Psychotherapy, Trauma and Hypnosis Awareness

Psychotherapy, Trauma and Hypnosis Awareness brings together three complementary courses, each with eight modules. The curriculum combines subject knowledge, responsible role boundaries and practical work.

Who can attend?

Open to everyone for personal development, learning and professional awareness. People scientifically and ethically interested in mental-health methods; professionals with relevant foundational degrees planning further education; and people considering administrative coordination or client-communication roles in mental-health organisations.

Curriculum

Psychotherapy Practice Awareness

1. Scope of psychotherapy

Introduce the purpose of mental-health services, schools of therapy and evidence-based principles.

2. Professional competence and supervision

Explain the importance of appropriate professional education, case supervision and continuing professional development.

3. The therapeutic relationship and ethics

Cover consent, boundaries, confidentiality, record security and power imbalance.

4. Assessment and case formulation

Examine the reasoning behind clinical assessment conceptually through case examples.

5. Main therapeutic approaches

Compare the aims and methods of cognitive behavioural, psychodynamic and systemic approaches.

6. Risk-assessment awareness

Learn referral pathways for indicators of suicide risk, psychosis, violence and situations requiring urgent intervention.

7. Session structure and progress monitoring

Discuss general monitoring concepts and outcome evaluation used by authorised professionals.

8. Fictional case discussion

Report on ethical decision-making and specialist referral without undertaking diagnosis or treatment.

EMDR Practice Awareness

1. A trauma-informed approach

Learn safety, choice, cooperation and avoiding retraumatisation.

2. Overview of EMDR

Explain the origins, areas of use and clinical-research concepts of EMDR.

3. The need for clinical assessment

Cover suitability, contraindications and the importance of specialist assessment in complex cases.

4. Stabilisation and safety

Emphasise that emotional regulation and clinical trauma processing are different processes.

5. Consent and ethics

Evaluate privacy, voluntary participation, cultural sensitivity and record security when working with trauma-related content.

6. Recognising high-risk situations

Recognise dissociation, intense emotion, self-harm risk and the need for urgent referral.

7. Supervision and training standards

Examine the professional foundations and supervised learning required for practitioner competence.

8. Fictional case decision-making

Work through choosing appropriate services and referral pathways without applying a processing protocol.

Hypnotherapy Practice Awareness

1. Hypnosis: concept and history

Compare scientific explanations of hypnosis, common misconceptions and public perceptions.

2. Attention and suggestion

Evaluate attention, expectation and responsiveness to suggestion without entering clinical practice.

3. Scientific evidence and limitations

Explain hypnosis-research methods and why effectiveness cannot be claimed in every situation.

4. Suitability and risk awareness

Examine the need for preliminary consideration of mental and medical conditions and for risk management.

5. Ethics and informed consent

Work on voluntary participation, personal boundaries, data security and avoiding misleading promises.

6. The practice framework in Türkiye

Cover authorisation, qualification and practice-setting requirements under relevant health legislation.

7. Clinical and non-clinical distinctions

Discuss the difference between general breathing or focusing techniques for relaxation and therapeutic hypnosis.

8. Case suitability and referral

Identify professional assessments needed in fictional examples.

Integrated practical portfolio

Create a non-clinical information booklet, a trauma-informed communication checklist and a report on risk and referral scenarios.

Professional boundaries and certificate scope

Psychotherapy is subject to healthcare and mental-health professional legislation and clinical competence; a short certificate does not authorise independent practice. EMDR trauma intervention requires appropriate mental-health professional authority, qualified method training and supervision; this programme alone does not confer practitioner authority. Medical or therapeutic hypnosis is subject to authorised professional status and relevant Ministry of Health requirements; this package does not authorise independent hypnosis practice.

Frequently asked questions

Which courses are included?

Psychotherapy Practice Awareness · EMDR Practice Awareness · Hypnotherapy Practice Awareness

Who can attend?

Open to everyone for personal development, learning and professional awareness. People scientifically and ethically interested in mental-health methods; professionals with relevant foundational degrees planning further education; and people considering administrative coordination or client-communication roles in mental-health organisations.

Does this package confer professional practice authority?

Psychotherapy is subject to healthcare and mental-health professional legislation and clinical competence; a short certificate does not authorise independent practice. EMDR trauma intervention requires appropriate mental-health professional authority, qualified method training and supervision; this programme alone does not confer practitioner authority. Medical or therapeutic hypnosis is subject to authorised professional status and relevant Ministry of Health requirements; this package does not authorise independent hypnosis practice.