As of September 1st, 2018: Anyone is welcome to take this online course.  If you wish to apply for post-course certification, you'll need to show evidence that you are a regulated or registered mental health or addictions professional (or equivalent), trained in clinical counselling and legally permitted to practice psychotherapy or clinical counselling in your region.  Please contact us if you're not sure about your eligibility or if you are a psychotherapy student in training.

Following your completion of this 100 hour online course, you are welcome to apply for OPTIONAL certification as a Clinical Counselling Hypnotherapist (C.Hyp™) Practitioner with the International Daybreak Network of Clinical Counselling Hypnotherapists.

If you choose to proceed with certification (not required), you will need to complete an online test, and submit 3 case studies for feedback.  In addition, you'll need to complete two 1:1 clinical supervision sessions with a senior Daybreak clinician in your area (or online or by phone). If you wish to apply for post-course certification (which includes your listing on the Daybreak Directory of Practitioners), the cost is a one-time fee of $300 CAD.  You will be required to show evidence that you are a regulated or registered mental health or addictions professional (or equivalent), trained in clinical counselling and legally permitted to practice psychotherapy or clinical counselling in your region.  Please contact us if you're not sure about your eligibility or if you are a psychotherapy student in training.

Students complete the entire online training at their own pace, with most finishing in 3-6 months.  If you dedicate approximately 3-4 hours a week for the training, you'll have completed the course within 5-6 months.  If you can dedicate 7-8 hours per week, you'll be finished in about 3 months.  Once you've completed the course,  you can then apply for optional certification as a Clinical Counselling Hypnotherapist (C.Hyp) Practitioner.  This post-course certification process takes approximately 10 hours, comprised mostly of case study and test completion, along with 1:1 clinical case consultation requirements.  Your certification and directory listing application package (optional) will be sent to you upon commencement of the program.

You'll receive:

• Lifetime access to all course videos for your own review
• Lifetime Membership in Daybreak Network which includes: bi-monthly group supervision sessions
• Lifetime access to “Breaking the WorryTrance” e-course
• Lifetime access to “Advanced Clinical Hypnosis Training” e-course
• Course E-Handbook and accompanying hand-out package
• Start-up Kit complete with audio and video resources, forms and client tools
• Daybreak training materials including: guidelines for regression work; trauma processing; and fears and phobias.
• Case studies and sample scripts for trance-work across a range of presenting issues including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), panic, and pain management

For more on what you'll receive, scroll down to bottom of page

You will learn how to:

• Merge clinical hypnosis interventions safely within a trauma-informed psychotherapeutic framework
• Integrate both classical and clinical approaches to hypnosis into your medical or clinical counselling practice
• Combine hypnosis with the interventions you are using now, such as: CBT, IFS, mindfulness and SFBT
• Apply hypnotherapy interventions with anxiety and mood disorders
• Effectively utilize trance-work for body-oriented psychotherapy approaches, especially in the context of trauma
  processing and recovery
• Assist clients in accessing their own “inner therapist” resources through a range of trance-work techniques including: age regression, ego state and core belief work
• Apply hypnotic protocols for anxiety, panic and OCD based on an integrative healing model
• Offer clients and patients hypnosis informed programming for pain management
• Provide hypnotherapy in conjunction with integrative healing for habit reversal and addiction related issues
• Bring a trauma-focused mind-body framework into mental health and/or addictions counselling and recovery work

This entire program provides is delivered online.  With your registration, you will be given lifetime access to our e-library of all course modules.  Each module is a 2 hour video class.  For student convenience and pacing, the course modules are broken into the following segments:

Phase 1: 20 hours of foundational videos - it is recommended that two video classes per day (2 hours each) be viewed for a five-day online intensive learning experience.  This will give you a solid foundational overview in Clinical Counselling Hypnotherapy.

Phase 2:  of  the training includes 40 hours of self-directed learning, as you will watch pre-recorded advanced intervention training videos, and you'll need to set aside time for your practice applications.

Phase 3: of the training consists of an additional 40 hours of entire course review, workbook materials, and e-library, along with bi-monthly online peer consultations (voluntary).

You will also have the option of joining in ongoing, bi-monthly online group consultations and seminars for your continual professional development. These webinar-based meetings are open to everyone in the course, and will be recorded (so that if you cannot participate live, you'll always have access to the taped recording).  Many of our students have been active in these online group consultations/peer supervision sessions for many years -- it's the way we collectively develop and maintain our knowledge and expertise as Clinical Counselling Hypnotherapists.

For full certification, you are required to complete all components of the course within 1 year from time of purchase.

If you are not applying for post-course certification, there is no deadline for completion.  All students have life-time access to all course materials.

No. Following your one-time payment for this course, there are no further fees required for renewals or membership in the Daybreak Network.  Once you're a Daybreak student, you will have lifetime access (free) to a wealth of our Network resources, including our bi-monthly Clinical Huddle that provides ongoing group consultations, online expert interviews, advanced training modules and peer-to-peer supervision in Clinical Counselling Hypnotherapy.

If you would like to be listed on the Daybreak Directory and wish to pursue full certification as a Clinical Counselling Hypnotherapist (C.Hyp) Practitioner, a one-time fee of $300 CAD is required with your application package.  This certification is OPTIONAL, and includes 1:1 supervision with a senior Daybreak clinician.  If you are not accepted for certification and directory listing, this full amount is refunded.

This long-distance program has been pre-approved for 100 hours in CE credits by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA).  Our course has also been approved for reimbursed PD hours by the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) and meets continuing competency / CEU requirements of a number of counselling associations, organizations and regulatory bodies for psychotherapy professionals including the CRPO and OCSWSSW.  Our clinical supervisors meet CRPO supervisor standards and requirements.

Since all course materials are sent to you immediately with lifetime access, we are not providing refunds for any reason.

All you need is a computer.  You will NOT be required to download any software.  You'll simply be provided with an e-link to your online library.  Once you've registered, you'll be given access to a toll-free support line that you can call anytime.