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Hypnosis curriculum · 100 % online · diploma program
Hypnosis - Practitioner
Become a hypnosis practitioner: a remote training program to work independently on common well-being issues, with rigor and a mastered hypnotic language.
Hours, support and price
141 hTotal training time
4 hOf one-to-one video coaching, included
€1,200incl. tax, i.e. €100 per month over 12 months
Price subject to a pathway adjusted following the diagnostic interview.
What the price includes4 hours of one-to-one video coaching with your referent, to be scheduled freely across your program. This volume is the same for every learner on this program: it is not decided at the diagnostic. It comes with unlimited e-mail support - as many questions as you need on content, deliverables and method, answered within 72 working hours. If you want more video time, additional 4-hour packages (€300, i.e. +€25/month) can be added at any point.
The promise
What you'll actually be able to do.
By the end of this program, you conduct structured hypnotic sessions on common issues - stress, sleep, confidence, smoking, weight, pain in medical support.
You master the hypnotic intake interview, several types of inductions, the art of hypnotic language and the construction of ecological suggestions. You use metaphors and symbolic techniques, manage unexpected events and abreactions, and conduct the exit, debriefing and follow-up. You take your place in a demanding professional community.
- Conduct a structured hypnotic intake interview and psychoeducate the client.
- Master several inductions and safely deepen trance.
- Formulate ecological suggestions and build personalized metaphors.
- Conduct simple symbolic work safely.
- Conduct stress, sleep, confidence, smoking, weight and pain-management protocols in medical support.
- Manage unexpected events, abreactions and in-session safety.
- Conduct the exit, debriefing and follow-up of a session.
Prerequisites
What you need to start
Ideally, having completed the Synodeo Hypnosis - Technician program, or having your equivalence recognized during the positioning assessment. Real availability for hands-on practice: the program requires being able to conduct several client sessions during training. A capacity for introspection and personal commitment.
The program
A path built step by step.
01
Pre-hypnotic assessment and preparation
A good session starts well before the trance. You train in the hypnotic intake interview to turn a vague complaint into a workable goal, in psychoeducation, and in establishing a solid hypnotic alliance before the first induction.
02
Hypnotic language and inductions
The technical heart of the craft. You explore the principles of hypnotic language, several types of inductions (direct, progressive, rapid, Ericksonian) and deepening techniques, learning to select the induction based on the client's profile.
03
Suggestions, metaphors and symbols
Once trance is established, the work begins. You train in formulating ecological suggestions, in therapeutic metaphor and its structure, and in simple symbolic techniques - choosing between direct suggestion and symbolic work depending on the situation.
04
Protocols by issue
You put your toolkit to work on concrete issues: stress, sleep, self-esteem, smoking cessation, weight loss, and hypno-analgesia in medical support - within its framework, its limits, and in rigorous coordination with the caregiver.
05
Session management, exit and follow-up
A professional practice isn't limited to the moments when everything goes well. You train in handling unexpected events (abreactions, resistance), in an emergency exit protocol, in structured debriefing, in a compliant client file, and in organizing follow-up that consolidates progress.
Zoom in on the content
What you work on, module by module.
One example of method and one case-study excerpt per module - taken directly from the program's courses.
04
Pre-hypnotic assessment and preparation
Hypnosis-oriented intakePsychoeducationHypnotic alliance
Method in focus
The five components of the intake interview (present state, goal, indicators, blocks, resources) to turn a vague request into a measurable goal, without ever making a diagnosis on the client's behalf.
Case in focus
A client arrives with a simple "I'd like to feel better," with no named problem. The practitioner resists the urge to launch a relaxation session into the void and, step by step, helps clarify until reaching a concrete goal - restoring restorative sleep - placed on a progression scale.
05
Hypnotic language and inductions
Principles of hypnotic languageTypology of inductionsDeepening & depth
Method in focus
Shifting from directive language to permissive language: replacing the command with an invitation, the negation with an image, the assertion of a state not felt with a suggestion grounded in what is actually verifiable.
Case in focus
An induction script written in the imperative ("relax," "stop thinking about anything") produces the opposite of the intended effect. Rewritten in permissive, sensory language, it finally lets the client settle in without a struggle.
06
Suggestions, metaphors and symbols
Ecological suggestionTherapeutic metaphorSymbolic techniques
Method in focus
Choosing a metaphor by its structure, never by its displayed theme, then dressing it entirely in the client's sensory world - the same story changes depending on whether it unfolds in a henhouse or on a high mountain.
Case in focus
A classic metaphor on confidence, told as-is to a mountaineering enthusiast client after a professional setback, produces nothing. Rewritten with a mountaineering setting and a dynamic adjusted to his real situation, it revives his momentum within days, without him being explicitly aware of it.
07
Protocols by issue
Stress, sleep & confidenceSmoking & weightPain in medical support
Method in focus
Looking for the mechanism that maintains the symptom before repeating a protocol that isn't working - insomnia rarely resists for lack of relaxation, but often because of the very effort the person puts into trying to fall asleep.
Case in focus
Insomnia present for six months doesn't yield to two deep-relaxation sessions. By identifying the effort paradox and the bed conditioning, the practitioner shifts angle - removing the pressure to sleep rather than deepening it - and sleep returns within two months.
08
Session management, exit and follow-up
Unexpected events & abreactionsEmergency exitDebriefing & follow-up
Method in focus
Supporting an abreaction without panicking and without digging further: a steady voice, securing through breathing, a careful trance exit, then referral to a healthcare professional if what surfaces goes beyond well-being.
Case in focus
An ordinary relaxation session unexpectedly brings up an old, intense emotion in a client. The practitioner stays calm, supports the tears without interrupting or exploring them, carefully brings her back, then refers her to a psychotherapist for what lies beyond his scope.
Condensed, anonymized excerpts from the program's case studies - for teaching purposes, not transcripts of real sessions.
How it works
100 % remote, at your own pace - never alone.
The program takes place entirely online and adapts to your professional life: you have one year of access from enrollment to move forward at your own pace, supported at every step.
Personalized coaching
Your Synodeo mentor becomes your close-in supervisor: over video, they debrief your ongoing sessions, question your induction and suggestion choices. Four hours of video coaching are included in the program, alongside unlimited e-mail support.
The black book
The black book takes on its full scope here: you document complete sessions in it, from intake to follow-up, and the reflective analysis you draw from it structures your move to the professional level.
Lived practice
The Practitioner diploma isn't prepared in books: it's built session after session, with real people, under an outside eye that secures your progress.
Assessment
Validated by your practice, not by an exam.
Continuous validation
Your progress is checked continuously: self-corrected validation checkpoints after each major stage, case studies assessed with personalized feedback, and regular review of your black book - where your mentor pays particular attention to how you handle unexpected events and the solidity of your protocols.
Final validation
To conclude, you defend your black book and its accompanying reflective analysis over video, before a Synodeo mentor. The confidentiality of the people followed is rigorously preserved.
Diploma & certification
A proven diploma, solid recognition.
At the end of the program, Synodeo awards you its professional diploma. It doesn't certify attendance: it validates competencies actually demonstrated in your black book, tested in real client work and developed with your mentor.
This diploma is part of a dual-recognition model. On one hand, a professional certification backed by an external professional body, which situates your competencies against industry standards. On the other, a professional diploma awarded by Synodeo, which puts the school's own responsibility behind the quality of your training and assessment.
Synodeo designs its own curricula and trains with full pedagogical autonomy; professional recognition, meanwhile, rests on a third party external to the school. The same rigor runs from the first case study to the final defense.
The curriculum
This level in the program.
Practitioner is the professionalizing core of the curriculum: it's designed for Technicians moving up as well as for helping-profession practitioners who already hold the basics. Since each level is a stand-alone program with its own diploma, direct entry at Practitioner is possible when the positioning assessment recognizes an equivalence. Next comes Master Practitioner, which opens up advanced Ericksonian hypnosis, hypnoanalysis and the supervisor stance.
Frequently asked questions
What people often ask us.
Do I need to complete the Technician level before Practitioner?
It's the safest path, but not the only one. If you already have the fundamentals - prior training, supervised practice - the positioning assessment can recognize an equivalence and validate direct entry at this level. When in doubt, it settles the question: that's exactly its role, and it commits you to nothing.
Can you make a living from hypnosis?
Some practitioners do, yes - and nothing guarantees it to anyone. A helping-profession activity develops over time: getting established, consistency, network, the seriousness of your framework. This program gives you the professional gesture, the stance, and the credibility of documented practice; growing your activity is up to you. We'd rather tell you that than promise you a full schedule.
Does hypnosis work against stress or to quit smoking?
Clinical experience shows real effects on these issues - which is precisely why they form the core of this level - but these effects vary from person to person and situation to situation, and no honest practitioner guarantees a result. You learn to work each issue with a rigorous protocol, to set clear limits with the client, and to never oversell.
What do you do when the request goes beyond well-being?
You recognize it and you refer. Pain without medical advice, distress that belongs to care, a situation outside your scope: the program trains you to spot these boundaries - hypno-analgesia, for instance, is only practiced in support of existing medical follow-up - and to hand off cleanly, without abandoning the person.
Professional recognition
A programme recognised by the IACTM.
This programme is recognised by the International Association of Coaches, Therapists & Mentors (IACTM) under Synodeo's accredited-trainer status. Your diploma may carry the IACTM logo, and once you graduate you may apply in your own right for the corresponding IACTM accreditation: Therapist / Counsellor.
An accreditation qualifies a programme; it is not a State approval, and it is distinct from the certification of your competencies, which your Synodeo diploma attests. It situates the training against the shared standards of the profession.
This programme is also an IHA Approved Course (International Hypnosis Association): the IHA approves the course, and once qualified you may apply individually for your IHA certification (Certified Hypnotist / Hypnotherapist). The IHA logo attests to the course approval; in line with IHA rules, it does not appear on the Synodeo diploma itself.