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A solution-focused approach to gut-directed hypnotherapy

Do you work with clients who suffer from IBS, bloating, food fear, or stress-related digestive issues? Are you ready to confidently support gut health using an approach that’s both science-led and deeply client-centered?
Introducing: A solution-focused approach to gut-directed hypnotherapy
This brand-new CPD training combines the latest understanding of the gut-brain axis with the empowering techniques of solution-focused therapy - giving you a complete framework for supporting clients who feel stuck, disheartened, or let down by conventional gut treatments.
Whether you’re working with IBS, stress-related bloating, food-related anxiety, or emotional digestion patterns, this workshop shows you how to create lasting change using language, metaphor, and evidence-based gut-related hypnosis.
There's much more to it than just emptying the bucket.
In this CPD, you’ll learn how to:
- Explain gut-brain communication in a client-friendly way.
- Structure sessions using brief therapy, not symptom chasing.
- Use hypnotic metaphors, NLP language, and gut-focused imagery.
- Calm the nervous system and stimulate vagal tone through trance.
- Guide your clients to build trust in their bodies and themselves.
- Explore real-life client cases and the SFH protocol used.
- Alternatives to the Miracle Question.
You’ll receive:
- Full CPD manual (digital or printable option*).
- Three ready-to-use gut-directed hypnosis scripts.
- Metaphor bank, session templates, brain revision topics, psychoeducation tools, solution-focused reframing techniques and reflection tools.
- Certificate of completion (four CPD hours).
Perfect for:
- Hypnotherapists (SF-trained or not).
- Practitioners wanting to support or niche into IBS, digestive anxiety, or psychosomatic issues.
- Anyone wanting to expand their clinical toolkit with confidence.
Next available date: 30th April 2025
Book your place directly at hhctraining.co.uk - don't forget to include your professional membership to enable your discount!



John Lowson and Natalie Hardcastle head Halifax Hypnotherapy Clinic, empowering clients with solution focused hypnotherapy. As NCH lead trainers and senior SFTA lecturers, they mentor new therapists across Yorkshire, Humberside, and the North East. Their CPDs prove therapy needn’t be formulaic but can be innovative, inspiring, and transformative.
