Peter Blum has had a full-time practice in Medical and Clinical Hypnotherapy since 1988. Peter Blum Recently won the Certified Instructor of 2004 Award from the National Guild of Hypnotists. He is ordained as an Interfaith Minister and considers hypnotherapy a spiritual art-form. He has studied with many great teachers and healers, including Richard Zarro, Anne Linden, Dr. Paul Carter, Dr. Ernest Rossi, Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Dr. Scout Cloud Lee and Native American shaman Beautiful Painted Arrow. For five years he was Director of Stress Management at The Center for Progressive Medicine, working with patients referred by holistic physicians. Known for his humorous and dynamic teaching style, he has been a popular presenter at numerous conferences (NGH, IMDHA, IHF, etc.) and is considered one of the foremost teachers of Ericksonian hypnosis. Peter is co-author of "The Phonebook: Breakthrough Neurolinguistic Phone Skills for Profit & Enlightenment", and has produced 5 CD's in the "Sounds for Healing" series, featuring the Tibetan Singing Bowls.

You can become certified in Basic Hypnosis in this weekend of hands-on, intensive classroom instruction. This course is a concise and in-depth workshop for professional men and women wanting to add hypnotherapy to their talents and abilities. This innovative program is designed to give participants a working understanding of hypnotherapy. The course is practical and down-to earth, concentrating heavily on the how-to-do-it aspects. By means of supervised practice sessions, you will be trained to actually produce the hypnotic state and use it skillfully and effectively. Well thought out, tested-and-true, this course will help you to master your hypnotherapy skills and increase your results.

What You Will Learn:

• Overview of Hypnosis
• Brief History of Hypnosis
• How to achieve your highest potential
• How to properly explain hypnosis
• Presuppositions of Trance/Hypnosis
• How to establish rapport
• Basic Inductions
• How to recognize physiological indications of trance
• Dehypnotization
• Safety Guidelines
• Authoritarian and Permissive Induction Techniques
• How to bring someone safely out of trance
• Simple Posthypnotic Suggestion
• Why the client is in some ways your supervisor
• Dealing with Clients' Concerns, Fears or Myths About Hypnosis
• Hypnotherapy for Smoking Cessation, Stress Reduction, Weight Loss,
  Memory Improvement
• Non-therapeutic applications (learning, stage fright, confidence,
  selling, relaxation, etc.)
• Hypnosis for athletes and performing artists
• Pain control
• Age Regression
• Permission and Inclusion: Foundations for induction and treatment
• and much more...

What You Will Receive:

• Student Workbook
• Hands-on Practice
• A working knowledge of Trance
• Basic Certification

Upon successful completion of this course you will receive certificates
for 16 CEU credits from the National Guild of Hypnotists.