CPD Event title: A Solution Focused Approach to Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy
Brief Description Of Event:
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-centred?
🌿 Introducing:
A Solution-Focused Approach to Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy
This brand-new APHP accredited CPD workshop combines the latest understanding of the gut-brain axis with the empowering techniques of Solution Focused Brief 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 hypnosis.
Learning Objectives:
✅ 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 body and themselves
- Look and 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*)
✔️ 3 ready-to-use gut-directed hypnosis scripts
✔️ Metaphor bank, Session templates, Brain revision cards, Psychoeducation tools, Solution Focused reframing techniques & reflection tools.
✔️ Certificate of Completion (4 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
Course Structure: 10am – 2.00pm
Date of event: July 30 2025, 10am start
Duration of Event: 1 day
Venue for event: Zoom
Name of trainer: John Lowson (Halifax Hypnotherapy Clinic)
HPD DSFH MNCH acc SF SUP (HYP)
Natalie Hardcastle (Halifax Hypnotherapy Clinic)
LLB Hons D Hyp HPD SFHD MNCH acc
Tel bookings: 01422 861989
Email bookings: john@halifaxhypnotherapy.co.uk
Website: www.hhctraining.uk
Maximum number of participants:
Cost of Course: £90
Cost for NCH members: £81
How to claim discount: Quote NCH Membership Number on application
Additional information/requirements: ⏰ Limited spaces – early booking recommended!
John Lowson and Natalie Hardcastle are the driving forces behind Halifax Hypnotherapy Clinic, where they combine extensive clinical experience with a genuine passion for personal transformation. With years of hands-on work helping clients overcome anxiety, stress, and other challenges, their approach is firmly rooted in the power of solution focused hypnotherapy. Their goal is always to empower individuals to take positive steps forward, using practical techniques supported by neuroscience and evidence-based methods.
As lead trainers for the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH) and senior lecturers for the Solution Focused Therapy Association (SFTA), John and Natalie proudly educate and mentor the next generation of solution focused hypnotherapists across Yorkshire, Humberside, and the Northeast. Their commitment to high-quality training ensures each new therapist gains not only the knowledge and skills needed for success, but also the confidence to deliver truly life-changing results for clients.
In addition, John and Natalie regularly run inspiring and engaging CPD workshops—dynamic sessions that challenge the notion that solution focused hypnotherapy must be formulaic or predictable. Their workshops are packed with practical insights, fresh ideas, and lively discussion. Attendees leave with renewed enthusiasm and innovative strategies to make therapy both fulfilling and effective, proving that solution focused hypnotherapy can be transformative, flexible, and anything but ordinary.