Sunday, 7 May 2017

ADVANCED: SECTION ONE OF WORKBOOK

GHSC Validated
The Unity Principal Ltd

Student Workbook / Portfolio for Advanced Practitioner Level
As part of the course we offer a support meeting once every 6 weeks so that students can talk to trainers about their assignments. You will be given five questions and six weeks to complete each set.
The questions must then be handed in by a set date to be advised. All questions must be passed before moving on to the next module.
If any questions are answered incorrectly the appropriate feedback and support will be provided until knowledge is attained and resubmission takes place.
Students are required also to carry out additional tasks of completing their Reflective Journal, give a short statement of how the course has developed them as a hypnotherapist and completion of the Personal Development Plan detailing continuing professional development that you will be planning to carry out in the future to develop yourself further as an advanced practitioner.
This workbook is made up of six sections
  1. Learning Outcomes
  2. Questions
  3. Vignettes
  4. Reflective Journal
  5. Personal Development Plan
  6. Info about how to complete etc.

Learning outcomes
The following learning outcomes must be met (in any order).
Important note: each question or task in the homework portfolio must be accompanied by the learning outcome/s that it substantiates.
1. Advanced clinical knowledge and skills
1.1 An understanding of advanced interventions.
1.2 An ability to devise an appropriate psychological intervention for a medical condition.
1.3 Sophisticated thinking, within the bounds of law and ethics, but beyond the confines of unnecessarily dogmatic rules sometimes asserted in training, supervision and reading.
1.4 Prioritising the client and specific, localised, contextual issues over inflexible rule-based thinking (i.e. 'bottom-up' versus 'top-down' thinking).
1.5 An ability to determine an ethically and therapeutically appropriate approach for more complex cases where specific training may not be available.
1.6 An understanding of what is meant by 'normalising' client experiences.
1.7 An ability to recognise 'loaded' questions.
1.8 An ability to recognise 'leading' questions.
1.9 An understanding of the nature and impact of extratherapeutic factors.
1.10 An understanding of primary, secondary, and tertiary gain, and malingering.
1.11 Knowing how to take an appropriate course of action with a client who is experiencing an epileptic seizure.
1.12 Knowing how to sensitively and firmly handle clients who breach personal or professional boundaries.
1.13 An understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of group hypnotherapy.


2. Theory and its application
2.1 Knowledge of the various theories on the nature of hypnosis.
2.2 A demonstrable understanding of psychological theories of motivation and behavioural change and an ability to apply this to clinical practice.

3. Academic thinking and argumentation
3.1 A demonstrable understanding of logic and academic argumentation.
3.2 A recognition of the problems associated with forming conclusions about other modalities based on small and biased data sets.
3.3 An ability to reference other authors' work properly, e.g. in 'Harvard' and 'footnote' formats.
3.4 An ability to critically appraise, in a professional, factual and non-emotive manner, claims made in the media, including digital media such as websites, or those made by colleagues, supervisors and trainers.
3.5 An ability to critique hypnotherapy literature in an academic and professional manner.
3.6 A forward-thinking appreciation of the potential consequences of scientific research and theorising on the future of clinical practice.
3.7 An ability to implement new techniques without direct supervision and critically reflect on this, e.g. assessing the suitability of the technique, outcome, and personal performance.
3.8 A demonstrable and respectful appreciation of both the advantages and disadvantages of interventions that have, or have not, been scientifically researched.

4. Ethics
4.1 Advanced thinking around difficult ethical issues, particularly those outside of codes of ethics and where an unambiguous and universally agreed upon solution is unavailable.
4.2 A considered approach to professional responsibilities around public protection.
4.3 An awareness of the subtleties around protecting client confidentiality, especially regarding the ease with which identifying details can be released, e.g., bit by bit in supervision.
4.4 An ability to handle awkward challenges to the maintenance of confidentiality, demonstrating an awareness of the issues, sound judgement, and sensitivity towards client needs.

5. Research methods and application
5.1 An understanding of scientific methodology and its advantages.
5.2 An understanding of the term 'falsification' in science.
5.3 An understanding of 'bias' in research.
5.4 A basic understanding of statistical methods, sufficient to enable engagement with hypnotherapy research literature.
5.5 A demonstrable ability to locate hypnotherapy research.
5.6 An understanding of the term 'pseudoscientific therapies/treatments'.
5.7 An understanding of the term 'empirically supported therapies/treatments'.

6. Professional development
6.1 An appreciation for the benefits of peer groups and an awareness of how to organise one.
6.2 Effective personal reflection on the learning that has taken place on the course.
6.3 A recognition of, and demonstrable commitment towards, professional development needs as evidenced through a Personal Development Plan.
Important note: each question or task in the homework portfolio must be accompanied by the learning outcome/s that it substantiates.
QUESTIONS

Q1.1 Which one of the following is not a leading question? [LO 1.8]
  1. If you eat that whole tub of ice-cream what will happen to your weight loss goal?
  2. What do you think about restrictive dieting? Many people tell me that they consistently fail when dieting.
  3. Do you want to stop smoking right now or next week?
  4. Do you want to stop eating chocolate?
    Learning outcomes: 1.8
1.2 Give three examples of loaded questions and when and why you would use these.
Learning outcomes: 1.7


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Q2. Q2. Giving examples of classic non-commitment language, identify a client lacking commitment to the behavioural change they state they would like and discuss methods of increasing motivation and inspiring desired change.
Learning outcomes: 2.2
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