David J. Woods – Push Your Limits

Hypnosis
Intensive Training

Therapeutic · practical · immediately applicable

5 intensive training days.

Learn Aktiv-Hypnose® and modern hypnosis techniques directly from the developer – with proven methods, personal demonstrations and numerous practical exercises. Benefit from more than 35 years of therapeutic practice and learn techniques you can apply purposefully in your own professional work.

350+ page practice manual

150+ therapy templates

50+ course videos

50+ audio recordings

Max. 10 participants

Support after the training

David J. Woods demonstrates hypnosis during the intensive training

Training diploma

after completing the intensive training

Content of the 5-day intensive training

Aktiv-Hypnose® means that body and mind are actively involved in the work. Through practical learning (“learning by doing”) and psychotherapeutic methods, topics are worked on in a focused and solution-oriented way.

Hypnosis & Psychology

  • Conscious and subconscious mind: understanding the connections
  • Brain waves and trance states: gamma, beta, alpha, theta, delta
  • Psychosomatics: how thoughts influence the body
  • Building rapport: creating and deepening trust

Hypnosis Techniques

  • Modern induction techniques, deepening and emergence
  • Hypnosis in different positions: sitting, standing, lying, falling
  • Instant hypnosis and rapid inductions
  • Self-hypnosis: introduction and fields of application

Therapeutic Applications

  • Anamnesis and diagnostics: a professional approach
  • Fears, phobias and psychological stress
  • Addiction and behaviour patterns: e.g. smoking, weight and compulsions
  • Pain therapy with hypnoanalgesia and hypnoanaesthesia

Special Techniques

  • Hypnosis with children and adolescents
  • Conducting conversations: the preliminary talk as key to success
  • Experiential hypnosis techniques in therapeutic use
  • EMDR techniques: desensitisation and reprocessing

In-depth Hypnosis Work

  • Flooding technique and scale work for desensitisation
  • Therapeutic regression and targeted reprogramming
  • Age-to-cause technique: recognising and working on causes
  • Supporting sensitive topics such as closeness, trust and self-esteem

This practical hypnosis training teaches modern hypnosis techniques and therapeutic methods for practical application. It is suitable as continuing education in hypnosis for therapists, alternative practitioners, coaches and anyone who wants to learn hypnosis professionally and expand their existing knowledge.

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Learning hypnosis with David J. Woods: flipchart teaching with seminar participants

Your trainer

Learning from over 35 years of practical experience

Experience five intensive and varied training days with David J. Woods. The content is based on more than 30,000 practical sessions and becomes directly tangible through live demonstrations, personal guidance and numerous exercises.

Not pure theory – but experiencing, understanding and applying hypnosis yourself.

5.0 · 271 Google reviews

Lic. Psych. UNAM
Developer of Aktiv-Hypnose®
NGH International Trainer
EMR recognized (ZSR P609264)

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Upcoming trainings

Max. 10 participants

16–20 November 2026

Mon–Fri, 10:00–17:30

Das Hotel am Alten ParkFrölichstraße 17, 86150 Augsburg

€1,990Places available
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Registration takes place via our existing seminar registration on david-j-woods.com.

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