Become a Certified Solution Focused Hypnotherapist

Learn modern Solution Focused Hypnotherapy with neuroscience, trance techniques, consultation skills and clinical tools.

What you’ll learn
• Confidently and effectively guide people into trance using Solution Focused Hypnotherapy techniques.
• Understand the difference between hypnosis, hypnotherapy, and Solution Focused approaches.
• Explain the brain in simple terms, including the neuroscience of trance, stress, and change.
• Help with anxiety, depression, OCD, IBS, phobias, weight management, smoking cessation, and more.
• Build strong rapport and adapt your approach to different client personalities.
• Deliver the initial consultation with confidence, including the brain explanation and support track.
• Gain the foundation to continue your training and build a career as a Solution Focused Hypnotherapist.
• Develop your own self-care routine as a practitioner using included hypnosis tracks.

Requirements
You don’t need any experience at all to join this course.
It’s perfect for complete beginners as well as anyone with a background in wellbeing or therapy who wants to learn more. All you really need is curiosity, an open mind, and a willingness to give the exercises a try. A notebook to jot down your thoughts and a pair of headphones for the hypnosis tracks will make the journey even more enjoyable.

Description
Study with Catherine Eland at the Award-Winning SFTA Hypnotherapy Training Academy

Accredited Certificate in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy Techniques

Learn the modern form of hypnotherapy that is now recognised and used within the NHS. This accredited online course introduces you to Solution Focused Hypnotherapy – a neuroscience-based approach that combines hypnosis with Solution Focused Brief Therapy.

Taught by Catherine Eland, experienced hypnotherapist, trainer, and founder of SFTA, this programme is built on the latest research in neuroscience and psychotherapy. Catherine holds advanced qualifications in hypnotherapy and psychotherapy and leads the APHP Award-Winning School of the Year 2025.

This course will give you a clear, structured understanding of how Solution Focused Hypnotherapy works in practice, from theory to real-world application. You’ll explore how trance affects the brain, how to structure therapy sessions, and how to work effectively with a wide range of conditions.

Our syllabus includes

• The SFTA Training Academy – who we are

• What is hypnosis and hypnotherapy?

• Foundations of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy

• The brain in trance

• The neuroscience of trance and the Default Mode Network

• Depth of trance and susceptibility

• Trance protocols and therapeutic metaphors

• Creating the clinical environment

• The initial consultation and how to deliver it

• The clinic support track (relaxation audio)

• Building rapport and therapeutic connection

• The structure of a typical therapy session

• Clinical applications including

• Anxiety and depression

• OCD and IBS

• Stop smoking

• Weight management

• Phobias (rewind and reframe)

• Pain relief and the biopsychosocial model

• New behaviour generator for skills and confidence

• Mindful hypnotherapy

• Addictions

By the end of this course, you will understand both the theory and practice of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy. You’ll have the tools to create safe, effective trance sessions, explain the science of change to clients, and apply techniques to a wide variety of conditions.

On successful completion of your assessment, you will receive the Accredited Certificate in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy Techniques from the award-winning Solution Focused Training Academy (SFTA).

This is the modern, evidence-based form of hypnotherapy now being recognised in NHS pathways – practical, professional, and focused on solutions.

Who this course is for
This course is open to anyone with a curiosity about hypnosis and hypnotherapy and a desire to understand how it really works. You don’t need any prior knowledge — just an interest in learning more about your own mind and the fascinating ways thoughts, behaviours, and emotions are connected.
Whether you’re drawn to the neuroscience of trance, want practical self-help tools for yourself, friends, or family, or are exploring the idea of a future career in hypnotherapy, you’ll feel right at home here. Therapists, coaches, and wellbeing practitioners will also find fresh, solution focused techniques to add to their toolkit. Alongside this, you’ll be able to experience hypnosis tracks for relaxation, stress relief, and self-care, making your own wellbeing part of the journey. If you enjoy psychology, neuroscience, and practical approaches to positive change, this course is a safe and welcoming place to start.