South Shore Hypnosis Center
Program Yourself for Wellness
Upon completion of this course of study, graduates will be eligible for certification by the National Guild of Hypnotists.
The course of study is designed for those who want career advancement and who want to work with people in a private professional practice of their own. It is also suitable for mental health professionals, including therapists, counselors, social workers, nurses and teachers who want to enhance their skills.
Only a limited number of students are accepted in each class so that they may experience the personal attention and hands-on training that National Guild of Hypnotists Certified Instructors are noted for. All approved printed materials have been developed by the National Guild of Hypnotists' Educational Division for use only by authorized instructors.
You will learn ---
Preliminary Suggestibility Tests - The purpose and types (authoritarian & permissive) are discussed and demonstrated. Participants practice each test.
Recognition and Classification of Subjects - An in-depth discussion of the qualification of subjects, including common fallacies we encounter, occupational susceptibility, age, and susceptibility of highly impressionable and emotional people.
Favorable & Unfavorable Influences & Dangers of Hypnosis - In this lesson, we discuss the influences of light and color, of temperature, of odors, of music and sound, of quiet, of ease and comfort, of physical conditions and the influence of emotions and its effect on inducing hypnosis. In addition, the dangers of hypnosis are revealed.
How to Hypnotize - A 3-step classical hypnotic induction procedure is introduced. Participants practice and are critiqued.
Methods of Awakening - Ordinary and gradual awakening methods are shown. Participants practice a self-hypnosis induction and awaken themselves.
Depth Stages of Hypnosis - Participants are introduced to the two general divisions (mnesic and amnesic) and the six depth stages of hypnosis. The criteria for judging trance depth and suggested sequence of tests to judge depth are discussed and illustrated.
Self-Hypnosis Training - Participants will learn the rationale for using self-hypnosis and how it can influence all phases of their lives. In addition, they will be introduced to the world of "suggestion," and learn six important criteria for formulating action suggestions.
Hypnotic Miscellany - Mechanical aids, Post hypnotic suggestion, Hypermnesia phenomena, Sensory hyperaesthesia, Deepening techniques. Topics such as negative word traps, unethical post-hypnotic suggestions are discussed. An introduction to anesthesia management takes place in this lesson.
Advanced Induction Techniques - The eight criteria necessary to perform an effective progressive relaxation induction. Instantaneous, indirect and waking hypnosis techniques are shown and practiced.
Your Hypnosis Practice - How Should It Be Structured - The varied possibilities and options open to create a profitable hypnosis practice are explored. This includes how to start, expand and market one's private clinical practice. The methodology and structure of developing a teaching practice, and marketing one's hypnosis programs to the corporate world.
This Hypnotherapy Certification Course is for career-minded individuals interested in helping themselves and others.
The program is designed to give participants a working understanding of hypnosis. All classes are practical and down-to-earth, concentrating heavily on the how-to-do-it aspects. Students are not simply taught all about hypnosis.
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 improve your results.
Upon completion of one hundred classroom hours, and assignments, participants will be eligible for examination leading to graduation as a Certified Hypnotist.. Our Certified Instructors teach you the proven success techniques necessary for today's stressful environment in this hands-on, intensive training. Enroll today!
To thoroughly prepare you for this important advancement in your career, you will study . . .
An overview of the field of Hypnosis, including Medical and Therapeutic uses, Personal Improvement, Educational uses, uses in Law Enforcement.
This therapy can be used successfully for a wide range of objectives, including the following at the South Shore Hypnosis Center:
Smoking Cessation
Weight Loss
Stress Reduction
Pain management
Insomnia
Memory
Habit Control
Public Speaking
Study and Concentration
Help with the bar exam
Help with the police exam
State police training and preparation
Learning a foreign language
Sports Performance
Improve your golf game
Weight lifting
Tournaments
Anxieties
Fear of flying
Interviews
Competition
About us
Patricia MacIsaac brings over 20 years of nursing experience to her very successful hypnosis practice.
She owns and operates South Shore Hypnosis Center in Hingham, Massachusetts.
She is also a frequent lecturer and facilitator of workshops and seminars and has been a guest speaker on radio and TV talk shows in the New England area.
Pat also holds a third degree in the Usui Shiki Ryoho REIKI method of natural healing.
Patricia is a certified instructor for the National Guild of Hypnotists, teaching both the basic and advanced courses.
She took the Hypnosis Certification Course to Louisville, Kentucky in August 1994, to certify a group of Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, and returned in April 1995, to teach the Advanced Certification Course.
Patricia is the recipient of the National Guild of Hypnotists' 1993 Meritorious Service Award. In December 1993, Pat's picture appeared on the cover of the Journal of Hypnotism, the quarterly publication of the National Guild of Hypnotists that is distributed internationally, and was featured in an interview in that edition.
Pat has been a speaker at the National Guild of Hypnotists' Convention & Educational Conferences for the last several years.
In February 1995, Max Magazine, the supplement to the Mariner newspapers, the major weekly newspapers south of Boston, did a full-page interview with Pat. Also in February 1995, a story about Patricia was on the front page of the Patriot Ledger, the major evening daily newspaper south of Boston.
In August 1995, Pat was named Instructor of the Year by the National Guild of Hypnotists.
In May 1997, Pat was nominated and awarded the Women Mean Business Award by the South Shore Women's Business Network.
In August 1998, Patricia was appointed to the National Guild of Hypnotists' Advisory Board.
Pat has been an Adjunct Faculty Member for many years, and was specifically asked to teach the Certification Course at the NGH Educational Conference by the NGH President, Dr. Dwight Damon, for the last nine years, including 2006.
In February 2005, Patricia became a Board Certified Hypnotist, having successfully passed her oral and written exams in Las Vegas, Nevada.
