Module #1
Lesson 1
Introduction and overview of the training program. Historical roots of the therapeutic uses of the mental state of concentration. Fascinating background material on the route from past to present progression in uses of the mental state.
Lesson 2
Description of various theories explaining the nature of the state of mind. Also, a more in-depth discussion about the therapeutic basis of the state of mind as accepted by the Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training. Explanation of traditional theories of the workings of mental levels and the more modern theory that is intrinsic to NeuroTherapy Training. Bibliography and list of relevant academic journals.
Module #2
Lesson 3
A multi-media presentation about the brain, how it works and functions - relevant to hypnotic concentration. Various realities and characteristics of the concentrated mental state presented along with results and applications of the state of mind. Guidelines regarding developing and using audio tapes are discussed.
Lesson 4
Recognition of the various stages of a concentrated mental state. Discussion of basic benefits from use of the mental state. Understanding of the emotional atmosphere that should exist as students begin to see people for the purpose of teaching them to benefit from hypnotic concentration. Explanation and illustration of the Pre-Induction Talk, the essentially important discussion period held with a person prior to guiding them into a concentrated mental state. (A key concept of NeuroTherapy Training.)
Module #3
Lesson 5
The induction of a concentrated mental state. Students learn of traditional induction techniques and are instructed in the Snyder Michael Multi Step Induction Process . This method of guiding others into a concentrated state has important differences from traditional ways that have been used. These differences increase benefits to be gained from regular use of this mental process. The Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training introduces a unique method of breaking down any induction into it's parts to assess strengths or weaknesses.
Lesson 6
Students have now begun to use the concentrated mental state with others for the basic purpose of relaxation and teaching people to use the mental state on their own. The nature of these teaching sessions is discussed and how to set the stage appropriately for professionalism and basic awareness of client responses.
Module #4
Lesson 7
Anatomy of an Induction. The induction process is, basically, the words used to help someone into a concentrated state and stimulate specific benefit from the process. Here the induction is dissected into its parts. Students become proficient at developing this essential therapeutic tool on their own and judging the effectiveness of induction material they may encounter. (This simple and effective process of developing and judging is unique to the Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training.)
Lesson 8
An overview of the therapeutic framework that is at the basis of the Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training. By this time, through instruction and practice with others, the student is familiar with the mental state of hypnotic concentration and how to help people achieve it. This lesson begins the understanding of how to use the mental state with others for the purpose of enabling them to gain self-control over specific symptoms. The subject of chemical imbalances and the role they may play in specific symptoms are discussed.
Module #5
Lesson 9
A method of history taking and process of basic client record keeping is introduced. Various motivations that may bring people to seek help are discussed. The subject of rapport between the client and specialist is presented.
Lesson 10
Setting the change process in motion and viewing it through the client's eyes. A method of obtaining more automatic muscular responses as feedback from a person a concentrated state is Introduced. (Unlike other methods using a concentrated state, the Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training views this mental feedback tool as offering only one small part of feedback from a person that is obtained to make the therapeutic process more relevant to them.)
Module #6
Lesson 11
The key concept of developing self control within a client is discussed. The Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training offers a more realistic look at people's motivation or, more often, lack of motivation and ability to change. This course offers a method of helping people that, in fact, is based on building self control and ability to change.
Lesson 12
This lesson begins a two-lesson discussion of basic psychological responses that lie at the root of people's symptom. The Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training accepts that there are certain realities of society and human interaction that can and do initiate, develop and perpetuate people's symptoms, be they physical, chemical or mental in nature. The first psychological reality discussed is Intellectual vs. Emotional expression and the fact that the predominant response demanded from people is the suppression of emotion. It is clarified how this method automatically begins improving that tendency. Techniques are introduced for enabling the client to understand these changes. (Different from other therapeutic approaches, people's responses that shape their lives are viewed as emerging from the interaction of the physical, chemical and mental levels not primary the cognitive or mental level. Likewise, Improvement in responses to life comes from improving the functions of all three levels, not just doing cognitive work.)
Module #7
Lesson 13
A second major psychological reality shaping people's lives and symptoms are the nature of behaviors that make up human interaction, broken more specifically into Aggressive, Non-Assertive, and Assertive responses. This discussion illustrates how the facts of peoples lives produce a predominance of the damaging Aggressive and Non-Assertive responses. It is illustrated how the Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training sets in motion natural processes that improve behavioral responses, thus lessening the damaging internal and external effects of the old behaviors.
Lesson 14
Weight control through use of the Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training. Applications of this approach extend beyond helping people gain Self Control over symptoms of a psychological nature. Traditionally, people have used hypnotic concentration as a way to improve or control more psychologically based symptoms. The Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training offers an effective way for people to gain long term Self Control for eliminating or improving symptoms be they primarily physical, chemical or mental in origin. The Basic Therapeutic Framework is refined at this point so the therapist may apply it more specifically to the client seeking self control in weight management or in other similar symptoms, more physio-chemically based.
Module #8
Lesson 15
Visualization. Use of visualization within the concentrated mental state has been refined by the Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training. Older approaches using hypnotic concentration have emphasized symptom-directed visualization as essential to the change process. Latest neurological information shows that these approaches can actually lessen the effectiveness of the mental state to produce desired changes. The more passive use of visualization used in this method is explained at this point. Working with athletes, and the procedures for specific memory enhancement and age regression are discussed. (Though offering a thorough understanding of the process of age regression, the Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training is not analytical in nature, thus, does not employ this therapeutic tool.)
Lesson 16
A discussion of the very basic fear-based symptom of phobias or anxiety attacks are used, to illustrate the approach to other more psychologically based symptoms.
Module #9
Lesson 17
The Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training and disease. The major emphasis of the research with the concentrated state leading to development of this method was with clients facing severe, often life-threatening illness. Symptoms are viewed in this approach as physical, chemical and mental explosions of the body. People with severe illnesses are affected in all three areas. The Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training offers the most current and most directly effective use of mental training for people facing disease. This approach, more than many others, can help develop a persons self-control over fear and pain. Techniques for more mental control over viral activity is taught. (A primary guideline in developing this method was that every process used be explainable in a very clinical way. The clinical nature of this method has brought respect from those treating people facing disease, especially disease of viral origin. This will, inevitably increase demand for those trained in this method as people seek to play a more active role in the healing picture.)
Lesson 18
SUBVERBAL SHIFTING ® . A concept unique to the Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training is taught. More current neurological research has brought into serious question the concepts of subliminal programming that have been widely advertised and used to, supposedly, "reprogram the subconscious mind". A process of altered verbalization (use of sound to bypass conscious processing ability) is an integral component of the Snyder Michael Method of NeuroTherapy Training. This process, in line with current neurological understanding, is used not as a way of "reprogramming the mind with words", but as a way of further stimulating a shift in neurological activity that has the effect of improving psychological well-being. Truly taking psychology into the future!
Module #10
Lesson 19
The Snyder Michael 6 day Smoking Program . As this is an approach that improves all three levels in a person, physical, chemical and mental, it can, realistically, build long-term Self Control over the symptom of a smoking or other damaging addiction. Unlike other, more involved symptoms, a person can gain Self Control over a smoking addiction in a short period of time. Over the years of research and development of this method, a specific six-day program for helping people quit smoking was created. In this extremely successful program, people not only quit smoking comfortably without gaining weight or replacing it with something else, but they also learn to control stress and chemical imbalances lying at the root of this symptom. The smoking program has been referred to as "A 50,000 Mile Tune Up" because, as with the approach to other symptoms, it treats the causes behind the symptoms from which the person is suffering. (Numerous graduates of this training have used the Smoking Program as a foundation for building up their clientele).
Lesson 20
The role of brain dominance in people's lives. There is much current discussion of the role of the brain's right and left hemispheres. More than other therapeutic approaches, the process of using concentration therapeutically demands a clearer understanding of specific mental functions. This is offered as well as the important and fascinating observations about brain functions that have come out of research with this method. It specifically offers information about the role of the right and left hemispheres in the nature of people's lives and symptoms .
