Think of this course
as a learning vacation! Located on Crown Land on a farm this course
takes place in a beautiful log home far away from the traffic and noise
of the city. Please click
here for pictures.
Driving, Chase, BC is about 1 hour from Salmon Arm, 2 hours from Kamloops
and 5 hours from Vancouver. Camping onsite, in house accommodation and
meals are available. Please inquire.
The complete course is
divided up into 5 sections. Hypnotherapy 1,2,3,Practicum
and Counseling Skills. In this particular course we will be offering
Hypnotherapy 1,2,and 3 onsite and the balance of the course by correspondence.
If a student has previous training in a particular area that is equivalent
to part of our training then he or she can apply for an exemption for
the corresponding section.
OVERVIEW
This 285 hour course
takes place onsite as well as offsite.The recommended time to finish the course is 6 months to 1 year, part time. The onsite portion of this course
occurs over 6 of 7 days.There is no class on the middle day to give students a break due to the experiential nature of the course. The onsite sessions will have a strong focus on
basic and advanced hypnosis techniques , counseling skills and other
complementary approaches. There is a focus on the works of Dr.
Milton Erickson as well as a strong practical component.
The offsite portion of the course begins when the student receives the course materials which consist of :
- 37 page course manual
- 70 page Video Manual
- 4 DVD's (45 hours of Video)
- Counselling textbook and workbook (purchased separately)
- Therapeutic Trances textbook (purchased separately)
Typically, materials are sent out before the onsite portion begins giving the student an opportunity to start the course when the materials are received.
The student continues working with those materials throughout the
onsite portion and after until he/she completes all of the assignments including a Practicum and submits them for review.
Upon successful completion of the assignments the student receives a certificate from The Orca Institute as a "Resident Hypnotherapist" and upon joining the "International Association of Counseling Hypnotherapists" receives a certificate from the association as as a "Resident Hypnotherapist". The Orca Institute is also an approved school with the American Board of Hypnotherapy and is registered with the PCTIA (Private Career Training Institutions Agency of BC.
Who
should attend?
The intent of
this course is to provide the student with the hypnotherapy and counseling
skills necessary to be in private practice or as complement to an existing
practice in the health care field. It is very experientially oriented
and includes a broad spectrum of therapeutic approaches. It is well suited for anyone in the complemantary Health Field or for individuals who would like to start a new career. There are no academic pre-requisites for this course as it starts from basic Counselling and Hypnotherapy skills.