FREE Members Training Day Intensive One Day Virtual Gastric Band Training -

When: Sunday, February 12th

Where: Bewleys Hotel Leopardstown

Time: 9am - 6pm

Cost: FREE to members

All members are invited to attend a FREE intensive one day certified training in the Virtual Gastric Band. You are invited to a free one day training with one of the U.K.’s most prolific trainers of this technique - Sheila Grainger. You will receive a training manual, all scripts, MP3 recordings and certificate of training and a bonus ‘Build a successful practice’ manual, so you have everything you need to get going immediately. Details are below.

THERE ARE LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE.

Can I attend if i’m not a member?

Of course, the cost for the day is €150 for non members. If you have renewed your membership for 2012 you are invited to attend for FREE, and if you have not signed up as a member yet in 2012, you can simply renew your membership anytime before the end of January to take advantage of this highly beneficial training.

I am a student member or paying by standing order, do I go FREE?

Yes, as long as you are a current member (student or full) you can go for free.

Why is it FREE?

Sheila Grainger is one of the top trainers in this field and we believe that our training programmes should be taught by the best. It is free because as an Association it is important to get members together in one place, for one day to underline the tangible benefits we have as members. Professionalism is a key value of our Association and we believe it is important that our members stay at the forefront of our profession. With that in mind we will endeavor to make available to members CPD embracing the latest approaches, delivered to the highest standard. As the largest Hypnotherapy organization in Ireland it is important that we set and maintain high standards, publically demonstrate those standards, and give our members the capability to provide the services which are most needed by the public. We also invite you to a members forum after the training.

Because our organisation is a democratic organization run by the members for the benefit of the members it is our intention that it should offer the best possible value for money. Providing some courses free of charge is one way of demonstrating the organisations commitment to value for money.

ONE DAY INTENSIVE VIRTUAL GASTRIC BAND TRAINING.

Imagine your business after you have taken the virtual gastric band training seminar, imagine how much more effective you will be working with your overweight clients. One new client attracted to use the virtual gastric band will pay for your training and membership and leave you with a profit - after just one client. Just imagine if your local news picks up on this newsworthy way of helping 39% of the people reading, watching and listening to them,

This program is designed to make your hypnotherapy business the thriving business it is meant to be. And with 39% of the population in need of weight loss help, there will be plenty of people interested in helping you build your business while you help them reduce their waistlines. A great Win/Win training.

Sheila will be giving away the store. She will reveal not only what she does that works, but what she has done that doesn’t work. So if you want to modify the program, you can start by doing something that’s different and compare your results. Results are what we want, isn’t it? This program is focused on your results. Your clients’ results, your business results, and the good will generated for the whole hypnotherapy community. With that said, here’s a partial list of what to expect in February

• 2 Mp3′s that you can reproduce and give to clients that back up the program and act as a reinforcement for the work. And from our experience and tests, clients who listen daily improve the most.
• Included are the written script of these so that you can easily produce your own recording. (It’s better to have your clients listen to the sound of your voice, especially after you have conditioned them to it while in your office.)
• Training Manual For The Virtual Gastric Band Weight Loss Program, Which Includes
  Scripts for All Four Hypnosis Sessions. You can view these as stand alone scripts or as outlines that you can adapt and tailor to suit the individual, and your own personal style.
• Added bonus - we’ll be including a training manual on “Building Your Own Successful Practice”, this will help not only with the weight loss side of your business but also all other aspects of your business.
• Certificate of Training

THERE ARE LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE SO PLEASE BOOK NOW - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Members Meeting

After the training we will be holding a members forum to discuss plans for 2012 and get your feedback and suggestions about moving forward.

This day is IN ADDITION to the FREE in house training day you will receive as a member.

Membership for 2012

Some of our Goals as an Association this year are these:

• To continue to operate a fully democratic Association, legally owned and run by the members. We are the only Hypnotherapy / Psychotherapy Association who can say this.
• It is important for the credibility of our practitioners that we make available qualifications that are at least on a par with those from other therapies. Doing this will help provide access to income streams that our members may at present find hard to access. The ideal scenario is that members seeking higher qualifications should receive significant allowance for the current qualifications and experience. With this end in mind we are actively investigating the quickest way to provide our members with access to a degree level qualification or equivalent.
• To further our relationship with the Regulator and the Psychological Therapies Forum (membership of which we, as an Association, have now have been invited to apply for) with a view to regulating the profession.
• To work with other Associations and stakeholders in the profession to advance the standards of practice and training across the profession
• To continue to add to our offer of benefits to members, one such addition is that you can now get FREE hosting and a FREE website builder (we think it is the best website builder on the market) when you join as a member (student or full). This is available to all members NOW. Just contact the office for details.
• To develop our CPD program and Peer Group structure. Our CPD program for 2012 will be announced on Feb 12th at the FREE day.
• To promote you and the profession as one of our core goals
• To continue to develop our internal structures, such as Supervision, to make them as valuable to you as possible.
• To continue to give you access to affordable practice insurance through our Insurance provider Holistic Insurance. Forms are available for 2012 here.

Your committee has met twice now since Christmas and a lot of work is under way to ensure that by the end of 2012, we will have achieved our goals.

Let us know what you want or need from us in 2012, go to our NEW forum here. The forum has been redeveloped and now can support private discussion forums for peer groups, working groups etc. If your peer group would like a private forum within our forum, please contact the office.

In line with our commitment to get things done in 2012, if you feel you have something to contribute to our working groups, please contact any committee member to get involved.

We are currently setting up initial meeting dates for PR and Media, Education and CPD, Supervision, Complaints and Disciplinary (currently the remit of the committee).

You may have heard of the Virtual Gastic Band, So what is it?

The Virtual Gastric Band is a non-surgical technique which uses the power of hypnosis to retrain you to be satisfied with smaller amounts of food. It changes how you think about food and gives very safe, very predictable results. The clinical hypnotherapy convinces the brain that the stomach is full after a certain level of intake, and that there is no need for more food. It is most definitely NOT a diet - we know that diets only work in the short term.

Sheila has spent a great deal of time over the last two years talking with medical practitioners, bringing to their attention this safe and viable method of weight loss. Provisional arrangements are now underway for a pilot study to be carried out this October in the UK, together with the Humberside Obesity, Nutrition, Education and Innovation Centre. The partners of this organisation include The University of Hull, Hull and York Medical School and several members of the pharmaceutical industry.

In addition, a steering group is being formed to organise clinical trials internationally. In the meantime, Sheila’s trained practitioners are invited to collect data that not only measures weight loss, but also the quality-of-life improvements of their clients. The data collected will form the basis for ongoing research and trials into this area.

You will receive a training manual, all scripts, MP3 recordings and certificate of training. Sheila also supplies a marketing manual, so you have everything you need to get going immediately.

MEMBERS FORUM

This follows the training and is a chance for the committee to outline our proposals for the year, and for all members to contribute to the future of your Association through honest, open discussion.

We look forward to seeing you there

DON’T FORGET, THERE ARE LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE SO PLEASE BOOK NOW,

FREE Members Training Day Intensive One Day Virtual Gastric Band Training -

When: Sunday, February 12th

Where: Bewleys Hotel Leopardstown

Time: 9am - 6pm

Cost: FREE to members