The Psychological Alignment Framework

A depth-oriented, integrative approach to hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy offers direct access to the unconscious, making it a natural complement to Jungian psychology and integrative psychotherapy. This presentation introduces “The Psychological Alignment Framework” (a depth-oriented approach that draws from Jungian theory, clinical hypnotherapy, and contemporary psychotherapeutic models).

The framework helps clients move toward internal cohesion by addressing disowned parts of the self, unresolved complexes, and archetypal imbalances. Using the trance state, therapists can facilitate corrective emotional experiences, symbolic transformation, and the integration of shadow elements and unconscious material.
By engaging the psyche through structured hypnotic processes, practitioners can support the individuation process while addressing core psychological fragmentation often underlying anxiety, trauma, or addiction.

Attendees will gain practical insights into using hypnosis to:

• Facilitate Shadow work and dialogue with inner parts
• Access and work with archetypal dynamics
• Support deeper alignment between the conscious and unconscious mind

Through clinical examples and brief demonstrations, this session will equip practitioners with tools to deepen therapeutic impact by integrating hypnosis with a structured, psychologically informed framework.

Constantinos Zissimopoulos is a psychologist, psychotherapist, and lecturer with an MSc in Addictology from the Medical School of the University of Athens and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Chichester. He holds a Clinical Hypnotherapy qualification from the University of West London and is an accredited lecturer by the University of Derby. He has worked with the UN’s International Organization for Migration and specializes in integrative psychotherapy, Jungian hypnotherapy, and addiction treatment.