Academy of Advanced Changework

09/06/2026

Have you ever left a session thinking:

"Why did that feel like a debate?"

Some clients trigger an urge to explain more, justify your reasoning, or prove your expertise.

Often, that's the beginning of a power dynamic.

In our Unmitigated Agency workshop, we'll explore how clinicians unintentionally become pulled into competitive relational patterns—and how to respond differently.

Because when control feels threatened, dominance increases.

And when autonomy feels respected, flexibility emerges.

📅 18 June
💻 Live Online
🎓 3 CPD Hours
https://www.hypnotherapy.training/offers/ad7wLKz9

08/06/2026

Magnificent Minds of Hypnotism:
Milton Erickson - The Art of Indirect Influence

By the mid-20th century, hypnosis had been measured, debated, and defined.

Milton Erickson approached it differently.

A psychiatrist and medical doctor, Erickson was known for his highly individualised clinical style. Rather than using rigid scripts or standard inductions, he adapted his language to each person in front of him.

He listened carefully.

He observed.

He used the client’s own words, metaphors, interests, and experiences as the material for change.

Instead of confronting resistance directly, Erickson often worked indirectly — telling stories, offering suggestions woven into conversation, allowing insight to emerge naturally.

To some, it looked unconventional. To others, it looked intuitive.

What made Erickson distinctive was not spectacle, but flexibility.

Hypnosis, in his hands, became less about imposing a method and more about meeting the person where they were.

Modern hypnotherapy continues to reflect this principle: effective work is not formulaic.

It is responsive.

www.hypnotherapy.training

07/06/2026

Practical hypnotherapy training with an emphasis on doing hypnotherapy!

This fast-track course attracts people internationally and from a wide variety of psychotherapeutic backgrounds, including psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psychologists (e.g., clinical, coaching, educational, forensic, and counselling), and accredited social workers, trained in a range of therapeutic modalities, (including CBT, ACT, REBT, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Psychodynamic, Integrative, EMDR, etc).

An emphasis on practical know-how; not just theory.
Small groups with plenty of individual attention/support.
Conducted and delivered online and accessible from Australia, New Zealand & South East Asia!

Apply by 26th June 2026 & save up to $1000 off course fees!
Download a prospectus and application form here:
https://lnkd.in/gffjzxyi

05/06/2026

When Strong, Driven Clients Leave You Feeling Stuck

Many practitioners have worked with clients who seem highly capable, articulate and motivated, yet something in the therapeutic process feels unusually difficult.

They may:
• Take control of sessions
• Challenge or correct the practitioner
• Dismiss emotional exploration
• Focus relentlessly on solutions and productivity
• Trigger subtle power struggles or feelings of being "managed"

These clients are often described as controlling, resistant, arrogant, perfectionistic, or even narcissistic.

But what if something else is happening?

In this live 3-hour CPD workshop, we'll explore Unmitigated Agency – a control-based coping pattern where competence, dominance, and over-functioning serve as protection against vulnerability, shame, and perceived weakness.

Rather than viewing these clients through a pathology lens, we'll examine how autonomy threat, status threat, and relational dynamics shape engagement, defensiveness, and emotional accessibility.

What will you learn?

How to recognise unmitigated agency in clinical practice
Why over-control and dominance often emerge under threat
How to prevent subtle power struggles and relational ruptures
Strategies for validating competence without reinforcing over-functioning
Practical de-escalation and micro-repair skills
Ways to expand emotional tolerance without undermining autonomy

This highly interactive workshop includes clinical examples, role-plays, discussion, and practical tools that can be applied immediately in practice.

Upcoming Workshop:

Unmitigated Agency – Managing Over-Control and Relational Dominance

📅 Thursday 18 June 2026
⏰ 12:30pm–3:30pm AEST
💻 Live Online

Places are limited to maintain an interactive learning environment.
We'd love to have you join us.
https://lnkd.in/gVU-HBC8

Use promo code for 10% discount at checkout UA10MH

30/05/2026

Do you dread bedtime because your mind won't switch off? Do you lie awake worrying about not sleeping, only to feel exhausted and frustrated the next day?

Imagine Going to Bed Without Worry & Sleeping Better Naturally Without Relying on Medication.
Imagine getting into bed feeling calm rather than anxious.
Imagine trusting your body to know how to sleep.
Imagine waking feeling refreshed, more energised, and ready for the day ahead.

If insomnia has been affecting your wellbeing, Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (CBH), a structured, evidence-informed approach that combines proven sleep psychology strategies with the deep relaxation and focused attention of hypnosis, may help you regain confidence in your sleep and your life.

https://lnkd.in/gznqab-m

Struggling to get to sleep, waking up and still feeling tired, having interrupted sleep, sleepwalking, of waking up during or after a nightmare? Hypnotherapy for insomnia.

22/04/2026

We are proud to announce we are now an approved training provider with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), and our courses are endorsed by PACFA, so they count toward your professional development requirements while staying firmly focused on real-world application!

We have 2 new OPD courses for mental health professionals OPD in 2026:

1. Avoidant Coping: Managing Withdrawal and Low Engagement (CPD Training) https://shorturl.at/MhlqK

A clinically focused and psychologically informed training on recognising and working with disengagement, shutdown, and subtle withdrawal in therapy. (promo code UA10MH)

And...

2. Unmitigated Agency: Managing Over-Control and Relational Dominance (CPD Training) https://shorturl.at/WuKPS

Exploring patterns where clients over-rely on control, self-sufficiency, or rigid agency in ways that limit change.
(promo code AC10MHP)

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Both courses are designed to be immediately applicable — giving you tools, language, and frameworks you can use straight away with clients.

If either of these areas shows up in your practice (and for most clinicians, they do), you can find more details and enrol below with a special 10% discount using the promo codes above!

10/04/2026

Are you looking to upgrade your membership and need more training hours?

Special offer for THIS WEEK ONLY to enrol on our Advanced Diploma in Hypnotherapy (AdvDipH) course (distance learning) which attracts a total of 136 hours, or you can use it as 10 points of CPD for this year's registration.

Invigorate your work by learning new knowledge and techniques, developing critical and analytical thinking, as well as covering less commonly taught presenting issues, more ways to motivate clients and maximize success, and sophisticated questioning skills.

What you'll get:

A full copy of The Advanced Hypnotherapist course manual
6 months complimentary access to group supervision & CPD workshops. Full refund within 14 days.

The course is paid over 6 monthly installments making budgeting that bit easier ;)
Apply until 17 April and save 40% off!

https://www.hypnotherapy.training/offers/K5gLzzys?coupon_code=ADVDIPAPR

08/04/2026

Magnificent Minds of Hypnotism Clark Hull: Putting Hypnosis to the Test

By the 1930s, the debates about magnetism and sleep were largely settled.

The question now was different:
Could hypnosis withstand scientific scrutiny?

Clark Hull, a pioneering behavioural psychologist who revolutionized the study of hypnosis, believed it could — but only if it was tested carefully by applying rigorous, quantitative experimental methods.

In Hypnosis and Suggestibility (1933), Hull conducted controlled laboratory studies that measured responsiveness to suggestion. He treated hypnosis not as mystery or spectacle, but as behaviour that could be observed, recorded, and analysed, proving it was a state of heightened suggestibility rather than a form of sleep.

Rather than asking what hypnosis felt like, Hull asked what it did.

His work helped integrate hypnosis into mainstream American psychology, not through drama, but through data.

Hypnosis did not need defending.
It needed measuring.

Interested in learning more about the wonderful world of hypnotherapy?
https://lnkd.in/gRyBg9kj

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03/04/2026

Fun Fact: Hypnosis Is Not Sleep

The word hypnosis comes from Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep — which has led to more than a century of confusion.

Trance is not sleep. Brain imaging shows patterns linked to focused attention and absorption, not the patterns seen in sleeping brains.

From the outside, someone in trance may look deeply relaxed.

Internally, awareness remains active.

Takeaway: Trance is focused attention, not sleep.

Enrolling Now for our course starting 16-18 May 2026!
See the website for more details https://www.hypnotherapy.training

03/04/2026

Struggling with clients who seem…
withdrawn, disengaged, or “unmotivated”?

Having experiences such as...
• Missed appointments
• Clients agreeing… then not following through
• Humour deflecting deeper work
• Sudden shutdown or disengagement

It’s not random.
And it’s not personal.
Learn how to recognise what’s actually happening — early.

This 3-hour live CPD workshop, is especially suited to hypnotherapists/students working with anxiety, shame, overwhelm, health behaviour change, or ambivalence around change.

You’ll learn how to understand avoidance as a threat response — and work with it, not against it.

If you want to feel more confident working with disengaged clients — this is for you.
📅 Dates: 22 April / 20 May
⏰ Time: 12:30pm AEST
🕒 3 CPD hours (statement of attendance included)
👉 Register here https://bit.ly/4rftYQV to receive10% discount as an AHA member