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Free Introductory Mini-Course
Get our 4-part video series to discover how clinical hypnosis works and can be used to improve patient outcomes and enhance trauma treatment. Plus, you’ll get to experience a little hypnosis yourself!
Get our
Free Introductory Mini-Course
Get our 4-part video series to discover how clinical hypnosis works and can be used to improve patient outcomes and enhance trauma treatment. Plus, you’ll get to experience a little hypnosis yourself!
Why learn trauma-informed hypnotherapy?
Hypnosis is a state of relaxed, focused concentration that anyone can learn to access. When we are in a hypnosis state, we not only feel calmer, but we are better able to integrate information from both the logical and emotional regions of the brain.
This improved brain connectivity allows us to grasp new perspectives, influence the nervous system, and change the way we feel, think, and react more easily.
In fact, clinical researchers have reported that hypnosis enhances the effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy by as much as 66-70% so patients get better results in shorter periods of time. (See Ramondo, Gignac, Pestell, and Byre, 2021)
Clients usually enjoy clinical hypnosis because it’s a pleasant experience and gives them a tool they can use to ease pain, calm anxiety, manage cravings and boost motivation. Rather than leave sessions feeling drained, clients will leave your sessions feeling relaxed and uplifted. Whether you are new to hypnosis or have had prior hypnosis training, we’ll teach you how to harness the power of clinical hypnosis to transform patient outcomes.
Trauma-Informed
We teach you how to safely adapt hypnosis for clients who’ve experienced trauma, so they don’t experience flashbacks or negative abreactions.
Evidence Based
There is nothing “woo-woo” about what we’re teaching you. Our strategies are evidence-based and informed by clinical research. We explain how each technique works and how to adapt it for your client’s needs. No fast-talking gimmicks or guru culture here!
Designed to Fit Your Schedule
Our virtual trainings combine short, online instructional videos you can watch at your own pace with live weekly webinars and practice sessions. No need to give up weekends or full workdays to get training.
Personalized & Experiential
Each week you’ll get to practice hypnosis skills in small groups of two to three peers with guidance from Courtney and our supportive coaches. Our clinicians say these practice sessions were not only fun but gave them the confidence to begin using their hypnosis skills immediately.
Proven Results
In pilot-testing our virtual training with over 150 clinicians at the U. S. Veterans Administration, 95% of course graduates reported they acquired new tools they could use immediately, felt more confident using hypnosis, and experienced positive outcomes with clients.
What People Are Saying
About Us
The Institute for Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy (ITIH) is a training organization committed to teaching healthcare professionals clinical hypnosis interventions that are evidence-based, trauma informed, and empower clients to reclaim strength, wisdom, and resilience.
Courtney Armstrong, LPC is the Founder and President of ITIH and a member of the American Society of Clincial Hypnosis. In practice for over 20 years, she specializes in grief and trauma recovery and has studied clinical hypnosis under such masters as Bill O’Hanlon, Michael Yapko, and Jon Connelly.
Known for her warm and engaging teaching style, she has trained thousands of mental health professionals nationally and internationally and has developed successful training courses for organizations such as PESI and the Veterans Health Administration.
Courtney also enjoys writing about the integration of clinical hypnosis with other therapeutic approaches and is the author of Transforming Traumatic Grief, The Therapeutic “Aha!”, and Rethinking Trauma Treatment: Attachment, Memory Reconsolidation, and Resilience which was the #1 new release in neuropsychology on Amazon.com in 2019.
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Get our 4-part video series to discover how clinical hypnosis works and can be used to improve patient outcomes and enhance trauma treatment. Plus, you’ll get to experience a little hypnosis yourself!