About this course
Year 1 · CWW curriculum · Course ID CWW-06
In this course you will plan an inclusive, supervised group hypnosis learning session with clear participation choices.
CWW curriculum overview · My Progress
Before you begin
Complete the entry orientation and supervisor agreement, and study the units in order. Your Year 1 demonstration must be approved before you advance to Year 2. If you have equivalent prior learning, your Shihan will document the decision. Completing this course does not establish external professional registration; external credentials and legal authority are verified separately.
What you’ll learn
1. Group agreement
Group facilitation needs a shared purpose and individual consent. Offer observation as a valid participation option and make leaving or pausing simple. Explain that the facilitator can ask for confidentiality but cannot guarantee what other attendees will do. State who is supervising and how participants can get help privately.
- Facilitate group hypnosis using rapport-building and intention-setting.
- Uphold ethical standards and client safety in all sessions.
Practice activity: Design a group welcome that includes an opt-out and a private support route.
2. Structure and observation
Use a Shihan-selected, low-intensity learning demonstration. Rapid and deep inductions are taught by the Shihan and are not for unsupervised practice. Plan the setting, accessibility, opening, approved activity, reorientation and check-out. Include a co-facilitator whose role is to notice and respond to requests for support.
- Apply deep trance induction techniques (progressive, rapid, impromptu).
- Explain the neuroscience of trance and suggestibility.
- Use direct, indirect, and metaphorical hypnotic language.
- Structure sessions for outcome-based, measurable change.
Practice activity: Allocate facilitator and observer roles in a fictional small-group plan.
3. Responding to difference
People respond differently; do not make compliance or depth a competition. If someone is uncomfortable, pause and follow the supervisor’s support procedure. Collect optional, nonidentifying feedback about clarity, choice and comfort. Use that feedback to revise the session plan.
- Troubleshoot resistance and adapt to group/individual needs.
- Incorporate creative and virtual hypnosis methods.
Practice activity: Walk through a scenario in which one participant wants to leave halfway through.
Study resources
The unit notes above and the lessons below are your study guide. Your Shihan can arrange access to the original Group & Deep Trance Hypnosis syllabus and any separately licensed readings. Paid external books or courses are not included automatically, and practical demonstrations are arranged with your Shihan.
Next step: work through the lessons below in order, then complete the assignment at the end of the curriculum.