Hypnosis for learning a foreign language. Summing up the project.

• Evaluation criteria for hypnosis courses
• ANO DPO Educational
• Moscow Institute of Psychology and Psychotherapy named after Milton Erickson
• CHU DPO IGiSP
• PI DPO Institute of Practical Psychology "Imaton"
• Moscow Institute of Hypnosis
• "Sinton"
• Educational
• Institute of Clinical Hypnosis
• Siberian Hypnosis Center
• OMNI courses
• Results and conclusions

One of the trends in the treatment of a wide range of diseases has recently become hypnotherapy. Gone are the days when it was associated with television sessions of mass trance induction and loud performances in stadiums given by maestro Kashpirovsky. Today, clinical hypnotherapy is a recognized method in the field of evidence-based medicine, which is gaining more and more popularity in Russia every year.

Let us emphasize that this article is not about circus, variety or street “gypsy” hypnosis. We are talking about hypnotechnicians who are used not for show, but for the treatment of a very specific list of diseases and borderline conditions. Hypnotherapy gives high results in the treatment of not only neuroses, depression and phobias, but also diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system. And, of course, she has no equal in solving any psychological problems and getting rid of bad habits, including overeating, smoking and alcoholism. Therefore, many Russian psychotherapists and psychologists are interested in mastering the techniques of therapeutic hypnosis.

It is no secret that in hypnotherapy, the fame of the guru who teaches hypnosis plays a decisive role. Therefore, a number of participants in our review openly abuse aggressive marketing techniques, describing their “gifted from above” person and their “phenomenal” course using the most enthusiastic epithets, which sometimes have no real background. Well, calling the method by its “age-famous” name is generally an indispensable part of the advertising campaign. It is enough to proclaim yourself the new Milton Erickson, pay for the advertising hype befitting the dignity - and voila, the client goes!

ANO DPO Educational

• Website: https://bormentalkurs.ru/hypnosis2/
• Address: St. Petersburg, st. Varshavskaya, 23, building 2, room 25-N
• Telephone:
• Email:
• License: 78Л03 No. 002471

Medical - one of the elders of our review - began its activities more than 20 years ago. During this time, his name gained all-Russian popularity: branches of this clinic opened in many cities of the country. Since the leading direction of “Doctor Bormental” is the psychotherapy of excess weight, hypnotic technologies are actively used here, the effectiveness of which has been proven over two decades of practice. With their help, more than half a million Bormental patients have successfully lost weight: this figure is recorded by a certificate from an international rating agency. Hypnosis courses at Bormental have been regularly held since 2001, but initially they were intended only for psychotherapists of this company, and it was a great success for outsiders to attend them.

The reputation of the specialists here is at the highest level: classes are conducted by experienced hypnologists and psychotherapists with scientific and media fame, and the team of teachers is headed by the author of the “Doctor Bormental” method, candidate of medical sciences, psychotherapist Andrei Bobrovsky. His popular science books on psychotherapy, publications in top media outlets and expert speeches on federal TV programs speak of the recognized authority of this scientist. The hypnosis course program is detailed and interesting; trance techniques are practiced both with one person and with a group.

The educational website is distinguished by detailed information, transparent prices and feedback, and groups on popular social networks unite tens of thousands of subscribers (Odnoklassniki - more than 43 thousand, VKontakte - more than 45 thousand).

You can study hypnosis courses either face-to-face or remotely, and the online teaching platform ensures that the training is in no way inferior to the real format. The cost of courses, taking into account their quality, is very affordable - from 25 thousand rubles for face-to-face training and from 17,000 rubles online. Things are going well with the state teaching license (it is published on the website), and with the document issued upon completion of studies - just fine. is the clinical base of the medical faculty of St. Petersburg State University, and graduates of hypnosis courses receive a state-issued certificate from one of the most respected Russian universities.

pros

• The center and its specialists are widely known.
• Huge practical experience.
• Extensive and interesting training program.
• Affordable price.
• Certificate of St. Petersburg State University.

Minuses

• Hypnosis courses are conducted irregularly.

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Evaluation criteria for hypnosis courses

And even if Wolf Messing himself undertakes to teach you, this is not a guarantee of success. It would seem that the louder the name of the hypnotist, the better he teaches. But this is not always true. And in order to get to the bottom of this truth, we have selected criteria by which one can objectively judge the effectiveness of certain courses in the art of hypnotherapy.

Lifespan

The duration of existence of a training center is one of the most important criteria for judging the popularity of a school and the quality of education. Advertisements for hypnosis courses, which Yandex Direct helpfully slips in, often lead to “sharashkin’s offices” that are almost a week old. A “venerable” hypnotist 25 years old is unlikely to impart valuable practical skills to you.

Teachers, their fame, regalia

Teaching in general and learning the art of hypnosis in particular is not an easy task, and only people of a certain mindset and character can do it. You can be the highest master in hypnosis, but you can be a so-so teacher. Not all famous hypnotists can teach - well, or they do it individually and extremely rarely: for personally selected students.

Practical value of the course

The situation is diametrically opposite to the previous criterion: many specialists are engaged in teaching without having any real practice behind them. Too active teaching activity, put on stream, does not allow the teacher to master the matter himself. It is difficult to expect high learning results from teachers who have rare and irregular practical experience.

Availability of a license for educational activities

This is an indispensable criterion for the quality of education: the right to educational activities in the institution that you choose must be confirmed by a state-issued document. Training in some murky LLC “International Center for Transcendental Hypnosis”, which wanders around the city from one office to another, is not much different in status from apprenticeship with the sorceress Baba Agrafena.

Availability of a state certificate

An offer to pay for your studies, upon completion of which you will receive a colorful piece of paper from an office a la Osya Bender and Company, should make you smile sarcasticly. Agree only to an official certificate giving you the right to use hypnotherapy methods in your practice.

Online availability

A big advantage will be the availability of online courses - distance learning is both cheaper and more convenient for those who do not have the opportunity to study in person. Let’s also take into account such indirect evidence of the school’s fame as developed groups in popular social networks - this is also confirmation of feedback from graduates or potential students.

Value for money

This is one of the most important criteria. Expensive in hypnotherapy does not mean effective. But even frankly cheap offers look suspicious.

So, we begin our review of the ten most famous hypnotherapy training courses, rating them in light of the listed criteria on a scale of 10. We hope this rating will help you make the right choice for your professional growth!

Institute of Psychotherapy and Medical Psychology named after. B. D. Karvasarsky

• Website: https://ipmp-spb.ru/
• Address: St. Petersburg, 8th line of Vasilyevsky Island, 83, 6th floor
• Telephone:
• Email:
• License: № 0988

This reputable scientific and methodological center takes its origins from the NIPNI named after. V. M. Bekhterev is the oldest medical and scientific institution that made a significant contribution to the formation and development of domestic psychotherapy. Since 2014, doctors, psychologists and social workers have acquired postgraduate additional professional education and advanced training here.

Among the many educational programs in psychology and psychotherapy, there is also a course in hypnosis. His students study classical and Ericksonian hypnosis and clinical hypnotherapy. The 72-hour study takes place in the form of a training seminar. The list of course topics is quite broad, although theorizing is kept to a minimum: the emphasis is on practicing hypnotic skills in practice.

The composition of the teachers inspires respect: candidates and doctors of sciences, honored scientists and other scientists with titles. The hypnosis course is taught by a psychotherapist, hypnotherapist with 15 years of experience, Denis Andreevich Omelchenko. He is a member of the Russian Psychotherapeutic Association and the Association of Specialists in the Field of Clinical Hypnosis.

The site is somewhat old-fashioned, but convenient and friendly, with detailed schedules, prices, program descriptions and feedback. The institute’s groups on popular social networks are quite developed: on Vkontakte - almost 43 thousand, on Facebook - more than 9 thousand.

Despite the reputability of the institute, the price of hypnosis courses here is affordable: from 21 to 27 thousand rubles. The license for educational activities and samples of documents issued to graduates also do not raise any complaints. The only problem: for some reason the legal and actual addresses of the respected establishment do not match.

pros

• A large scientific and educational center with reputable teaching staff.
• The courses are taught by an experienced hypnologist.
• Reasonable price.

Minuses

• There are no distance hypnosis courses.
• The actual and legal addresses of the institute do not match.

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CHU DPO IGiSP

• Website: https://www.igisp.ru/
• Address: Moscow, st. Pokrovka, 31, building 2, entrance 6
• Phones:, +7 495 917-80-28
• Email:
• License №036277

The Institute of Group and Family Psychology and Psychotherapy is a private commercial organization of additional professional education, one of the oldest in our review. It was on the basis of IGiSP back in 1992 that the first trainings in Russia were held for foreign masters of clinical hypnosis - Ernest Rossi, Jean Becchio, Norman Wooton and others.

The teacher of the courses we are interested in is one of the masters of Russian hypnotherapy. This is Doctor of Psychology, Professor Mikhail Romanovich Ginzburg, who has been teaching Ericksonian hypnosis for almost 15 years. The book publishing activity of this outstanding hypnologist is respectable: in collaboration with Evgenia Yakovleva, he published the popular science book “Ericksonian Hypnosis: A Systematic Course,” based on the materials of his own trainings.

The programs last long enough for students to fully master the art of hypnosis. However, in the educational programs on hypnotherapy available on the IGiSP website, there is no training in non-Ericksonian methods, which in a certain way narrows the knowledge students receive.

Upon completion of training, IGiSP issues a company certificate. The cost of the most affordable courses is from 60 thousand rubles.

Strange as it may seem against the backdrop of the authoritative teaching and solid experience of IGSP, the institute’s representation on social networks is very low: for example, in the VK group there are only 300 participants and 3 messages for 2021.

pros

• IGiSP is the founder of teaching clinical hypnosis in Russia.
• The course leader is one of the most famous teachers of Ericksonian hypnosis.
• Long-term programs that meet the standards of foreign schools of clinical hypnosis.

Minuses

• There is no distance learning option.
• In-person compact courses and VIP programs are conducted quite rarely, in small group format, and often enrollment in programs stops long before the start of training.
• There is no training in other types of hypnosis other than Ericksonian.
• High price.
• An outdated website and lack of activity on social networks make it difficult to communicate with course graduates.

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Institute of Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology

• Website: https://psyinst.moscow/
• Address: Moscow, st. 1st Miusskaya, 22/24, building 1
• Telephone:
• Email:
• License: № 039535

We present the oldest forge of Russian personnel in the field of psychology and psychotherapy: they have been engaged in professional retraining and advanced training here since 1992. The staff of 30 experienced teachers is headed by Doctor of Medical Sciences, psychotherapist Elena Gordeeva. The ten-day intensive course “Fundamentals of Ericksonian hypnosis” is led by clinical psychologist, member of the Professional Psychotherapeutic League Natalya Oshemkova.

The hypnosis course lasts a total of 88 hours and includes a basic course in Ericksonian hypnosis and hypnotherapy, hypnoanalysis and work with therapeutic metaphors. The training program on the website is described in detail.

The site is equipped with feedback, and the groups on social networks are quite developed: about 9 thousand subscribers on Vkontakte and about 5 thousand on Facebook. The content is regularly updated with up-to-date information.

The cost of hypnosis courses is from 34 to 40 thousand rubles, depending on the time of payment. Based on the results of training, a certificate of advanced training of the established form is issued. It remains to add that the institute carries out educational activities on the basis of a state license published on the website: everything is honorable!

pros

• A reputable institution with over 27 years of experience.
• Opportunity to familiarize yourself in detail with the hypnosis course program on the website.
• Availability of state license and certificate.

Minuses

• Hypnosis courses are taught by a little-known teacher without a scientific degree or medical education.
• No distance learning.

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What is Hypnotherapy Certification?

There are generally accepted initial conditions for someone to begin practicing hypnotherapy. To become certified, you must meet these basic guidelines (approximately 250 hours or more of practice and personal training).

Certification is not just a formality. When you take a certification course, you gain a range of relevant skills.

A certified hypnotherapist can:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the subconscious
• Personalize hypnotic inductions to help clients achieve individual goals
• Use in-depth hypnotherapy techniques for stress relief, smoking cessation, weight loss and more

Anyone can get certified. All you need is dedication and a desire to learn.

Courses by Gennady Ivanov

• Website: https://classicalhypnosis.ru/
• Address: Moscow, st. Novoslobodskaya, 26
• Telephone:
• Email:

This school of hypnosis is headed by Moscow psychologist and hypnologist Gennady Ivanov, quite famous in his genre. At the same time, he offers hypnosis treatment, introducing himself as a hypnotherapist. However, this is an “artistic exaggeration”: he is not a doctor at all. Initially, Gennady was educated as a physicist, and then as a journalist. But later he became interested in hypnotic phenomena: as he writes about himself, “he began to often sit in the lotus position, eat light bulbs, walk on coals, and even graduated from the Kirov Institute of Practical Psychology.”

She has been working in the field of hypnosis since 2013. Actively publishes articles in the media and appears on Russian television channels. By the way, the TV presenters of the programs “Street Hypnosis” and “Stars under Hypnosis,” as well as a number of hypnotist-illusionists, were trained by him. One of them, the popular pop hypnotist Alexander Matyukhin, periodically acts as a co-host of courses. The rest of the teaching team consists of three more hypnologists.

In Ivanov’s courses you can learn hypnotherapy, hypnoanalysis and hypnosis itself, including street hypnosis: Gennady especially loves it and energetically promotes it. A special feature of hypnosis courses is the initial immersion of the student in the role of a “patient”, and then in the role of the hypnotist himself, which allows not only to study, but also to experience the hypnotic effects in all its beauty and completeness. Hypnosis courses last from four days to two months.

The site is detailed, even too much: it is clearly overloaded with information about the personality and biography of the media hypnologist, as well as lengthy discussions about hypnosis “in general.” The number of groups on social networks is quite decent: more than 20 thousand subscribers on VKontakte and more than 16 thousand on Facebook.

Hypnosis courses are conducted both remotely and face-to-face in mini-groups. The minimum price for training is 25 thousand rubles; online students are given a discount. Graduates are promised a certificate of advanced training under the program of additional professional education. True, on the voluminous website there was no place for an educational license: you just have to take my word for it!

pros

• The media personality of the presenter.
• Convenient and exciting form of learning.
• The site contains many interesting articles and videos about hypnosis.

Minuses

• Lack of a leading scientific title and medical education.
• Information about the license for educational activities has not been published.

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History of hypnosis

Hypnosis has a long history and has been overwhelmingly associated with healing. The Greek god of medicine and healing, Asclepius, was believed to heal people in his temple while they slept (people would spend the night in the god's temple and be cured of their illness). Even in the Bible, the removal of Adam's rib to create Eve was done while he was sleeping.

Indeed, the word “hypnosis” itself comes from the Greek word for “sleep” (hypnos). It has long been believed that the altered state of consciousness associated with sleep helps people tap into latent capabilities and opens them up to opportunities not available while awake. Some hallucinogens and herbs are believed to promote a hypnotic state.

With the development of modern science and medicine, hypnosis has largely been replaced by doctors and is used by psychological consultants of various types. The founders of modern psychiatry (Freud and others) used hypnosis, and some of them for a time considered it a panacea for psychological problems.

However, when it was discovered that patients often returned to their old problems, hypnosis lost much support. And with the advent of behaviorist approaches in psychology in the 20th century—approaches that viewed humans primarily as stimulus-response machines and devalued our conscious lives—hypnosis lost much of its power in the scientific community, so much so that most accredited Universities these days offer virtually no form of study in hypnosis.

NLP Institute

• Website: https://www.innlp.ru/
• Address: Zagorodny Prospekt, 27/21, 4th floor, office 36
• Telephone:
• Email:

The Institute of Neuro-Linguistic Programming opened in St. Petersburg in 2004. His direction is practical psychology, aimed at activating and revealing personal resources. They do not suffer from excessive modesty here, declaring “in the first lines” of the site: “We are a team of unique individuals and specialists with a psychological education.” If we look at this team more specifically, it consists of ten NLP trainers, business trainers, hypnologists and coaches.

Many self-development programs are taught here, including “Ericksonian Hypnosis Intensive”. The program includes well-known techniques of hypnosis and self-hypnosis for a wide audience of listeners. The leader of the hypnosis courses is a former radio technician, and now a psychologist, hypnotherapist with 12 years of experience, Konstantin Pukhov. According to the website, Pukhov is “one of the best specialists in Russia.” However, this statement is not confirmed by any titles, regalia or facts, except, perhaps, training courses from world-class celebrities - Mikhail Ginzburg, Jean Becchio, Stephen Gilligan, etc.

The site is equipped with feedback and is very detailed: descriptions of programs, prices, schedules, blogs, promotions, etc. But the popular popularity of the NLP Institute is not too high: about 4 thousand subscribers on Vkontakte and a little more than 500 on Facebook.

The hypnotic intensive lasts 13 days and costs 60 thousand rubles - a considerable price for knowledge that is obviously only suitable for “personal use”. On the website it was not possible to find either a teaching license or samples of certificates issued upon completion of hypnosis courses. However, the institute does not pretend to be an official educational activity - it is purely promoting personal self-development.

pros

• Solid “experience” of the institute.
• Wide range of programs.
• The presenter was trained by famous world-famous hypnotists.

Minuses

• A cumbersome site with aggressive marketing techniques (unsubstantiated use of epithets “unique”, “best”, “progressive”, etc.)
• No online training.
• High price.

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Courses by Vladimir Makulov

• Website: https://makulov.com/
• Email:

The next representative of our review runs his “modest” business in the area of ​​interest to us single-handedly. Until 2008, Vladimir Makulov from the town of Vladimir near Moscow worked as a marketer, which, in all likelihood, helps promote his own product - a hypnosis course in video format. That is, in fact, Makulov is selling video recordings. In the available videos, one notices the use of obscene words—apparently, this specialist prefers an emphatically shocking teaching style.

Makulov carefully hides information about his basic education. Neither on his website nor on social networks you will find any mention of whether he has a psychological education confirmed by a diploma. This does not stop him from pompously declaring on his website that he has “the most complete education in hypnosis in the CIS.” In almost every paragraph, Makulov characterizes his person with expressions: “the first in Russia”, “having the most experience in the CIS” - and the like in the spirit of “Ostap carried.” Having completely lost his shores, Makulov proudly calls himself - why waste time on trifles! - “the founder of modern hypnotherapy.” And at the same time, “president of the national association of psychosomatic specialists” (by the way, created by himself and not registered anywhere).

Similar techniques from the field of aggressive marketing on the site are used everywhere. As a result, a lot has been said about one’s own greatness and fantastic talents, but little about the content of the programs. If you separate the wheat from the chaff, here's what the hypnosis course program contains: 5 step-by-step video lessons, original articles and videos for independent work with difficult feelings. Let's face it, it's not very good. But on Vkontakte, the “father of Russian hypnology” has more than 5 thousand friends, whom he never tires of shocking with obscene expressions on his “wall.”

The price of video courses is small - a few thousand rubles (there are even free ones), but their practical value is like laughter. It’s not worth talking about the state license for educational activities and official certificates from IP Makulov.

pros

• The site contains photographs confirming communication with famous foreign hypnosis specialists.

Minuses

• Lack of information about the leader’s education and license for educational activities.
• Active use of aggressive marketing techniques: epithets “best”, “first”, “only”, etc. without actual confirmation.
• Low-informative training program.
• There are no hypnosis courses as such - only videos for self-study.

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European Academy of NLP Yuri Mashchenko

• Website: https://nlp-practik.ru/
• Telephone:
• Email:

This review participant seems to be competing with the previous one in self-presentation techniques. Just think: “European Academy”! In the minds of potential students, they picture a serious organization, a majestic building, thousands of students, professors, departments... But in reality this is nothing more than a loud name. There is no such organization. There is no license for educational activities. There isn't even a physical address. There is only a one-page website with a home email address. And individual entrepreneur Mashchenko Yuri Valerievich.

The enterprising trainer lists his “titles”: “master NLP practitioner, master of speech hypnosis, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, DST practitioner, owner of several business projects”... However, Mashchenko provided information about higher medical education, which gives the right to be called a “therapist”. didn't bother. What university and what specialty he studied at, and whether he studied at a university at all is a mystery.

The training lasts 12 days. The hypnosis course program is described on the website in an extremely streamlined manner and is full of standard marketing mantras in the spirit of “this is the thing you really need.” However, judging by social networks, the “master of hypnosis” is not doing very well with “recruitment”. On VKontakte, the “academy” has about a hundred subscribers and breaks between posts for a month and a half. And the public page on Instagram contains only 13 publications, and 10 of them are dedicated to retro cars.

But all this does not prevent you from indicating in the “Cost” section the minimum amount of 24 thousand rubles, and it grows by leaps and bounds as the start of the course approaches. Well, and, as usual, a countdown timer with the inscription: “Hurry up to sign up with a discount!”, as well as the promise of a certain certificate from - no more, no less - “the first certification body in the world.” True, it is honestly said that this certificate is recognized only within the NLP community - that is, in fact, it is a “dummy” crowning regular “self-development” courses.

pros

• Discounts on the course if you register in advance.

Minuses

• There is no information about the presenter's education and a detailed program.
• Using aggressive sales techniques on the website.
• High price.
• No distance learning.
• There is no license for educational services.

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Viktor Strelkin NLP Center

• Website: https://www.nlpspb.ru/
• Address: St. Petersburg, Staro-Petergofsky Prospekt, 18 E
• Telephone:
• Email: [email protected]

The team of this center consists of two assistants with diplomas of NLP masters, headed by the head, consulting psychologist Viktor Strelkin. From his dossier it follows that he is also an NLP trainer, business coach, coach consultant and even a teacher of refrigeration. In fact, behind these sophisticated “titles” lies not a classical education in state universities, but the completion of all sorts of trainings and courses - like those that he himself conducts. Judging by the information on the website, Viktor Strelkin has been consulting and training for a quarter of a century.

The hypnosis course is embellished with the epithet “certification”, but this is probably for the sake of respectability. Since a sample certificate is not presented on the site, there is only a laconic phrase about how the students will be rewarded: “qualification “hypnologist” or certificate of course participant.” The course consists of five parts lasting 4 days. The topics on the site are described briefly, the main emphasis is on Ericksonian hypnosis.

On Facebook, only 204 people are subscribed to the NLP center page, and on Vkontakte - more than two thousand, and the presenter personally has more than three thousand as “friends”. The rhetoric describing the center and its services on the website is very restrained compared to previous participants, but on social networks Strelkin discards “false modesty”: “leader in NLP training”, “the oldest NLP center in St. Petersburg” and other big words that are not supported by documents.

Taking into account the above, as well as the lack of a published teaching license, the price for a full course of hypnosis is simply extortionate - 80 thousand rubles. However, a number of discounts are provided, but this is of little consolation.

pros

• Quite a comprehensive training program.
• Various discounts.

Minuses

• A low-authority team of teachers with an education that does not inspire confidence.
• No correspondence courses.
• Exorbitantly high price.
• There is no license for educational activities.

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Educational

• Website: https://psy.education/
• Address: St. Petersburg, Kamennoostrovsky prospect, 40, office. 410
• Telephone:
• License: №025784912

On the website of this center there is no information about its creators: only the laconic “we” - as if that says it all. In one block on the website this institution is called “Educational”, in another - “Limited Liability Company “Training Center named after. N.P. Bekhtereva." But don’t be fooled by the loud name: to the famous “Institute of the Human Brain named after. N.P. Bekhtereva RAS” is an LLC registered in a small room in one of the business centers, has no connection. The address indicated on the website does not match the address at which the license for educational activities was issued. Based on the scant information on the website, it can be assumed that this educational institution was created just a couple of years ago.

However, the teaching staff here is very authoritative. Clinical hypnosis is taught by Swedish psychotherapist Suzanne Carolusson. The program is long-term, two years, accredited by the European Society of Hypnosis ESH. We can only hope that the leapfrog with licenses, addresses and names does not prevent respected teachers from “sowing the reasonable, the good, the eternal.”

The social networks of this institution do not shine with activity: one message is published on Instagram every six months, on VK - 1-2 messages per month. In the same VK, only 259 people are subscribed to the group: such a small number does not inspire confidence.

The cost of the four-day course is 25 thousand rubles. In-person attendance in all six modules is required.

pros

• Foreign teacher accredited by the European Society of Hypnosis.
• Long-term full-time training program.

Minuses

• No distance learning.
• Teaching is conducted only in English, so translation is required for those who do not speak it perfectly.
• Poor program topics.
• Abuse of aggressive marketing techniques on the site: in relation to little-known psychologists and their techniques, loud phrases such as “#1 experts in Russia” and “the only technique in Russia” are used.

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All-Russian Center for Hypnosis Training by Alexey Voskoboinikov

• Website: https://www.gipnoz.biz/
• Address: Moscow, st. metro station "Profsoyuznaya", Nakhimova Avenue, 57
• Telephone:

Moscow hypnotist Alexey Voskoboynikov is pleased to have an official diploma in psychology. However, this is where the joy ends: in the manner of many of his “colleagues,” he calls himself a hypnotherapist and psychotherapist, without having a medical education. Judging by the dossier, Voskoboynikov is famous for “successfully practicing hypnosis on foreigners, old people and children.” The “All-Russian Center” is presented as a small business card website with a bunch of spelling errors. This “splendor” is accompanied only by Alexey’s personal VKontakte account, where it turns out that he is also a folk healer. There is no team of teachers in the “all-Russian center”: hypnosis courses are taught by Voskoboynikov himself.

Training takes place face-to-face and remotely. There is no program for hypnosis courses on the website - only general phrases that after training “you can easily influence yourself and others, change your life” and even “earn money by practicing hypnosis.” True, it is not clear how to do this: the practical value of the suspicious certificate “on a full course of training in instant, classical and pop hypnosis” is negligible.

Full-time hypnosis courses last 4 days and cost as much as 45 thousand rubles. However, apparently realizing that this was too much, the “All-Russian Center” relented to the action “Hurry! 9,500 thousand!” And the price of distance learning, consisting of 8 lessons via Skype, is completely ungodly - 60 thousand rubles for a bright piece of paper “from Voskoboinikov”.

pros

• There is distance learning.

Minuses

• The presenter is a little-known specialist without a medical education.
• The website does not provide a course program.
• Distance learning courses are conducted only individually via Skype.
• High price.
• There is no teaching license or standard certificate.

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Danilov courses

• Website: https://xn—-9sbhgaodd4bfcjl2c6c.xn--p1ai/
• Address: Moscow, Vernadsky Avenue, 117
• Telephone:
• Email:

Vasily Aleksandrovich Danilov is a representative of the classical Soviet school of hypnosis. However, as Vasily Alexandrovich himself writes, he has been practicing hypnosis for only 10 years. In Soviet times, he, therefore, was doing something else. This is one of the few representatives of the review who is a doctor by training: a graduate of the Moscow Medical Academy. However, in the doctor’s diploma posted on the website, the line with the assigned qualification is cut off. Why did it happen? Another diploma - in psychology - was obtained from the Saratov “International Academy of Expertise and Assessment”, an institution with an extremely dubious reputation. Among his educational documents there are certificates of both a psychoenergetics specialist and a traditional healer - but this is not at all serious.

However, let's return to the hypnosis courses. The program of the six-day course is not very informative, the topics are covered extremely poorly, and the text is replete with typos and errors, for which a school Russian language teacher in anger would give a “failure.” The groundless criticism of colleagues teaching, for example, Ericksonian hypnosis is also cause for concern: “Milton Erickson himself, of course, was a genius. But it is impossible to convey this genius, these intuitive approaches.”

A course of hypnosis is unreasonably expensive - from 60 to 80 thousand rubles. Danilov does not conduct distance learning and even criticizes such forms of knowledge acquisition. But this does not stop the venerable doctor from offering hypnosis sessions via Skype on Instagram, where he has 4.5 thousand subscribers.

pros

• The presenter has a higher medical education.

Minuses

• The emphasis on the Soviet school of hypnosis narrows the scope of modern clinical hypnotherapy.
• There is no license for educational activities.
• High price.

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Milton Erickson and Ericksonian hypnosis

However, the medical community has begun to recognize that hypnosis is a viable therapeutic tool that can benefit patients in areas of medicine, mental health, and habits that are difficult to change.

Milton Erickson, M.D., has done more to correct many of these misconceptions about hypnosis than anyone in the history of the mental health field.

Through painstaking observation and experimentation, Erickson demonstrated that hypnosis could not be used to induce people to do things that would violate their moral code, things that they would not normally do.

In other words, people will not be able to violate their principles just because they are given a hypnotic suggestion to do so. He also described hypnosis as something the patient does on their own, rather than allowing someone else to control their mind.

However, hypnosis is certainly a powerful tool that requires significant knowledge and education to use effectively and safely.

International Academy of Expertise and Evaluation

• Website: maeo.rf
• Address: Saratov, st. Panfilova, 1
• Telephone:
• E-mail: [email protected] maeo.rf
• License: № 1420

This is one of the most mysterious institutions in our review. The year of creation is 2013, which is far from a fact. There is no information about the teaching staff. In the video reviews of students on the website, words of gratitude are expressed only to the curator and rector, and not a word about the teachers.

The “training program to become a psychologist-hypnotherapist remotely in 3 months according to professional standards 2016-2020” includes the following topics: “Animal psychology and comparative psychology”, “Occupational psychology, engineering psychology and ergonomics”, “Developmental psychology and developmental psychology, educational psychology” . And a few more topics that are, to put it mildly, very distantly related to hypnotherapy. Where did they get such professional standards? Do they even keep in touch with reality there?

Further more! The organization is located in Saratov. The license for educational activities was issued at the address Panfilova, 1. But Google maps shows this institution in the “Real Estate Appraiser” section. And Yandex maps show exactly the same photo at a different address. A sign above the entrance to an apartment in a residential building reads: “ANOC professional standard,” and the text on Yandex maps states that here they train to become a neurosurgeon, neonatologist and neurologist for... 10 thousand rubles! You won’t envy someone who falls under the knife of a surgeon trained there. All this looks, at least, suspicious. Doubts are reinforced by the use of aggressive sales techniques: “Promotion! Only 3 places left!”, “You’re in luck: today there are discounts - reserve your place!”, “A gift for you - the last 4 certificates are free!” In general, a muddy story...

In order not to torment you further, we reveal the secret. The essence of training is this: you get online access to “training materials”, which, most likely, can be found freely available on the Internet. Next, write a “work” based on them, send it to the specified e-mail, and they will send you a diploma by mail. And all this - without leaving your apartment. Voila! For just 30 thousand rubles (this is the price of hypnosis courses), you became the owner of a beautiful piece of paper, the usefulness of which is questionable.

pros

• Possibility to remotely receive a colorful certificate.

Minuses

• The practical usefulness of the certificate is minimal.
• The training program is not related to the stated topic.
• No information about teachers.
• Distance learning only.
• Confusion with the license and location of the training center.

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National Academy of Further Professional Education

• Website: https://nadpo.ru/
• Address: Moscow, st. Fruktovaya, 7, building 1
• Telephone:
• Email:
• License: № 039872

Don't look for this academy on Google Maps. Google is not familiar with it - not a single review. There are no reviews on Yandex either. There are not even groups on social networks. This organization has one actual address, but the license is registered at a different address - in a small office next to a grocery store on the first floor of a residential building at Moscow, st. Nagornaya, 15, bldg. 8. Somehow completely unpresentable for the “National Academy”! Although there is still a license for educational activities, this cannot be taken away.

The proposed courses of Ericksonian hypnosis, lasting 2 months, have an extremely concise description and are conducted only remotely. The teachers are invited specialists from other cities, who, apparently, broadcast via Skype from their apartments. One of the teachers presented on the course page is a candidate of historical sciences from Chelyabinsk Pedagogical University, but this does not change the essence. But the point is that we have before us another office selling diplomas in various specialties - from an accountant to a foreign language teacher or psychologist.

That is, the function of the institution is simple - the sale of diplomas, the value of which for employers is small, but still there. “Education” costs only 4-5 thousand rubles.

pros

• Availability of a license for educational activities.
• Low price.

Minuses

• Poor descriptive part of the program.
• Hypnosis training is limited to distance learning.
• Lack of reviews on Google and Yandex maps.
• There are no groups on social networks.

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Bottom line

Our review of hypnosis courses has been completed and is reflected in the summary rating table. While reading the review, you probably already noticed that hypnosis courses are truly a Klondike for overly enterprising individuals, rattling off the catchy names of dubious institutions and sonorous “titles” that they call themselves due to the lack of real achievements. Only a few of our participants are able to provide high-quality and in-demand education in this area. We can only wish that the result of your good intentions to master the art of hypnosis would be an official diploma and serious knowledge, and not financial costs for “personal growth,” the quality of which is highly questionable.