ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR COACHES
BEYOND WORDS
The Hypnosis Mastery Programme for Professional Coaches
Your coachee understands the problem. So why does the behaviour remain?
Beyond Words is an eight-week professional programme exploring hypnosis, suggestion, focused attention and personalised metaphor, so coaches can expand how they listen, communicate and support meaningful change.
Created and taught by Ligia Koijen | Delivered in partnership with In2motivation
“Are we helping people change, or helping them explain themselves more convincingly?”
Why hypnosis belongs in a coach's toolkit
Insight is valuable, but much of human behaviour runs on attention, expectation, imagery and habit. Hypnosis is an additional, non-clinical skill that helps coaches work with these processes thoughtfully and ethically. It is not therapy, not mind control and not a guarantee of outcomes.
Programme at a glance
Eight weeks
Eight live classes of three hours
Small group,
8-12 participants
Dates, delivery format and access details will be confirmed on the interest list.
Peer practice and supervised practical assessment
The programme, week by week
Week 1 Attention, suggestion and hypnosis
Week 2 Insight and automatic patterns
Week 3 Hypnotic language
Week 4 Induction and self-hypnosis
Week 5 Metaphor architecture
Week 6 Metaphor Studio
Week 7 Integration into coaching
Week 8 Assessment and next steps
Metaphor Studio
A metaphor should fit the person, not the other way around.
Metaphor Studio is a planned AI-assisted app for coaches, designed to support the preparation of personalised metaphors. It is an exclusive tool, not an open product. Participants will learn the principles behind it and free access to the tool.
Learn with Ligia Koijen.
Beyond Words is created and taught by Ligia Koijen, applied philosopher of relationships and communication, and delivered in partnership with In2motivation.
Participants leave with:
- a clear understanding of hypnosis and suggestion as non-clinical coaching skills;
- practice in hypnotic language and induction;
- the ability to design personalised metaphors;
- guidance on integrating these skills ethically into coaching;
- a supervised practical assessment.
This programme is professional development for coaches. It is not a clinical qualification or licence.
Questions
Do I need previous experience of hypnosis?
No. The programme starts from the foundations and is designed for practising coaches.
Is this clinical hypnotherapy?
No. It is a non-clinical skill for coaching and does not replace therapy.
What does it cost?
Details will be shared with the interest list. Request programme details below.
Is there a certificate?
Certificate details will be confirmed before the first cohort.
What if a client needs clinical support?
Coaches learn to recognise the limits of coaching and refer on to qualified professionals.
When does it start?
Dates and format will be announced to the interest list first.
Go beyond the explanation. Expand the conversation.
Join the waiting list for the first Beyond Words cohort and receive the confirmed dates, programme details and application information.