consultation;
• recognising red flags and circumstances in which additional or specialist support may be needed;
• clearer professional boundaries, scope of practice, referral and collaborative working;
• sensitive, non-confrontational therapeutic language that reduces shame and supports honest conversation;
• solution-focused questions that help clients notice motivation, resources, exceptions and possibilities for change;
• working therapeutically with urges, routines, triggers and repetitive coping patterns;
• appropriate hypnotherapy approaches for emotional regulation, behavioural change, future-focused work and strengthening choice;
• supervision, practitioner confidence and responsible clinical decision-making.
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is suitable for qualified and student hypnotherapists, solution-focused hypnotherapists and integrative practitioners who would like a clearer and more professionally grounded framework for working with addiction, dependency, substance use and compulsive coping patterns.
It does not qualify attendees as addiction specialists, substance-misuse practitioners or rehabilitation professionals. The focus is on supporting clients appropriately within the practitioner’s existing qualifications, competence, insurance and professional scope.
Smoking and vaping cessation are covered within a separate New Horizon Training Academy CPD, as these presentations often benefit from a more specific and structured cessation approach.
What is included?
Attendees will receive a pre-workshop workbook to support reflection and preparation before the training, together with a comprehensive post-workshop resource pack containing practical guidance, therapeutic language, step-by-step tools, techniques and signposting resources.
About the Tutor
Lisa Williams Edgar is a Clinical Integrative and Solution Focused Hypnotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor with 15 years’ experience in therapeutic practice.
Lisa is known for delivering training that is warm, practical, professionally grounded and closely connected to the realities of client work. Her focus is on helping practitioners understand what they can appropriately offer, feel more confident having sensitive conversations and use hypnotherapy safely and purposefully without overcomplicating the therapeutic process.
Contact : Lisa Williams Edgar
Email : http://www.newhorizontraining.co.uk
Telephone : 07920 147101
Essex Mind Coach – Stop Smoking Hypnosis Diploma
Welcome to one of the most comprehensive stop smoking diploma courses available. The procedures taught here have been developed and evolved over many years of successful practice at Hypnotherapy South West, and now with Essex Mind Coach Therapy and Training. The whole process is based on a single, fully integrated therapy session lasting 90 minutes, as this has proved to be a most successful format for smoking cessation.
Contact : Gavin Bowtell
Email : hello@essexmindcoach.co.uk
Telephone : 02081 720 060
Website : https://essexmindcoach.co.uk/courses/
Essex Mind Coach – Virtual Hypno-Gastric Band and Weight Management online Diploma
Reduce obesity and increase your client based with this Virtual Hypno-Gastric Band and Weight Management online Diploma £350
APHP and NRPC members obtain £50 when using this code at the checkout GK7EMGAK
Contact : Gavin Bowtell
Email : hello@essexmindcoach.co.uk
Telephone : 02081 720 060
Website : https://essexmindcoach.co.uk/courses/
New Horizon Training – Working with Alcohol and Drug Use in Hypnotherapy Practice
Date: May 16, 2026. Time: 09:30 – 13.00 BST (and ongoing)
Price: £85
Tutor: Lisa Williams Edgar, Founder of New Horizon Training Academy, Supervisor and Senior Lecturer.
Would you know how to respond if a client disclosed that alcohol or drug use had become part of the way they cope, switch off, get through the week, or manage difficult emotions?
This practical and thought-provoking half-day workshop on addiction has been created to help hypnotherapists and students feel clearer and more confident when alcohol or drug use shows up in the therapy room.
This is not a workshop about detox, rehab, or working outside your role. Instead, it is designed to help you understand where hypnotherapy can genuinely support change, how to work more effectively with these presentations, and what to look out for when habits, urges, routines, emotional coping, or dependency-related patterns are present.
What You Will Learn
- By the end of this workshop, you will have a clearer understanding of:
- What is and is not appropriate to work with as a hypnotherapist.
- How to recognise red flags and when extra support may be needed.
- How to structure the initial consultation when alcohol or drug use is disclosed.
- How to use solution focused questioning more effectively in this area.
- How to work with urges, routines, coping patterns, and future change using hypnotherapy.
- How to use language and therapeutic tools that support change without confrontation or shame.
- How to feel more confident and grounded when this kind of presentation appears in practice.
What We’ll Cover
* The difference between habit, coping pattern, harmful use, addiction, and dependency.
* How alcohol and drug use can become linked with relief, avoidance, identity, and repetition.
* The role of the brain, reward, and emotional regulation in repeated use.
* What to notice and explore during the initial consultation.
* Solution focused questions that are genuinely useful in this work.
* Why shame, secrecy, and all-or-nothing thinking can keep clients stuck.
* Hypnotherapy approaches for urges, routines, future self-work, and behavioural change.
* Language patterns and therapeutic phrasing that support change without confrontation.
* Practical ideas to take straight into your client work.
Who Is This Workshop For?
This half-day workshop is suitable for:
- Qualified hypnotherapists.
- Student hypnotherapists.
- Solution focused hypnotherapists.
- Integrative practitioners who would like a clearer, more confident framework for working with alcohol and drug-related presentations.
Look or Book Through Our Website Here: https://www.newhorizontraining.co.uk/events
Contact : Lisa Williams Edgar
Email : enquiries@newhorizontraining.co.uk
Telephone : 07920147101
HHC – Hypnosis Bootcamp: Learn Pure Hypnosis – No Scripts Allowed
Work with the Client, not a set of Scripts!
SOLD OUT
Book your place now:- www.hhctraining.co.uk
One thing a lot of hypnotherapy schools don’t teach is the pure Hypnosis side of things we do as Hypnotherapists. We are given scripts to read as bedtime stories. On this One-day CPD we take a closer look at the hypnosis part of our session using the hypnosis as the main driver. No scripts needed. We cover the history of Hypnosis (Braid and Erikson didn’t use scripts) we look at Suggestibility/Convincers, Rapport, Rapid Inductions, We explore the 3 Pillars of the “non-state theory” of hypnosis and its bridge between SFBT.
We look at how NLP Representational Systems help us build rapport with clients, and how the Meta Model & Milton Model of Language work. We will explore Solution Focused Somatic Hypnosis plus explore some amazing NLP Techniques such as Anchoring, Collapsing Anchors, Timeline, Parts Integration & Empty Chair Technique, all which are amazing addons to Hypnosis. Plus we will be introducing 2 brand new techniques from HHC “The “3-Minute Perspective Reset” a self-hypnosis reset technique that clients can use… Plus an amazing combination of Hypnosis, Bilateral Stimulation and Somatic work called “Neuro Scramble Technique” Your Hypnotherapy sessions will never be the same again! No Scripts, No Relaxation, no couch or Blankets – Use your client as the script with real change work and real quick results – This is Modern Hypnotherapy with a solution focused lens.
Due to the practical element Numbers will be limited
Counts as 7 Hours CPD
Certificate of Attendance Supplied & Full Practitioner Handbook
Total investment £198
APHP Discounted price (10% concession) £180
Please note this is a practical face-to-face CPD Hosted at Leeds Trinity University.
Contact : John Lowson
Email : http://www.hhctraining.co.uk
Telephone : 01422 861989
Website : http://www.hhctraining.co.uk
SFTA training academy – Hypnoesitherapy – Rapid Trance Protocol for chronic pain
Trainer: Catherine Eland
Date of event: Sat 16 May and Friday 11th September 2026
Duration: 9.30 am to 12.30 pm
Live on Zoom
Cost of course: £120
Cost for APHP members: £99.00 Code: APHP-ES121
• What if you could confidently deliver a structured protocol that reduces chronic discomfort in minutes
• What if you understood the exact neurological mechanisms behind rapid pain modulation
• What if your clients left their very first session experiencing measurable relief and renewed hope
Why this training is different
No other provider currently teaches this structured hypnoesitherapy protocol in a clinically grounded, ethically framed CPD format.
This structured, step-by-step neurological approach is designed to support fast pain reduction, often producing noticeable relief straight away or within 48 hours.
By the end of the course, you will have:
Chronic pain does not just affect the body. It affects mood, sleep, confidence, identity and hope. Many clients living with ongoing discomfort begin to withdraw from activities they once enjoyed. They may feel misunderstood, frustrated or exhausted from constantly managing symptoms. Over time, pain can narrow their world, increase anxiety and low mood, and reduce their sense of control. Supporting pain modulation is not simply about reducing sensation. It is about restoring agency, improving quality of life and helping clients reconnect with who they are beyond their symptoms.
Why we need to offer hypnoesitherapy
In the UK nearly one in every two adults lives with some degree of chronic pain — that equates to just under 28 million people experiencing ongoing discomfort lasting three months or more. This includes millions whose pain significantly limits daily activities. By comparison, there are only around 300 recognised pain clinics operating within the NHS, most based in hospitals with multidisciplinary teams. This imbalance highlights the gap between the vast number of people in pain and the limited number of specialised services available to support them. There is a need for broader access to effective pain modulation skills across clinical and allied health professions.
This is a unique opportunity to train in the Hypnoesitherapy Technique. This CPD introduces Hypnoesitherapy as a clear, structured protocol inspired by the work of Ángel Escudero and integrated with modern clinical hypnosis and current neuroscience.
When delivered with skill and confidence, the protocol can support a measurable reduction in chronic discomfort, often within as little as 7.5 minutes.
This training is practical, applied and designed for immediate clinical use.
Learning Objectives
• Define hypnoesitherapy and its theoretical origins
• Explain the neuroscience of discomfort modulation
• Describe the role of expectation, prediction, and emotional amplification
• Understand parasympathetic activation and its relevance in sensory modulation
• Apply the saliva safety signal protocol confidently
• Deliver the structured trance and hypnoesitherapy protocol
• Conduct ethical screening and scope assessment
Course structure
1. Historical and theoretical foundations
• The work of Ángel Escudero
• Psychological anaesthesia principles
2. The neuroscience of modulation
• The brain as a predictive organ
• Limbic amplification of discomfort
• Descending inhibitory pathways and serotonin activity
• Expectancy and belief as neurological drivers
3. Autonomic regulation and the saliva protocol
• Sympathetic versus parasympathetic dominance
• Why dry mouth signals threat
• Why salivation signals safety
4. Clinical criteria and ethical screening
• Mandatory medical diagnosis
• Exclusion of acute conditions
5. Session structure in detail
8. Reassessment and outcome management
Additional Information
Who this course is for:
Student Hypnotherapists
Qualified Hypnotherapists
Psychotherapists
Psychologists
Physiotherapists and osteopaths
Pain therapists
GPs
Coaches
Nurses working in rehabilitation
Anyone wishing to learn structured pain relief techniques
Participants must work only with medically diagnosed chronic conditions.
Contact : Catherine Eland
Email : info@sfta.co.uk
Website : https://sfta.co.uk/certificate-in-hypnoesitherapy/