INSTITUT FRANCAIS D'HYPNOSE - IFH

What INSTITUT FRANCAIS D'HYPNOSE - IFH does

The Institut Français d'Hypnose (IFH) is a privately held French training and research center founded in 1990 by Didier Michaux, Docteur en psychologie, and currently directed by Ronan Le Saout. Headquartered in Paris (9 rue de Rocroy, 75010) and operating as a SARL, IFH delivers therapeutic hypnosis training exclusively to qualified healthcare professionals — physicians, nurses, midwives, dentists, psychologists, psychiatrists, physiotherapists, anesthesiologists, and ARS-registered psychotherapists — across both liberal practice and hospital settings. The institute offers a structured curriculum spanning Discovery, General (Level 1 and 2), Specialty (anesthesia, dental, imaging, obstetrics, pediatrics), Expertise, and Séminaire modules, delivered in inter-establishment (open enrollment) and intra-establishment (in-house) formats across roughly ten French cities and in French-speaking countries.

IFH's core "technology" is its pedagogical content and methodology: a clinically anchored curriculum in hypnotherapy and hypnoanalgésie (medical hypnosis), supported by an in-house e-learning platform, a public practitioner directory (Annuaire des thérapeutes), trainer-authored publications (e.g., Yves Halfon, Dr Patrice Cudicio), children's hypnosis books (Hypnolivres), and a neuroscience webinar cycle. The faculty consists of practicing clinicians who apply hypnosis in their own work, and the institute is governed by a quality-and-ethics framework emphasizing Qualiopi certification, Datadock approval, ANDPC registration (N°7853), FIFPL/ANFH funding eligibility, and memberships in CFHTB and Acteurs de la Compétence.

IFH generates revenue primarily through fee-based professional training programs, supplemented by ancillary services such as training-room rental, the SerenLeaf mental health sub-brand for healthcare establishments, and book sales. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; participants request the catalog or quote directly, with financing routed through OPCO, FIFPL, ANDPC, and ANFH. The GTM motion is sales-led and reputation-driven, combining free evening discovery sessions in multiple cities, presence at professional congresses (CFHTB, ADF), a multi-channel content footprint (website, newsletter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook), trainer-driven earned media, and a formal alumni referral (parrainage) program. In 2024, IFH established a flagship co-training partnership with Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph to institutionalize hypnosis deployment within a hospital setting.

Name

INSTITUT FRANCAIS D'HYPNOSE - IFH

Legal name

Institut Français d'Hypnose

Website

https://hypnose.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Founded in 1990, the Institut Français d'Hypnose (IFH) is a Paris-based private training and research center that delivers therapeutic hypnosis and hypnoanalgésie curricula exclusively to qualified healthcare professionals across multiple French cities, via open-enrollment and intra-hospital formats.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Professional Training

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Holistic & Integrative Wellness Education (Ayurveda, Traditional Practices) (EDAAAHAH)

Keywords

• Therapeutic hypnosis training
• Clinical hypnosis education
• Hypnotherapy certification
• Hypnoanalgesia training
• Healthcare professional development

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Professional Training Programs: IFH generates revenue by providing fee-based professional training programs to healthcare professionals. Courses are offered at multiple levels: Découverte (discovery), Générales (general), Par Métier (by profession), Expertise (advanced), and Séminaires d'approfondissement (deepening seminars). Both inter-establishment (open enrollment) and intra-establishment (in-house) formats are available. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; prospective participants must request a quote or catalog.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

IFH is a training and research center founded in 1990 that delivers fee-based professional training programs in therapeutic hypnosis to qualified healthcare professionals. Its curriculum covers hypnotherapy (psychotherapy applications) and hypnoanalgésie (medical hypnosis for pain and anxiety management), offered in both open-enrollment (inter-établissement) and in-house (intra-établissement) formats across multiple French cities. Supporting assets include an e-learning platform, a public practitioner directory, and Hypnolivres children's hypnosis books.

Product overview

IFH is a training and research center founded in 1990 offering therapeutic hypnosis training for healthcare professionals. The portfolio includes: Formations Découverte (introductory courses), Formations Générales (Hypnose pour prendre en charge la Douleur et l'Anxiété Niv. 1 & 2, Hypnoanalgésie dans les soins), Formations par Métier (Hypnose et Anesthésie, Hypnose au Cabinet Dentaire, Hypnose et Imagerie Médicale, Hypnose et Obstétrique, Hypnose et Pédiatrie), Formations Expertise (Hypnose médicale – Hypnoanalgésie, Hypnothérapie), Séminaires / Cycles Thématiques, Ateliers de Supervision, and Formations Intra-établissement. Supporting services include an e-learning platform, practitioner directory (Annuaire des thérapeutеuts), training room rental, and Hypnolivres children's books. The related brand SerenLeaf offers mental health services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SerenLeaf: Formations et prestations en santé mentale offered under the SerenLeaf brand, property of IFH

Products and services

• Formations Découverte (Introductory Training) Introductory courses for healthcare professionals to discover hypnosis or improve communication in therapeutic settings, including 'Première Approche de l'Hypnose', 'Communication Thérapeutique', and 'Communication Hypnotique'.
• Formations Générales - Hypnose pour prendre en charge la Douleur et l'Anxiété (Niv. 1) Level 1 training for healthcare professionals learning hypnotic communication and basic hypnosis techniques for pain and anxiety management.
• Formations Générales - Hypnose pour prendre en charge la Douleur et l'Anxiété (Niv. 2) Level 2 training for healthcare professionals covering advanced hypnoanalgesia and hypnoanxiolysis techniques for pain and anxiety management.
• Hypnoanalgésie dans les soins Seven-day training program for healthcare professionals to acquire techniques for managing patient stress, anxiety, and pain using hypnoanalgesia in hospital care settings.
• Hypnose et Anesthésie Specialized training for healthcare professionals (anesthesiologists and related practitioners) applying hypnosis techniques in anesthesia contexts.
• Hypnose au Cabinet Dentaire Specialized training for dental professionals (chirurgiens-dentistes, dental surgeons) on applying hypnosis techniques in private dental practice.
• Hypnose et Imagerie Médicale Training for medical imaging professionals (radiologists, radiographers) on applying hypnosis techniques during imaging procedures.
• Hypnose et Obstétrique Training for obstetrics professionals (midwives, obstetricians) on applying hypnosis for childbirth preparation and management.
• Hypnose et Pédiatrie Specialized training for pediatric professionals on applying hypnosis techniques with children in clinical settings.
• Hypnose médicale – Hypnoanalgésie (Expertise) Advanced expertise-level training in medical hypnosis and hypnoanalgesia for qualified healthcare professionals.
• Hypnothérapie (Expertise) Advanced expertise-level training in hypnotherapy for psychotherapeutic applications, covering Ericksonien, analytical, TCC, and systemic approaches.
• Séminaires / Cycles Thématiques Deepening seminars and thematic cycles for practitioners already trained in therapeutic hypnosis, covering specific application domains.
• Ateliers de Supervision Supervision workshops for healthcare professionals to practice and refine their clinical hypnosis skills after initial training.
• Formations Intra-établissement Customized in-hospital training programs for healthcare establishments (hospitals, clinics, EHPAD, SSR, PMI, dental centers) across France and French-speaking countries.
• Déployer l'hypnose dans un établissement de santé Co-formation program between IFH and Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph for deploying hypnosis within healthcare establishments, created as France's first hospital-training organization co-program.
• Espace e-learning IFH Online learning platform providing supplementary educational content, resources, and materials for enrolled trainees of IFH programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• IFH has trained several thousand healthcare professionals since 1990.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Hôpital Paris Saint-JosephflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFH and Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph jointly created France's first co-formation program between a hospital and a training organization. This partnership enables IFH to deploy hypnosis within a healthcare establishment through a structured training program, titled 'Comment mettre en place l'hypnose dans mon établissement'. The collaboration leverages the hospital's clinical environment and IFH's pedagogical expertise.
• Confédération Francophone d'Hypnose et de Thérapies Brèves (CFHTB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFH is a member of CFHTB, a major professional confederation for hypnosis and brief therapies. IFH participates in CFHTB-organized congresses, and its alumni and trainees receive preferential pricing for CFHTB events. IFH also co-organizes or contributes to congress programming.
• SerenLeaf (IFH subsidiary brand)minorOthersIFH operates a sister brand, SerenLeaf (www.serenleaf.com), which provides training and services in mental health for healthcare establishments. SerenLeaf is a service offered under the IFH umbrella.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Elsevier Masson: Major French medical publisher and CPD-content provider. Not a direct training competitor, but functions as an adjacent ecosystem player: publishes clinical references and coordinates continuing-education content for the same audience of French healthcare professionals that IFH targets.

Direct peers

• Emergences: French institute specialising in therapeutic hypnosis and brief-therapy training for healthcare and psychotherapy professionals. Direct peer to IFH in addressing the same CPD-funded training market with similar introductory-to-expertise curriculum tiers and city-based delivery.
• Institut Milton Erickson de Paris (IMEP): One of France's leading Ericksonian hypnosis training institutes for healthcare professionals, headquartered in Paris. Directly comparable to IFH in target audience (psychologists, physicians, allied health professionals), curriculum structure (introductory through expertise levels), and sales motion (city-based sessions + intra-hospital programs).
• Psynapse: French therapeutic-hypnosis training organisation serving psychologists, physicians, and allied health professionals. Comparable to IFH in narrowly focusing on hypnosis and brief therapies for qualified clinicians, with similar trainer-practitioner pedagogical model.
• CHTIP - Collège d'Hypnose et Thérapies Intégratives de Paris: Paris-based organisation providing therapeutic hypnosis training programmes to healthcare professionals across multiple specialty tracks. Shares IFH's positioning as a continuing-education provider for qualified clinicians, with similar multi-level curriculum and Qualiopi-style French CPD funding eligibility.
• Institut de Thérapies Brèves (ITB) Lyon: Lyons-based institute delivering brief-therapy and hypnosis training to healthcare professionals. Competes with IFH's Rhône-Alpes sessions but with a stronger brief-therapy / systemic orientation, offering a comparable professional training product for the same CPD-eligible audience.

Broad incumbents

• Walter Santé: French continuing-education provider for healthcare professionals spanning hypnosis, pain management, nutrition, and other clinical disciplines. Broader portfolio than IFH and serves as a wider-scope incumbent competing for the same CPD-funded learner budgets and hospital intra-establishment contracts.
• Ponroy Santé / Ponroy Formation: Established French continuing medical education organisation offering hypnosis training alongside other complementary-therapy programmes for healthcare professionals. Competes with IFH across categories including hospital intra-formation and city-based open enrolment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCqHo9UylSyEZRN9OwtBceCg
• Facebookfacebook.com/IFH.Hypnose
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/institut-francais-d'hypnose
• Instagraminstagram.com/institutfrancaishypnose

Compliance9 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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