Module Descriptors
HYPNOSIS: PERSONALITY TYPES AND EFFECT ON TREATMENT
XCPD60450
Key Facts
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
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Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 25
Independent Study Hours: 125
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Students who are registered members, or are working towards appropriate clinical professional membership, so that they can become members of BSCAH (British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis).
Module Texts
Corydon Hammond, D (1990) Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors,
UK, WW Norton Company Limited, ISBN:10-09370095X
Rosen, S (1991) My voice will go with you: the teaching tales of Milton H, Erickson, UK, WW Norton Company Limited, ISBN 0-393-30135-4
Yapko (2004) Trancework, An Introduction to the Practice of Clinical Hypnosis, UK, Brunner-Routledge, ISBN: 041593598X
Simmons, D, Potter, C, Temple G (2007) Hypnosis and Communication in Dental Practice, UK, Quintessence Publishing Co. Limited, ISBN 10 1850971161
Module Resources
Library and Information Services
Internet
PC and printer
CD- ROM and databases for electronic literature searching
Course Materials
Module Learning Strategies
Contact Hours:
20% Interactive Lectures
20% Group/Individual activities/reflection
10% Feedback from activities

Independent Learning:
10% Self Analysis
20% Reading and Reflection
20% Writing Assignment.
Module Additional Assessment Details
A critical reflective essay focusing on a consultation with a client from the student's area of professional practice focusing on a hypnotherapeutic intervention. (Learning outcomes 1,2 and 3)

Formative Assessment:
Formative assessment will involve group discussion, seminar involvement and the use of tutorials to clarify, explore and critically discuss the focus of the reflective essay, use of personal log book or including the reflective diary.
Module Indicative Content
This module will develop the student's knowledge and understanding of a range of personality types, the measurement of hypnotisability and its connection to personality and the importance of personalities for rapport and implications for treatment.

The indicative content will include:

Measurement of hypnotisability and its connection to personality
Building Rapport and the use of suggestion
Hypnosis in the use of pain.
Hypnosis for smoking and over-eating
The use of guided imagery
Reframing
The use of therapeutic metaphor and story-telling