VirtueBand® Virtual Gastric Band Training
Accredited Hypnotherapy CE
VirtueBand® is externally accredited with the ACCPH and you'll receive Certification on completion of your course
Optional assignments
Access ongoing support while you learn. You are welcome to submit assignments for feedback if you wish.
Free hypnosis course
VirtueBand® is suitable for qualified hypnotherapists and other healthcare professionals. If your background is not in hypnotherapy, please get in touch for our free foundation level hypnotherapy training which provides extra context to this course.
VirtueBand® - More than a virtual gastric band
VirtueBand® takes a different approach to virtual gastric band hypnotherapy, recognising that sustainable change involves more than changing how much someone eats. At the heart of the approach are the virtues of self-compassion, resilience and acceptance, helping clients move away from cycles of criticism and failure and towards a more supportive relationship with themselves, food and change. These principles sit alongside the virtual gastric band process, creating a broader approach to weight management that supports both behavioural and emotional change.
VirtueBand® gives you a complete, structured approach to virtual gastric band hypnotherapy, combining the experience of a hypnotic gastric band with therapeutic work centred around self-compassion, resilience and acceptance. Rather than simply creating the suggestion of restriction, the approach helps clients develop new expectations and behaviours around food while building a more supportive relationship with themselves and the process of change.
Your training includes in-depth video lessons and written resources, the complete VirtueBand® process, step-by-step session protocols, client intake forms and handouts, ready-to-use scripts, and practitioner-friendly marketing materials. Assignments are optional, and once you complete the course you’ll receive externally accredited certification and the resources you need to offer VirtueBand® within your practice. Dr. Claire Jack is also available throughout for support and guidance as you begin using the approach with clients.
For some clients, change becomes easier when it feels tangible. Rather than relying on willpower or repeatedly trying to resist food, the idea of having undergone a significant physical intervention can create a powerful framework around which new expectations, choices and eating behaviours can develop.
VirtueBand® uses hypnosis to create the experience of undergoing a virtual gastric band procedure, alongside therapeutic work designed to support changes in portion size, eating patterns and responses to food. Practitioner training takes you through the complete VirtueBand® process, giving you a structured approach that can be adapted to the individual client rather than delivered as a generic gastric band script.