Stephen Brooks and the Art of Compassionate Ericksonian Hypnotherapy

One year live streaming Practitioner Diploma in Compassionate Ericksonian Hypnotherapy

Starting 1st November 2025

All lessons, therapy demonstrations and Zoom sessions taught personally by Stephen Brooks.

Pay in 10 monthly instalments while you study – Book now!

Recognised by the world’s leading experts in Ericksonian Hypnosis

Dr Ernest Rossi – author with Milton H Erickson of The Collected Papers of Milton H Erickson:

“Wow, if it’s possible to condense the evolution of psychotherapy over this century and Milton H Erickson’s legacy with clarity, simplicity and compassion, Stephen Brooks and the art of Compassionate Ericksonian Hypnotherapy surely sets the highest standard”

Bill O’Hanlon – author of  The Complete Clinical Work of Milton H. Erickson:

“Stephen Brooks not only knows how to do effective Ericksonian Hypnosis he knows how to teach others how to do it.”

Format: A practical skill based clinical training taught through weekly online study, live streaming presentations, lectures, therapy demonstrations, and interactive student exercises allowing you to qualify and practice as a hypnotherapist.

What We Offer

  • Entire course taught personally by Stephen Brooks

  • 3 hour interactive Zoom sessions with Stephen each week.

  • All Zoom sessions recorded and available 24/7

  • Flexible student led practice sessions on Zoom.

  • Integrated mixed media learning covering all lessons.

  • 120 + engaging on-demand short-form lecture videos.

  • Live online therapy skills demonstrations each week with Stephen.

  • Interactive quizzes for every lesson unit.

  • Ongoing weekly assessment of your understanding of the curriculum with feedback.

  • Interactive weekly forums for each lesson.

  • In-depth analysis of full therapy session videos with real clients in hospitals and universities from Stephen’s work over the past 40 years.

  • Access to your personal grades throughout the course.

  • Flexible study format, log in at any time, pause study and return later with the option to finish early or extend over three years.

  • Access to the entire curriculum at any time.

  • Ongoing support from past students who continue to log in and help each other.

  • Highly motivated group and individual learning.

  • End of course final assessment and Diploma award.

  • Guidance on extra-curriculum training.

  • After-graduation continued access to all course material, interactive content and live Zoom sessions.

  • And last but not least, join an amazing community of past and present students all committed to Ericksonian Hypnotherapy.

 

Stephen Brooks

Your trainer is Stephen Brooks. Over the past 40 years Stephen has become one of the most respected hypnotherapists in the world, well known for his insight, compassion and relaxed conversational way of helping people overcome challenging problems. He has taught many of the biggest names in hypnotherapy today and his courses are at the cutting edge of hypnosis training. He is subject the new acclaimed book on Ericksonian Hypnosis. All course lessons,  therapy demonstrations and Zoom sessions are taught personally by Stephen Brooks.

The British Hypnosis Research and Training Institute

British Hypnosis Research has been qualifying students as Practitioners of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy since 1979 and is one of the most respected and trusted hypnotherapy training organisation in the world. Our courses have been running for more than 40 years in over 23 hospitals and universities throughout the UK and in Canada, Ireland, France, Spain, Belgium, Thailand and Japan. In 2008 we created the first ever one year online Practitioner Diploma training in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, and to date we have trained over 6000 students, including many of the leading figures in the field such as internationally known hypnosis trainers and authors.

We have created hypnotherapy training materials in association with the University of Sussex and the British Library and our courses are recognised by the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council of Great Britain. BHR continues to push back the boundaries of hypnotherapy training with our latest Practitioner Diploma taught in live streaming format on Zoom combined with weekly online home study.

What You Will Achieve

This course will train you to be a hypnotherapist. By the end of the course you will be able to guide people into trance naturally and easily, and help them access resourceful states of consciousness needed to solve problems in a compassionate and caring way. You will have learnt and applied the Ericksonian therapy techniques and skills required to successfully treat clients presenting a wide range of psychological problems.

You will have developed a profound understanding of the many therapy techniques and skills taught on the course, enabling you to create your own unique techniques and therapeutic interventions and be able to do this indirectly in a way that makes others feel they’re responsible for their changes.

  • EARN A RECOGNISED PRACTITIONER DIPLOMA IN COMPASSIONATE ERICKSONIAN HYPNOTHERAPY

  • PRACTICAL LIVE STREAMING INTERACTIVE TRAINING TAUGHT BY STEPHEN BROOKS ON ZOOM IN EUROPEAN AND USA TIME ZONES

  • INCLUDING ONE YEAR ONLINE HOME STUDY PROGRAMME

  • FLEXIBLE PAYMENT OPTIONS

  • PAY WITH TEN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for practicing hypnotherapists and students wishing to qualify as hypnotherapists and be registered to offer hypnotherapy to clients / patients.

How much time do I have to commit to the course?

The course is designed to be as flexible as possible, and if you need to take time out, you can return any time you wish, and even still log in after you graduate. All Sunday Zoom sessions are recorded and available the following day. They are designed to support the study you do in your own time online, where you have a comprehensive syllabus available 24/7. We also have student led Zoom practice sessions during the week for students who cannot make the Sunday sessions. The course runs for one year, but you have three years to complete it if needed. Most students commit to about 3 hours online academic course study a week. Your assessment is weekly and based on quiz results and forum contributions for each lesson. You have access to your grades at any time. 

Every Zoom Session Will Include:

  • Presentations of Ericksonian principles, techniques and language patterns for trance induction and therapy.

  • Live demonstrations of the compassionate application of hypnotherapy on Zoom

  • Short and playful exercises to practice specific skills in Zoom groups

  • Brainstorming sessions to generate new ideas, pathways and possibilities

  • Structured exercises to practice hypnotic inductions, create language patterns, induce hypnotic phenomena and apply therapy techniques

  • Integrative exercises to practice full compassion based hypnotherapy sessions

  • If you cannot attend the Zoom sessions you can view them anytime afterwards as they are recorded.

The Problems You Will Be Able To Treat

This course will teach you to treat a wide range of issues including:

  • Anxiety disorders

  • Complex eating disorders

  • Psychosomatic symptoms

  • Substance abuse

  • Smoking

  • Weigh loss

  • Lack of confidence

  • Phobias

  • Depression

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

  • Insomnia

  • Marital and Relationship problems

  • Sexual dysfunction

  • Pain

  • Thumb Sucking

  • Nail Biting

  • Bed Wetting

  • Plus many more…

View Our Extensive Syllabus

Click here to see the techniques you will learn on this course

Results

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Establish deep rapport creating an atmosphere of safety and trust

  • Guide people in and out of hypnotic trance easily and naturally

  • Acquire high quality information in a safe, respectful and effective way

  • Create hypnotic phenomena and hypnotic states for therapy

  • Utilise hypnotic states to create profound change in clients

  • Use advanced hypnotic language to resolve problems in any therapeutic field

  • Use indirect hypnotic language to induce and deepen trance in hypnotic and non-hypnotic contexts

  • Utilise anyone’s personality to help them access trance and resources for problem solving

  • Access your own resources for problem solving

  • Unleash your unconscious potential and wisdom

Accreditation

Our course is accredited by the Association for Professional Hypnosis & Psychotherapy and the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council. You can apply for Practitioner Membership of both or either after graduating from the course. After two years in practice your status with the GHSC can be upgraded to Advance Practitioner.

 

Dates

  • Format: A skill based training taught through weekly online study, live streaming presentations, therapy demonstrations, and student exercises.

  • Duration: Ongoing one year online home study programme with weekly 3 hour Zoom courses held on the first three Sundays of each month.

  • Home Study Course Times:  Continuous ongoing 24/7 access all year.

  • Zoom Course Times:

    • UK: Sunday afternoons 2.00pm. 

    • Europe: Sunday afternoons.

    • USA (EST): Sunday morning/afternoon.

    • USA (PT): Sunday morning.

    • Australia: Sunday evening.

    • There are no Zoom courses during the August and December holidays.

  • If you are unable to attend the live Zoom sessions:  No problem, they are recorded and available the next day throughout the course. You can also join the Zoom exercise sessions run by the student’s themselves in your own time zone. 

Course Fee and Enrollment

Accredited Practitioner Diploma in Compassionate Ericksonian Hypnotherapy

Starting 1st November 2025

Your Investment

Pay £1975.00 today

or 10 payments of £219.75 a month

 

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