Hypno-Oncology: Hypnotic Interventions for the Cancer Journey. Certification MasterClass

An introduction to cancer formation, grading and staging, along with the treatments employed with potential side effects. Review of ethical and legal issues involved with working with cancer patients. Overview of the most likely issues to be worked with. Teaching of hypnotic techniques and approaches employed to work with cancer patients successfully. Overview of supplied scripts and approaches augmented with numerous case studies, demonstrations and best practice tips.

Introduction, learning outcomes and current research
Legal situations and ethics
Advantages to using hypnosis with cancer patients
Initial fast interventions – discussion and demonstration
Overview of cancer, formation, development, grading, staging and differentiation
Fast intervention sub modality demonstration
Case history

The most common issues cancer patients require hypnosis for
Sessions and approaches
Communication skills with patients and medical staff
The importance of congruency and beliefs
Case histories
The importance of the pre talk including demonstration
Demonstration of authoritarian parts / ego state hybrid technique

Review of authoritarian parts technique and troubleshooting
Overview of cancer treatments
Potential treatment side effects
Case histories – thinking outside the box
Introduction to pain
Overview of five pain control approaches
Review of pain control scripts
Demonstration of sub modality pain control technique

Inductions, deepeners and contraindications
Review of thirteen supplied cancer journey related scripts
First cancer session – dealing with emotions
Demonstration of shimmering barrier pain reduction technique
Presurgical hypnosis approach and empirical evidence
Palliative care
Introduction to psychoneuroimmunology in relation to cancer, review of the empirical evidence
Best practice tips
Further education and research

With over 15 years’ experience as a full-time hypnotherapist, Garry is one of a small number in the UK to hold an MSc in Clinical Hypnotherapy, for which he carried out research into the effects of presurgical hypnosis on the recovery quality in breast cancer operations.

Garry is contracted to a major NHS hospital for oncology-based hypnotherapeutic work, where he consults on a regular basis, in addition to practicing from within a local GP surgery.