Advanced Practice: Regression Techniques

Doctor of Clinical Hypnotherapy Program

DCH 809

Breyer State University

Professor: Elgin Gossalter, BA, PGDip, Ph.D., ND(C)

Syllabus

COURSE OVERVIEW: Greetings and Welcome! “Advanced Practice: Regression Techniques” is a Doctorate Level course in the curriculum for the Doctor of Clinical Hypnotherapy Degree.  It will be a pleasure and an honor to instruct you in this course which will represent an important foundation for your studies in the doctorate program.

This course will provide you with a sound knowledge of present and past life regression therapies which is fundamental for any professional in the field of hypnotherapy. Present and past life regression (PLR) techniques use a specific vision of the patient since they endeavor to project him beyond his physical, organic and immediate reality with the purpose of better understanding the interconnection of various human dimensions.

In Western cultures, PLR is a relatively new therapeutic approach with a transpersonal orientation; it considers the spiritual dimension of man a legitimate necessity for the improvement of his self-knowledge and the understanding of his disturbances, by using memory regression. In regression therapy, the individual reaches a state of amplified consciousness during which he/she accesses, remembers and relives sub-conscious content of his/her past experiences, which may either correspond to reality or be symbolically modified.

Whether we really regress to past lives, whether relived memories are just a way of attention seeking, whether we are accessing information stored in DNA, whether we are having hallucinations nobody can ascertain, there are many explanations for past life memories. With a deeper understanding of quantum physics, old paradigms have certainly started do disappear and opened fascinating spaces for the wildest speculations. What, however, really matters, is that as a trained hypnotherapist, you will be able to help your patient if you diagnose blocked emotional contents.
I am convinced that you will find this course very helpful in your everyday life as a clinical hypnotherapist, considering that PLR is a thriving practice and that the techniques and the knowledge revealed within the three books you are going to study will give you much valuable advice for the optimized use of PLR skills that any hypnotherapist should master. I would like to encourage you to explore the course books in depth, underline the important concepts and eventually discover your own favorite techniques in the interaction with your patients. You will see that the knowledge gained in this course will be worthwhile; I have no doubt about this. I am pleased to have you in this course and will endeavor to be available and of assistance whenever you need me for any questions you may have. I would like our interaction to be an open, pleasant and profitable one.

TIME FRAME: “Advanced Practice: Regression Techniques” is a four-semester hour course and it is allotted 15 weeks of time. For the successful completion of the course, all requirements will have to be met by the end of the tenth week.  The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your textbooks have arrived and you are ready to begin your studies.  Please be cognizant of the time frame and organize your time well. Though this may vary from person to person, on average, a daily dedication of two to three hours of concentrated academic work are necessary to gather the knowledge necessary for the adequate study of the material and personal research and reflection on the subject. Only on rare occasions extensions of time are permitted and this will not be the case unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded four semester hours of credit.

TEXTBOOKS: There are two (2) required textbooks for this course:

Book 1: Mary Lee LaBay: Past Life Regression: A Guide for Practitioners, Publisher: Trafford Publishing (July 6, 2006), ISBN-10: 1412012783, ISBN-13: 978-1412012782

Book 2: Randal Churchill: Regression Hypnotherapy: Transcripts of Transformation, v.1, Publisher: Transforming Press (March 1, 2002), ISBN-10: 0965621812, ISBN-13: 978-0965621816

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EXAMINATIONS: There are two examinations for this course, a mid-term exam and a final exam.  The mid-term exam covers the material in the first book: “Past Life Regression: A Guide for Practitioners”. The final exam covers the material in the second book, “Regression Hypnotherapy: Transcripts of Transformation, v.1”

The mid-term examination must be taken by the end of the 7th week in the course.

The final examination must be taken by the end of the 15th week in the course.

Both exams are programmed and are located in the classroom. The examinations are “open book”, yet demand a thorough knowledge of the material covered. They are either composed of an essay or of the objective type. You will have 4h (four hours) to complete your exam, once you access it from the classroom.  To access the exam, please follow the detailed instructions given in the “assignment” section of the DCH 809 in the classroom.

GRADING: The grading modalities and scale for this course are as follows:

Assignments 2 and 4: 10% and 3: 15% of the final score each (35%)

Midterm exam: 30% of the final score (30%)

Final exam: 30% of the final exam (35%) 

90-100 %    =    A
80-89 %      =    B
70-79 %      =    C
Below 70% =    Fail

Before submitting any document, please make sure to check your work for possible spelling and/or grammar mistakes since at doctorate level, it is expected of you to use a correct, coherent and academically well adapted language style.

Also, please keep in mind that plagiarism of any kind is unacceptable! Whenever you use some author’s intellectual property, copyrighted or not, do not omit to adequately quote the source; no exceptions!

The non-respect of this item would count against you.

COMMUNICATION: Please feel free and at ease to communicate with me whenever you feel my advice or opinion could be helpful. I am available as a teacher, coach, and mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for this course.  Primarily, communication is through email. I will usually be answering your e-mails within 1 to 3 business days. However, I am also available for conversation by telephone or can meet with you one-on-one in the chat room at your request.  Please keep my email address handy so that you can contact me at chc@pdh.com.br. If at any time during this course you change your email address, please be sure to notify me right away.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Having said all this let me introduce myself. I am Elgin Gossalter, BA, PGDip, Ph.D., ND (C). I started my academic education reading psychology at Oxford, then moved to Paris, where I specialized in applied foreign languages and co-owned and managed 3 language schools for over 10 years. In the early nineties, I left Europe and went to live in Brazil; one of the purposes being the discovery of the wealth of natural healing methods existing in the South American continent. Here I also formalized my acquired knowledge with two Postgraduate Diplomas, one in Methodology and Research and the other in Parapsychology and Mental Sciences. I then concluded my Ph.D. in Clinical Hypnotherapy, and now devote my study time to finishing my second doctorate, this one in the field of Naturopathy (ND) while continuing professionally active, both in my private hypnotherapy practice and in language tuition.

My special interests of research lie in the Mind-Body relation and neuroscience in general. This year my first book, “An ABC of Pain” will be published. Apart from detailing pain pathways and pain physiology, the book repeatedly highlights the necessity of an integrative approach to medicine and, for that matter, all human ailments.

During my 30 years of experience in teaching, I have always loved my rich and challenging interactions with my students. I shall be happy to be there for you with the intent of making the learning experience unique and unforgettable.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: In this course you will be learning about and studying:

1. The relevance of regression to the field of hypnotherapy
2. Why explore past lives in counseling
3. Uses of regression for non-traumatic experiences
4. Uses of regression for traumatic experiences
5. Recovering memories
6. False memories, real memories and filters
7. The concepts of time
8. Modes of experience
9. Hypnotic dream-work as regression
10. The brain in Hypnosis
11. The matters of the mind
12. The scientific method and beyond

INFORMATION: If you have any questions regarding this program, you may address them to admassistant@breyerstate.com. An administrative faculty member will respond to all questions.

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