HypnoSomnia: hypnotherapy training for sleep issues

50% discount for Hypnotherapy Directory members, bringing the course fee to £149.50

Are you ready to help clients overcome one of the most common yet debilitating challenges they face? Sleep difficulties affect millions, and there are many different reasons why people can't sleep – from racing thoughts and physical tension to trauma responses, hormonal changes, chronic pain, sleep phase disorders, and deeply ingrained patterns of hypervigilance.

HypnoSomnia equips you with specialised skills to address this wide spectrum of sleep disorders, insomnia, and sleep-related challenges through evidence-based hypnotherapeutic techniques.

Course structure

HypnoSomnia Practitioner Course is structured to provide a flexible and comprehensive learning experience for hypnotherapists. You’ll have a choice of attending a live workshop or accessing a self-paced online course. This is delivered through a combination of video lectures and downloadable resources, including scripts, resources and practitioner guides.

The course is divided into clear, self-paced modules. These modules cover the foundation of the HypnoSomnia Practitioner Course, client management strategies, and marketing your services. With lifetime access to materials, interactive assignments, and certification upon completion, the course ensures you gain the knowledge and confidence to effectively return to the materials as you work with your clients. 

What you'll learn

Core sleep science and psychology

• Understanding sleep cycles, circadian rhythms, and sleep architecture.
• Identifying underlying causes of sleep disturbances.
• Recognising the connection between stress, anxiety, and sleep quality.
• Specialised hypnotherapy techniques.
• Sleep tools and practical interventions for immediate relief.
• Psychoeducation approaches to help clients understand their sleep patterns.
• Directed dreaming techniques for therapeutic sleep experiences.
• Controlled dissociation methods for releasing bedtime hypervigilance.
• CBT restructuring integrated with hypnotic states.
• Cognitive restructuring for racing thoughts and bedtime anxiety.
• Somatic approaches to release physical tension and hypervigilance.
• Advanced visualisation techniques for creating optimal sleep environments.

Client-centred protocols

• Comprehensive intake processes for sleep-related issues.
• Tailored session structures for different sleep challenges.
• Home practice recordings and sleep hygiene integration.
• Follow-up strategies to maintain long-term sleep improvements.

Who this training serves

• Qualified hypnotherapists seeking specialisation in sleep therapy.
• Healthcare professionals wanting to integrate hypnotic techniques.
• Therapists and coaches looking to expand their toolkit for anxious clients.
• Practitioners who want to offer high-value, in-demand services.

Complete module structure

Welcome and Introduction

• Certification, assignments and course navigation
• Welcome to HypnoSomnia: mastering the art of sleep hypnosis
• Course modules and structure: what to expect
• About Academy of the Inner Mind

Understanding sleep

• Overview
• Circadian rhythms
• Types of sleep disorders
• Checking physical causes
• What is Insomnia?

Managing client expectations

• Your "average" client
• Managing client expectations

Clean sleep and practical measures

• Overview
• Discussing clean sleep with your clients
• Napping

Hypnotherapeutic approaches to sleep

• What the research shows
• Hypnotherapeutic approaches that help
• Progressive muscle relaxation
• Cognitive restructuring under hypnosis
• Metaphorical storytelling
• Imagery rehearsal therapy for nightmares
• Hypnotic suggestions for sleep continuity and depth
• Circadian rhythm adaptation techniques
• Mindfulness-based sleep approaches
• Breaking the sleep: pain cycle
• Lucid dreaming
• Self-hypnosis
• Post-hypnotic suggestion
• Establishing a safe place
• Recordings

Marketing and business development

• Website information
• Logo
• Spreading the word

Includes extensive practitioner scripts and resources, and client resources and handouts.

Our training programmes are meticulously crafted to provide cutting-edge knowledge and practical skills that address the evolving needs of your clients. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or just starting your journey, the Academy's courses are designed to ensure you stay ahead in the field of hypnotherapy.

You will receive everything you need to work confidently with your clients, including scripts, client handouts, resources, practitioner guides and a certificate which is externally accredited by the ACCPH and counts for 8 hours CPD.

Your course includes: HypnoSomnia logo, client scripts, resources, website content, practitioner guides and certification, which equates to 8 hours CPD, externally accredited by the ACCPH.

For more information or to book a place, please email info@academyinnermind.co.uk